I finished the John Cleese autobiography. Not a particularly noteworthy read.
I was impressed, and a little jealous, of how job opportunities seemed to fall into Cleese's lap. It seemed that he was offered opportunities whenever he neared the end of whatever thing he was currently doing - "Oh, you play is finishing up, want to do a movie script?", "got any time? we're starting a new TV series on BBC". Even thing outside his professional scope (e.g. movie scripts). A nice time to be around.
This book is not the definitive "Monty Python" history, though the players seem to float around in the same circles as Cleese, so they do interact throughout the book.
Cleese comes across as likable, and lucky, but there aren't any particular miracles or barriers to make any of the events "epic".
I think it might be better as an audiobook.
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