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John Cleese is such an icon that my wife and I had to see him but the show felt underwhelming: not enough material and lots of Q&A moderated by his daughter, who isn't particularly funny. And I have to say that although John had some good stuff, there were a number of old jokes that I'd heard elsewhere, long ago, and too many clips that felt like filler. Can't a man like that come up with more original material? He was definitely coasting. Not sure I'd recommend this show.
Dennis from Madison, Wisconsin
JOHN CLEESE
90 minutes, no intermission. The 90 minutes
included a slightly late start, an introduction
that was too long and really unnecessary.
Mr.Cleese talked about stupidity and
psychology and incompetence for about 35
minutes, a moderator came back, they talked
for about 45 minutes and then a stage
manager came on and said this was the last
question. Lights up out the doors. Sound
boring? I have heard many college lectures that
were as witty and clever. John Cleese was
brilliant in his day, but he is now a man who is
famous for being a celebrity and must have to
tour to pay the alimony from his many
marriages. John, you say you are a writer and
you once were brilliant.Time to turn off the
television in your hotel room and try to write
some life back into this tired act. Sorry to say,
skip this show.
Kevin from Boston, Massachusetts
NEVER MEET YOUR IDOL
I was excited to see John Cleese in
person, but pretty disappointed when
he spoke. He ranted a lot about his ex
wives. First of all, I can hear that kind
of talk for much less money on a bad
date. Second of all, it wasn't funny. In
fact it was kind of mean. I started to
get a feeling about why so many
marriages did not work out. I just
read a saying recently that you should
.never meet your idol (because you
will probably be disappointed) and I
think that rings true in this case.
Also, most of the evening was
watching the movie!
Stewart from Ottawa, Ontario
DISAPPOINTING SHOW AT THE NAC
From the get-go I felt that despite my lack of any expectation I would be
disappointed with John Cleese's appearance at Ottawa's National Arts Centre. At
$100+ per amphitheatre seat, I was anticipating at least the odd chuckle and a
couple of belly-laughs; but it was not to be. The sound was terrible and was made
worse by fact that he spoke very quickly during the monologue portion of the show -
my ears could not listen fast enough and I felt as though I was constantly decoding.
Mr. Cleese spoke about critics and offered advice to an apparently-aspiring critic in
the crowd by saying that they should not be mean. As such, I will offer that this
show was not up to the standard that I have come to expect from Mr. Cleese
through my longtime following of his TV shows, movies and management videos.
The "fireside chat" portion of the show, where he sat and chatted with a local DJ was,
in a word, boring and offered no flow. In the least mean way possible - not good
value for my $$!
John Holden from Ottawa, Ontario
JOHN CLEESE
Mr. Cleese presented a fifty minute diatribe on general incompetence, stupidity, and how idiots came
to run the world. They don't know they are stupid, you see. He then anwered a few questions from
a moderator and the audience, His responses were mildly humorous but seemed to be one-size-fits-
all set pieces that were stored until needed. The show eneded promptly at the 90 minute mark and I
could not help but get the feeling that Mr. Cleese had been mentally looking at his watch and
thinking; "Will this never end?" He did have a good line about Canada; "There is nothing wrong with
your country that could not be cured by towing it 1500 miles south". Save your money and watch a
Fawlty Towers re-run instead.
Bezdeekvor from Fresno, California
MEH...
I feel like I just paid 60 bucks to view an old movie. I don't think it was advertised as a
Monty Python viewing when I purchased the tickets 6 months ago. So for those of you
who like Cleese's other works, don't waste your time. It was all Python and questions
regarding Pythons. No Faulty Towers or Fish Called Wanda. No sketches or imitations. All
Python. The movie is 1.5 hours long and the Q and A is about 40 minutes.
Carolyn Gibbs from San Francisco, California
DISAPPOINTED IN SAN FRANCISCO
Was very excited as I spent many of my younger year in England. John Cleese and
his band of merry men were true iconic groundbreaking heroes. To this day, his
skits - The Parrot sketch, The Cheese Shop, The Argument, Faulty Towers and a Fish
called Wanda rival all and any comedy out there. Unfortunately, the first at least
hour was watching (the best parts) of the Holy Grail movies, building anticipation for
him to come out. When he did, it was mumbling, answering STUPID questions, like:
any advice for tall men (WHAT??) and how many times were you married. I DONT
CARE - I wanted stories and tidbits about working with all these amazing other
comedians, how they all came up with story lines, What was it like working with
Connie and Manuel on Faulty Towers? Was super let down. When he got political
(bad form) I was done. This was a sad ending to remember this once great
entertainer. Felt like it was a throw away evening.
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