This is a very refreshing interview. The host let Cleese finish his thoughts without interruption, and the audience didn't burst into applause every five seconds, very much unlike American hosts and audiences.

@squarerigtwo2057

8 жыл бұрын

+karlakor Because the Dutch are a very civilised people!

@cornelishenk4569

8 жыл бұрын

+karlakor Because most Dutch aren't arrogant and full of them self. They like British comedy.

@jccusell

8 жыл бұрын

+karlakor The Dutch on the whole are quite boorish, distant, self-rightous and, regarding their fairly widespread despisement and loathing of the USA, blatantly ignorant and largely informed, or should I say misinformed, by superficial, shallow Left-leaning media

@pizzapielemon

8 жыл бұрын

+Chrizzie 78 Are you from the US by any chance? Because if so, I don't think you have any right to talk about being misinformed by any form of media...

@okamphorst1967

8 жыл бұрын

+Chrizzie 78 Hmmm... Doth holier than thou speak of Holland or 90% of America?

very few times you see an interviewer, audience and artist so connected, so comfortable with one another and overall so great

@NilsMcCloud

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's a cozy atmosphere, isn't it?

@TheIncredibleMrBear

6 жыл бұрын

Funny fact, he has won the price of being best interviewer of the Netherlands

John Cleese has a natural charisma that makes every other sentence comedic gold, absolute legend

@garethwilkinson3456

9 ай бұрын

And I really like the fact that you can speak English better than... Many of the British. No, not me, although possibly....

John cleese explaining the term Dutch wife on Dutch audience is the funniest thing ever

@philsarkol6443

Жыл бұрын

And the dutch women in the audience are not uptight, they were laughing out loud!!

@garethwilkinson3456

9 ай бұрын

I don't understand this.

@kadzunk63

9 ай бұрын

I'm Dutch but I'd never heard the term Dutch Wife before until now. But it's funny :)

The man is simply a gift to humanity!

@JeremiasSBenitez

10 ай бұрын

Absolutely

That Interview was the Gold Standard,,,,,even the audience was perfect,,,,,the time flew by,,,,, perfection

One of the very best John Cleese interviews out there - he's on sparkling form here, helped in part by the interviewer and the audience. Jolly good fun!

@themindrobbers

7 жыл бұрын

I'd totally agree (and interesting to note re. the interviewer's general approach). Delightful to see John Cleese laughing so freely, clearly having a great time and the right mix of questions, right down to the daft Fawlty Towers/Monty Python references. I watched it again after reading So Anyway, which I really enjoyed - though it got a bit of a critical pounding in the UK for only being the first half of his career. In spite of that his written 'voice' makes for a consistent and amusing read. He wrote that in Sydney, so here's hoping he took some time out in between the Fawlty Towers Live! show - again premiered in Oz as he expected it'd be critically slaughtered in the UK - to pen the second half. The 'mythbusters' conversation on here looks to be just as insightful and irreverent as this one. Worth checking out....

@themindrobbers

7 жыл бұрын

Likewise. Maybe it is, in part, due to Cleese finally managing to shake off the 'uptight' English traits that have dogged much of his working and personal life. He's fairly open in his book about his tendency towards a controlling nature, the resultant tension(s), his desire that everything be exact right down to the tiniest detail, his urge to work,work, work - traits that evidently have made things difficult within himself and with others. He can recognise it, but he cannot often do anything about it. It's just how he is. At his age now he perhaps just does not care quite so much any more as he did in the past - he's got nothing to prove, even if parts of the media maybe think otherwise - and so he's relaxing into his role with a natural ease. He's very lucky that the exceptionally broad approach of his comedy has allowed him to explore/question many themes, many lines of thought and experience, and it's great to see him simply talking (in a way that, say, a musician interview would only perhaps touch on the subject of his/her new record, how they learnt to play an instrument and what other musicians influenced them) about, well, what informs life in general. I also think that post-war generation have a good handle on the world - maybe it's an internet thing these days that makes everything seem much easier to access, but somehow it's much harder to filter and distil down, and as such our perception of other races and nationalities are a bit blurry (in as much a good as a bad way)? - which goes some way to explaining his perceptive comments as regards London and the Dutch. And if we're looking for a suitably Pythonesque punchline to all this, well, I am in fact Scottish, ha ha....

@PreservationEnthusiast

7 жыл бұрын

Why is John Cleese so up himself?

@gennettor8915

7 ай бұрын

It's some time ago. This type interviewer and audience do not exist anymore.

