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John Cleese Videos!John Cleese Comedy Collection / How To Irritate People, Romance With A Double Bass, Strange Case Of The End Of CivilizationJohn Cleese (DVD - 2007)  Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
From Monty Python through Fawlty Towers, John Cleese’s creativity, innovation and hilarity altered the world of sketch comedy and sitcoms forever. These three comic gems in The John Cleese Collection are essential viewing for connoisseurs of British Comedy. Starring John Cleese with Python members Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, and Fawlty Towers’ own Connie Booth. The set includes: How To Irritate People, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization and Romance with a Double Bass.
How To Irritate People: And now for something completely rare. This 1968 television special is essential for connoisseurs of British humor and, of course, Monty Python completists. A pre-Python John Cleese teams up with Michael Palin and Graham Chapman (with invaluable assistance from co-Fawlty Towers creator Connie Booth and Tim Brooke-Taylor) for sketches that serve as a master class in demonstrating insincerity, inefficiency, and all-around rude behavior "to help people become more neurotic." The tricky bit, Cleese teaches, "is to never push the unsuspecting victim too far. With skill and tact, we can keep tensions bottled up for weeks, months, eventually you may induce a nervous breakdown, or better still, actual damage to the brain cells." Cleese and company portray very irritating parents, moviegoers, waiters, and partygoers. Of special interest to Python fans will be an auto mechanic sketch that anticipates the classic "Dead Parrot" sketch, as well as the job interview sketch that later found its way into the Python repertoire. Strange Case of the End of Civilization: John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his illustrious grandfather however, this Sherlock Holmes only succeeds in bungling every job he organizes. Also stars Arthur Lowe as the "bionic" grandson of Dr. Watson, Stratford Johns as the Commissioner of Police, and Connie Booth as Mrs. Hudson.
Romance with a Double Bass: John Cleese and Connie Booth star in this delightful tale of comic romance based on the short story by Anton Chekhov. On a hot summer's day a musician (Cleese) decides to skinny dip in the royal lake, not knowing that the princess (Booth) has done the same. A passing thief steals both their clothes, and their attempt to return to the castle proves to be a hilarious adventure.
John Cleese - Wine for the Confused Alice Faye Eichelberger, et al. (DVD - 2005) Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
Wine is confusing, overwhelming even. So where do you start if you want to learn more about it? Join John Cleese on an entertaining and personal look at the world of winemaking and discover: how to find wines that taste good to you, how to make sure you get the best value and how to keep and serve wine at home.
Stuff With More Than One Monty Python Member In It!The Human FaceJohn Cleese, Michael Palin, David Attenborough, William Goldman, and Kevyn Major Howard (DVD - 2001) Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
Produced by the BBC as a four-hour series and broadcast in the U.S. on the Learning Channel, The Human Face benefits from host, narrator, and cowriter John Cleese's signature blend of erudition, enthusiasm, and wit. Along the way, Cleese presents information on the evolution of human facial features, the face's role in sexuality (including the biological significance of "bedroom eyes"), communication through facial expressions, and the face's essential role in defining identity. Ideals of physical beauty, the reasons why visual development and artistic expression focus on the face, and the nature of celebrity are examined, as are medical anomalies such as Mobius syndrome, a condition that eliminates the ability to smile.
Yellowbeard Eric Idle, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Cheech Marin, and Tommy Chong (DVD - 2006) Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
For twelve years, Yellowbeard (Graham Chapman) has looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted -- for tax evasion! -- he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him to the Spanish Main, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await. Starring a who's who of comic cutups and cutthroats including Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Cheech and Chong, Marty Feldman, Peter Cook, Madeline Kahn and more!!!
Time Bandits (Special Edition) Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam (writer), John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Mercedes Ruehl, Katherine Helmond, and Madeleine Stowe (DVD - 2004) Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
Time Bandits Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam (writer), John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Mercedes Ruehl, Katherine Helmond, and Madeleine Stowe (DVD - 2004) Please Click the Cart to Purchase or Hover Over to Preview the CD 
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