title: Hollywood Diaries
author: Morgana Welch
description: Author Bio Morgana Welch knew, when the Beatles hit the USA in the 1960s, exactly where her path would lead-straight to the universe of rock and roll. Growing up in Beverly Hills, the lure of the Sunset Strip and denizen musicians was only blocks away.
zlib_text: For	Angela
  
  Halfway	To	Hollywood
  MICHAEL	PALIN
  
  Table	of	Contents
  Dedication
  Title	Page
  List	of	illustrations
  Acknowledgements
  Who’s	Who	in	the	Diaries
  Timeline
  Introduction
  Epigraph
  1980
  1981
  1982
  1983
  1984
  1985
  1986
  1987
  1988
  Extract	from	Michael	Palin’s	Travelling	to	Work:	Diaries	1988–1998
  About	the	Author
  By	Michael	Palin
  More	on	W&N
  Copyright
  
  List	of	illustrations
  
  Section	One:
  With	Laurel	and	Hardy	in	the	garden	at	home1
  Rachel	Palin	at	Tower	Bridge2
  Tom	with	Denis	the	cat2
  By	a	pool	in	Kenya2
  Tied	to	a	tree	with	Shelley	Duvall,	Time	Bandits	19813
  Filming	the	Giant	on	Wembley	Studio	roof,	Time	Bandits	19813
  Pythons	at	the	Hollywood	Bowl	19804
  With	George	Harrison,	Denis	O’Brien,	John	Cleese	and	Neville	Thompson	on
  Time	Bandits	set2
  John	rehearsing	Silly	Walk,	Hollywood	Bowl	19822
  MP	and	John	in	Dead	Parrot	sketch,	Hollywood	Bowl	19822
  MP	disrobing	during	Camp	Judges	sketch,	Hollywood	Bowl	19822
  Framed	photos	from	the	Missionary	19822
  MP	with	Rachel	on	set,	Missionary	19822
  Bath