John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson - Beekeeping

Hysterical sketch w/ Cleese as a beekeeping expert and Atkinson as a terrible television show host. Recorded live in 1981. Shh.

[@thomHD]

Rowan Atkinson is only 26 here. Imagine how natural and composed you need to be as a comedian to be this good when you are 26.

[@tsaicio]

So that mean You have to be born as a comedian. I see no other way...

[@leonabresnehan7838]

@stephen noonan 6

[@seanpatrick3047]

@stephen noonan uhhh, you mean dialog? lol

[@jonapple2325]

@@tsaicio you're born as a fucking slimy blood covered blob no talent, not skill and no experience - there is no such thing as being born a certain way

[@cpharris41]

@@jonapple2325 You seem to have no concept of the wondrous and complex creature that is a human baby. Babies, incidentally, are not born "f---ing", as you so vulgarly suggest. However, they *_are_* born with genes, which give them many predispositions and potential talents.

[@cluckendip]

"Do go on, it's most interesting." The oldest lie in the universe

[@Cjnw]

Next to "Do eat of the fruit of the tree, and be as gods knowing good and evil" 🐍

[@Palparepa]

@@Cjnw But that wasn't a lie. Maybe you meant "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die"?

[@Palparepa]

@Silent Knight They didn't die that day

[@LaoZi2023]

@@Palparepa , yah, but what was the real translation?

[@LaoZi2023]

@@Palparepa , and that started "The Life of Brian."

[@moviemad56]

Cleese does a terrific job as the 'straight man'. How he keeps a straight face is a miracle.

[@stephen300o6]

Another miracle here.

[@Ldsyldsy]

Actually, both men played "straight man". How both keep a straight face throughout is a miracle x 2.

[@brenmoyer4896]

@@Ldsyldsy agreed!!! I would have been dying doing the interviewer part too!!

[@its1110]

@@brenmoyer4896 Oh dear! Why did you say that word? I'd just settled in the bed, too.

[@q23main]

Actually he loses it for a second at 3:35 😂 Can't blame him.

[@ThePete1081]

The inticipation before "pollen" was just perfect. That was a masterclass in comedic timing.

[@joaolucasfraga9147]

Pwt.

[@Toolpusher]

People have to understand; this was a benefit gig, with minimal prepartion and no payment for the artists. That it turned out as funny as it was, was an achievement. :)

[@ParadigmRabbit]

I thought so. It seems like improv rather than scripted.

[@bcaye]

Two of the planet's funniest people, how could it not?

[@kostantinos2297]

@@ParadigmRabbit It's scripted, because it's an older skit. There's another version with Cleese too.

[@janmichaelcjamisola]

They rarely do improv considering they're writers first before performers

[@WoutervanTiel]

@Cheyenne Moreno Pfpup!

[@boobengarden666]

If a title such as "John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson" does not immediately grab your attention. You obviously have no soul.

[@vlad-pm2zr]

or a brain for that matter

[@barryboichat]

Ax Machina and and

[@nonmusicalgaming8986]

"You obviously have no soul" Oh my.. you went so far.

[@RKroese]

I have no soul. I AM a soul. Peace.

[@samwellboy]

+Evi1M4chine That was very smart of you. You are so right. People who disagree with you are so wrong. You improve society by making comments which so accurately pertain to the original comment. Thank you. Please do keep on being so incredibly, fundamentally, impeccably correct, ESPECIALLY where humor is concerned.

[@Daniel23083]

two of the greatest comedians working together creating a masterpiece

[@nicolehunt326]

What's with Cleese's Magnificent Beard?

[@jamesblunt006]

John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson, or genius meets genius.

[@Richard_is_cool]

Sh.

[@mainmast8955]

fact. both are off the iq charts.

[@bangjaya9057]

Quack

[@torstenscholz6243]

Would only be able to be topped if they would perform together with Stephen Fry and Steve Coogan.

[@scottdinges2031]

*raspberry😋*

[@cincylaw14]

Rowan Atkinson has to be one of the most versatile comedians in history. He's perfect for Cleese and Python. hhahaha

[@redstonecasey4713]

Joshua Burns Two great British masters.

