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John Cleese's War on Wokeism 

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The Monty Python legend says political correctness is ruining creativity in all aspects of human activity.
From shows and movies ranging from Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers to Life of Brian and A Fish Called Wanda, the comedian John Cleese has uproariously and relentlessly satirized politics and religion while stretching the boundaries of decorum and good taste like so many silly walks.
Now 82, Cleese-who studied law at Cambridge-has recently set his sights on political correctness and wokeism, which he says are the enemy not only of humor but of creative thinking in all areas of human activity.
He appeared at FreedomFest, the annual July gathering of libertarians in Las Vegas, to discuss creativity, the subject of his 2020 "short and cheerful guide." After giving a talk on the attitudes and habits he believes are necessary for creativity to 2,500 attendees, Reason's Nick Gillespie interviewed Cleese about the importance of freedom of thought and expression for a flourishing society.
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@DianaSwan
@DianaSwan 7 месяцев назад
'People sitting there waiting for the thrill of being offended' Absolutely brilliant
@eyeh8liberals
@eyeh8liberals 6 месяцев назад
The energy this man showed in Fawlty Towers was superhuman. So much energy in his acting that I thought he would have a heart attack.
@haroldstafford3189
@haroldstafford3189 5 месяцев назад
amazing that his writing Partner was Connie Booth,and they were Divorcing at the same time!
@kurtgodel5236
@kurtgodel5236 3 месяца назад
@@haroldstafford3189 That was when the second series was shot.
@leonardoiglesias2394
@leonardoiglesias2394 18 дней назад
Thats technik.
@bossofthemoss450
@bossofthemoss450 4 месяца назад
“Waiting for the thrill of being offended”. So accurate and such a reflection of today’s banal society.
@AllanMogensen
@AllanMogensen 3 месяца назад
Those mostly offended are those who can´t behave like they always did without concern or consideration for others. "My lust and desire comes first"
@petejohnson8397
@petejohnson8397 3 месяца назад
​@@AllanMogensencan you please give an example/hypothetical?
@Threemore650
@Threemore650 2 месяца назад
I have an old Saxon soul and I think it’s that that makes me want to do whatever it is that I’m being coerced or bullied into. I refuse to sunbathe and am now in the top 1% of whiteness. I wear a large, visible cross at all times. I’d quite like a T.shirt with ‘certified racist’ and a middle finger on it. I’m not really all that racist, I lived my whole life post racially, as according to MLK, but the idiocy of picking on the least racist people on earth, the only ones with outgroup compassion that goes beyond words, just makes me want to rebel. I RAGE at ALL injustice. A deep sense of fair play pulses in every cell of my body and it sees no colour but misty crimson. Meekness is yet another mistranslation of the Bible. We are commanded to fight evil. Also, turning the other cheek has been inverted, it’s the opposite of surrender. The right side is where you’d strike a lesser person, turning the cheek is an assertion of equality to the challenger.
@Threemore650
@Threemore650 2 месяца назад
@@AllanMogensencan you clarify that?
@AllanMogensen
@AllanMogensen 2 месяца назад
I haven´t recorded all the whimping people I´ve heard complaining about victims seeking justice while longing for the "Good old days" when they could grab them by the pussies without consequences@@petejohnson8397
@IIVVBlues
@IIVVBlues 11 месяцев назад
This is why I keep a dog. He's a constant generator of laughter. Laughter makes life better.
@mikepenn8760
@mikepenn8760 Год назад
"...deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended." So well put.
@roscius6204
@roscius6204 Год назад
That is good
@rigelloar7474
@rigelloar7474 Год назад
That's poetic really.
@glendacollins2898
@glendacollins2898 Год назад
This phrase well describes my ex spouse of over 20 years. He is a pathological narcissist. I’m convinced that those who graduated from Narc U are now running the globe. (I was so pleased to be in this audience at Freedom Fest.)
@mjr2451
@mjr2451 Год назад
That’s why offense is “taken“.
@LittleOrla
@LittleOrla Год назад
I know someone like that.
@rhinocore
@rhinocore Год назад
Making John Cleese laugh would be the highlight of anyone's life.
@niniv2706
@niniv2706 Год назад
Having Miley Cyrus orgasm would be a close second ;) Like the perfect combo of brawn and brains .
@DeirdreCatherineDoyle
@DeirdreCatherineDoyle 11 месяцев назад
I WAS TOLD NOT TO LAUGH AS IT WRINKLESS YOUR FACE! I HAVE LAUGH WRINKLES AND PROUD
@p4our587
@p4our587 11 месяцев назад
Making him hiccup & finally be over… would be mine.
@Dowlphin
@Dowlphin 11 месяцев назад
Why? It's not hard.
@ClyDIley
@ClyDIley 11 месяцев назад
​@@Dowlphin That goodfellow, is either one of the weakest attempts to troll someone I have ever seen, or... the most cynical and/or asinine thing I've read all week. Either way, making one of if not the greatest humorist of all time laugh will always be a flattering compliment for anyone who isn't an egotistical ass with a bloated sense of self worth...
@carolbrooks9161
@carolbrooks9161 11 месяцев назад
John Cleese is amazing! "Do you use any performance enhancing drugs? Money!" He always says the unexpected. 🤣
@richsackett3423
@richsackett3423 11 месяцев назад
Certainly wrote that joke decades ago.
@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists
@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists 9 месяцев назад
you misspelled OBVIOUS
@torch2k
@torch2k 6 месяцев назад
For the record, the name Cleese was struggling to recall was Donald Hebb, a Canadian psychologist who has been described as the father of neoropsychology and neural networks. Brilliant guy, fascinating subject. This is why people like John Cleese are so interesting: it's not what they know per se, it's the diversity of interests that drive their curiosity and their ability to explain their thinking in relation to those influences.
@TomHuston43
@TomHuston43 3 месяца назад
"it's the diversity of interests that drive their curiosity and their ability to explain their thinking in relation to those influences."??🙃🙃🙃.
@Wolf-hh4rv
@Wolf-hh4rv Год назад
“People sitting their deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended”….. the defining characteristic of 50% of US society.
@dingfeldersmurfalot4560
@dingfeldersmurfalot4560 Год назад
It used to be about curse words and religious differences. Now it's about almost anything and everything.
@phoenixrising4073
@phoenixrising4073 Год назад
In my experience it is much less than half who are woke. The media would have you think it's the majority when it simply isn't so. They cannonize those who complain and marginalize those who produce.
@wmason1961
@wmason1961 Год назад
Not just "U.S."
@monad_tcp
@monad_tcp Год назад
@@wmason1961 because the US is the biggest global exporter of that bullshit, obviously not just the US, others import that woke shit
@dustinDraig
@dustinDraig Год назад
@@phoenixrising4073 Yeah, I just today read an article about people being offended that Cracker Barrel added "Impossible Meat" sausage to their menu. There were several articles on the topic but the one I read just contained a bunch of "A person on Facebook posted..." quotes. It's called the Nutpicker Fallacy--for any position you can find someone who supports it, so cherry-pick an extreme position and find the nut who is arguing for it and use that to make your case that "many people believe" whatever nonsense you want--be it people who want to claim that we should not use the phrase "pregnant women" because it's exclusionary or weirdos who think the Book of Genesis is meant to be taken literally and want that taught in schools. Then write a clickbait article to rile up your base.