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty, naughty boy. Now, go 'ome!!!!!

I love the way John Cleese speaks: his sound of voice, his way of telling a story and of course his beautiful british english accent. I could listen to this man for hours. Plus, his laughter is really infectious! :-)

John Cleese could read the phone book and I would pay to hear it. He'd still be freaking hilarious.

What a brilliant and wonderful man

He is so intelligent I could listen to him for weeks...well, with a few breaks...but isn t it astonishing how clearly he observes the world?

"Celery, apples, walnuts, grapes!" "... in a mayonnaise sauce!" 😂 Love it. Brilliant.❤

such an interesting man to listen to i could watch him all day and the late robin williams ..honesty is so nice to hear

I agree with John Cleese about the best movie of all time: "The Sting". This interview is amazing. Not one second is boring!!! The Interviewer host is great. He let it roll ... The audience as fantastic.

I had no idea I would last the whole 1 hr 10 mins, but I did. Cleese is very entertaining.

@pravinda333

8 жыл бұрын

+Selinor578 That's what I was thinking. Damm, he kept me watching for almost 2 fucking hours.

@indiegenre9333

6 жыл бұрын

Selinor578 Same this is my fourth time

@JacksonDreyer

Жыл бұрын

Same!!

Wow, this makes you feel so relaxed, laughing with the audience & feeling their welcoming warmth & diffidence. They laugh at themselves at moments, like a breath of fresh air.

He's like a grandfather for everybody, wisdom , humor, and a warm feeling.

@MYRIAMLATEUR

10 ай бұрын

You must be dreaming… he s an extremely arrogant bastard. Looking down on Dutch and Belgian people. Beside, his humor in A Fish called Wanda is far from refreshing…imo.

@MYRIAMLATEUR

10 ай бұрын

Instead of criticising his wives… he d better examine his own conscience.

@MYRIAMLATEUR

10 ай бұрын

The only reason why he s rather behaving here. Think twice…He wants to promote his book. Period.

Golden! The gift of laughter is so precious ❤️ Now I’m going to watch "Clockwise" Thanks for everything, John ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Imagine John Cleese thinking we had forgot him. No way.

Brilliant interviewer really showing John Cleese's genius!

THIS MAN (AND I HAVE FOLLOWED HIM SINCE 1970) IS A GIFT FROM GOD, OR THE UNIVERSE, TO MANKIND EN TO THIS PLANET. HE IS ABSOLUTELY A LEGEND, A GOD, A GENIUS, NOBODY IS THERE TO COMPARE HIM WITH!!

i love John Cleese, he is such an icon. He's so intelligently hilarious. This interview is so fresh! Its so cool, and chill. And everytime John laughs, it cracks me up! lol. I love his Life Advice to us all. About LUCK and PERSISTENCE. Thank You, John.

Dutch politeness at it's best!! 👏👏 Let someone finish before taking your turn, you won't die until there!

That little red car featured on Fawlty Tower was such an artistically designed vehicle. The British pride and joy.

Who else wishes he would be the reader for audiobooks? Like, ALL the audiobooks?

@snafu313

Жыл бұрын

I actually had an audiobook of him reading "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. Wonderful!

A tiny bit of john cleese,always makes my day!

Seriously his laugh cracks me up every time, even if what he says is serious and to the point, if he laughs im laughing too john cleese you fucking legend

The girl at 1:06:41 absolutely killed it. That moment and what follows is golden.

Got to love John Cleese.

@LiJianofficial

3 ай бұрын

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when people say British humor is so dull, I always say then I guess you never really heard of John Cleese.

absolutely wonderful interview!!

@LiJianofficial

3 ай бұрын

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Very good interview. Well managed by the host. Excellent guest. Very attentive audience. With such chemistry, it can only be a success.

What an interviewer and what an intelligent audience!

John is so insightful. He's bang on the money about creativity imo. I used to *cry* sometimes as a child with boredom! It's *good* to be bored sometimes - it gives you time to think and then sometimes be creative. Phones are going to be the death of creativity 😕

I love how he can say fucking on Dutch TV without beeping. 😂We Dutchies aren’t easily offended, shocked, etc.

@Marco-jq6qc

9 ай бұрын

Enjoy it while it lasts. No doubt the perpetually offended woke wappies will ruin this in the near future

@kadzunk63

9 ай бұрын

We Dutchies are calling things as they are. No need to give a nicer name to a fart... it still smells like a one :)

this man is worlds treasure

Wow! What a great interview!!!

