@@StonefieldJim4 Philosopher literally means "lover of wisdom", a characteristic that Cleese has embodies since leaving Downing College, Cambridge. Cleese also appeared seven times to lecture at Cornell University under their "professor at large" program, and has written a book about the human face. So what constitutes a philosopher these days in your opinion?
Brilliant. Far far lesser men and women have received far greater honours (lordships, knighthoods, etc) than John Cleese. The useless heads of the "blob", the civil service, get knighthoods (as per "Sir Humphrey" in Yes Minister), for instance.
Fascinating. I totally agree. I am a poet and flash fiction writer. You have to allow enough time to play with ideas which might seem quite random at first, then come back to it later in 'editor,' mode. Try to edit as you go along, and you will be suppress those amazing leaps of the imagination which often happen. This goes beyond writing. It applies to many processes in life.
@@StonefieldJim4 he hasn't exactly built his career around neuropsychology though, has he? But the gist of his point is pretty much accurate. That the brain is a powerful organ and it absorbs a lot more information subconsciously than we're consciously aware of and are able to consciously digest and interpret. But one of the ways in which we may be able to interpret and apply this information is through phenomena such as having a 'gut feeling', for example. Which wouldn't be surprising considering our nervous system extends well beyond the brain, reaching into all areas of our bodies.
“Alright, Cleese, you’re very proud of being the first person to ever say ‘sh**’ on television. If this service is really for me, just for starters, I want you to be the first person ever at a British memorial service to say ‘f***’!” (from his eulogy for Graham Chapman)
I was thinking about the unconscious the other day. You can type on a keyboard without thinking at all where your fingers are going. When learning to fly, your brain is overloaded with all you have to do, but as you gain experience the unconscious part of your brain handles some of it.
Can you just imagine Monty Python or Fawlty Towers coming out these days? No neither can I, it simply couldn't happen. It was largely the irreverence of many BBC comedy broadcasts that assured us Brits that we could never end up where we are today. We wrongly believed that the British people would never allow this to happen. But they did, and not just the Brits. They all folded like cheap 1930s German suits all at the same time and over a very short period of it. The only thing about this kind of inclusiveness is that we will all end up in the same place, taking the early shower, not just Jews, gays or gypsies, but all of us.
Most of the comics of Cleese's age are the children of the depression / ww2 era parents, those parents were (mostly) obsessed with stability, order and the job for life mentality so IMO it was natural for the kids to rebel against the conservativism which led to a great era of creativity. Interestingly the producers of the era were either very young or war vets themselves.
I agree with the first part Gary, which did suggest the UK would never succumb. And it hasn't entirely, as there is now a battle taking place in an effort to combat wokish totalitarianism and the domination of materialistic values.
@@blrbrazil1718 Maybe you should think very hard about the rest as well? Most of the German people never conceived of the idea of Death Camps, and most were still in a state of denial by the 1950s. Just when you may have thought matters can not possibly get worse or more insane they have swiftly done so. I agree that there is a fightback of sorts, but I doubt anywhere near enough people have a clue as to the might and power of those that they seek to oppose. If they did many of them would go home and stay there. I fear that this fight is already lost and that the level of bravery required to defeat the enemy simply does not exist within any Western population. The day of no return has long since passed. Let us pray that I am wrong, but often to my dismay, I very rarely am.
Valuable lessons! The subconscious is a direct connection to the universe. It gives us access to information but these are powerful forces, which is why John was so careful about the idea of 'trust your instinct' (which can so easily become 'voices telling you to commit mass murder') and insisted there needs to be rational processing at the end. Your new program sounds fascinating. I look forward to seeing it :o)
Barbados - there were roughly 25,000 slayves taken there in the first couple of decades - over 21,000 were white. Hope GBNews gets an Historian who talks about the people of England and Wales - apparently 1 in 10 people were slayves - rising to 2 in 10 in some places. The original Colonists of America consisted mostly of white slayves - and they were slayves - don't let the Nobility/elites change history to make their ancestors seem better people!
