John CleeseFilmography

Planet 51

Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese

Synopsis: An American astronaut believing himself to be the first person ever to set foot on Planet 51 gets the shock of his life in this animated adventure comedy featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, John Cleese, and Gary Oldman. Captain Charles "Chuck" Baker (voice of Johnson) was on a Read More

The Pink Panther 2

Actors: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina

Synopsis: Hollywood funnyman Steve Martin returns to the role made famous by Peter Sellers in this high-concept sequel to the 2006 comedy hit The Pink Panther. The world's most valuable treasures are being stolen. The legendary Pink Panther Diamond is the latest to disappear, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese Read More

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith

Synopsis: Keanu Reeves tops this adaptation of the seminal 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still with this 20th Century Fox production. Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) helms the story of an alien traveler, Klaatu (Reeves), who heads to Earth along with his bodyguard robot, Gort, to Read More

Igor

Actors: John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Eddie Izzard, Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes

Synopsis: John Cusack leads an all-star voice cast featuring Jay Leno, Molly Shannon, John Cleese, Jeremy Piven, Steve Buscemi, and Jennifer Coolidge in this computer-animated comedy about a gifted scientist who happens to have been born with a most unfortunate deformity. Igor (voice of Cusack) may have Read More

The Art of Soccer With John Cleese

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: John Cleese

Synopsis: Comic legend John Cleese hosts this documentary that offers a look at the history of football, the world's most popular sport. In addition to a number of the greatest highlights in the game's annals, the fimmakers include interviews with some of the greatest players, as well as celebrities who are Read More

Shrek the Third

Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews

Synopsis: Shrek and Fiona's (Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz, respectively) fairy-tale wedding has gone off without a hitch, yet just as the beaming newlyweds prepare to enjoy their blissful "happily ever after," the sudden death of King Harold (John Cleese) finds everyone's favorite ornery ogre being Read More

Charlotte's Web

Actors: Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer

Synopsis: E.B. White's classic children's story comes to the screen in this live-action adaptation with an all-star voice cast. Fern Arable (Dakota Fanning) is a young girl growing up on her family's farm. When a sow gives birth to some piglets, Fern's father (Kevin Anderson) intends to do away with the Read More

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Valiant

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie

Synopsis: Inspired by the true-life story of carrier pigeons who were trained to carry vital information for the Allied forces across the English Channel during World War II, this computer-animated adventure comedy focuses on Valiant (voice of Ewan McGregor), a wood pigeon who has volunteered to do his part Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Eric Idle's Personal Best

Synopsis: Few television comedy programs have had the enduring success of the legendary Monty Python show. Now fans of the surrealist sketch comedy series can find all of Eric Idle's best moments from the influential series in one place thanks to this Python-approved release from A&E Home Entertainment. Read More

Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys

Synopsis: Pulitzer-prizewinning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling book detailing the curious habits of the male species comes to the screen in a fun-filled look at manhood throughout the ages starring Dan Marino, John Cleese, and author-turned-actor Barry. From the stone age to the modern age and Read More

Man About Town

Actors: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese, Samuel Ball, Mike Binder

Synopsis: An unscrupulous Hollywood agent seeks to balance the success of his professional status with the abysmal reality of his personal life in director Miek Binder's existential comedy drama. When it comes to playing the Hollywood game, no one does it better than Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck). Yet despite Read More

Around the World in 80 Days

Actors: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Robert Fyfe, Cécile De France

Synopsis: Jules Verne's famous novel of a daring man of science who takes on the greatest voyage in history is once again adapted for the big screen in this adventure comedy. In 1872, eccentric British inventor Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan) has come up with any number of gadgets to help people travel with Read More

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane

Synopsis: After directing the first two movies in the Harry Potter franchise, Chris Columbus opted to serve as producer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and passed the baton to Y Tu Mamá También director Alfonso Cuarón. Though "immensely popular" is an understatement when it comes to Harry Potter Read More

Shrek 2

Actors: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Julie Andrews, Antonio Banderas

Synopsis: The cranky beast with a heart of gold returns to the big screen in this sequel to the computer-animated smash hit Shrek. After massive green ogre Shrek (voice of Mike Myers) and his new bride, Princess Fiona (voice of Cameron Diaz), return from their honeymoon, they receive an invitation to visit Read More

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Actors: Terry Jones, Stephen Fry, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett, Terry Gilliam

John Cleese: Wine for the Confused

Synopsis: One of the funniest men in Great Britain, John Cleese, uses his wit in the service of teaching folks about the joys of wine in this documentary. John Cleese: Wine for the Confused is a snobbery-free guide to appreciating good wine which offers useful information on how wine is made, how soil and Read More

Scorched

Actors: Rachael Leigh Cook

Synopsis: A handful of disgruntled bank employees decide to stage a robbery, but with no plans of doing it together, in this comedy. Sheila (Alicia Silverstone) is a teller at a small town bank who reaches her breaking point when her boyfriend, Rick Becker (Joshua Leonard), who also happens to be her boss Read More

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Actors: Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, John Forsythe, Bernie Mac, Demi Moore, Luke Wilson

Synopsis: The three most glamorous and butt-kicking private detectives in the business are back and ready to take on bad guys in this sequel to the 2000 blockbuster screen adaptation of the once-popular television series. Dylan (Drew Barrymore), Natalie (Cameron Diaz), and Alex (Lucy Liu) are once again Read More

George of the Jungle 2

Actors: Christopher Showerman, Julie Benz, Thomas Haden Church, Christina Pickles, Angus T. Jones

