In So, Anyway..., John Cleese breezily writes out a partial tale of his life, speaking directly to the reader in sixteen chapters. He covers his early life and schooling in some depth and makes it interesting by letting the reader know what shaped him as a comedian and as a man. Then comes his University life in Cambridge where he met future Monty Python collaborators, got his first taste of performing, got his degree (barely) and then tossed it aside to enter the world as a writer and performer for the BBC. The last eight chapters cover Cleese's work, performance, and travel adventures. Those adventures included being in a musical without being able to sing, touring with the Cambridge Circus in New Zealand and then America without losing his BBC position, and getting married (for the first time). Then, Cleese informs the reader on the BBC shows for which he wrote and/or performed in, and the movie scripts he and Graham Chapman worked on writing for Peter Sellers and others. Finally, Cleese describes the coming together of talent which created The Monty Python Show in 1969. Unfortunately, that is where So, Anyway... ends, right where many folk's interest congregate. Cleese does provide a postscript chapter that discusses the success of The Monty Python Reunion Show in 2014 revealing how some of the Monty Python sketches were created. But that is just a teaser for what could be revealed. Hopefully, John Cleese is busy writing the rest of his story and provide a willing audience his insight on the creation of Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda and other movies and television shows.
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