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It’s more will than skill to become a successful cartoonist like Stephan Pastis

The Spokesman-Review 09 Jun 2023
The question for some humorists is whether to go with comedy or the courtroom. The late Greg Giraldo, Emmy Award winner Paul Mecurio and even John Cleese of Monty Python all earned their law degrees but thumbed their noses at lucrative careers in favor of the pursuit of their comedy dreams ... After earning a B.A ... “Being a lawyer was a way to make money.
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Black Knight battle ‘was nearly cut’ from Monty Python film

The Times/The Sunday Times 08 Jun 2023
Julian Doyle, who worked on Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life and The Holy Grail as editor or special effects designer, said that Michael Palin, John Cleese and the ... John Cleese is our greatest comic — and my new pal.
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Column: Hateful habits

Mount Pleasant Morning Sun 08 Jun 2023
By the time this fish wrap hits the front stoop, the Southern Poverty Law Center will have already held its Year in Hate and Extremism visual press briefing ... Eastern ... Opinion . ... Sweet Loretta seems nonplussed when the character played by John Cleese asks Loretta (Eric Idle) where the fetus would gestate if his goal to carry a child is ever realized.
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What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

RTE 06 Jun 2023
There's The British Soap Awards, the return of shows such as Somebody Somewhere and Greatest Mysteries with Laurence Fishburne, while BBC Four has a Les Dawson night . . Pick of the Day. The British Soap Awards, 8.00pm, UTV ... Don’t Miss. The Shelter. Animal SOS, 7.00pm, RTÉ One ... Contributors include John Cleese, Robert Webb and Russell Kane ... New to Stream.
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Can Americans Really Make a Free Choice About Dying?

Truth Dig 02 Jun 2023
Originally published by The 19th. This article was published in partnership with The Nation ... Their argument is as follows ... 6, 1991 ... Not Dead Yet was named after a skit from “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” In the film, a character played by John Cleese attempts to offload an elderly man, who is still very much alive, to corpse collectors.
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When Justin Welby met John Cleese

New Statesman 31 May 2023
Why? Why not! And why not start the latest series with John Cleese, while we’re at it? ... Cleese begins by admitting he is “completely unconvinced but very deeply interested” in religion ... “I’m so sorry,” Cleese interjects ... “I’ve no idea what we’ve been talking about,” Cleese admits at the end ... How John Cleese became a hero of the right] .
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UK ‘will never agree’ to fresh independence vote

The Times/The Sunday Times 31 May 2023
Adam Tomkins, the John Millar professor of public law at Glasgow University, insisted that the idea that any future Westminster administration would permit another plebiscite was “as dead as John Cleese’s Norwegian Blue parrot”.Sponsored ... UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW ... Related articles ... .
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DIG•SCAPE: Trump Elevator & The Distraction Strategy

Truth Dig 31 May 2023
Seba • Leafcutter John ... Stupid • John Cleese ... Jan Jelinek, Shinjù Gumi, Bozzini Quartet, Morcheeba, The Caretaker, Marc Sloan, Airline Muzak, Black Dog, Stanley Unwin, Mall music Muzak mall of 1974, Alva Noto, Mall Music Muzak Mall, Nonplace Urban Field, Leafcutter John, MAGICAL ...
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John Cleese refuses to remove 'Life of Brian' joke about a man becoming a woman ...

Sott 30 May 2023
John Cleese refused to bend the knee to the outrage mob who called for a joke to be removed from an upcoming stage version of ...
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John Cleese Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Cutting ‘Loretta’ Scene in ‘Monty Python’s Life ...

The Wrap 30 May 2023
The actor corrected reports that said he would omit the scene over a sensitivity to trans rights ... .
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Life of Brian: John Cleese denies reports he is cutting controversial scene from Monty Python ...

The Independent 30 May 2023
‘I have, of course, no intention of doing so,’ comedian said, of scene involving a trans character .

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