John Cleese
- 85 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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John 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 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 2020Favourite film aged 12: Monty Python & the Holy Grail
Monty Python's chivalric sketch show served up epic amounts of daftness - and any adult reservations about it prove mere flesh wounds.
Alfie Packham, The Guardian, 23rd June 2020Why Fawlty Towers is still the best comedy of all time
We are supposed to laugh at, not with, the Basil Fawlty character in Fawlty Towers.
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 16th 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 2020The Fawlty BBC just won't get the joke
So the thoughtcrimers have finally come for Basil Fawlty, the man whose very existence was designed to poke fun at the thick, the hateful, the bigoted and the wrong, says Camilla Long.
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times, 14th June 2020Fawlty Towers censured by UKTV
An episode of Fawlty Towers has been removed from UKTV's streaming service amidst growing racial-cultural arguments.
British Comedy Guide, 11th 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 2020John Cleese writes a book about creativity
John Cleese is to release a book he's written about how to be creative.
British Comedy Guide, 20th May 2020