John Cleese is dead

[prolesunited]

Not really, but we were fooled for a second when we were flipping through the channels last night and saw a black screen that said "In memory of John Cleese."

Turns out it was a show set up to look like a retrospective in which he dies right at the end of the interview. It was hilariously entertaining to look at the best of, which is part of a series.


Anyway, for Monty Python fans, this is must-see TV:

Calling all fans of Spam, dead parrots, upper-class twits and lumberjacks! MONTY PYTHON'S PERSONAL BEST, six one-hour specials airing on PBS February 22-March 8, 2006, 9:00-11:00 p.m. ET., showcases the all-time favorites of the groundbreaking masters of sketch comedy: Monty Python.

Each episode will include members of the original Monty Python troupe performing in favorite clips from their unorthodox television series, "Monty Python's Flying Circus," repurposed with exclusive new material. Each of the five living Pythons - John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin - produced and wrote his own episode, and collaborated to create the sixth special in honor of deceased member Graham Chapman. The episodes will air over a three week period in two-hour blocks on PBS on February 22, March 1 and March 8.
http://www.pbs.org/previews/montypython/

[ZombieNixon]

1. You 'tard! I almost shit my pants!

:spank:

[Montauk6]

2. Don't EVER do that again!!!!

[Catshrink]

3. I saw that too -- I thought it was a spoof

but got up to check the latest news to be sure. That was a shock!

[DS1]

4. Meanie

:flippy:

[speedoo]

5. What an awful subject line.

I was about to respond with something like.. Oh no. He's not allowed to die.

[Squeech]

6. No

He's pinin' for the fjords...

[johnnie]

7. LOL

[KitchenWitch]

8. Shit you had me going there!

:grr:

[redqueen]

9. Oooh you're on my shit list now!

:grr:

Not really... :P but still! :mad:

The special last night was Terry Gilliam's, I guess. :D

[kwassa]

10. That screen fooled me, too, but this show was not the greatest

Most of the routines were not the ones I remember Cleese for, and fell into the mildly amusing category. I did like the live interviews with Cleese, who is one of my heros.

I enjoyed the Graham Chapman show more, and saw only the very end of Eric Idle with the Lumberjack Song.

[bleedingheart]

11. Cleese sitting by the pool in that wheelchair with his latest wife Suki

that was a hoot...

They gave his birthdate as 1908 hahahaha

It was quite funny.....

[asthmaticeog]

12. .

x(

DON'T DO THAT! :cry:

[prolesunited]

13. I just wanted everyone

to experience the same emotion Jason and I did last night.

And, I'm just being helpful. There's a link and there's more episodes March 8. :-)

[asthmaticeog]

14. Episodes that I will be Tivo-ing.

I'm not ungrateful for the heads-up, Proles, just WOW, that really fucked me up! :hi:

[prolesunited]

18. Sorry

I knew it was wrong. I just knew it would get attention worded that way.

They should box the series up and sell it. We would buy it.

[underpants]

15. Not really

LOL

[Bridget Burke]

16. He's not dead, he's restin'

Glad I saw the John Cleese is Not Dead thread first....

[Initech]

17. Oh it's merely a flesh wound!

[nytemare]

19. Eeeeeeeeee shuffled off his mortal coil!

Berift of life, he rests in piece.

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. Damn

you do that again and:spank:

[prolesunited]

21. Well, if it lures you to post

I'll do it more often. ;-)

[bertha katzenengel]

22. You sonofabiscuit!

Don't SCARE me like that!!

:panting: