Welcome to another brilliantly done site for the magnificent, omnipotent (notice I did NOT say 'impotent', thankyousomuch) John Cleese. (I think he would be quite proud of that little intro, don't you?)

This is the Official FanListing for John Cleese... for those who don't know what a Fanlisting is, you can either visit their site: http://www.thefanlistings.org, or I can tell you... "Right, oh Lord", you say... and I say, "Of course I'm right!"

A fanlisting is a site for all fans of a particular subject, no matter what that might be, to come together in one place and be...... well.... FANS.

I shall copy and paste (because I'm so damned brilliant at it) John's bio from the Monty Python site:

John Cleese Biography
by
John Cleese
"JOHN CLEESE is not just the most spiritually advanced, intellectually gifted and professionally distinguished of the Monty Python group. He is also the one who got landed with writing these fucking biographies. Twenty five minutes to midnight, and he's still sitting there, poor sod, staring into space, trying to think what he can write about himself, dog tired and he hasn't even had time for dinner. So give me a break. I've got a script conference at nine in the morning. I've got to write an intro to a book by five in the afternoon, a press conference at five-thirty and dinner with four of the dullest people in Europe after that, and then up at six-thirty the next morning for seven days' filming on the trot. So let me off just this once, will you? I really would appreciate it. I'll make myself a cup of Horlicks and go straight to bed. Promise. I'm not the sort to give you an excuse like this and then nip out after a bit of tail. Honest. OK? Thanks. I really appreciate it. Mr. Cleese is happily unmarried and is the President of the Holland Park Schadenfreude Society. "

Sorry for the cursing, folks, but those are his words...

Now... his REAL bio goes like this:

"An instigator of some of the more groundbreaking developments in twentieth-century comedy, John Cleese is one of Britain's best-known actors, writers, and comedians. Famous primarily for his comic efforts, such as the television series Fawlty Towers and the exploits of the Monty Python troupe, he has also become a well-respected actor in his own right.

Born John Marwood Cleese (after his family changed their surname from "Cheese") on October 27, 1939, Cleese grew up in the middle-class seaside resort town of Weston-Super-Mare. He enrolled at Cambridge University with the intention of studying law, but soon discovered that his comic leanings held greater sway than his interest in the law. He joined the celebrated Cambridge Footlights Society--he was initially rejected because he could neither sing nor dance, but was accepted after collaborating with a friend on some comedy sketches--where he gained a reputation as a team player and met future writing partner and Python Graham Chapman.

Cleese entered professional comedy with a writing stint on David Frost's The Frost Report in 1966. While working for that BBC show, he and Chapman (who was also writing for the show) met fellow Frost Report writers Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Continuing his writing collaboration with Chapman (with whom he wrote the 1969 Ringo Starr/Peter Sellers vehicle The Magic Christian), Cleese soon was working on what would become Monty Python's Flying Circus with Chapman, Idle, Jones, Palin, and Terry Gilliam. The show, which first aired in 1969, was an iconoclastic look at British society: its genius lay in its seemingly random, bizarre take on the mundane facets of everyday life, from Spam to pet shops to the simple act of walking. Cleese stayed with Monty Python for three series; after he left, he reunited with his fellow Pythons for three movies. The first, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974), was a revisionist take on the Arthurian legend that featured Cleese as (among other things) the Black Knight, who refuses to end his duel with King Arthur even after losing his arms and legs. Life of Brian followed in 1979; a look at one of history's lesser-known messiahs, it featured lepers, space aliens, and condemned martyrs singing a rousing version of "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" while hanging from their crucifixes. The Pythons' third outing, the 1983 Monty Python's the Meaning of Life, was a series of increasingly outrageous vignettes, including one about the explosion of a stupendously obese man and another featuring a dinner party with Death.

