In this weeks English Lunch we had two more nominations for our greatest Briton, firstly John Cleese who was Born in 1939 in Weston-Super-Mare – a town on the northern coast of Somerset famous for its long sandy beach, a Helicopter Museum, a \u201cGrand Pier\u201d and the seasonal \u201cWheel of Weston\u201d – and secondly the great liverpudlian John Lennon (Liverpool needs no introduction)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Cleese went to school at Clifton College<\/a> (the link is a must!) and later to Cambridge University (to read law) where he met Graham Chapman – the rest of the Monty Python crew came together whilst working on “The Frost report”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monty Python and the Flying Circus <\/strong>started in 1969 and was something people had never seen before. They had new comedy ideas and sketches, often based on ordinary people in absurd positions. John often played upper-class\/authoritative characters such as \u201cUpper-Class Twit of the Year\u201d<\/a>, \u201cthe Minister for Silly Walks<\/a>\u201d as well as \u201cDangerous Fruit<\/a>\u201d – if you don’t know how to defend yourself against someone armed with a piece of fresh fruit, then you absolutely must watch…
One of his favourite sketches is the \u201cFish Slapping Sketch<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n