Tag Archives: John Cleese
“This Monty Python – is he one of ours?”
There hasn’t been much of the Thatcher tribute Tsunami that I’ll remember, the eulogies are self-serving, the future’s more interesting than the past. But the story of the speech writer trying to explain the “dead parrot” sketch to Thatcher is … Continue reading
Posted in middleware, monty python
Tagged Dead Parrot sketch, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Payroll, Python, Supply chain
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Life in the fast lane
I am writing to you from the fast lane of the M3 adjacent to Bracknell. Is writing therapeutic? I am not sure, but I suspect that you are probably asking yourself whether I am writing and driving at the same … Continue reading
Posted in Fawlty Towers, poetry
Tagged Basil Fawlty, BMW, Bracknell, Business, Fatherhood, Fawlty Towers, John Cleese, London riots, Manchester, music, poetry, Television
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