John Cleese's Message to the USA

[Catty1]

Some of the humour is Definitely 'hard to get'.

"Life of Brian" would be a good starter because Brian is mistaken for the Messiah just as Jesus is going through His ministry. (You only see the Jesus figure once, for several seconds, from a great distance - Mount of Olives). So at least the storyline is somewhat familiar.

But with poor Brian trying to prove he is not the Messiah, there is a good deal of satire and humour. Not for the right-of-wing among us(then again, can't hurt! )

[Chilli]

Haha! =D
What a great man.

[cyber-sibes]

LOL! I love this! Maybe we'll be treated to more British comedies on TV, too.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Treat yourselves to a look at this - I defy you not to laugh at Basil

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/ar..._7772600.shtml

[Blue_Frog]

Ah, Monty Python ... brings back memories of singing the Lumberjack Song as loud as possible in the Drama Room in High School

Yes, I've seen Monty Python. I never saw ANYTHING funny about that show.
Guess my sense of humor is just different.

I guess it's along the same line as my not finding the 'Stooges or Laurel and Hardy at all funny ... everyone is different

I always found the British sense of humour a lot more funny than some other types (I guess that leads into why I'm considered 'wierd' ), and John Cleese, Eric Idle, and the rest of the Pythons were always right up there as some of my favourite comedy groups. Also see Terry Pratchett for Brit Humour (if you've missed out, hes a great fantasy author, lots of puns and a good read all around).

And yes, I ALWAYS pronounce it AL-OO-MIN-EE-UM ... mostly because I find it one of those satisfying words to say.

However, when I first read the comment about "Who is John Cleese", it made me do one of these (raised eyebrow of surprise) - A couple of 'American' movies he's been in include:

- A Fish Called Wanda
- Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter movies
- Rat Race
- The voice of the king in 'Shrek 2'

[momoffuzzyfaces]

- A couple of 'American' movies he's been in include:

- A Fish Called Wanda
- Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter movies
- Rat Race
- The voice of the king in 'Shrek 2'

Believe it or not, I've never watched any of these movies. I must lead a sheltered life!!!

By the way, I never thought the stooges or Laurel and Hardy were funny either. See nothing funny about grown men smacking each other on the head or trying to poke each other's eyes out.

[Blue_Frog]

By the way, I never thought the stooges or Laurel and Hardy were funny either. See nothing funny about grown men smacking each other on the head or trying to poke each other's eyes out.

Oh, I never thought you said you did, i was just trying to show that some things people find funny, others dont

I completely agree on the Stooges tho -- even from when I was little, if it was on TV i'd either change the channel or leave the room.

[lizbud]

I guess his style of humor is not for everyone, but I've enjoyed it. I was
intoduced to their stuff by my kids & just watching their reactions to the
Python movies makes me laugh too. My kids know whole tracts of quips
from the movies & joke around quoting lines from the movies.

[Ginger's Mom]

I absloutely adore John Cleese. And have been a Monty Python fan since their stuff first found there way over here in the mid-70's. And he has not disappointed me with this letter. What a great wit.

[Barbara]

I love Monty Python- and in this text as in many others you cannot really tell whom he is making more fun of- the British or the Americans

[Killearn Kitties]

Exactly right, Barbara!

[jackie]

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This made me LOL!

Thanks for sharing.

[Lady'sOtherHuman]

That was hilarious. My husband and I (Lady's Human) love Monty Python. Last year for Christmas I got him the 16 Ton Mega set. 16 DVDs of all their best skits ( including parrot sketch, crunchy frog and Dennis Moore) it also included two Live shows. Awesome! When I was reading it I could hear his voice in my head and his exact mannerisms in the text. Really funny.

[mugsy]

OMG! That was hysterical and so true for so much of it! John Cleese is brilliant!

[smokey the elder]

According to snopes.com, the leading debunk site on the Internet, John Cleese did NOT write this. It's funny, though. It was more apropos for the 2000 Presidential "election".