a ISBN 978-18-4794696-6

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number PN2598.C47

b Item number A3 2014

a Personal name Cleese, John.

h Medium BOOK

a Title So, anyway... /

c Statement of responsibility, etc John Cleese.

a Place of publication, distribution, etc London :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Random House Books,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2014.

a Extent 424 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 25 cm.

a Summary, etc Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. En route, John Cleese describes his nerve-racking first public appearance, at St Peter’s Preparatory School at the age of eight and five-sixths; his endlessly peripatetic home life with parents who seemed incapable of staying in any house for longer than six months; his first experiences in the world of work as a teacher who knew nothing about the subjects he was expected to teach; his hamster-owning days at Cambridge; and his first encounter with the man who would be his writing partner for over two decades, Graham Chapman. And so on to his dizzying ascent via scriptwriting for Peter Sellers, David Frost, Marty Feldman, and others to the heights of Monty Python. Punctuated from time to time with John Cleese’s thoughts on topics as diverse as the nature of comedy, the relative merits of cricket and waterskiing, and the importance of knowing the dates of all the kings and queens of England, this is a masterly performance by a former schoolmaster.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Comedians

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Motion picture actors and actresses