Synopsis: Longtime television director David Grossman makes his feature debut with this direct-to-video sequel to the 1997 hit family comedy George of the Jungle. Filling the loincloth originally worn by Brendan Fraser, Chris Showerman plays George this time around. Since the events of the first film Read More

Die Another Day

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench

Synopsis: Pierce Brosnan makes his fourth appearance as suave super-spy James Bond in this espionage thriller, the 20th film in the official Bond series. While on assignment in North Korea, Bond is captured by government agents, where he's imprisoned and tortured for over a year. When Bond finally wins his Read More

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Kenneth Branagh, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris

Synopsis: Youthful wizard Harry Potter returns to the screen in this, the second film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's wildly popular series of novels for young people. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) return for a second year at Read More

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy gets way, way out in this futuristic sci-fi comedy. In the year 2087, the Earth's natural resources have been largely depleted, and an increasingly large number of people have taken up residence on the moon, where the pioneering attitude of the new residents has created a culture not Read More

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Richard Harris

Synopsis: The best-selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the winner of a high-stakes search for a director to bring the first in a hoped-for franchise of Read More

Rat Race

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer, Kathy Najimy

Synopsis: A very loose remake of the classic multi-star comedy It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), this madcap comedy is directed by Jerry Zucker, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker comedy team and director of Ghost (1990). John Cleese stars as an eccentric casino owner who devises a contest pitting Read More

The Human Face, Part 4: Famous Faces

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese

Synopsis: The human face is what attracts and repels humans meeting other humans. This process is mysterious. This four-volume program from The Learning Channel investigates many aspects of the human face, from beauty to facial expression. John Cleese acts as narrator and host to a number of guests who Read More

The Human Face, Part 2: The Endlessly Fascinating Face

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese

Synopsis: The human face is what attracts and repels humans meeting other humans. This attraction is mysterious. This four-volume program from The Learning Channel investigates many aspects of the human face, from beauty to facial expression. John Cleese acts as narrator and host to a number of guests who Read More

The Human Face, Part 3: Does Beauty Matter?

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese

Synopsis: The human face is what attracts and repels humans meeting other humans. This process is mysterious. This four-volume program from The Learning Channel investigates many aspects of the human face, from beauty to facial expression. John Cleese acts as narrator and host to a number of guests who Read More

The Human Face, Part 1: Secrets of the Face

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese

Synopsis: The human face is what attracts and repels humans meeting other humans. This process is mysterious. This four-volume program from The Learning Channel investigates many aspects of the human face, from beauty to facial expression. John Cleese acts as narrator and host to a number of guests who Read More

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

Synopsis: This home video release finds an interesting way to repackage older Disney cartoons. Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, finds Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, and all of the other beloved Disney animated characters unable to leave a holiday party. In order to pass the time Read More

The Human Face [TV Series]

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this examination of the face, 12 different facial properties are looked at, and the impact of nonverbal communication is discussed. U.C. Santa Cruz professor Dane Archer is the narrator, and he gets his points across with humor and clarity. The Human Face is intended for classroom use, but the Read More

Isn't She Great

Actors: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce, John Cleese

Synopsis: Jacqueline Susann spent a long career on the edges of show business as an actress and model, but it never really paid off until she quit acting to write her first novel. Valley of the Dolls was a proudly sleazy potboiler that sold 26 million copies and had readers wondering which characters Read More

The Magic Pudding

Actors: John Cleese, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Toni Collette

Synopsis: One of Australia's best-loved children's books is brought to the screen in this animated comedy-adventure from down under. Bunyip Bluegum (voice of Geoffrey Rush) is a koala bear who has lost his parents and can't find them. While many of his friends and relatives fear that Bunyip's folks are Read More

Quantum Project

Actors: John Cleese, Stephen Dorff, Fay Masterson, Wendy Worthington

Synopsis: This 32-minute short subject was advertised as "the first world premier entertainment event to be instantly available worldwide only on the Internet," through on-line film distribution service SightSound.com. Paul Pentcho (Stephen Dorff) is a physicist who works with advanced particle acceleration Read More

The World Is Not Enough

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench

Synopsis: James Bond, the world's greatest secret agent, is sent once more into the breach in the name of Queen, Country, and a dry martini. In the 19th Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) must resolve a potentially deadly power struggle between two unstable nations, with control of the world's oil supply Read More

The Out-of-Towners

Actors: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Mark McKinney, John Cleese, Oliver Hudson

Synopsis: When Frank Sinatra sang "If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere, it's up to you, New York!" he probably didn't have the same odds in mind that line up against Henry and Nancy Clark in The Out-Of-Towners. Henry (Steve Martin) is an advertising man from Ohio who runs his life on an exacting Read More

In the Wild: Lemurs with John Cleese

Synopsis: PBS home video and actor John Cleese journey into the world of the lemur. The lemur is an animal close to extinction. Cleese travels to Madagascar to take the viewer into the life of the lemur. This mammal represents a lifelong passion for Cleese who is working to restore thier numbers in the Read More

The Life of Python, Vol. I: It's...The Monty Python Story

Synopsis: The history of one Monty Python's Flying Circus is examined in this release featuring interviews with the Pythons and friends, new sketches, "The Lost Python Mayday Special," and much more. An animated tribute from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone offers testament to Monty Python's Read More

