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Bath, Somerset
Bath ( or ) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset in the south west of England. It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. The population of the city is 83,992. It was granted city status by Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1590, and was made a county borough in 1889 which gave it administrative independence from its county, Somerset. The city became part of Avon when that county was created in 1974. Since 1996, when Avon was abolished, Bath has been the principal centre of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES;).
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Birmingham
Birmingham ( , locally ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. It is the most populous British city outside London with a population of 1,028,700 (2009 estimate), and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the United Kingdom's second most populous Urban Area with a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census). Birmingham's metropolitan area, which includes surrounding towns to which it is closely tied through commuting, is also the United Kingdom's second most populous with a population of 3,683,000.
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Bristol
Bristol () is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) with an estimated 1,006,600 residents, it is England's sixth, and the United Kingdom's eighth most populous city, one of the group of English Core Cities and the most populous city in South West England.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 large professional theatres with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan, New York City.Although theater is the preferred spelling in the U.S.A. (see further at American and British English Spelling Differences), the majority of venues, performers, and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
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California
California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Cornell University
Cornell University (, {{respell|kor-) is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York. It is a private land-grant university which receives funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions.
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England () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
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Leeds
Leeds () is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city had a population of (). Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Urban Area, which at the 2001 census had a population of 1.5 million, and the Leeds city region, an economic area with Leeds at its core, had a population of 2.9 million. Leeds is the UK's largest centre for business, legal, and financial services outside London, and according to the most recent Office for National Statistics estimates, Leeds is the fastest growing city in the UK.
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Liverpool
Liverpool () is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool is the fourth largest city in the United Kingdom (third largest in England) and has a population of 435,500, and lies at the centre of the wider Liverpool Urban Area, which has a population of 816,216.
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London, England
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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Madagascar
Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic, French: ), is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the fourth-largest island in the world.
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Manchester
Manchester () is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2009, the population of the city was estimated to be 483,800, making it the seventh-most populous local authority district in England. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas; the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester had an estimated population of 2,600,100, the Greater Manchester Urban Area a population of 2,240,230, and the Larger Urban Zone around Manchester, the second-most-populous in the UK, had an estimated population in the 2004 Urban Audit of 2,539,100. The demonym of Manchester is Mancunian.
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Oxford
Oxford () is a city, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 151,000 living within the district boundary. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. For a distance of some along the river, in the vicinity of Oxford, the Thames is known as The Isis.
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Palmerston North
Palmerston North () is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of In 2008 it was the 11th-largest city in New Zealand, and the centre of the seventh-largest urban area. A large proportion of its population consists of students attending Massey University, Universal College of Learning (UCOL) and International Pacific College during the student year. Over half of the city's population is under the age of 33 and the city has been marketed as 'Student City'.
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Poland
Poland (), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the sixth most populous member of the European Union, being its most populous Slavic member.
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Somerset
Somerset ( or ) is a county in South West England. The county town of Somerset is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The ceremonial county of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the coast of the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the River Severn. The traditional northern border of the county is the River Avon, but the administrative boundary has crept southwards, with the creation and expansion of the City of Bristol, and latterly the county of Avon and its successor Unitary Authorities in the north.
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Spain
Spain ( ; , ), officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.
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Switzerland
Switzerland (, , , ), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe where it is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
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Tesco
Tesco plc () is a global grocery and general merchandising retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third largest retailer in the world measured by revenues and the second largest measured by profits. It has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in the UK (where it has a market share of around 30%), Malaysia and Thailand.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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West End Theatre
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Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Oldmixon, West Wick and Worle. Its population according to the 2001 census was 71,758. Since 1983, Weston has been twinned with Hildesheim, Germany.
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9618 Johncleese
9618 Johncleese is an asteroid in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Aimi MacDonald
Aimi MacDonald (born Glasgow, Scotland, 27 February 1942) is a British actress. She is known for her role as "The Lovely" Aimi MacDonald in the television sketch comedy show At Last the 1948 Show (Rediffusion, 1967).
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Aishwarya Rai
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Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is a British audio engineer, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several successful albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor. Parsons' own group, The Alan Parsons Project, as well as his subsequent solo recordings, have also been successful commercially.
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Alyce Cleese
Alyce Faye Cleese (previously Eichelberger; born Alyce Faye McBride on October 28, 1944) is an American psychotherapist, author and talk radio host. She was previously married to golfer Dave Eichelberger, and comedian and actor John Cleese.
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Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born 31 December 1937), is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television. Considered to be one of the greatest living actors, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, its sequel, Hannibal, and its prequel, Red Dragon. Other prominent film credits include Magic, The Elephant Man, 84 Charing Cross Road, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, The Remains of the Day, Amistad, Nixon and Fracture. Hopkins was born and brought up in Wales. Retaining his British citizenship, he became a U.S. citizen on 12 April 2000. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.
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Antony Jay
Sir Antony Rupert Jay, CVO, (born 20 April 1930) is an English writer, broadcaster, director and actor famous for the co-authorship, with Jonathan Lynn, of the successful British political comedies, Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (1980-88).
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Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
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Barry Cryer
Barry Charles Cryer OBE (born 23 March 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is a British writer and comedian. Cryer has written for many noted performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.
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Basil Fawlty
Basil Fawlty is the major character in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers, played by John Cleese. The character is often thought of as an iconic British comedy character, and has been deemed unforgettable despite only a dozen half-hour episodes ever being made.
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Ben Whishaw
Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Whishaw is perhaps best known for his breakthrough role as Hamlet, and his role as the lead character in Tom Tykwer's film .
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Bill Oddie
William Edgar "Bill" Oddie OBE (born 7 July 1941, Rochdale, England) is an English author, actor, comedian, artist, naturalist and musician, who first became famous as one of The Goodies.
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Bille Brown
Bille Brown (born 1952) is an Australian Shakespearean actor and acclaimed writer of plays.
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Bo Johansson
:for the bodybuilder see Bo Johansson (bodybuilder)
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Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955), better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the Die Hard series, which were mostly critical and uniformly financial successes. He has also appeared in over sixty films, including box office successes like Pulp Fiction, Sin City, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, and The Sixth Sense.
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Bruces sketch
The Bruces sketch is a famous sketch from the TV show ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', and appears in episode 22, 'How to recognise different parts of the body'. It involves a group of stereotypical lounging Australians who are revealed to be the Philosophy Department at the fictitious University of Woolloomooloo, and all named Bruce, with a common fondness for beer and a hatred of "." Terry Jones plays a "pommie" professor, Michael Baldwin, joining the department and meeting his colleagues for the first time. Since his name is different from that of everyone else, Baldwin is given the moniker "New Bruce" to avoid confusion.
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Burt Lancaster
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Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He has won nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award during this career. He has the distinction of being the only person to appear on all five incarnations of The Tonight Show. He is well known for his work in the remake of ''Ocean's Eleven, and its two sequels, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen''.
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Carol Cleveland
Carol Cleveland (born 13 January 1942, London) is a British actress/comedienne, most notable for her appearances as the only significant female performer on ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''.
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Charles Crichton
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Cleavon Little
Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American film and theatre actor, known for his lead role as Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles and as the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. In 1978 he played "The Prince of Darkness" in the radio station comedy FM. He was also in the 1984 action film Toy Soldiers and acted out the role of Super Soul in the film Vanishing Point in 1971.
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Cynthia Cleese
Cynthia Cleese (born February 1971) is an English/American actress.
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David A. Stewart
David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952), often known as Dave Stewart, is a BRIT Award winning English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".
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David Clennon
David Clennon (born May 10, 1943) is an American actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of Miles Drentel in the ABC series Thirtysomething. He reprised the role in the TV show Once and Again. One of his most recent roles was his portrayal of the U.S. Attorney in the 2005 movie Syriana.
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David Hatch
:For the rugby league footballer of the same name, see David Hatch (rugby league)
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David Ives
David Ives (born 1950) is a contemporary American playwright. A native of South Chicago, Ives attended a minor Catholic seminary and Northwestern University and, after some years' interval, Yale School of Drama, where he received an MFA in playwriting. In the interval between Northwestern and Yale he worked for three years as an editor at Foreign Affairs magazine.
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David Sherlock
David Sherlock is a British writer and was the life partner of Graham Chapman of Monty Python, whom he met in 1966 in Ibiza.
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Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 - May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During the next 10 years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films.
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Desmond Llewelyn
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Dick Vosburgh
Richard Kennedy "Dick" Vosburgh (27 August 1929, Elizabeth, New Jersey – 18 April 2007, London) was an American-born comedy writer and lyricist working chiefly in Britain.
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Douglas Adams
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Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable types of characters.
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. The box office take from his films makes him the second highest grossing actor in the United States. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
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Eric Idle
Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He wrote and performed as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python.
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Footlights
Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, commonly referred to simply as the Footlights, is an amateur theatrical club in Cambridge, England founded in 1883, run by the students of Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin University.
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Frank Muir
Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998) was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers. Together they wrote BBC radio's Take It From Here for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC radio quizzes My Word! and My Music for another 35. Muir became Assistant Head of Light Entertainment at the BBC in the 1960s, and was then London Weekend Television's founding Head of Entertainment. His many writing credits include editorship of The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose.
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Frasier Crane
Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane, M.D., Ph.D., A.P.A. is a fictional character on the American television sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. He was played by Kelsey Grammer for 20 years, tying the record for the longest-running character on prime-time American television, which was set by James Arness, who played Marshal Matt Dillon on the show Gunsmoke. Grammer received Emmy Award nominations for portraying Crane on three different NBC shows, including a 1992 guest appearance on Wings. He made 203 appearances on Cheers, all 264 episode appearances on his spin off show Frasier and 1 episode in Wings.
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Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983, currently for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. He served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party. Immediately before this, he had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007. His tenure ended in May 2010, when he resigned as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party.
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Graeme Garden
David Graeme Garden (born 18 February 1943) is a Scottish author, actor, comedian, artist and television presenter, who first became known as a member of The Goodies.
