John Cleese
- 85 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings Page 20
In conversation: John Cleese
The comedy legend on Monty Python's legacy, political correctness, and the funniest joke he ever told.
David Marchese, Vulture, 12th September 2017John Cleese talk on mental health surprises fans
Monty Python star John Cleese shocked a live audience by appearing to suggest people with depression were not interested in helping themselves recover.
Mark Reynolds, The Daily Express, 8th September 2017Cleese, Walliams, Carr in new John Bishop series
The guests have been announced for the third series of John Bishop: In Conversation With... on the W Channel.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th July 2017John Cleese to receive Sarajevo Film Festival award
Monty Python star honoured for his contribution to film.
Orlando Parfitt, Screen Daily, 12th July 2017The day John Cleese asked me in for tea
It's 1986, and a directionless, drunk 19-year-old writes to his comic hero suggesting they co-write a film. To his amazement he receives a reply, containing an invitation.
Tom Connolly, The Guardian, 2nd July 2017John Cleese charging £135 for photo, autograph & chat
Comedy legend John Cleese is charging fans £135 for a photo, autograph and chat.
Stephen Moyes, The Sun, 19th June 2017John Cleese Presents review
Sadly, the comic device topping and tailing the extracts, with Cleese as an inept disc jockey who forgets that radio is not television, fails to raise a titter and, as it's what you hear first, many could be forgiven for switching off.
Louis Barfe, The Lady, 19th May 2017John Cleese was on Radio 4 last week, flogging his autobiography by pretending to host a phone-in programme that goes so wrong that he has to read his book out on air. Though this may have seemed a sweet idea on paper, it did not work at all in real life. The jokes were off-key and bitter, the acting preposterous and stupidly irrelevant (were we meant to believe he thought his microphone was a camera? Not even a six-year-old thinks that). The tone was really off. I was surprised Radio 4 put it on air. Just let him read his book!
Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 14th May 2017Review: John Cleese Presents, R4
Worth a listen. Just don't expect to be dancing around the kitchen.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th May 2017John Cleese Presents review
Such readings might have made a good Radio 4 Book Of The Week had they done it when the book was published. However, the odd format, more suited to Radio 4 Extra continuity than a stand-alone programme, seems like an attempt to make up for lost time.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th May 2017