John Cleese has said “literal-minded” viewers, who don’t understand when something is a joke, are ruining comedy. Cleese, who recently revealed he was “surprisingly poor” despite his successful ...

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Fifty years after first hitting theaters, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is still standing, as it holds a lofty position among comedy-movie royalty. Released by EMI Films in the U.S. on April 28, ...

Discover 15 of John Cleese’s funniest and most iconic jokes. From Monty Python to Fawlty Towers, these timeless lines still ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Comedy icon John Cleese is coming to the Florida Theatre for “Not Dead Yet: John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50,” on September 27. The event will feature a showing of “Monty ...

COMEDIAN John Cleese says the BBC has lost the art of developing comedy. The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers legend, 86, claims it is because the corporation is now run by bureaucrats. He told Nick ...

Fawlty Towers actor John Cleese has said he thinks the BBC doesn’t know how to “nurture comedy”, and that “there’s not much great comedy these days”, while reflecting on his time working with the ...

A new comedy series on ABC is to feature Emmy Award-winning actor John Cleese, the network has announced. The working title for the series is The Web, and is a new midseason comedy series about a ...

John Cleese has said “literal-minded” viewers, who don’t understand when something is a joke, are ruining comedy. One week after US comedian Jerry Seinfeld said “the extreme left” and “PC” humour had ...