John Cleese
- 85 years old
- English
- Actor and writer
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Why shouldn't comedy be offensive?
Comedy should be transgressive, but John Cleese's crusade against cancellation misses the point.
David Waywell, Reaction, 26th August 2021What exactly do Cleese & Botham offer 'Global Britain'?
The ex-cricketer and lapsed comedian have found new work in politics and TV respectively, but they are trading off old successes and even older opinions.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 25th August 2021John Cleese is right about cancel culture
John Cleese is right about cancel culture... and the Left just doesn't get it. According to social media, cancel culture is a self-pitying Right-wing creation - but this overlooks one small but vital point.
Michael Decon, The Telegraph, 25th August 2021Someone tell Cleese cancel culture is meaningless term
The Monty Python star is set to front a new Channel 4 series about 'cancel culture', having faced criticism in recent years for remarks of his own. Cancel Me will tackle subject matter that needs to be talked about, writes Louis Chilton, but the issue is more complicated than just 'political correctness gone mad'.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 24th August 2021John Cleese to investigate cancel culture
Channel 4 will air John Cleese: Cancel Me, a programme in which the Fawlty Towers star will investigate the topics of political correctness and cancel culture.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2021Cancel culture killing comedy? What a joke
Chris Rock, Jennifer Saunders and more have argued that 'wokeness' is stifling comedy. But the idea of the joke police is actually nonsense.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 10th August 2021John Cleese plans Life Of Brian stage show
John Cleese has finished the first draft of a script for a stage version of Monty Python's hit film Life Of Brian.
British Comedy Guide, 5th July 2021John Cleese enjoys lavish lunch date with wife Jennifer
John Cleese delighted Monty Python fans by revealing he has finished the first draft of the script for the stage version of Life Of Brian.
But before making his big announcement on Twitter, the 81-year-old actor was seen enjoying a lavish lunch date with his wife Jennifer Wade, 48, at The Ivy Chelsea Garden on Saturday.
Katie Storey, Daily Mail, 5th July 2021John Cleese mocks Hank Azaria after Apu apology
Cleese, who has previously condemned 'woke jokes', jokingly said that he would be apologising to 'white English people'.
Adam White, The Independent, 16th April 2021John Cleese auctions $69.3 million NFT artwork
"The world has gone terminally insane," Monty Python's John Cleese told Vanity Fair on the topic of getting into NFTs. So naturally, the comic actor known for silly walks is now selling a ludicrously expensive NFT of his own: a Vonnegut-esque drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge made on an iPad Pro.
The Verge, 23rd March 2021