I love how honest and open he is!

He’s bang on about the Bond films. Everyone says Craig’s Bond is Flemingesque because his gritty and the worlds are super serious... but that’s not the case in the books. They’ve always been escapist. Even the very assignment of Bond gambling at the tables to beat the villain is ludicrous but you wouldn’t get that from the 2006 movie. Not to mention some of the films’ absurdist ideas/gadgetry come directly from Fleming’s works - Oddjob and his razor sharp hat, the cane gun, voodoo, girls with names like Pussy Galore and Honey(chile) Ryder - even the more ridiculous ideas in books that didn’t make it to the films, like Blofeld walking around his estate in a samurai outfit, or death by bird dung, or a henchman eating a cat as a reward, or a killer who kills on a full moon. Fleming himself said his novels were ‘what ifs’ not an actual reflection on the real world. That sense of joie de vivre, bizarre, and humour are grossly missing and I hope it’s reintroduced now with Craig out of the way.

Absolutely fantastic!

I love John Cleese. I'm so thrilled to say that we have one thing in common. We both share the same birthday, 27th October.

Great questions, great answers. Very enjoyable!

Celery apples walnuts grapes in a mayonnaise sauce. For some goddamn reason this is what my memory is populated with, instead of the things I need to succeed.

I guess to summarize British Comedy I tell my friends here in America that it’s an acquired taste 👅 …lmao Thanks John or Jack for filling my Life with Laughter 😂

about the teacher who said the students didn't like the parrot sketch. Last year I was in the last year of secondary school (in Belgium) and my Englisch teacher showed us an episode of fawlty towers. I was the only one who laughed.

You're absolutely right about religion, John. Also, about creativity.

This man will make you laugh in a simple sitting with a journalist much better than those who stand on the theatre trying hard to give you a smile on stuff they prepared and wrought in mouths

Wow, you dutch folks are so great ! That Heidi joke really is great and true i can say, living in germany

I was a little apprehensive watching this in another country and language, but I’m impressed at their understanding of English, I’m Not even adequate in my own language (English)!😂 Great questions and interview!😉👍

31:30 : Never try to teach something related to humor at school, as a teacher. Especially something like Monty Python. If you're a teacher, you're a figure of authority, and during the teen-age years, there's nothing a kid wants more than question this authority. I remember discovering Monty Python with a friend of mine, I was about 12, maybe, and it was our thing. We liked it because we found about it by ourselves, it wasn't something labelled "APPROVED BY SCHOOL". Sorry, my english isn't great but I really believe that its important.

@kdemetter

8 жыл бұрын

+DorianYT Interesting. There could be another factor : the way school is set up, students tend to be thinking 'is this going to be on the exam' . So rather then letting themselves be immersed in the show, they will be writing down things they think they will be quizzed on later on.

@BernardTheMandeville

8 жыл бұрын

+DorianYT Well I agree on not showing this in class, but teachers are not necessarily just a figure of authority. They should teach children something, and sometimes things like humor and music are a part of that, especially with foreign languages.

Persistence,best advice ever!

Anyone also noticed that John Cleese says he doesn't like to say the same things in interviews so he does Q&A's, but then he does (almost) exactly the same jokes he does in more talkshows. I saw in at least 2 other late night talkshow where he did the same ex-wife jokes. But now I realised he maybe does this on purpose! So the joke is he says he doesn't like to repeat things but he still does!

one of the founding fathers of british humor

Zo blij om deze man vanavond te zien in Luxor ♡:-D

That was brilliant.... thank you

It's actually much more about the audience watching. God bless. That's metaphor.

Absolute legend.

I love John.

absolute legend

Brilliant!!

What a great audience too

Great fun. Thank you.

oh my god! That girl who had question about waldorf salad is amazing!

I visited London this summer and I agree with John. However, I loved London.

@LiJianofficial

3 ай бұрын

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great interview!

He's still as good as he always was :)

@rumapal8747

Жыл бұрын

I think John Cleese is horrible

Really wonderful. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Well done John.

amazing humour

Listen to people, show interest in others. That's my life advice. Everybody loves to talk about themselves so all you have to do is listen. That way people will like you, like to be around you, and they will share their luck with you.

Most delightful person Cleese is :-D . May he at least reach his mother's age

Legend

Definitely his best interview; in Holland people understand Cleese - perhaps even more than in Britain.

Just made me buy his book for my kindle!

