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John Cleese: How to Irritate People

starring: John Cleese, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Gillian Lind
directed by: Ian Fordyce

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769716565
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0769716563
Label: White Star
Manufacturer: White Star
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: White Star
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 30, 2001
Running Time: 68 minutes
Sales Rank: 16250
Studio: White Star
Theatrical Release Date: January 21, 1969



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Description:
A pre-Monty Python British TV special which starred and was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman, with Michael Palin and two or three other non-Pythons as actors, that will make you laugh and--if you follow the movie's instructions--highly unpopular, though that is, in fact, the point. There is a lot of great (and truly irritating) material in this movie. Scenes such as the restaurant sketch with John Cleese and Connie Booth; the car sales-man (an early form of the parrot sketch, so I am told), the bored pilots telling their crew not to panic, no the wings aren't on fire, please get out your life-jackets from above your heads, but do not leave your seats. This is really a wonderful collection of sketches and amusing comments and advice on irritation in between. If you want to laugh or to make others mad, buy this classic.

Amazon.com:
And now for something completely rare. This 1968 television special is essential for connoisseurs of British humor and, of course, Monty Python completists. A pre-Python John Cleese teams up with Michael Palin and Graham Chapman (with invaluable assistance from co-Fawlty Towers creator Connie Booth and Tim Brooke-Taylor) for sketches that serve as a master class in demonstrating insincerity, inefficiency, and all-around rude behavior 'to help people become more neurotic.' The tricky bit, Cleese teaches, 'is to never push the unsuspecting victim too far. With skill and tact, we can keep tensions bottled up for weeks, months, eventually you may induce a nervous breakdown, or better still, actual damage to the brain cells.' Cleese and company portray very irritating parents, moviegoers, waiters, and partygoers. Of special interest to Python fans will be an auto mechanic sketch that anticipates the classic 'Dead Parrot' sketch, as well as the job interview sketch that later found its way into the Python repertoire. This time capsule gem is, as Cleese observes at one point, 'effective, but not very subtle.' --Donald Liebenson



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Disappointing
I agree with others who have written weak reviews. As a Cleese fan, I was disappointed that the pacing ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - How to irritate people
this video dvd is both entertaining and educational - cleese is the only one who could have been this iritating ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - How to Irritate People
Great tool for discussing life with your 22 year-old son. Many clever object lessons for a young man to ponder. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Rage of John Cleese does not disappoint
As several previous reviewers have pointed out, the whimsy, the randomness, the spontaneity, the madcap devil-may ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - OK, not as polished as later work, feels dated.
This is early work, and the team became much better with experience. People who are into the history and development ... Read More

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