Terry Jones — British Comedian born on February 01, 1942,

Terence Graham Parry "Terry" Jones is a British comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, historian and author. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team... (wikipedia)

The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.
I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful.
Fatherhood is wonderful.
We think of medieval England as being a place of unbelievable cruelty and darkness and superstition. We think of it as all being about fair maidens in castles, and witch-burning, and a belief that the world was flat. Yet all these things are wrong.
I don't think you need religion.