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One of the founding members of the comedy troupe monty python, john cleese was at odds with the other pythons over leaving their successful tv show. Far from being as comprehensive as michael palins ongoing diaries series 3 volumes as we speak, the book concentrates on what makes the author tick. Your chicago comedy calendar for november 2november 8. John cleese had struggle leaving britain after forgetting. As someone who fancies herself a humor writer, this book had a lot of. Vivid, ridiculously entertaining, and, at times, explosively funny. So anyway, the first thing i ever saw john cleese in was fawlty towers or a fish called wanda.
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