Yes, it's ironic isn't it!? He is talking about the importance of critical thinking, freedom of speech. It would be nice for him to be challenged and see what happens. I am sure he would be able to handle it.
Tolstoy once said: "All people aren't as good as they think of themselves, but aren't as bad as others make them to be" Great interview, wishing you both health and happiness!
In response to that, I'd like to add... everyone really wants to be "good", but the definitions of good are extremely varied. Except psychopaths. They only care about how they are perceived and will play to the ideas of what everyone around them deems to be good.
When I was having a bad time in school, I would come home and watch the Monty Python films I had saved, and I always felt better. Humour can puncture pretense, knock down all the false idols of the holier-than-thou, and show that many emperors have no clothes. Thank you, Mr. Cleese. We need your lessons to be learned!
Monty Python was the sound track to my teenage years; a well placed ‘it’s just a model’ would have my friends and I rolling around crying with laughter.
Actually, my repeat line was when Eric says, "It's silly," in "The Free Translation of Doubtful Words Thing." I originally remembered it wrong as: "That would be silly!"
Wonderful John (both)! Thank you, John Anderson, for doing this. I don’t agree necessarily with everything Cleese says, but I sure enjoy listening to him.
@@kaylenehousego8929 Yeah but it's John Friggin' Cleese. We need to record as many of his words for posterity as we can in the limited time we have left. I'm disappointed it's so hard to find his old educational videos, where he'd explain to students issues like ranked-choice voting. Even his corporate training videos were entertaining.
@@kaylenehousego8929 I have harbored the same ambition. I stumbled on this via a Thich tape. Beware your conscious mind, it is ever ready to prompt you to speech. What it called the storage mind is more reliable. By maintaining some space between stimulus and response you might find that silence will suffice, or your storage mind will provide an authentic and appropriate response. This is part of a road that locates your happiness in interbeing with the world, rather than taking arms against a sea of troubles. Might only succeed if people insist that it will.
That was excellent. The mark of a good interviewer is letting the guest talk as both John's agree, and this is a great example of that. John Cleese has great insight into psychology and sociology. I encourage everyone to seek out more of his views on these topics. New subscriber here. Greetings from Prague, CZ !
Brilliant interview ! This was my first exposure to John Anderson's interviews and I shall look forward to watching more of his work. John Cleese has long been one of the most brilliant comedy minds, in my opinion, and his insights on many subjects are well worth listening to. The thoughts of these two gentlemen on many topics made for a very worthwhile discussion.
Good afternoon John and John Having a sense of humour and appropriately placed laughter in Clinical practice is one health care measure we should pay more attention to. Most certainly within the realm of mental health and addiction nurse practices. Most grateful to you for many works, but Faulty Towers, brilliant childhood memories of laughter with my parents on an evening. 💜
Eminently insightful. Many intelligent observations that many people will feel uncomfortable with and won't want to hear ....because of many of the reasons discussed. But that in no way diminishes the truth of it. John Cleese is a very wise man, and the world will be so much poorer when he's gone.
Great interview. We Brits and you Aussies have more in common than we prefer to admit. We are brothers. The Yanks are nice, but they are from a different family and we are friends with them.
Thanks you both Johns! Finally, I heard loud and clear that only those who are unable to create anything go into critiques ...and I'd add often second-hand journalism.
Always a pleasure to listen to the great man, John Cleese! Most of what he says is pure gold; however, his take on trusting feelings, as influenced by Freud and others, is profoundly confused. Trust in ones feelings, what J.C. disparages as an extreme woke position, should not be confused with a rash conclusion. Liking John Cleese, for example, is a wholly valid feeling--an impression, if you will, which does not preclude the possibility that upon closer acquaintance said feeling might change. The feeling, however, should be trusted until informed by further information. The alternative, always to mistrust ones feelings and second guess ones intuition, what one might call an extreme rational position, while undeniably lucrative for the therapist, is a recipe for hesitation--blocking or psychological paralysis--in the individual. As human beings, we have access to a faculty for feeling as well as a capacity for reflection. Psychological health requires both.