@reedsawyer5704
@reedsawyer5704 Год назад
Humor is the ultimate cleansing of the soul. When you laugh, you change your entire attitude. We need more edgy comics and standup comedians.
@sickoftheleftwingscum
@sickoftheleftwingscum Год назад
Good luck with that especially when watching the BBC ! ☹️👈 👍
@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL
@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL 10 месяцев назад
Only humor can speak the truth without being censored. It's a very serious profession.
@charlottecolley8713
@charlottecolley8713 10 месяцев назад
❤️🙏💫
@nikbull1258
@nikbull1258 11 месяцев назад
I was a preteen in the seventies when Monty Python first came out. My parents didn’t understand this new radical form of comedy but they allowed my one year older brother and myself to watch and it’s been a lifelong love for both of us since but also includes their successors. Thanks Mum and Dad.
@johndenicola6173
@johndenicola6173 11 месяцев назад
Very interesting! I'm from the US, and I remember my dad watching it often (possibly in reruns) in the mid 1970s (I was about 11) . My dad always had a very good sense of humor. He frequently told what I/we call "Dad Jokes" THat follows what Cleese said, You don't know if something is funny unless you try it out." Even a joke that may flop, it would still be funny in some way - If not for me, it would be funny for someone else! - I have followed in my dad's footsteps. The thing I find neat is that people laugh at my jokes much more than I would think..
@ianthesoccerref
@ianthesoccerref 11 месяцев назад
Did Mum and Dad ever come to appreciate the sarcasm/wit/genius of the Pythons?
@healthcareforallfiftyseven3773
@healthcareforallfiftyseven3773 10 месяцев назад
I recall from a Cleese novel ( a bio, the name escapes me) that he said Python pursued incongruity and silliness without punch lines. Awkward situations, things juxtaposed against type, and the like. This became something like a defining aspect between American comedy and British comedy, or at least Python comedy--a sketch or routine which lacks a punch line. It becomes dangerously close to seeing or not seeing the emperor's clothes, but really, does one need to 'get' a thing so long as it amuses you? It's fair to admit that you don't see why something is considered funny, so long as you don't criticize those who are amused anyway whether they 'get it' or not. I have no idea what I am saying.
@MrPossumeyes
@MrPossumeyes 10 месяцев назад
Gotta say, I just enjoyed the stupidity. I was a teen but had to leave home before enjoying freedom from restriction. Parents, right? The Fish Slapping Dance? The Larch? How much screen time would a modern network give either? I mean, what could possibly be funny about a chap being slapped upside the head with a salmon? Or listening to a fellow intone "The Larch" while looking at a fucking tree, over and over again? Aahhh, but if you had about 30 minutes of this type of stupidity on tape (oops. old boy give-away) you could sell those bytes to advertisers, couldn't you?! But I ask, why is the only stupidity available to me limited to the internet, and so VERY, VERY stupid? Why can't some of it be intelligent?
@jlevogiani2012
@jlevogiani2012 10 месяцев назад
I found Monty Python on PBS when I was about 11. My parents didn't know that I was watching it because it was on long after they'd gone to bed. The only problem my Mum would've had with it would've been the nudity, and even that would only have elicited a scornful cringe. 😄
@helen9289
@helen9289 11 месяцев назад
this is awesome John Cleese is one of the greatest humorist/satirists who has ever lived ..........he is also extremely intelligent & his wit is as sharp as ever ......
@dunringill1747
@dunringill1747 Год назад
“People sitting there deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended” - I've heard this thought phrased in other ways but I think I enjoy this one the most.
@millertas
@millertas Год назад
I was offended by that.😃
@RobMcGrath0
@RobMcGrath0 Год назад
@@millertas ..."Help, Help!!! I'm being offended 0.o"....
@christopherheckman7957
@christopherheckman7957 Год назад
There's an old joke. A woman checks into a motel that has two buildings, one facing the other. She gets to her room and sees the other building out the window, where a man is walking around naked. She calls the manager and says that he needs to cover up. The manager comes up to her room first, walks around, and says, "Yes, he's naked, but you can't see anything below his waist, no matter where you are in the room." She replies, "Oh, yeah? You can if you stand on the bed!" [EDITED: I had "above" instead of "below" originally.]
@SerunaXI
@SerunaXI Год назад
For every troll, there's a bridge.
@npats550
@npats550 Год назад
Love that comment! I loved Monty Python, especially the films. I think John Cleese was always my favourite. Even now, he's as sharp as a tack!
@michaelconway2024
@michaelconway2024 Год назад
“There are people out there deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended.” So funny and true.
@catherineberry6971
@catherineberry6971 Год назад
Like gossip’s who lust to spread rumors and cause mayhem. No difference.
@dikkie1000
@dikkie1000 Год назад
It gets worse, there are people who are professionally offended on behalf of other people, who don't give a damn, but should according to the formentioned offendees. And that such people exist and are serious about it, is sillier than a python sketch.
@wtfvids3472
@wtfvids3472 Год назад
@@dikkie1000 yes because "we are all the same" HAHAHA
@uweschroeder
@uweschroeder 10 месяцев назад
"There are people who are deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended" - I think that's the best characterization of today's society I've heard so far.
@AlbertHEldridge
@AlbertHEldridge 9 месяцев назад
That’s because Don Rickles is dead.
@stringlarson1247
@stringlarson1247 11 месяцев назад
So much wisdom he's able to share. Nearing 60, I'm grateful to have discovered Monty Python et. al. at age 10. Thank you to the old PBS for the Sunday night lineup. And to all the Pythons for a lifetime of humor that has aged so well.
@timbuktu8069
@timbuktu8069 Год назад
It's so nice to hear an interviewer who understands that he is talking to a comedian.
@Dowlphin
@Dowlphin 11 месяцев назад
It's basic skillset for the job to understand who you are talking to and adjust accordingly. Of course it's a problem if someone without humor interviews a comedian. But it is basic skillset of other people to not arrange such a pairing in the first place.
@jeffmarden9502
@jeffmarden9502 10 месяцев назад
I'm not at all familiar with the interviewer, but was struck at how well he did his job in that particular interview!
@nortiusmaximus1789
@nortiusmaximus1789 9 месяцев назад
This interviewer was soggy melba toast. Cleese was reaching out to no avail for some interaction upon which he could develop a humorous discussion.
@timbuktu8069
@timbuktu8069 9 месяцев назад
@@nortiusmaximus1789 And with all that, it was still ahead of most other interviews.
@robinwatson4282
@robinwatson4282 9 месяцев назад
​@@nortiusmaximus1789 I think he did a perfectly good job. He pops off well-pitched questions that Cleese answers with obvious interest/sincerity , and moreover, freely and uninterrupted. On the few occasions the interviewer does interject, it's almost always brief/on-point and prompts Cleese to extrapolate further (which of course Cleese can do so well). Interviewing skills 101: The audience was there to listen to Cleese talk; and he did - a lot.
@roddmatsui3554
@roddmatsui3554 Год назад
I’m very impressed by John Cleese and his work, I’ve enjoyed Monty Python since the 1970s, and all of the Python crew have shown a deep understanding of humor being a stimulant of thought.
