John Cleese – Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com Sun, 07 Nov 2021 19:59:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 At Last the 1948 Show – Policewomen Sketch https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/at-last-the-1948-show-policewomen-sketch/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/at-last-the-1948-show-policewomen-sketch/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:01:30 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=80506 An evening pause: This aired in 1967. That’s John Cleese, Marty Feldman, and Graham Chapman, with Tim Brooke-Taylor supervising.

Hat tip Cotour.

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Hat tip Phill Oltmann, who noted that the kid reminded him of what we think of as the typical millennial. Is he right? I await some response from my younger readers.

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]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/john-cleese-on-the-muppets-show/feed/ 0 Monty Python – The Cheese Shop sketch https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/monty-python-the-cheese-shop-sketch/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/monty-python-the-cheese-shop-sketch/#respond Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:01:01 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=12053 An evening pause: An ideal metaphor describing modern telephone customer service.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/monty-python-the-cheese-shop-sketch/feed/ 0 John Cleese – How to irritate people by being considerate https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/john-cleese-how-to-irritate-people-by-being-considerate/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/john-cleese-how-to-irritate-people-by-being-considerate/#respond Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:01:11 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=10976 An evening pause: From the 1969 mock documentary by John Cleese, How to Irritate People.

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