John Cleese in hysterics over King Charles’s Coronation - ‘It was a Monty Python sketch!’

'I couldn't stop laughing... All these people in these silly costumes, all taking things so seriously. I thought it was a Python sketch.'
John Cleese tells Andrew Doyle that he was in hysterics watching King Charles’s Coronation.
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[@erictaylor5462]

As an amputee, I love telling people, "It's just a flesh wound."

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

HAHAHAHAHAH! U Rock :D

[@GeographRick]

Iconic quote. Obviously, you have a great sense of humor.

[@FayCreative]

Haha awesome!

[@erictaylor5462]

@@wefiaoiuoijawecnjwofuwnaox It is just a flesh wound.

[@MySkullzDented]

😂😂

[@VHKDK]

Life today is one big Python sketch.

[@billdoor3140]

"Why do you want to be a woman stan"...."I want to have babies"...the life of Brian Stan wanting to be lorreta has absolutely come true 🤣.

[@winstonsmith8240]

Not as funny though. Sadly.

[@winstonsmith8240]

​@@billdoor3140 what's that saying; " you couldn't make it up? Seems you can now. 😅😢

[@concernedcitizen7385]

But unfortunately very few of us are laughing 🙁

[@kilburn1313]

@@winstonsmith8240 "Making it up as you go along"

[@lr5450]

I watched the coronation with my husband. We laughed until we cried and agreed that it was exactly like a Monty Python sketch. I'm very pleased that John Cleese agrees.

[@Ducktility]

Strange coming from John Cheese

[@EpigeneticFilms]

Nobody expects the British Coronation.

[@ronanzann4851]

Inquiring Spaniards do !

[@FallNorth]

Was it a throne ... or a ... COMFY CHAIR!!!!!

[@kamala24the1st]

I'm American and I watched this thing and at some point, after taking in all the formal pageantry, pomp and circumstance, I said to my cat, "no wonder Britain does such brilliant satire"

[@andym28]

Cat was like "Wanker"

[@videosrus8631]

And the cat said ... ?

[@garyK.45ACP]

Then again, Americans talk to cats. Some satirist is really missing the boat.

[@fencr]

Back in 2000, I and a bunch of friends visited France. We got to see the Bayeux Tapestry. There is a panel depicting the crossing of the English Channel by the Norman troops where the horses are getting off the boat.. (you can actually see this in the Wiki entry for the tapestry).. the horses are smiling apparently happy to be getting off the boat.. my buddy seeing that in real life commented "that's where Monty Python comes from" ... the English depicting the horses smiling..

[@billgreen1861]

​@@garyK.45ACP I don't think so, if that were true they [ the satirist ] would have surfaced back in the 70's when, Mrs. Slocum had so many stories of her conversations with her cat and there was so many things she said to her " puzzy " as she always called her cat.

[@wtk6069]

Cleese has a point. What's more Monty Python than when apparently the Grim Reaper photobombed the coronation? lol

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

I can just imagine "Mr. Death" turning up at the coronation dinner and the King reprising Graham Chapman's role. Then a dodgy salmon mousse sees them all off.

[@rmr2471]

That wasn't the Grim Reaper, it was one of Hell's Grannies.

[@kevincrady2831]

"It's one of the little people from the village."

[@deppo_zweifler9029]

The reaper at the coronation was just "grim" because of the bad weather, which is hardly surprising

[@Jabberwok28]

@@halfbakedproductions7887 But I didn’t gave the salmon.

[@tombruner9634]

It's when you realize that everything you see and most everything you do is a Monty Python sketch that it finally makes sense.

[@brainmachine235]

Monty Python is the British equivalent of zen. At least that’s what my cats tell me..

[@ianthesoccerref]

I ran the London Marathon and I felt like I was in "The Race for the Incontinent". We started out in Greenwich Park and heading down the hill. All these people were going in and out of the bushes. It was perfect🤗

[@deniseboldea1624]

"You'll see it's all a show keep them laughing as you go, just remember that the last laugh is on youuuuuuu."-- Eric Idle, The Bright Side of Life.

[@TREVASLARK]

@@brainmachine235 Thank you soooooooooooooo much.

[@michaeldavid6284]

Except when you lose your arms and legs.

[@ahobimo732]

John is spot on. Humans are extraordinarily, magnificently, sublimely silly. The more important we believe ourselves to be, the more utterly ridiculous we become.

[@acehandler1530]

Elon Musk?

[@evasl]

Absolutely!

[@janetremsing6988]

😂That's deep!😂

[@inherblues7261]

Now that's a quote worth framing

[@oldtimer7635]

So true. : )

[@kimsherlock8969]

To cope with the ridiculous John Cleese gave me the sense of humour I needed to survive the madness of life. Thank you Mr Cleese . I do silly walks often. ❤

[@rdgrdg1632]

Oh dear

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

I love the Ministry of Silly Walks, too, but that is one of the sketches John Cleese hates because people kept asking him to perform it .

[@kimsherlock8969]

@@robert-trading-as-Bob69 There are examples of silly walks everywhere. Some people have different types of walking Different and observed.

[@oakfat5178]

To mash slightly, we all do the Silly Walk of Life

[@Madasin_Paine]

Yes and now, with the chops or credibility to back it up he provides these empowering insights, too. The AUDIENCE IS THE BEST CRITIQUE (after the producer performer) What an outstanding set of pearls of creative wisdom The Top People telling these creatives HAVE NO IDEA what they are talking about! Does this apply to ALL peofessions and practices today?

