Cleese
Britishnoun
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The two other surviving Python members, John Cleese and Eric Idle, also supported the campaign.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
John Cleese and his then wife, Connie Booth, had submitted the first script of Fawlty Towers to the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
Co-written by Gilliam and Michael Palin, with appearances by Palin as a luckless dweeb through the ages and John Cleese as a posh Robin Hood, “Time Bandits,” the film, was very much a Python work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
The show, which was presented by John Cleese and featured Elizabeth Hurley, Pierce Brosnan and Sir David Attenborough, was recognised with an Emmy nomination in 2002.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
“Of course that was long before I invented wine and became an immortal. I fought side by side with the gods and some other demigod...Harry Cleese, I think.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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