Monty Python - Pythons on John Cleese

Part of Cleese's genius was that he was so tall and dignified, and could do deadpan so well, it made his stuff even funnier. Ministry of Sill Walks is a prime example. What made it so funny wasn't the walking, it was that he was doing it while talking about the Ministry's funding absolutely stone faced. The other part of his genius was that no one could do rage nearly as well as he could, and he could play the straight man in equal measure. 'Vocational Guidance Counselor' is a great example of his straight man skills, or 'Exploding Penguin' against Chapman.

The master of when subdued rage goes off the rails.

John Cleese is one of those guys that can just sit or stand there, not say anything...and I'm already cracking up in anticipation of what he's gonna do. He's got some comedy voodoo about him.

the guy losing it in the garden, is the funiest comedy moment ever... I've seen it so many times over the past 30 years or more and if still makes me cry laughing...

"I'm the tallest and the most handsome.." Lol. Seriously, when I think of Monty Python, I always think of Mr. Cleese first.

'..his long, thin, strange body'. Hahaha.

Its the way he could say stupid or act in strange ways without cracking the slightest smile that made him so good. Or seeing him lose his cool and go nuts and in the next act straight and calm. He was dry as hell.

My stepfather looks just like John Cleese, and he's very intelligent, but he doesn't realize how FUNNY he is when he gets serious about things. he's nearly the real world version of Cleese' funniest characters.

Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood? Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.

I just lose everytime he says "shut up!"

The Cleese rants are my favourite moments from Monty Python: the architect sketch; the dead parrot sketch; the Frenchman in Monty Python and the Holy Grail; etc.

I can remember meeting John Cleese at the Queen's Coronation Celebration last year, He was talking to this man and I was going to try and get a photo of him. I was just struck at how tall he was, and he just looked at me and went, "I don't do photographs." and continued to talk to this other gentleman. I just walked away thinking, "John Cleese just talked to me!!" Never been more thrilled in my life.

Not only the hilarious silly walks. But those facial expressions. Killer

This guy invented flipping the switch.

"Coming dear" Sheer genius.

5 people's mothers are hamsters and their fathers smell of elderberries

Gilliam has such a nice speaking voice.

Palin is the most handsome though

I think he used to be gorgeous...

He was always my favorite. I love all the Pythons, but John Cleese is absolutely the best.

In John Cleese's hands, his body becomes strange.

He`s the briliantine stick insect...

I think Terry is pretty spot on... I do like John Cleese, but he is not a nice person. And he's best moments is probably when he actually play's himself :-) John never ever bothered to be nice... and that is he's greatness somehow.

And now for something completely different.

I just love John ❤

By far my favourite Python

Johns book life and how to survive it, written with Skinner is excellent

I love this guy.

I'd like to see Pythons on Carol Cleveland. I mean commenting on Carol Cleveland, not physically on her.

Gosh he was so charming

Definitely the best screamer 😂

that bastard can do some crazy shit with his legs:) (p.s. he's also nearly headless nick.)

She turned me into a NEWT!

That last? remark by Terry Gilliam? "You don't need to spend your money on psychiatry" is so earlr 20th century British, even though he's American (if I've guessed right). At that time, crazy people were accepted as eccentrics.

Just a point worth making: If we don't placate the psychiatrists they'll slate the Earth for demolition to allow a new galactic bypass through. Let John keep them complacent, blissfully lapsed. It means he's doing his job to protect the species.

Yo creo que john fue la cara de monty python porque , como dice mike , su cuerpo era largo y raro , tenia cara sería y hacia personajes serios , locos ,etcétera. De todas formas todos los personajes que hacía le quedaban bien porque era una persona muy especial , tenia rasgos muy especiales para hacer ese tipo de cosas . Entonces cuando ves MP el primero que llama la atención es el ,es el más llamativo justamente por esas cosas.

He really was handsome.

@alienbodies It's from Monty Pythons Flying Circus. As well as Life of Brian, Holy Grail, Now for Something Completely different, and muuuuuuuuuuuch morrrrre

You need some people in this world to go out of their way to make a sense of it all, and you need some people to go out of their way to show how little that sense makes. John and Terry Gilliam strike me as men who accomplish both of these tasks, in their own ways, though with a distinct lean more one way than the other - and for that I'm grateful.

Does anyone else think that in the thumbnail, Cleese looks exactly like Tanaka from Gaki no Tsukai?

He looks like the villain from Meet the Robinsons.

The only newt in the group

Where did this channel get this material?

Monty Python: Almost the Truth. Basically 6 episodes counting documentary.

Why are all these videos cut short??

Eric Idle.

I've always thought John Cleese should have been a dancer

All due respect to John, but the funniest thing in this four minutes is Graham's uncomfortable laugh in the dirty fork sketch.

What programme is this from?

What is this from

What do you mean "was"?

I always thought Idle was the hottest Python, maybe its cause Cleese looks like my uncle :o

"In 500 metres (or what i call half a mile but we have to call it 500 hundred metres because of that bastard Napoleon) take the third exit" 😂😂

He IS handsome....and I'm a hetrosexual man hehehe....viking there is hehe

3:19 - 3:40 = Average Fox News viewer

True, Cleese is the "face" of Python, sort of like a lead singer for a band. But IMHO, Cleese is much funnier when surrounded by other loonies rather than just straight men/women. They all made each other funnier by the combination of distinct personalities. IMHO, Python is virtually unimaginable w/o Palin, Idle, and Jones. Chapman and Gilliam are probably replaceable with other talents, but Cleese shouldn't be given too much credit- he didn't make Python great all by himself. The show that could have been called "Owl Stretching Time" is much funnier overall than Fawlty Towers, where Cleese is the star of the show, Manuel is the goon and everyone else plays the straight part. Cleese is a living treasure, but he played a role just as Idle, Palin and all the others. Cleese without the other Pythons- whether in Fawlty Towers, interviews or movies gets a bit tiresome at times- kind of like if Robert Plant were to go out alone w/o the rest of Led Zeppelin. Can you even *imagine* how annoying that would be after about 5 minutes? ((shudder)) I say "kind of" because comparing Plant's screechy wailing (which is entirely well-placed within LZ's style) to Cleese's comedy is a purposely stretched analogy. Sadly, analogies need to be over-drawn these days just for people to get what one is talking about. Maybe we should call our age the Era of Opinion Inflation? Everybody has lots of strong opinions, but few really listen carefully to what you're actually saying. (?)

I'm the opposite of John. I hate psychiatry and what it does to the human spirit and refuse to use it. I think that my sensitivity and sadness helps with my art.