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Graham Chapman
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Haing S. Ngor
Dr. Haing Somnang Ngor (March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American physician, actor and author who is best known for winning the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his debut performance in the movie The Killing Fields, in which he portrayed Cambodian journalist and refugee Dith Pran. His mother was Khmer and his father was of Chinese descent. Ngor and Harold Russell are the only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award in an acting category. As of 2010, Dr. Ngor remains the only Asian to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (; born May 27, 1923) is a German-born American political scientist, diplomat, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. After his term, his opinion was still sought out by many following presidents.
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James Bond
James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English-language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr. No.
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress and author. Although she was initially known as a "scream queen" because of her starring roles in many horror films early in her career, such as Halloween, The Fog, Prom Night and Terror Train, Curtis has since compiled a body of work that covers many genres. Her 1998 book, Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day, made the best-seller list in The New York Times. Curtis has appeared in advertisements for Activia since 2007, and is a blogger for The Huffington Post online newspaper. She is married to actor, screenwriter, and director Christopher Guest.
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Jay Thomas
Jay Thomas (born July 12, 1948) is an American actor, comedian and radio talk show host.
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John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show ''Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life''.
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Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955), best known as Kelsey Grammer, is an American actor and comedian. He is most widely known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcoms Cheers (nine years) and Frasier (eleven years). He has been nominated for numerous Emmys, including one for playing Frasier Crane on three sitcoms (the third being a guest appearance on Wings), and has also worked as a television producer, director, writer, and as a voice artist. He has received many accolades for his role as Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons.
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Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Charles Branagh (; born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor and film director. He is known for directing and starring in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays.
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Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American theatre, voice and film actor. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2009.
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Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects (Best Supporting Actor), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles in Hollywood include Seven, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, and Superman Returns in a career which has eventually earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.
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Les Dawson
Les Dawson (2 February 1931 – 10 June 1993) was a popular English comedian, remembered for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.
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Martin Sheen
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Marty Feldman
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Megan Mullally
Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress, singer and media personality.
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Mel Brooks
Melvin "Mel" Kaminsky (born June 28, 1926), better known by his stage name Mel Brooks, is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor, and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony award. Three of his films ranked in the Top 20 on the American Film Institute's list of the Top 100 comedy films of all-time: Blazing Saddles, The Producers and Young Frankenstein.
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Mia Hamm
Football biography 2
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Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English film actor. Caine has appeared in over one hundred films.
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Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries.
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Michael Winner
Michael Robert Winner (born 30 October 1935) is a British film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United States, also known as a food critic for the Sunday Times.
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Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield (born 15 May 1953, Reading, Berkshire) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his hit 1973 album Tubular Bells, launched Virgin Records, and for his 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow". He is also well known for his hit rendition of the Christmas piece, "In Dulci Jubilo".
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Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver (born Amelia Fiona J. Driver; 31 January 1970) is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, as well as for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches.
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Monty Python
Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) were a British comedy group that created the influential ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books and a stage musical as well as launching the members to individual stardom. The group's influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles' influence on music.
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Mr Praline
Mr. Eric Praline is a fictional character from the television show ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'', played by actor John Cleese.
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Neville Chamberlain
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Nick Clegg
Nicholas William Peter "Nick" Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who is the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord President of the Council and Minister for Constitutional and Political Reform in the coalition government of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron. Clegg is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Hallam.
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Nigel Hawthorne
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Pelé
Edison "Edson" Arantes do NascimentoOfficial forename and birth date, as written on his birth certificate, are "Edison" and "21 October 1940" :
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Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. An influential figure in British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as "the funniest man who ever drew breath". Cook is closely associated with anti-establishment comedy that emerged in Britain and the USA in the late 1950s.
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Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret (born 1 October 1930 in Lille – died 23 November 2006 in Paris) was a French film actor.
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Prunella Scales
Prunella Scales (born Prunella Margaret Rumney Illingworth) CBE (born 22 June 1932) is an English actress, known for her role as Basil Fawlty's long-suffering wife in the British comedy Fawlty Towers and her award-nominated role as Elizabeth II in the British film A Question of Attribution.
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Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (, ; 22 May 1813 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called). Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs: musical themes associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements. Unlike most other opera composers, Wagner wrote both the music and libretto for every one of his stage works. Famous extracts from his operas include the "Ride of the Valkyries" and the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, popularly known as the wedding march "Here Comes the Bride".
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Robert Carlyle
Robert Carlyle, OBE (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish film and television actor. He is best-known for his work in Trainspotting, The World is Not Enough, The 51st State, The Full Monty and ''Angela's Ashes. He is currently starring as Doctor Nicholas Rush in Stargate Universe''.
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Roberto Benigni
Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born 27 October 1952) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director of film, theatre and television.
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor," assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men." Traditionally Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes. The origin of the legend is claimed by some to have stemmed from actual outlaws, or from ballads or tales of outlaws.
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Robin Skynner
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Ronnie Barker
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Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, OBE (born 4 December 1930) is a Scottish actor and comedian who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the British television comedy series The Two Ronnies. He achieved prominence in David Frost's 1960s satirical comedy programme, The Frost Report and later starred in the sitcoms Sorry! and ''No - That's Me Over Here!''
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Sarah Palin
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Sean Connery
Sir Thomas Sean Connery KBE (born 25 August 1930), more commonly known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes.
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Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American radio and television host, author, and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Sean Hannity Show, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity also hosts a cable-news show, Hannity, on Fox News Channel. Hannity has also written three New York Times bestselling books: ', ', and .
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Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.
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Spike Milligan
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Steve Martin
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer.
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Sybil Fawlty
Sybil Fawlty is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. She is played by Prunella Scales. Her age is listed as 34 years old as seen on her medical chart in the 1975 episode "The Germans", thus presumably indicating that she was born in 1941. Scales was in her 40s during the filming of Fawlty Towers.
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Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is a screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991), and 12 Monkeys (1995). He is the only "Python" not born in Britain, and took British citizenship in 1968.
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Terry Jones
Terence Graham Parry Jones (born February 1, 1942) is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team.
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The Human Face
The Human Face is a 4 part BBC series that examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame in an entertaining fashion. John Cleese, actor, comedian, visiting professor, and best-selling author on psychology, sets out on an odyssey to discover the mysteries of identity, perception, creativity and sexuality hidden behind the mask of life itself.
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Thierry Henry
Thierry Daniel Henry (; born 17 August 1977) is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.
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Tim Brooke-Taylor
Tim Brooke-Taylor (born 17 July 1940) is an English comic actor known in Britain, Australia and New Zealand as a member of The Goodies and in the comedy radio shows ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again''.
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Tim Conway
Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an American comedian and actor, primarily known for his roles in sitcoms, films and television. Conway is best-known for his role as the inept second-in-command officer, Ensign Charles Parker, to Lt. Commander Quinton McHale (played by Ernest Borgnine), in the popular 1960s WWII sitcom ''McHale's Navy, and for co-starring alongside Carol Burnett on The Carol Burnett Show''.
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William Goldman
William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He lives in New York City.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
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Cleese, John Filmography
- The Meaning of High Art (2013)
- God Loves Caviar (2012)
- Absolutely Anything (2012)
- John Howard Davies: A Life in Comedy (2012)
- John Cleese: The Alimony Tour (2011)
- Comedy Britain (2011)
- Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
- John Cleese: The Alimony Tour (2011)
- A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2011)
- John Cleese: The Alimony Tour (2011)
- The Big Year (2011)
- Winnie the Pooh (2011)
- Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2011)
- Shrek Forever After (2010)
- Change for the Oceans (2010)
- Life on Planet 51 (2010)
- Spud (2010)
- Great TV Mistakes (2010)
- The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
- Mitgefühl, Weisheit und Humor (2009)
- Planet 51 (2009)
- Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits (2009)
- Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits (2009)
- Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
- Monty Python Almost the Truth Obligatory Making of Special (2009)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
- Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' (2008)
- Morir de humor (2008)
- The Frost Report Is Back (2008)
- Igor (2008)
- 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (2008)
- The Seventh Python (2008)
- Losing It: Griff Rhys Jones on Anger (2008)
- Charlotte's Web: Some Voices (2007)
- Shrek the Third (2007)
- Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
- Pass It On: Coaching Skills for Managers (2007)
- Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
- The Secret Life of Brian (2007)
- What the Pythons Did Next... (2007)
- Behind the Director's Son's Cut (2007)
- Behind the Director's Son's Cut (2007)
- Greatest Ever Blockbuster Movies (2006)
- L'entente cordiale (2006)
- TV's 50 Greatest Stars (2006)
- Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
- ¿De qué te ríes? (2006)
- The Art of Football from A to Z (2006)
- The Art of Football from A to Z (2006)
- World of Robin Hood (2006)
- The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006)
- Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006)
- Man About Town (2006)
- Charlotte's Web (2006)
- Greatest Ever Comedy Movies (2006)
- The Passion: Films, Faith & Fury (2006)
- Complete Guide to Guys (2005)
- Complete Guide to Guys (2005)
- Complete Guide to Guys (2005)
- Complete Guide to Guys (2005)
- Greatest TV Comedy Moments (2005)
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
- Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches (2005)
- The Power of the Sun (2005)
- Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV (2005)
- Return of the Goodies (2005)
- The Comedians' Comedian (2005)
- Mickey's Around the World in 80 Days (2005)
- Valiant (2005)
- Fawlty Towers Revisited (2005)
- Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005)
- Ronnie Barker: A BAFTA Tribute (2004)
- World's Funniest & Cleverest Commercials (2004)
- Wine for the Confused (2004)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- 2nd Irish Film and Television Awards (2004)
- The Funny Ladies of British Comedy (2004)
- Meet the Cast of Shrek 2 (2004)
- The Ultimate Film (2004)
- I Love '70s (2004)
- Wine for the Confused (2004)
- George of the Jungle 2 (2003)
- Inside 'Die Another Day' (2003)
- The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' (2003)
- Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (2003)
- Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
- 30 Years of 'Last of the Summer Wine' (2003)
- Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Really Expensive School (2003)
- Scorched (2003)
- Something Fishy (2003)
- Stupidity (2003)
- With Friends Like These (2003)
- Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Really Expensive School (2003)
- Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Really Expensive School (2003)
- Die Another Day: From Script to Screen (2002)
- Just for Laughs (2002)
- Die Another Day (2002)
- Eric Idle: Exploits Monty Python (2002)
- Taking the Wheel (2002)
- Pinocchio (2002)
- The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
- Shaken and Stirred on Ice (2002)
- James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002)
- Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)
- 2002 ABC World Stunt Awards (2002)
- Best Ever Bond (2002)
- Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (2002)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
- The Teaching Awards 2001 (2001)
- The Human Face (2001)
- We Know Where You Live (2001)
- Monty Python Live (2001)
- Comedy Masterclass (2001)
- Clockwatching with Mr. Cleese (2001)
- Comic Relief Short Pants (2001)
- H.M.O. (2001)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- Heroes for the Planet: A Tribute to National Geographic (2001)
- Lemurs (2001)
- Lemurs (2001)
- Making 'Rat Race' (2001)
- Mickey's House of Villains (2001)
- Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
- Monty Python Live (2001)
- Rat Race (2001)
- The 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001)
- Isn't She Great (2000)
- Rockstar (2000)
- Now Pay Attention 007! (2000)
- Night of a Thousand Shows (2000)
- Quantum Project (2000)
- The Magic Pudding (2000)
- Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (2000)
- From Spam to Sperm (2000)
- The Bond Cocktail (1999)
- Comic Relief: The Record Breaker (1999)
- Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- The World Is Not Enough (1999)
- The BFI London Imax Signature Film (1999)
- John Cleese & Anders Lund Madsen (1999)
- Steve Martin: Seriously Funny (1999)
- The Out-of-Towners (1999)
- The Making of 'The World Is Not Enough' (1999)
- Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
- Parting Shots (1999)
- Pythonland (1999)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998)
- The John Cleese Interview (1998)
- The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1998)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998)
- John Cleeses fornemmelse for humor (1997)
- Fierce Creatures (1997)
- George of the Jungle (1997)
- Fierce Creatures (1997)
- Fierce Creatures (1997)
- Spike (1996)
- The Wind in the Willows (1996)
- And It's Goodnight from Him: The Very Best of Ronnie Barker (1996)
- Auntie's All-Time Greats (1996)
- What You Really Need to Know About... Ulcers: Gastric and Duodenal Peptic Ulcers (1995)
- Look at the State We're In! (1995)
- Look at the State We're In! (1995)
- The Jungle Book (1994)
- The Swan Princess (1994)
- Frankenstein (1994)
- The Making of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' (1994)
- 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis (1993)
- Splitting Heirs (1993)
- There Now Follows... (1993)
- Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (1993)
- Auntie's Bloomers (1991)
- Amnesty International's Big 30 (1991)
- An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
- Life of Python (1990)
- Grime Goes Green: Your Business and the Environment (1990)
- The Helping Hand (1990)
- Bullseye! (1990)
- Grime Goes Green: Your Business and the Environment (1990)
- The Helping Hand (1990)
- Grime Goes Green: Your Business and the Environment (1990)
- Life of Python (1990)
- Hysteria 2! (1989)
- Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... (1989)
- The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989)
- The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989)
- Erik the Viking (1989)
- The Movie Life of George (1989)
- Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989)
- The Big Picture (1989)
- Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- The Importance of Mistakes (1988)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- All Change (1988)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- An Audience with Peter Ustinov (1988)
- A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
- The Importance of Mistakes (1988)
- All Change (1988)
- Baby Quark (1987)
- The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
- The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)
- Quark and the Highway Robber (1987)
- Telephone Behaviour: The Power and the Perils (1986)
- Return on Investment (1986)
- Clockwise (1986)
- Comic Relief (1986)
- $ucces Part One (1986)
- Return on Investment (1986)
- Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985)
- Silverado (1985)
- More Bloody Meetings (1984)
- More Bloody Meetings (1984)
- The Secret Policeman's Private Parts (1984)
- Budgeting (1984)
- Budgeting (1984)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- Group Madness (1983)
- Group Madness (1983)
- Privates on Parade (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- The Meaning of Monty Python's Meaning of Life (1983)
- Yellowbeard (1983)
- Perishing Solicitors (1983)
- The Meaning of Life (1983)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
- The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- You'll Soon Get the Hang of It (1981)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Giroblauw met John Cleese (1981)
- You'll Soon Get the Hang of It (1981)
- Giroblauw met John Cleese (1981)
- The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
- Giroblauw met John Cleese (1981)
- Free to Choose (1980)
- Depreciation and Inflation (1980)
- The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
- Cost, Profit, and Break-Even (1980)
- Depreciation and Inflation (1980)
- Cost, Profit, and Break-Even (1980)
- Peter Cook & Co. (1980)
- The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
- Mad Dogs and Cricketers (1979)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
- I'd Like a Word with You (1979)
- Away from It All (1979)
- Away from It All (1979)
- The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 (1979)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- I'd Like a Word with You (1979)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- I'd Like a Word with You (1979)
- I'd Like a Word with You (1979)
- Food, Wine & Friends (1979)
- Away from It All (1979)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- Life of Brian (1979)
- To Norway, Home of Giants (1979)
- The Control of Working Capital (1978)
- The Control of Working Capital (1978)
- The Balance Sheet Barrier (1977)
- The Balance Sheet Barrier (1977)
- The Mermaid Frolics (1977)
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
- The Mermaid Frolics (1977)
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part Four: Revelations (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part One: Damnation (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part Three: Lamentations (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part Two: Salvation (1977)
- How Am I Doing? (1977)
- How Am I Doing? (1977)
- How Am I Doing? (1977)
- How Am I Doing? (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part Four: Revelations (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part One: Damnation (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part Three: Lamentations (1977)
- The Unorganized Manager, Part Two: Salvation (1977)
- Can We Please Have That the Right Way Round? (1976)
- Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
- The Cold Call (1976)
- The Cold Call (1976)
- Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976)
- Can We Please Have That the Right Way Round? (1976)
- Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
- Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976)
- Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
- Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
- Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976)
- I'll Think About It (1975)
- In Two Minds (1975)
- It's Alright, It's Only a Customer (1975)
- More Akward Customers (1975)
- Decisions, Decisions (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Decisions, Decisions (1975)
- Awkward Customers (1975)
- How Not to Exhibit Yourself (1975)
- More Akward Customers (1975)
- Awkward Customers (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Decisions, Decisions (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- It's Alright, It's Only a Customer (1975)
- How Not to Exhibit Yourself (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- I'll Think About It (1975)
- In Two Minds (1975)
- Who Sold You This, Then? (1975)
- The Competitive Spirit (1975)
- More Akward Customers (1975)
- Awkward Customers (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Who Sold You This, Then? (1975)
- It's Alright, It's Only a Customer (1975)
- In Two Minds (1975)
- Who Sold You This, Then? (1975)
- I'll Think About It (1975)
- The Competitive Spirit (1975)
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
- Decisions, Decisions (1975)
- Decisions, Decisions (1975)
- The Meeting of Minds (1975)
- The Meeting of Minds (1975)
- The Meeting of Minds (1975)
- How Not to Exhibit Yourself (1975)
- The Competitive Spirit (1975)
- Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
- Man Hunt (1974)
- Man Hunt (1974)
- Man Hunt (1974)
- Man Hunt (1974)
- Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
- Man Hunt (1974)
- Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report (1974)
- The Love Ban (1973)
- Is This a Record? (1973)
- Golf Etiquette (1973)
- Rentadick (1972)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- The Ronnie Barker Yearbook (1971)
- The Statue (1971)
- Euroshow 71 (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- The Ronnie Barker Yearbook (1971)
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- How to Irritate People (1969)
- How to Irritate People (1969)
- The Best House in London (1969)
- Light Entertainment Killers (1969)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- The Goon Show (1968)
- The Goon Show (1968)
- Interlude (1968)
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
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JOHN CLEESE WCF
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- Duration: 10:37
- Published: 18 Mar 2009
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
John Cleese on creativity.
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John Cleese Carefully Considers Your Futile Comments
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- Duration: 4:37
- Published: 17 Feb 2012
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Follow John Cleese on Twitter: @johncleese twitter.com twitter.com www.johncleese.com
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John Cleese rants - Soccer vs Football
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- Duration: 1:54
- Published: 04 Mar 2009
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
John Cleese tells the truth. From the excellent documentary "The Art of Football from A to Z". More info @ www.imdb.com
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John Cleese - How to Irritate People - Airplane Sketch
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- Duration: 4:17
- Published: 01 Dec 2006
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
One of the sketches from Cleese's programme
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John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson - Beekeeping
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- Duration: 4:36
- Published: 21 May 2007
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Hysterical sketch w/ Cleese as a beekeeping expert and Atkinson as a terrible television show host. Recorded live in 1981. Shh.
http://wn.com/John_Cleese_and_Rowan_Atkinson_Beekeeping
John Cleese on Creativity
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- Duration: 36:10
- Published: 23 Mar 2012
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
John Cleese vs Extremism
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- Duration: 2:12
- Published: 05 Mar 2008
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
John Cleese shows the pathology of extremism
http://wn.com/John_Cleese_vs_Extremism
Fawlty Towers - Don't mention the war.mpg
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- Duration: 4:24
- Published: 26 Dec 2009
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Basil Fawlty waits on some German guests while suffering the effects of a concussion.
http://wn.com/Fawlty_Towers_Don't_mention_the_warmpg
Benefits of Laughter Yoga with John Cleese
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- Duration: 3:47
- Published: 27 Sep 2006
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
www.laughteryoga.org John Cleese meets Dr Madan Kataria founder of Laughter Yoga, discovers Laughter Yoga and visits a Laughter Yoga session in an Indian jail. To learn more about Laughter Yoga please visit www.laughteryoga.org. Used with permission.