[@CrystalG-cu2rk]

"It's a Python sketch" - truer words were never spoken...❤Monty Python!

[@peterkelly6146]

When hear a line spoken from a python sketch I know I’m company of kindred humor

[@MedusasFeelinSalty]

"I'm your king!" "Well I didn't vote for you!"

[@nik-ev3eh]

@@MedusasFeelinSalty nobody voted for fishi sunak either

[@warmfuzzyfeeling]

I couldn't stop laughing too. Charles looked like he was cleaning out his garage and kept getting distracted by all the stuff he found.

[@petpilgrimgoose]

@warmfuzzyfeeling, LOL!!!!

[@juttaweise]

what a fitting comment! 🙂

[@kforest2745]

LMAO

[@sbhill7213]

This just made me spit out my coffee 🤣 its exactly what he looked like. Cranky man forced to clean out his garage before he can have his lunch and then thinking hmm... I remember this sword thingy, and we should save this fancy stack of hats.

[@zan1158]

As the world falls into idiocy & tyranny, we more than ever need comedians like John around to deflate the hypocrisy.

[@ihatespam2]

Falls into? Ever read history?

[@zan1158]

Don't know what your point is.. @@ihatespam2

[@ArgentAbendAzure]

You know you're a Monty Python fan when you saw the golden orb during the coronation and immediately thought of "The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch".

[@cghad23]

If anyone used the holy hand grenade in the old worms game you also know what that means.

[@nhmooytis7058]

OMG I did!

[@devilsadvocacy]

I was thinking, “He must be a King. He hasn’t got $&:! all over him”

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

😂😂😂😂 same!! I turned to my wife and exclaimed, "Look! The Holy Hand Grenade!!!" We both burst out laughing!!

[@Johnny_Seven]

I am glad I am not the only one who spotted that lol.

[@danielcobbins8861]

The Python show ended in 1974, and that was the same year it came to America. Critics and producers didn't think that type of comedy would be popular, there. To their surprise, the show took off in America, like a rocket.

[@RickyJr46]

We never missed an episode! The lot of us stopped bickering whenever Monty Python came on!

[@keithterry2169]

Elvis was a keen fan of Python I'm told.

[@thornbird6768]

My parents both liked Python . I've seen re-runs but apart from the Life of Brian it wasn't my thing .

[@vickikay54]

"I want to be called Loretta" How prophetic was this!!!!!

[@ihatespam2]

Sex changes had already occurred.

[@christinawatkinsyoutube]

there's something brilliant about watching John Cleese laugh

[@m3photo726]

10:09 “People at the top have almost no idea of what they’re doing … “ A perfect description of the current world situation.

[@BoBo0807]

Now, yes; but always has been.

[@Lumibear.]

Well, the inherently privileged 1% often have no life experience beyond always being in charge and always being right, so the only thing they’re really very good at is self confidence and telling everyone else why they’re not. At the moment the most visible example of that in action, in this country anyway, seems to be the Post Office.

[@abbycross90210]

The theme of humanity.

[@gorillazfan242]

Would pay good money to have a coronation commentary hosted by cleese

[@MaryWehmeier]

Oh hell yeah!

[@hh71vmcaad_5g9]

Love John Cleese. He is no push over like the majority of people are today. A true representative of the human race, with integrity....and wits.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

One-legged people are easy pushovers.

[@CellBlockCats]

He's not the only one who immediately recognized the similarity of the coronation to Monty Python!

[@ArmyJames]

Yes he is.

[@bartstarr100]

@@ArmyJames 💩

[@johnrogers7846]

Our world reached a point where it could no longer laugh at a comedy show. So it became one.

[@louisegogel7973]

❤😂❤😅❤😊

[@angelabluebird609]

Not funny at all. A needless tragedy.

[@JustMe-vk4fn]

Well said. Sad... :) But well said.

[@faithrada]

We certainly have become a modern Tragedy. 😢

[@MichaelMattison]

It's getting very hard to be ridiculous anymore

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

He's not the King, he's just a very naughty WEF stooge.

[@splinterbyrd]

WEF?

[@billdoor3140]

@@splinterbyrd we eat ferrets?

[@siamsadie]

@@splinterbyrd World Economic Forum

[@scottb32a]

@@splinterbyrd the new bogeyman for people who cant blame the EU for everything.Makes people think that their clever

[@silverlake973]

@@splinterbyrd Wide Eared Fellows

[@dipsydoodle]

Fawlty Towers was the best even 48 years later🤣

[@MM-yi9zn]

Cleese is right. Coronation was actually very funny & so so out of date.Maybe people need all this theatrics.

[@nomoremaybes]

Refusing to compromise on his creative vision is why Mr. Cleese will be remembered for all time as an absolute, undeniable legend of comedy.

[@bryanjones5151]

More like " Leg-End" Top end of the leg.

[@southerncomfort7490]

@@bryanjones5151 Oh you mean the Ma-thigh-a. No no. He's not the Ma-thigh-a, (He's a very naughty boy).

[@southerncomfort7490]

@@bryanjones5151 PS. GOD SAVE THE KING!!

[@cgo225]

Cleese will be forgotten within 3 months of his passing - who speaks of The Goons or Eric Sykes these days, greater "geniuses" than Cleese in their day for sure. P. S. I wish Cleese a long and happy life btw

[@jimmycampbell78]

@CG022, rubbish.

