John Cleese in conversation with Eric Idle at Live Talks Los Angeles
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- We hosted John Cleese and Eric Idle at Live Talks Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2014. The occasion: Cleese' memoir, "So, Anyway..." The venue, a sold crowd at the Alex Theatre.
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Who else only meant to watch a couple minutes but found themselves watching the whole thing...
Swift Games
This is like my 4th video on the duo, it's 4am, just starting this and I don't think I'll sleep tonight.
Swift Games i like the way they healthily disrespect certain protocols.. like receiving applause at the beginning and then walking off the stage 😮
OMG ... I just did that very thing!
Me
I'm certainly one.
After all these years Eric can still make John wheeze with laughter. That's what it's all about.
"THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT! IF ONLY PEOPLE WOULD-"
Maru Please, please, good people. I'm in haste! Who lives in that castle?
@@Leon_der_Luftige No-one lives there. We don't have a lord.
@@Leon_der_Luftige mol
but his laughter was based on his own feeling about Eric but not about what Eric actually said. the unsaid is British humour
Never mentioned this ever, I policed central London, an 89year old, attempted a three point turn,but unfortunately smashed into 4/5 cars !. One being Eric idles ! He came up to me, I explained about the old lady, he turned quick as a flash and said, ‘NOW, THATS THE OLDEST JOYRIDER IVE EVER SEEN’, his car was written off ! He still found humour, it was hilarious !
Great story. Thanks for sharing it.
Was Dinsdale in the passenger seat?
This sounds like his role in National Lampoon's European Vacation.
😆 Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.
Was she a member of hell's grannies?
I love the fact that Eric still makes John laugh.
But what about Dinsdale?
Damn, two Pythons having a conversation is funnier than most comedy shows and movies.
'no its not'..........
Well, I'm an optimist so I see it as a One-Third-Full Monty...
no you're not and no you don't............
Eric Idle is amazingly funny at 71 (in 2014), but John Cleese is the one you would want on your debating team. They're both great (and Michael Palin too). Will they be fondly remembered when we, the baby boomers, have all shuffled on? I'd like to think so...
They are, and were, all very intelligent and quick. My favourite Python thing comes from Chapman when they visited Germany for the first time and tried to get into a concentration camp. Hilarious.
Amazing how as soon as they start reading that skit, Idle's voice and demeanor immediately becomes 40 years younger. He jumps right back into that old Python characterization.
Where the fuck is Dinsdale?
@@stevebrindle1724 yyyyyyyyyyu YT YT yyy YTgu
And now we've lost Terry Jones, rest in peace dear man.
We also lost Neil Innes as well :,(
Out of respect for Terry I will forget Dinsdale for now
Graham Chapman dressed as a carrot for a nuke debate show - That's the Monty Python spirit par excellence.
Hearing them giggle after they immediately left the stage again; priceless!
I knew they were going to do that too, somehow.
Usually the bow and exit is a high note.
Guess they wanted to nail that one first in case they bombed later? Or in case the audience left? Because HAH beat them to it!
That was Dinsdale laughing
The beginning when they run around back stage giggling is so adorable!!
jsilence418 took the words right out of my mouth
Right, no more Dinsdale reply's for today, I am of in search of the real Dinsdale!
Comedic genius! The world is a much better place because of these men. RIP Graham.
I think it's incredible how well Eric Idle's voice continues to hold up. John Cleese is 100% sounding like an old man, but Eric Idle sounds like he has for the last 50 years, with just the _slightest_ of slurring (which, I mistly think might just be him speaking naturally rather than from a script.)
He's worth listening to on the Podcast series The Infinite Monkey Cage.
I think cleese smokes or used to smoke
Cleese is still 10x smarter and sharper than you have ever been, or ever will be. Ding.
@@foobarmaximus3506You're quite...silly.
10 times sillier than the Pythons ever were or shall be, in fact.
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These two should have a regular chat show
No they should zombify Graham and restart the Monty Pythons. Imagine all the cannibalism sketches a zombie Graham would be part of...
ScottishChristian That'd be difficult since Chapman was Cremated. If he hadn't been then maybe, but even so they'd have to stop him from trying to eat everyone as Zombie's tend to do if the Walking Dead is anything to go by lol :-D.
soeffingwhat I had completely forgotten about the cremation. Eh. I'm sure they would find a way regardless.
Yeah. Just some old guys talking about memories. Old people have such a nice way of telling story's, and them being funny and friends really is a cherry on top.
roger supernova
What in the world does their age have to do with it? They were friends, they were funny and they were great story tellers when they were young, for goodness sake.
what grand old men of comedy they are; erudite, witty, and eminently entertaining
... and they wouldnt be allowed to "start" today with their kind of humor, because we have political "correctness" now.
