Parkinson BBC John Cleese 80s

[damer8888]

Brilliant. I saw him on his tour in Oxford this summer and he tells the same funny great story about the brief case although he doesn't say it was Eric's he says it was his.

[holicat098]

all Python are legend!

[tnoye]

so old and still cracks me up

[pcgod8]

Well how else do you eat steak?

[guglielmobelis]

@pcgod8 You cut off one piece at a time, keeping the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right.

[Boldshane]

@pcgod8 Not like that, obviously. Not everything in this world is American, yaknow

[AndreDarkAngel]

Freddie Mercury!

[yamahasynth]

He is fantastic :)

[bamsawa]

wow parkinsins with colore!!

[mistofoles]

The hotelier John was referring to is the late Donald Sinclair!

[soeffingwhat]

Yes, and that became public knowledge later, though by the time of this interview, Sinclair was already deceased. Apparently I think he served in the RAF or the Navy during WW2, and while Cleese and Booth acknowledged this, it sounds like the Man was a totally unfit Hotelier.

[jibgt6]

what he says is exactly the same as the more modern version

[edj66]

@jibgt6 New audience...same joke. Still amusing.

[Clivepom]

been looking for something like this for agggges!

[christl301]

OMG can this guy tell a story and he is so natural......10 out of 10.

[dollfin000]

You gotta watch the recent john cleese interview with Parkinson, he says the same thing!!! Its like, wow!! hahahahahaha!

[AshLuvsJonnyStew]

haha brilliant!

[mettuccia]

I love this man!

[Octavius0]

Ha!

btw... look how biege everything is. Biege and grey.

[John27346]

You're right. That is very "by the way"

[florianatarre]

staff problems haha

[dabloso]

Never seen this before, but this is just excellent.

[fatmaccam]

priceless!

[jburning2]

Haha... this is what I feel in China. Funny in our culture, but nerving after awhile. It is amazing how humour can be limited. Something i didn't think before I got here. Funny though.

[magnus3000]

Man I never get tired of this clip!

"WHAT?!" Haha!

Thank you so much for posting this!

[russelltrigger]

Basil is funny!!

Long live John Cleese!

[STRATUS1337]

excellent!

[MaTtRoSiTy]

Thanks for uploading this - great footage ;-)

[terryvision42]

The other guest is Jonathan Miller.

[Neilo18]

Thanks a million!!!!!!

[Neilo18]

Who is the other guest on the show?

[tjugofyra]

Parkinson looks like Noel Gallagher here! :P

[AntarcticaTelevision]

Of course, when he quotes the Gleneagles manager, Cleese manages to make it sound just like Basil Fawlty. ;-)

[Salladsdressing]

What is he saying in the last sentence? I didn't quite hear that?

[mkmaster99]

He said " Well we've had a lot of staff problems recently"

[sorcussbabe77]

interesting that Cleese suffered terribly from depression, and yet he made these amazing comical masterpieces...poor man

[randycornhole]

I remember him when his name was John Cheese.

[doncass]

Indeed, history often repeats itself.He talked about the same thing on Parki in 2003.

God bless Cleese. He's a living legend.

[thedarkknightjoker]

i always remember this when im feeling sad and it cheers me up! :D

[CountLuku]

Funny, he was on Parkinson in 2003 and he told exactly the same anecdote in exactly the same way!

[Steely1919]

Right, although here it's much funnier, because here he still looks like Basil Fawlty!

[snolan1990]

he must have had to tell it thousands of times so its hardly surprising

[thesteve120]

i work in gleneagles and it is true :)

[Elric33239]

Talk about turning lemons into lemonade! Most people would just complain about a bad hotel stay, but Cleese turns it into one of the funniest shows in TV history! Thanks for the posting.

[0586730O2]

brilliant brilliant brilliant, luv it

[SEATTLEGRL1]

I love this guy!

[aston0708]

This guy is the comedy equivalent of christ,,, miracles included!

[thepopeshitsinthewoo]

jesus christ, john cleese, same initials

[fishbonezken]

Jeremy Clarkson?

god no! hahaha

[lubus007]

jeremy clarkson

[henrycrumm]

lmao, such a genius never ever forger him

[sannaol]

That was so funny :-)

[sannaol]

That was so funny :-)

[freeindeed7]

love it! thanks

[ken131]

Thanks! This is great!