[@deadmeat8754]

Always good to hear John Cleese reminisce. We're so lucky we still have him. Thanks, GBNews for the wonderful interview!

[@carlosm.devasconcelllos3939]

It is thanks to that comic eye that John Cleese, as well as everyone else in the group, have towards things that are in reality silly and ridiculous, and the ability to expose this ridiculousness in the most comic way, that they were always geniuses.

[@StratsRUs]

Duh

[@TonysCoolTools]

John was definitely in a league of his own. Thanks for watching and commenting 👍TCT

[@Cspspack]

Yeah but that “yes” only got them so far until the BBC put them in the “bin” never to be heard from again, until Ron Devillier at PBS stumbled upon them and brought them to the US and that’s when they really became famous/known. Ron owned the distribution rights until his recent retirement. He’s a super funny man with a good eye for comedy. I’ve known him all my life.

[@annfarmer9704]

Mr. Cleese, I wanted to thank you ....for every laugh, getting to stay up late as a kid, for being so fun! your portrayal of robin hood in the movie time bandits has always been my favorite! much love & respect ♥️🙏♥️

[@stevekern7235]

The Pythons helped me stay sane during some the darkest times of my life. Thank You to Mr. Cleese and his fellows for that. I will always be grateful.

[@ArmyJames]

No you won’t.

[@bartstarr100]

@@ArmyJamesdirtbag loser.

[@alastairgordon-forbes3139]

I’ve always loved John Cleese and his window on the world but his comment on the Archbishop of Canterbury being one of the best human beings he had ever met had me choking on my cornflakes. I think he is absolute woke Wally. Plank of the week candidate.

[@badmattam]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@phaasch]

I did wonder "Is he being sarcastic here?"

[@seasmacfarlane6418]

I agree. The man should not be in the job....... and I say job because he certainly doesn't come across as having a vocation.

[@joesouthborn2960]

@@seasmacfarlane6418 perhaps he appreciates his atheistic tendencies.

[@dorkbrandon4422]

Yeah as soon as John said that I thought ' he's old and losing it like Terry Jones did'

[@olivergrumitt2601]

John Cleese will always be remembered as one of the all time comic greats - he has done so many other wonderful things but for me Fawlty Towers will always crown his career - the greatest and funniest comedy ever made and it still makes me hysterical with laughter even after seeing it many hundreds of times.

[@charlesharper2357]

Personally I prefer the Holy Grail and Life of Brian...he has so much great work.

[@markcampbell1466]

I love the scene where Basil gets out of his car when it won't start and begins thrashing it with a tree branch! Also the episode where Germans are staying at the hotel is a classic. "Whatever you do don't mention the war to our guests," Basil tells his staff. Then the first time he is taking their order "shame about the war, wasn't it?" So funny!

[@Izabela-ek5nh]

​​​@@markcampbell1466 my son is always laughing like crazy on that car and branch part. Personally I love this part when Basil is introduced to the important guest's short wife and he says "oh don't get up" this is so embarassing 🙃

[@waltp3373]

John Cleese is always a joy to watch, whether he's acting or doing a talk show such as this. He is so accurate when he says that people at the top don't know what they're doing. That holds true in American TV as well. I've seen it many times.

[@rkjelsrud]

“as well”? I would say “especially”

[@thecrazyswede2495]

The English/British at their best have a certain style. I get the impression that americans, especially american TV, don't understand that style, and aren't able to remake it or make something on the same level. Whether it's The Monty Python Show, Fawlty Towers, Doctor Who, The Avengers or Blakes 7, that's why a remake is going to have me down on my knees in no time flat, screaming "Oh no, no, no! Not that!!!" Lord have mercy on us all.

[@noelward8047]

Cleese is a national treasure. Humour as it was once allowed.

[@tankthelord1178]

Yup!

[@onthebits]

Frequent visitor to Epstein island another pedo

[@23715]

What's not allowed?

[@not-soprivateplaylist1771]

​​​​@@23715 being clever without a permit and anything that isn't anti-nationalism.

[@Pedro1809]

You say “Humour as it was once allowed” after watching a clip from a channel that is on Sky…

[@00bikeboy]

Just watched him and Micheal Palin in the accountant/lion tamer sketch. These guys have made me laugh so much throughout my entire life. Bless them all.

[@ljo642]

It's called ''ACTING'', dear boy.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Great sketch. I love that one.

[@portcullis5622]

@@ljo642 Yes, but the significant point is that they also wrote the sketch.

[@steffenritter7497]

I'm an American, and when the Archbishop crowned King Charles, I asked my wife, "Is this a Monty Python sketch?" I hope the reign of Charles III turns out better than the previous two King Charles.

[@John.0z]

I suspect most British citizens are quietly thinking the same thing!

[@davehoward22]

Charles the second lived like huw hefner

[@davehoward22]

Charles the second lived like huw hefner

[@imisseveryone2716]

Cleese is just brilliantly funny and so truthful.

[@ArmyJames]

No he isn’t.

[@davehoward22]

Don't watch then

[@ShemskiFrac]

'archbishop of Canterbury - wonderful man' - spare me John

[@70AD-user45]

What's wrong with the Archbishop of Canterbury.