@helen9289
@helen9289 11 месяцев назад
their humour still works today
@MarcAndreLacas
@MarcAndreLacas 11 месяцев назад
"There are people sitting... who are deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended" - John Cleese (around 18:00)
@ViaConDias
@ViaConDias 11 месяцев назад
I feel like there's a whole generation of people that wakes up like that every morning
@opeeate
@opeeate 11 месяцев назад
yeah they're everywhere.
@Franklin-pc3xd
@Franklin-pc3xd 11 месяцев назад
I've done some social behavioral research on this and found that being offended addicts are the same population as those who wear surgical masks whilst driving alone in their cars.
@daddog9252
@daddog9252 11 месяцев назад
Rubbish........live in an area of the USA that presently boils over with HATE.
@Dowlphin
@Dowlphin 11 месяцев назад
They want to put the skillset they have been taught to good use.
@Marvidsen1973
@Marvidsen1973 9 месяцев назад
Sharp as a knife - and still with perfect timing. Love what he represents, love the man 🙏🏻
@Sam-lm8gi
@Sam-lm8gi Год назад
Unbelievable. This man is older than Joe Biden, but sharper than most twenty somethings.
@sitarnut
@sitarnut Год назад
Cleese's fingernail clippings are more intelligent than some entire governments.
@capnmo6718
@capnmo6718 Год назад
That's because Cleese has more humour than every Democrat, Republican, and a large portion of 20-somethings combined. Being able to laugh, genuinely laugh, keeps us sharp.
@CONEHEADDK
@CONEHEADDK Год назад
@@capnmo6718 other way around. High IQ leads to humor, in general.
@Acujeremy
@Acujeremy Год назад
What about Big Mike?
@michaelterry1000
@michaelterry1000 Год назад
You can not compare John Cleese with Joe Biden. Joe Biden is in cognitive decline and John Cleese is not. That is not a joke or a political jab, it is just a statement of fact.
@getstarted7168
@getstarted7168 Год назад
18:00 John Cleese says that there are people out there "deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended". Omg, this was so spot-on! Love it!
@jezzter4293
@jezzter4293 10 месяцев назад
What a brilliant man. He still makes people laugh which as he says is the most important thing. Bless him for helping so many people get through difficult times with laughter
@morkey74
@morkey74 10 месяцев назад
we need more John Cleese in the world
@tomssongslive6238
@tomssongslive6238 10 месяцев назад
Nice idea, but there is only one John Cleese!
@klausstock8020
@klausstock8020 6 месяцев назад
We are not allowed to have more than one John Cleese. And if they had a choice, they'd ban the one we have as well. Kinda like Benny Hill - totally different comedy, of course. Hill had a sarcastic view on the "typical women-chasing man", making fun of that stereotype with the "typical male" turning out to be a loser. But sudden people began to take his satirical sketches as earnest, serious depictions of sexism.
@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry
@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry 5 месяцев назад
​@@klausstock8020Most people can't think beyond their next meal/snack/drink/orgasm/payday/payday loan/sports bet or vapid woke comment. They can't get beyond the boobies of Benny's sight gags and understand his subversive humour. What's hilarious (pun intended) is that many of them think HE's "stupid"!
@MichaelYoder1961
@MichaelYoder1961 Год назад
John Cleese is a brilliant and articulate man and a gift (along with all the Pythoners). They broke ground and continue to be "discovered" by new generations
@wrbowcalifyrobertson5087
@wrbowcalifyrobertson5087 Год назад
Very intelligent man.
@DJWESG1
@DJWESG1 Год назад
There is probably a good reason he made the types of films he made compared to the sort of films Terry Gillingham made. One would have thought the latter was more on point.
@brianjob3018
@brianjob3018 Год назад
@@DJWESG1 Terry Gillingham?? It's Gilliam, friends.
@panvomacka9079
@panvomacka9079 Год назад
@@brianjob3018 I think it's Gillinger
@brianjob3018
@brianjob3018 Год назад
@@panvomacka9079 Well, if you show he's connected to Jobn Dillinger somehow, I might have a go with that! But I'm sure someone from the ol' Monty set could do it better than I!! 😜, 😇.
@willianjohnam7350
@willianjohnam7350 Год назад
This man is a living legend and UK's national treasure.
@peterclark6290
@peterclark6290 Год назад
He also loves the USA, on Wednesdays (4am-5am) he can pretend to 'like' Australians, etc. He is humanity's treasure.
@mrobert2707
@mrobert2707 Год назад
@@peterclark6290 i had a similar thought, but you articulated it quite well.
@jmwoods190
@jmwoods190 Год назад
Alongside Rowan Atkinson who is just as hilarious(NOT just as Mr. Bean) but also fights the same fight against political hyper-correctness and cancel culture.
@pathacker4963
@pathacker4963 Год назад
A global legend and treasure!
@michael2974
@michael2974 Год назад
John Cleese is great. They broke the mold after he was made. Of course, they tried to say it was an accident...
@velvetbees
@velvetbees 11 месяцев назад
Thank you John. I wrote down many of the things you said to help me as a writer. My favorite is: Creativity is all about getting out of a rut. If you are under any kind of pressure, you will always resort to stereotypical thinking.
@bobjary9382
@bobjary9382 10 месяцев назад
I particularly liked his question asking the psychotherapist (?) what percentage of the profession he considered to be doing a good job .....and then extrapolating that to ask other well regarded folk of some influence the same question. I have a few people I would like to ask also
@geraldfrost4710
@geraldfrost4710 5 месяцев назад
The lack of interruption is crucial too. If you go to a Starbucks to write on your laptop, wear an Ask Me About Jesus shirt. (As a Christian I can say that.)
@75blackviking
@75blackviking 11 месяцев назад
John Cleese is simply damn brilliant. His comedy is surreal and deep. His philosophy is more timely than ever.
@KibyNykraft
@KibyNykraft 11 месяцев назад
Although not all CALLED wokeism is a dumb thing ,we could boil it down to this : Religion. Wokeism is religion. It's a negative form of rigidity or the lack of intellect.
@waggishsagacity7947
@waggishsagacity7947 11 месяцев назад
@@KibyNykraft Agree. I would use the apt word DOGMA too.
@wordwarrior2350
@wordwarrior2350 7 месяцев назад
I am sure you think so especially if you are a Conservative Christian, also.
@jacksimpson-rogers1069
@jacksimpson-rogers1069 5 месяцев назад
Brilliant observation!
@stevev238
@stevev238 3 месяца назад
A true classic Liberal who fights for real liberty not simply a right to be offended.
@Amalthea16
@Amalthea16 Год назад
John Cleese is the best. I admire how much this man is willing to speak the truth and stick to his guns. my favorite comedian and a brilliant philosopher in his own right.
@funbigly
@funbigly Год назад
About five years ago he, like many other wise cracks were on Team Woke, fighting the evil conservatives and their supposed kingpin, Orange Man. Most of these donkeys have since had a change of heart. And now here he is at a libertarian convention. Amazing.
@carolynzaremba5469
@carolynzaremba5469 Год назад
The Pythons will always be legends for me. From the very first time they appeared on PBS in the early 1970s, through all of their films, champions of outrageous, literate, goofy, silliness that made me laugh until my ribs hurt. Thank you!
@robinhood6954
@robinhood6954 10 месяцев назад
You forgot to mention the SYMBOLISM! Everything else was just the surface plot.
