John Cleese
1) So, anyway
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cleese takes his readers on a Grand Tour of his ascent in the entertainment world, from his humble beginnings in a sleepy English town and his early comedic days at Cambridge University (with future Python partner Graham Chapman), to the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown.
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Monty Python comic master shares lighthearted advice on how anyone can learn the skill of creativity, drawing on personal experience to explain how to get into the right frame of mind, develop worthwhile ideas, and overcome blocks.
3) Rat race
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A casino tycoon gives six contestants a chance to win two million dollars in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Monty Python are flying again for a final reunion, well, sort of. This hugely anticipated live show took place on June 20th 2014 at the O2 Arena in London. At a combined age of just 357, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin once again take to the stage and perform some Monty Python's greatest hits with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists.
10) Time bandits
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A troupe of tiny bandits, challenged with the task of patching up the handiwork of a Supreme Being who was forced into creating the world in only 6 days, instead steal the priceless map of the universe. Accompanied by an English school boy (Warnock), they are swept away on a whirlwind adventure through time and space, encountering bizarre incarnations of Napoelon (Holm), Robinhood (Cleese), Agamemnon (Connery), and others.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Basil Fawlty is the sharp-tongued, short-fused owner of Fawlty Towers, a hotel plagued by crisis, chaos and bizarre characters. This set collects all 12 episodes of the British comedy, and also includes interviews with the writer and star, John Cleese.
13) Fievel goes west
Series
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1991
Language
English
Description
The Mousekewitz family discovers the streets of America are not all paved with cheese, and living in a mouse tenement does not offer the life they hoped for. Young Tanya dreams of becoming a famous singer, and Fievel wants to become a tough lawdog like his hero Wylie Burp. Lured out west by the crafty entrepreneur Cat R. Waul, Fievel discovers the evil gentleman's true plans to turn the settlers into mouse-burgers. Enlisting the aid of his cat friend...
14) The big year
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Looking to shake up their routine lives, three amateur bird watchers compete to become the ultimate 'birder' by spotting the greatest number of species within a single calendar year. But the friendly rivalry soon turns into a hilariously complicated cross-country adventure as each man begins to realize that the quest for success comes at a price, and that's not chicken feed!
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1969
Language
English
Description
Episodes 10-13 from the series. Episode 10 is untitled. Replete with the Upperclass twit of the year, albatross, lavatorial humour, a man who puts bricks to sleep by hypnosis, interruptions, police state silly voices, Ken Shabby, restaurant abuse and cannibalism, historical impersonations, pet conversions, a gorilla librarian, and a very silly psychiatry sketch.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1972
Language
English
Description
Episodes 30-32 from the series. An ambitious and intricate masterwork, with memories of Everest climbed by hairdressers, party hints, a new theory on brontosauruses, a second theory on fire, brigade choirs singing songs about Marcel Proust, the minister of not listening to people, the silliest sketch we've ever done, and "The Pantomine horse is... a secret agent film.".
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1972
Language
English
Description
Episodes 27-29 from the series. The BBC is short of money. Consequently, this volume contains such rubbish as the life of Tchaikowsky, Schooboys' Life Assurance Company, Fraud film squad, one slice of strawberry tart without so much rat in it, Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion visit Jean-Paul Sartre, and other perfectly normal medical phenomena.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1972
Language
English
Description
Episodes 33-35 from the series. A scrumptious blend of runny camembert, comma, banana and cheese sandwiches, comma, cheese westerns, comma, lemon curd tartlet, comma, a self-ejecting tomato, comma, and other accidents involving food, comma, plus some cheap-laughs, period.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1970
Language
English
Description
Episodes 17-19 from the series. Live from the Grill-o-mat snack bar, we present the architect sketch, how to give up being a mason, moron insurance sketch with nude lady, the Society for putting things on top of other things, an interview with Raymond Luxury Yacht, the man who is alternately rude and polite, "blackmail," and dung.