John Cleese at University Book Store - Seattle
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A comedic genius whose influence has reached across generations, John Cleese will be forever known for his unique blend of irreverent humor, physical comedy, and madcap buffoonery played completely straight. In his new memoir, Cleese shares his journey from small town boy and aspiring lawyer to comedy pioneer and legend, weaving together stories and digressions into a fascinating primer on what's funny and why that's as entertaining as any of his shows.
I could listen to John Cleese talk about his life and life in general for hours on end and would never be bored.
John Cleese is always funny and intelligent. Truly a delight to listen to.
Cleese on his mother: "She ruled through her weakness." A timeless psychological truth... and just the kind of truth comedians are apt to see.
Some people can talk hours and there´s still interesting, John Cleese is one of those!
This man is funny, intelligent, extremely knowledgable. He has such a sharp mind. I just love how he can answer everything so easily, so sharp, and always gives good points. He can speak about comedy and the next second he turns it into psychology and human condition/behaviour etc. His mind is fascinating.With all that, and still being superbly modest.
Good example of an horrendous introduction. Very useful!
Python, Cleese, and their shows taught me there is a better way to think about the big issues. It suggested that we question the way things are as well as that there are very intelligent people out there who are able to take a step back. Its often made me laugh, gave me comfort, and made me think. Not much in my daily life gets to me on an emotional level. However, I recently watched pieces of the 02 show here on CZcams. Parts of it had me in tears because it reminded me they are getting on in years. Terry Jones sadly has since passed. I am really grateful to have enjoyed their comedy and recently some of Cleese's wisdom about life. Best to all.
The first thing to say when you walk in a church: "Can we say fuck in here?" Got to love this man! :)
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the best thing...he still says fuck a couple of times..
***** One of the things I liked the most, yes. It tells hell of a lot about him. U mad?
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The story about Graham Chapman and the carrot made me laugh like in the good old days. We need brave & funny people like Chapman nowadays..! Great to have Cleese around, he is still very funny and bright.
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"Death is greatly over-rated." - Graham Chapman right before he passed.
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John is a genius I've been laughing at him for over 35 years .....watching fawlty towers and python as a kid
Hes a national treasure
What a god damn LEGEND!
The first time iv'e ever heard John talk about Rat Race. He was great in that!!!
I like his honesty
Pure joy and very educational. Thank you for posting this.
20:01 - Just brightened my day
This guy is incredibly normal and that's one of countless ways he's so funny, he compares what should be normal to whats actually happening. I love it! Always always always a pleasure to here him chat. I totally laughed at this point he made, but with computers you have a physical off switch, which shuts everything down, saves electricity but erases everything in memory and takes longer to get going again. You have a standby/sleep/hibernate mode which selectively turns certain things off or puts the PC into a low power mode which saves a little electricity but boots up quicker. In the older computers when you shut them completely off, you had to reload the Disk Operating System (DOS) using about 8 5 1/4" floppy disks. Which really used to annoy the crap out of my Intro to computers teacher because he had to do it all himself before class started. So imagine 10 or 15 ancient TRS-80 Z80 processors at 1.77 MHz. Not gigahertz, but Mega-hurts. I deeply apologize Mr. Truchon, for all the mischief. Sorry, my therapist advised me to seek forgiveness from the ones I've caused great distress. Blogging on his memorial page didn't seem appropriate, as it did not go over well on my parents page, lesson learned. So if I could get someone to type up a list of everyone that's read this annoying paragraph, much appreciated and I will get to you all eventually. God bless :-)
A thoroughly nice man, I had the pleasure to chat to and work with on the Monty Python film "The Meaning of Life" both John & Michael Palin & Director Terry, came over to sit with us while on Location Filming for (Part Two- "Growth & Learning" at lunch time, I had a small featured artist roll, in the school Chapel scene, As a big Python fan, from the first B/W TV show days, it was a dream come true to be involved in making a Monty Python Film, and they guys were so friendly, humble, and such fun to work with.
Such a nice funny interesting man. A global treasure.
I'm listening to his book--the one he reads from--on Audible, and it's read by him. It's hilarious and even fascinating.
introduction: when introducing John Cleese, don't try to tell jokes
benedictify I disagree... but if you ever want a chance of being funny then at least memorise the speech and tell it like you mean it... it doesn't make any sense to 'read' out loud that you can't remember your name... that's your believability out of the window right at the start.
benedictify x
Doesn't matter in the least bit, only if it's a pompous ass like you are -this applies to all your smug side-remarks in your life, by the way.
this is great, thank you for sharing...
I love his stories about his parents.
Sheer delight. Thank you.
What a lovely introduction. Clever, humble, and articulate.
Brian Newberry lovely but a complete hit and miss as for comedic believability . The audience cannot be fooled as to believe the spontenaity of this prefabricated speech.
@Hello Brian how are you doing
Pure history---priceless as well as funny. Good feelings all around. I was here, but had trouble with the sound. Thanks to ubookstore for this. These were the Beatles of comedy.
Milton Jenkins this Interview was funnier than any German stand up who does it for a living
Thank you John you bring meaning to life 💜maria cdfx
Thank you very much for you're time sir!
Graham Chapman must have been mad haha. Great interview.
A lot of very good points very insightful👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊🇬🇧🇨🇦
This is the first time in months that I have sat through any programme that lasted an hour and a half and that includes films. Attention spam has certainly diminished lately but I could not but help listen to John C until the end. Quality conversation and a great interviewer.
excellent actor, when he imitates his dad... and "that is better" super ....
When he started coughing did anyone else think of Anne Elk? XD
Dad having first ciggy epic
"And now for something...completely different!"
So, Sybil's mother (who's afraid of vans, rats, doorknobs, birds, heights, open spaces, and confined spaces) is really John's mother. They're siblings!
John Cleese is the funniest genius for being pierce the depths of our sense of the absurd and make it seem amusingly ordinary.
I love his reaction when he hear the name Rupert Murdoch.
one of the reason's i made it through puberty...
Wait, I need to take a pee... No, you don't have to wait! What joy.
Best ever
I had to stop this interview and watch the fish slapping video.
John, you are so right about all the beeping and buzzing of devices AND about political correctness!
@Hello Marilyn how are you doing
Ni!
What horrible times, when random people can say "ni" in the coments.
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Poor John Cleese, says the best thing - a quote from Aldous Huxley that life (to paraphrase) is about being kind to everyone - and the audience apparently did not have their hearing aides in
Watched this with my wife’s family.
I wonder if John’s Dad was clinging to the parenting role out of his fear or sadness over sharing a home with just his wife.
I feel sad for her and wonder what specifically she experienced, probably during the world wars, that made her so afraid all the time.
52:00 Soooo true and extremely sad. No wonder most new stuff is crap. No imagination.
He hasn't seemed to haven't aged a day and all these years
John (do you see what I mean) Cleese.
Trying to be funny when introducing John Cleese is a mistake in my opinion.
He should have sung the introduction.
fer sher!
@@Pithead not
4 minute plus intro. Somebody wanted desperately to be notified.
@Hello John how are you doing
cats are very fluffy
John Cleese makes me proud to be British!!!
The way he's holding the mic..
Classy, literate introduction! kudos. All too rare.....
Cleese-spreading.
57:27 Someone lost it LoL :D
Quite impressionable, of all the conspiracy videos out there now (not including the inserted ones), he is laughing with everyone about what is so obvious anyway. A great court jester, the absolute funniest, endlessly.
What is the word at 33:39? "We'll pull the plug on the ?????". Thanks in advance.
@@Alex-ye9xk Yeah - the Americans essentially threatened to tank the British economy by selling the US government's Pound Sterling bonds if the British continued with their plan of re-taking the Suez Canal.
33:37 The pound?
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19:24 well, that was pretty deep.
i do love Mr Cleese but I would suggest that real creative genius doesn't have a lot to do with relaxation - was Beethoven a relaxed person or a chaotic stressed person? did Bach do what he did by being relaxed? Did Mr Cleese himself not achieve his most funny output under the strain of neurosis? Also i would beg to differ that our own era is less creative than other eras - Gervais has arguably achieved just as much as he did in terms of comedy output for example.
Thanks for a great comment, I agree that an idea can just come from nowhere and then may need some time to fully develop in a more conscious state. As you say, his theory probably does have some truth in it, but needs to be added into a more complex and even contradictory mix perhaps
4:50 start
38:36 the
Dunning-Kruger-effect
I also like Aldous Huxley's "The Perennial Philosophy".
czcams.com/video/zytwZqEP-8Y/video.html: I like the comparison that people who are not good in any task are not aware of it. Meaning ignoarnt people are not aware of their ignorance and human development has to move from ignorance towards platonic justice.
Dunning Krueger
that's better !
Actually, he is more than right there "I would like to make a Documentary about very Rich People and why they have to have so much Money ... because i don't understand it ... it's like people that dress up in Latex Rubber to become Sexually Excited ... i just don't see the point of having seven million dollars" ... I am confused about that as well.
