I saw John Cleese’s Last Time To See Me Before I Die show on Tuesday night (at the Vogue Theater in Vancouver); if you’re a fan, I’d recommend it.
He shared biographical details about his family and colleagues, pictures, and short clips of some of his favourite sketches, including material from well before the Monty Python days, Python skits, and clips from Fawlty Towers and A Fish Called Wanda.
It was an informal, but entertaining show and I learned a few things, including the fact that I’ve been mispronouncing his last name: I’d always pronounced it to rhyme with geese; however, it actually rhymes with cheese, which is, in reality, his family name. His father changed his name from Cheese to Cleese when he entered the service during WWI because he was tired of being teased.
It was a pleasant way to spend an evening.
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