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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

awwwwww say it ain't so john!

Cleese 'retires from performing'
Comedy legend John Cleese has said he is retiring from writing and performing sitcoms because he will never manage to top the success of Fawlty Towers.
The Monty Python star will concentrate instead on publishing a book on the history of comedy and will hold classes explaining how to make people laugh.
The 66-year-old told The Times he would be a "comedy professor" to "teach young talent some rules of the game".
He said too much TV comedy was poorly written and aimed at US teenagers.
The Monty Python star criticised modern performers who aren't aware of the "basic principles" of comedy.
"It is very rare today to see someone with that grasp of old-fashioned comedy," he said.
"The last truly excellent performance I saw was Eddie Izzard. But Ricky Gervais is also a match for the great American sitcoms." .......


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2 comments:

Graeme said...

growing up I watched Fawlty Towers ( i didn't get into Python until later) and it has shaped my sense of humor. I love John Cleese. He is so right about today's comics too. ( i am an Eddie Izzard fan as well)

Waldorf salad, the Germans, I am totally going to steal my brothers DVD.

Unknown said...

that is what brothers (and sisters) are for. to 'appropriate' things from

you really cannot beat fawlty towers. basil was such a schlub!