[@martacrawford3004]

Two and a half men

[@sayokbhattacharya]

Very derivative of Python s earlier sketches like the mattress shop one.

[@neithere]

@@sayokbhattacharya why on earth did you mention that word?!? Now we have to sing

[@its1110]

@@neithere Did these feet in ancient times...

[@dvd11811]

WOW ... Rowan Atkinson and John Cleese on the same stage ... AMAZING ...!!!

[@LarissaSchiefer]

I'm so happy that this kind of humour is existing... there is nothing like this here in Germany but I think it is tremendously funny.

[@howardphillipslovecraft4589]

schusch ... right ^^

[@themightychabunga2441]

***** Meine Gott! Wie gehen Meschen uberleben?

[@DrHokeyPokey]

***** "There were drei Peanuts walking down ze Strasse, und one was a-ssaulted ... Peanut"

[@peterschmidt6571]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft quack

[@JerinaEngel]

I've never heard a German use the word tremendously xD but I think I'll start to use it too it sounds so British

[@onee]

Amazing how they do this with such a straight face.

[@neillaw]

I was thinking that before clicking the video, both are great at it. I do enjoy Palin not being able to control his laugher in the sketches with Cleese though LOL!

[@sfex9]

onee then you have to watch atkinson's schoolmaster monologues

[@metaspacecrownedbytime4579]

They can do it with a straight face because it is not funny.

[@markusforsberg6741]

@@metaspacecrownedbytime4579 you are not funny and have bad taste in comedy fuck face🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@popnoodlez]

Shush

[@matrixinterface]

I think my favorite part has to be between 3:20 through 3:33 when we're just WAITING for him to say the inevitable word. John and Rowan are such skilled comedians that they know juuuuuuust how long to stretch the moment out. Not too long, not too short. And we just know it's coming... :-) True comedic genius and skill.

[@kiwitrainguy]

He said pollen and I was expecting nectar.

[@christastempel5577]

Two of my favourite comedians - brilliantly simple stuff, but soooo funny.

[@mistermagnifico]

2 legends. 16 years after upload

[@Soilwar]

This is the best sketch I've seen in my entire life! Quack!!

[@dwelfusius]

dirty hungarion phrasebook by monty python

[@popnoodlez]

Shh

[@BiffChunksteak]

@@popnoodlez Prrt

[@samarvora7185]

@@dwelfusius My hovercraft is full of eels.

[@aurex8937]

2:51 "Pardon? Shhh!" Made me spit out a lung and most of the tea I was enjoying.

[@deprecatedflayer]

I kind of feel like British comedians owe me a new monitor. Mine's all covered in food from watching this sort of stuff while trying to eat dinner.

[@aurex8937]

Flayer Rowan alone would owe me at least a couple of 22".

[@HelenaVanCity]

Well, I hope this teaches you a lesson, young man! You should never have any food anywhere near your mouth while trying to watch ANY Monty Python sketch! lol

[@zbr76]

One of the most epic things I've ever seen in my life (quack!), since they're both shining their distinctive styles at the same time - is this the only time these two badasses worked together?

[@vvinicius100]

Zach Brookes sh

[@leeharveysalem]

Zack Brookes: They were both in that movie called Rat Race

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

+Zach Brookes Pardon, sh?

[@anotherf-invideo2784]

Ptt! QUAAAAAACK!

[@caiinperience8722]

ssshh

[@ronyvanderlinden]

Best laugh I had in years. Might live a year longer now. cheers!

[@nakedmambo]

You might die laughing.

[@adamdooley8977]

We are three years on. Are you still with us?

[@emansnas]

Life 'Quack' is grand... don't take it too seriously though... it may not last that long Shhh

[@markneedham8726]

@@adamdooley8977 5 Years now. How are is he travelling do Y'Reckon...?

[@captaintexican5993]

The most brilliant Men to ever make Buffoonery, a legitimate form of comedy.

[@verkaforever]

It's great that John keeps his patience so long- I was expecting him to get mad a lot sooner.

