John Cleese's Message to the USA

[Lizzie]

Oooops! You are right. Ityped the wrong name (Terry Jones) even while I knew it was Michael Palin. Actually, 1950's is probably wrong also. Aren't they based on an even earlier period?

[kitten645]

In a world where Borat is the number one movie and people actually PAY to see Jackass, I LOVVVE the Pythons. I've been watching them since I was about 9...
"Run away! Runaway faster!"

[Killearn Kitties]

Oooops! You are right. Ityped the wrong name (Terry Jones) even while I knew it was Michael Palin. Actually, 1950's is probably wrong also. Aren't they based on an even earlier period?

OK, I just thought I was missing something there! Yes, you are probably right, I think some were set in the Victorian era. As a matter of fact, I just saw "The Curse of the Claw" again the other night!

[Catty1]

The history of this document is on Snopes....and there are a few 'rebuttal' versions. Worth checking out!


http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp

[Randi]

There's nothing like British humour, simply brilliant!

Have any of you seen a series with Mel Smith? Can't remember the name of it, but where was one where he was going on a holiday to Spain. On the way to the airport he wasn't sure he'd turned the gas off - from that point it just accelerated.

[Lizzie]

British humor is very dry. Sometimes colleagues have come up to me at work and remarked that they didn't realize I'd said something funny in a meeting until they were sitting on the bus hours later, and then it hit them. I'm always happy that they appreciated it because some in the U.S. simply find it annoying.

I checked out Mel Smith on Imdb then recognized his face. Was the series Alas Smith and Jones? I don't have a tv so I miss a lot of the British comedy series, unless they come out on DVD here. Anyway, while looking at his list of films, I found out that he'd starred in a Wilt film. I didn't know one had been made. I've been a fan of Tom Sharpe's novels for many years.

[JenBKR]

British humor is very dry. Sometimes colleagues have come up to me at work and remarked that they didn't realize I'd said something funny in a meeting until they were sitting on the bus hours later, and then it hit them. I'm always happy that they appreciated it because some in the U.S. simply find it annoying.

Oh I know what you mean, I haave been told that I have a British sense of humor before. Lots of people don't really know when I am joking, so I sometimes get looks and whispers of 'was she serious?' Ah well