This is one of the few long video casts I actually watched to the end. I've always admired Cleese's talent even though his views diverged from mine. But interesting that now they seem to be converging as he thoughtfully reflects on his own past and that of society 😊
If John Anderson were Australia's PM I'd actually have some hope for Australia. As for John Cleese, he said back in 2011 that London was no longer an English city and he got excoriated for it by the usual suspects. He's even more right today, sadly.
When has London ever been just an "English" city. It was created by the Romans, invaded and occupied by the Norman French and as the Port of the Empire a junction for everyone on the planet.
The was a study done on the length of telomeres, (the protective end part of DNA), which allows us to foresee the age of someone on a cellular level. (I think that's how it works). This study showed that in children raised in single-parent homes, at the age of 18, their telomeres were 14% shorter than those raised in two-parent homes. So it makes sense that if just the non-subtraction of 1 parent in the home prevents a 14% reduction in telomeres, then having a strong community to grow up in would be of even more benefit and there would be a reduction in the telomere shortening over time, leading to longer life spans. At least that is my take on it, and why those people in those blue zones live longer.
What a wonderful conversation! Cheese is so fantastic to listen to. Great atmosphere. Cheese's books are also highly recommended. The latest "Creativity" one is brilliant but so are the ones he wrote with that shrink, Robin Skynner. Thanks for having these excellent guests on, Sir!
Cheese is his real family name @@garyambrosini1427 he even had his animals named after different cheeses for that reason. ruclips.net/video/_U_sba-bjhc/видео.html beautiful one here. And funny.
"Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves." Gilbert K Chesterton
John Cleese actually managed to bring out aspects of John Anderson others have not. I think this is because he is so creative - used to sparking together ideas from diverse areas.
Another great interview John-Thanks.The references to GK Chesterton are very welcome-his humorous and sensible opinions on life are still valid .{The coronation was held in Westminster Abbey which is Anglican, the Cathedral is Roman Catholic}.
Fascinating discussion. I find it interesting with the right and left brain hemisphere because there is a theory of history that we've overwhelmingly focused on viewing it via the left side and seen progress on its ideals whereas the right has been neglected.
yes, god help us in the age of cancel culture, mass immigration, massive wealth inequality and environmental catastrophe! We will have to seek out our fellow rational, nice human beings and stick together!
Interesting his views on money and power. I think there should be a separation between public and private sectors. Lobbying is a legal form of bribery.
Lobbying would be less of an issue if voters bothered to do their civic duty, and looked who donated to who's election. Citizens have a responsibility to be informed when they vote. Always follow the money for the truth.
Hello Newman - I don't think John would claim that for himself. He is above average intelligence no doubt but he is not "an intellect without peer". My biggest problem with John is that he can't help inserting his Christianity into his interviews. And also that he can't see through Jordan Peterson's dodgy declarations. Mind you Peterson's way of couching his views is so convoluted and hedged about that isn't necessarily an easy thing to do.
'If you have decent people running the system, it doesn't really matter so much what the system is' This epitomizes my fundamental view Had John Cleese not been a comedian, he could have been brilliant in almost any other field Really a thoughtful and wise soul
I think it was John Major who privatised the railways, though Thatcher had paved the way. Privatising public utilities was usually a mistake; even when it was done to curb the power of the Unions, it was ineffective. Most of our European neighbours have better railways, postal services and public utilities through keeping them in the public domain.
Thoroughly enjoyed the conversation! Key moments or me: 24:21 29:48 36:10 42:20 - Don't agree with this take. I agree with the anon reasoning, but anonymity is worth the downside. 51:37 54:47 - Don't agree with this and it surprised me. I want someone capable, not their carers. 59:52
12:00 I think they actually understand what it is to have a sense of humour and they might even have it themselves. Yet putting people down and telling others what people can or can not do make themselves feel powerful.
