(Python Diary) The Great Personalty Switch of 1981

I have gotten to the point inMichael Palin‘s 1980-1988 diary, in the vast, viking-riddled, uncivilized wasteland of 1981 England, whereJohn Cleese(the doing-it-for-the-art guy who briefly disbanded the group in 1972) andEric Idle(the loner musician who always seemed to be doing it for the money and who was often out for a fast buck) switch roles.

Cleese wants to push forward with the script for “The Meaning of Life”, despite artistic concerns and a lack of direction, because he needs the cash...