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The Brain as explained by John Cleese
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- Duration: 2:08
- Published: 11 Sep 2008
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Here's to all John Cleese fans, a "serious" discussion on the organization of the brain and its functions to human health.
http://wn.com/The_Brain_as_explained_by_John_Cleese
John Cleese on The Muppet Show
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- Duration: 3:15
- Published: 08 Jul 2007
- Updated: 18 Jul 2012
John Cleese of "Monty Python" and "Fawlty Towers" fame takes on Kermit the Frog and company. From 1977.
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John Cleese - The Scientists - 2008
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- Duration: 2:51
- Published: 15 Aug 2008
- Updated: 11 Jul 2012
John Cleese Podcast #32 The Scientists John Cleese Podcasts are available at www.johncleesepodcast.co.uk
http://wn.com/John_Cleese_The_Scientists_2008
John Cleese Despises Christianity.- Antitheist atheist
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- Duration: 10:43
- Published: 26 Mar 2012
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
www.facebook.com www.antitheist-atheist.blogspot.com http John Cleese Despises Christianity.- Antitheist atheist An enlightening look at John's view on Christianity from an early discussion show to defend the film "The Life of Brian" lowcoststart and ukantitheist1
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John Cleese and the selfish bastard (1 of 6) - A TomTom Break Free sketch
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- Duration: 1:47
- Published: 22 May 2011
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
Enjoyed this video? Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com to see more John Cleese sketches. John Cleese shows his true color as a policeman delivers some upsetting news. Classic Cleese. This comedy sketch, written by John Cleese, is part of the TomTom Break Free ad campaign.
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John Cleese - a lecture on Creativity
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- Duration: 13:35
- Published: 28 Mar 2012
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Excerpt from the full lecture from John Cleese on how to inspire creativity within yourselves. "And there, ladies and gentlemen, are the 5 factors that you can arrange to make your lives more creative. Space. Time. Time. Confidence and more Jeffrey Archer." Retrieve your space and time at Novel Haven, and set aside time to allow creativity to find a channel through you now! Find us at: Blk 46 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee #01-890 Tiong Bahru Estate, Singapore 160046 www.facebook.com Full video available here: www.youtube.com
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Monty Python - The silly walk
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- Duration: 1:30
- Published: 20 Jan 2007
- Updated: 18 Jul 2012
You can get the complete Monty Python dvd set here: urlsnippy.com Monty Python's silly walk. One of their best videos.
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Graham Chapman's Eulogy
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- Duration: 2:02
- Published: 13 Oct 2006
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
John Cleese remembers a fellow Python
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"Portable 2 Compared to This Fish" - JOHN CLEESE Compaq Ad
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- Duration: 1:48
- Published: 18 Oct 2006
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
One ofmany wonderful commercials John Cleese did for Compaq Computer Corporation in the mid to late '80s. A very rare find and a treasure for any John Cleese fan, these classic ads were shown only in Great Britian.
http://wn.com/Portable_2_Compared_to_This_Fish_JOHN_CLEESE_Compaq_Ad
The Parrot Sketch
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- Duration: 5:28
- Published: 03 Dec 2008
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Monty Python's Flying Circus www.amazon.com
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John Cleese On Creativity
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- Duration: 10:37
- Published: 28 Mar 2012
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Kaupthing commercial starring John Cleese #3
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- Duration: 0:47
- Published: 07 Jan 2007
- Updated: 19 Jun 2012
The last of three and by far the funniest Kaupthing commercial starring John Cleese.
http://wn.com/Kaupthing_commercial_starring_John_Cleese_3
Lemurs with John Cleese
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- Duration: 124:28
- Published: 04 May 2012
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
A documentary about lemurs, hosted by John Cleese. Currently this title is only available on VHS. I got a used copy from Amazon, had it professionally transfered to DVD and uploaded it here where its awesomeness can live on in the digital age. PBS In the Wild
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Cleese on PR (full length)
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- Duration: 9:44
- Published: 09 Jun 2008
- Updated: 16 Jul 2012
John Cleese in 1987 video talks about proportional representation using examples from British elections - focus on what Americans call Choice Voting (choicevoting.com)
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A creative pep talk from John Cleese
20 Jul 2012
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
| John Cleese, the famed member of Monty Python and star of "Fawlty Towers" and "A Fish Called Wanda," spoke at the recent Cannes International Festival of Creativity on one of his favorite topics, creativity. "Cleese brought a storytelling flair to the topic of the creative...(size: 16.5Kb)
John Cleese filming at Cape school
16 Jul 2012
Independent online (SA)
Natalie Simon English comedy actor John Cleese has returned to the classroom – this time in Cape Town at the SA College High School (Sacs). On set for the filming of the SA feature film sequel Spud 2: The Madness Continues, based on the books by John van de Ruit,...(size: 1.8Kb)
John Cleese Hated Hollywood Script Changes
22 May 2012
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British funnyman John Cleese decided to quit Hollywood after movie bosses began interfering with his scripts. The 72-year-old Monty Python legend, who wrote and co-starred in 1988 hit A Fish Called Wanda, penned some comedy material in the early 2000s which he was hoping to turn into a movie, but he...(size: 4.7Kb)
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John Cleese: Happily ever laughter
20 May 2012
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With a career spanning more than five decades, it's difficult to know where to start when a man as legendary as John Cleese answersthe phone. His recognisably posh British accent firmly in place, just as during much of his impressive career, Cleese called the shots. "We'll talk for about 10...(size: 25.4Kb)
John Cleese Joins Heist Comedy Hunting Elephants
18 May 2012
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With more than 60 films appearances to his name, legendary Monty Python comedian John Cleese is not exactly choosy about his roles.how...(size: 0.9Kb)
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John Cleese may be in his 70′s but that hasn't stopped him from continuing his substantial film career with yet another project. THR reports...(size: 1.0Kb)
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The British comedian and actor will join Sasson Gabai and Moni Moshonov on the cast of Hunting Elephants, which Bleiberg Entertainment is co-funding with United King and selling in Cannes. Reshef Levi is directing from his own script and Ehud Bleiberg, Moshe Edery and Leon Edery of United King are...(size: 5.9Kb)
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John Cleese never attracted groupies
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| John Cleese | |
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 Cleese in 2008 |
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| Born | John Marwood Cleese (1939-10-27) 27 October 1939 (age 72) Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge, Clifton College |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Influenced by | Spike Milligan, the Goons, Dick Emery, William Shakespeare |
| Home town | London, England |
| Height | 6'5" (1.96 m) |
| Political party | Liberal Democrat |
| Spouse |
Connie Booth (m. 1968–1978) «start: (1968-02-20)–end+1: (1978-09)»"Marriage: Connie Booth to John Cleese" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/John_Cleese) (divorced) |
| Partner | Barbie Orr (2008–2009) Jennifer Wade (2010–present) |
| Children | Cynthia Cleese (b. 1971) with Connie Booth Camilla Cleese (b. 1984) with Barbara Trentham |
| Website | |
| TheJohnCleese.com | |
John Marwood Cleese (/ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, The Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
In the mid 1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films as R/Q, two Harry Potter films and three Shrek films.
With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded Video Arts, a production company making entertaining training films.
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Early life[link]
Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, the only child of Muriel Evelyn (née Cross) (b.1899), and Reginald Francis Cleese (b. 1893), who worked in insurance sales.[1] His family's surname was previously "Cheese", but his father changed it to "Cleese" in 1915 upon joining the Army.
Cleese was educated at St Peter's Preparatory School, where he was a star pupil, receiving a prize for English studies and doing well at sports, including cricket and boxing. At 13 he received an exhibition to Clifton College, an English public school in Bristol. He was tall as a child and was well over 6 ft when he arrived there. While at the school he is said to have defaced the school grounds for a prank by painting footprints to suggest that the school's statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig had got down from his plinth and gone to the toilet.[2] Cleese played cricket for the first team, and after initial indifference he did well academically, passing 8 O-Levels and 3 A-Levels in mathematics, physics and chemistry.[3][4]
After leaving school, he went back to his prep school to teach science, English, geography, history and Latin[5] (he drew on his Latin teaching experience later for a scene in Life of Brian in which he corrects Brian's badly written Latin graffiti[6]) before taking up a place he had won at Downing College, Cambridge, where he studied Law and joined the Cambridge Footlights. There he met his future writing partner Graham Chapman. Cleese wrote extra material for the 1961 Footlights Revue I Thought I Saw It Move,[7][8] and was Registrar for the Footlights Club during 1962, as well as being one of the cast members for the 1962 Footlights Revue Double Take![7][8] He graduated from Cambridge in 1963 with a 2:1. Despite his successes on The Frost Report, his father would send him cuttings from the Daily Telegraph offering management jobs in places like Marks and Spencer.[9]
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Pre-Python[link]
Cleese was one of the script writers, as well as being a member of the cast, for the 1963 Footlights Revue A Clump of Plinths,[7][8] which was so successful during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that it was renamed Cambridge Circus and taken to the West End in London and then on a tour of New Zealand and Broadway, with the cast also appearing in some of the revue's sketches on The Ed Sullivan Show in September 1964.[8]
After Cambridge Circus, Cleese briefly stayed in America, performing on and Off-Broadway. While performing in the musical Half a Sixpence,[8] Cleese met future Python Terry Gilliam, as well as American actress Connie Booth, whom he married on 20 February 1968.[8]
He was soon offered work as a writer with BBC Radio, where he worked on several programmes, most notably as a sketch writer for The Dick Emery Show. The success of the Footlights Revue led to the recording of a short series of half-hour radio programmes, called I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, that were so popular that the BBC commissioned a regular series with the same title that ran from 1965 to 1974. Cleese returned to Britain and joined the cast.[8] In many episodes, he is credited as "John Otto Cleese".
Also in 1965, Cleese and Chapman began writing on The Frost Report. The writing staff chosen for The Frost Report consisted of a number of writers and performers who would go on to make names for themselves in comedy. They included co-performers from I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again and future Goodies Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor, and also Frank Muir, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Dick Vosburgh and future Python members Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. It was while working on The Frost Report, in fact, that the future Pythons developed the writing styles that would make their collaboration significant. Cleese and Chapman's sketches often involved authority figures, some of which were performed by Cleese, while Jones and Palin were both infatuated with filmed scenes that open with idyllic countryside panoramas. Idle was one of those charged with writing David Frost's monologue. It was during this period that Cleese met and befriended influential British comedian Peter Cook.
It was as an actual performer on the Frost Report that Cleese achieved his breakthrough on British television as a comedy actor, appearing as the tall, patrician figure on the classic class sketch, contrasting comically in a line-up with the shorter, middle class Ronnie Barker and the even-shorter, working class Ronnie Corbett. Such was the popularity of the series that in 1966 Cleese and Chapman were invited to work as writers and performers with Brooke-Taylor and Feldman on At Last the 1948 Show,[8] during which time the Four Yorkshiremen sketch was written by all four writers/performers (the Four Yorkshiremen sketch is now better known as a Monty Python sketch).[10] Cleese and Chapman also wrote episodes for the first series of Doctor in the House (and later Cleese wrote six episodes of Doctor at Large on his own in 1971). These series were successful, and in 1969 Cleese and Chapman were offered their very own series. However, owing to Chapman's alcoholism, Cleese found himself bearing an increasing workload in the partnership and was therefore unenthusiastic about doing a series with just the two of them. He had found working with Palin on The Frost Report an enjoyable experience and invited him to join the series. Palin had previously been working on Do Not Adjust Your Set with Idle and Jones, with Terry Gilliam creating the animations. The four of them had, on the back of the success of Do Not Adjust Your Set, been offered a series for Thames Television, which they were waiting to begin when Cleese's offer arrived. Palin agreed to work with Cleese and Chapman in the meantime, bringing with him Gilliam, Jones, and Idle.
Monty Python[link]
Monty Python's Flying Circus ran for four seasons from October 1969 to December 1974 on BBC Television, though with only limited participation of Cleese in the last six shows. Cleese's two primary characterisations were as a sophisticate and a stressed-out loony. He portrayed the former as a series of announcers, TV show hosts, and government officials (for example, "The Ministry of Silly Walks"). The latter is perhaps best represented in the "Cheese Shop" and by Cleese's Mr Praline character, the man with a dead Norwegian Blue parrot and a menagerie of other animals all named "Eric". He was also known for his working class "Sergeant Major" character, who worked as a Police Sergeant, Roman Centurion, etc. He is also seen as the opening announcer with the now famous line "And now for something completely different", although in its premiere in the sketch "Man with Three Buttocks", the phrase was spoken by Eric Idle.
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Along with Gilliam's animations, Cleese's work with Graham Chapman provided Python with its darkest and angriest moments, and many of his characters display the seething suppressed rage that later characterised his portrayal of Basil Fawlty.
Unlike Palin and Jones, Cleese and Chapman actually wrote together—in the same room; Cleese claims that their writing partnership involved his sitting with pen and paper, doing most of the work, while Chapman sat back, not speaking for long periods, then suddenly coming out with an idea that often elevated the sketch to a different level. A classic example of this is the "Dead Parrot" sketch, envisaged by Cleese as a satire on poor customer service, which was originally to have involved a broken toaster and later a broken car (this version was actually performed and broadcast on the pre-Python special How To Irritate People). It was Chapman's suggestion to change the faulty item into a dead parrot, and he also suggested that the parrot be specifically a Norwegian Blue, giving the sketch a surreal air which made it far more memorable.
Their humour often involved ordinary people in ordinary situations behaving absurdly for no obvious reason. Like Chapman, Cleese's poker face, clipped middle class accent, and imposing height allowed him to appear convincingly as a variety of authority figures, such as policemen, detectives, Nazi officers or government officials—which he would then proceed to undermine. Most famously, in the "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch (actually written by Palin and Jones), Cleese exploits his stature as the crane-legged civil servant performing a grotesquely elaborate walk to his office.
Chapman and Cleese also specialised in sketches where two characters would conduct highly articulate arguments over completely arbitrary subjects, such as in the "cheese shop", the "dead parrot" sketch and "The Argument Sketch", where Cleese plays a stone-faced bureaucrat employed to sit behind a desk and engage people in pointless, trivial bickering. All of these roles were opposite Palin (who Cleese often claims is his favourite Python to work with)—the comic contrast between the towering Cleese's crazed aggression and the shorter Palin's shuffling inoffensiveness is a common feature in the series. Occasionally, the typical Cleese-Palin dynamic is reversed, as in "Fish Licence", wherein Palin plays the bureaucrat with whom Cleese is trying to work.
Though the programme lasted four series, by the start of series 3, Cleese was growing tired of dealing with Chapman's alcoholism. He felt, too, that the show's scripts had declined in quality. For these reasons, he became restless and decided to move on. Though he stayed for the third series, he officially left the group before the fourth season. Despite this, he remained friendly with the group, and all six began writing Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Cleese received a credit on episodes of the fourth series which used material from these sessions, and even makes a brief appearance in one episode as the voice of a cartoon in the "Hamlet" episode, though he was officially unconnected with the fourth series. Cleese returned to the troupe to co-write and co-star in the Monty Python films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and participated in various live performances over the years.
Post-Python[link]
From 1970 to 1973, Cleese served as rector of the University of St Andrews.[11] His election proved a milestone for the university, revolutionising and modernising the post. For instance, the rector was traditionally entitled to appoint an "Assessor", a deputy to sit in his place at important meetings in his absence. Cleese changed this into a position for a student, elected across campus by the student body, resulting in direct access and representation for the student body.[12]
Around this time, Cleese worked with comedian Les Dawson on his sketch/stand-up show Sez Les. The differences between the two physically (the tall, lean Cleese and the short, stout Dawson) and socially (the public school, and then Cambridge-educated Cleese and the working class, self-educated Mancunian Dawson) were marked, but both worked well together from series 8 onwards until the series ended in 1976.[13][14]
Cleese achieved greater prominence in the United Kingdom as the neurotic hotel manager Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers, which he co-wrote with his wife Connie Booth. The series won three BAFTA awards when produced and in 2000, it topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series also featured Prunella Scales as Basil's acerbic wife Sybil, Andrew Sachs as the much abused Spanish waiter Manuel ("...he's from Barcelona"), and Booth as waitress Polly, the series' voice of sanity. Cleese based Basil Fawlty on a real person, Donald Sinclair, whom he had encountered in 1970 while the Monty Python team were staying at the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay while filming inserts for their television series. Reportedly, Cleese was inspired by Sinclair's mantra, "I could run this hotel just fine, if it weren't for the guests." He later described Sinclair as "the most wonderfully rude man I have ever met," although Sinclair's widow has said her husband was totally misrepresented in the series. During the Pythons' stay, Sinclair allegedly threw Idle's briefcase out of the hotel "in case it contained a bomb," complained about Gilliam's "American" table manners, and threw a bus timetable at another guest after they dared to ask the time of the next bus to town.
The first series was screened from 19 September 1975 on BBC 2, initially to poor reviews,[15] but gained momentum when repeated on BBC 1 the following year. Despite this, a second series did not air until 1979, by which time Cleese's marriage to Booth had ended, but they revived their collaboration for the second series. Fawlty Towers consisted of only twelve episodes; Cleese and Booth both maintain that this was to avoid compromising the quality of the series.
Muppet Show[link]
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Cleese as a Mexican maraca soloist as part of his 1977 guest appearance on The Muppet Show
In December 1977, Cleese appeared as a guest star on The Muppet Show. Cleese was a fan of the show, and co-wrote much of the episode. He appears in a "Pigs in Space" segment as a pirate trying to hijack the spaceship Swinetrek, and also helps Gonzo restore his arms to "normal" size after Gonzo's cannonball catching act goes wrong. During the show's closing number, Cleese refuses to sing the famous show tune from Man of La Mancha, "The Impossible Dream". Kermit the Frog apologises and the curtain re-opens with Cleese now costumed as a Viking trying some Wagnerian opera as part of a duet with Sweetums. Once again, Cleese protests to Kermit, and gives the frog one more chance. This time, he is costumed as a Mexican maraca soloist. He has finally had enough and protests that he is leaving the show, saying "You were supposed to be my host. How can you do this to me? Kermit – I am your guest!". The cast joins in with their parody of "The Impossible Dream", singing "This is your guest, to follow that star...". During the crowd's applause that follows the song, he pretends to strangle Kermit until he realises the crowd loves him and accepts the accolades. During the show's finale, as Kermit thanks him, he shows up with a fictional album, his own new vocal record John Cleese: A Man & His Music, and encourages everyone to buy a copy.[16]
This would not be Cleese's final appearance with the Muppets. In their 1981 film The Great Muppet Caper, Cleese does a cameo appearance as Neville, a local homeowner. As part of the appearance, Miss Piggy borrows his house as a way to impress Kermit the Frog.
Awards[link]
Cleese won the TV Times award for Funniest Man On TV – 1978-79.[17]
1980s and 1990s[link]
During the 1980s and 1990s, Cleese focused on film, though he did work with Peter Cook in his one-off TV special Peter Cook and Co. in 1980. In the same year Cleese played Petruchio, in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in the BBC Television Shakespeare series. In 1981 he starred with Sean Connery and Michael Palin in the Terry Gilliam-directed Time Bandits as Robin Hood. He also participated in Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982), and starred in The Secret Policeman's Ball for Amnesty International. In 1985, Cleese had a small dramatic role as a sheriff in Silverado, which had an all-star cast that included Kevin Kline, with whom he would star with in A Fish Called Wanda three years later. In 1986, he starred in Clockwise as an uptight school headmaster obsessed with punctuality and constantly getting in to trouble during a journey to a headmasters' conference.