If I only had one show to watch for the rest of my life,it would be Fawlty Towers…so clever…unlike most ‘stars’ who have their scripts written for them,and aren’t talented at all…
I watched an interview of Neil Innes and in it he described money as ‘a belief system’. There are many more important things in life that are worth more than money. What is it that binds us to it? People who are humble in my opinion are the richest people on earth.
When PBS brought the Python's to America, my Mother (bless her) ... didn't 'get it' ... I was on the floor, trying to get air into my lungs ... it was the 'Fish Slapping Dance'.
Freaking love Cleese. He’s supplied me with tons of laughs over my whole lifetime, and I sincerely enjoyed hearing unfamiliar perspectives during this conversation, but I’m left scratching my head as to what President Biden (or his carer) gets right.
Why is John Cleese on of the most important individuals to be listened to as he has a rapier sharp view of the world and he points to the pomposity and pricks it with a pin! His story about watching the coronation of King Charles III and its comparison with the life of Brian was top drawer!
I like John Cleese and agree with him on many things. I also disagree with him on things. Still have respect. The coronation is not funny, although it can be made fun of. It is a ceremony that metaphorically humbles the figurehead of sovereignty before "a higher power" in the eyes of the people. I'm an agnostic, so I am not arguing the point that god exists or not.
Many Americans look for community, in the mountains, and in the cities, too. We're private people, we're strong in our individuality and the healthy among us, we seek community.
This man is a world treasure, he is my No. 1 comic hero, I respect him enormously, even if he watches too much CNN, gets all his news from it and similar news sources, and thinks he’s not the one who’s siloing himself but it’s the Trumpists who do.
Monty Python always had this Aura of subversiveness. It contained humor that you didn't find on American TV: racier, edgier. The fact that it only came on after 11:00 p.m. in the States added to its stature in my eyes. I always felt that I was watching something forbidden.
I agree w/ John regarding humor directed at the hierarchy smooths relationships but the hierarchy protects those who are hated or victimized (though they haven't done a good job lately). The class clown or court jester is an example of what we've lost.
There actually was an American game show in the 50s where women competed against each other for who was the biggest victim. It was called QUEEN FOR A DAY, where women would tell their sad stories and the saddest story won.
Please John A, when you asked him to come on your show you said..."Do you want to come back to my place....and JC replied..."Yeh alright" 🤣😂😂 (policeman sketch😂)
It’s weird that John has never before thought of comedy as the great leveller .. it has been throughout history as comedians are - well meant to be - the only ones who can tell the truth. That is in evermore danger at present, which is worrying. The court jester in history was the one who held the mirror of self up to the ruling king, and the only one who could. Comedy is the only real leveller we have. As Christopher Hitchens once said of religion, ‘it’s very important to mock the absurdities of religion, only then can you begin to chip away at the mystique it’s been allowed to acquire.’ He said the same of cancer too when he was diagnosed. It’s the old saying, ‘if you don’t laugh, you cry’. Humour is the only way to combat the situation of life, which is often dire for most. We need it, it’s evolutionary, and incredibly important.
Comedy can mock what is silly or it can mock what is good - the Jester would never suggest that everything the king did was silly, thus he would leave alone the good - Cleese never made that distinction.
Great work JC & JA. Economists facilitate the privatisation of water infrastructure, highlighted early on. Champion of the industry became champion of the shareholder 😢.
John and John you do a great job and you are the best. I love the brits and the Aussie's. Being a military history person I have always had the greatest respect for the Aussie's contribution to the empire, right and wrong. Oh, I am an American since birth. John Anderson I love these long conversations with people it is very entertaining and informative as well as thought provoking.
Great Chat thanks -- In addition to a basic ideological rejection of state ownership of industries that can be performed by the private sector, privatisation in the UK was primarily to raise money to pay off the IMF, but also to shift responsibility of delivery to those who could do it far far better. Those who criticise privatisation did not live through the 1960s and 1970s or the 3 day week when politically lead stikes nearly killed the UK. [I agree the pendulum has gone way to far in the USA, but actually the single pendulum that wobbled around the centre has now bifurcated and shifted irrevocably towards the edges].