The Life of Python, Vol. II

The Life of Python, Vol. III: The Lost German Episode

Parting Shots

Actors: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, John Cleese, Bob Hoskins, Ben Kingsley

Synopsis: Michael Winner directed this British comedy-thriller about the disappointing life of wedding photographer Harry Sterndale (singer-actor Chris Rea). Betrayed by his wife, Harry had his ideas stolen by his best friend Maurice Walpole (John Cleese), was fleeced by shady businessman Gerd Layton (Bob Hoskins Read More

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Synopsis: This film features all the surviving members of Python, gathered together to perform at a comedy festival in Colorado. Many of the group's favorite skits are performed. Also featured are classic clips from the television program and interviews with the cast members who reminisce and engage in the Read More

Fierce Creatures

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay

Synopsis: The starring cast of the hit A Fish Called Wanda reunited for this farcical comedy, which star and co-screenwriter John Cleese described as "not a sequel, but an equal." When London's Marwood Zoo is purchased by Octopus, Inc., the multi-national holding company run by New Zealand publishing tycoon Read More

George of the Jungle

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree, John Cleese

Synopsis: Jay Ward's fondly-remembered cartoon series about a klutzy king of the jungle gets the big-screen, live-action treatment in this comedy from Walt Disney Pictures. A young boy named George becomes lost in the jungles of the African nation of Bukuvu following a plane crash, where he's rescued and Read More

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Actors: Steve Coogan, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Antony Sher, Nicol Williamson

Synopsis: Former Monty Python members Terry Jones, Eric Idle, John Cleese, and Michael Palin were reunited by director Jones for this live-action adaptation of the 1908 children's fantasy classic by Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932). The actors have only slight physical changes to suggest animal characteristics Read More

Look at the State We're In

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Created by John Cleese of Monty Python fame, the twice-weekly TV series Look at the State We're In was a hilariously satirical spin on the British judicial and legislative system. Cleese was joined by a stellar cast of British comic talents in the series' six 25-minute episodes, which skewered Read More

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese

Synopsis: Twenty-seven years after turning one of Rudyard Kipling's best known works into a successful animated musical, Disney returned to the same source material for this live-action adventure, which hews slightly closer to the original source material. Mowgli (Sean Naeleli) is the five-year-old son of a Read More

The Swan Princess

Actors: Jack Palance, Howard McGillian, Michelle Nicastro, John Cleese, Sandy Duncan, Steven Wright

Synopsis: The Swan Princess is an animated, musical adaption of the fairy tale, "Swan Lake." An aging king (Dakin Matthews) and a widowed queen (Sandy Duncan) arrange a marriage between his only daughter and her only son, despite the two children's initial dislike of one another. Eventually they fall in Read More

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Actors: Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Aidan Quinn, John Cleese

Synopsis: Director Kenneth Branagh's interpretation of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel stars Robert DeNiro as a terrifying monster created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits of medicine in the early 19th century. With the use of flashback, a dying Dr. Viktor Frankenstein Read More

Splitting Heirs

Actors: Rick Moranis, Eric Idle, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese

Synopsis: Splitting Heirs is a dull mistaken identity comedy about a British Duke (Eric Idle) who is switched at birth when his parents accidentally left him behind in a restaurant, picking up the wrong baby by mistake. Idle is raised by Pakistanis and when he discovers his true identity, he begins plotting Read More

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Actors: Philip Glasser, James Stewart, Dom DeLuise, John Cleese, Cathy Cavadini, Erica Yohn, Nehemiah Persoff

Synopsis: In this animated sequel to An American Tale, Fievel Mousekewitz strikes out from not-so-enthralling New York City in a wagon train headed West. Helping propel the departure is a crafty cat named Cat R. Waul who tells our Fievel that out West the cats and mice get along just fine. Once on the Read More

Bullseye!

Actors: Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Sally Kirkland, Deborah Barrymore, Mark Burns

Synopsis: A hectic caper flick with farcical overtones, Bullseye! doesn't quite hit the....oh, you know. Government scientist Michael Caine and his titled pal Roger Moore plan to auction off a cold fusion formula to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, a pair of con artists-also played by Caine and Read More

Quark the Dragon Slayer

Synopsis: This animated children's fantasy adventure tells the story of giant baby and chronicles the effect his presence has upon his home village. The story is narrated by British comedian John Cleese. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Life of Python

Synopsis: This 56-minute video celebrates 25 years' worth of inspired lunacy from Britain's Monty Python's Flying Circus. Loyal Pythonites John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam are interviewed, offering surprisingly sobersided insight as to what made their zany Read More

Erik the Viking

Actors: Tim Robbins, Gary Cady, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones

Synopsis: An unusually principled young Viking becomes increasing uncomfortable with all the killing and plundering that goes with the job, and sets out on a magical journey in order to bring about world peace. Former Monty Python member Terry Jones attempts to have his story of Erik's seemingly hopeless Read More

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

Actors: Robert Lindsay, Cathryn Bradshaw, Robbie Coltrane, Anne Bancroft, Corbin Bernsen

Synopsis: Tony award-winning British musical comedy star Robert Lindsay makes his first important American film appearance in Bert Rigby, You're a Fool. Lindsay, of course, plays the title character, a coal miner who dreams of becoming a big showbiz star. Only problem is, there's very little demand for Bert Read More

Monty Python's Parrot Sketch Not Included - 20 Years of Python

Synopsis: This is a retrospective of the British comedy troupe on their 20th anniversary. Hosted by comedian Steve Martin, many of the group's most famous routines are showcased. Included are such gems as the Spam diner, the lingerie-clad lumberjacks, and the officials from the Ministry of Silly Walks. Read More

