John Cleese - Revision history

DavidB4-bot: clean up, typos fixed: a episode → an episode

2026-10-15T04:33:00Z

clean up, typos fixed: a episode → an episode

AlbHous at 21:51, October 5, 2026

2026-10-05T21:51:05Z

AlbHous at 21:50, October 5, 2026

2026-10-05T21:50:42Z

Qaz: Fawlty Towers has mainstream success and millions of fans in many countries - not mere cult success

2018-04-25T19:25:16Z

Fawlty Towers has mainstream success and millions of fans in many countries - not mere cult success

Ed Poor: turn quote into template, for transclusion in multiple articles

2012-06-06T12:13:27Z

turn quote into template, for transclusion in multiple articles

Ed Poor: if I can persuade you to laugh

2012-06-06T12:12:50Z

if I can persuade you to laugh

TonyB at 03:07, August 31, 2011

2011-08-31T03:07:37Z

AdenJ at 00:58, April 12, 2008

2008-04-12T00:58:35Z

AdenJ at 00:57, April 12, 2008

2008-04-12T00:57:58Z

Moronicorbit: add category

2007-12-21T19:27:48Z

add category

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 ==Politics==
-Cleese is generally liberal: he is a longtime supporter of the [[Liberal Democrats]] and has described himself as left-leaning.<ref> https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2010/05/sdp-liberal-alliance-broadcast</ref> He supported [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 presidential election,<ref> https://www.eonline.com/news/63785/john_cleese__sarah_palin_funnier_than_michael_palin</ref> but in recent years has been increasingly critical of the leftist agenda.
+Cleese is generally liberal: he is a longtime supporter of the [[Liberal Democrats]] and has described himself as left-leaning.<ref>https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2010/05/sdp-liberal-alliance-broadcast</ref> He supported [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 presidential election,<ref>https://www.eonline.com/news/63785/john_cleese__sarah_palin_funnier_than_michael_palin</ref> but in recent years has been increasingly critical of the leftist agenda.
-Cleese is a strong critic of [[cancel culture]] and objects to [[political correctness]]. He criticised the [[BBC]], known for its longtime [[white supremacist]] leanings, for attempting to cancel a episode of one of his shows.<ref>https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/john-cleese-slams-uktv-decision-to-remove-fawlty-towers-episode-as-stupid-20200612-p5523w.html</ref>
+Cleese is a strong critic of [[cancel culture]] and objects to [[political correctness]]. He criticised the [[BBC]], known for its longtime [[white supremacist]] leanings, for attempting to cancel an episode of one of his shows.<ref>https://www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/john-cleese-slams-uktv-decision-to-remove-fawlty-towers-episode-as-stupid-20200612-p5523w.html</ref>
-Cleese supported leaving the [[bureaucratic]] [[establishment]] [[European Union]].<ref> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brexit-john-cleese-jeremy-clarkson-904348/</ref>
+Cleese supported leaving the [[bureaucratic]] [[establishment]] [[European Union]].<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brexit-john-cleese-jeremy-clarkson-904348/</ref>
-Cleese is a critic of [[Sadiq Khan]].<ref> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48451384</ref>
+Cleese is a critic of [[Sadiq Khan]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48451384</ref>
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 ==References==
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	'''John Cleese''' (born October 27, 1939) is a British comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, [[Somerset]]. He was an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]]. Cleese and his first wife [[Connie Booth]] created the [[sitcom]], [[Fawlty Towers]], in which he played Basil Fawlty, a pedantic and crazed hotel owner. The character was based on a real life person who managed a hotel that the [[Monty Python]] crew stayed at during the making of one of their movies.		'''John Cleese''' (born October 27, 1939) is a British comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, [[Somerset]]. He was an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]]. Cleese and his first wife [[Connie Booth]] created the [[sitcom]], [[Fawlty Towers]], in which he played Basil Fawlty, a pedantic and crazed hotel owner. The character was based on a real life person who managed a hotel that the [[Monty Python]] crew stayed at during the making of one of their movies.
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 '''John Cleese''' (born October 27, 1939) is a British comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, [[Somerset]]. He was an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]]. Cleese and his first wife [[Connie Booth]] created the [[sitcom]], [[Fawlty Towers]], in which he played Basil Fawlty, a pedantic and crazed hotel owner. The character was based on a real life person who managed a hotel that the [[Monty Python]] crew stayed at during the making of one of their movies.
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-'''John Cleese''' is a British comedian and was an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]].
+'''John Cleese''' (born October 27, 1939) is a British comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, [[Somerset]]. He was an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]]. Cleese and his first wife [[Connie Booth]] created the [[sitcom]], [[Fawlty Towers]], in which he played Basil Fawlty, a pedantic and crazed hotel owner. The character was based on a real life person who managed a hotel that the [[Monty Python]] crew stayed at during the making of one of their movies.
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 ==Quotes==
-*If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/bio]
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−	'''John Cleese''' a British comedian and an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]].	+	'''John Cleese''' is a British comedian and was an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]].
	After [[Monty Python]] John Cleese went on to create the cult classic comedy, Fawlty Towers, in which he played Basil Fawlty, a pedantic and crazed hotel owner. The character was based on a real life person who managed a hotel that the [[Monty Python]] crew stayed at during the making of one of their movies.		After [[Monty Python]] John Cleese went on to create the cult classic comedy, Fawlty Towers, in which he played Basil Fawlty, a pedantic and crazed hotel owner. The character was based on a real life person who managed a hotel that the [[Monty Python]] crew stayed at during the making of one of their movies.

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	'''John Cleese''' a British comedian and an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]].		'''John Cleese''' a British comedian and an original member of the comedy team [[Monty Python]].
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