There are so many Super, Ultra Rich people in the world ... and all they do is try to get *more* money ... what's the point of that? It's not like you can bring it along when you die.
Sez the rich man .... to the poor man .... where have you been?
Isn't he the best?
Starts at 4:50
Thanks
At 58:55 John mentions the romantic scenes in a Marx brothers film as not being funny. Irving Thalberg the producer of several if the MGM Marx bros. comedies wanted those scenes figuring that there had to be a theme that ran through the film so that the Marx bros. could be seen as helping the lovers, etc. In that way, their silliness would have some basis, and the audience would be more supportive of their efforts. He further said that his Marx bros. movie would have less jokes, but would double the revenue. Groucho Marx confirmed that this did happen.
But the overall conclusion that a lot of comedy doesn't work is correct, including with Monty Python. I've read an account of a daughter introducing her parents to MP, and was dismayed that the skits were not funny at that time. Plus, I know of whole hunks that are not funny, at least to a US ear, or mine in particular. But then there are the brilliant parts, nudge nudge, wink wink.
It's pronounced............Cleezzzzze
his mother lived toll 101 with so much anxiety?!! I guess because she managed to control the men haha:)
Last name rhymes with cheese His interview in Amsterdam is better, better interviewer IMO
His real name was actually JOHN CHEESE...look it up.
That is right, it is Cheese but changed to Cleese but should rhyme with cheese
Interviewer chemistry isn't there. He also fails to bring the interview to an end in a timely way. He say's last question then just goes on for another 15mins. Cleese, the professional, subtly gives an anecdote, about time and repeatitive things, but the guy just doesn't get the hint. The interviewer's slouchy posture in contrast to Cleese's upright and attentive manner are interesting.
The British only play cricket matches with other countries is because you used to own them. Maybe Americans could play baseball against Baghdad. and Soccer as a word was invented at Oxford University and it meant association football as opposed to rugger which was rugby football.
Cambridge.
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Wonder when he last saw Seattle? Civilized??
Can't afford another lapel microphone for Cleese? Give the hand held to the commentator for as much as he talks.
Come on, John!
You don’t even believe in a god, so what kind of an argument is that??!?
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Pm for Pm 🇬🇧
Being as dumb as I am can get very boring.
Don't give up...you're almost there.
it's pronounced like cheese....Cleeze, not Cleese.
When people attain eminence in arts, letters or science they attain it by winning hearts and minds of people of whatever political opinion. Then -- at the behest of TV presenters -- they come back to the everyday to voice their own political opinions - they become as annoying as your cousin or neighbor offering an unsolicited political opinion; their opinions simply do not matter - their accomplishments made them famous. Now they want to enter the quotidian newspaper sphere of political opinion? Now they want to alienate half their fan base? Why? It all retroactively soils their achievement ...
love Cleese but wish he had not done this
he has to pay the divorced wife. I read the book, totally boring, thanks God I bought it second hand.
Obviously before John realized how toxic the northwest pc culture is:)
John Stewart, John Oliver and Steven Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, in particular, do not know what political comedy is.
What they do is called ideology preaching.
And who are you ?
@@decentmendreams Just an opinionated jerk, what do you care?
So clever but so short sighted on the parameters of political correctness.
Sad really.
If you have a clue what you mean about political correctness why not share it with the rest of us?
*1:15:00 I really wish he had not tripped himself talking about Global Warming when actually its the plastic and chemicals everywhere that is the massive problem, CO2 is not doing anything, I dont know his actual thoughts on it.
+Monte Town Are you claiming that CO2 is not a greenhouse gas?
+finlarg Look up lectures by Lord Monckton about it, see for yourself.
+Monte Town he just mentioned Global Warming in passing, are you trying to claim that Global Warming is not a problem?
Monte Town Lord Monckton is a spin meister! He has contradicted himself many times and rarely (if ever) admits to having made a mistake. The CZcamsr 'Potholer54' had made a series which examines his claims in detail. I strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with this before you promote such a 'politician' further!
Its not causing global warming. That is why they changed the meme to "Climate Change" because in fact the last 20 years it has been some coldest records in last 100 years.
anyone else find this super boring
No, just you.
You usually take out of it what you brought into it. In your case apparently nothing.
A sad English old man...with a little funny walk....looking for money....that Yanks are stupid enough to love...
When is *your* book / film / comedy special out?
He was a writer of various stuff, you imbecilic asshole.
And yet, no one's ever heard of you, or found you funny. Sad, isn't it ...?
59:31 Thought he was going to tell about the football sketch, John called the interviewer
Brian because he thought it was just a funny name to use, and that also happened to be the name they gave Graham to to play Life of Brian.