John Cleese lost the thrill of Monty Python reunion
By just the second night of a 10 night event, John Cleese was over the Monty Python reunion.
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If you watched Sunday night’s Monty Python reunion on SBS, you may be surprised to hear John Cleese says he felt ‘no trace of excitement’ at being on stage with his former colleagues.
Any thrill had worn off by the second of ten nights performed at London’s O2 arena.
The UK’s Sunday Times Magazine is serialising his soon-to-be-published memoirs.
“It was only our second night. I was waiting to start a sketch and a few seconds before the spotlight turned on me, I could see the huge packed arena and I felt no trace of excitement,” he wrote.
Underestimating the size of the 16,000-capacity arena, he added: “If you’re standing in front of 6,000 people and you’re thinking ‘this is perfectly pleasant but I’m not in the slightest bit excited’, then God, or possibly Richard Dawkins, is sending you a message that maybe you should be doing something else.”
Cleese, 74, is set to embark on a UK book tour to promote his autobiography, So, Anyway.
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Not at all surprised…there were many moments during original Python times…
Anyone who has seen Cleese on his solo tour knows that he’s only doing it for the money to pay for his divorce(s).
And ‘everyone’ knows he’s the least amenable to any ‘re-union’ gig – albeit Gilliam was most reluctant for the O2 shows.
I watched about half of it, and kept waiting for something new .. but it was all old stuff, rehashed, albeit in a somewhat grander manner.
I actually got that impression when watching it the other night.
Never been a big Monty Python fan but watched it Sunday night, it was a lot of fun.