Discover 15 of John Cleese’s funniest and most iconic jokes. From Monty Python to Fawlty Towers, these timeless lines still ...

Fifty years after first hitting theaters, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is still standing, as it holds a lofty position among comedy-movie royalty. Released by EMI Films in the U.S. on April 28, ...

John Cleese, the British comedy legend not known for his diplomacy, has taken aim at the “cowardly” BBC over its reluctance to offend people. He added: “A huge slice of comedy is put straight into the ...

Fawlty Towers star John Cleese has branded BBC comedy executives “stupid” and “clowns” after he was left frustrated by an ideas meeting with the broadcaster. The 85-year-old actor who starred as Basil ...

His response was withering: “There isn’t the executive understanding of how to nurture comedy, which is why there’s not much great comedy these days. John Birt (a former Director General) turned the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Comedy icon John Cleese is coming to the Florida Theatre for “Not Dead Yet: John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50,” on September 27. The event will feature a showing of “Monty ...

Does anybody truly remember Rat Race? I know it's recently become a surprise streaming hit, but it feels like if Netflix and the like wasn't a thing, it would have been totally wiped from existence.

BBC Comedy Director Jon Petrie has said his team would be “happy to talk” with John Cleese about the upcoming Fawlty Towers revival, as he unveiled the next generation of “very British” shows. Cleese ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - British comedian John Cleese’s performing days may be waning, but he still enjoys writing, including a recently penned memoir, and "the things that really matter in life," ...

John Cleese has said that the most "sensitive" and "neurotic" people should not be able to dictate the standards of broadcasting for wider society. The Fawlty Towers star suggested to Absolute Radio ...