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    John Cleese on threat alerts in modern Europe

    APRIL 5, 2012 1:24PM

    By Matt Paust


    Topics: australian bonhomie, german arrogance, scottish combativeness, spanish nostaligia, itallian buffoonery, french cowardice, british pomposity, ministry of funny walks, alert threats, john cleese

    • 0 Ratings
    • 321 Views
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    Science as High Comedy

    MARCH 8, 2011 10:01AM

    By George Stanciu


    Topics: comedy, belief/religion, comedy, david brooks, fermilab, john cleese, neuroscience, new yorker, psychology, social animal

    • 2 Ratings
    • 896 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    ONE-LINERS, JOKES, FARCES, & WIT

    DECEMBER 12, 2010 5:33PM

    By prismguard


    Topics: nigel hawthorne, william wycherley, the country wife, ronald harwood, all the world's a stage, dick cheney, ambrose bierce, henny youngman, jiggs & maggie, bringing up father, george mcmanus, five toughest questions women ask men, restoration comedy, joe orton, what the butler saw, john cleese, prunella scales, ballard berkeley, andrew sachs, dinsdale landen, tyler butterworth, timothy west, connie booth, fawlty towers, myrna loy, asta, william powell, the thin man, rosalind russell, marjorie main, paulette godard, joan fontaine, claire booth luce, the women, norma shearer, joan crawford, virginia grey, mary boland, george cukor, cole porter, noel coward, let's do it, lee morse, wilbur clark, alice is at it again, stephen sondheim, if ever i should leave you, camelot, oscar wilde, importance of being earnest 1952, anthony asquith, joan greenwood, dorothy tutin, humor, comedy, steven wright

    • 3 Ratings
    • 282 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Boat (pt. 2)

    MAY 3, 2010 11:58AM

    By marc charbonnet


    Topics: queen mary ii, new york city, interior design, geriatrics, octogenarian, cruise ships, maiden voyage, christie's, princess room, john cleese, sushi, bloomingdales, cunard ocean liner, hermes, versace, park avenue, madison avenue, champagne, britannia, architectural digest, cpr, dawn of the dead, wheelchair, lecture circuit, dwarfs, dramamine, first class

    • 4 Ratings
    • 350 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    The Boat (pt. 1)

    APRIL 26, 2010 12:00PM

    By marc charbonnet


    Topics: first class, dramamine, dwarfs, lecture circuit, wheelchair, dawn of the dead, cpr, architectural digest, britannia, champagne, madison avenue, park avenue, versace, hermes, cunard ocean liner, bloomingdales, sushi, john cleese, princess room, christie's, maiden voyage, cruise ships, octogenarian, geriatrics, interior design, new york city, queen mary ii

    • 1 Ratings
    • 221 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Dear London Taxi Drivers,

    FEBRUARY 25, 2010 7:20PM

    By Paris Transplant


    Topics: john cleese, penis hats, insanity, london, dear..., news, travel, comedy, humor

    • 10 Ratings
    • 700 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    A Monty Python moment

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:59AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: open call, john cleese, there is a punchline to this story, so why should i give anything else away on these tags, royal crown judges, the unwritten constituion of britain, british barristers, monty python

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 6670 Views
    • 19 Comments
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    Shepherd dog pie, anyone?

    OCTOBER 9, 2009 8:50AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: humor, translation, german shepherd, monty python, john cleese, graham chapman, berlin, chinglish, china, funny signs

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1254 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Accountants, Lawyers, Fratboys:THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

    APRIL 11, 2009 9:25PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: alien: resurrection, bill butler, broken arrow, hollywood, jaden smith, jaws, jean-pierre jeunet, jennifer connelly, john cleese, john woo, jorge saralegui, keanu reeves, klaatu, mcdonald's, scott derrickson, scott shooman, sony pictures, sony screen gems, studio, the conversation, the day the earth stood still, the plague

    • 1 Ratings
    • 461 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    More Of This Week’s Political Videos

    OCTOBER 19, 2008 11:08PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: mccain, sarah palin, colin powell, john cleese, choice?, saturday night live, snl, opener, weekend update, robocalls, tina fey, bruce springsteen, billy joel, born to run, concert, nyc, meet the press

    • 0 Ratings
    • 301 Views
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    Alaskan Lie

    OCTOBER 15, 2008 2:19PM

    By JTDTheGarlic


    Topics: news, politics, snark, satire, rich lowery, christopher hitchens, don't wink for me sarah palin, john cleese, matthew dowd, mccain palin lies, mommy moose, palin orwelian denial, sarah palin, troopergate, wasilla whiz kid

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