John Cleese

[gandalfe]

To say that John Cleese isn't a celebrity is to completely misunderstand the idea of celebrity.

 

[colton]

Of course I’m a Python fan but the guy hasn’t been relevant since A Fish Called Wanda 30 years ago and even then, he wasn’t some great part to the film.

Also, Fawlty Towers is my favorite Cleese.

Dude, he *wrote* A Fish Called Wanda. I'd say that was a pretty important part to the film. Fawlty Towers was great too, of course!

He's 80 years old. If you want to say "He hasn't done much relevant acting since Shrek 2," that's fine. If you want to say, "I disagree with many of his political opinions," that's fine. But to say he's not a celebrity is frankly just kind of dumb.

 

[JimLes]

Of course I’m a Python fan but the guy hasn’t been relevant since A Fish Called Wanda 30 years ago and even then, he wasn’t some great part to the film.

Also, Fawlty Towers is my favorite Cleese.

Well, duh. Paul McCartney hasn't put out an album worth listening to since the 1970s, but that doesn't mean he's not a celebrity.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Ya I have no idea who this dude is

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Same lol. Never heard of him before this thread.

 

[Miggs]

Dude, he *wrote* A Fish Called Wanda. I'd say that was a pretty important part to the film. Fawlty Towers was great too, of course!

He's 80 years old. If you want to say "He hasn't done much relevant acting since Shrek 2," that's fine. If you want to say, "I disagree with many of his political opinions," that's fine. But to say he's not a celebrity is frankly just kind of dumb.

Did you miss the part where I basically said I said it in jest? Holy ****, you guys are hysterical.

 

[Hekate]

Same lol. Never heard of him before this thread.

Monty Python is on Netflix!

 

[Miggs]

Well, duh. Paul McCartney hasn't put out an album worth listening to since the 1970s, but that doesn't mean he's not a celebrity.

lmao at comparing Cleese to McCartney.

 

[colton]

Did you miss the part where I basically said I said it in jest? Holy ****, you guys are hysterical.

I replied before I saw that.

 

[colton]

Same lol. Never heard of him before this thread.

Seriously? Have you at least heard of Monty Python?

 

[AverageJoe]

This thread is surreal to me. John Cleese is perhaps the most famous figure in comedy history period and absolutely the most famous when it comes to sketch comedy. Happy to have him aboard!

 

[AverageJoe]

lmao at comparing Cleese to McCartney.

The Beatles comparison is very apt actually. Monty Python were the Beatles of sketch comedy, both in terms of influence and popularity. John Lennon himself said he'd have rather been a Python than a Beatle.

 

[gandalfe]

The Beatles comparison is very apt actually. Monty Python were the Beatles of sketch comedy, both in terms of influence and popularity. John Lennon himself said he'd have rather been a Python than a Beatle.

Yeah, McCartney is particularly apt, as well. Terry Gilliam would be Lennon, probably, what with his directing and such. Terry Jones was George Harrison, leaving poor Ringo to pick up Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, and Michael Palin.