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(Suffrage, Infrastructure, Environment, Education, Republic, Social, Security, Legislation, Logistics, Liaison, Through our NGO Sections, Oversight, and Projects... ... Projects, with Sub-Projects... ... With "Missions"...! ...(Who, What, When, Where, Which, Why, How...). And, since life is the "game"... For instance...? I propose putting a compartmented gaming platform, behind the Icon... ... With, hard questions, to pass through, into any NGO Section, so only our best gain access, where they help us choose the leadership, therein...!...? ... Where, they add more questions! And, this is where kids can be involved, too.... ... At every Grade level... ... With Internships... ... And, In-Service Learning... ... And, EOC training... ... And, helping us with Admin.. And, since this is probably to be structured, something like the Red Cross, Id recommend Her being our "Big Sister", and to lock in, for the long haul, to help us, help Her! (Find frmr ARC Chpt. Dir. Connie Stein.). Or, we can just continue... ... Looking back, for what just hit us... ... Rather than, ahead for what's coming at us - like loaded Freight Trains. The option is to - at least - give this an honest attempt. I figure, the numbers are in our favor! In fact, in the world of "civil-defense", our Gov version -"Civil Defense" / DES - Disaster and Emergency Services - while including NGOs like ARC, S&R, etc., are only - at best - 3 to 5 percent of the total population, which includes all Department Heads, and their Staff, hiding in cozy Blast-Proof / Fallout Safe Bunkers... Far behind a Police Lines... With folks wondering - who is that person, behind that Badge number... Who was kind, and a professional...???... Or, who was having fun, using power of Gov position, for being a bully, ..???... Damn it, I served, holding a high security clearance, during and after my time in the Corps. Shouldn't that have earned me some time, to be heard, about this? I guess not... Yet... Still...! It makes me wonder, what the hell was it all worth... Absolutely nothing! Embarrassing, and insulting! While, I lost all I had worked for, because of it. In fact, I could sure use some serious justice, too! (All my best / supportive protection passed on, or disappeared into deep retirement. Maybe, we can find frmr FEMA - MT - DES Div. Dir. William "Bill" Thomas... Tell him, I said, "HELP...!!!..." Damn! Why do I feel like a Squeeky-Toy...?
@johnheigis83
@johnheigis83 10 месяцев назад
Watch.... PBS.... "Half the Sky": "FET"... ( In Part II). And, "Meet John Doe" (Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwick...).. A system that mixes those possibilities, as our secondary manual backup system.
@johnheigis83
@johnheigis83 10 месяцев назад
Note: "hostage population"... Versus..."active and passive civil defense are integral to national security [democratic] posture." To mechanize and empower pure/direct demos-kratia within a republic.
@johnheigis83
@johnheigis83 10 месяцев назад
Love... Living the art of kindness.......!...??.. Love is God..?.. When kindness is happening..?.. When, we make any Princess of Peace... Smile..!..?
@randyfitch7911
@randyfitch7911 11 месяцев назад
Can you imagine John Cleese and George Carlin together on stage discussing their thoughts on life? That is a show I would have loved to have seen.
@gretchenwestreicher3234
@gretchenwestreicher3234 10 месяцев назад
Omg yes!
@googlyeyedcat
@googlyeyedcat 10 месяцев назад
Definitely yes
@lorena5mash
@lorena5mash 10 месяцев назад
I only discovered George Carlin sometime this year (am not from the States) and what a wonderful discovery it was. I can listen to his bits over and over because they're as much funny as they are true. He really had an interesting outlook on life and it would have indeed been great to have him up there with John Cleese! Alas, we can only dream about how amazing it would have been.
@jayweiss602
@jayweiss602 10 месяцев назад
The two best comedians ever, insight like no others!
@svenjansen2134
@svenjansen2134 6 месяцев назад
Bill Hicks as third?
@Rrrrichy
@Rrrrichy 7 месяцев назад
What an iconic person he is. Imagine what he did to the last century. Certanly one of the best things that could happen to us. Thank you so much Mr John Cleese
@austinwoodall5423
@austinwoodall5423 Год назад
Imagine having told Cleese his writing was bad then watching him grow to become world famous for the very elements of writing you disliked
@mymixture965
@mymixture965 Год назад
I don´t want to imagine a world without John Cleese, he is just great, I can listen for hours.
@ari3lz3pp
@ari3lz3pp Год назад
Me either. The fact that he's so aged makes me sad. Then realising he's still so on-point makes me feel we will all miss him that much more!
@redawnlivebirds9572
@redawnlivebirds9572 Год назад
hmmm Cleese is a genius ; although i prefer "Life of Brian" / Fawlty towers" as his best work... .... the sad thing is there will be so many watchers of this video who will laugh or agree then CONFIRM to their fear ridden FUBAR loacl & global swamp.... IMPORTANT; discussion & Vision is NOT enough (REPEAT; NOT ENOUGH!) ACTION improves LIVES! their virus is ME d1A POX ... danger to Humanity ChRiSlive "Freedom e Union NGO"; chrislivecampaign.blogspot.com/2022/08/chrislive-now
@gen.whakinov7270
@gen.whakinov7270 Год назад
Agreed
@TonyEnglandUK
@TonyEnglandUK Год назад
Remember, when he passes on, he's not dead, he's resting.
@danhanqvist4237
@danhanqvist4237 11 месяцев назад
Cleese is a consistent opponent of authoritarianism. And The Life of Brian -- from 1979! -- was prescient. Well worth watching today. It's even harder-hitting now.
@ArmySigs
@ArmySigs 11 месяцев назад
Except most of the people obsessed with "Wokeism" are far right fascist authoritarians. They have hijacked the whole debate and turned into simply a hate campaign against gays.
@EvelynBaron
@EvelynBaron 11 месяцев назад
George Harrison morgaged his house to fund it ..... priceless.
@rk41gator
@rk41gator 11 месяцев назад
"a consistent opponent of authoritarianism" is the English Aesthetic as described by Andy Edwards, musician and educator..... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H6PY7fcL6Ww.html
@slavojalois1639
@slavojalois1639 11 месяцев назад
The best movie ever made, in my opinion, I when to see it three times in the opening week of The Life of Brian, and every time I told someone about how awesome it is I ended up going with them to see it. Every single word uttered in the movie is funny. Slava Ukraini! 🇨🇿 🇺🇦 🇦🇺
@robhussey5732
@robhussey5732 11 месяцев назад
I love Brian! The opening scene in the manger has me pissing myself!! Soo great!!
@mariadegan1029
@mariadegan1029 11 месяцев назад
Love John Cleese, he is so open to the Universal Consciousness!! His energy is perfect and nothing is better than Laughter!! SO RIGHT 😂
@bearowen5480
@bearowen5480 Год назад
"People sitting there, waiting for the thrill of being offended...." Wow, was that ever great or what?! This is what confirms the age old notion of listening to and respecting the wisdom of our elders!
@plumbawl5977
@plumbawl5977 Год назад
Best of many, that day!
@bishopthefool
@bishopthefool Год назад
that was a great line indeed
@Jack-hy1zq
@Jack-hy1zq Год назад
Respect Joe Biden because he is an "elder"?
@athanasiossoulakakis7893
@athanasiossoulakakis7893 Год назад
Even to racist and fascist grandmas and grandpas?
@fritobandito5374
@fritobandito5374 Год назад
@@athanasiossoulakakis7893 Especially them.
