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The upcoming Burning Man festival is set to kick off on August 25, as anticipation for the well-known festival seems to be at an all time low following last year's disastrous washout. The event was ruined after torrential downpours turned the drug and orgy filled experience into a big muddy mess.

Sir Michael Palin has said there are 'very few' people around who still remember Monty Python.  The actor and comedian, 81, appeared on Monday's Good Morning Britain alongside hosts Susanna Reid and Adil Ray. Sir Michael was part of iconic comedy troupe Monty Python, which formed in 1969 and also consisted of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. The group is pictured right in The Meaning of Life in 1983.

Sir Michael Palin went back to where it all began on Wednesday as he received an honorary degree from Oxford University . The Monty Python star began writing comedy while enrolled at Oxford's Brasenose College, where he read modern history, in the early 1960s. There, he met Terry Jones, with whom he become a household name after forming the Python comedy troupe alongside John Cleese , Eric Idle, Graham Chapman and Terry Gilliam .

Michael Palin reunited with his pals and Monty Python co-stars John Cleese and Terry Gilliam as he celebrated his 81st birthday on Thursday. The comedy legend joined his long-time friends John, 84, and Terry, 83, as the trio is known for being part of the iconic comedy troupe formed in 1969 - with also Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, and Terry Jones. The three pals seemed to be having the time of their lives laughing and giggling as they celebrated their friend's special day.

In both the Holy Grail and Life of Brian films, Chapman appeared as the lead actor. In 1989, he died of tonsillitis.

There are a lot of comic geniuses around the world. Few people would disagree that Monty Python, the troupe behind TV's most bizarre sketch show, was all brilliant on their own. They may be the most academically educated comedians in history with a total IQ of over 1,000. John Cleese holds a law degree from Cambridge University. In Los Angeles, Terry Gilliam studied physics, political science, and fine art. Michael Palin, Eric Idle, the late Terry Jones, and Graham Chapman were among the others who graduated from Oxbridge. Despite this, they don't appear to have a business brain cell between them. With Palin as the exception, perhaps their track of financial mismanagement, legal troubleshool, and hapless investments are beyond belief.

Eric Idle, one of the original six comedians, admitted last week that he still has to'work for a living' at the age of 80 after only receiving £2,000 per series from the BBC. Despite being compelled to sell his house in the Hollywood Hills, the actor was compelled to sell his house, but he still has to go out to make a living. And it is not only Idle who has been left struggling to maintain his Hollywood lifestyle. When the comedians reunited with John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin for their reunion tour in 2013, they needed the funds. Palin said 'Python wasn't earning much.'

If he'd have left the country if he'd made a mess of King Charles' Coronation, which he arranged as Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk joked that he'd have stayed in Norfolk. Now, he has his work cut out for his daughter's wedding, Lady Isabel Fitzalan Howard, who's engaged to Donald McFarlan. Lady Isabel, 29, tells me, 'We're both really excited.' 'We attended a mutual friend's wedding and are planning a winter wedding.'

Sir Michael Palin revealed that he could still hears his late wife's voice telling him to'get to it' as he explained his forthcoming travel plans. Helen, the actor's 80, died in May after a long battle with persistent pain and kidney disease only weeks after their 57th wedding anniversary. On Thursday, he outlined how Helen would not want him to'mope about' as he resumes on the road for a new TV project.

Carlton Reid rode around Argyll and the Isles, near to Glasgow, riding his folding bike, immerding in the region's history and dineing on 'hearty' Scottish fare. From the carriage, he gawped out of the windows at Loch Long and Loch Lomond, making it a highlight.

According to the movie's editor, some of Monty Python's most popular film scenes, including the Black Knight, were almost cut - because the actors thought they were "too silly, dull, or offensive." Several of Python's iconic moments, including Big Ben Dickus, were almost cancelled out of fear of being funny, according to Julian Doyle. Together with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, he worked on Life Of Brian, The Meaning Of Life, and The Holy Grail. He said that some of the films' most memorable scenes had almost never made the screen due to questions of taste, money, speed, and humour. Doyle expressed reservations that the Front Crack Suicide Squad from Life Of Brian would annoy Jewish viewers, according to Doyle.