A Fish Called Wanda

Crew: Executive Producer, Producer, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin

Synopsis: In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his Read More

Cheers: Simon Says

Synopsis: John Cleese won an Emmy for his performance as eminent British marriage counselor Dr. Simon Finch-Royce in this episode. Upon learning that Finch-Royce is an old college chum of Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), Diane prevails upon the good doctor to have a pre-nuptial session with herself and Sam (Ted Danson Read More

Secret Policeman's Third Ball

Actors: Bob Hoskins, Joan Armatrading, Jackson Browne, Paul Brady, Kate Bush

Synopsis: Music and comedy share the stage in this performance film, which records a four-night variety show presented in 1987 as a benefit for the human rights organization Amnesty International. A handful of top British comedians were on hand for the revue, including Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, Lenny Read More

Clockwise

Actors: John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Penelope Wilton, Stephen Moore, Joan Hickson, Sharon Maiden

Synopsis: John Cleese's knack for mining hilarity from the growing frustration of a dignified gentleman is fully exploited in the British comedy Clockwise. Cleese portrays Brian Stimpson, a perfectionist English headmaster who has been selected to make an important presentation before a group of his peers. Read More

Silverado

Actors: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese

Synopsis: Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado is a fond hark back to the all-star, big-budget westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. The various plotlines converge at the town of Silverado, held in thrall by crooked sheriff Brian Dennehy and his behemoth "deputies." The four disparate heroes--Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, Scott Glenn Read More

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Synopsis: Take this guided tour with Gonzo through his mansion, but be careful! He catches a cannonball and wrestles a brick, blindfolded in this entertaining story. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Secret Policeman's Private Parts

Actors: Peter Cook, Terry Jones

Synopsis: The Secret Policeman's Private Parts, the second of two concert films produced on behalf of Amnesty International, is better photographed than the first (The Secret Policeman's Other Ball) but not quite as enjoyable. As in the earlier film, the show is stolen by the Monty Python aggregation: John Cleese Read More

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter

Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Synopsis: The Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's questions are "answered" in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a pre-credits sequence at a staid London insurance company which transforms Read More

Yellowbeard

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle, Tommy Chong, Eric Idle, Peter Cook

Synopsis: This colorful spoof of pirate movies had all the makings of a classic farce and yet sank straight to Davy Jones' locker at the box-office, for despite it's all-star international cast of famous comedians, and despite the fact that it was largely co-written by "Monty Python"-veteran Graham Chapman Read More

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Pete Townshend, Alan Bennett, John Bird, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Jeff Beck

Synopsis: The highlights of two benefit concerts staged in support of Amnesty International are collected in this British performance film, which features ample helpings of both music and comedy. The members of the Monty Python comedy troupe serve as headliners, performing live variations on some of their Read More

Whoops! Apocalypse [TV Series]

Actors: Barry Morse, John Barron, Richard Griffiths, Peter Jones, Geoffrey Palmer

Synopsis: Imagine Monty Python's Flying Circus crossed with Dr. Strangelove, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what went on in the uproarious "black" British sitcom Whoops! Apocalypse. Three of the world's superpowers collide head-on in their efforts to replace the recently deposed Shah of Iran: U.S. Read More

Privates on Parade

Actors: John Cleese, Denis Quilley, Nicola Pagett, Patrick Pearson, Michael Elphick

Synopsis: This kooky British comedy chronicles the zany and occasionally dramatic exploits of the Song and Dance Unit, Southeast Asia (SADUSEA, pronounced "sad-you-see") assigned to entertain troops stationed in the Malayan jungle during WW II. It is based on a play by Peter Nichols. The entertainers are Read More

Monty Python: Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones

Synopsis: Like The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl consists of "concert" footage of the nonsensical British Monty Python troupe. This 77-minute collection of skits and blackouts features stalwart Pythoners Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones Read More

Time Bandits

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm

Synopsis: A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a tricky balancing act in his second feature as sole director, creating a dark, irreverent comedy disguised as a family adventure. Read More

The Great Muppet Caper

Actors: Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg

Synopsis: The Great Muppet Caper is the second Muppet film and it is considerably more complex than its predecessor, The Muppet Movie, which was essentially just a road movie. As the film begins, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are reporters who have failed to bag a story of a London jewel heist, which Read More

The Tom Machine

Actors: Donald Sumpter, John Cleese, Hugh Thomas, John Shrapnel

Synopsis: Tom (Donald Sumpter), a computer technician who is beginning to wonder about the meaning of life, especially his life, is caught between the dictates of a mechanical robot-maid and the drudgery of his regimented, bureaucratic existence. Is there no way out of this kind of entrapment? Tom considers Read More

The Taming of the Shrew

Actors: John Cleese, Sarah Badel

Fawlty Towers: The Kipper and the Corpse

Synopsis: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) gets a cut-price deal on some kippers which were well past their sell-by date. Shortly after they're served with breakfast at the Fawlty Towers dining room, one of the guests dies, and Basil is certain a spoiled kipper was to blame. While a doctor assures Basil the Read More

Fawlty Towers: Basil the Rat

Synopsis: When the health department gives the Fawlty Towers kitchen a surprise inspection, Basil (John Cleese) is informed that the sanitation is far below acceptable standards and is given 24 hours to get the place ship-shape. Basil assigns his staff to give the kitchen a thorough cleaning, but when he Read More