[@jomama5186]

So glad John Cleese is still with us ! Monty Python was hysterically funny and a great era and show. That and Faulty Towers were my absolute favorites ! Love Jhn Cleese and the entire Monty Python cast !!! 🧡 🙏

[@manoftheworld1000]

I just say "Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern ..."🤣🤣🤣

[@Rogerrabbit1966]

Exactly and now we have to put up with comedy crap from the likes of Lee Mack and Jimmy Carr

[@lorrainepaul5928]

There were some thing I just never understood. Although Fawllty Towers is the funniest thing to ever had appeared on TV anywhere!!!

[@yosserc]

Well ... I very much doubt if 'the entire Monty Python cas' love John Cleese. He's turned into a creepy right-wing whiner ...the Tory Party on stilts, which is not where the rest of the crew, who are still with us, belong.

[@Rogerrabbit1966]

Comedy classics. Do you remember the Sony adverts he made. As a student I worked for Sainsbury and he made the training videos and was also the hilarious voice on the GPS

[@muffassa6739]

My mom and I watched this show MONTY PYTHON AND THE FLYING 🎪 we laughed till we cried. I loved all of these movies. He is a national treasure.

[@ArmyJames]

No he isn’t.

[@andypandy6063]

Reality is sometimes funnier than even a Python sketch. :D

[@ivanolsen8596]

Yep, just check the buffoons on the world stage at any given time.

[@ArmyJames]

No it isn’t.

[@bartstarr100]

@@ArmyJamesball licker

[@lynnej.9357]

I know a man who was born without arms and legs. He dressed up as the knight in that scene for Halloween a few years ago.. Hysterical!

[@coryfrey6199]

lmao!! that's great.....laughter is contagious right!?

[@lisatoronto7265]

"it's just a flesh wound!"

[@pommiebears]

I have epilepsy. My sister read a news report in a paper about a woman who chomped her husband’s doodle because she had a seizure whilst her mouth was….occupied. The husband used a frying pan to hit his wife in a desperate attempt to get her gnashers from around his twig. My sister sent my husband a frying pan in case it happened to him. Lol. You have to laugh at the things that you can’t change. Laughter is what keeps one from being a victim to their disabilities. Of course, people want to be laughed with, not at. But, I’ve heard epilepsy jokes that crack me up. 😂❤

[@Rayk76]

That is abseloutely fantastic and hysterical, that's what I call a great sense of humour

[@Commentator-tb8ku]

@@pommiebears Such a funny story. That has made my day.

[@eagleeye2300]

Absolutely adore John Cleese. And all the "Pythons." Comedic TREASURES!

[@BrendonHart1]

True!! I even just watched Life of Brian and Meaning of life 2 days ago!! Good timing i recon!!

[@eagleeye2300]

@@BrendonHart1 Nothing like 'em... The killer rabbit and the Sorcerer named "Bruce..." (Was it Bruce?) Have to re-watch!

[@AFGuidesHD]

"So I won't bother with one" lol that's funny, as normally whenever presenters say that they then do give an introduction.

[@alfiestephenson4434]

Youre a Tory?

[@DonnaHolt-ge6om]

Laughter is great medicine! Love Monty-python sketches.

[@swallman]

"just a flesh wound" that was always our favorite Monty Python skit with my friends (in America). My current favorite is Life of Brian Loretta because it perfectly reflects the insanity of clown world today.

[@30noir]

Where's the foetus gonna gestate? You gonna keep it in a box?

[@charg1nmalaz0r51]

@@30noir ahead of their time lol.."you don't even have a womb!"

[@donakidder3424]

"Just a flesh wound" rang throughout the halls every class change in highschool. What fun those days were. I wish kids had the same today.

[@liamoconlocha3264]

Why did you laugh? Come on dude! Cleese is correct it's the mega rich (55 billion) Muppet Show

[@ianbaskerville9989]

You do understand the joke here isn't about transgenderism don't you Stevey?

[@timjohnson1199]

I grew up with Monty Python. When I moved out we would all gather around the TV and enjoy and do the skits. They are responsible for me not taking some things seriously.

[@gillianredfearn8367]

Me too. His definition of a dinasaor, thin at one end, fat in the middle and thin again at the other. Dead Parrot. Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour? And my favourite - I wasn't execting the Spanish Inquisition.

[@Threemore650]

The fish dance at Teddington Lock was my favourite. I love ‘what have Romans ever done for us’. The giggly centurion in the Biggus Dickus skit (Lance Percival) was my dad’s friend.

[@andyrobson7686]

If no one else has done it, I hereby declare John Cleese a global treasure. Thank you for making us laugh for many years. Keep it up. Don't you dare go and die, I shall be very cross if you do.

[@ArmyJames]

No you won’t.

[@bartstarr100]

@@ArmyJames😂 poor idiot. Doesn’t have a sense of humor. Mom and dad left you at the bus station?

[@aknudsen93]

I grew up watching Monty Python. I remember laughing so hard I was crying. I love that they didn't care if they offended anyone. I see so much violence in movies today, at least in the U.S., but as long as it doesn't offend anyone it's in the theatres. I wish we could bring back the silliness and humor of Monty Python. Favorite movie is, "The Meaning of Life," and I can't pick a favorite sketch, there are just too many. Thank you for making an eight year laugh.

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Yeah where is the crazy humour these days?

[@geraldbutler5484]

Favourite sketch is the fish dance. It is completely and utterly stupid but it gets me every time.

[@cherokee60]

My gawd, the bit with Mr. Creosote in the restaurant was priceless. "It's only just a tiny wafer".

