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.
@@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?
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.
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!!
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".
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 🤜💥🤛 🍊
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.
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!
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?
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.
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.....!
As a 16 year old in Glasgow I was an extra in The Meaning Of Life partly shot on the Campsie hills. Being a Glasgow NED I walked into the Monty Python tent where I asked John why he hadn’t made more Fawlty Towers, you only made 6. No I made 12 he answered, are you sure I replied? Yes, he said I was paid for them.
@@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.
@@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.
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 😂
The amount of disrespect to a legend in these comments is sad to see. Even if you disagree with someones politics you should be easily able to appreciate the genius of his work
@@michaelslator64 and john bishop, russell howard, josh widdicombe, romesh ranganathan, rob beckett etc etc are funny? Insane how unfunny most comedians are who are constantly on tv.
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.
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?
@@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.
@@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.
It's nice to hear Cleese speak without that awful whinging tone he's taken up lately on his crusade to become literally everything he once railed against.
Really nice. Hopefully the fascistic takeover of Western democracies will get these slimy old farts to stop navel-gazing about cancel culture and realize that they might have something greater to fear than having young people be disappointed in them.
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.
Gawd bless him... reminds me so much of my Dad, the fun times mean you can forgive the old school attitudes... plus his subversiveness and showing the hypocrisy of the church was priceless
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
@@tomtheeagle1 people who think shouting is funny aren't paying attention. The best Cruxifiction comedy was done by Billy Connolly in the 1970s . it was written by him, he performed his version on stage, totally memorised by him, had his audience doubled up laughing, while outside the Venue, Pastor Jack Glass was doing his best to disrupt the show. We just laughed even louder when Billy humourously commented on Pastor Jack's Demo. Billy's the greatest at seeing then poking fun at the absurdities in life. Cleese has no real talent, he just shouts , trips and walks weirdly ehm.... that's it.
Never forget - if: - John Major and Tony Blair had not denied the public a say on the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties - If our government had not ignored the public and allowed unprecedented mass immigration - If the EU hadn’t humiliated David Cameron - If the EU had not been such a corrupt power grubbing cabal Brexit would never have happened. And if Remainers had - accepted the result and not undermined the process every step of the way - offered constructive suggestions instead of screeching and whining If the EU hadn’t treated the UK like a naughty child or an escaped prisoner Then Brexit would be just fine. I voted Remain but I am proud that the democratic vote of the public was respected against all the odds - nothing is worth sacrificing the one power the public have over the elites - their vote. If the majority of the public don’t want to be part of an EU Superstate and wants to drastically reduce immigration, surely it is their right??
The "Life of Brian" was pure genius! . "are you the Judean Peoples' Front " .."nah we are the People's Front of Judea"! Relgion nailed in a nutshell...!
Great stuff, John, still a comedy giant. Python was all about the insanity that lurks just beneath the surface of society but we didn't know it would take 40 to 50 years to see it come up for air.
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.
Cancel culture historically is much more in the right. They either invent it where it doesn't exist, or try to cancel things. John Cleese is talking about considering that life of Brian is now going to be made in to a musical without hardly a controversy.