Doctor Who: City of Death, Episode 4

Actors: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, David Graham, Kevin Flood

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "City of Death," Count Scarlioni (Julian Glover) -- aka the notorious art thief Scaroth -- has vanished into the past, with the Doctor (Tom Baker), Romana (Lalla Ward), and detective Duggan (Tom Chadbon) in hot pursuit. Unless the Doctor can stop Scaroth Read More

Fawlty Towers: The Psychiatrist

Synopsis: Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) discovers that one of his guests has smuggled an attractive young woman into his room, and Basil, more than a bit jealous, is determined to catch him red-handed. Meanwhile, Basil learns that two of his guests, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott (Basil Henson and Elspet Gray) are Read More

The Life of Brian

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam

Synopsis: On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian...and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a messiah -- yet Read More

Fawlty Towers: Series 02

Crew: Show Creator

Actors: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Ballard Berkeley

Synopsis: Originally broadcast from February 19 to October 25, 1979, the second and final season of BBC2's Fawlty Towers finds Torquay hotelier Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) continuing to insult and terrorize guests and staffers alike, while Basil's wife Sybil (Prunella Scales) proves anew that she is the most Read More

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Actors: John Cleese, Peter Cook, Eleanor Bron, Pete Townshend, Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: Some of the biggest and brightest stars in British comedy appear in this performance film, which documents a revue staged by John Cleese of Monty Python as a benefit for the human rights group Amnesty International. In addition to Cleese and fellow Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones (who Read More

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization As We Know it

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: John Cleese co-wrote and stars in this satiric comedy as the less-than-spectacular progeny of the world's greatest detective. A mysterious super-villain announces across the globe that the world will come to an end in five days unless their demands are met. Research reveals that the fiend in Read More

The Mermaid Frolics

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Julie Covington, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

Synopsis: In 1976, a member of the office staff at the London offices of Amnesty International, a global human rights watchdog group, discovered they'd received a donation from one "J. Cleese" and discovered he was John Cleese, one of the founding members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Amnesty Read More

Fawlty Towers [TV Series]

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Brian Hall

Synopsis: " 'Nutter' runs small hotel" is the terse-but-true description given by an English catalog to the weekly comedy series Fawlty Towers. Created by John Cleese, the series stars Cleese as Basil Fawlty, the insufferable--and insufferably inept--owner-manager of a tenth-rate British hotel. Co-starring Read More

Fawlty Towers: Series 01

Crew: Show Creator

Actors: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Ballard Berkeley

Synopsis: Terminally rude hotelier Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) and his garrulous, supremely unhelpful wife Sybil (Prunella Scales) open the doors of their Torquay inn to a wide variety of hapless customers as Fawlty Towers launches its first season on BBC2. Originally telecast on September 19, 1975, the Read More

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam

Synopsis: From its opening multi-language titles (that sure looks like Swedish) to the closing arrest of the entire Dark Ages cast by modern-day bobbies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail helped to define "irreverence" and became an instant cult classic. This time the Pythonites savage the legend of Read More

Romance with a Double Bass

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Connie Booth, Graham Crowden, Freddie Jones, John Cleese

Synopsis: You never heard of this one? It might be because Romance with a Double Bass isn't a feature film at all, but a 40-minute short subject, designed for British television. John Cleese, still in his Monty Python period, plays a double-bass player who woos a lovely princess (Connie Booth). Both Cleese Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Monty Python Bloeden fur Deutschland

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: As they had done in the summer of 1972, the cast of Monty Python's Flying Circus appeared on a 50-minute special for German television in October of 1973. Highlights of "Monty Python Bloeden fur Deutschland" include a visit with Superbutcher!, a profile of famed mice and fish preserver Frank Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Hamlet

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, Hamlet visits a psychiatrist and confesses that he's always wanted to be a private detective. The Melancholy Dane's sexual hang-ups are dissected by two bogus shrinks, at which point Dr. Bruce Genuine saves the day. The comfy chair used by the host of "Nationwide" is identified as Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Light Entertainment War

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, Alex Diamond runs over two singing tramps while en route to lumbago specialist Dr. Emile Koning. Next door to the doctor, Rear Admiral Humphrey DeVere recalls an incident in WW2, in which London was bombed by cabbage crates and attacked by troops bearing wands and wearing tutus. Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Michael Ellis

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, Chris Quinn enters a department store and demands to buy an ant named Marcus. When Chris goes home, his mum informs him that Michael Ellis -- for whom he has been repeatedly mistaken -- has been looking for him. On his own, Chris attends a poetry reading, in which Wordsworth Read More

The Love Ban

Synopsis: Few theatre marquees could accommodate the title It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World, so most British exhibitors chose the film's alternate title, The Love Ban. Based on a potty-mouthed stage play by Kevin Laffan, this comedy concerns the tribulations of a devoutly Catholic couple, played by Nanette Newman Read More

Rentadick

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this pre-Monty Python parody of private-eye movies by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, someone has stolen nerve gas that paralyzes victims from the waist down. Now the bumbling boys at Rentadick, Inc. must find them before it is too late. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Monty Python in Deutschland

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Sometime between seasons two and three of Monty Python's Flying Circus, the series' cast appeared in a 50-minute special that aired exclusively on German television. Popularly known as "Monty Python in Deutschland," this filmed special consisted almost entirely of new material, save for a sketch Read More

And Now for Something Completely Different

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Connie Booth, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle

Synopsis: Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different was first released in the US in 1973, but didn't really take off as a midnight-movie fixture until after the Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series began making the PBS rounds. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin Read More