I have been working with the power of my subconscious for many decades which is just as well because without it I am lost. It works overtime when we are asleep, this is why the answer comes the next morning or later in the day. Indeed all of my best thinking is done while asleep. JRR Tolkien stated that he literally dreamed Lord of The Rings into existence. The great thing about the subconscious is that it can be trained to do the most amazing things. Plus if you get really good at doing this over time you can learn to communicate with it directly which is actually what people we describe as geniuses do without knowing that this is what they are actually doing. Our subconscious mind, wherever that may actually be, is capable of remembering everything we have seen and most of what we have heard. Think about that? but it is also capable of solving problems creating ideas and concepts and even repairing one's body and mind. No one likes to tell us this of course, least of all our education system, as we may get ideas above our station and the people in charge would not like that, now would they? Indeed we may start to ask ourselves whether we really need any of these people running our lives, confusing our children, starting wars, making us sick, wrecking and dividing our communities and families, while taxing us all into poverty so they can continue to do so. Just saying.
Probably because there are no distractions when your eyes are closed, it is quiet everywhere, and the mind is where your attention is. When I've been stuck on a computer game, I'll go to bed and dream of the solution. I also come up with clever replies to conversations I've had, or intend on having.
Might be hard to believe but interruptions are death to writing software, too. Also leaving decisions as long as possible is also part of good military decision making. It's just sometimes time runs out earlier than you expect or there is not enough time to get all the info you'd like hence the impression of needing to be very quick to make decisions. The trick is to anticipate a range of possibilities. Do you do the thinking and analysis before you have to decide.
I’ve experienced the interruption thing loads. My old house mate and girlfriend constantly talking inane bollox whilst I was playing guitar. There are quite a few recordings on my phone where I’m trying to lay down and idea and there constant chatter in the background 🙄 Lolz. Ah well.
"There is no such thing as a mistake" Bravo! Let the rabbit run about a bit and get run over if necessary... the second rabbit will install a zebra crossing.
You can tell when someone knows what they are talking about. They use the expression unconscious NOT subconscious. The distinction has profound implications and reveals an understanding about the universal nature of mind beyond the individual's sense of individuality. There is a universal consciousness from which the individual (the super ego) derives all of its understanding of the world
This is probably why there is nothing new coming out today. For example Disney doing loads of remake live actions rather coming up with new ideas. We are too distracted nowadays and have too many disruptions that is stunting creativity and new ideas!
The joke is the interviewer was driving silly questions, interrupting John who made a point about interruptions... etc John is brilliant in the interview, thanks John for the insights and advice... Andrew Doyle... learn to listen and pick a moment don't bull doze an interview, at best you are there only to present.
15:12 "...and they'd come up with f*** all. What the f*** did I say that was so f***ing wrong! Oh f***ing hell! I'm I f***ing playing with ideas here; some f***ing things just come to me! Don't f***ing get in the way of my free flow of f***ing ideas! F***ing Ofcom!!!!" Laurence Fox has never been so eloquent.
There's no "relaxed atmosphere" anymore because wrong words or ideas (whatever the group in power thinks those may be) can "cancel" out a career. And "poof" you're done.
The weird irony of being told you can't say something on something called Free Speech Nation. Also, Cleese telling Doyle to shut up was perfect. I get the impression that JC is going to be more thoughtful and insightful than the useful rabble on GBNews; much to their chagrin, I suspect.
GBNews consistently invites lefties and libtards to counter the channel's overall centre-right viewpoints. I doubt Cleese's "diverse opinion" approach to the coming show is much new. But we'll see.
