John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award winning English comedian and actor. He is best known for being one of the founding members of the renowned comedy group Monty Python, and as the writer and star of the popular television comedy "Fawlty Towers". He has won BAFTA and Emmy awards, and was an Academy Award nominated screen writer for his film, "A Fish Called Wanda".
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| | John Cleese joined Prof. David Dunning, psychology, to speak on the topic of "How Well Do We Know Ourselves? residential.alumni.cornell.edu/cleese.cfm |
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Uh-oh. Sorry you can't find the page you were looking for. We can explain everything, really. www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/c/cleese_john.shtml |
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John
Cleese belongs to a tradition of university humour which has supplied
a recognisable strand of comedy to British television and radio
from Beyond the Fringe in the late 1950s to Blackadder
and beyond. www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/cleesejohn/cleesejohn.htm |
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This will be Cleese's final visit as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large, and while on campus he will participate in classes and meet with student groups and Cornell faculty members. www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March06/AD.Whites.April.html |
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May 28, 2006
Back by popular demand: John Cleese appointed Provost's Visiting Professor for three-year term
By Franklin Crawford
John Cleese is back by popular demand -- again. www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May06/Cleese.fc.html |
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Quotes for John Cleese
See all Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
I don't think anyone should be educated sexually. There's far too many people on the planet. If we could hush it up for a few years, that would help
I think there's much more fear now than there used to be, much more fear of failure
I'm probably the worst singer in Europe. I won't compete for North America.
If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick
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