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John Cleese
Oct. 7th, 2017 08:00 pmThe evening at the Riverside Theater began with a screening of Monty Python & the Holy Grail. It included a scene or two that have been cut from the editions I'd seen before. Particularly a scene where Dingo worries that she didn't do her scene right, and while she rambles about it, everybody (right up to God) shouts at her to get on with it.
So then John Cleese came out. It was an interview format with a local radio personality. He started off with his usual complaints about the movie and some of his cohorts. "He's a great guy, but he's really not that funny." You can never tell how much of that is him trying to be funny, and how much he's serious about. Some of both, I'm sure. He complained that the movie just isn't that funny, at least compared to their masterpiece, Life of Brian. One particular complaint was that the ending was too long and drawn out. He actually showed us his recut version. I still like the original better.
After that he was hilarious for the rest of the night. In Cyn's words:
He told stories, mock posed for pictures by the annoying cellphone people up front, laughed sometimes so hard he couldn't speak, yelled at us to shut up when we cheered the mention of any film or TV show he was in, blew kisses to George Harrison in heaven for footing the $2 million for the production of The Life Of Brian (his favorite of all the films), told ethnic jokes to make a point, answered questions, and taught us all how to meow like his Main Coon cat.
So then John Cleese came out. It was an interview format with a local radio personality. He started off with his usual complaints about the movie and some of his cohorts. "He's a great guy, but he's really not that funny." You can never tell how much of that is him trying to be funny, and how much he's serious about. Some of both, I'm sure. He complained that the movie just isn't that funny, at least compared to their masterpiece, Life of Brian. One particular complaint was that the ending was too long and drawn out. He actually showed us his recut version. I still like the original better.
After that he was hilarious for the rest of the night. In Cyn's words:
He told stories, mock posed for pictures by the annoying cellphone people up front, laughed sometimes so hard he couldn't speak, yelled at us to shut up when we cheered the mention of any film or TV show he was in, blew kisses to George Harrison in heaven for footing the $2 million for the production of The Life Of Brian (his favorite of all the films), told ethnic jokes to make a point, answered questions, and taught us all how to meow like his Main Coon cat.
