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  • čas přidán 21. 08. 2022
  • This clip has been taken from James O'Brien's LBC show on August 22nd 2022.
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Komentáře • 717

  • @bigdaz7272
    @bigdaz7272 Před rokem +119

    I cannot express the utter Joy this man brought to me growing up with The Monty Python. Total Legend :)

    • @dianacasey6002
      @dianacasey6002 Před rokem +15

      Don’t forget Fawlty Towers. Still laugh at it today.

    • @bigdaz7272
      @bigdaz7272 Před rokem +4

      @@dianacasey6002 Ah yes shame on me for forgetting Faulty Towers, that was/is also hilarious :)

    • @dianacasey6002
      @dianacasey6002 Před rokem +1

      @@bigdaz7272 👍

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Před rokem +8

      ...after an overdose of woke news watching Fawlty Towers is always a refreshing antidote...😊😊....

    • @bigdaz7272
      @bigdaz7272 Před rokem +2

      @@chatham43 can't go wrong with a bit of Till Death Us Do Part and Some Mothers Do Ave Em either :)

  • @TheNocturnalLogician
    @TheNocturnalLogician Před rokem +27

    "I think it was the wrong one" 😂 I love John Cleese 😌

    • @mkang8782
      @mkang8782 Před rokem

      He's not wrong, though. I admire and appreciate Gilliam's talents, but his personal behavior leaves a lot to be desired.

  • @windyworm
    @windyworm Před rokem +85

    Great quote heard in Canada “when you’re old, all the wrong things are stiff in the morning!”

  • @public.public
    @public.public Před rokem +28

    The Life Of Brian film is a work of art.

  • @chrisfairbarn9908
    @chrisfairbarn9908 Před rokem +5

    I met John Clesse at a restaurant in Huntsville, Ontario Canada. That Little Place By The Lights. He was filming a movie in Muskoka Canada and his air BNB fell through. He needed a place to stay. You wouldn't believe how many people said "you can stay here". The community gathered around him and wanted to help him not because he's a celebrity...but because he's a genuinely nice man.
    True story: walks into the restaurant I'm working at with one sock on and one sock off. The server says to him "did you lose your sock?" He said: "yes, would you mind finding it for me." Pure class. What a gentleman. He just wanted to make her laugh.

  • @carolkrenn5754
    @carolkrenn5754 Před rokem +11

    You have a heart James. Thanks for having him on.

  • @mandead
    @mandead Před rokem +40

    "I know one of the Terrys died - I think it was the wrong one." rofl

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Před rokem +4

      ....covering his lamentable research.....stick to boris bashing James...

    • @HighlandMike325
      @HighlandMike325 Před rokem

      Alan Brazil. James heard two versions

    • @beniteztheconman
      @beniteztheconman Před rokem

      @@chatham43 fan of johnson?

  • @stephaniewhite9526
    @stephaniewhite9526 Před rokem +106

    John Cleese is a legend. Great to see him on LBC.

    • @catastrophic009
      @catastrophic009 Před rokem +1

      He's a comedy genius to & most of all what I like about him now is he doesn't give a flying **** about anything & anyone !!

    • @steik6414
      @steik6414 Před rokem

      @@catastrophic009 Apart from when he moaned about London being "no longer an English city" in 2019

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Před rokem +3

      ......he did have a point there....I wouldn't live there....

    • @catastrophic009
      @catastrophic009 Před rokem +5

      @@steik6414 Well it isn't an English city but then again which Cities are English ? Diversity has been forced upon us all & the indigenous have had no say right?

    • @beaufighter245
      @beaufighter245 Před rokem +4

      @@steik6414 not moaning, he was saying it how it is.

  • @mamaduck9370
    @mamaduck9370 Před rokem +14

    Oh, I adore him.

  • @ivorharden
    @ivorharden Před rokem +18

    Holy Grail was a turning point in my life. The dry humour and silliness but not making fun of individuals. It's a shame comedy isn't like it today.