John Cleese is one of the few people I would be starstruck if I ever met in person. I do disagree with his assessment of you know who, but that doesn't take away from my admiration of him and his career.
The mass immigration we see today is causing problems and unrest because there are just too many too fast. No time is given for assimilation. I agree, the very reason many of the immigrants came to Australia has been, or is being, destroyed by those same immigrants. As an old Aus, I simply do not recognize Aus anymore. Immigration in the past was was at a slower pace and gave time for both the immigrant and Australia to adapt.
It simply overwhelms the existing population and the culture. It fragments and destabilises it. The essential glue that binds the culture into a cohesive whole, trust, is dissolved. It then needs to be replaced by authoritarianism for the society to function at all. Trouble is high trust cultures are healthy and rare...
Well in Australia we take responsibility for having children, in countries in Africa they just breed like crazy, can’t feed people then export them here.
Love this man. Thanks for the great many years of laughs you have given us Cleese. You are a legend
I completely agree!
Best wishes to all decent people from Prague, Czech republic!
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I fear wokeness may not just be a question of not understanding the context, but dismissing it on purpose. Chilling.
Great to hear Cleese again reflecting on current state of affairs. I do sometimes miss a bit of pushback on these interviews
Yes, it's ironic isn't it!? He is talking about the importance of critical thinking, freedom of speech. It would be nice for him to be challenged and see what happens. I am sure he would be able to handle it.
Tolstoy once said: "All people aren't as good as they think of themselves, but aren't as bad as others make them to be" Great interview, wishing you both health and happiness!
In response to that, I'd like to add... everyone really wants to be "good", but the definitions of good are extremely varied. Except psychopaths. They only care about how they are perceived and will play to the ideas of what everyone around them deems to be good.
That also mirrors the sentiment of Sozschenitsen. "The line between good and evil runs through the heart of every man."
When I was having a bad time in school, I would come home and watch the Monty Python films I had saved, and I always felt better. Humour can puncture pretense, knock down all the false idols of the holier-than-thou, and show that many emperors have no clothes.
Thank you, Mr. Cleese. We need your lessons to be learned!
The old John Cleese gets, the more sense he makes. Thanks for the great interview.
Its good to hear John Cleese, it was a very enjoyable way to spend an hour.
I didn't expect this one to be so profound! A wonderful conversation between John and John, one that's really worth coming back to as well
Monty Python was the sound track to my teenage years; a well placed ‘it’s just a model’ would have my friends and I rolling around crying with laughter.
Always look on the brite side of life.
Actually, my repeat line was when Eric says, "It's silly," in "The Free Translation of Doubtful Words Thing." I originally remembered it wrong as: "That would be silly!"
Wonderful John (both)! Thank you, John Anderson, for doing this. I don’t agree necessarily with everything Cleese says, but I sure enjoy listening to him.
What do you disagree with him about? Just curious
Have loved Cleese since the 70's
My admiration for his courage grows by the day
My favorite living comedian. Looking forward to this interview!
John Cleese does interrupt ....a lot. At least in this conversation . Makes it challenging to cohere into a flow of conversation .
@@kaylenehousego8929 Yeah but it's John Friggin' Cleese. We need to record as many of his words for posterity as we can in the limited time we have left. I'm disappointed it's so hard to find his old educational videos, where he'd explain to students issues like ranked-choice voting. Even his corporate training videos were entertaining.
Im sure you are right...appoligies from me to you . I am trying to learn to say nothing when I cant be nice or positive .@@FozzyBBear
As per his tour title, he was actually dead at the time of filming 💀 😂
@@kaylenehousego8929 I have harbored the same ambition. I stumbled on this via a Thich tape. Beware your conscious mind, it is ever ready to prompt you to speech. What it called the storage mind is more reliable. By maintaining some space between stimulus and response you might find that silence will suffice, or your storage mind will provide an authentic and appropriate response.
This is part of a road that locates your happiness in interbeing with the world, rather than taking arms against a sea of troubles.
Might only succeed if people insist that it will.
Absolutely love this man! Fawlty Towers got me through very heavy depressive parts of my life! Good man , John Cleese ❤
Cleese has not lost any of his mind, regardless of his age. I absolutely love him.
Humourous, stimulating and thoughtful. Many thanks.
Most wonderful interview. Thanks to both John’s!
This discussion is absolutely superb, and hugely important. So much food for thought. Thank you so much. I will now go away and muse about this.
oh my gosh, can't tell you how excited I am to watch an hour of these two together!
That was excellent. The mark of a good interviewer is letting the guest talk as both John's agree, and this is a great example of that. John Cleese has great insight into psychology and sociology. I encourage everyone to seek out more of his views on these topics. New subscriber here. Greetings from Prague, CZ !
Brilliant interview ! This was my first exposure to John Anderson's interviews and I shall look forward to watching more of his work. John Cleese has long been one of the most brilliant comedy minds, in my opinion, and his insights on many subjects are well worth listening to. The thoughts of these two gentlemen on many topics made for a very worthwhile discussion.
Good afternoon John and John
Having a sense of humour and appropriately placed laughter in Clinical practice is one health care measure we should pay more attention to.
Most certainly within the realm of mental health and addiction nurse practices.
Most grateful to you for many works, but Faulty Towers, brilliant childhood memories of laughter with my parents
on an evening.
💜
I wish this channel got more views
I'm impressed with every single interview. Gotta agree here.
Ditto
Why? What has this channel ever done for the Romans?
Saw Cleese live in Launceston this year. Thought I'd missed the chance and very pleased I got to hear him.
Eminently insightful. Many intelligent observations that many people will feel uncomfortable with and won't want to hear ....because of many of the reasons discussed. But that in no way diminishes the truth of it. John Cleese is a very wise man, and the world will be so much poorer when he's gone.
Brilliant interview,
John. Thank you for sharing
Great interview. We Brits and you Aussies have more in common than we prefer to admit. We are brothers. The Yanks are nice, but they are from a different family and we are friends with them.
Love Australia. Is it true Ayers Rock is really a giant tarpaulin covering thousands of dead Aborigines?
Fabulous chat . Thank you 🎉
Thanks you both Johns! Finally, I heard loud and clear that only those who are unable to create anything go into critiques ...and I'd add often second-hand journalism.
Love the pair of these two unique men...❤️❤️❤️
An incredible conversation. Thank you gentlemen.
You two are a breath of fresh air!
Listening to conversations like this fills me with at least some kind of hope towards humanity.
Very good, thought-provoking and also comforting interview, thank you for sharing.
Always a pleasure to listen to the great man, John Cleese! Most of what he says is pure gold; however, his take on trusting feelings, as influenced by Freud and others, is profoundly confused.
Trust in ones feelings, what J.C. disparages as an extreme woke position, should not be confused with a rash conclusion. Liking John Cleese, for example, is a wholly valid feeling--an impression, if you will, which does not preclude the possibility that upon closer acquaintance said feeling might change. The feeling, however, should be trusted until informed by further information.
The alternative, always to mistrust ones feelings and second guess ones intuition, what one might call an extreme rational position, while undeniably lucrative for the therapist, is a recipe for hesitation--blocking or psychological paralysis--in the individual.
As human beings, we have access to a faculty for feeling as well as a capacity for reflection. Psychological health requires both.
Great to listen to this discussion. Thank you, John Anderson and John Cleese.
This is one of the few long video casts I actually watched to the end. I've always admired Cleese's talent even though his views diverged from mine. But interesting that now they seem to be converging as he thoughtfully reflects on his own past and that of society 😊
If John Anderson were Australia's PM I'd actually have some hope for Australia. As for John Cleese, he said back in 2011 that London was no longer an English city and he got excoriated for it by the usual suspects. He's even more right today, sadly.
I left London after a young man was chopped in half with a machete near my school
When has London ever been just an "English" city. It was created by the Romans, invaded and occupied by the Norman French and as the Port of the Empire a junction for everyone on the planet.