Why do you say that? A lot of modern comedians celebrate bad taste and those brutal roasts are some of the biggest comedy events of the year.
we have people who are too stupid to understand the clever jokes these guys did as well now
"erudite"...much like the Piranha brothers; Doug and Dinsdale.
Wane
There is no way the Monty Python troupe would have been as successful if it wasn't for the kind of school yard mucking about friendship they have. Bouncing insults off each other. What you're seeing are two 70 year old lads having a bit of banter but the reality is they revolutionised comedy. Smart fellas. Brilliant.
I'm sure we can all agree that John does a spot on impression of Terry Gilliam 😂
They're the only reason I would watch a video this long of people just talking.
+hannahthecritter
You are totally correct.
+hannahthecritter All depends on what someone who is talking about something more serious/sobering is talking about, but yeah, this kind of conversation is therapeudic, informative and fun. :)
I love biographies and learning about people, basically these kind of things are all I watch on You Tube.
alexziggyful any suggestions? Did you watch something as good as this? Hope you see the message, because it is one year old xD
You must be deep AF!
John Cleese is so astoundingly good at telling stories. ANYTHING he talks about is tremendously funny!
Olle Rönn One of the few people to be able to make the phonebook funny I'm sure :)
Olle Rönn Agreed-wish I had a tenth of his charisma!
+GBatT
If I ever get a phonebook, he'd be the first one I call to help me read it!
You should watch his stand up if you haven't; "The Alimony Tour".. He's mostly telling stories about himself. Its one of my favorite stand ups because he's so naturally funny. He isn't TRYING HARD like most "modern" comedians
Except for Dinsdale!
Let’s not forget:
These two men invented modern comedy.
No they didnt.
@@aon10003 I disagree.
It depends what you mean by "modern". No one invented it really.
@@aon10003 yes, they did.
@@rudolftrost3534 Is this a five minutes argument or a full half hour?
Eric: "Tim Curry's in a wheelchair"
Audience: *starts laughing*
Eric: "WAIT NO"
The audience laughs at everything that's said, despite them all not being jokes.
must have felt real awkward after
@@thirdgen377 That's what comedians call a good audience.
I think it's a combination of "It's hard to take ANYTHING a good comedian says seriously." and "The laughter could have been a nervous tick to distance themselves from the possibility that IT IS true." John himself once quoted a philosopher (can't remember his name, sorry) when he said "Laughter is the social sanction against rigid behavior."
@@DavidTSmith-jn5bs Exactly. People will sometimes laugh when nervous or unsure how to react.
John Cleese is usually the most recognizable of the Pythons, but I always thought Eric was the funniest... he was just very good at taking ridiculous lines and performing them as if they were completely normal.
+Splotch the Cat-Thing
I have to admit I underrate him. I think sharing the screen with John Cleese and to a slightly lesser extent Michael Pailin caused me to overlook him. That's a tough crowd to stand out in.
After listening to this, it's obvious he has an easy quick wit and natural gift for comedy. He even seems more able to ad lib funny lines here than Cleese.
Eric was the only one that wrote alone, John wrote with Graham Chapman.
Hard to pick a favourite Python, but to me Idle comes across as the one who enjoyed it the most. He seems like a person who is always in the mood for thinking up or doing something silly. And he has written some brilliant stuff, not least when it comes to songs. He's a genius.
its michael palin for me.......the biggus dickus sketch, big nose and the scene in the prison were pure class
Kev Shearer I'd have to go with Palin too
I can listen to these guys all day.
Lars Nilsson Great profile pic. I always liken Che to Hitler. In fact Che has some very extreme hateful evil psychotic quotes which as a person makes him worse than Hitler (a subjective view of course). I would imagine some "peaceful" communists punching you for waring a Hitler shirt, Nazi shirt, or something similar, yet those same assholes praise Che, Stalin, the Soviet Union especially, and Mao!?!? Like wtf? Nazis were bad but look at the SU, what they did to the Ukraine etc. Nazi flags = Soviet Union flags, Che shirts = Hitler shirts.
I love it when people like you get their idiocies out early. Makes it so much easier to tell that one should ignore every moronic syllable. Nice, efficient. Thank you.
That's impressive. Not as impressively stupid as cripple-boy, but still impressive.
Tell me, did you WORK on that particular bucket of garbage, or did you have help?
Cute. But see, cutting down a person, particularly a leader, into one dimension, particularly such a one-dimensional claim as "mass murderer", in order to 'win' shows merely that you're a sad little child with absolutely no concept of the real world. Poor little you.
Do you deny that Batista was a mass-murdering dictator with the benevolent support of the US, to adress Ché? Or Chiang Kai-Shek, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Tito, Ferdinand Marcos to mention but a handful of OTHER US-supported dictators, or for that matter....Stalin?
Oooops. Didn't think of that, did you?
love seeing John looks at Eric, its really like a big brother looking at his younger brother. They both are genius. A treasure.
Dinsdale was the real genius!
One thing is for sure, im from America and over here we are so glad you all got together because Monty python is one of the funniest shows of all time, and English humor is absolutely needed over here, i can promise you that, we love it.
My first Monty Pythons Flying Circus. Late 70s i think?!%&@# crs
A Fish called Wanda. Picked it out of thousands! The others were all too flat.
That was one hour and 17 minutes of pure joy. Thank you.
Absolutely hilarious, I managed to follow at x1.25 speed. Bit shorter and no problem to follow. 😊🤣👌
I love the ease of these two men, and the history behind them. This is funny, and real, and brilliant.
It seemed like 10 minutes.
It could have been better if Dinsdale was involved!
I wish there were footage of Graham Chapman debating nuclear disarmament dressed as a carrot.
Did you look for it too? Nowhere to be found, alas :(
Here's the summary : 🥕☢🚀
I'd so pay to see these two guys just go up there and banter. Two of the funniest men of all time.
In a way, you just did.
How about at the O2 Arena just having lunch and you can't hear what they are saying?
30 seconds in, and it's already an elegant riot. God, I love these men.
omg cleese yawning when talking about Palin's diaries and travel shows. tears I laughed so hard. :)
Same. That was absolutely hysterical! :D
John imitating the voice of Terry Gilliam, nailed it.
Yes and in fact if you noticed in many interviews when he imitates other peoples voices he nails it all the time. He's a natural at it.
'Why doesn't somebody boil up a whole bunch of water' ha! ha! classic!
They know each other's mannerisms so well, inside out - how Gilliam just starts saying things and lets the sentence assemble itself, just perfectly
I just love every time Eric says years
like "YUUUHhhhhs"
I am so grateful to have the pythons and gotten to witness them in my lifetime, the world will be a truly dark place without them❤
The world will be a darker, sadder place when we lose all these treasures.
A wise man told me that another wise man told him don't focus on people dying someday be happy that they are around now.
@@Malkav1805 death starts to loom large when you get old
It occupies more of your thoughts.
At least we should still have Dinsdale!
@@Malkav1805 they both sound pretty wise, as do you. A friend of mine said something similar about another entertainment giant who had passed - we should be glad to have been alive at the same time to enjoy them.
Two giants of comedy not on stage for 10 minutes and already cracking the audience and each other up.
33:30 He acknowledges that the audience is merely a formality, and it's really just him and his Bud having a conversation. Love you guys!
Is Dinsdale in the Audience?
@@stevebrindle1724dinsdale..
John Cleese impersonating Terry Gilliam is one of the best things ever to have happened.
Eric is so sharp, long live the King :)
24:10 Perfect opportunity for Idle to say, "Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more!"
hahaha!
A nod's as good as a wink.
That story about Graham speaking at the Nuclear Disarmament meeting. I fucking lost it at the "...dressed as a carrot!" part. XD
So did I! Even when Cleese is just telling a story, his comedic pacing is still absolutely perfect!
Graham really lived to fuck with people.
Dinsdale's idea I believe!
Holy shit was not expecting a Tim Curry appearance but hell yes
"Once a philosopher, twice a pervert." --brilliant Voltaire quote which STILL applies
Jose - QUE? I SAID, my brother died last Dec., and he loved John Cleese, and supported him the whole way. He snuck me into The Life of Brian when I was underage. My late brother LOVED John Cleese, and he LOVED Fawlty Towers ( he used to call it Farty Towels - I think John would like that). He would have given anything to meet John. Still mourning him.
So sorry for the loss of your beloved brother. It appears that he had a great sense of humor. I lost my dear wife in 2020. I'm still mourning also. I don't know what to tell you. I don't think this pain goes away, ever. But I do know that laughter is the best medicine. "He's not the Messiah! He's a very naughty boy!" My favorite line.
Farty Towels was one of the 'anagrams' on the signpost to the hotel right at the beginning of each episode. So obviously John already knew about it, in fact he was the instigator. There was a new anagram for every episode.
This was a fantastic, historic evening and I was happy to be there. These two are brilliant comedy geniuses who continue to be just as witty and insightful today as they were on the day they first started writing and performing. Thank you, Mr. Cleese and Mr. Idle for all the great laughs you've given us for all these years. I've learned a lot from you two.
