John Cleese searching for Huntsville rental after Airbnb blunder

The Toronto Sun ^ | Aug. 3 2021 | Denette Wilford

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John Cleese is an international treasure and needs to be treated as such. Got that, Airbnb

The actor/writer/comedian took to Twitter on Monday to let the world know a couple things.

1. He will be in and around Huntsville for the next little. 2. There’s a project with John Cleese filming in the Huntsville area soon. 3. Airbnb screwed up his reservation, gave his house to someone else and kept the actor’s money.

John Cleese @JohnCleese Does anyone in Huntsville, Ontario have a nice place I can rent to live in while I make a film

Airbnb took our money but now say they've given our house to someone else

(Why did they take the money, then ?) 12:43 PM · Aug 2, 2021

The online accommodations marketplace may not have to worry about keeping Cleese as a customer after several Ontarians offered up their homes with killer views to the Oscar nominee.

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A bunch of funny responses of people offering him a place.

Whatever you do don't mention the war!

[rfp1234]

Just go to Huntsville, Alabama instead.

[xp38]

Unlike the southern border the northern one is locked up tight sort of.

[Menehune56]

I thought that was where the article was referring to. Who knew there was a another Huntsville above the northern border.

[lee martell]

This is barely even an ‘article’ it’s so fragmented.
More a big broken plate, shards and splinters casts in all directions, leaving it up to the reader to fit the pieces back together. I’m done working with it.

[FreedomPoster]

That’s certainly what I was thinking.

[hecticskeptic]

Just go to Huntsville, Alabama instead.
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At this time of year? Not a chance...

[monkeyshine]

I think he’s funning a bit here, trolling AirBnB. But generally an actor of his stature is given housing and travel by the production company. Unless this is a low budget renegade film I find it hard to believe he can’t get a hotel room and a car and driver at least.

Maybe he can’t actually get in due to lockdowns?

[ExpatCanuck]

I grew up in Ontario and we used to vacation at Clear Lake in Huntsville every summer when we were kids. Beautiful area. Literally thousands of lakes and ponds.

[max americana]

“But generally an actor of his stature is given housing and travel by the production company. “

AS a producer who works in Vancouver, the production co. covers it. 99% of the time. Even the dude who reads one line in the script, IF coming outside of canada, will have to be provided with some sort of “housing”. Ask yourself, then why am I paying my union dues for? His rep agency in L.A. isn’t some amateur outfit. I think he’s just trolling ABNB.

[Howie66]

Or Huntsville, Texas!

Screw Canada!

[BipolarBob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBpgcZ1zYJs

[dfwgator]

This is typical. Absolutely typical... of the kind of... ARSE I have to put up with from you people! You ponce in here expecting to be hand... waited on hand and foot, while I'm trying to run a hotel here! Have you any idea of how much there is to do? Do you ever think of that? Of course not! You're all too busy sticking your noses into every corner, poking about for things to complain about, aren't you? Well let me tell you something - this is exactly how Nazi Germany started! A lot of layabouts with nothing better to do than to cause trouble! Well, I've had fifteen years of pandering to the likes of you, and I've had enough! I've had it! Come on, pack your bags and get out!

[Secret Agent Man]

And why cant you just go after air bnb? They’ve just committed a criminal act.

[Dr. Sivana]

Or Huntsville, Texas!

When I saw the headline, I wondered why Cleese was going to Huntsville, Alabama.

[Cecily]

Airbnb giving Fawlty Towers a run for the money in the incompetence/bad service stakes. Need to get Sybil or Polly to sort it out for John C.

[LibertyWoman]

lol! loved Fawlty Towers!

[xp38]

We don’t want any riff raff around here!

[dfwgator]

“A gin and orange, a lemon squash, and a scotch and water PLEASE.”

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