Tag Archives: John Cleese

John Cleese car beater copycat (Rousse)

John Cleese must have heard similar stories hundreds of times before. Nevertheless, he was still kind enough to smile when I explained that my father used to lose his temper Basil Fawlty style, and could easily be envisaged striking the … Continue reading

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John Cleese, Robert Plant, and Marco Giovino (Rousse)

John Cleese looked upon me kindly. ‘I know that it must be overwhelming, but it’s fine for you to just listen at the meeting’, he said. I responded that there was no need to show me any concern. I had … Continue reading

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John Cleese distraction (Rousse)

My latest excuse for my late manuscript was that John Cleese had booked into the George Hotel, Edinburgh to write his autobiography. How could I keep up my typing when he was in such close proximity?

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A reunion with Gandalf, Dumbledore, Beowulf, and Basil Fawlty (Rousse)

Gandalf and/or Dumbledore was dead. I saw them wheel his body into the hall on a trolley. The white sheet was meant to cover the entire corpse, but strands of long white hair could not be contained and peeked out … Continue reading

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