    • @thehound9638
      @thehound9638 Před rokem +1

      You can't have comedy nowadays! Prats like you spoilt it!

    • @davewaring73
      @davewaring73 Před rokem

      Much comedy that comes out these days would have created a controversy at the time life of Brian of holy grail came out.

    • @sirwi11iam
      @sirwi11iam Před rokem

      Well, technically, it made fun of the English and French stereotypes.

  • @paulkent5933
    @paulkent5933 Před rokem +2

    I enjoyed the respect that James give John as an elder……. James is starting to grow on me, we never stop learning and evolving! I think James is constantly evolving as I am, I lean left and right constantly. I just wish people would do the same and not try to appeal to one side for monetary reasons.

  • @GeroldGarthcia
    @GeroldGarthcia Před rokem +35

    Holy Grail still makes me laugh and I've watched it at least 25 times. I admire Mr. Cleese and his fellow Pythonians so much.

  • @neilewins9920
    @neilewins9920 Před rokem +2

    Such a lovely old man...I always loved older people when I was a kid and had so much respect...hopeful;ly I'll command as much as Mr. Cleese; what a cheery, happ y& knowledgable old bloke..thanks for taking the time to share your wisdom old boy 🤜💥🤛 🍊

  • @Roy-ud1db
    @Roy-ud1db Před rokem +41

    What a legend. I have a grin on my face from the moment I pressed play. A Genius. Full Disclosure is fantastic too. You should name the epsiode, 5'5. Well done James.

    • @felixmidas3245
      @felixmidas3245 Před rokem +2

      Yes, let the small people have it, now that we're no longer allowed to make fun of foreigners and homosexuals.

  • @katten02
    @katten02 Před rokem +9

    James is starstruck like little kid😊 Just loved it.

  • @kanyewestlive6905
    @kanyewestlive6905 Před rokem +13

    The legend is back

  • @TheLunarnotes
    @TheLunarnotes Před rokem +12

    Couldn’t go without a dig at Gilliam ‘the wrong Terry died’ hahaha

    • @suttercane6
      @suttercane6 Před rokem +2

      The great thing is that Terry Gilliam won't care.
      But I'm sure there will be others upset on his behalf.

  • @mmistera
    @mmistera Před rokem +32

    I couldn't stop smiling or laughing through this interview.
    His 'the wrong Terry' comment went over James head, but how John Cleese amused himself with the joke....just brilliant!!

    • @ptv8113
      @ptv8113 Před rokem +5

      Agree but the joke didn’t go over his head at all. Listen again and you’ll hear him respond. He knew exactly what he was saying.

    • @mrmarmellow555
      @mrmarmellow555 Před rokem

      @@ptv8113 NOPE SORRY BUT THIS DJ IS DA
      W🐑🐑LEST SHEEP IN COMMONWEALTH ‼️ RADIO 🤕😷🙉

  • @theotheoth
    @theotheoth Před rokem +11

    Nice to see John so happy and lucid. I'm not sure if I imagined this, but for some years I've had this idea that he had grown into a highly-strung, out-of-touch old fusspot, a sort of sad caricature of the parts he played in Python and Fawlty Towers.
    I saw The Life of Brian in a cinema way back. I pretty much knew the Gospels inside-out already (I was a curious kid), and so for much of it I found myself laughing at the less obvious gags, and laughing alone. I'm sure it's that combination of silly slapstick and a deeper and transcendent message that keeps the film sitting at the top of the funniest ever lists. And of course it's the reason why the flailing church was so threatened by it then (just as a Christian in my neighbourhood now is worried about my doing yoga). I shall also never forget the revulsion I felt at the appalling behaviour of Malcolm Muggeridge and the Bishop of Southwark when they came onto a tv chat show with Cleese and Palin and attacked the "tenth rate...squalid...miserable little film".

    • @mrtalos
      @mrtalos Před rokem

      He said some uncomfortable truths a few years ago and parts of the media characterised him as out of touch and so forth.

