AND FINALLY…

I’d like to thank everyone I’ve forgotten. They know who they are. Without them I would not be half the man I used to be. I particularly want to thank Tania, Carey, and Lily, without whom I wouldn’t even be a quarter of the man I used to be. They have taught me the meaning of love and family. So I’d also like to thank my extended Chicago family, my large Canadian family, and my London family, Nigel and the Wrays, for their love and kindness. I should thank all the Pythons of course. I know they were lucky to have me, but I learned a lot from them, even though wild horses wouldn’t get me to confess it. A big legally binding thank-you to Tom Hoberman, my lawyer and friend of thirty-five years. Simon Green, my new agent, who had the fortitude to persist in encouraging me to write this book. My publishers, Tricia Boczkowski of Crown Archetype and Alan Samson of Orion Books, for listening to him when he asked them for money. Thanks also to Caspian Dennis for aiding in this task. I must thank my two fantastic assistants, the brilliant and hilarious Alana Gospodnetich, and my wonderful photographic assistant Stefanie Estes, who both helped me enormously, while encouragingly laughing at my jokes. Thank you to Kelly Bush and her IDPR team, including Chris Kanarick and Rachel Hunt, who supported this book early on; the photographer Robin von Swank made me look nice, and my dogdaughter Tasha Goldthwait dressed me up to look swanky for her. Michael Gorfaine fed me sushi and giggled at my anecdotes; and Steve Martin gave me forty years of friendship and advice. Thanks to Doctor Kipper for keeping me alive; Danny Ferrington for building me guitars; Kevin Nealon and Susan Yeagley for being simply wonderful; Ed Begley and Rachelle; the magnificent Jim Beach; the adorable Olivia Harrison; Ian Miles; Holly Gilliam; Jane Tani; Ian Miles; John and Linda Goldstone; Tasha and Bobcat Goldthwait; Gavin and Yukimi de Becker; Arlene Phillips and Angus Ion; Adrienne Strong; Charles Wheeler; Salman; Joni; Jim and Annie; Jeff and Camelia, Joe and Margery; the Connollys; the Ashers; the Feigs; the Dysons; the Donners; Les Frenais; the E. Grants; Ruth Teale; Lyn Ashley; Sasha Smith; Sarah Polley; Bill Haber, producer extraordinaire; Steve Spiegel of TRW, who took a punt and turned it into a battleship; and Casey Nicholaw for just about everything. Merci to my summer friends in France: the Hopewells, Les Nicholas’, Catriona and Jeremy, the Chaters, Dougie and Sylvie, Frank and Chrissie; my London chums, Brian and Gia, Noel and Birdy, Kathy Lette, the Beetles and Jeffrey Archer, who dine me and encourage me; my lovely shrink Barbara for keeping me relatively sane; and of course, my long-suffering musical partner of forty years, John Du Prez. Thank you all. It’s been fun.