[@kiwitrainguy]

He gets his revenge at the end - "interviewer, interviewer, interviewer".

[@mauownage]

I remember when my aunt and her Australian husband came to visit, I had an mp3 copy of it and had it played while we were driving along. The skit drove her husband into fits of laughter throughout the trip and my aunt was scratching her head on why it was so funny...

[@gamingSlasher]

This is absolutely perfect in every detail. Marvelous acting from both.

[@GypsyLeah]

When I found out my friend was a bee keeper I stopped loaning him bees.

[@siciliaussieguy]

because a bees life (quark!) Only lives 30d

[@richardlloyd2589]

The interest in those short term bee loans is quite hive.

[@ParadigmRabbit]

I had a similar issue lending my friend lighthouses.

[@PsyMongazoid]

Nice. Funnier than this sketch.

[@HaloInverse]

"Pardon my intrusion, but I was wondering if I could trouble you for a cup of bees..."

[@captinhogwash]

isn't it great that a sketch made around 20 years ago can still make people laugh! a true testament to 2 legends of comedy!

[@ksc743]

Someone said Rowan was 26 in this sketch. He's 68 now.

[@SylvieDale]

I love it! How wonderful. Atkinson is a slapstick master and Cleese heightens this effect beautifully. Two of my all-time faves on the same stage...wow.

[@ThompsonSmith505]

Hello Sylvie How are you doing today?

[@chrism836]

The Almighty Absurd !!!!I just love these two great performers ^^

[@concars1234]

Staggering display of comedic talent right here, pure class

[@DrJG9]

These two, John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson, ought to pair up more often, they are so good together! The last time one remembers laughing so uncontrollably was watching the original Pink Panther series, especially the massage conversation and the attempted entry into castle.

[@electroborg]

I think Lom's eulogy of Clouseau should have got a supersized Oscar.

[@armlovesmetal1036]

Two comedy legends on the same stage. This sketch was so funny.. I loved every minute of it. Epic.

[@raredoodah6649]

This is 40 years old now and will forever be funnier than any meme of today

[@dr.nebertbwalya9429]

Rowan is a legend. His performance is of another level

[@smileanddropthatdookieIi]

The two funniest men on EARTH!! None above, none besides them

[@torstenscholz6243]

Stephen Fry: Hold my beer.

[@IceStationZebraAssociates]

A skit with Rowan Atkinson and John Cleese together and KZbin waited 13 years to recommend it to me?? FFS!

[@guibox3]

I know right?? This is the first I've ever seen this!

[@MrRensvind]

Now this is what comedy is meant to be. Not someone standing on stage screaming and cussing. Pure gold 👏😊

[@stratdx]

Just John Cleese turning his head at the beginning is comedy gold.

[@--pussypatroll--]

This is a great find. Thanks for uploading it. Can't believe it only took me 12 years to see this here.

[@robertellis4938]

2 of the greatest comedy minds of our age. Classic.

[@CristiNeagu]

Cleese is doing an absolutely perfect job of portraying an average man in an impossible situation. Outstanding, the both of them.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

John Cleese has always a spare gun for such occasions.

[@rewrose2838]

This is really too funny, I can't stop laughing at all, keep running out of breath and have to pause 😂 Well done to whoever wrote this script, its made my day so much better

[@Palerider610]

All your troubles evaporate when you start to watch these 2 grand masters of comedy.

[@calwood6008]

The best comedians at once that makes me die

[@LaMusicadeGogo]

You got me with "cleese"... I'm Argentinian, I don't speak english very good but they gotme laughing 4 minutes and 35 seconds non stop. Geniuses!

[@irfannan5379]

And now he's got a film about a man vs bee.

[@eduberaldo]

Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! I laugh everytime I see it no matter how many times I see! It’s a masterpiece!!!

[@jacobdehaan4114]

I love this! John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson are hilarious!

[@komedee3739]

Real comedy never gets old!

[@rorycarter6948]

I wish I could see this for the first time again

[@emansnas]

There might be some hope... you may get Alzheimers and be able to re-enjoy it daily

[@Freespirit_survivor]

Its Canadian Thanksgiving Monday 2019 🌽🌶🥗🍺🍻🥂 👍🏻 we just put the 🦃 to bake so I'm passing the time watching Rowan Atkinson on KZbin!!! The funniest comedian in all the world 🌎

[@aus80srockradio94]

John Cleese AND Rowan Atkinson = I clicked "like" even before this started.

[@CelebrianUndomiel]

my chest physically hurts from laughing

[@CelebrianUndomiel]

Santo Miguel QWAAAARK!

[@jonnnyren6245]

+Kassie Stepanova Shush, I can feel you here as well. XD

[@TheNavalAviator]

+Kassie Stepanova OMG you weren't kidding xD

[@danielwaugh2215]

I can't even feel my cheeks!!!

[@pix046]

Shush

[@judithhand4987]

Neat to see these funny gentlemen working together.

[@ThompsonSmith505]

Hello Judith How are you doing today?

[@oliverdiamond6594]

@@ThompsonSmith505 don't worry thompson, she will reply one day.

[@gennettor8915]

"Do please go on, I'm so sorry."

[@clivenorman5530]

Thank God all this stuff was recorded!

[@slodo-the-show]

Great comedians and great actors at the same time!

[@craigdelandelles3154]

Yep!!!

[@tomlawson4713]

“What a senseless waste of human life-“ “WAAACK!”

[@solopianotutorials8215]

I spat milk on my screen laughing out lout while having breakfastand watching. Cleaning it was hard work, but worth it. I have to watch this every few month since many years and still can´t control my laughing attacks - Shusshhh

[@isaackim7675]

Did I said, "Shush?" I meant "Shhh."

[@Martsapso21]

Funniest bit of the sketch for me. Genius!

[@plowenson]

"I was practicing" 😂😂😂

[@NYCOPERAFAN]

"Practicing for a word you're about to say very soon" - genius!

[@mayalucas9529]

Possibly the two greatest comedians ever.

[@surrealfarm]

You are forgetting Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.

[@its1110]

This is one of all-time great of funny bits. After many years and uncountable watching, it is still funny. The best in odd sillyness.

[@MarkkuCZ]

Monty Python meets Mr. Bean....that´s as a dream come true, legendary!!!!

[@TheTsar1918]

One of the best collaborations ever.

[@anthonypaul4955]

This is THE go to clip, if I want to be laughing my guts out - . . . shh! . . . Wark!!! 😂

[@Rayve1609]

That moment, when they look at each other totally honest in complete silence. It doesnt get any better than that.

[@EagleOneM1953]

Just imagine the level of control one has to have to not burst into laughing just looking ast each other...

[@Yrrats]

It's miraculous, but after watching it for about 30 times now I can say it gets better every time! Those details... it's amazing! And how does Cleese succeed in staying so brilliantly irritated under al those sounds and faces Atkinson produces... That IS talent, yeah. Very rare, very lonely at the top.

[@sugarbaby1974]

If this were being done by the original Monty Python group, John would be doing the part of the interviewer and Graham Chapman would be the beekeeper. :) Those guys were a classic team, such great chemistry... I'm so glad to see that a pro like Rowan has the same chemistry with John, hope they do more work together, too funny!! XD

[@NightHawke]

It's like watching Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters riff off of each other in a "60 Minutes" feature I saw some years ago. Two epic masters working in perfect harmony!

[@shahrulzamanahmad7067]

Omg.... this is so hillarious.What an original comedy sketch which only these two comedians can pull off....hahaha!

[@predatoryzzx]

2 Legends

[@yoyoyoc3po]

Obi-Wan Kenobi Hello there.

[@AximandTheCursed]

Absolutely Inspired stuff! I admit I had high expectations when I saw those two names together, but it exceeded them in the most awesome way! Utter brilliance!

[@dubnationsoso4442]

AximandTheCursed hi on in

[@RayWright]

Genius comedy!!! I never knew Rowan did a skit with Cleese!!!

[@paulinebutcherbird]

Loved it. What fun they must have had rehearsing it.

[@JayAgaskar]

Wow pure comedy, love this sketch

[@TDKiller415]

LOVE the "Do please go on, I'm so sorry" at the end. Just like Basil Fawlty.

