John Cleese: answering a few questions by fans.

Biggles · 02-21-12, 01:55 PM

I had the great pleasure of seeing him live in the fall of 2010. He really is a great comedic actor, and intelligent! He's just naturally funny, he can stand and talk for two hours about his life (because that was what the show was about) without any sort of stand-up routine a la Eddie Izzard (whom I love, btw, so don't mean it as a bad thing per see) and still be mindbogglingly funny! I remember him telling the audience that to great disbelief of it's inhabitants, his hometown of Weston-Super-Mare was bombed one night by the Germans during WWII. He presented two theories as to why they would do this:

1. Psychological Warfare. Showing the British government that they had so many bombs and resources that they could waste them bombing a place like Weston.

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2. Showing once and for all that the Germans actually has a sense of humor!

02-21-12, 01:55 PM	#6
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,529 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I had the great pleasure of seeing him live in the fall of 2010. He really is a great comedic actor, and intelligent! He's just naturally funny, he can stand and talk for two hours about his life (because that was what the show was about) without any sort of stand-up routine a la Eddie Izzard (whom I love, btw, so don't mean it as a bad thing per see) and still be mindbogglingly funny! I remember him telling the audience that to great disbelief of it's inhabitants, his hometown of Weston-Super-Mare was bombed one night by the Germans during WWII. He presented two theories as to why they would do this: 1. Psychological Warfare. Showing the British government that they had so many bombs and resources that they could waste them bombing a place like Weston. or 2. Showing once and for all that the Germans actually has a sense of humor! __________________