@@NicholasWarnertheFirst London is still in England and, therefore, still an English city.
Some idiots just hate change and brown faces.
@@benji-pj4dplovely story 😂
@@adamtzschlondistan
Its great to listen to wise people talking 👍
The was a study done on the length of telomeres, (the protective end part of DNA), which allows us to foresee the age of someone on a cellular level. (I think that's how it works). This study showed that in children raised in single-parent homes, at the age of 18, their telomeres were 14% shorter than those raised in two-parent homes. So it makes sense that if just the non-subtraction of 1 parent in the home prevents a 14% reduction in telomeres, then having a strong community to grow up in would be of even more benefit and there would be a reduction in the telomere shortening over time, leading to longer life spans. At least that is my take on it, and why those people in those blue zones live longer.
Nurture v nature .
What a wonderful conversation! Cheese is so fantastic to listen to. Great atmosphere. Cheese's books are also highly recommended. The latest "Creativity" one is brilliant but so are the ones he wrote with that shrink, Robin Skynner. Thanks for having these excellent guests on, Sir!
Take some brie-f time to reread your comment
Cheese is his real family name @@garyambrosini1427 he even had his animals named after different cheeses for that reason. ruclips.net/video/_U_sba-bjhc/видео.html beautiful one here. And funny.
I do love me a full hour of sitting still, intently listening to cheese.
great interview. cleese is insightful and a sensible human being. thanks for this.
"Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves." Gilbert K Chesterton
John Cleese actually managed to bring out aspects of John Anderson others have not. I think this is because he is so creative - used to sparking together ideas from diverse areas.
What a great interview!
Another great interview John-Thanks.The references to GK Chesterton are very welcome-his humorous and sensible opinions on life are still valid .{The coronation was held in
Westminster Abbey which is Anglican, the Cathedral is Roman Catholic}.
Fascinating discussion.
I find it interesting with the right and left brain hemisphere because there is a theory of history that we've overwhelmingly focused on viewing it via the left side and seen progress on its ideals whereas the right has been neglected.
Amen to much of that. Excellent interview.
yes, god help us in the age of cancel culture, mass immigration, massive wealth inequality and environmental catastrophe! We will have to seek out our fellow rational, nice human beings and stick together!
God bless John Anderson and his subtle evangelism.
John Anderson is genuinely the only politician i've ever enjoyed. Great interview.
Beautiful conversation ! Thank you
I wonder if Mr. Cleese has read Colin Wilson? What a great man, Mr. Cleese has filled my life with laughter and now with wisdom.
The bit at the end; 'i thought i'd never meet a politician i'll like' 😂
Interesting his views on money and power. I think there should be a separation between public and private sectors. Lobbying is a legal form of bribery.
Should it be legal to contribute to a political campaign?
Death of the US began when political action committees came into being. 🥲🤬
Lobbying would be less of an issue if voters bothered to do their civic duty, and looked who donated to who's election. Citizens have a responsibility to be informed when they vote.
Always follow the money for the truth.
John Anderson is a down to earth guy with an intellect without peer !
Hello Newman - I don't think John would claim that for himself. He is above average intelligence no doubt but he is not "an intellect without peer". My biggest problem with John is that he can't help inserting his Christianity into his interviews. And also that he can't see through Jordan Peterson's dodgy declarations. Mind you Peterson's way of couching his views is so convoluted and hedged about that isn't necessarily an easy thing to do.
@@LooseTheremin loosey goosey you are entitled to your opinion even if it's wrong .
You are the one who is wrong Newman, I'm not entitled to anything and I never have been and you should know that.
@@LooseTheremin I would agree though that Mr Anderson would not claim that for himself either for he is far too humble .
Newman - He also wouldn't claim that for himself because he knows it isn't true.
'If you have decent people running the system, it doesn't really matter so much what the system is'
This epitomizes my fundamental view
Had John Cleese not been a comedian, he could have been brilliant in almost any other field
Really a thoughtful and wise soul
Saw him live in his alimony tour days. He just had the audience in stitches.