  • @UKProgRock
    @UKProgRock Před rokem +88

    What a legend. Still nails the dry humour too.

    • @drhibas
      @drhibas Před rokem +2

      Came here to write the same, but they are really two legends. One in the making!

    • @petercutting6126
      @petercutting6126 Před rokem +3

      O'Brien must be the winner. Hilariously funny, problem is he doesn't know it!

    • @jerryoshea3116
      @jerryoshea3116 Před rokem +3

      J,O'B is noticably polite&, respectful!👍 But why??

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Před rokem

      ....where is the real James and what have you done with him...??

    • @gedrooney9305
      @gedrooney9305 Před rokem

      @@jerryoshea3116 Because he cowers around intellect, he’s a bottom feeder.

  • @rebahenderson211
    @rebahenderson211 Před rokem +2

    Wow! JOHN GLEESE 😂😂 I SEE HIM AND START LAUGHING.😂😂💝

  • @scotchester2983
    @scotchester2983 Před rokem +2

    If you listen to this at 2x speed, John Cleese sounds normal speed.

  • @josefschiltz2192
    @josefschiltz2192 Před rokem +62

    Great to see Eric Idle on air with you, James. Brilliant!

    • @mikedown1250
      @mikedown1250 Před rokem +4

      thats not eric thats graham

    • @josefschiltz2192
      @josefschiltz2192 Před rokem +1

      @@mikedown1250 I'm ashen with embarrassment!

    • @zazahuss2077
      @zazahuss2077 Před rokem +1

      @@integralevideo 😂 😂

    • @josefschiltz2192
      @josefschiltz2192 Před rokem

      @@integralevideo Always look on the bright side of life . . . weehoowoohoowhahwoowheehoo!

    • @xafar67
      @xafar67 Před rokem

      @@integralevideo nice...

  • @glennoc8585
    @glennoc8585 Před rokem +5

    John has kept mentality astute perhaps due to always learning and being involved in projects.

  • @ispahan5842
    @ispahan5842 Před rokem +1

    When I was 18 I arrived in London for the first time to begin a summer internship. I was extremely nervous and having arrived on the Sunday night, for work starting the next day, I thought it be best to go for a walk and acquaint myself with the area to make the incoming morning commute a little smoother.
    I got a little lost (naturally) and after one or two wrong underground stops, found myself in a somewhat frantic state roaming the streets of Belgravia.
    I felt a coldness in the area, everyone was keeping themselves to themselves and asking for directions felt socially out the question!
    However, a rich and redeeming memory I have from this evening, was when I turned a corner, and walked straight into a tall, impeccably dressed man. I looked up to apologise and looking down back at me was Mr John Cleese.
    He put his arms on my shoulders and said (in his incredible accent) “oh so sorry my boy, my mistake”.
    His endearment and magic helped me a lot that evening.. What a man!

  • @johnrussell3961
    @johnrussell3961 Před rokem +43

    What have the EU ever done for us?
    Ok…..apart from x,y, etc,
    What have the EU ever done for us?

    • @Beatz-he5xe
      @Beatz-he5xe Před rokem +5

      Stability, prosperity and peace

    • @PamelaD963
      @PamelaD963 Před rokem +1

      @@Beatz-he5xe Iraq ?
      Afghanistan ?
      Libya ?
      How many died for “peace” ?

    • @teddyboysdontknit810
      @teddyboysdontknit810 Před rokem

      @@PamelaD963 so are you suggesting the EU are responsable for war and suffering in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya

    • @PamelaD963
      @PamelaD963 Před rokem +1

      @@teddyboysdontknit810 they all sent troops didn’t they .

    • @froggyfootball7572
      @froggyfootball7572 Před rokem

      stand up to Putin ? oh wait, that's the opposite isn't it ? 🤣

  • @johnmccann8319
    @johnmccann8319 Před rokem +1

    Keep going John you are loved by millions around the World!💚

  • @genghisthegreat2034
    @genghisthegreat2034 Před rokem +4

    I never warmed to his films, but as Fawlty, he was brilliant , and surrounded by brilliance.

    • @12dougreed
      @12dougreed Před rokem

      Were you in the race for people who think they are chicken's?

  • @truestorey3158
    @truestorey3158 Před rokem +1

    Much love to all 💙💙💜💜💚💚

  • @thesocialmediascientistmbe

    Nice to see James actually enjoying himself for once!

  • @ThatGuyThanus
    @ThatGuyThanus Před rokem +42

    I wish I could spend 3 weeks a year in the uk..

    • @CJ-gn8qm
      @CJ-gn8qm Před rokem +3

      I was going to say! Really? Where are you from? Afghanistan? The U.K. is is in a spiral of depression and Union strikes not seen since the 1970’s with a dysfunctional government that is AWOL at the moment of crisis. This said it is a drab and parched land at the moment! Why would you want to live in a country that complains when it rains too much?

    • @peteroneill2991
      @peteroneill2991 Před rokem +2

      I take it you are unlucky and have to remain at least 50 weeks of the year?

    • @alidawson6118
      @alidawson6118 Před rokem +2

      @@CJ-gn8qm I think Paul S is saying that is the amount of time John Cleese spends in the UK, he lives abroad.

    • @hiltonbayayi5271
      @hiltonbayayi5271 Před rokem +1

      Ha ha l see what you did there

    • @totalvoid6234
      @totalvoid6234 Před rokem

      @@CJ-gn8qm Realistically there is only one state in the world you would be in to wish you could spend 3 weeks a year in the UK.

  • @TheGregcawthorne
    @TheGregcawthorne Před rokem +3

    He seems somehow calmer than he did 10 or so years ago.

  • @TheRichieC78
    @TheRichieC78 Před rokem

    "I know one of the Terry's died...I think it was the wrong one" 🤣

  • @StefanTravis
    @StefanTravis Před rokem +3

    John Cleese: He need you to know how much he doesn't care.

  • @therichieboy
    @therichieboy Před rokem +7

    When he's not namedropping my favourite pubs and canal bike rides, JOB is reading my mind. Just last week I was thinking that I'd love to hear him interview Cleese (I'm interested in their differing opinions about wokeism). Sure enough.....!

  • @markellis796
    @markellis796 Před rokem +2

    The Life of Brian was an absolute masterpiece and could not be made today for many many reasons. RIP comedy.

  • @romeobravo2023
    @romeobravo2023 Před rokem +2

    What happened to his choice of the beautiful island of St Nevis as his home a few years ago?

  • @jeffhubbard4688
    @jeffhubbard4688 Před rokem +2

    Who is this guy? Why didn't you interview Monty??
    ;)

  • @sarahbankstheoriginal9797

    This is joyous 😊 so excited for the full disclosure x

  • @lenkapenka6976
    @lenkapenka6976 Před rokem +29

    total utter legend and genuinely very funny even in casual conversation!

  • @heathermarsh8757
    @heathermarsh8757 Před rokem +5

    Love John Cleese..fish called Wanda one of the best films ..

  • @riccardo-964
    @riccardo-964 Před rokem +1

    What a gentleman.

  • @johnstanford4703
    @johnstanford4703 Před rokem +4

    Great interview

  • @45green1
    @45green1 Před rokem +3

    Unique old John 😊

  • @paulmccready1890
    @paulmccready1890 Před rokem +9

    7.00 the bemusement on John Cleese’s face when asked what Terry Jones’s objection was. Oh dear. Tell Mr O’Brien someone.

  • @VileCAESARB
    @VileCAESARB Před rokem

    I was born in the 80's, watching Fawlty Towers in the 90's was some of the funniest times of my life. RIGHT! YOU'VE HAD IT!

  • @simontemplar404
    @simontemplar404 Před rokem +70

    John has done some wonderful work and comedy over the years. Some of his more recent pronouncements are a little bit grumpy old guy but you cannot knock his body of work.

    • @ineedmoreflavour1955
      @ineedmoreflavour1955 Před rokem +19

      He isn’t a fan of wokeism like most of us, so I can’t knock him for anything tbh

    • @snipelite94
      @snipelite94 Před rokem +1

      His black knight performance in the holy grail, turned out to be prescient for his brexiter performance

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Před rokem

      ...me neither...

    • @JellyLancelot
      @JellyLancelot Před rokem +21

      @@ineedmoreflavour1955 define 'wokeism' ;)

    • @KennyTew2
      @KennyTew2 Před rokem +18

      @@ineedmoreflavour1955 you aren’t a fan of equality and respecting others?

  • @martinbennett9578
    @martinbennett9578 Před rokem +1

    Brilliant.

  • @maryhinge128
    @maryhinge128 Před rokem

    "I could be arguing in my spare time."

  • @michaelmather7352
    @michaelmather7352 Před rokem +49

    They made fun of everything and anything , that was the point , saw them live in the early 70,s best show i ever saw

    • @billlowe70
      @billlowe70 Před rokem +4

      Exactly, I loved it when they made fun of black people 🤣 Brilliant stuff!!!

    • @drfred1937
      @drfred1937 Před rokem +1

      @@billlowe70 The Harlem Stinger?

    • @johnrussell3961
      @johnrussell3961 Před rokem +6

      @@billlowe70 .You clearly didn’t get the joke.
      They where making fun of those who think making fun of blacks is a joke,

    • @carlosonliones202
      @carlosonliones202 Před rokem +7

      @@billlowe70 the pythons made fun of prejudice….

    • @trebm3
      @trebm3 Před rokem +6

      @@billlowe70 the point of the joke, you missed it

  • @Stuboy
    @Stuboy Před rokem +2

    It's not the despair , I can take the despair , it's the hope I can't stand

  • @krisjooganah3253
    @krisjooganah3253 Před rokem +2

    I just saw The Offer, it was the making of The Godfather and behind the scenes and it was from the same studio company. If The Life of Brian was made today and the interview he gave with his co star again a critic, put their point. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie should never been attacked. If we have a cancel culture attacking comedy and literature, then how can we laugh and smile

  • @nellspop1
    @nellspop1 Před rokem +5

    great interview.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Před rokem

      ...great interviewee anyway....

  • @Lycaerix
    @Lycaerix Před rokem +11

    Absolutely love this man. A true gem.

    • @bipslone8880
      @bipslone8880 Před rokem +1

      Too bad he turned into a conservative in his old age

    • @nickbarber3315
      @nickbarber3315 Před rokem +1

      @@bipslone8880 the sad part is he would be a liberal in the US

    • @bipslone8880
      @bipslone8880 Před rokem

      @@nickbarber3315 I don't think so.

    • @nickbarber3315
      @nickbarber3315 Před rokem +1

      @@bipslone8880 because?

    • @bipslone8880
      @bipslone8880 Před rokem

      @@nickbarber3315 You don't hear American liberals complain about wokeness. A term conservative use to portray themselves as victims when say or do hateful things and are held accountable. Like Cancel Culture.

  • @montynobel7830
    @montynobel7830 Před rokem

    At last you get a minister on , the guy from the ministry of silly walks.

  • @milesbetrov
    @milesbetrov Před rokem +1

    Two Legends

  • @chrisheisey9654
    @chrisheisey9654 Před rokem +2

    Still hilarious and sharp at the age of 83.

  • @afri-dancer9967
    @afri-dancer9967 Před rokem +7

    Love this old fella.

  • @AntisocialMediaMike
    @AntisocialMediaMike Před 6 měsíci +1

    It is refreshing to see James O'Brien putting his ideological leanings aside for a moment whilst speaking to a man whom he clearly admires despite the yawning chasm that seperates their politics.

  • @ash_yt0
    @ash_yt0 Před rokem +1

    I can understand why people would dislike the Stan/Loretta part, mainly Reg's insults towards Loretta, but I think if you examine the scene it actually isn't too bad.. For instance Judith, who is pretty much the only sensible, competent person in the whole group, when Loretta "comes out", she asks "Why do you want to be Loretta, Stan?" and is genuinely curious rather than insulting and dismissive the way Reg is. Then she makes Loretta feel better by being on Stan/Loretta's side. I don't think having a character like Reg in the film who is dismissive of Loretta, makes the film transphobic, especially when the character is shown to be oafish and incompetent in other aspects of his personality, whereas a more sensible character like Judith is more accommodating of Loretta.
    And finally later on in the film, Reg makes a misogynistic comment about Judith, when she's urging him to help save Brian, and not only is Reg confronted about that comment by Loretta, he also apologises to Loretta and uses her new name. So it's actually pretty cool that he does become more progressive by the end even though it's still in the context of a joke.
    The only thing I don't really like about the Loretta plot and why I understand why people don't like it... is this idea that Loretta wants to be a woman because she wants to have babies... because that is genuinely a confused belief, and Reg would be right to call it out as such. But real trans people aren't confused about who they are or what their bodies are capable of the way Loretta seems to be in the film. The way the scene is specifically written to make Reg seem like he's in the right, and Loretta seem delusional, is the only issue IMO because it can represent transgender people in a disingenuous way. But it's something that could easily be tweaked slightly for a music, just make Loretta say she wants to be a woman rather than she wants to have babies, and you have the exact same character without accidentally misrepresenting why people are trans.

  • @inigomontoya68
    @inigomontoya68 Před 7 měsíci +1

    l love the way he says "im going to be dead soon" in such a matter of fact, couldnt care less manner

  • @ijc9984
    @ijc9984 Před rokem +23

    Didn't he used to be John Cleese and don't mention the brexit

    • @IndigoWhiskey
      @IndigoWhiskey Před rokem +2

      to be fair was anyone going to live that down.

    • @Tad1945
      @Tad1945 Před rokem

      Was Cleese a Brexiter ?
      I know he was ANTI TRUMP.

    • @PaulStargasm
      @PaulStargasm Před rokem +1

      Actually isn't his real name John Cheese?

  • @bradavon
    @bradavon Před rokem

    Tom Holland is 5'8. He's so obsessed with his height you'd be forgiven for thinking he's short.

  • @bearseatbeets3940
    @bearseatbeets3940 Před rokem +2

    John Cleese=Genius!

  • @lahtal1
    @lahtal1 Před rokem +22

    James acting like a fanboy😍

    • @jcspoon573
      @jcspoon573 Před rokem +3

      Yeah, I would have liked to have seen more push back on the claim that he isn't finding work because he's old, white, and male while at the same time he's rich, producing a musical, and traveling all over.
      Not sure Cleese noticed, "Doesn't seem to hurt in politics." or if he just chose to not acknowledge it.

    • @Hiznogood
      @Hiznogood Před rokem +3

      Well, who wouldn’t turn into a fanboy with Cleese in the same room? Him and the rest of the Python’s made me a Anglophile for most of my mature life, only Brexit gave that a swift kick in the head! I’m a Swede if you might wonder and Monty Python was and still are huge here! Guess they fit in with our Law of Jante?

    • @dlwf11111
      @dlwf11111 Před rokem

      @@jcspoon573 just cos you don’t see it it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

    • @RandomTask
      @RandomTask Před rokem

      @@jcspoon573he mentioned specifically in England he doesn’t get much work because he’s old white male implying he doesn’t have that issue elsewhere.

    • @jcspoon573
      @jcspoon573 Před rokem

      @@RandomTask Maybe he just doesn't realize he isn't on the same level as Anthony Hopkins, Ian McKellan, Michael Caine, or Patrick Stewart, who are all older, and continue to work despite the baggage of being old, white, male, and British.

  • @johnwebstet8132
    @johnwebstet8132 Před rokem +6

    I grew up with his promotional videos easily remembered being hilarious just an awesome guy as were the others!..