[@artturner2054]

There are too many sketches to pick one favorite, but I would include the dead parrot and cannibal undertakers

[@dyingforpie6879]

Just reading the comments is making me laugh! God i miss good comedy. When are you going to teach us about pointed sticks?

[@johndrake2147]

When Charles was handed the sovereign orb, I couldn't help but think "taketh thou the Holy hand grenade of antioch"

[@JB-bh9xe]

Aren’t you a delight.

[@shazshanaa6425]

LMAO 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richardhemingway6084]

...and the number shall be three.. no less, no more....😅

[@soeffingwhat]

@@richardhemingway6084 Thou shall not counteth to number four one, nor to number two, unless that though then proceed to three. Five is right out :D

[@soeffingwhat]

@@JB-bh9xe Its called having a sense of humour. Nothing wrong with that.

[@suzz1776]

As an American, i love British humor. And this man is a true legend

[@ajs41]

I support the monarchy, but I also enjoyed hearing John Cleese's views on the coronation.

[@YYZ1166]

Same here! And it's a damn shame how many Americans just don't get British humor.

[@barbarachieppo9603]

Same for me👍 I grew up watching shows like, 'Are You Being Served,' etc.❤ (I am from Indiana.)

[@roxmattern60]

I love watching British TV

[@Dorisasaurus1133]

Another British Comedy Show that I love so much and wish I could see reruns here in the states but, Absolutely Fabulous aka Ab Fab 😂😂😂 I always thought it was a riot Jennifer Saunders is so funny to me. Oh and, I have to mention another one that I would watch with my Dad when I was a kid was Blackadder with Rowan Atkinson aka Mr. Bean 😅😂 I just ❤ British Comedy.

[@SteveShaha]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of my all-time favorite movies (not just comedies), and the "Look you stupid bastard you've got no arms left!" is my favorite line from that movie.

[@fredflintstone8048]

One of my favorite parts in the movie, 'The Holy Grail' was the attack rabbit scene and John Cleese's lines about how viscous and evil the rabbit is, and how the other men didn't believe him until they went in there and the rabbit started tearing off their heads.

[@BoBo0807]

"One rabbit stew, comin' right up!" Famous last words - literally!

[@Ijusthopeitsquick]

Bring forth the holy hand grenade of Antioch!

[@gillianbuchanan9620]

@@Ijusthopeitsquick That's one of my favourite bits!

[@majorlaff8682]

'viscous'? so the rabbit had a thick, sticky consistency.

[@TonysCoolTools]

Thanks for watching and commenting 👍TCT

[@JimNobles-gv4ky]

He is spot on. The Coronation had more costume buffoonery that a wardrobe expert could imagine

[@toddtrojek6521]

and Prince Charles was the head buffoon!

[@marquamfurniture]

The pomposity was absolutely comical! King Charles, (not the dog, but the other one) was more in drag than RuPaul.

[@Anton-tf9iw]

To which most English have a huge blind spot, cultivated by that same Estiblishment.

[@mlee6050]

I knew concert was but never watched coronation, would of Harry or William was as should of been their day as they are liked way more

[@Facts_Are_Facts_Are_Facts]

Except when you look at your clothes only 30 years ago you'd be embarrassed too, no doubt dodgy hair styles too, but those things the King wears have been worn for 100s of years. So it is normal in the greater scheme of things.

[@1967davethewave]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was a movie all my friends and I watched over and over and over and over. I remember once we were riding dirt bikes. My best friend hit a rock hidden in the grass and tumbled head over heels two or three times. I raced to where he was laying, fearing the worst. I threw my motorcycle on the ground and ran to his side. He sat up and was holding his obviously broken arm, staring at it, with tears starting to run down his cheeks. I said, "Oh look, it's only flesh wound". He looked up at me with grass in his hair and dirt on his face and busted out laughing.

[@ellenbruckermarshall4179]

Good story! Thanks.

[@brettwilson2480]

He always tried to tell us he was Englsh and proud of Englsh traditions.

[@ivanabonacicdoric8537]

The life of Brian is No. 1 for me

[@Mrs.T.Rusch25]

You're a good friend 😂👍

[@davidmunro2077]

​@@ivanabonacicdoric8537 I prefer the holy grail

[@bjw4859]

I will never get tired of watching John Cleese interviews, it lifts my day, also I'm a Brian, and so is my wife, we even spliced bits from Monty Python movies into our wedding vows, the looks on some of the guests faces was priceless.

[@haneaung3498]

Dennis the Peasant: “You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!” Penny Mordaunt: “Hold my beer”.

[@anthonyferris8912]

He’s absolutly right about the people at the top not having a clue. I took an idea for a kids TV comedy series about pirates to an American TV executive once and it was turned down because the latest profile surveys said kids weren’t into pirates…A month later, Pirates of the Caribbean was released. 🤣

[@julianshepherd2038]

He was just being polite. Your script is crap.

[@MillillioN]

​@@julianshepherd2038 No, the script was decent but the Lost Boys said that they didn't like pirates.

[@markfarnon6742]

​@@julianshepherd2038yeah ha, bit like your comment.

[@anthonyferris8912]

It was dreadful! 😅

[@anthonyferris8912]

Thanks for the recommendation. How did they help you?

[@jeanniecampbell1374]

It is so good to see John relaxed and still bright as a button .

[@TheFunkPoppy]

No it isn't

[@phildavenport4150]

@@TheFunkPoppy Yes it is.

