Frank Tully
- Actor
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John Cleese, livestream from Cadogan Hall review
More of an erudite lecture than a show.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 3rd August 2020John Cleese: Why There Is No Hope review
In a global livestream, the former Python delivers alimony gags, a bit of PC-baiting - and an amusingly grumpy lecture on how nobody knows anything.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 3rd August 2020John Cleese says children hardly recognise him
He may be a legend of comedy, famous for hits including Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda, yet John Cleese says that today's young people barely recognise him.
And the reason? The actor blames the BBC for failing to broadcast repeats of Monty Python in the past two decades.
Lucy Jones, Mail on Sunday, 1st August 2020John Cleese attacks 'ignorant' critics
"Instead of having 'critics' who can't themselves direct, write, act, sing, dance or claim any other kind of expertise, would we not get superior commentary from people who can? Why should artistic criticism from untalented people be preferred to that of outstandingly talented ones," he questioned, suggesting that performers were "less envious than critics", who are "astonishingly ignorant about process".
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 29th July 2020Pioneering musician and comedy historian CP Lee dies
Musician, comedy historian, legendary Manchester figure and much more CP Lee has died.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th July 2020John Cleese: cancel culture takes the fun out of life
John Cleese does not have much time for political correctness or cancel culture, and as for the state of the world? It's completely hopeless, the former Monty Python star says.
Rollo Ross, Reuters, 24th July 2020Jason Lee still wants apology from Baddiel and Skinner
Jason Lee says he has never received a direct apology from David Baddiel and Frank Skinner over the series of sketches in which they mocked his hairstyle and playing ability. The former Nottingham Forest forward was regularly the butt of jokes on Fantasy Football in the 1990s.
The Mirror, 29th June 2020Cleese mocks Fox News for covering Python joke in news
John Cleese has mocked Fox News for quoting a Reddit joke that referenced Monty Python and The Holy Grail live on air as part of a report on Seattle's Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). The reporter failed to realise that the user was quoting a scene from Cleese's famous 1975 comedy when reading a post that said: "I thought we had an autonomous collective", and the moment quickly went viral online.
Louise Hall, The Independent, 15th June 2020John Cleese reveals second cancer scare
John Cleese has revealed he had a cancerous tumour removed from his leg last week.
Ellie Henman, The Sun, 8th June 2020Lee Mack to present TV talent contest for carpenters
Lee Mack is to present The Chop: Britain's Top Woodworker, a series due to air on Sky History in which 10 contestants compete to build and furnish a cabin in the middle of Epping Forest.
British Comedy Guide, 29th May 2020