“effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.” Best line ever.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Cleese is highly intelligent, an entertaining story teller, andva gifted writer. )A few months ago my daughter & I were fortunate enough to spend an evening at the theatre (remember those days ?!)

@goodreads I bought this because I am (was) a fan of John Cleese. Nor has it been presented as a cover-to-cover laugh riot, a 300+ joke and gag book, now has it?

If I say this was the best (and worst) autobiography I have ever read, that is because it is the only autobiography I have ever read. The result is a book that is frequently hilarious, occasionally lyrical and always thoughtful. I felt as though I was sat listening to him.

Not nearly enough digs at Michael Pallin and not nearly enough stories about Eric Idle being an arsehole. There is never a pulse of sense of joy and even the most fascinating moments are told with such a dour lifeless tone as to make me feel his intent was to bore and annoy more than entertain and illuminate.Nicely readable, focusing primarily on school and pre-Python era and the process of becoming and being a writer.I greatly enjoyed this book.

What I likeThough I am a John Cleese fan, I rarely watched Monty Python when it originally aired.

However, this (as it turns out), thoughtful Christmas present from very dear friends was an inspired gift which I enjoyed reading immensely. He spent nearly 400 pages writing about before he became famous. Also if you are interested in the mysteries of process and the percentage of happy accident that goes into creative success there's plenty of that too. movies out of The Hobbit) and now it is happening in publishing.

It happens in the movies (the third Hunger Games book, one of those Twilight books, and three (!)

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Every story he told was amusing & fascinating & I could have listened to him for days. His insights into his career, and why certain things are funny, are captivating.John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and singer.“I noticed years ago that when people (myself definitely included) are anxious they tend to busy themselves with irrelevant activities, because these distract from and therefore reduce their actual experience of anxiety.

Far better than I was expecting and, if Cleese is one of your pop-culture Dads then this is a lovely grown up lullaby from him. The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” ][I've gotten behind in my reviews, and I was having a hard time convincing myself to write the next one in order, so screw that, I just moved on to the one I wanted to write about at the moment, and I may or may not ever succeed at filling in the gaps.

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The latter produces nasty racial jokes and savage teasing; the former, warm and affectionate banter, and the kind of inclusive humour that says, “Isn’t the human condition absurd, but we’re all in the same boat.” Not that laughter can’t be unkind and destructive. It happens in the movies (the third Hunger Games book, one of those Twilight books, and three (!) Of note, if you are a Python fan you only get the last two chapters about the actual writing and performing of the show and the 2014 Reunion shows. Welcome back. The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus: All the Words, Volume 2.

To stay perfectly still is to feel the fear at its maximum intensity, so instead you scuttle around doing things as though you are, in some mysterious way, short of time.”“A good sense of humour is the sign of a healthy perspective, which is why people who are uncomfortable around humour are either pompous (inflated) or neurotic (oversensitive). ]Let me get this out of the way - I am a huge Python fan and will read or watch pretty much anything to do with them. listening to comedy legend John Cleese talk about his life. Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. Nor has it been presented as a cover-to-cover laugh riot, a 300+ joke and gag book, now has it? Is this not enough?Bios are morbidly fascinating usually but this one is morose and monotonous. John Cleese supports Brexit: ‘May is like Thatcher but with a sense of humour’ COMIC John Cleese has told why he backed Brexit and how he is now extremely optimistic about the future of Britain outside the EU.
If you follow the world of food, chances are you’ve heard of David Chang. I didn’t know a great deal about John Cleese before reading this- but thought he would be a really interesting character and love to discover autobiographies like this.I loved John Cleese’ writing style.


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