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So, Anyway... by John Cleese

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I've always been a fan of John Cleese's [Cheese] work, from early on. I remember the first time I saw the sketch for the Ministry of Silly Walks I was about 9 or so and I nearly wet myself from laughing so hard. I carried that sketch with me for what seemed like forever, even mimicking it well on into high school. Despite how amazing I thought it was, it didn't seem to fair too well with the ladies, but I digress. John Cleese has an incredible knack for delivering the right amount of pressure to my funny bone. Admittedly I even chuckled a few time during A Fish Called Wanda despite it's several lagging moments. Reading this, I noticed the first 100 pages can be arguably considered pretentious or even gloating, but please do keep in mind that this is an autobiography, a memoir about the life of a person who has and continues to achieve far greater performances then the time he spent with The Flying Circus. I found the beginning half of this book to be most appea...