@jeffersonianideal
@jeffersonianideal Год назад
Slay your enemies with humour. While they're obliviously in hysterics, you can do whatever you want to them.
@divinecomedian2
@divinecomedian2 Год назад
The woke don't know how to laugh though
@jeffersonianideal
@jeffersonianideal Год назад
@@divinecomedian2 True. Apparently, that includes the ownership and administrative staff at RU-vid. YT's imprecise and despotic algorithm shadowbanned your very legitimate comment.
@User-54631
@User-54631 Год назад
Laughing at someone to their face when they want to be taken seriously is the best.
@JK-gu3tl
@JK-gu3tl Год назад
Oscar Wilde had a quote on this.
@jeffersonianideal
@jeffersonianideal Год назад
@@User-54631 It also pisses them off in the most delightful way.
@Lurker-dk8jk
@Lurker-dk8jk 10 месяцев назад
A spectacular and thought-provoking interview with one of the most brilliant people of our time. Intelligent comedy is the best comedy, and there are few alive that can reach that level as often and as consistently as John Cleese has in his career. Thanks for posting this.
@Etothe2iPi
@Etothe2iPi 11 месяцев назад
18:01 "There are people...who are deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended." Priceless!
@Polyphemus47
@Polyphemus47 Год назад
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" probably saved my life. I saw it at the absolute lowest point in my life, and it changed my whole outlook - I thought, "THIS. This is what life can be like." Thank you forever, John. I owe you.
@janete5331
@janete5331 Год назад
Wtg Bill,good job you watched it.Uplifting film,so funny. X
@pyrmontbridge4737
@pyrmontbridge4737 Год назад
Monty Python was the antidote to the parent generation's biggest putdown: "Stop being silly!"
@thecharliec5393
@thecharliec5393 Год назад
"You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're banging 'em together.!"...
@C64SX
@C64SX Год назад
@@pyrmontbridge4737 Stop that! It's silly! /The Colonel
@kellykelly7747
@kellykelly7747 Год назад
So so true! Humor saved my life many times.
@christinelang2417
@christinelang2417 Год назад
I remember when JC was talking about his mother,who was in a nursing home, and she was very depressed. She was wanting to die. So John says,what about next Thursday? And this made her laugh.
@wolfgangdevries127
@wolfgangdevries127 Год назад
I remember he did ads for the bankers. To get kids a bank account.
@charlesmichaelschmitt6412
@charlesmichaelschmitt6412 Год назад
@@wolfgangdevries127 this man does not draw the line in sand! he shows all the lines as Zebra Stripes i.e. Cross walk! no! Ich bin ami aber Zeit 2000 in Deutscland geblieben.
@wolfgangdevries127
@wolfgangdevries127 Год назад
@@charlesmichaelschmitt6412 well, at least it shove him $20M. Which must be peanuts in his world.
@charlesmichaelschmitt6412
@charlesmichaelschmitt6412 Год назад
@@wolfgangdevries127 silly walks gave him the license to walk all over the issues of boundaries.
@thebirdee55
@thebirdee55 Год назад
I love that. My family has the same dark sense of humor. My parents would often talk about things like what we each wanted of theirs when they die. During one of these conversations, my brother grabbed a pad of sticky notes, wrote his name on them and started sticking them to things in the living room. We all started doing the same thing, arguing and removing each others' sticky notes to replace them with ours... It's one of my fondest memories. If you're up for reading another... My mom was in the hospital and started talking about wanting to leave and die and such, but she can't get out of the hospital because she's hooked up to the IV line. My sister pulled out her pocket knife and said, "Just give me the word and we're out of here." Mom made a face and then laughed. Using humor to deal with uncomfortable situations is in my blood. lol
@Azobassify
@Azobassify 10 месяцев назад
I was the in studio propmaster on a late night TV show a while back and John Cleese was one of the nicest guests ever on the show. He was a true, down to earth gentlemen. As mainstream television became more disgustingly woke, I was eventually driven off that show the eventually out of the business 3 years before my planned retirement for not falling in line with the poison shot. It only makes sense that a down to earth, real person would stand up and speak out against the Marxist disease that is destroying everything. I wish more would, but the majority of celebrities are insecure followers who will to sell their souls for their fame and fortune... God bless John Cleese.
@AnniesHours
@AnniesHours 7 месяцев назад
I grew up watching this guy, and boy, has he really hit the nail on the head! I love that he's open and not afraid to express his opinion ♥
@eekiane1921
@eekiane1921 Год назад
"Do you regret not becoming a lawyer?" The laughter was priceless
@mitchellhawkes22
@mitchellhawkes22 Год назад
The best lawyers don't laugh. They make their millions and don't respond to taunts like the insipid Cleese remark.
@kevanbodsworth9868
@kevanbodsworth9868 Год назад
@@mitchellhawkes22 You mean dead.
@yosserc
@yosserc Год назад
His laughter was snobbish and elitist. "Imagine being like any other person" ....horrid.
@markoshea6833
@markoshea6833 Год назад
Morrissey is humorous.
@pavel0900
@pavel0900 Год назад
The man is a legend. I don’t know if we can compute the number of years that were added to our lives, all thanks to his comedy. Thank you for making us laugh! ❤️
@garrysekelli6776
@garrysekelli6776 Год назад
The funniest joke killed all the military saving countless lives.
@stephenconway9284
@stephenconway9284 Год назад
It's funny and the Monty Python python movies they have a parody of parody of British soldiers doing doing a marching formation which is definitely gay and a feminine. The general speaking at the beginning and at the end is a gay actor in the money python group I thought group but today you probably couldn't do that because it would be offensive to some. I purposely put that video on social media and remind them that the general at the beginning and at the end, actually a Monty Python actor, was gay and was not offended. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7-2jLLMdEBw.html
@mugsofmirth8101
@mugsofmirth8101 Год назад
Compute the number of years? Are you in the life insurance industry?
@pavel0900
@pavel0900 Год назад
@@mugsofmirth8101 😂 no, but good one. Not sure people who are in life insurance industry watch comedy lol
@55k3v1n
@55k3v1n Год назад
This guy is a Fawlty character
@veroniqueverstichelen7371
@veroniqueverstichelen7371 10 месяцев назад
If you think you are good enough than you're not learning..wonderfully spoken!!🤩
@pauluspod
@pauluspod 8 месяцев назад
Monty Python was the best thing that ever happened to comedy 53 years on I still find myself quoting python sketches and still having a chuckle…and you try telling that to the young people of today. They won’t believe you!😮
@stlouisarch2162
@stlouisarch2162 Год назад
Mr Cleese has inspired me in tow stages of life. In my younger years, he made me laugh. That is a special gift. In recent years, he has fought for Freedom of Speech and Thought. Many thanks to the man for both.
@TheJacklwilliams
@TheJacklwilliams Год назад
Same here, hometown homey! Got my doors blown off by him and the Monty Python crew, early eighties. Huge fan and no one has ever compared. John and the entire crew, always managed to bring my humor into play, release the stress, and remind me this is all quite ridiculous. Brilliant, conscientious, amazing human being.
@bootstrapperwilson7687
@bootstrapperwilson7687 Год назад
What is a tow stage?
@stlouisarch2162
@stlouisarch2162 Год назад
@@bootstrapperwilson7687 *two*
@mrpostnorts5259
@mrpostnorts5259 Год назад
Meanwhile Eric Idle is a completely deranged Leftist living in Hollywood with massive TDS.
@mjt1517
@mjt1517 Год назад
@@stlouisarch2162 toe*
@jayjames7055
@jayjames7055 Год назад
"How do you write a masterpiece?" "Well, when I did Fish called Wanda ..." "Can I just interrupt you there, that film still gets applauded." JC goes off on tangent. Just as JC is about to reveal a great writing secret, the Genius interviewer stops him in his tracks. So many interviewers do this. Please get your own ego's out of the equation, FFS! (In the future this could be considered one of the biggest blunders in interview history).
@aikiseppuku
@aikiseppuku Год назад
The interviewer doesn't seem interested in JC at all, as if he just thinks about himself and his questions. Very bad interview. Just let JC talk alone for 30 minutes would have been much better
@bertplank8011
@bertplank8011 Год назад
Yes he is an annoyance.....and typically American ......Americans.....jeeeeez.They dont do subtlety....their tv is absolutely appalling like the people who own and run it.
@nordicexile7378
@nordicexile7378 Год назад
Agreed, every interruption he made was annoying and self-serving.
@GaryDean
@GaryDean Год назад
give the interviewer a break. he's american.
@blotski
@blotski Год назад
Good. It’s not just me then. A couple of times JC starts a fascinating answer only to be cut off and the conversation taken off at a tangent. Pretty annoying.
@306champion
@306champion 2 месяца назад
Always a pleasure to hear John Cleese. Just remember,, any day without a laugh is a day wasted.
@Don-James
@Don-James 10 месяцев назад
John Cleese - easily on the list of most awesome humans.
@Kevin-jb2pv
@Kevin-jb2pv Год назад
I think it's always a good sign when you can make John Cleese burst out laughing with your first question.
@equaliser2265
@equaliser2265 Год назад
Well done John, words of sanity in an insane world.
@gregorybyrne2453
@gregorybyrne2453 Год назад
Sodom and Gomorrah is being created on purpose because we are in the climate change END TIMES not due to you or CO2 but rather due to the precession of the Alpha Omega equinoxes when our solar system eclipses the centre of our galaxies electromagnetic gravitational plane for a thousand years.
@josiplilic3384
@josiplilic3384 Год назад
Still the funniest man in my book!(With all due reaspect to Larry David,Trey Parker & (6 - 7 stand up comics,dead or alive😂😂😂)!
@AtmosphericAtmosphere
@AtmosphericAtmosphere Год назад
Whole world is not Insane just the part you falsely called democracy or i should say west world
@NuntiusLegis
@NuntiusLegis Год назад
Great man, but the title of the video picked the one thing he got wrong. If someone thinks creativity is impossible without discrimination, my god, must that person be creative. And he said himself pitiful people are afraid of change. "Warriors on wokeism" are utterly full of that, afraid they need to stop dreadfully stupid but habituated prejudice and discrimination.
@josiplilic3384
@josiplilic3384 Год назад
@@NuntiusLegis I agree,but even the fact that we have to censor our words just to write "something down the line" is a standard now! I think my comedy heros would've been banned,with exception of South Park(cuz they are trashing everyone,but in cartoon characters)! Imagine film like Monthy Python's Meaning Of Life or Carlin's Jammin In New York!? Who would air that if it was new material???
@RayWright
@RayWright 11 месяцев назад
Cleese is brilliant! His wise age is something to be admired!
@mitziewheeler8517
@mitziewheeler8517 10 месяцев назад
I am thankful for Mr. Cleese. He and his shows, and movie's helped me get through a really bad childhood. There were times that I thought about just ending things, but I would watch his stuff and laugh so hard it stopped that thought. I think those that are going off on him just don't get it. That is a big problem these days, people have been so kept down that they don't understand context they only know the words. He's right and he has said this on many things people have lost creativity, lost thinking for themselves, they have lost critical thinking skills. People have let others control them especially their minds. People have also lost the ability to understand sarcasm, it's a very said thing. So people stop being a idiot, stop criticizing someone just because they are older, stop criticizing just because his last answer was a bit long. It's time people stopped being jerks and do the one thing that really really scares them to death. Take a deep dive inside yourself and truly look at what scares you, the many things you won't admit to. When someone says laughter is the best medicine, they really are telling the truth. I know the same people that said the idiot things here in comments will be the same people that will jump all over this with their word salad, with out giving anything a real thought. It's so sad that people have become so self centered, cravenly, and egotistical. Many wouldn't know what a good honest laugh was even it came up and bit them on the a$$ .
@roxee57
@roxee57 Год назад
A dying breed. Really smart & really funny. We either don’t make them like him anymore, or the suits aren’t letting us know they exist.
@francishatton6683
@francishatton6683 Год назад
No my friend. It's just that his parents stopped having kids .......
@Ballinalower
@Ballinalower Год назад
You got it right in the last line.
@ssp4795
@ssp4795 Год назад
a lot of the old, great British comedians met in university, they were all very talented and very smart, a marvellous combo.
@ianp2716
@ianp2716 Год назад
One of the great gifts I gave my kids was an appreciation of this man's comedy. His mastery of astute comedy is his legend.
@ol2rap
@ol2rap 11 месяцев назад
"There are people sitting there who ever deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended." Very well said!!
@athenassigil5820
@athenassigil5820 Год назад
Bloody brilliant! Glad he attended and that you guys at Reason interviewed him. Cheers!
@jl696
@jl696 Год назад
John Cleese has brought a lot of laugher to this world and for that he deserves our everlasting gratitude.
@jammin1881
@jammin1881 Год назад
Are you the people front of Judea?? Lmao
@theboombody
@theboombody Год назад
But he doesn't deserve the Upper Class Twit of the Year award.
@kiwitrainguy
@kiwitrainguy Год назад
@@jammin1881 No, we're the Judean Peoples Front.
@jammin1881
@jammin1881 Год назад
@@kiwitrainguy Lmao 🤣 Its the right of every man....... Or woman.
@kiwitrainguy
@kiwitrainguy Год назад
@@jammin1881 "Please, guys, we should be fighting together" "We are !!"
@user-yu9lr7wb6z
@user-yu9lr7wb6z 3 месяца назад
One of my favorite people ever, along with the rest of the Pythons! So many hours of non-stop laughter came from those guys, especially in a movie theater where *everyone* was cracking up from start to finish, were the best therapy ever no matter what else was happening in the world!
@swyntopia
@swyntopia 10 месяцев назад
"...it´s only a question of balance..." That´s so absolutely right ! So obviously ! Why most people don´t see that ???
@louisemcelhill5748
@louisemcelhill5748 Год назад
Fawlty Towers never gets old. Hilarious. Thanks John Cleese and the cast.
@burleybater
@burleybater Год назад
Fawlty Towers is scary, how good, how brilliant it was. I watch the whole damned thing every three years or so like a kind of religious communion, a sort of "haj' pilgrimage back to a time when such a thing was possible, just to be reminded all over again. And as brilliant a bunch as they all were, it was Cleese's moment to shine brightest. We watch him from a safe distance removed into that rarified world remembering how that kind of humor invoked the same kind of laughter that could raise the temperature in the coldest pub and almost raise the roof with it. And that is the point, isn't it? It just never does get old, I agree. Regardless of what all the killjoys today think, and how joyless, mirthless, juiceless and pompous they've become.