I'm not sure Cleese has the authority to speak on the subject of unconsciousness. He's keen, but he gets the fundamentals plain wrong. He's confusing the subconscious with the unconscious: the former is where thoughts are put aside, or suppressed, but you'll spot them if you care to look, the latter is inaccessible (the domain of the repressed), except through dreams. Still, it's strangely reassuring to see that he's as superior and as aloof as ever - and at least he's not a desperate and desperately unfunny has-been like Eric Idle. That said, Cleese interviewing Doyle, who's twice as smart and funny, would've been more my cup of tea.
@@christinalayzelle832 And people make fun of religious people. Atheists are equally irrational and stupid, in general, and many of them have the benefit (for comedy) of pomposity and false superiority in their beliefs.
The word was offensive, John. It is why it was not allowed in normal public conversation and people even lost their jobs if they used it. Its casual use in programmes like this is stronly discouraged. Offensive language has value if offense is intended. If it is not then new 'offensive' words will have to be found.
A typical leftist argument is to always put a country down by saying they are living in the past or to accuse them of racism. The real oppression is from the illiberal left who are trying to stop all freedom of expression.
One of the great comic minds, and also a philosopher and a fearless advocate of free speech in an era of cowards and censorship.
I applaud his defence of free speech, but a philosopher he most certainly is not.
@@StonefieldJim4 Philosopher literally means "lover of wisdom", a characteristic that Cleese has embodies since leaving Downing College, Cambridge. Cleese also appeared seven times to lecture at Cornell University under their "professor at large" program, and has written a book about the human face. So what constitutes a philosopher these days in your opinion?
Brilliant. Far far lesser men and women have received far greater honours (lordships, knighthoods, etc) than John Cleese. The useless heads of the "blob", the civil service, get knighthoods (as per "Sir Humphrey" in Yes Minister), for instance.
John Cleese said the greatest teacher you ever have is the audience. So true! I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of listening to John!
Palin said it's disingenuous of Cleese to say that, as he frequently expressed contempt for audiences.
The Woke have no interest in what anyone outside the group think may think!
What John is teaching is so rarely taught but so powerful.
I could listen to John Cleese talk all day. Insightful, intelligent, articulate and funny.
Being creative requires lots of time and positive energy.
One of the best interviews GBNews has conducted. This man is a monolith in terms of his wisdom in this age.
It's not many who at that stage of life can still be said to be wise beyond their years. Cleese can be proud to have cracked the code.
Andrew, you are absolutely correct mr Cleese do not need an introduction,but, he deserves one 😊
National treasure, pure goldust.
Gawd Bless 😢 ya John ,
You are completely and utterly Correct !
What an absolute treat for the live audience.Brilliant ❤️🇬🇧
Simply brilliant.
That was mesmerising just watch the audience. Quite magical.
What a national treasure john Is
Flipping love the bloke
I concur. He is the fucking goat
@ol sim 100 percent my friend
"You can't say that word, especially before the watershed" "what, f**k? Priceless.
I thought Doyle was referring to "diversity"!
@@MrBannystar Both words are equal, in my opinion.
Honestly, this is one of the most interesting things I've seen on GBNews. I really enjoyed it.
absolute legend
Cleese is brilliant 👏
Fascinating. I totally agree. I am a poet and flash fiction writer. You have to allow enough time to play with ideas which might seem quite random at first, then come back to it later in 'editor,' mode. Try to edit as you go along, and you will be suppress those amazing leaps of the imagination which often happen. This goes beyond writing. It applies to many processes in life.
The great man's mind is still sharp.
84 later this year and hugely curious about the world, the mind and creativity.
Quite a coup for GBN.
He's funny and so insightful ...
A really interesting and enlightening conversation. Thank you John and Andrew.
This guy is a Multidimensional thinker; his brain is like a sponge that absorbs information.
Certainly seems to know his onions.
@@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689 He certainly doesn't - his views on the unconscious are a tad unreliable, to put it mildly.
