Graham Crackers: Fuzzy Memories, Silly Bits, and Outright Lies [Hardcover]

Graham Chapman (Author), Jim Yoakum (Author, Compiler)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1997

Never before seen or heard Pythonesque sketches by master Britwit Graham Chapman are now captured in Graham Crackers, his last written work. The book describes in hilarious detail his very unconventional life, his exploits with the Dangerous Sports Club, Keith Moon, his thoughts on the Python team, and more.

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Amazon.com Review

Graham Chapman--you remember him as Brian, King Arthur, and innumerable characters from the BBC Monty Python series--died of throat cancer in 1989, yet he still manages to write a funny, nostalgic book. It's a pretty neat trick. Graham Crackers is not a sequel to A Liar's Autobiography, Chapman's cult classic. It is, however, a loose confederacy of sketches, reminiscing, and true-life escapades. Here's a memory from the filming of Life of Brian:

Let me say here that the matter of genital exposure is no particular problem to me--I am a doctor after all--but there was a problem in that we had this crowd of Tunisian extras--some 300 people posing as 600--and half of that number were women. And Muslim women are forbidden by Muslim law to see such things. It's absolutely forbidden for them to even think of viewing naughty bits. So when I flung open the shutter, half the crowd ran away screaming! That had a profound effect on my psyche. I'd like to think it was their religion...Yes, I'm sure that it was.

Python fans will love this offbeat, informal, delightfully addled book. And everyone else? Try it, you might like it.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 167 pages
• Publisher: Career Pr Inc (November 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564143341
• ISBN-13: 978-1564143341
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,038,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is a disgrace., August 3, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Graham Crackers: Fuzzy Memories, Silly Bits, and Outright Lies (Hardcover)

As a lifelong "alternative" comedy and Python fan, I wholeheartedly agree with the reviewer who acknowledged this book as "astoundingly bad" - this book has nothing to do with Graham Chapman. It was not written by him and it does not reflect him as the keen wit or comedic genius he was. Why anyone would want to cheapen Chapman's memory with a poorly edited, ghost-written collection featuring bits of his worst material as well as completely fabricated material I do not know. It clearly isn't making them much money. I am not sure why this is not illegal.

I also find it terribly low and dispicable that the author is clearly reviewing his own book. Do take a look; it's fairly obvious. I also noticed on another book by this author he had his own relative "reviewing" the book thus again upping the number of stars one sees when browsing for books. Don't fall for it.

Track down a copy of A Liar's Autobiography instead.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Freshness Straight Up, April 30, 2003

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Claudia Rouse (Chicago, IL. 60645) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Graham Crackers: Fuzzy Memories, Silly Bits, and Outright Lies (Hardcover)

Written in first person this book gives new meaning to the word "ghostwriter".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Graham Chapman rises from the dead to write Graham Crackers, March 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Graham Crackers: Fuzzy Memories, Silly Bits, and Outright Lies (Hardcover)

Graham might be dead, but he can tell a lot of interesting stories. This compiled report of Monty Python's Graham Chapman's memoirs is hilarious. It's short and sweet, and provides information that gets you behind the scenes of Monty Python. The book gives a more dark look at the famous comedy troupe, and even darker look at Graham himself. Great for the Python lover or the Monty Python learner. He only downsides are that it's short, and one or two stories ramble on to no result. Warning: basic information about Monty Python is needed to understand this book. Take a chance and take the book!