Nonchalant much?...:)...That's an experience of a lifetime! You're a lucky person!
One thing they both had, in spades, was the deadpan stare; other comedic masters like Jack Benny, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton, et al, also had that ineffable ability
A Fish Called Wanda has got to be on some top funniest comedies of all time list.
That's funny, I thought it was a horror movie.
Picked it out of Thousands! The others were all too flat.
@@christinagurchinoff1517 “An halibut!”
John’s old man laugh fills me with so much joy lol
"So the Americans said we want to buy your show and we said what do you mean? And they answered "We want to buy the format" I and I said but we don't have a fucking format and Eric idle said "Shut up we do have a format and It's for sale." LOL
Laughter is the best medicine. These two have made me giggle all day, made me feel so much better.
Are you Dinsdale?
57:43
Holy shit, that is a DEAD-ON Gilliam impression.
I've come back to this around five times, and it's just the most enjoyable talk I've yet watched.
Thanks. It is one of our favorite videos.
Obviously, you have never listened to Dinsdale's work!
@@LiveTalksLA They should do another one!
The "memory" sketch is brilliant.
What memory sketch?
The world is a better place having people like the Monty Python boys.
These 2 legends have figured out the recipe of genuine lasting friendship
The shortness of our time on this Earth is brought into perspective when viewing legends like Idle and Cleese. Being finite can certainly have its bad points. These two should be able to live forever to entertain us lowly masses.
I love how relaxed yet aware of the audience these two are
i think john cleese is , with the very sad passing of robin williams, the funniest man on earth...how i would love to sit and talk with him....but with eric idle this is just amazing...thank u...thank u, gentlemen, for bringing python to the world...
Robin Williams was never funny and has a reputation for joke stealing.
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idiotic comment. Dorotha Thurner nice words : )
***** Uh no. The only idiotic comment is that Robin Williams was ever funny. He stole jokes. Google it.
kwanarchive
I do not know if he stole jokes, but I agree with you in that he was never funny.
Monkof Magnesia
You can't say somebody was or wasn't funny, all you can say is YOU don't think they are funny. I always felt like he was trying too hard but he made me laugh sometimes....
Before they made fans laugh, they made each other laugh. And that’s the secret to Python
What about Dinsdale?
Eric is one of the worlds unsung heroes. You just get the impression that he is a deeply indigent and truthful person. He also comes across as kind, he knows the game. I love him, his body language shows he has nothing to hide, he is a beautiful person.
fnutboy a bizarre and hilarious comment possibly inspired by auto-correct. Although maybe his haircut has misled you. 😂😂😂
@@jeffreymartin3361 😅🤣😂🙂🙃😉
I liked all the pythons but my personal favourite is Michael Palin. Not only is he hilariously funny but the travel documentaries he did for the BBC were a joy to watch.
so many people comment about John Cleese, hello! Eric Idle here!! he's brilliant!
The bookshop sketch at 48:30 is actually a documentary of working experience as a bookshop clerk, to the point.
Yes. I have the same experience working as a reference and youth services librarian.
Funny how you can see that evolve into the Cheese Shop sketch, which is my favourite.
I thought Idle was just making up those book titles at the moment, but he actually wrote all those books and others. lol
I never ever grow tired of listening to any of the Pythons. And the hug between them at the end of this was very touching… to see the 50 years of deep friendship between them. Thank-you gentleman for so many years of laugher and joy.
Two of the greatest living Englishmen.
True that
What a wonderful conversation. Two Greats - Two Friends! Enchanting.
Unbelievable how groundbreaking and brilliant Monty Python's humour continues to be after all these years. Love these guys so much!
I love how they still crack each other up after 50 years. :)
Two masters.
"I apologize unreservedly. ... I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future." Indeed.
Good to see that despite their well-known business and personal disagreements over the years that these two are still friends.
I love how they make each other laugh, genuinely laugh.
John Cleese's mannerisms as an older man are so much like my late grandfather's that his interviews have a new resonance for me now.
Monty Python, The Two Ronnies and Benny Hill made the days of my childhood so much better and has made me the sideways thinker I am today.
Me too. Cant forget about The Goodies though
@@Mr.Wrong1 or Spike Milligan, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
M. S. Good big frog and a damn fine peach
Benny Hill! lolol I was thinking about that cross dresser too!😅🤣😂 Hahahahahaha
@@TheMarkyMarx Dudley Moore! I need to find some of these. Very Cool list going here.
10 seconds in, they haven't said a word, and I'm already laughing. Just incredible.
TIMING, of course. TIMING!
