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I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I had been more familiar with John Cleese's work. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it, I just wasn't the ideal audience.
So, Anyway... was very well-written. It was almost as though I was sitting in a room with him while he shared anecdotes from his life.
He begins by talking about his childhood, and then gradually works his way through to Monty Python. While it was a quick read, there were a few slow parts in the middle of the book. But, again, people familiar with his work may not have an issue with that. I have to admit that I enjoyed reading more about his life while he was at school than his days writing comedy sketches, but that's because reading about someone writing is not very entertaining. Therefore, I'm glad he included bits of some of his favorite sketches. While some of them may have been funnier performed onstage, most of them were still amusing enough on their own to make me laugh out loud.
I would highly recommend this to fans of John Cleese, and to anyone who really enjoys British comedy.
I think I would have enjoyed this book more if I had been more familiar with John Cleese's work. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it, I just wasn't the ideal audience.
So, Anyway... was very well-written. It was almost as though I was sitting in a room with him while he shared anecdotes from his life.
He begins by talking about his childhood, and then gradually works his way through to Monty Python. While it was a quick read, there were a few slow parts in the middle of the book. But, again, people familiar with his work may not have an issue with that. I have to admit that I enjoyed reading more about his life while he was at school than his days writing comedy sketches, but that's because reading about someone writing is not very entertaining. Therefore, I'm glad he included bits of some of his favorite sketches. While some of them may have been funnier performed onstage, most of them were still amusing enough on their own to make me laugh out loud.
I would highly recommend this to fans of John Cleese, and to anyone who really enjoys British comedy.
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reflective
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informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
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I don't agree with John Cleese's attitude towards political correctness and his opinions on how it affects comedy, and I certainly don't agree with his opinions against trans people (How does Suzy Izzard cope with this betrayal, I wonder?).
But, this man has been a huge presence on our screens and an infleunce on my own sense of humour since I was far too young to be watching him, and his autobiography is a wonderful insight to his upbringing and how he came to be the John Cleese we know today. It does lack a huge chunk from Monty Python onwards, his other wives post Connie Booth, what his relationship with his parents was like in the midst of stardom, but there's brilliant gems which made me laugh out loud along the way.
There's also this lovely undertone where, because of John Cleese's close writing relationship as well as his friendship with Graham Chapman, in some places here and there it feels as much a biography about Chapman as much as it is about Cleese.
It's worth a read for any fan, though go into it with the knowledge of who John Cleese is today.
But, this man has been a huge presence on our screens and an infleunce on my own sense of humour since I was far too young to be watching him, and his autobiography is a wonderful insight to his upbringing and how he came to be the John Cleese we know today. It does lack a huge chunk from Monty Python onwards, his other wives post Connie Booth, what his relationship with his parents was like in the midst of stardom, but there's brilliant gems which made me laugh out loud along the way.
There's also this lovely undertone where, because of John Cleese's close writing relationship as well as his friendship with Graham Chapman, in some places here and there it feels as much a biography about Chapman as much as it is about Cleese.
It's worth a read for any fan, though go into it with the knowledge of who John Cleese is today.
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