[@michaelpercha3552]

I've been watching Monty Python and Rowan Atkinson both most of my adult life, how is it I only now am aware of this brilliance?

[@hutche]

2 comedic geniuses this world will never see again.

[@oneprizeonegoal]

I love that you can see John getting more and more visibly frustrated.

[@thomasvictorio]

I had a teacher in high school who had the "ssshh" tick. No kidding.

[@weltensittich1266]

Me2. He did that every few seconds, about two times per sentence as we always kept talking.

[@HaydnG266]

Nope didn't happen

[@anthonythorp7291]

Fine, the teacher didn't....but the librarian did.

[@pix046]

Shush.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Stan Laurel has something like it in “Pardon Us”.

[@pjdstarduffstar]

This is gold. Two of the greatest comedians ever on the stage together. I would literally have killed to be able to see this. I never knew that they collaborated in stand up and to find this on yt is like I died and went to heaven. I nearly died choking from laughing too much. Best recommendation from KZbin that I will ever receive and almost impossible to top. All my Christmas’ and birthdays have come at once.

[@AwesomeFish12]

The funniest part was that the beekeeping expert brought his gun to a TV interview. Obviously he anticipated a situation like this.

[@trollop_7]

Beekeepers always carry a gun. It's part of being a beekeeper.

[@buggerall]

@@trollop_7 But of course you would. Bee's can be such nasty creatures.

[@trollop_7]

@@buggerall That's got nothing to do with it. A beekeeper is tasked with keeping bees. He wouldn't be much of a beekeeper if say, God forbid, they managed to escape.

[@LyubomirIko]

shhhhhh

[@trollop_7]

@@LyubomirIko That's the sound of a wasp, not a bee.

[@reallymysterious4393]

The 2 greatest comic minds of our generation

[@luisfedericopatriciolenzis822]

What marvellous me most is the fact that they can both genieuses prevent themselves from laughing!!!

[@chickenvasquez78]

Two Great British Legends

[@afallenaspect1160]

How could you dislike this?

[@PABWECG]

This always makes me laugh! Love it.

[@simpsons703]

Hahaha that is because you said laugh

[@Euroviking86]

"I'm so sorry, did I say shush? I meant, ssh." Genius :,D

[@JaneXemylixa]

Almost like "What, Macbeth?" :D

[@Salzburgerstiegl]

shush, the scottish play :)))

[@davidktd]

Hot potato, orchestra scores, Puck will make amends.

[@SteliosStylianou]

Keiren David I only got one thing to say to you Macbeth l😂😂😂😂

[@SteliosStylianou]

On no account mention Macbeth gives them bad luck and makes them very unhappy. 😂😂😂😂

[@Cjnw]

* The Scottish King

[@WildBillCox13]

Best "WTF" moment comedy sketch EVER!

[@deanmoncaster]

Didn't even smirk once and I like them both

[@nothingnobody910]

Thank you, self for choosing this to watch. Both of my favorites together! Holy Interviewer!!

[@richardrichard688]

I watched it with me, myself and I. Two of us liked it but the other two expected better.

[@FelixMagnusBeast]

The pause before the word pollen is just absolutely perfect

[@bobdobalina838]

The Led Zeppelin of comedy. Like classic rock, this is classic comedy. Thank you sirs. . . . and. . . do go on.

[@madzec]

I know whole act by mind and still I cry with laughing each time I watch this!

[@williamsegal156]

Timeless. Appreciated.

[@markwhitney3746]

I love how often Cleese’s sketches end in him shooting someone. He keeps up the character on Twitter nowadays too, having recently called someone a “dago idiot” for PERFECTLY JUSTIFIED REASONS.

[@markwhitney3746]

Peppino Loves The Noise he’s my favorite and I was so happy to learn he remains the same person he was that many years ago.

[@TDKiller415]

"Nature really has produced a little masterpiece in the life......." "QUACK!!"

[@tearfulfilms]

One of the funniest sketches ever, the fact the Cleese remains so dead pan throughout makes it for me