Breaks my heart to see John Cleese all these years later still have to fight back tears when reminiscing about Graham. When he was telling the story about the nuclear disarmament debate in a carrot suit you could see it In his eyes.
@Feiner Fug I did something similar years ago. There was one part I practiced over and over again and I could never get past it without tearing up. I decided that would just have to be part of my delivery ...
A perfect interview.. this is genius.. modern hosts/organisers: watch this and please learn.. because the younger ones run it like a quiz show.. question after question no humor
My wife bought me tickets to see them for my 50th birthday in Victoria British Columbia. It was quite something to see them in the flesh. My god they are actual people!
I want someone who looks at me like John looks at Eric.
:)
Here are two KINGS of comedy.
That look in Cleese's eyes after they do the memory sketch togenther...
one of the most advanced comedy minds this world has ever seen
Who, other than John Cleese, would get away with telling the audience to shut up?!!!
finlarg John Lennon.
Tony Clifton could and does frequently lol but then u are supposed to hate him
Julius Jud exactly what I was thinking lol
Rik Mayall did, frequently.
+slashingraven "Do you want to come down here and read a poem?!"
I love John Cleese's laugh, it's so infectious! What a superbly entertaining pair of blokes.
I love it too. I could have a spear through my face and his laugh would still make me smile.
Eric’s 80th birthday today ❤️🤩🍺
They're like a couple of little kids, giggling away. Lovely.
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Spit my gum out twice. They may get old, but their sense of humor never will.
48:27 I work in a book shop. This is the most accurate description of my profession that I have ever listened to.
Lol Gold x.
I revisit this sometimes, just to hear what John Cleese thinks of "the American" Terry Gilliam. I laugh out loud no matter where I am 😂 - 56:50
Monty python had a lot of fans in the United States in the 70's, I grew up on a farm in rural Kentucky and we would get the BBC on Friday & Saturday nights on PBS and I couldn't wait to watch the next episode. It's truly wonderful to see these two wonderful people together again; thank you both for all the great comedy you've provided for so many years, long life to you both.
You're lucky you had a TV then. And you're lucky you can read and write.
I love hearing them giggle at the beginning during the fake out exit. just reminds you they're still mischievous little kids at heart all these years later.
I was just thrilled at Eric Idle saying that his “favorite thing ever “ was when Stephen Hawking runs over Brian Cox, another physicist, when Brian is complaining that the facts in “The Galaxy Song” are wrong (the facts were perfectly true at the time).
I saw it after Mr Hawking had died, and when he beams into space as the song plays, I burst into tears at how beautiful it was.
And I’m crying right now as I write this…❤
It's doctor hawking
@@Archontasil He's clueless.
Brilliant! Thank you John and Eric for making the world a better place to live in.
Dinsdale would agree
Everything is upside-down...
Python seemed crazy but these guys are so intelligent and have not sold out like so many in show business...who hold their tongues because it may be unpopular...
i guess you missed eric idle on the stupid james corden show. it was embarrassing for all parties involved
@@OGRE_HATES_NERDS really ? James Corden huh? Well. I might be able to sit thru a corden show🤷♀️
Graham in a carrot outfit... I spilled my coffee 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I still remember being a kid in the 70s and Monty Python was on every saturday night it was the one show I never missed ,that and Benny Hill was on after it.
Benny Hill was traditional humour.... very funny though.
Monty Python humour was revolutionary.
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Pythons are the greatest comedy group there ever was :)
Comedy Superstars is there any other ?
Lohan Cindy The Kids in the Hall would be a close second for me.
Certainly they're one of the better British groups, at least in the UK. At comedy, that is...
nothing comes even close no matter from whence they might hail
@@Speedracer78 Ya Kids in the Hall were hilarious (the 'salty ham' and 'my pen!' sketches were brilliant lol)...there was also a comedy troop/show out of Seattle in the early 90s (that we got in Vancouver) called Almost Live (which is where Bill Nye the Science Guy got his show biz start!) that was also hilarious that at 11:30 immediately proceeded SNL (and was often funnier than SNL)...Python, those two, and early 80s SCTV (John Candy, Rick Moranis, Catherine Ohare etc) the best four comedy troops of all time.
Both national treasures
57:30 that impersonation of Gilliam had tears coming down my face!
That sketch is pure genius...
I have seen other conversations with John Cleese where they have read the memory sketch, but none are as good as this reading. The chemistry, delivery and timing between these two is obvious. Geniuses.
Not many things on youtube I want to watch for over an hour but this I wanted more.
How dull my life would have been without Monty Python … thx guys. You saved me on this boring planet … Big up also to Tim Curry (at the audience).