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| John Cleese on the Muppet Show in 1977 |
This world-famous comedian has a species of
lemur, an astroid and a municipal rubbish heap named after him. He has declined
both a CBE and a Life Peerage appointment on account of the former being
'silly' and the latter would require him to spend winters in Britain, which he
doesn't wish to do.
John Cleese first rose to great fame
through co-founding Monty Python. This comedy ensemble will be discussed
elsewhere on this blog on more detail, but here we will note they have left
quite a legacy.
After Monty Python John started working on Fawlty
Towers, together with his then wife Connie Booth. Fawlty Towers went
on to become one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time. John Cleese has
referred to Fawlty Towers as the his best work and he has stated he
doesn't want to make any new comedy work, as it will never live up to Fawlty
Towers.
Besides this work, Cleese has worked on
several comedy films, including hit film A Fish called Wanda. He has
also starred in two James Bond films, Rat Race, two Harry
Potter films and numerous other films, both humorous and serious. Also he
has done voice-acting for a range of video games and he has starred in
commercials in different countries, including Australia, Britain and the
Netherlands.
In addition to acting, Cleese has also
written and produced films such as The Strange Case of the End of
Civilisation As We Know It, most of the Fawlty Towers episodes and
the script for A Fish called Wanda. Also Cleese has written books, some
of which together with a psychiatrist written as a dialogue and some books with
a comedy theme.
Cleese is a multi-talented actor, writer
and producer who's still active, despite his previous attempts as retirement.
He could have been a Commander of the British Empire, but thought it was
'silly'. He also declined a Life Peerage (Baronship) on account of not wanting
to spend winters in Britain. He is a master of dark humour, writing his eulogy
at Graham Chapman's funeral as a parody of the Parrot Sketch he wrote
for Monty Python. He rightly remains one of the most admired comedic geniuses
of our time.
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