I wonder if the person who sued was an heir of George Harrison, who financed one of their films. Full disclosure, I was in tears watching the O2 performance online. They have been around my whole life. PS the Waldorf salad is in a mayonnaise sauce.

What I would give to have dinner with this man!

The living legend in fantastic shape! Only one missed opportunity - why not ask JC why he disliked The Meaning of Life so much?

I never thought the parrot sketch was that good. I wouldn't put it in the pantheon of great python sketches. Not even close.

Greatest thing about mr. Cleese is that time hasn't done much to deminish his sense of humour! Alleen dat laatste. Pffff wat een ei die Twan, hij had uiteraard moeten zeggen: "Het spijt me dit te moeten mededelen: John heeft net een hartaanval gehad..." of iets dergelijks...

such a cool dude :D

Love it

Funny how the English teacher spoke the worst English out of all people asking questions to Mr. Cleese

@Plons0Nard

10 ай бұрын

Dat viel mij ook op 👍🏻🤝🏻

Holy Shit, i met that producer at a film party.

Hi John (as you have asked me to call you). It is Rob Griffin from Calgary. I still have your briefcase from Roots Canada. I look forward to speaking with you again..Cheers

Nice till the last minute!

@MrMorlaf

7 жыл бұрын

why? what was so wrong with the last minute? His advice on "luck" ???

@jagoisso7267

7 жыл бұрын

It's a Dutch saying literally translated, so it doesn't have the same meaning in English. He is just saying that the entire interview was enjoyable, in Dutch it means that something was -whatever- from start until the very last minute (the start is implied).

@neekfenwick

5 жыл бұрын

@@jagoisso7267 Thank you, that was confusing to me, a British person :)

Last sentences; advice. It is indeed about luck and contrary to what John says here, i dont think you can improve on those odds. That would be expecting luck^2, which is still luck. Luck is luck. Ive seen people work their entire life hard and deserve it, but never get it. Ive seen people take one try and BAM, they are instantly rich and famous Its actually Eric, or maybe John himself in another interview saying they were very fortunate early on with the conditions. Maybe the best way to show it is being unlucky. (i dont remember if this was from a movie... it probably is) Soldiers walk in line next to buildings. A few soldiers change order in the file for some reason. One of the guys changing position gets headshot right after, as they pass a window opening. Thats being unlucky. Do you have to do anything particular to be unlucky and can you change those odds? I dont think so. You can stay at home, sit in your chair all day and be safe. Untill a plane crashes down on your house, or you get a heartattack or smth. Luck is luck. Bad luck is bad luck. It is what it is. Also, it seems his mother had ptsd. All the things she complained about made noise. I have the same thing nowadays and cant stand anything. See this in reference to being creative, ie not being disturbed, ie as John says "like meditation'. How will you ever get to that peace of mind, when you are constantly disturbed by sounds?

Here for the Yellow Days “Intro” source material. Found it at 50:39 thanks

I think I would like to live in Amsterdam, too.

Cleese was saved by Monty Python. In his rough time with his mother he actually mirrored her dark humor, & that perhaps informed the later surrealist dark humor of Monty Python. Maybe she's the spiritual mother of Monty Python! At any rate, Cleese spent years in therapy after the troupe disbanded. I guess it's true great comics often have horrendous early lives. I admired Thatcher's hilarious tribute to Monty Python. Too bad Cleese focussed on how she reportedly did a great many rehearsals. He couldn't bring himself to praise a conservative! 😂 My favorite Python was Michael Palin - hilarious, generous, & refreshingly empathetic.

12:00 Happy Mother Day!

Honesty comes at such a heavy price.

Cleese's comment at the 40:00 mark on the comedic untouchability of Islam given the potential risk of a violent reaction by fundamental extremists is, in hindsight, eerily prescient knowing that the terrorist attack on satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo (7/1/2015) occurred the week of this video's posting!

John Cleese.

55:53 It's about 10 meters per second

Monty Pythom was censured in Chile would you guys like to come now and make a show?

00:42 Should be the biggest applause and hardly anyone applauses. Very strange.

My creativity comes when I'm on the pot!

Oh dear John Cleese . Says he wont's to live in Amsterdam but lives in an island .Will say he is always refreshing to her what he has to say and I agree what he says most the time. Also London can by pretty soulless .

I have this strange feeling he really did enjoy this intervieuw in the Netherlands, making fun of the Dutch and all the Dutch frases there are in the english language in front of a Dutch audience ..laughing at themselves!!