Timed with the 1987 UK elections, he appeared in a video promoting proportional representation.[18]
In 1988, he wrote and starred in A Fish Called Wanda, as the lead, Archie Leach, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. Wanda was a commercial and critical success, and Cleese was nominated for an Academy Award for his script. Cynthia Cleese starred as Leach's daughter.
Graham Chapman was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1989; Cleese, Michael Palin, Peter Cook and Chapman's partner David Sherlock, witnessed Chapman's death. Chapman's death occurred a day before the 20th anniversary of the first broadcast of Flying Circus, with Jones commenting, "the worst case of party-pooping in all history." Cleese's eulogy at Chapman's memorial service—in which he "became the first person ever at a British memorial service to say 'fuck'"—has since become legendary.[19]
Cleese would later play a supporting role in Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein alongside Branagh himself and Robert De Niro. He also produced and acted in a number of successful business training films, including Meetings, Bloody Meetings and More Bloody Meetings. These were produced by his company Video Arts.
With Robin Skynner, the group analyst and family therapist, Cleese wrote two books on relationships: Families and How to Survive Them, and Life and How to Survive It. The books are presented as a dialogue between Skynner and Cleese.
In 1996, Cleese declined the British honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). The follow-up to A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures—which again starred Cleese alongside Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin—was also released that year, but was greeted with mixed reception by critics and audiences. Cleese has since often stated that making the second film had been a mistake. When asked by his friend, director and restaurant critic Michael Winner, what he would do differently if he could live his life again, Cleese responded, "I wouldn’t have married Alyce Faye Eichelberger and I wouldn’t have made Fierce Creatures."[20]
In 1999, Cleese appeared in the James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough as Q's assistant, referred to by Bond as "R". In 2002, when Cleese reprised his role in Die Another Day, the character was promoted, making Cleese the new quartermaster (Q) of MI6. In 2004, Cleese was featured as Q in the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, featuring his likeness and voice. Cleese did not appear in the subsequent Bond films, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
2000 to present[link]
Cleese is Provost's Visiting Professor at Cornell University, after having been Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large from 1999–2006. He makes occasional, well-received appearances on the Cornell campus. He sold his home in the town of Montecito, California in 2008[21][22] and planned on moving to Bath in the UK where he has a home on the Royal Crescent. In 2011 Cleese was quoted as saying that for tax purposes he might have to live in Switzerland or Monaco.[23][24][25]
In 2001, Cleese was cast in the comedy Rat Race as the eccentric hotel owner Donald P. Sinclair, the name of the Torquay hotel owner on who he had based the character of Basil Fawlty.[26] In 2002, Cleese made a cameo appearance in the film The Adventures of Pluto Nash in which he played "James", a computerised chauffeur of a hover car stolen by the title character (played by Eddie Murphy). The vehicle is subsequently destroyed in a chase, leaving the chauffeur stranded in a remote place on the moon. In 2003, Cleese appeared as Lyle Finster on the US sitcom Will & Grace. His character's daughter, Lorraine, was played by Minnie Driver. In the series, Lyle Finster briefly marries Karen Walker (Megan Mullally). In 2004, Cleese was credited as co-writer of a DC Comics graphic novel titled Superman: True Brit.[27] Part of DC's "Elseworlds" line of imaginary stories, True Brit, mostly written by Kim Howard Johnson, suggests what might have happened had Superman's rocket ship landed in Britain, not America.
From 10 November to 9 December 2005, Cleese toured New Zealand with his stage show, John Cleese—His Life, Times and Current Medical Problems. Cleese described it as "a one-man show with several people in it, which pushes the envelope of acceptable behaviour in new and disgusting ways." The show was developed in New York with William Goldman and includes Cleese's daughter Camilla as a writer and actor (the shows were directed by Australian Bille Brown). His assistant of many years, Garry Scott-Irvine, also appeared, and was listed as a co-producer. It then played in universities in California and Arizona from 10 January to 25 March 2006 under the title "Seven Ways to Skin an Ocelot".[28] His voice can be downloaded for directional guidance purposes as a downloadable option on some personal GPS-navigation device models by company TomTom.
In a 2005 poll of comedians and comedy insiders, The Comedians' Comedian, Cleese was voted second only to Peter Cook. Also in 2005, a long-standing piece of Internet humour, "The Revocation of Independence of the United States", was wrongly attributed to Cleese. In 2006, Cleese hosted a television special of football’s greatest kicks, goals, saves, bloopers, plays and penalties, as well as football’s influence on culture (including the famous Monty Python sketch “Philosophy Football”), featuring interviews with pop culture icons Dave Stewart, Dennis Hopper and Henry Kissinger, as well as football greats including Pelé, Mia Hamm and Thierry Henry. The Art of Soccer with John Cleese[29] was released in North America on DVD in January 2009 by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia.
Cleese lent his voice to the BioWare video game Jade Empire. His role was that of an "outlander" named Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard, stranded in the Imperial City of the Jade Empire. His character is essentially a British colonialist stereotype who refers to the people of the Jade Empire as "savages in need of enlightenment". His armour has the design of a fork stuck in a piece of cheese. He also had a cameo appearance in the computer game Starship Titanic as "The Bomb" (credited as "Kim Bread"), designed by Douglas Adams.[30]
In 2007, Cleese appeared in ads for Titleist as a golf course designer named "Ian MacCallister", who represents "Golf Designers Against Distance". Also in 2007, he started filming the sequel to The Pink Panther, titled The Pink Panther 2, with Steve Martin and Aishwarya Rai. On 27 September 2007, The Podcast Network announced it had signed a deal with Cleese to produce a series of video podcasts called HEADCAST to be published on TPN's website. Cleese released the first episode of this series in April 2008 on his own website, headcast.co.uk.
Cleese collaborated with Los Angeles Guitar Quartet member William Kanengiser in 2008, on the text to the performance piece "The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha". Cleese, as narrator, and the LAGQ premiered the work in Santa Barbara. 2008 also saw reports of Cleese working on a musical version of A Fish Called Wanda with his daughter Camilla. He also said that he is working on a new film screenplay for the first time since 1996's Fierce Creatures. Cleese collaborates on it with writer Lisa Hogan, under the current working title "A Taxing Time". According to him, it is "about the lengths to which people will go to avoid tax. [...] It's based on what happened to me when I cashed in my UK pension and moved to Santa Barbara."[31]
At the end of March 2009, Cleese published his first article as 'Contributing Editor' to The Spectator: "The real reason I had to join The Spectator".[32] Cleese has also hosted comedy galas at the Montreal Just for Laughs comedy festival in 2006, and again in 2009. He had to cancel the 2009 appearance due to prostatitis, but hosted it a few days later.[33] Towards the end of 2009 and into 2010, Cleese appeared in a series of television adverts for the Norwegian electric goods shop chain, Elkjøp.[34] In March 2010 it was announced that Cleese would be playing Jasper in the video game "Fable III".[35]
In 2009 and 2010, Cleese toured Scandinavia and the US with his Alimony Tour Year One and Year Two. In May 2010, it was announced that this tour would extend to the UK (his first tour in UK), set for May 2011 – The show is dubbed the "Alimony Tour" in reference to the financial implications of Cleese's divorce. The UK tour started in Cambridge on 3 May, visiting Birmingham, Salford, Liverpool, Oxford, Leeds, Edinburgh and finishing in Palmerston North, New Zealand.[36]
In October 2010, Cleese was featured in the launch of an advertising campaign by The Automobile Association for a new home emergency response product.[37] He appeared as a man who believed the AA could not help him during a series of disasters, including water pouring through his ceiling, with the line "The AA? For faulty showers?" During 2010, Cleese appeared in a series of radio advertisements for the Canadian insurance company Pacific Blue Cross, in which he plays a character called "Dr. Nigel Bilkington, Chief of Medicine for American General Hospital".[38][39]
In 2012, Cleese was cast in Hunting Elephants, an upcoming heist comedy by Israeli filmmaker Reshef Levi.[40][41]
Admiration for black humour[link]
In his Alimony Tour Cleese explained the origin of his fondness for black humour, the only thing that he inherited from his mother. Examples of it are the Dead Parrot sketch, his clip for the 1992 BBC2 mockumentary "A Question of Taste", the Undertakers sketch, the Vomit episode in The Meaning of Life and his eulogy at Graham Chapman's memorial service.
