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"Michael Palin has claimed that Monty Python is as alive as ever. Along with Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and John Cleese, Palin was a member of the comedy troupe which worked together between 1969 and 1983. Asked if people still recite the team&amp;#039;s sketches to him, Palin told Metro: &amp;quot;Python is as alive now as it ever was. I&amp;#039;m still recognised from Monty Python, even though we did it 40 years ago. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ve just got to say &amp;#039;ni&amp;#039; to a Python fan and they crease up. I&amp;#039;m often asked to write Python material when I do a book signing. I just write &amp;#039;ni&amp;#039;. It saves me having to remember lyrics from the songs.&amp;quot; Quizzed on his proudest career moments, he added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very proud of the fish-slapping dance we did in Python. We rehearsed this silly dance where John Cleese hits me with a fish and I fall into Teddington Lock. &amp;quot;We were so intent on getting the dance right that I didn&amp;#039;t notice the lock had cleared and instead of it being a 2ft drop into the water it was a 15ft drop. I&amp;#039;m very proud of doing that.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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