IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Ernest Scribbler
Played by Michael Palin
Michael Palin’s British joke writer in Monty Python’s Flying Circus who composes the funniest joke in the world and promptly dies laughing at it, setting off the Killer Joke saga.
1sketch in the archive
1performer in the role
In character. On screen.
Their moment in the spotlight.
Behind the character
The people in the part.
A little character study
More to the story.
Seen in the same sketches
They’re in good company.
One great character.
A whole cast to discover.