Personal life[link]
1960s to 1980s[link]
Cleese met Connie Booth in the US during the late 1960s and the couple married in 1968.[15] In 1971, Booth gave birth to Cynthia Cleese, their only child. With Booth, Cleese wrote the scripts for and co-starred in both series of the TV series Fawlty Towers, even though the two were actually divorced before the second series was finished and aired. Cleese and Booth are said to have remained close friends since.[42]
Cleese married American actress Barbara Trentham in 1981.[43] Their daughter Camilla, Cleese's second child, was born in 1984. He and Trentham divorced in 1990. During this time, Cleese moved from the United Kingdom to Los Angeles.[44]
1990s on[link]
On 28 December 1992 he married American psychotherapist Alyce Faye Eichelberger. In January 2008 the couple announced they had split. The divorce was settled in December 2008. The divorce settlement left Eichelberger with £12 million in finance and assets, including £600,000 a year for seven years. Cleese stated that "What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine".[45]
In April 2010, Cleese revealed on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One that he had started a new relationship with a woman 31 years his junior, Jennifer Wade.[46][47][48]
Cleese has a passion for lemurs.[49][50] Following the 1997 comedy film Fierce Creatures, in which the ring-tailed lemur played a key role, he hosted the 1998 BBC documentary In the Wild: Operation Lemur with John Cleese, which tracked the progress of a reintroduction of Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs back into the Betampona Reserve in Madagascar. The project had been partly funded by Cleese's donation of the proceeds from the London premier of Fierce Creatures.[50][51] Cleese is quoted as saying, "I adore lemurs. They're extremely gentle, well-mannered, pretty and yet great fun... I should have married one."[49]
Political views[link]
Currently a member of the Liberal Democrats after previously being a Labour party voter, Cleese switched to the SDP after their formation in 1981, and during the 1987 general election, Cleese recorded a nine minute party political broadcast for the SDP-Liberal Alliance, which spoke about the similarities and failures of the other two parties in a more humorous tone than standard political broadcasts. Cleese has since appeared in broadcasts for the Liberal Democrats, in the 1997 general election and narrating a radio election broadcast for the party during the 2001 general election.[52] In April 2010, Cleese tweeted his support for the Lib Dems after Nick Clegg performed strongly in the first leaders' debate on ITV1, stating: "Well, well, well. First leaders debate, and LibDems do so well. Good luck to them."[53]
In 2011, Cleese declared his admiration for Britain's coalition government between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, saying: "I think what’s happening at the moment is rather interesting. The Coalition has made everything a little more courteous and a little more flexible. I think it was quite good that the Liberal Democrats had to compromise a bit with the Tories." He also criticised the previous Labour government, commenting: "Although my inclinations are slightly left-of-centre, I was terribly disappointed with the last Labour government. Gordon Brown lacked emotional intelligence and was never a leader." Cleese also declared his support for proportional representation.[54]
In April 2011, Cleese revealed that he had declined a life peerage for political services in 1999. Outgoing leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown, had put forward the suggestion shortly before he stepped down, with the idea that Cleese would take the party whip and sit as a working peer, but the actor quipped that he "realised this involved being in England in the winter and I thought that was too much of a price to pay."[55]
Cleese expressed support for Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, donating US$2,300 to his campaign and offering his services as a speech writer.[56] He also criticised Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin—saying that "Michael Palin is no longer the funniest Palin"[57]— and wrote a satirical poem about Fox News commentator Sean Hannity for Countdown with Keith Olbermann.[58]
Radio credits[link]
Television credits[link]
Major roles[link]
- The Frost Report (1966)
- Frost on Sunday
- At Last the 1948 Show
- How to Irritate People (1968) with Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Connie Booth and Tim Brooke-Taylor
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–74)
- Sez Les (1971, 1974)
- Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979)
- Cheers (episode "Simon Says") (1987), he won an Emmy Award for best actor in a guest starring role
- The Taming of the Shrew (1980) as Petruchio
- True Stories: Peace in our Time? as Neville Chamberlain
As host[link]
- The Human Face
- Wine for the Confused
- We Are Most Amused: Master of Ceremonies for a stand-up comedy show celebrating Prince Charles's 60th birthday.
Guest appearances[link]
- The Avengers (1968), guest appearance as Marcus Rugman (egg clown-face collector) in the episode Look (Stop Me if You've Heard this One)...
- The Goodies (1973), guest cameo appearance as a Genie in the episode The Goodies and the Beanstalk
- Ripping Yarns (1979), guest cameo appearance as "Passer-by" in the episode Golden Gordon[59]
- Doctor Who (1979), guest cameo appearance as an Art Lover in the episode City of Death as a favour to writer/script editor Douglas Adams
- The Muppet Show (1977)
- Cheers (Season 5, Episode 21, Simon Says) as Dr. Simon Finch-Royce, an acquaintance of Kelsey Grammer's character Frasier Crane and fellow psychiatrist, who offers pre-marriage advice to Sam and Diane, much to his later chagrin.
- Last of the Summer Wine (1993), guest cameo appearance in the episode Welcome to Earth.
- 25 Years of Last of the Summer Wine (1997).
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1998–2001) as recurring character Dr. Liam Neesam.
- Casper & Mandrilaftalen (1999) both as the repairman of the purple Gunrack, and as the Danish soccer coach Bosse Bo Johansson.
- Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (2002) as Red
- Will & Grace (2003–2004) as recurring character Lyle Finster.
- Numerous commercials, including for supermarket chain Sainsbury's, snack firm Planters and a British government Stop Smoking campaign.
- Party political broadcasts for the Liberal Democrats and predecessor, the SDP-Liberal Alliance.
- In November 2009 commercials, in which he appears for Swedish electrical appliance chain "Elgiganten", began broadcasting in Sweden, as well as broadcasting in Denmark in late 2010.
- Song "Don't Mention The World Cup" animated video played on ITV, BBC and Channel 4 News, June 2006.
- Batteries Not Included—gadget show on UKTV channel Dave (2008).
- Entourage as himself, season 7 finale (2010).
- Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain as Himself.
Filmography[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Interlude | TV Publicist | |
| 1969 | Magic Christian, TheThe Magic Christian | Mr. Dougdale (director in Sotheby's) | |
| 1969 | Best House in London, TheThe Best House in London | Jones | Uncredited |
| 1970 | Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, TheThe Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Pummer | Writer |
| 1971 | And Now for Something Completely Different | Various Roles | Writer |
| 1971 | The Statue | Harry | |
| 1973 | Elementary, My Dear Watson | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1974 | Romance with a Double Bass | Musician Smychkov | Writer |
| 1975 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Various Roles | Writer |
| 1976 | Meetings, Bloody Meetings | Tim | Writer/Executive Producer Documentary Short |
| 1977 | Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It, TheThe Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | Various Roles | Writer |
| 1980 | Secret Policeman's Ball, TheThe Secret Policeman's Ball | Himself-Various Roles | |
| 1981 | Great Muppet Caper, TheThe Great Muppet Caper | Neville | |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Gormless Robin Hood | |
| 1982 | Privates on Parade | Major Giles Flack | |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Blind Pew | |
| 1983 | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Various Roles | Writer |
| 1985 | Silverado | Langston | |
| 1986 | Clockwise | Mr. Stimpson | Evening Standard British Film Awards Peter Sellers Award for Comedy |
| 1988 | Fish Called Wanda, AA Fish Called Wanda | Lawyer Archie Leach | Writer/Executive Producer BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking | Halfdan the Black and Svend Berserk | |
| 1989 | The Big Picture | Bartender | |
| 1990 | Bullseye! | Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese |
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| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Cat R. Waul | Voice Only |
| 1992 | Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? | Narrator | |
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | Raoul P. Shadgrind | |
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Professor Waldman | |
| 1994 | Jungle Book, TheDisney's Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book | Dr. Julius Plumford | |
| 1994 | Swan Princess, TheThe Swan Princess | Jean-Bob | |
| 1996 | Wind in the Willows, TheThe Wind in the Willows | Mr. Toad's Lawyer | |
| 1996 | Fierce Creatures | Rollo Lee | Writer/Producer |
| 1997 | George of the Jungle | An Ape Named 'Ape' | Voice Only |
| 1998 | In the Wild: Operation Lemur with John Cleese | Host | Narrator |
| 1999 | Out-of-Towners, TheThe Out-of-Towners | Mr. Mersault | |
| 1999 | World Is Not Enough, TheThe World Is Not Enough | R | |
| 2000 | Isn't She Great | Henry Marcus | |
| 2000 | Magic Pudding, TheThe Magic Pudding | Albert, The Magic Pudding | Voice Only |
| 2001 | Quantum Project | Alexander Pentcho | |
| 2001 | Here's Looking at You: The Evolution of the Human Face | Narrator | |
| 2001 | Rat Race | Donald P. Sinclair | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | "Nearly Headless Nick" | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | "Nearly Headless Nick" | Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting |
| 2002 | Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio | The Talking Crickett | Voice Only: English Version |
| 2002 | Die Another Day | Q | Second appearance in a James Bond film, replaces Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the series |
| 2002 | Adventures of Pluto Nash, TheThe Adventures of Pluto Nash | James | |
| 2003 | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Mr. Munday | |
| 2003 | Scorched | Charles Merchant | |
| 2003 | George of the Jungle 2 | An Ape Named 'Ape' | Voice Only |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | King Harold | Voice Only |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days | Grizzled Sergeant | |
| 2005 | Valiant | Mercury | Voice Only |
| 2006 | Charlotte's Web | Samuel the Sheep | Voice Only |
| 2006 | Man About Town | Dr. Primkin | |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third | King Harold | Voice Only |
| 2008 | Igor | Dr. Glickenstein | Voice Only |
| 2008 | Day the Earth Stood Still, TheThe Day the Earth Stood Still | Dr. Barnhardt | |
| 2009 | Pink Panther 2, TheThe Pink Panther 2 | Chief-Inspector Charles Dreyfus | |
| 2009 | Planet 51 | Professor Kipple | Voice Only |
| 2010 | Spud | The Guv | Awaiting international release |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Ghost | Voice Only |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | King Harold | Voice Only |
| 2011 | Winnie the Pooh | Narrator | Voice Only |
| 2011 | The Big Year | Historical Montage Narrator | Voice only |
Video game credits[link]
- Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994) 7th Level
- Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996) 7th Level
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997) Panasonic
- Starship Titanic (1998) Simon & Schuster Interactive (voice of the Bomb) — (Credited as Kim Bread)
- 007 Racing (2000) Electronic Arts
- The World Is Not Enough (2000) Electronic Arts
- James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2004) Electronic Arts
- Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged (2004) Atari
- Jade Empire (2005) BioWare (as Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard)
- Shrek the Third (2007) King Harold, Narrator
- Fable III (2010) Jasper
Awards[link]
- Academy Awards
- (1988) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay / A Fish Called Wanda (shared with Charles Crichton)
- Golden Globe Awards
- (1988) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy / A Fish Called Wanda
- BAFTA Awards
- (1970) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Monty Python's Flying Circus
- (1971) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Monty Python's Flying Circus
- (1976) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Fawlty Towers
- (1980) Won—BAFTA Television Award for "Best Light Entertainment Performance" / Fawlty Towers
- (1989) Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay / A Fish Called Wanda
- (also 1989) Won—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Primetime Emmy Awards
- (1987) Won—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series / Cheers (as Dr. Simon Finch-Royce)
- (1998) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series / 3rd Rock from the Sun (as Dr. Liam Neesam)
- (2002) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Nonfiction Special" / The Human Face
- (2004) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series / Will & Grace (as Lyle Finster)
- Writers Guild of America
- (1989) Nominated—Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay / A Fish Called Wanda (shared with Charles Crichton)
Other credits[link]
- In 2003, John Cleese took part in Mike Oldfield's re-recording of the 1973 hit Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells 2003. He took over the "Master of Ceremonies" duties in the ‘Finale’ part, in which he announced the various instruments eccentrically, from the late Vivian Stanshall.[60]
- Cleese recorded the voice of God for Spamalot, the musical based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- Cleese narrated the audio version of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters.