@@StonefieldJim4 he hasn't exactly built his career around neuropsychology though, has he? But the gist of his point is pretty much accurate. That the brain is a powerful organ and it absorbs a lot more information subconsciously than we're consciously aware of and are able to consciously digest and interpret. But one of the ways in which we may be able to interpret and apply this information is through phenomena such as having a 'gut feeling', for example. Which wouldn't be surprising considering our nervous system extends well beyond the brain, reaching into all areas of our bodies.
John is a gem!
Or be silly. At 83, I play and am silly a lot. My family hate it when I’m this way and they are very embarrassed. Well f… them.😂
Carry on offending!
Go Rachel!!!!
@@christinalayzelle832 provided he offends the others and not yours...
@@pik6921 What or who are "the others, not mine" exactly? Please elucidate.
@@christinalayzelle832 yours are the Whites, and the others are the black and browns that you enjoy Cleese copiously offend...
Excellent interview. Thank you
Superb!
Legend
No one says "fuck" quite like John Cleese.
And the unique way he shouts "BASTARD!!" :D
@@IThinkYouLookLarvely like no other 🤣
“Alright, Cleese, you’re very proud of being the first person to ever say ‘sh**’ on television. If this service is really for me, just for starters, I want you to be the first person ever at a British memorial service to say ‘f***’!”
(from his eulogy for Graham Chapman)
@@alfredjohnson2647 One of the greatest speeches ever made!
I was thinking about the unconscious the other day. You can type on a keyboard without thinking at all where your fingers are going. When learning to fly, your brain is overloaded with all you have to do, but as you gain experience the unconscious part of your brain handles some of it.
Can you just imagine Monty Python or Fawlty Towers coming out these days? No neither can I, it simply couldn't happen. It was largely the irreverence of many BBC comedy broadcasts that assured us Brits that we could never end up where we are today. We wrongly believed that the British people would never allow this to happen. But they did, and not just the Brits. They all folded like cheap 1930s German suits all at the same time and over a very short period of it. The only thing about this kind of inclusiveness is that we will all end up in the same place, taking the early shower, not just Jews, gays or gypsies, but all of us.
Most of the comics of Cleese's age are the children of the depression / ww2 era parents, those parents were (mostly) obsessed with stability, order and the job for life mentality so IMO it was natural for the kids to rebel against the conservativism which led to a great era of creativity. Interestingly the producers of the era were either very young or war vets themselves.
I agree with the first part Gary, which did suggest the UK would never succumb. And it hasn't entirely, as there is now a battle taking place in an effort to combat wokish totalitarianism and the domination of materialistic values.
@@blrbrazil1718 Maybe you should think very hard about the rest as well? Most of the German people never conceived of the idea of Death Camps, and most were still in a state of denial by the 1950s. Just when you may have thought matters can not possibly get worse or more insane they have swiftly done so. I agree that there is a fightback of sorts, but I doubt anywhere near enough people have a clue as to the might and power of those that they seek to oppose. If they did many of them would go home and stay there.
I fear that this fight is already lost and that the level of bravery required to defeat the enemy simply does not exist within any Western population. The day of no return has long since passed. Let us pray that I am wrong, but often to my dismay, I very rarely am.
"Fuck all" resonated with me 🤣🤣
They really should have had Leo Kearse and Lewis Schaffer on with John Cleese.
Something to really stir things up. Still a fascinating discussion. 8-)
Those plebs cannot be in the same space as Cleese
Valuable lessons! The subconscious is a direct connection to the universe. It gives us access to information but these are powerful forces, which is why John was so careful about the idea of 'trust your instinct' (which can so easily become 'voices telling you to commit mass murder') and insisted there needs to be rational processing at the end.
Your new program sounds fascinating. I look forward to seeing it :o)
John talks common sense on many issues
Sense
@@OUTBOUND184 Corrected my spelling mistake
Thanks for Python and Fawlty Towers, John. Times might change but those shows will be funny forever.
Flower arrangement - Look up Japanese flower arranging, it's called Ikebana - Beautiful
Can’t say this was a topic I care about but it’s great to hear JC talk about this.
Don't apologise John ..
