Posts Tagged with "Cleese"

John Cleese Podcast #34: The Headmaster

Saturday, July 31, 2010

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John Cleese Podcast #34: The Headmaster

Want something that will make you laugh hard three times in two minutes? Try this. I’d embed it but I can’t.

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Some British Comedy videos

Saturday, September 26, 2009

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Unfortunately, I can’t find “The Running, Jumping, Standing Still Film” anymore, but here are a couple of videos that fans of classic British Comedy might enjoy. Peter Sellers…it gets interesting about halfway through. Jonatham Miller talking about Peter Sellers and Peter Cook (nirvana, indeed) Stephen Fry’s postmortem defense of Peter Cook

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The Secret Policeman’s Ball(s)

Friday, June 19, 2009

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As some of you know, I celebrated my 40th last weekend with a viewing of several rare versions of “The Secret Policeman’s Ball” series. It’s really worth seeking out for anyone the least bit interested in that great Oxbridge generation of British comedy (from Cook to Cleese to Atkinson). Film critic Gregory Weinkauf was there, [...]

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John Cleese on comedy

Monday, April 28, 2008

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This podcast of John Cleese breaking down a few pages of a comedic screenplay with some students from UCSB makes me think we should start cloning him. We have the technology, and it would only require a swab from the inside of his cheek. Trust me, any petty moral concerns would fall by the wayside [...]

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Fantastic news!

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

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So I’ve spent the last decade or so trying to nudge the nascent humorists at The Yale Record in the right direction. And together, we have significantly increased the whimsy of America’s lawyers and management consultants. In retrospect, they probably would’ve gotten more out of sticking their heads in a bucket. At least that’s restful. [...]

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Cleese and Hunter Thompson on Bush

Monday, October 25, 2004

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My dad–who is, by the way, the Republican Party’s worst nightmare, a solid Democrat in a high tax bracket–sent me an email this morning. In it was the following, John Cleese on the Bush Administration: “How many Bush administration officials does it take to change a light bulb? None. There’s nothing wrong with that light bulb. [...]

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Cleese on Cowardice…

Friday, February 21, 2003

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On Pythonline.com, I found this excerpt from John Cleese’s speech upon becoming the Rector of St. Andrews. Sharp, funny writing, and you can hear him delivering it. In other Python news, there’s a Beatles Anthology-type book in the works; I’m currently pressing my English contacts for more information…

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I want my copy

Tuesday, November 12, 2002

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An Irish website reports that John Cleese is writing a Superman comic. Something about a blancmange from the planet Andromeda…? (Help me out here, Simon; did I get the Python reference right?)

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