I think it was John Major who privatised the railways, though Thatcher had paved the way.
Privatising public utilities was usually a mistake; even when it was done to curb the power of the Unions, it was ineffective.
Most of our European neighbours have better railways, postal services and public utilities through keeping them in the public domain.
Blair had plenty of time to reverse this and didn't - John Cleese doesn't mention New labour, as if his knowledge of politics ended in 1990
Thoroughly enjoyed the conversation!
Key moments or me:
24:21
29:48
36:10
42:20 - Don't agree with this take. I agree with the anon reasoning, but anonymity is worth the downside.
51:37
54:47 - Don't agree with this and it surprised me. I want someone capable, not their carers.
59:52
12:00 I think they actually understand what it is to have a sense of humour and they might even have it themselves. Yet putting people down and telling others what people can or can not do make themselves feel powerful.
How was Mr Anderson ever a politician - he seems like a perfectly decent human being!
I also enjoyed John Cleese's conversations with Iain McGilchrist.
If I only had one show to watch for the rest of my life,it would be Fawlty Towers…so clever…unlike most ‘stars’ who have their scripts written for them,and aren’t talented at all…
I watched an interview of Neil Innes and in it he described money as ‘a belief system’. There are many more important things in life that are worth more than money. What is it that binds us to it? People who are humble in my opinion are the richest people on earth.
Amazing to see the great John Cleese chugging along at age 84. Thankfully he's still out there and active and not "retired".
When PBS brought the Python's to America, my Mother (bless her) ... didn't 'get it' ... I was on the floor, trying to get air into my lungs ... it was the 'Fish Slapping Dance'.
The Two Johnnies ! Fabulous
this guy rules, and I'll tune in again to watch John Anderson
Bravo 👏
Exceptionally Special John’s x 2
Cheers
Freaking love Cleese. He’s supplied me with tons of laughs over my whole lifetime, and I sincerely enjoyed hearing unfamiliar perspectives during this conversation, but I’m left scratching my head as to what President Biden (or his carer) gets right.
Why is John Cleese on of the most important individuals to be listened to as he has a rapier sharp view of the world and he points to the pomposity and pricks it with a pin! His story about watching the coronation of King Charles III and its comparison with the life of Brian was top drawer!
Cleese reads; he doesn't read only things that confirm his values but challenges his values. Bravo.
well done John Anderson!
agreed with John Cleese on about 50-70%... but his last comment 90%
Laughter will always be the greatest medicine.
I like John Cleese and agree with him on many things. I also disagree with him on things. Still have respect. The coronation is not funny, although it can be made fun of. It is a ceremony that metaphorically humbles the figurehead of sovereignty before "a higher power" in the eyes of the people. I'm an agnostic, so I am not arguing the point that god exists or not.
Many Americans look for community, in the mountains, and in the cities, too. We're private people, we're strong in our individuality and the healthy among us, we seek community.
This man is a world treasure, he is my No. 1 comic hero, I respect him enormously, even if he watches too much CNN, gets all his news from it and similar news sources, and thinks he’s not the one who’s siloing himself but it’s the Trumpists who do.
Such an amazing interview and thanks John and a great legend like John Cleese
Thanks for this hour...
One cannot dislike a man with such a perfectly round tummy.
Monty Python always had this Aura of subversiveness. It contained humor that you didn't find on American TV: racier, edgier. The fact that it only came on after 11:00 p.m. in the States added to its stature in my eyes. I always felt that I was watching something forbidden.
I agree w/ John regarding humor directed at the hierarchy smooths relationships but the hierarchy protects those who are hated or victimized (though they haven't done a good job lately). The class clown or court jester is an example of what we've lost.
There actually was an American game show in the 50s where women competed against each other for who was the biggest victim. It was called QUEEN FOR A DAY, where women would tell their sad stories and the saddest story won.
And the other two had to go home with nothing,, and their lives in the same place.
Did the winner get a cat and a Nebuchadnezzar of Chablis?
Please John A, when you asked him to come on your show you said..."Do you want to come back to my place....and JC replied..."Yeh alright" 🤣😂😂 (policeman sketch😂)
I love the Python sketch, 4 Yorkshire men. Haaaaaa, who is the greatest victim Haaaaaaaaaaa
Love John. I could listen to him read the dictionary.
I love Monty Python. Yes it will change and it will get better
It’s weird that John has never before thought of comedy as the great leveller .. it has been throughout history as comedians are - well meant to be - the only ones who can tell the truth. That is in evermore danger at present, which is worrying.
The court jester in history was the one who held the mirror of self up to the ruling king, and the only one who could.
Comedy is the only real leveller we have. As Christopher Hitchens once said of religion, ‘it’s very important to mock the absurdities of religion, only then can you begin to chip away at the mystique it’s been allowed to acquire.’ He said the same of cancer too when he was diagnosed. It’s the old saying, ‘if you don’t laugh, you cry’. Humour is the only way to combat the situation of life, which is often dire for most. We need it, it’s evolutionary, and incredibly important.
Comedy can mock what is silly or it can mock what is good - the Jester would never suggest that everything the king did was silly, thus he would leave alone the good - Cleese never made that distinction.
Great work JC & JA. Economists facilitate the privatisation of water infrastructure, highlighted early on. Champion of the industry became champion of the shareholder 😢.
John and John you do a great job and you are the best. I love the brits and the Aussie's. Being a military history person I have always had the greatest respect for the Aussie's contribution to the empire, right and wrong. Oh, I am an American since birth. John Anderson I love these long conversations with people it is very entertaining and informative as well as thought provoking.
Great Chat thanks -- In addition to a basic ideological rejection of state ownership of industries that can be performed by the private sector, privatisation in the UK was primarily to raise money to pay off the IMF, but also to shift responsibility of delivery to those who could do it far far better. Those who criticise privatisation did not live through the 1960s and 1970s or the 3 day week when politically lead stikes nearly killed the UK. [I agree the pendulum has gone way to far in the USA, but actually the single pendulum that wobbled around the centre has now bifurcated and shifted irrevocably towards the edges].
Very nice John and John in concert or dare I say the two Johnnies "It's good night from me and its good night from him"
great host and great guest👏👏👏
17:52 there's a 4 part docuseries called "the century of the self" , worth checking out
Thank you
John Cleese is one of the few people I would be starstruck if I ever met in person. I do disagree with his assessment of you know who, but that doesn't take away from my admiration of him and his career.
I hope you get the chance. I've met him and he was very nice so you shouldn't worry. ; )
The mass immigration we see today is causing problems and unrest because there are just too many too fast. No time is given for assimilation.
I agree, the very reason many of the immigrants came to Australia has been, or is being, destroyed by those same immigrants.
As an old Aus, I simply do not recognize Aus anymore.
Immigration in the past was was at a slower pace and gave time for both the immigrant and Australia to adapt.
It simply overwhelms the existing population and the culture. It fragments and destabilises it. The essential glue that binds the culture into a cohesive whole, trust, is dissolved. It then needs to be replaced by authoritarianism for the society to function at all. Trouble is high trust cultures are healthy and rare...
Well in Australia we take responsibility for having children, in countries in Africa they just breed like crazy, can’t feed people then export them here.
You cannot buy a house in Australia due to lack of availability but they still bring in hundreds of thousands of people - we need breathing space!
Wonderful
18:20 John Cleese is describing Pournelle's "Iron law of bureaucracy", in his own words. It doesn't only apply to governments, but also to religion.
john cleese is no longer a comedian but a philosopher now, and he is the one we need.
Some chaps called Bruce did a song about that.
@@Elwaves2925 - and American beer is still like making love in a canoe.
John Cleese with one of the funniest man that ever lived
"You must never be solemn. You must be serious."
Sincerity is the thing! Seriousness is the birth of hypocrisy and the death of all things joyful.