incomplete list of iconic things john cleese did
if you think of memorable monty python sketches he’s probably in them, he’s just THAT good
is 6’5 tall, which he can’t control but that’s still cool right
his comedy exudes rage and it’s really just a beautiful spectacle to behold
during Holy Grail when Terry Jones tried to direct him, he would cut him off “I’m SORRY Terry I know you’re trying to direct but it’s very off-putting”
a part of the most iconic british comedies, Monty Python and Fawlty Towers
gave one of the most famous eulogies ever at graham chapman’s funeral watch it if you want to cry
wanted people to go to his belgian live shows so he did this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO2VHtOkrN0
left Flying Circus because he didn’t want it to keep going until it wasn’t funny but came back for the movies and live shows
is an oscar nominated screenwriter
really likes lemurs and has a species of lemur named after him
instead of leaving an awful hotel with a horrendous hotel manager, he instead studied him and used him as the basis for Fawlty Towers like that’s peak pettiness
forgot the excessively long name of the Enchanter in Holy Grail so he improvised Tim
in Monty Python Live 2014 the Pythons had a bet that whoever laughed first would have to donate 10,000 pounds to charity and he corpsed in the first minute
“Some people ask me to do ads and I think, I don't really want to sell potato crisps.”
once hid in michael’s hotel room to scare him
Eric Idle: “John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.”
insisted on visiting his cats during an interview
basically created Monty Python because he wanted to work with Michael Palin
his family’s real last name is Cheese, but his grandfather changed it but he kind of wants to bring it back and go by Jack Cheese
he narrates a ton of childrens films and that’s cool (my fave is Mickey’s Mechanical House)
carol cleveland said that john was kind of the “face” of python, and that people would say “oh that monty python he’s SO funny” to her in reference to him
went to school for law but became an actor instead and later incorporated it into his writing
“I never enjoyed The Meaning of Life. I always regarded that entire film as a bit of a cockup.” ABOUT HIS OWN MOVIE nice
has a very sweet interview where he talks about trying to cheer up his dying mother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f74L2hRZE1Y
every time he mentions michael palin’s travel documentaries he YAWNS really loudly
reunited with eric idle for a comedy tour back in like 2016 that’s cute
is now touring again at 78 like damn
others: monty python, graham chapman, eric idle, terry jones, michael palin, carol cleveland