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John Cleese is currently on tour (aptly named "Last Time To See Me Before I Die") which is a sort of retrospective of his career and has said as much. The othe

John Cleese is currently on tour (aptly named "Last Time To See Me Before I Die") which is a sort of retrospective of his career and has said as much. The other bit of it is that half the pythons worked together on a children's show (Do Not Adjust Your Set) and John and Graham Chapman were literally watching it one day and had the vague notion of pursuing shenanigans together. When they pitched Monty Python to the BBC they had... nothing. Somehow it was green-lit anyway. So the lack of structure and imaginative child like absurdities were sort of built in.

brlewis 7y ago
Is there reason to think it's aptly named? From 5 years ago, same title: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W1VF6Yj4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W1VF6Yj4w
- serf 7y ago
  He's 79 years old. The average male life expectancy in the UK is 79.4 [0]. I mean, he's not unhealthy (as far as I know), but it's pretty common place for older folks to commiserate about their impending mortality. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...
  - caf 7y ago
    Life expectancy at birth isn't relevant to a 79 year old, though. The UK's life tables say a 79 year old male can expect to live another 9 years ( https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/datasets/nationallifetablesunitedkingdomreferencetables https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde... ).
    - enriquto 7y ago
      > Life expectancy at birth isn't relevant to a 79 year old, though. The UK's life tables say a 79 year old male can expect to live another 9 years This is one of my favorite examples when I have to teach statistics! (the other two being Monty Hall and the observation than outliers in a normal distribution depend mostly on the variance, and are essentially independent of the mean).
- benj111 7y ago
  He's also done: John Cleese—His Life, Times and Current Medical Problems And The Alimony Tour (I think that may have been an unofficial title for a post divorce show) I think it's just dry humour.
  - wlll 7y ago
    Oh. So. Dry. Here he is giving the eulogy for Graham Chapman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek

brlewis 7y ago

Is there reason to think it's aptly named? From 5 years ago, same title: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W1VF6Yj4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_W1VF6Yj4w

serf 7y ago
He's 79 years old. The average male life expectancy in the UK is 79.4 [0]. I mean, he's not unhealthy (as far as I know), but it's pretty common place for older folks to commiserate about their impending mortality. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...
- caf 7y ago
  Life expectancy at birth isn't relevant to a 79 year old, though. The UK's life tables say a 79 year old male can expect to live another 9 years ( https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/datasets/nationallifetablesunitedkingdomreferencetables https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde... ).
  - enriquto 7y ago
    > Life expectancy at birth isn't relevant to a 79 year old, though. The UK's life tables say a 79 year old male can expect to live another 9 years This is one of my favorite examples when I have to teach statistics! (the other two being Monty Hall and the observation than outliers in a normal distribution depend mostly on the variance, and are essentially independent of the mean).
benj111 7y ago
He's also done: John Cleese—His Life, Times and Current Medical Problems And The Alimony Tour (I think that may have been an unofficial title for a post divorce show) I think it's just dry humour.
- wlll 7y ago
  Oh. So. Dry. Here he is giving the eulogy for Graham Chapman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek