He brought the laughs, the limbs, and the absurdity — let’s take a look at John Cleese in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. | Songs That Rock

John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson perform a live sketch called Beekeeping. Brilliant! | British Comedy Classics

🐝🎭 John Cleese & Rowan Atkinson — The Beekeeping Lecture Before Mr Bean or Fawlty Towers, two British comedy giants collided on stage. In this rare sketch, John Cleese plays the impossibly pompous lecturer, while a young Rowan Atkinson — the awkward, overly polite student — tries to learn about the “art of beekeeping.” What makes it brilliant isn’t just the wordplay — it’s the timing. Cleese’s dry authority meets Atkinson’s nervous, fidgety genius. Every pause, every miscommunication, every be

Fawlty Towers premiered 50 years ago today on the BBC. Half a century later, it still makes me laugh. This is my favorite scene, how many of you have seen it before? 🛎️😤💥🚗 #fawltytowers #ukcomedy #bbc | John Cleese

Has this ever happened to you? #FawltyTowers | John Cleese

Back in 1977, John Cleese spoke to Read All About It on the writing of the classic sitcom, Fawlty Towers. | BBC Archive