@Redrosewitch
@Redrosewitch Год назад
Absolutely wonderful, it is.
@bostonseeker
@bostonseeker Год назад
With little doubt, the funniest show ever on TV, except maybe Ab Fab. And it was done the right Brit way, a limited number of episodes, then out.
@eldergeektromeo9868
@eldergeektromeo9868 Год назад
Thank You, John Cleese, for the lifetime you have given us filled with humor and laughs! Your jokes will always live rent free in my brain until I can pass them to another appreciative human, where they will continue to enrich someone elses life!
@d283jdsk2
@d283jdsk2 Год назад
There's no need to write a eulogy yet
@killerb720
@killerb720 11 месяцев назад
People are deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended- absolutely the best woke definition.
@eugenestandingbear6516
@eugenestandingbear6516 11 месяцев назад
Absolutely lovely . Perfect pitch. So enjoyable. Thank you.
@crypticTV
@crypticTV Год назад
18:05 thrill of being offended 20:22 American ex 24:00 woke self humor 24:33 Bosnian war 25:33 People in charge know nothing and don't know they don't know anything 26:30 Dunning Kruger effect 27:45 Dismal sciense 29:49 without noticing any of it 31:00 NY Jewish and Christian backlash 31:48 agree after 500 years 32:11 Punishment for seeing 33:05 Humor but serious vs solemn - project ruggedness to the exclusion of everything else
@-M0LE
@-M0LE Год назад
Science
@DVincentW
@DVincentW Год назад
Cryptic, Thanks the chapter time stamps. Best regards.
@Alsatiagent
@Alsatiagent Год назад
@@-M0LE Medication
@alumpyhorse
@alumpyhorse Год назад
thanks! Dunning Kruger 👏
@brady2528
@brady2528 Год назад
The man is still "BRILLIANT". One of the best at illustrating the idiocy of government, bureaucracy, and accepted social norms through comedy.
@aussiehillbilly
@aussiehillbilly Год назад
he is the KING. life of brian, the discussion of the mans right to have a womb , GOLD JUST GOLD
@aussiehillbilly
@aussiehillbilly Год назад
40 years ahead of their joke, and what a joke it is
@aussiehillbilly
@aussiehillbilly Год назад
@norman smithers peoples front of Judea?
@dorothyn.7500
@dorothyn.7500 Год назад
@norman smithers I owe you SO many extra likes for that!
@dorothyn.7500
@dorothyn.7500 Год назад
@norman smithers Maybe we should lock the 'woke' in a (sound--proofed) roomful of 'Grammar Nazis' and just leave them there... slide pizza under the door now and again, of course. But they'd have a great time self-righteously snarking at each other - and maybe then the rest of the world could just live and let live?
@SueOtness
@SueOtness 10 месяцев назад
My brother and I went to see Life of Brian at the theater in Bozeman, Montana when we were in college. We couldn't stop laughing. Most people in the audience had no idea what was going on, and that made us laugh even more .
@mythimnaferrago3481
@mythimnaferrago3481 5 месяцев назад
EXCELLENT! John Cleese is very articulate and this makes for a highly entertaining thought provoking interview.
@republicoftexas3261
@republicoftexas3261 Год назад
He gave us so many laughs now he's taking up the fight against an actual growing darkness in civilization. Man I love him.
@MartijnHover
@MartijnHover Год назад
The true "darkness" are the people who have turned "woke" into a swear word, I think. Those are the people who want to see women back in the kitchen, who want to return to persecuting gay people or people of a different ehtnicity than theirs, which is almost without exception of the pink-skinned persuasion. And John Cleese has of course stopped being all that funny decades ago.
@djjccc1589
@djjccc1589 Год назад
“There are people literally waiting for the thrill of being offended”… love it
@marshaevelyn1
@marshaevelyn1 Год назад
Most people who look for offence are usually the dimwitted.
@brianmorris8045
@brianmorris8045 Год назад
But when they are offended, they waste it in a safe space. Let us enjoy their moment of being offended.
@theglowcloud2215
@theglowcloud2215 Год назад
lol libertarians
@juliaogara8794
@juliaogara8794 10 месяцев назад
Refreshing. Thank you. Hits on so many truths whether his style of humour is yours or not.
@v.a.993
@v.a.993 10 месяцев назад
I have watched the Fawlty Towers series for nearly 40 years. My local PBS station used to show it. Now I watch it on RU-vid. I have seen each episode hundreds of times. Fawlty Towers STILL makes me laugh. I love John Cleese for Fawlty Towers.
@track1219
@track1219 10 месяцев назад
About 30 years ago I watched an episode of that; some guy was talking about climbing a well known mountain and was gesturing wildly and almost knocking little figurines off the mantle of a fireplace. I laughed so hard I almost choked! I wish my mom was there, she loved that show!
@gbalfour9618
@gbalfour9618 Год назад
Nick: “Can you make politics funny?” Me: ‘No it’s already a joke.’ As a kid I watched what my parents watched on TV and they watched Fawlty Towers, Dr Who, Monty Python. So I thank all the heavy lifting to who I am today to you Mr Cleese.
@craigcole9337
@craigcole9337 Год назад
And Cleese was in all of them!
@gbalfour9618
@gbalfour9618 Год назад
Was hoping someone caught that ^_^
@janlindtner305
@janlindtner305 Год назад
The next time I vote for elections it will be at Circus Benneweis, they call a clown a clown and clean up after them.
@MichaelPohoreski
@MichaelPohoreski Год назад
Over in America the MSM (Mainstream Media) is a complete joke while comedians tell the actual news. Both Faux News and Clearly Not News have admitted to selling entertainment.
@enjoyslearningandtravel7957
I didn’t know John Cleese was in Doctor Who!?
@meganconn142
@meganconn142 Год назад
John, we love you not just for your comedy, but for your common sense. 👍
@consonaadversapars
@consonaadversapars 10 месяцев назад
Such a brilliant man. Thank you! Wish people like him could stay with us forever.
@wmmseo
@wmmseo 11 месяцев назад
“deliberately waiting for the thrill of being offended.” wow!, that sums the up whole affair quite nicely
@MM-yi9zn
@MM-yi9zn 11 месяцев назад
John Cleese was/ is a blessing to all of us. Years & years of laughing. Nothing can beat that. Best ever medicine!
@TomHuston43
@TomHuston43 3 месяца назад
John's "Faulty Towers" was comedic genius. Best sitcom ever.
@Golgafrinchamdent
@Golgafrinchamdent Год назад
Whenever I listen to John Cleese, my perspective widens.
@SSgreen09
@SSgreen09 2 месяца назад
Thank you for all the laughter you have brought into the world.
@mariahayworth4840
@mariahayworth4840 9 месяцев назад
Best interview I have ever seen. Bravo Mr. Cleese, keep on truckn'
@TheKitchenerLeslie
@TheKitchenerLeslie Год назад
What I appreciate about his interviews is he seems so present in the moment and open to personally connecting with the interlocutor, rather than just answering questions. Also, his last name is pronounced as if it rhymes with Cheese, not Niece.
@three2267
@three2267 Год назад
Ten years ago my college age kids & friends came over, a mix of every stripe. We had some drinks & played "Throw your best off color joke." Nobody was off limits. The next morning we could hardly move because our jaws & ribs hurt from laughing so hard. Nobody got thier feelers hurt. We are all still close today and when we get together talk about how hilarious that night was.