In addition to his work with the Pythons, Cleese, along with first wife Connie Booth, created the popular television series Fawlty Towers in 1975. It ran for a number of years, during which time Cleese also continued to make movies. Throughout the 1980s, he showed up in films ranging from The Great Muppet Caper (1981) to Privates on Parade (1982) to Silverado (1985), which cast him as an Old West villain. In 1988, Cleese struck gold with A Fish Called Wanda, which he wrote, produced, and starred in. An intoxicating farce, the film won both commercial and critical success, earning Cleese a British Academy Award and an Oscar nomination for his screenplay, and an Oscar for co-star Kevin Kline. Cleese continued to work steadily through the 1990s, appearing in Splitting Heirs (1993) with Idle, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), The Wind in the Willows (1997) and George of the Jungle (1997). Fierce Creatures, his 1997 sequel to A Fish Called Wanda, proved a disappointment, but Cleese maintained his visibility, reuniting with the surviving Pythons on occasion and starring in The Out-of-Towners and The World is Not Enough, the nineteenth Bond outing, in 1999. ~ Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide"

If there are any suggestions, feel free to shove them.............. er... send them off to me, and I'll listen carefully..... ;) heather@zingela.com

 

 

Rules:

You must be a fan of John Cleese, or think that he's brilliantly funny, or just plain brilliant, or at least like his tie collection. (ok, I added that last bit in, because he has glorious taste in ties)

You don't have to have a web site, nor an email address, to join. It would be nice, but hey... I'm not picky... of which, always was a problem of mine, if we look back at my former dates. I do require you to give me your name (real one, thanks) and the country you live in.

IF you have a web site, and you would like to place it on here, I do ask that you take a code *points to the codes page* and place one on your site. It's not a requirement, but I believe in the tit-for-tat system... you join mine, I'll join yours. ;)

Absolutely NO porn, spam (although I hear it's great in corn chowder), hateful, racist, or anything else that might be construed as offensive, topics. (I'm not easily offended, but someone else might be... Although, if one is a fan of Cleese's, I can't imagine that)

I'm sorry, but no selling of anything here. Not your tupperware, not smoked, potted meat products... none of that. You may, however, pelt them at a pesky neighbor, or family member that is getting on your nerves.

Simple, aren't they? If you feel those are just dandy, then please visit the join section...

 

 

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Codes:

"Codes?!", you say? Why YES, I have codes... only 3 to start off with, but please feel free to add to them, make your own, whatever... If you wish me to upload any, I will give you full credit. :)

50 x 50

100 x 35

100 x 50

 

 

Fans:

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Extra Stuff:

Links:

http://www.pythonline.com

http://www.imdb.com (for more on Cleese)

Filmography: (this does not include Television appearances, yet)

Actor
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

• Scorched (2003)

• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

• Die Another Day (2002)

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

• Rat Race (2001)

• Isn't She Great (2000)

• Quantum Project (2000)

• The Amnesty International Box Set (1999)

• The Best of Amnesty: Featuring the Stars of Monty Python (1999)

• The Out-of-Towners (1999)

• The World Is Not Enough (1999)

• Fierce Creatures (1997)

• Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (1996)

• The Jungle Book (1994)

• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

• Splitting Heirs (1993)

• Bullseye! (1991)

• The Big Picture (1989)

• Erik the Viking (1989)

• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

• Clockwise (1985)

• Silverado (1985)

• Yellowbeard (1983)

• Time Bandits (1982)

• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

• Privates on Parade (1981)

• The Secret Policeman's Private Parts (1981)

• Whoops Apocalypse (1981)

• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

• Rutles, The: All You Need Is Cash (1978)

• Strange Case of the End of Civilization As We Know It (1977)

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

• Romance With a Double Bass (1974)

• And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

• The Statue (1971)

• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)

• How to Irritate People (1968)

Producer
• Fierce Creatures (1997)

Screenwriter
• Fierce Creatures (1997)

• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

• Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

• And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

• How to Irritate People (1968)

Voice
• George of the Jungle 2 (2003)

• George of the Jungle (1997)

 

 

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This fanlisting was last updated on November 02, 2008.

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