The Two Ronnies [TV Series]

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: One of a handful of British sketch-comedy series to enjoy worldwide distribution and popularity, The Two Ronnies was a showcase for the wild, non sequitur humor of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. Although anything could happen and usually did on the series' 96 half-hour episodes, certain Read More

The Statue

Actors: Pistillo Antonio, Mircha Carven, Maria Comberti, Kiko Concalves, Christopher Cruize, Antonino D'Acquisto, Edward Danko, Julie Fair, Marco Gobbi, F.L. Greaves, Mario Guizzardi, Mike Harvey, Ron Hepher, Hazel Hoskins, Tolis Karachalios, Roberto Lande, Maureen Lane, Nicolette LePelley, Pamela LePelley, Katarina Lidfeldt, Gianni Musi, Dough Parish, Robert Pomeroy, Jack Repp, Zoe Sallis, Luigi Scavran, Sergio Silverio, Bill Vanders, John Wregg

Synopsis: David Niven is Alex, a scholar who has won the Nobel Prize for developing a universal language. The U.S. State Department has decided to honor him with a statue, to be displayed in London's Grosvenor Square. The commission for the project went to Alex's wife Rhonda (Virna Lisi), who has designed a Read More

Six Dates With Barker

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Comic actor Ronnie Barker starred in all six half-hour episodes of this British anthology series. The gimmick was that each installment was penned by a different comedy writer, among them The Goon Show's Spike Milligan, Monty Python's John Cleese, and Barker himself, writing pseudonymously as Gerald Wiley Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The All-England Summarize Proust Competition

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The titular event includes a swimsuit and evening-gown competition, and a 15-second summary of Remembrances of Things Past, performed as a madrigal by The Fred Tomlinson Singers. Col. Sir John Teasy Weasy Butler describes the International Hairdresser's Expedition of Mt. Everest. After Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, Mr. Graham gets away with speaking in anagrams until he's caught in a spoonerism. Mrs. Scum wins the grand prize on "Beat the Clock," but doesn't live to tell about it. A merchant banker orders beloved horse stars Champion and Trigger to beat each other to death; other crucial Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The War against Pornography

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, Mr. T.F. Gumby's brain is removed by a Harley Street surgeon. A special telecast of the All-Essex Badminton Championship Finals forces the BBC to stage the Nine O'clock News on a cardboard TV screen. An exploration of Lake Pahoe yields a hallucinogenic Royal Navy recruiting film Read More

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Peter Cook, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Arthur Lowe, Vanessa Howard

Synopsis: Like Socrates of ancient Athens, Michael Rimmer (Peter Cook) of modern England believes the key to success is to ask the right questions. Lots of questions. So he gets a job with an advertising agency that conducts polls, rises swiftly through the ranks, and eventually runs the agency. Then he Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Whicker's World

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: After an absence of nearly two years, Monty Python's Flying Circus returned to the BBC on October 19, 1972. The first episode of the new season, "Whicker's World," begins with part one of "Njorl's Saga," a thrilling Icelandic saga that, for various reasons, never seems to get off the ground. Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Royal Episode 13

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: "Liberty Bell March" is replaced with "God Save the Queen" as the series' theme music, in anticipation of an expected visit from the Queen sometime during the episode. A bitter coal-mine strike is sparked by an argument over the Treaty of Utrecht and Greek Architecture. Mr. Pudifoot appears on Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Money Programme

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The programme begins with Episode Thlee of Erizabeth L, featuring Sir Flancis Dlake and the Spanish Almada. The Fraud Film Squad arrests a man for impersonating Lucino Visconti, and the Salvation Fuzz likewise swings into action. An old lady prepares a dead-rat dessert for her husband, while her Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris's Ford Popular

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Using archeological evidence, the titular Mr. Norris attempts to prove that the residents of Hounslow may have emigrated from Surbiton. The hosts of the kiddie show "How to Do It" demonstrate how to cure every disease known to man, and incidentally how to play the flute. "Farming Club" presents Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Dennis Moore

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, 18th Century highwayman Dennis Moore steals lupins from the rich to give to the poor. He later changes his M.O., stealing from the poor to give to the rich. In other developments, boxer Jack Bodell squares off against Sir Kenneth Clarke for the heavyweight championship; Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: A Book at Bedtime

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, dyslexic Sir Jeremy Toogood struggles to read Sir Walter Scott's The Red Gauntlet. The Queen's Own Kamikaze Highlanders go into training, with only one candidate surviving. A man from the No Time to Lose Advice Center tries to sell a used phrase. Terry Gilliam offers a 60-second Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Grandstand

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The Dummy Princess Margaret presents the British Show Biz Awards, with first prize going to the remains of the late Sir Alan Waddle. At a salon party in 1895, Oscar Wilde trades dirty epigrams with George Bernard Shaw and the Prince of Wales. Back at the awards ceremony, David Niven's Refrigerator Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The owner of the Tudor Job Agency is unable to locate a travelling companion for Sir Walter Raleigh, but he does a land-office business in dirty books. Inspector Henry Gaskell raids the agency, only to be transformed into Sir Philip Sydney, whereupon the viewer is treated to Sidney's life story. A Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Cycling Tour

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, Reg Pither's bicycle trip through the countryside is fraught with peril. He ends up in a hospital, convinced that he's really pop star Clodagh Rogers. Resuming his journey in the company of Mr. Gulliver, Pither embarks upon a search for Lenin and Trotsky, culminating in a visit to Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Nude Man