Loved him in Faulty Towers.
Anyone interested in the unconscious robot within should read “The Outsider” by Colin Wilson
Barbados - there were roughly 25,000 slayves taken there in the first couple of decades - over 21,000 were white.
Hope GBNews gets an Historian who talks about the people of England and Wales - apparently 1 in 10 people were slayves - rising to 2 in 10 in some places. The original Colonists of America consisted mostly of white slayves - and they were slayves - don't let the Nobility/elites change history to make their ancestors seem better people!
Since you can't even spell slaves, your facts and figures are dubious
I have been working with the power of my subconscious for many decades which is just as well because without it I am lost. It works overtime when we are asleep, this is why the answer comes the next morning or later in the day. Indeed all of my best thinking is done while asleep. JRR Tolkien stated that he literally dreamed Lord of The Rings into existence. The great thing about the subconscious is that it can be trained to do the most amazing things. Plus if you get really good at doing this over time you can learn to communicate with it directly which is actually what people we describe as geniuses do without knowing that this is what they are actually doing. Our subconscious mind, wherever that may actually be, is capable of remembering everything we have seen and most of what we have heard. Think about that? but it is also capable of solving problems creating ideas and concepts and even repairing one's body and mind.
No one likes to tell us this of course, least of all our education system, as we may get ideas above our station and the people in charge would not like that, now would they? Indeed we may start to ask ourselves whether we really need any of these people running our lives, confusing our children, starting wars, making us sick, wrecking and dividing our communities and families, while taxing us all into poverty so they can continue to do so. Just saying.
Probably because there are no distractions when your eyes are closed, it is quiet everywhere, and the mind is where your attention is.
When I've been stuck on a computer game, I'll go to bed and dream of the solution.
I also come up with clever replies to conversations I've had, or intend on having.
Great comment.
6:18 What's that guy doing?!
I was looking for someone in the comments who noticed it too😂
Intellectually and conversationally, Cleese is vastly superior to the other studio guests who added nothing to the item.
The woman and the gay guy are not even funny stand-ups, never mind creative geniuses like Cleese.
Might be hard to believe but interruptions are death to writing software, too.
Also leaving decisions as long as possible is also part of good military decision making. It's just sometimes time runs out earlier than you expect or there is not enough time to get all the info you'd like hence the impression of needing to be very quick to make decisions. The trick is to anticipate a range of possibilities. Do you do the thinking and analysis before you have to decide.
Look us up, join the CHURCH OF CREATIVITY.
I’ve experienced the interruption thing loads. My old house mate and girlfriend constantly talking inane bollox whilst I was playing guitar.
There are quite a few recordings on my phone where I’m trying to lay down and idea and there constant chatter in the background 🙄
Lolz. Ah well.
John Cleese gets better with age.
There is an interesting interview between Cleese and Iain McGilchrist on TH-cam. The left-right brain issues are discussed in some depth there...
"There is no such thing as a mistake" Bravo! Let the rabbit run about a bit and get run over if necessary... the second rabbit will install a zebra crossing.
You can tell when someone knows what they are talking about. They use the expression unconscious NOT subconscious. The distinction has profound implications and reveals an understanding about the universal nature of mind beyond the individual's sense of individuality. There is a universal consciousness from which the individual (the super ego) derives all of its understanding of the world
No. The ego has knowledge of the world. The super-ego is the governing morality principle.
Priceless 😂😂😂😂
GBB producers must have been fuming when he started talking about diversity
This is probably why there is nothing new coming out today. For example Disney doing loads of remake live actions rather coming up with new ideas. We are too distracted nowadays and have too many disruptions that is stunting creativity and new ideas!
The joke is the interviewer was driving silly questions, interrupting John who made a point about interruptions... etc John is brilliant in the interview, thanks John for the insights and advice... Andrew Doyle... learn to listen and pick a moment don't bull doze an interview, at best you are there only to present.
I disagree...I think Andrew Doyle was extremely good. John Cleese is exceptional and shone in this interview.
@@onetime7408 he's just a troll
15:12 "...and they'd come up with f*** all. What the f*** did I say that was so f***ing wrong! Oh f***ing hell! I'm I f***ing playing with ideas here; some f***ing things just come to me! Don't f***ing get in the way of my free flow of f***ing ideas! F***ing Ofcom!!!!" Laurence Fox has never been so eloquent.
A Fish Called Wanda was BRILLIANT and Clockwise
There's no "relaxed atmosphere" anymore because wrong words or ideas (whatever the group in power thinks those may be) can "cancel" out a career. And "poof" you're done.
I'm inspired, time to turn that PlayStation on and tell the wife not to interupt me
Oh Fuck
We aren't allowed to say Fuck.
How come he says a guy who doesn't need any introduction, and then proceeds to introduce John Cleese, who needed no introduction?
What have the Pythons ever done for us?
#BritishLegend #NationalTREASURE
👍
This is not Cleese. Its Edward de Bono’s ideas
Has-been.
Unfortunate but true. He's an entertainer and although he is (GENUINELY) a genius, he has been utterly left behind.
lol I bet Andrew prepared a bunch of questions and didn't get to ask any of them.
Doyle needs to stop interrupting
Judicious use of the word "fuck" can be extremely funny. I'm disappointed the host killed the moment with his stupid apologies.
Unfortunately he has to. They have to follow the rules of Ofcom. Like every other broadcaster in the UK.
But you re right , it was judicious!
The weird irony of being told you can't say something on something called Free Speech Nation. Also, Cleese telling Doyle to shut up was perfect. I get the impression that JC is going to be more thoughtful and insightful than the useful rabble on GBNews; much to their chagrin, I suspect.
GBNews consistently invites lefties and libtards to counter the channel's overall centre-right viewpoints. I doubt Cleese's "diverse opinion" approach to the coming show is much new. But we'll see.
I'm not sure Cleese has the authority to speak on the subject of unconsciousness. He's keen, but he gets the fundamentals plain wrong. He's confusing the subconscious with the unconscious: the former is where thoughts are put aside, or suppressed, but you'll spot them if you care to look, the latter is inaccessible (the domain of the repressed), except through dreams.
Still, it's strangely reassuring to see that he's as superior and as aloof as ever - and at least he's not a desperate and desperately unfunny has-been like Eric Idle.
That said, Cleese interviewing Doyle, who's twice as smart and funny, would've been more my cup of tea.
Someone tell Mr. Cleese that there is a dearth of atheist jokes. Where are the atheist jokes?
Just not believing in a 'possibly' made-up story isn't as funny as people and 'organisations' that do.
@@christinalayzelle832 Pretentious, arrogant, overly certain people are funny though, and a lot of atheists are all three.
@@nonyobisniss7928 Those who are religious are all of those things too. To believe in make believe is your prerogative, as.not believing is mine.
@@christinalayzelle832 And people make fun of religious people. Atheists are equally irrational and stupid, in general, and many of them have the benefit (for comedy) of pomposity and false superiority in their beliefs.
That's not true.
How many friends Edison had when he invented the light bulb?. Non. And did he not play with himself?🤣😂🖐
boomer final boss
The word was offensive, John. It is why it was not allowed in normal public conversation and people even lost their jobs if they used it. Its casual use in programmes like this is stronly discouraged.
Offensive language has value if offense is intended. If it is not then new 'offensive' words will have to be found.
Sad to say but John Cleese just isn't funny anymore and hasn't been for a long time.
This station is stuck in the past. Offers nothing but angry populists who think that the UK is still somehow a world power 😂
thats not fair
Go away then
What's this got to do with populism....
A typical leftist argument is to always put a country down by saying they are living in the past or to accuse them of racism. The real oppression is from the illiberal left who are trying to stop all freedom of expression.
Why is it wrong to strive to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups?