Did anyone watch Michael Palin last night?

The first time he was. I wasn't so sure about the second time.
I'm quite surprised that Michael Palin isn't Sir Michael. He's just as much a national treasure as all those luvvies.

JC was joking...typical MP humour!

OTOH, Cleese does come across as a nasty, bitter old creature, doesn't he? Not half as versatile as the lovely Mr Palin. Not by a long shot.

My mother once served him when she was working in WH Smith. She said he was lovely and they spent a long time being silly!

I met Michael Palin at a RGS lecture in London in the dim past. Seemed a really genuine person.

I enjoyed the programme and Michael Palin comes over as a pleasant gentleman, John Cleese Hmmm!!

If it was a joke it fell flat.
Or rather like the bully who claims he was "only joking".

It wasn't the hard work I picked up on but John Cleese mentioned mediocrity twice.

What's wrong with hard work anyway?

I thought it was a wonderful programme. As far as I could see Michael Palin has accomplished far more than John Cleese. When Cleese made that remark I thought he was going to follow it by laughing but to my surprise he didn’t. Judging from his past behaviour Cleese is a bitter and unpleasant man. I seem to recall him on a chat show saying he was going to leave the country and live somewhere else, I wonder if he did. Michael clearly had a much better relationship with Terry Jones, the affection between them was very touching to watch.

No I don't think he was being ironic. I have read somewhere else that Cleese is jealous of Palin's success.

I think John Cleese is very funny

Blinko
Yes he was. He thinks he's funny, but he's not. Unlike palin who has comedy in his DNA.

Wasn't Cleese being - er - ironic?

Yes, I heard that too, dragonfly64*
Damning with faint praise.

They are both very talented but Michael Palin is more versatile and has far broader appeal as well as coming across as a far more likeable man.

Michael Palin is such a nice man. He's a really likeable presenter who seems to be able to get on with people wherever he goes.
John Cleese? Not so much.
I've been rewatching 'Round the World in 80 Days' and enjoying it very much. Its on BBC i-player.