Jimmy Carr will join the stellar line up for Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball. The TV show will air on Channel 4 within days of the event itself in March, which this year takes place in New York for the very first time at Radio City Music

DULL, DRAB AND AWFUL? Boring, tedious and unimaginative? Life has never been quite the same since John Cleese created the stereotype for accountants, describing these qualities as a drawback in most professions, but as a positive boon for accountants! So

From the fertile minds of the 20th Century’s most brilliant and outrageous comedy troupe comes their most highly regarded comedy classic - Monty Python and the Holy Grail - debuting on Blu-ray March 26 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Their second

Back in the public eye of late thanks to his recent live DVD The Alimony Tour and the news that most of the Pythons will be reuniting for another movie - Absolutely Anything - it's an absolute joy to see the comedy great talking to us about elderberries,

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 wors

John Cleese promoting his show, due to hit Canberra in April. Photo: Jason South We touch base with funny man John Cleese who'll be performing in Canberra for the first time in April. “The last eight months have been busier than any other part of my life

Great picture! With the way we are currently playing you would think John Cleese is in charge. I think the Walcott substitution is proof enough that Wenger has lost the touch. Walcott was shit against Milan – so bench him for an extended period until he

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David Kelly, 82, an Irish character actor who played Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and motorcycled naked in Waking Ned Devine, died Sunday in Dublin. Mr. Kelly was best known in Ireland for his 1980 depiction of doomed tenement dweller

I think the problem with people like this is that they’re so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are. -John Cleese This lol celeb picture was posted on Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 2:30 pm. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log i

John Cleese is one of the funniest humans ever to grace Earth. From Flying Circus to Fawlty Towers—perhaps the funniest show ever made—to Wanda, this man is the epitome of comedy. Logically, he doesn't disappoint in his replies to YouTube commenters. The

This should be on television, they should make a movie out of it, it should be an app, it belongs everywhere: John Cleese responding to YouTube comments in a video posted by the Monty Python account. In this video, hear what elderberries taste like, Clee

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Scottish actor and comedian, Ronnie Corbett who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the television comedy series "The Two Ronnies," received his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) medal by Queen Elizabeth during an investiture ce

In Britain, Steve Coogan’s Alan Partridge is as celebrated as John Cleese’s Basil Fawlty or Rowan Atkinson’s Mr. Bean. And in America, Coogan’s cult status has been spreading, thanks to The Trip, the recent movie drawn from one of his wildly popular BBC

By following stories, you will be notified when new articles on this topic are published. These will appear in your dashboard. In order to view this article, the recipient must be a subscriber to thetimes.co.uk The Queen presenting Ronnie Corbett with th

At 5ft 1in tall, Ronnie Corbett was dwarfed by the Queen as he received his CBE today. The 81-year-old star - best-known for his long-running partnership with the late Ronnie Barker - has been recognised for his services to entertainment and charity. Sta

Kristen Wiig and Jack Whitehall are among the latest names announced to perform at The Secret Policeman's Ball - in New York.The Bridesmaids star and the young British comedian will join Russell Brand and Coldplay for the concert held at Radio City Music

Classic TV comedy is coming live to a stage in Chester. Tip Top Productions presents John Cleese and Connie Booth’s iconic Fawlty Towers at The Forum Studio Theatre toward the end of this month. Stuart Evans takes Cleese’s role as rude hotel proprietor B