If you ever seen any "Monty Python" skits.... then you would know John Cleese. Born today in the year of 1939, John was born in England and was an only child as well. He started his career around the time he was a child throwing pranks around middle school. He used to play Crickett in his childhood before going into comedy.
He did a few comedy shows that were popular around the seventies called "Monty Python"; think of a Saturday Night Live skit in Britian, where they are hilarious. You have to enjoy the humor to understand the skits they perform. But it's not just only skits, they've done a few movies as well. His most comedic skit is the 'Ministry of Silly Walks' where he shows the audience different styles of walking.
There were other hilarious skits that made John Cleese famous in Monty Python. Him complaining that is 'parrot is no more; it had ceased to be....' It's a skit that involves John Cleese in a pet shop returning a bird that was dead and stuffed. One of my favorite skits ever in Monty Python. They also have done movies like 'Life of Brian', 'Meaning of Life' and my favorite, 'The Holy Grail.' He's in every one of those skits.
When Monty Python ended, he decided to appear in some movies and tv shows. My favorite being 'A Fish called Wanda' it's a story about two crooks (Kevin Cline and Jamie Lee Curtis) finding a way to get some jewels by pretending to be siblings, although they are in love with each other. John Cleese tries to put the moves on Jamie's character named Wanda. It's a funny movie and it does have a happy ending.
He has done other movies and tv shows. Some that aren't highly rated or watched. Adventures of Pluto Nash, Feivel goes West, Out of Towners, Pink Panther 2 and many more. His tv credits are Cheers, The Muppet show (where he performed with Muppets), Will & Grace, 3rd Rock from the sun and much more. He's still acting today, but not as much as he used to.
John Cleese has family. A few sons and daughters that are more writers although his daughter Camilla is trying to get into acting like her father, and both are by their sides even though she hasn't been in anything big, but they raise lemurs during their documentary on BBC called In the Wild: Operation Lemur. The Bemaraha Wooly Lemur is a lemur named 'Cleese's wooly lemur'
We celebrate not only his birthday, but today is my dad's as well. John Cleese celebrates with others even a deceased president. But today, John is now 84 years old and still acting. Amazes me he is still with us and is making people laugh from Monty Python to today. Happy Birthday to him and everyone who has anyone born on the 27th of October.
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