[@TheFunkPoppy]

@@phildavenport4150 look, for all you know, he could be relaxing in his spare time...

[@davidroddick91]

They probably felt they had to write Basil out because no one but Cleese could play him.

[@yoyomi]

I still like watching Faulty Towers and can't imagine anyone in America trying to "write Basil out", he was the star for gosh sakes!! What a legacy John Cleese has left for us all. 60 yrs in comedy and what a history...also like his acting skills in several movies in which he's appeared. A Texas fan. 🇨🇱🇺🇲

[@RWBHere]

To me, one of the best things is that the episode which features the 'Don't mention the war.' scene with the German guests is the most popular episode in Germany. That fact alone speaks volumes about the quality of the humour.

[@alanstrom2221]

It's FAWLTY with a W, not a U. Your observation skills are faulty. Well his name was Basil Fawlty and it was named after him. So..........

[@louisaellingham602]

How I have loved you, John Cleese, over the years! How much pleasure you gave me (and my late husband) through Fawlty Towers--still do!

[@kennethlloyd4878]

Que?

[@sandradelvecchio6894]

@@kennethlloyd4878 si’? What? What’s this silly man saying?

[@RichardTaylor1630]

@@kennethlloyd4878 Manuel was essential to the show!

[@phildavenport4150]

@@RichardTaylor1630 Of course! He's from Barcelona.

[@rylieriley]

John Cleese is wonderful. When you don't think there are any laughs in you, Mr. Cleese will find them and bring them out of you. He's like a doctor for the soul.

[@louisaellingham602]

"Doctor for the Soul"--YES!!!!💖

[@BadDriversOz]

Are soul?

[@lorrainepaul5928]

I just never understood much of what went on.

[@a35362]

To this day, "It's just a flesh wound" is like code for a person in deep, deep denial about how much trouble they're in.

[@KGraceSpeaksKea1335]

Or an amputee survivor with a great spirit. Perspective my boy.... perception ❤️

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

I'll never forget my first experience watching a Python sketch- "Wuthering Heights in semaphore." I thought the sketch was brilliant, and have been a fan for 50 years!

[@ArmyJames]

No you haven’t.

[@bartstarr100]

@@ArmyJamesshit for brains

[@jussayin2325]

After having just spent a surreal week jumping through an insane editor's flaming hoops, Cleese saying "We've written Basil out." had me in hysterics.

[@margeryfranko1850]

Same here 😂😂😂😂😂

[@louisegogel7973]

Exactly! 😅😅😅😅😅

[@John_Lyle]

Taking Basil out of Fawlty Towers is like taking the alcohol out of a pint of beer.

[@carolpeiffer875]

Who makes these ridiculous decisions? That made me think of the Huckleberry Finn play that used to be produced in Hannibal, MO during the summer tourist season. The character Jim was left out. Duh???????

[@bbgun061]

Americans with good taste would watch the British version anyway. Good humor is universal.

[@monolabmusicstudio2373]

Living in the US, and watching Monty Python in 1969 at the age of 12, I was immediately enthralled and permanently deranged. The Python players were absolutely brilliant, and they still are.

[@louisegogel7973]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@anonUK]

Monty Python wasn't shown in the US before 1973 or so.

[@Dragantraces]

September 1974

[@kaymuldoon3575]

Exactly. It was first aired in the US on the Dallas PBS channel, KERA channel 13.

[@billgee02]

I love the "Dead Parrot" skit - The first time i saw it i couldn't stop laughing - it was so outrageous and funny and performed so well ..

[@johngore7744]

Beauuuutiful plumage.

[@markdowse3572]

OMG! Thank goodness for the creation and existence for MONTY PYTHON! 🤗👍 We'd all be quite a lot sillier if we couldn't have had all these years of laughter and pure enjoyment! 😊 Thank you to the Python crew. 🙏 M 🦘🏏😎

[@JB-bh9xe]

Observing traditions is our only constant in an ever changing world.

[@IBTU]

😂😂😂

[@JB-bh9xe]

@@IBTU you may well laugh, but you can’t deny fact.

[@IBTU]

@@JB-bh9xeyes I can, the only constant is change. There you go that was easy 😊

[@jesperthorsson3586]

@@IBTU change only happens if it is forced..and there are plenty of lefties who want to eradicate the Monarchy as it represents a big part of our culture, history and heritage.

[@AgentRafa]

@@IBTU Excellent come back. Slam dunk👍

[@pommiebears]

We’re losing our legends, and I’m so glad to see Mr Cleese looking so good. I remember watching Life Of Brian when I was a kid, and you ain’t British unless you have whistled “always look on the bright side of life” 😂! Wonderful!

[@tonirose6776]

Our choir just sang that in the spring concert. People loved it.

[@MahaMtman]

What a genius glad he is still around...his Peer in English comedy happened to be the Great Douglas Adams who wrote Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[@ArmyJames]

No he wasn’t.

[@bartstarr100]

@@ArmyJames😂it’s blowhard Barney with his useless pointless comments

[@NicholasBrakespear]

The ending to Holy Grail always felt particularly nostalgic for me - I used to do medieval re-enactment. And one time, during the re-enactment of the Battle of Tewkesbury... someone got an arrow in the eye. Next thing you know, gliding through the cannon smoke and past the men in armour, across the battlefield, a modern ambulance appears, loads up the wounded individual, drives off. Battle resumes. Years later I saw Holy Grail, and my thought was not "that's very silly and out of place" - my thought was "That's weirdly authentic."

