As a hilarious comedian, gentleman, scholar, and founding member of the seminal sketch comedy troupe Monty Python, John Cleese hasn't lost a bit of his prize winning wit, even after over 40 years in the business. Now, he's come back to answer to the worst kind of modern critic-the YouTube commenter. Sit back and have a laugh as John Cleese carefully considers your useless comments.
--via The Mary Sue
Pompous twit.
Interesting that with all his mental prowess and dizzying intellect he hasn't cured cancer, or perfected cold fusion, or anything else whatsoever that benefits mankind on the whole in any way. I'd have thought that by now he'd at least have used his superior intelligence to solve at least one problem vexing mankind. Just one. But no, he's done nothing else at all, but act silly. Which is enough, I suppose, if you're completely self-centered and all you're interested in doing is enriching yourself.
Someone said they thought the "Parrot Sketch" was stupid and liked Jeff Dunham better. I think the question was tongue-and-cheek, but Cleese was polite and offered that Jeff Dunham was probably great.
He is a comedian, and answered the questions put to him, in what I thought was a gracious tone. He doesn't like Fox News, but that doesn't mean he hates the US. Maybe he is a John Stewart / Colbert fan?
@Morris - Just a friendly note: I believe the term is "tongue in cheek."