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Supposedly John Cleese 'isn't funny any more'

posted 2 years ago by HarveyManFredSin (4877)
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/voices-the-sad-truth-is-john-cleese-just-isn-t-funny-anymore/ar-AA17fgvQ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0133d0104ad2471c9878ff739e4552d3

Clearly this has NOTHING to do with the political biases of various untalented and mediocre columnists and commentators who contribute very little to the world...Oh no...

So, who *is* funnier than Cleese according to the 'people in the know'?

Judd Apatow? Jonah Hill? Amy Schumer? Mindy Kaling? Stephen Colbert? Jimmy Kimmel? *sigh*

[–] spurtle467 (1531) 2 years ago

I don't know if he's still funny or not anymore. I haven't found anything he's been in funny for a while. All I know is Monty Python was great and Fawlty Towers was great and he had a big hand in writing those. That's a bigger contribution to comedy than many of the so called comedians around today, at least in my world. Shame though if he's thinking of writing more Fawlty Towers because I suspect it won't be so good now.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

Pretty much exactly how I feel spurtle467.

[–] FootOfDavros (7701) 2 years ago

He's 83.

[–] Martoto (4895) 2 years ago

When did he last make anything funny?

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

Unlike some of the people I've listed, at least he *has* made something funny.

In other words, it's better to be a 'has-been' than a 'never-was'.

[–] Martoto (4895) 2 years ago

But he's not funny anymore. Got it.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

And that requires an entire article because...?

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9173) 2 years ago

I don't watch Colbert of any of the late night shows regularly, but I think Colbert is very funny, very smart, and very fast on his feet. There's a lot of funny people, but when I think of funny people, John Cleese is not the first on my mind, much as Fawlty Tower would double me over with laughter.