[@John.0z]

Reality is more like absurdist comedy than most people ever dare to admit.

[@MySkullzDented]

😂😂 John Cleese is such a legend, he's the ultimate culmination of common sense, genious and pure "funnyness", a real delight

[@Rogerrabbit1966]

True true true. So why did that talentless idiot Lee Mack get his appalling sitcom Not Going Out commissioned by the BBC?😮

[@ArmyJames]

No he isn’t.

[@thecrazyswede2495]

@@ArmyJames Well yes he is. Or at least he was. Then he got therapy, and after that he is not really the same man. The choice is his of course.

[@bartstarr100]

@@ArmyJames😂poor little baby. Go watch your teletubies

[@blueztx]

John Cleese is such a hoot, and I loved hearing his reaction to the coronation.

[@Albanwinter]

No kidding, I was watching the Coronation while I was overtired. I kind of zoned out and when the Archbishop was doing one part of the ceremony for half a second I thought he'd actually thrown in part of the "Holy Hand Grenade" speech.

[@rloomis3]

That man has probably made me laugh more than any other person in the world.

[@ArmyJames]

No he hasn’t.

[@rloomis3]

@@ArmyJames This isn't an argument, this is simple contradiction!

[@martinworld7214]

@@rloomis3 sorry , your 6 months is up

[@rloomis3]

@@martinworld7214 That was never six months just now! Oh, come on!

[@martinworld7214]

@@rloomis3 I’m not arguing with you any more unless you pay me

[@davidpearson6785]

Have had many of years of laughter from John so good to see him laughing himself

[@ObsCure009]

My husband is American and knows nothing of the Monarchy. He looked over and said why does he look like a Pimp? lol so true, I was embarrassed.

[@oakfat5178]

That is such a Monty Python comment "Why does he look like a pimp?

[@coreymulvey6141]

You have no reason to be embarrassed because someone else was flippantly dismissive of another culture's traditions.

[@oakfat5178]

@@coreymulvey6141 If it were me, it would be embarrassment because it looked like a bit of a joke to outsiders. Even though I'm Australian and technically a subject of king Charles, I didn't vote for him, and I didn't watch the Sorting Hat Day celebratiomns

[@coreymulvey6141]

@@oakfat5178 that is the dismissive attitude I’m talking about. Things looking like a joke to outsiders is textbook ethnocentrism. There are plenty of traditional celebrations around the world that look absurd to outsiders, that is no reason to belittle them. What you’re doing is no different than early explorers laughing at the religious celebrations of the indigenous people they met: “look how silly these people are.”

[@oakfat5178]

@@coreymulvey6141 Yes the circumstances of Australia's indigenous people and UK's royal family have a good deal in common (ok the mean one is each of them owned Australia for part of the last 60,000 years. Don't get me wrong - I'm 1/4 German myself, so I feel a bond of brotherhood with my King. I don't just mock UK royals, although they put more effort into earning it than I thought humanly possible. I gleefully mock NSW politicians, run by people on both sides of politics, who are what you'd imagine if AI had been upgrading convict criminality for 200 years. US Democrats - Like Tammany Hall's became a registered church under US tax law. Would I mock a ceremony that wasn't shoved down my eyeballs and earholes 24/6 like I gave a toss? Not if I had to go to the trouble of seeking it out. Would I mock a ceremony that wasn't Full of arrogant, overblown, Anglican self-importance? It depends if there were anything else equally asinine to mock about it. Once my ostentatious consumption sister wined that the jacuzzi in the exec suite of their hotel had been ripping off threads of gold from her gold lame bikini. Writing the script and starring in her own comedy sketch, I went to town on that one. She's an Anglican too so maybe there's something in the Holy water that inclines one toward comedic couture.

[@Byron101_]

Long live king John C. - the real king. Of black humor and political INcorrectness!

[@666Susie]

"Meaning of Life" and "Life of Brian" are two of my all-time favorites! Everything just falls together into two of the best satirical films ever. Whenever I hear what's going on in the SCOTUS re: Reproductive Rights, I can't help but think of the musical number "Every Sperm is Sacred". Too bad too many in the nation "don't get it".

[@juttaweise]

oh Susie, that is sooo fittingly funny. I've often wondered what catholic priests think in the morning when waking up after a wet dream?

[@mariaroquavega5664]

I ❤ John Cleese... He's a free speech hero!

[@EnlightnMe48]

❤agreed 💯

[@cgo225]

Yes, people like Cleese love free speech whenever it's in their favour, and will freely deny it to those who disagree or - heaven forbid - have the temerity to challenge them!

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

@@cgo225 Give us some EXAMPLES of Cleese denying freedom of speech to others, please ?

[@infinitel00p94]

agreed! is that you in the profile pic?

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

@@infinitel00p94 No, it's my great ancestor of the same name, in Venezuela about a hundred years ago !

[@jonesgang]

John Cleese's laugh truly is contagious! He it among the top of my list of all time greatest comedians, actors and story tellers.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

The man interviewing him has the most hilarious double-speed voice when questioning John, listen at 7:03 - I honestly thought he was joking with it.

