A top-tier strategy for a top-tier comedy legend. The one and only John Cleese turns 86 today 🎉 | Monty Python

Have you got plans for November 13th? Cancel them so you can come see my new behind-the-scenes tour documentary in theaters Nov 13th in the UK and Nov 27th in Australia. 🇬🇧🇦🇺Five countries, sixteen cities, twenty-three shows, and retaining just two original body parts. “John Cleese Packs It In” is a wry, behind-the-scenes portrait of a comedy legend on the road, battling various ailments, chaotic travel, and his own stubborn refusal to stop. The film captures Cleese unfiltered and on the mov

Pigs in Space Part II From “The Muppet Show” (1978). | John Cleese

Has this ever happened to you? #FawltyTowers | John Cleese

Here are some Fawlty Towers bloopers and outtakes I hope you enjoy! | John Cleese

My favourite Fawlty Towers moment, in honor of the show’s 47th Anniversary this week. At the end of the Duck episode, Basil finally presents the covered dish to the diners, lifts the lid off, realises it’s not the duck, puts the lid on immediately….then takes it off again and searches in the mousse, in case the duck is somewhere inside. I can’t remember whether this was in the original script, or whether we invented it on the night, but I love Basil’s refusal to give up even when things are not