@Justanotherconsumer
@Justanotherconsumer Год назад
Looking back at the night, though, what remained off limits even if technically nothing was? Some of it is managed subconsciously and you wouldn’t even know you were censoring yourself. Orwell and his ideas on thoughtcrime where the goal of the party’s indoctrination was to make it impossible to even think of resistance is a very real problem. The huge backlash against even discussing what it means to be “male” deals with a lot of that subconscious censorship.
@three2267
@three2267 Год назад
@@Justanotherconsumer I do remember the kids intentionally not using the Fbomb or being too sexually explicit because it was mixed company and of course Moms were there. But EVERYBODY brought their A game with the racial & "guy" slings & arrows. Even the hokey Dad jokes & Yo Mama jokes were hysterical 3 cocktails in. 😂😂😂
@georgemorley1029
@georgemorley1029 Год назад
Here’s a gentle enough one to to start off with then. A man rings up work and says he can’t come in to work today because he’s sick. The boss asks him “Really? Well, how sick are you?” The man says “I’m in bed with my sister”.
@three2267
@three2267 Год назад
@@georgemorley1029 🤣🤣🤣
@choosecarefully408
@choosecarefully408 Год назад
@@georgemorley1029 Is it too soon to escalate to the joke where the punch line is "Pedophile? That's a fairly big word for someone who's only ten years old, don't you think?"
@MorningNapalm
@MorningNapalm 9 месяцев назад
My favourite lawyer joke: - Why do they bury lawyers 12 feet down? - Because deep down lawyers are good people too.
@richsackett3423
@richsackett3423 9 месяцев назад
Why are lawyers buried 12 feet deep?
@MorningNapalm
@MorningNapalm 9 месяцев назад
@@richsackett3423 Because deep down lawyers are good people too
@alexandrialeonora6542
@alexandrialeonora6542 8 месяцев назад
On the stifling of creativity in the education system: when we were about 9 or 10 years old, my sister and I wrote a fantasy play that we wanted to perform at our elementary school. We were denied by the principal because 1.) our fantasy play contained swords (a la King Arthur) and 2.) it had a song with a talking frog, and that was offensive to the principal because “frogs can’t talk”. This was at an elementary school! Even as a small child, I remember thinking that was an insane excuse not to allow us to perform a play! Stifling of creativity for sure.
@OCMOOO
@OCMOOO Год назад
"I don't make jokes I just point them out" - A great man!
@Dowlphin
@Dowlphin 11 месяцев назад
Sounds like he wants to play an evil supervillain.
@num1shinfan
@num1shinfan Год назад
The fact that he was able to make John laugh as soon as he opened his mouth is a real accomplishment. You should be proud
@handleitnow
@handleitnow 2 месяца назад
It's so fascinating how much John can clearly explain about the creative process from experience. And lovely to listen to. Wonderful man, love him!
@offaxisfpv
@offaxisfpv 10 месяцев назад
awsome content Thank you for that!! john is awesome
@smileywarhead5178
@smileywarhead5178 Год назад
"I'm not so sure the wokes would ever laugh at themselves, no matter how hilarious they are." -John Cleese, Legend 🤣🤣🤣 (edited because I had lightly paraphrased. Now it's word-for-word)
@riverstun
@riverstun Год назад
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-syA5Cg7vL6o.html
@gydur
@gydur Год назад
THAT is the problem in a nutshell!
@teresawilliamson9377
@teresawilliamson9377 Год назад
Interesting, I see miscreant!
@ari3lz3pp
@ari3lz3pp Год назад
@@teresawilliamson9377 That's called a reflection. 🙈💩
@kbanghart
@kbanghart Год назад
Is this an actual quote of his? Can you show me where it is in the video?
@LizzyC
@LizzyC Год назад
"I'm not so sure the wokes would ever laugh at themselves, no matter how hilarious they are." 🤣
@donaldbird1005
@donaldbird1005 Год назад
Do you mean like the Marmalade Mussolini?
@kellyfrench
@kellyfrench Год назад
Woke: a term used by those who are used to using virtue signaling to maintain their position in society who are now annoyed that virtue signaling is being used against them.
@jivanvasant
@jivanvasant 11 месяцев назад
John Cleese > "Creativity is taking the neural pathway less traveled." On of several examples of his creative thinking live in real time during this short film.
@reginalewilliams4472
@reginalewilliams4472 11 месяцев назад
My husband was a depressed humorist with a sense of irony. No one understood Keith, including me. He died pretty young in the 70s. I miss him more and more now that I have grown.
@CloveCoast
@CloveCoast 11 месяцев назад
that’s very big of you to admit that you didn’t know him as well as you do now. Respect
@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester
@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester 11 месяцев назад
RIP
@farmbrough
@farmbrough 11 месяцев назад
Sorry for your loss. I don't usually associate "humor" with irony, but if he had both, then good for him.
@darthmader057mmm6
@darthmader057mmm6 10 месяцев назад
​@@farmbrough irony is a great form of humor
@farmbrough
@farmbrough 10 месяцев назад
@@darthmader057mmm6 I would say humour, but there you are.
@shivam.maharshi
@shivam.maharshi Год назад
I always say this. Good comedians are one of the smartest people in the world. Definitely in the show business. They observe daily subtleties and complex issues of life and add a humorous flair to it. It is not an easy thing to do without sounding like you’re ranting about it. George Carlin, Leslie Neilson, John Cleese, etc all extremely smart people.
@TheLindadb
@TheLindadb 11 месяцев назад
Which is why censoring them is such a crime.
@paulgrieve7031
@paulgrieve7031 11 месяцев назад
They all rant and bore everyone. They go on and on. Cleese was funny; Carlin never was.
@paulgrieve7031
@paulgrieve7031 11 месяцев назад
One is not they.
@helen9289
@helen9289 11 месяцев назад
most of them just say out loud things we think ourselves or poke fun at the sacred cows we set up to show us how silly they really are & how meaningless in the grand scheme of everything
@richsackett3423
@richsackett3423 11 месяцев назад
And if they're REALLY talented, they'll get you to accept their POV as your own. "It's funny because it's true!" That's why Gutfeld! gets ratings.
@joeltedley1734
@joeltedley1734 Год назад
I hope my mind is as good as John's when I get his age. He speaks the truth and it is so refreshing to hear in this day and age. Thanks John may you continue to enlighten and entertain us for years to come.
@frankphillips7436
@frankphillips7436 Год назад
As an American, I would only wish our so called president was as sharp and intelligent as the great John Cleese!
@milliewoo337
@milliewoo337 5 месяцев назад
Didn’t discover this man til this year. Wow, I love him
@jamesfalato4305
@jamesfalato4305 10 месяцев назад
Growing-Up in Paterson, NJ in the 1950s-1960s, School was where We learned Reading, Writing, 'Rithmec, US History and US Geography... Elementary School was K-8th Grade, and by 8th Grade We had Basic Knowledge... Today, Basic Knowledge has been Abandoned...
@mako911
@mako911 Год назад
I got to see him talk on his 82nd birthday. Probably one of the profoundest nights of my life. Total bucket list check
@Phthalo
@Phthalo Год назад
Every talk show and interview Ive seen with him, turned out being very profound.
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