  • @edmundblackaddercoc8522

    Absolute legend!

  • @mrtalos
    @mrtalos Před rokem

    Loving the macabre jokes off Cleese

  • @shaunwhitehead6053
    @shaunwhitehead6053 Před rokem

    nice to see Cadwell is doing well after escaping coldharbour.😁

  • @jaimecosta2966
    @jaimecosta2966 Před rokem

    Portugal.. Nice wish you well

  • @Headhunter_212
    @Headhunter_212 Před rokem

    What was that thing in the middle ?

  • @donkeychan491
    @donkeychan491 Před rokem +10

    Well done James, you managed to not be such an insufferably pompous bore as usual, even if only for a brief while.

    • @wephilips6651
      @wephilips6651 Před rokem +1

      He’s no Steven Crowder, George Galloway and Paul Joseph Watson is he? Maybe go back to those titans of wit and humility lol

    • @cockoffgewgle4993
      @cockoffgewgle4993 Před rokem +4

      @@wephilips6651 George Galloway would destroy O'Brien in any debate on any subject. He's also light years to the left of him. Lol.

    • @donkeychan491
      @donkeychan491 Před rokem +1

      @@wephilips6651 I was paying James a compliment. His insular, privileged upbringing makes it hard for him to have empathy for others, or consider other viewpoints. I can sometimes see him trying to restrain his own egotistic and narcissistic tendencies, and I applaud him for that.

  • @neildonaghy123
    @neildonaghy123 Před rokem

    Even brexshit drove an imaginary wedge between the Monty Python lads - Well done. Division 💰💰💰

  • @BlueSky-ij5cwz
    @BlueSky-ij5cwz Před rokem +14

    I went to a Christian school and we watched Life of Brian in class.

    • @mazzgoldie9149
      @mazzgoldie9149 Před rokem

      Dya think an Islamic version would ever be made ?

    • @orsonbuggy
      @orsonbuggy Před rokem +1

      @@mazzgoldie9149 most unlikely ... the actors would probably lose their heads ... 😥

    • @mazzgoldie9149
      @mazzgoldie9149 Před rokem +1

      @@orsonbuggy Think that tells us something

  • @frankmetcalfe9391
    @frankmetcalfe9391 Před rokem

    I look forward to seeing that interview ♥️♥️

  • @marcovtjev
    @marcovtjev Před rokem +1

    Wouldn't mind a bit of extra clockwise either

  • @HighlandMike325
    @HighlandMike325 Před rokem

    There aren't many people who make you want to laugh merely at saying their name. Stan Laurel, Kenneth Williams, Groucho Marx, John Cleese

  • @johnjonesToffeeman
    @johnjonesToffeeman Před rokem

    Yes john you were always there during my miserable mangement training days

  • @rampageclover9788
    @rampageclover9788 Před rokem +2

    Seeing John Cleese without his trademark tach is like seeing David Bowie with the same coloured eyes

    • @DayVid2.0
      @DayVid2.0 Před rokem +2

      Or like seeing Iggy Pop with a top on.

    • @rampageclover9788
      @rampageclover9788 Před rokem +2

      @@DayVid2.0 or Bono without his shades

    • @DayVid2.0
      @DayVid2.0 Před rokem +1

      @@rampageclover9788 Slash without his hat.

    • @gedrooney9305
      @gedrooney9305 Před rokem +1

      David Dickinson without his tan.

  • @The1trueDave
    @The1trueDave Před rokem

    7:42 *spat coffee* 🤣

  • @mk.........
    @mk......... Před rokem +2

    As long guys like John Cleese are still around we're not completely fcked.

  • @markwalsh6714
    @markwalsh6714 Před rokem +9

    First time I’ve seen James laugh. We need more of his giggling and light hearted chat instead of the frowning norm. I actually enjoyed watching him smiling and not mentioning Brexit once lol 😂

  • @philr4654
    @philr4654 Před rokem +1

    Full disclosure? not exactly breaking the establishment.

  • @fletch218
    @fletch218 Před rokem

    Just the other day I thought I'd like to form a new nation and call it Lorettastan.

  • @federicoprice2687
    @federicoprice2687 Před rokem

    JC looks as though he's turning into Tony Benn! But give him a Knighthood!!

  • @snowmansid
    @snowmansid Před rokem +2

    John visually appears to be morphing into the late, great Tony Benn MP.

  • @seanhastings4432
    @seanhastings4432 Před rokem +1

    John Cleese is the only person in the world who would say, "I'm going to be dead, soon," so happily.

    • @AntisocialMediaMike
      @AntisocialMediaMike Před 6 měsíci +1

      John Cleese and Tom Baker both insouciantly quip the 'I'll be dead soon' thing. They're both absolute legends too so long may it be untrue!

  • @jamesgriffithsmusic
    @jamesgriffithsmusic Před rokem +11

    Given Cleese's long-standing 'war on Woke', an interesting guest for O'Brien.

    • @andrewlane4766
      @andrewlane4766 Před rokem +2

      The PERFECT guest - I look forward to the podcast.

    • @garyfryer5334
      @garyfryer5334 Před rokem +1

      You can say that again!! obrien the woke machine!! O brien is like my mum and dad!! Woke as F..K but like to think not!!

    • @nafisaobrien880
      @nafisaobrien880 Před rokem +2

      Cleese is pro brexit too why did James let that go by

    • @gordonstrong5232
      @gordonstrong5232 Před rokem +8

      @@MT-kx2uc Woke just means being aware of societal injustice, especially racism. That's the dictionary definition.
      That being said, 'anti-woke' right-wingers will perform incredible feats of mental contortion in order to redefine 'woke' as being something bad. Mostly because they find it very difficult to explain why they're so against people being aware of societal injustice and racism.

    • @DaDoM123
      @DaDoM123 Před rokem

      @@MT-kx2uc probably you judging by that comment

  • @happyapple4269
    @happyapple4269 Před rokem +3

    So nice to see him .

  • @coppershark1973
    @coppershark1973 Před rokem

    Why?

  • @jasonhampson9579
    @jasonhampson9579 Před rokem

    Cleese is BRILLIANT!

  • @bunneybeast
    @bunneybeast Před rokem +22

    I'm surprised these two can actually tolerate each other

    • @keysersoze6156
      @keysersoze6156 Před rokem +5

      Why? They're not as far apart as you'd think.

    • @dunebasher1971
      @dunebasher1971 Před rokem +14

      @Pixie Pete You honestly think Cleese "detests" being alert to injustice and inequality, especially when it's racially-based? Because that's the definition of "woke".

    • @gordonstrong5232
      @gordonstrong5232 Před rokem +6

      @Pixie Pete Define 'woke'

    • @simonjones7727
      @simonjones7727 Před rokem +4

      Jim Davidson next week...

    • @NPC--666
      @NPC--666 Před rokem +4

      @@dunebasher1971 thats the old definition, it now stands for something very different

  • @cupidstunt22
    @cupidstunt22 Před rokem

    Don't mention it...

  • @roberthalvey8880
    @roberthalvey8880 Před rokem

    Thanks Big English person 😘 ❤️

  • @smegmadelhomme8551
    @smegmadelhomme8551 Před rokem

    Still got it

  • @misterocain
    @misterocain Před rokem

    Any chance of "The life of O'Brien"?

  • @JRock4572001
    @JRock4572001 Před rokem +6

    Absolute legend.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43 Před rokem

      ...says it as it is.....😊...

  • @johnpbh
    @johnpbh Před rokem +4

    Simply a Feckin' legend....!!!!

  • @1Dustin
    @1Dustin Před rokem +2

    James O'brien Fan girling was quite a nice sight to see :D

  • @brendanbrown3100
    @brendanbrown3100 Před rokem

    Don’t tell JOB that Polly Parrot was never an EU citizen!