John Cleese and Terry Gilliam met while appearing in a West End production of the musical Half a Sixpence, starring Tommy Steele. It was in the same production that Cleese met his future wife Connie Booth. The book for Half a Sixpence was written by Beverley Cross, later married to Maggie Smith.
If you look up Medea in Wikipedia, you get this helpful clarification: " For the 21st-century comedy film character created by Tyler Perry, see Madea ."
My Dad worked his entire career as a repairman for AT&T, most of it in Western NY State. In 68 or 69, he was sent to Manhattan for a few months. One day, he drew a ticket for a job in Harlem. NY headquarters of The Black Panther Party. Touching history.
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