- In the mid 1980s, Cleese starred in British advertisements for Compaq computers and Schweppes beverages.
- In the late-1990s, Cleese appeared in a set of poorly-received commercials for the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's. Around the same time, his Fawlty Towers co-star, Prunella Scales, appeared in more well-received commercials for rival chain Tesco.
- He has enunciated a set of directions for the TomTom in-car navigation system. This allows itself humorous notes at non-critical moments, for instance when asking for a U-turn and when signing off: "I'm not going to carry your baggage—from now on, you're on your own" and "Bear right..Beaver left."
- He plays the voice of Samuel the Sheep in the 2006 adaptation of Charlotte's Web. Samuel repeatedly tells the other sheep to be individuals, not sheep. This is a reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian.
- He has a speaking part at the end of the Alan Parsons song "Chomolungma" from the album A Valid Path.
- In 2008, John Cleese appeared in a humorous TV commercial in Poland advertising a bank loan.
- From 2006 to 2008 John Cleese has appeared in humorous TV commercials in Iceland advertising Kaupþing.
Honours and tributes[link]
- A species of lemur, the Bemaraha woolly lemur (Avahi cleesei), has been named in his honour. John Cleese has mentioned this in television interviews. Also there is mention of this honour in "New Scientist"[61]—and John Cleese's response to the honour.[62]
- An asteroid, 9618 Johncleese, is named in his honour.
- Cleese declined a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 1996.
- There is a municipal rubbish heap of 45 metres (148 ft) in altitude that has been named Mt Cleese at the Awapuni landfill just outside Palmerston North after he dubbed the city "suicide capital of New Zealand".[63]
- "The Universal Language" skit from All in the Timing, a collection of short plays by David Ives, centres around a fictional language (Unamunda) in which the word for the English language is "johncleese".
- The post-hardcore rock band I Set My Friends On Fire has a song on their You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter album titled "Reese's Pieces, I Don't Know Who John Cleese Is?".
Bibliography[link]
- The Rectorial Address of John Cleese, Epam, 1971, 8 pages
- Foreword for Time and the Soul, Jacob Needleman, 2003 ISBN 1-57675-251-8 (paperback)
- The Human Face (with Brian Bates) (DK Publishing Inc., 2001, ISBN 978-0-7894-7836-8)
- Cleese Encounters: The Unauthorized Biography of Monty Python Veteran John Cleese, Jonathan Margolis, St. Martin's Press, 1992, ISBN 0-312-08162-6
Scripts[link]
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilisation As We Know It, w/Jack Hobbs & Joseph McGrath, 1977 ISBN 0-352-30109-0
- Fawlty Towers, w/Connie Booth, 1977 (The Builders, The Hotel Inspectors, Gourmet Night) ISBN 0-86007-598-2
- Fawlty Towers: Book 2, w/Connie Booth, 1979 (The Wedding Party, A Touch of Class, The Germans)
- The Golden Skits of Wing Commander Muriel Volestrangler FRHS & Bar, 1984 ISBN 0-413-41560-0
- The Complete Fawlty Towers, w/Connie Booth, 1988 ISBN 0-413-18390-4 (hardcover), ISBN 0-679-72127-4 (paperback)
- A Fish Called Wanda: The Screenplay, w/Charles Crichton, 1988 ISBN 1-55783-033-9
- Fawlty's Hotel: Sämtliche Stücke, w/Connie Booth, (The Complete Fawlty Towers in German), Haffmans Verlag AG Zürich, 1995
Dialogues[link]
- Families and How to Survive Them, w/A.Robin Skynner, 1983 ISBN 0-413-52640-2 (hardc.), ISBN 0-19-520466-2 (p/back)
- Life and How to Survive It, w/A.Robin Skynner 1993 ISBN 0-413-66030-3 (hardcover), ISBN 0-393-31472-3 (paperback)
See also[link]
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- ^ Life of Brian commentary by Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle
- ^ a b c Footlights! — 'A Hundred Years of Cambridge Comedy' — Robert Hewison, Methuen London Ltd, 1983, ISBN 0-413-51150-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h From Fringe to Flying Circus — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980' — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980, ISBN 0-413-46950-6.
- ^ Sunday Times, 16 October 1988.
- ^ Morris Bright; Robert Ross (2001). Fawlty Towers: fully booked. BBC. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-563-53439-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=AH-FAAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ List of Rectors of University of St. Andrews
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- ^ Cleese continued to openly say the word, most notably reported in an interview hosted by Robert Klein in which Cleese remarked that Chapman is, "stone-fucking-dead!"Memorial eulogy by John Cleese for Graham Chapman
- ^ "Restaurant review: Michael Winner at Villa Principe Leopoldo, Switzerland". The Sunday Times (UK). 6 July 2008. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/winners_dinners/article4275153.ece. Retrieved 3 Aug. 2008.
- ^ "Actor John Cleese lists his house in Montecito, CA for $10.75M". Celebrity Real Estate Homes Big Time Listings. Berg Properties. http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/actor-john-cleese-lists-his-house-in-montecito-ca-for-1075m/. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ "Pictured: John Cleese sells £6m beachfront home as he struggles to pay divorce settlement". The Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1082420/Pictured-John-Cleese-sells-6m-beachfront-home-struggles-pay-divorce-settlement.html/. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "John Cleese on move to 'beautiful' Georgian Bath". BBC News. 17 August 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8920000/8920365.stm. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "John Cleese: I need to live in Monaco until my divorce settlement is paid". The Metro. http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/882400-john-cleese-i-need-to-live-in-monaco-until-my-divorce-settlement-is-paid. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "Britain Sucks says John Cleese". The Daily Express. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/256622. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250687/fullcredits#cast
- ^ Cowsill, Alan; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "2000s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "Comedy legend John Cleese joined forces with artist John Byrne, inker Mark Farmer and writer Kim Johnson for a unique take on the Superman story. Superman: True Brit saw Kal-El's rocketship land on a farm...in the UK."
- ^ "Playbill". Playbill. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/97589.html. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ "Art of Soccer, The With John Cleese". Bfsent.com. http://www.bfsent.com/item_detail.asp?number=30895. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ "Starship Titanic". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134981/. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ Graham, Caroline (20 July 2008). "John Cleese's fling with a blonde HALF his age". Daily Mail (UK). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1036560/John-Cleeses-fling-blonde-HALF-age.html. Retrieved 3 Aug. 2008.
- ^ "The real reason I had to join". The Spectator. UK. 25 March 2009. http://www.spectator.co.uk/i//the-magazine/features/3472446/the-real-reason-i-had-to-join-the-spectator.thtml. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ The Canadian Press (22 July 2009). "CBC News – Arts – John Cleese cancels Just for Laughs appearance". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2009/07/22/cleese-just-laughs-montreal-0722.html. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ Ottosen, Peder. "John Cleese i Elkjøp-reklame". Kjendis.no. http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/09/23/kjendis/tv/tv_og_medier/reklame/elkjop/8259273/. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
- ^ Brudvig, Erik (11 March 2010). "GDC 10: Designing Fable III – Xbox 360 Preview at IGN". Xbox360.ign.com. http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/107/1076735p1.html. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ^ "BBC – Ex-Python John Cleese goes on first UK tour, aged 71". BBC News. 20 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8695000/8695560.stm. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
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- ^ "Canadian Marketing Association Awards 2010". Canadian Marketing Association. November 2010. http://www.the-cma.org/awards/downloads/CA0GLR4WEB.pdf. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "Pacific Blue Cross gets Comedic Insurance with John Cleese". Wave Productions. 1 April 2010. http://www.waveproductions.com/newsframe.php. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "British actor John Cleese to appear in Israeli heist comedy". Haaretz. May 17, 2012. http://www.haaretz.com/culture/british-actor-john-cleese-to-appear-in-israeli-heist-comedy-1.431056. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
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- ^ Funnyman Cleese rubbishes NZ city. The Australian, 21 May 2007
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- Official website
- Official Podcast
- John Cleese at the Museum of Broadcast Communications
- John Cleese at the BBC Guide to Comedy
- John Cleese at the Internet Movie Database
- John Cleese at the Internet Broadway Database
- John Cleese on Charlie Rose
- John Cleese collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Works by or about John Cleese in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Podcast to celebrate The Life of Brian (March 2008)
- Daily Llama: John Cleese Visits Lemurs at San Francisco Zoo
- On-line video interview for Czech TV (24. 7. 2011)
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John Cleese - a lecture on Creativity
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John Cleese - a lecture on Creativity
Excerpt from the full lecture from John Cleese on how to inspire creativity within yourselves. "And there, ladies and gentlemen, are the 5 factors that you can arrange to make your lives more creative. Space. Time. Time. Confidence and more Jeffrey Archer." Retrieve your space and time at Novel Haven, and set aside time to allow creativity to find a channel through you now! Find us at: Blk 46 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee #01-890 Tiong Bahru Estate, Singapore 160046 www.facebook.com Full video available here: www.youtube.com
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"Portable 2 Compared to This Fish" - JOHN CLEESE Compaq Ad
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"Portable 2 Compared to This Fish" - JOHN CLEESE Compaq Ad
One ofmany wonderful commercials John Cleese did for Compaq Computer Corporation in the mid to late '80s. A very rare find and a treasure for any John Cleese fan, these classic ads were shown only in Great Britian.
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