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: A Scotsman threatens to blow up an airliner, only to be ejected from the sketch by the show's director. A discussion of the significance of the Nude Organ Player is set aside in favor of "New Housing Developments," which depicts a British housing project populated entirely by literary characters Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Salad Days

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The centerpiece of this November 30, 1972, episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is a grisly slow-motion sequence from Sam Peckinpah's production of the musical comedy Salad Days, replete with tennis-racket impalements and blood-soaked pianos. Also on the docket is "The Adventures of Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Intermission

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: An increasingly spectacular series of intermissions punctuates this final episode of season one of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Hopkins the Maitre D' is the specialty du jour at a vegetarian restaurant. The filmed audience of the Women's Institute approves of the "Me, doctor, she, nurse Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Man's Crisis for Identity in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: A desperate suburban couple summons Confuse-a-Cat, Ltd. ("Thank God we've arrived in time!") A Customs Official bypasses a confessed smuggler in favor of strip-searching a vicar, leading to a round-table discussion of customs enforcement with a duck, a cat, and a lizard. Actor Sandy Camp Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Owl-Stretching Time

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: After a guitar rendition of "Jerusalem" at the Cardiff Rooms in Libya, an art critic joins Marge and Janet in lunching on a few masterpieces. A bather performs a striptease, much to the dismay of the Colonel. A Sergeant-Major demonstrates the proper self-defense techniques when dealing with an Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: It's the Arts

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Arthur Figgis makes a return appearance to discuss the German composer Johann Gambolputty de von Read More

The Magic Christian

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans, Christopher Lee, Caroline Blakiston, Raquel Welch

Synopsis: This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Naked Ant

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, six chapters of "The Naked Ant" are telescoped into a battle between a polar bear and a railroad engineer. An executive board meeting is periodically interrupted by the sight of men falling from the roof of a tall building. The answer to this mystery is provided by an economist, a Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Full Frontal Nudity

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: This is the one with the Dead Parrot. Also, Private Watkins' request to be sent home from WWII is dismissed as "silly and badly written" by the Colonel, who demands a new sketch. A bride and groom are advised to say "dog kennel" instead of "mattress" to the sensitive Mr. Lambert. The Colonel ends Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Oh, You're No Fun Anymore

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: An unsuccessful yeti spotter becomes an unsuccessful camel spotter. Dracula stops being fun anymore when his fangs drop out. Nor is Wilkins any fun when he embezzles a penny from the one-shilling gross of the Multi-Million Pound Corporation. In "Science Fiction," aliens from the planet Skyron Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Ant - An Introduction

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: "Part 2: The Llama Live From Golders Green" is followed by a man with a tape recorder up his nose (he later returns in stereo). Double-visioned Sir George Head hires Arthur Wilson for a mountain-climbing expedition, then hires Arthur Wilson for a mountain-climbing expedition. Incompetent Bevis the Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, listeners protest as the sounds of the Warsaw Concerto are heard wafting from the bathroom. "The World of History" introduces a solemn team of undertakers who wend their way throughout the rest of the episode. The murder of Inspector Tiger is investigated by Assistant Chief Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Untitled

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this episode, Frank the Plumber is invited to appear in a BBC sketch. A bank robber finds himself in a lingerie shop. The host of "It's a Tree" interviews a Chippendale writing desk who does celebrity impersonations. The Vocational Guidance Counselor tries to help Mr. Anchovy and solicits funds Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Whither Canada

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: This first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus originally aired October 5, 1969. The host of "It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" showcases the deaths of famous historical characters -- and one squealing pig. On "It's the Arts," emcee Tim interviews film director Sir Edward "Eddie Baby" Ross and Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus [TV Series]

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Synopsis: Created in 1969 as the British Broadcasting Corporation's answer to America's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (one of its guiding forces was BBC executive and former Laugh-In writer Barry Took), Monty Python's Flying Circus was both the title of the series and the name of the comedy troupe appearing in Read More

The Best House in London

Actors: David Hemmings, Joanna Pettet, George Sanders, Dany Robin, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: In this British farce, the British Home Secretary satisfies the men of London by sanctioning a government-run brothel. This comedy chronicles what happens when secretary John Bird appoints Sir Francis Leybourne to run the place. Bird then has his lovely girlfriend Babbette act as the Madame. Sir Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Sex and Violence

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In one of several sketches in this early Python episode, two Frenchmen with berets discuss the commercial feasibility of flying sheep. The host of "And Now for Something Completely Different" interviews Arthur Frampton, the man with three buttocks. A performance by Arthur Ewing and His 23 Musical Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The first tree to be recognized from quite a long way away is the Larch -- Harold Larch, who, after being hauled into court on a parking offense, summons Cardinal Richelieu as a character witness. Bicycle Repairman once more comes to the rescue. A children's fairy tale segues into a litany of Read More

Interlude

Actors: Oskar Werner, Barbara Ferris, Virginia Maskell, Donald Sutherland, Nora Swinburne

Synopsis: Stefan Zelter (Oskar Werner) is a classical orchestra conductor who is sued for libel after statements made in a newspaper interview. He finds himself blacklisted and out of work and leaves his wife Antonia (Virginia Maskell) to be with the reporter Sally (Barbara Ferris). His wife nobly tells him Read More

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth, Freddie Jones, William Rushton

Synopsis: The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom stars Shirley MacLaine as Harriet Blossom, the wife of a moderately successful British brassiere manufacturer Robert Blossom (Richard Attenborough). When Harriet's sewing machine breaks down, her husband decides to save a few quid by sending one of his own employees to Read More

