Cleese on Palin: ‘Monty Python Could Have Written This’
Venerable Britcom star John Cleese has a thing or two to say about the U.S. election, speaking on behalf of the world, or at least Europe, or at least himself, about George W. Bush, Barack Obama and a certain vice presidential candidate who reminds Cleese of "a nice-looking parrot."Venerable Britcom star John Cleese has a thing or two to say about the U.S. election, speaking on behalf of the world, or at least Europe, or at least himself, about George W. Bush (the world was fuhhlabbergasted, we learn, when Bush was re-elected), Barack Obama and a certain vice presidential candidate who reminds Cleese of “a nice-looking parrot.” And Cleese knows from parrots.
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