[@baronsaturday9560]

Yeah absolutely. I love the guy, he's got a hilarious sense of humor! Monthy Python, Fawlty Towers, and their films were very popular here in Holland in the '70/80s and after, everybody loved them..! (the ones who could handle it, cause Holland still had a lot of strict Christians) And thank God we had VPRO tv on sunday, they were very controversial and left wing. Here on YT you can still watch some great music, human interest docs, or humor from VPRO. Like 'Stranger In A Strange Land' with Nick Cave and bandmembers in Berlin in '87 where they lived at the time. Or VPRO's 'Onrust' which was about fresh music scenes from that period, enz. ☮💥

[@markrichards6863]

"Queen Camilla", that alone is hilarious. All of the PR they've done and she's still the punchline to a bad joke.

[@classicsounds70s]

All of life is a Python sketch.

[@petew8388]

Are you being serious about Welby John ?.... surely not..... have I missed something ?

[@stevesullivan4704]

I agree.

[@ClimateRealism]

That is the one comment John made that stuck in my throat.

[@Maxi_1801]

Welby is the head of the wokes. He hates christianity, yet holds the position of Archbishop of Canterbury.

[@pippasessment1]

That might have been a sarcastic dig....

[@elkpaz560]

The difference between a comedy god (Cleese) and an infallible being is huge.

[@JustCaroline943]

Glad at last he's been given a free voice.....We need more of it!......💥👍

[@danielbrown1724]

Monty Python was clearly meant to be. The way they got their opportunity is remarkable and one in a million. Try doing that today. So glad John and Co. are still alive and sharp. I always wanted to see John Cleese and Stephen Fry do a sketch comedy.

[@MrGWN7]

Mr. Cleese came to my city (Winnipeg) last winter and it was like spending two hours with a old friend. :)

[@sparkz56]

Absolute legend! I grew up on Monty Python, the spin-offs and movies. I agree with John, The Life of Brian is my favourite too. It's amusing that the church was very upset even though it wasn't actually about Jesus! I watch it at least once a year to keep me sane. Looking forward to John's GBNews show.

[@ivanolsen8596]

The Life of Brian make far more sense than the biblical version.

[@libertas5005]

Fawlty Towers remains my favorite show of all time, together with Only Fools and Horses. And I'm not even British.

[@teresabyrne855]

Me too I love this Two series

[@maxinejones1519]

Holy Grail…my favorite Monty Python movie…they had me when the coconut shells came galloping over the hill. I never stopped laughing. 😂

[@Brandy623]

What a lovely man with so much talent, the world is so lucky to have someone like him! Monty Python and The Quest for the Holy Grail is my favorite movie!

[@CornbreadOracle]

This is exactly how I would expect John Cleese to react to the coronation. And he’s right. As wonderful as the tradition is, it *IS* kind of silly. Never change, Mr. Cleese. And thanks for the laughs!

[@SagaciousFrank]

Just Welby is one of the best people he's met? Dear Lord, I do hope that was sarcasm.

[@romystumpy1197]

Oh yes it was😂

[@SagaciousFrank]

@@romystumpy1197 , okay, he sounded so earnest, I almost lost all respect for John Cleese.

[@Comicsluvr]

Some of the most brilliant comedic minds of any age and they had ZERO prep!

[@byronwatkins2565]

I absolutely adore "Life of Brian." IMO this and "A Fish Called Wanda" are the best two works this group ever did.

[@leetaylor7006]

Seeing John Cleese laugh out is a treasure in itself.

[@cgo225]

He's merely an overrated outdated comedian, not a constitional expert - and his laughter was the predictable laughter of an ignoramus in historical and constitional affairs.

[@cgo225]

@@philipmartin2919 no one cares about my opinion? So what?

[@southerncomfort7490]

@@cgo225 Has the medication trolley not reached you yet? That's the problem with being in a hospital on a Bank Holiday. Complain to matron.

[@organisationxiv2927]

​@@cgo225 I'm usually pro-monarchy but not this time. Charles's title will forever be known as 'The Woke King'. What we have in the monarchy now is a mess. It's my resolute, uncompromising position that everything woke has to be expunged. And I'm afraid I'd even do away with the whole system if it meant we'd radically grab control of the culture and make it traditionalist and right-wing. Either Charles goes or the monarchy goes.

[@cgo225]

@@organisationxiv2927 I'm anti-woke, but I personally wouldn't remove Charles, I'd be more inclined to refer him to 'anti-woke (aka common sense) awareness sessions'.........however, if Charles continues with a woke monarchy then he could well be our last monarch - in the same way that woke is doing wonders for Bud-lite and Disney, Netflix etc

[@midnightkitty8172]

I nearly died laughing when I watched Monty Python's Flying Circus. My favourite parts were 'No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!' and of course the Argument Clinic sketch.

[@cincin4515]

Nah. The fish slapping dance.

[@carriered4715]

The "Spanish Inquisition" Is My favourite too ! I'll never forget my big brother doing impressions of it Constantly, and I'd be creased up laughing Every Time ! ❤

[@jimmylieb5225]

spam. spam. spam, or the pantomime horse skits. the twit obstacle course was just absolutely hilarious.

[@CSUnger]

Do we realize how difficult it is to be consistently funny?

[@Facts_Are_Facts_Are_Facts]

John Cleese found it very hard.

[@Himaryous]

Ohhhh yeah

[@dianb336]

Cleese is just so much fun. I attended an HR convention eons ago where he was the keynote speaker. He was a riot! Best of all, not only was he funny, but he was interesting, AND, I learned something that I added to my own behavior until I retired - over 25 years later.