John Cleese on How to Irritate People

Synopsis: No kidding: they need a video to tell us how to do this? Actually, How to Irritate People is a collection of TV skits, conceived in the mid-1960s by future Monty Python star John Cleese. As he'd do so often in future projects, Mr. Cleese demonstrates that, within every "veddy proper" Britisher Read More

At Last the 1948 Show [TV Series]

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, Tim Browne, John Cleese, Marty Feldman, Aimi MacDonald

Synopsis: The sketch comedy series At Last the 1948 Show was the first big break for rising young British comedians and friends Marty Feldman (Igor in Young Frankenstein), Tim Brooke-Taylor, and future Monty Python's Flying Circus writer/performers John Cleese and Graham Chapman. Prior to the show, they had Read More

Avengers: Look (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers

Synopsis: Steed and Tara investigate when the directors of Project Cupid, a top-secret construction project, are being systematically murdered. The culprit turns out to be a has-been vaudeville comedian, who resents the fact that Project Cupid plans to demolish a number of old music halls. Captured by the Read More

Interlude

Actors: June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, Marianne Cook, Françoise Rosay, Keith Andes

Synopsis: Like many of his best works, filmmaker Douglas Sirk's Interlude is a remake of an earlier Universal soap opera. In this case, Sirk's source material is the 1939 Irene Dunne-Charles Boyer vehicle When Tomorrow Comes. Based on a story by (of all people) James M. Cain, the story concerns the romance Read More

Dr. Seuss: Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

Actors: John Cleese

Synopsis: Narrated by Monty Python's John Cleese, this video, adapted from the Dr. Seuss book Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? is sure to let children know just how well they have it when compared to the bad luck and bizarre troubles of the characters described to the little boy in the story. Great Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Spanish Inquisition

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Neither Lady Mountbank nor Reg the Miller were expecting the Spanish Inquisition. In fact, in the words of Cardinal Ximenez, " Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" -- nor do they expect to be tortured with a dishwashing rack or the dreaded Comfy Chair. Meanwhile, Reg answers a door and Read More

Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Synopsis: Duane Huey's The Funny Blokes of British Comedy features Lenny Henry presenting a series of clips of some of the most famous comics in British television. Included are Fawlty Towers clips featuring John Cleese, scenes from Father Ted with Ardal O'Hanlon, and memorable moments from Black Adder Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Scott of the Antarctic

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Several cineastes report from the set of Scott of the Antarctic, where inebriated director James McRettin holds court over actors who can't remember their lines and who stand on flimsy boxes. After numerous setbacks, the film's title is changed to Scott of the Sahara. At long Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: How to Recognize Different Parts of the Body

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Among the body parts identified are the Foot, the Other Foot, the Shoulder, Just Above the Elbow, Margaret Thatcher's Brain, and several Naughty Bits (including those of Reginald Maulding). The faculty members of the University of Woolamaloo perform "The Philosophers' Song." Sir Adrian Furrows is Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: How Not to be Seen

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: An advertising executive comes up with the sure-fire slogan "Conquistador Coffee brings a new meaning to the word 'vomit.'" British prime minister Ramsey MacDonald strips down to bra and panties. Mr. Bee trades everything he owns, including his secretary, for a job -- or at least a biscuit. The Read More

Fawlty Towers: The Germans

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Spam

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Yes, this is the episode which features the rousing production number "The Spam Song," performed by a chorus of Vikings. But wait, there's more. A Hungarian tourist, armed with such helpful English phrases as "My hovercraft is full of eels" and "Drop your panties, Sir William, I cannot wait until Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Archaeology Today

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: After a preview of comic BBC attractions (stay tuned for "Snooker My Way"), the host of "Archeology Today" quizzes his guests on the disparity of their heights. Professor Lucien Kastner swears to avenge his honor, and succeeds during a 1920 Egyptian expedition. A testimonial for the National Truss Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Buzz Aldrin Show

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The five Gumbies tortuously announced "The Architect Sketch," wherein Mr. Wiggin designs a lethal apartment house. The BBC apologizes not only for this sketch, but also for the "Insurance Sketch," featuring Mr. Devious, the Straight Man, the Vicar, and an unseen Nude Lady. An episode of the Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Face the Press

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Season two of Monty Python's Flying Circus was launched September 15, 1970, with the episode titled "Dinsdale" (for lack of a better name, no doubt). The Minister of Home Affairs, a small patch of gooey brown liquid, and cross-dressing Air Chief Marshall Sir Vincent "Kill the Japs" Foster appear Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live from the Grill-O-Mat

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Telecast live from the Grill-o-Mat Snack Bar in Paignton, this episode begins with another round of the Blackmail Quiz Show, culminating with the lucrative (for the host) "Stop the Film" segment. Sir William Gore Fisk tries vainly to escape after delivering the annual financial report for the Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Attila the Hun Show

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Attila the Hun star in a sitcom with their kids Robin and Jennie, and Uncle Tom the butler. Later, Attila visits Charles Crompton, the stripping doctor, whose "peeling" skills are matched by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs. Leslie Ames, the Council Ratcatcher, matches Read More

Monty Python's Flying Circus: It's a Living

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The School Prize Awards are interrupted by two men, both claiming to be the Bishop of East Anglia. The director of the 30-second version of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the 10-second version of Rear Window is interviewed. The president of the Board of Trade is tossed in a lake, while Dame Irene Stoat Read More