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Article: So, has John Cleese lost his funny bone?; How the legendary comedian faces humiliation after his latest TV flop.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2002
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Byline: PETE CLARK
THERE are not so many British comedy heroes around that we can afford to be snippy about any of them. However, an exception has to made to this rule in the case of John Cleese.
The straight-faced buffoon who silly-walked his way up and down the nation's collective funny bone, the complex bigot Basil Fawlty who, by turns, barked and cowered through the finest sitcom ever to appear on television, has now become the most disastrous bore. The news that his latest comedy series has been shown the door after only two episodes is simply confirmation of a sad truth that was already widely whispered: Cleese's humour has fallen off its perch, he ...
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