I know a guy who saw his act in person. As a fellow Monty Python fan he was highly disappointed. Just a disconnected stream of political rants, punctuated by some markedly unfunny scatalogical humor. Mr. Cleese has really come far off his game since his heyday in the 70’s (and yes, you probably need to be suffering hard-core Bush Derangement to hold down a chair at Cornell these days)
Seriously, most of Monty Python was only funny if you were stoned out of your gourd.
I own the box set of the Flying Circus. Paid 200.00 bucks for it. I sat watching it wondering what I found so funny.
I remember “Fawlty Towers” (possibly the greatest sit-com of all time) and “A Fish Called Wanda” being peppered with hostile references to conservatives, Tatcher in particular. Basil Fawlty and Kevin Kline’s character were intentional gross charicatures of conservatives.
Who cares? A drop in the entertainment bucket. Cleese is old news. There are bigger fish to fry.