John Cleese
- 85 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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The return of Basil Fawlty is exactly what broken Britain needs
When Fawlty Towers first ran in 1975, we were beset by economic woes, strikes and ineptitude. John Cleese's reboot couldn't be better timed.
Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph, 8th February 2023Fawlty Towers sequel in development
John Cleese and his daughter Camilla are writing and will star in a sequel to iconic sitcom Fawlty Towers.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2023John Cleese mocked for asking why BBC hasn't shown Monty Python 'for over a decade'
"You decided to give the exclusive rights to Netflix, you faded light bulb".
Inga Parkel, The Independent, 28th December 2022John Cleese is irrelevant - just like all of my old comedy heroes
It's hard seeing somebody you used to respect seem to try their hardest to become the exact thing they taught you to rebel against.
Ryan Coogan, The Independent, 28th December 2022John Cleese on how wokeness smothers creativity
The Monty Python legend on giving offense and getting laughs.
Nick Gillespie, Reason, 22nd December 2022Eric Idle is tired of comedy giants crying "Censorship"
Little more than a month after John Cleese announced that he was partnering with "British Fox News" to wage war on "cancel culture," Eric Idle has joined the overwrought and exhausting comedy culture wars with his own opinions on the multi-millionaire comedy legends who cry "censorship" every time there's a negative reaction to their material. Monty Python is unofficially a house divided.
Keegan Kelly, Cracked, 22nd November 2022Del Boy falling through bar voted funniest sitcom scene
A poll run by TV channel Gold has named moments from Only Fools And Horses, The Vicar Of Dibley, Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers as the funniest British sitcom scenes.
British Comedy Guide, 1st November 2022Billy Bragg: What people like John Cleese get wrong about cancel culture
A belief in accountability does not involve condoning threats or violence - and freedom of expression does not mean freedom from consequence.
Billy Bragg, The New Statesman, 19th October 2022Graham Norton responds to John Cleese's complaints of 'cancel culture': 'It's about accountability'
Talk show host reportedly described Cleese as 'a man of a certain age who's been able to say whatever he likes for years'.
Nicole Vassell, The Independent, 12th October 2022Why is Graham Norton defending cancel culture?
What terrible things exactly does Norton think John Cleese has been saying all these years, for which he now needs to be brought to justice? Was his campaigning for (pass the smelling salts!) the SDP-Liberal Alliance in the 1980s merely a front for a hatred for minorities? Was A Fish Called Wanda a manifesto for segregation? Did Fawlty Towers advocate a fascist takeover? Was the parrot sketch a coded demand for the euthanisation of the poor?
Gareth Roberts, Spiked, 12th October 2022