So, Anyway... Book Reviews

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So, Anyway.... This book was not at all what I expected from John Cleese, but I enjoyed it immensely, laughed out loud in a few places and felt sad in others. Even a comic genious sometimes feels self- conscious and unappreciated. The very best thing about the book is that John acknowledges the chance opportuities that came to him and has so many good things to say about the people he worked with — not only the “Pythons,” but many many others as well. His book titilated my curiosity to seek out some of the early radio and TV comedy shows that infuenced him and read some of the books he found interesting. I found it to be a “can’t put down” read.

So Wonderfully Cleese. I loved reading this book. It was difficult to put it down. Incredibly entertaining and informative. John is a class act. His humor has helped me immensely in bumpy times of my life. I’m forever grateful for having discovered him and his performances.

Comic genius. But sadly, not here.. I'm a huge fan. John Cleese has created or contributed to some of my favorite comedy sketches, shows and movies. However, for his memoir I think he has adopted the persona of Basil Fawlty. He just seems so annoyed at...well...everything (especially his mother). This book is a series of very banal and uninteresting episodes from his youth. I couldn't bring myself to care about almost any of it. It was basically like I'd written a memoir of my own life and tried to sell it to people. It's all important to me but not to anyone else. And John seems to be still upset about stuff that happened when he was a kid. He's 70 now! He rails and the injustice of not being made a prefect at some school he went to. He lists reasons why he should have been selected. Really, he lists reasons....all these years later. I don't get it. I actually didn't need this memoir to be funny. I just hoped it would be interesting. It isn't. Sorry John. As an antidote to this book I watched Fawlty Towers, Life of Brian and some Python sketches. Cleese helped shape modern comedy. He is a genius. I just didn't find it in this memoir.

Grateful. Thank you, Mr. Cleese.

So Anyway.... Delightfully fun and brilliantly absurd, this memoir was everything I hoped it would be. Three cheers to Cleese and the Pythons for "Starbucking" ridiculousness raising the bar for comedy, today.

So, Anyway.... Very funny. Obviously, Mr. Cleese fired his ghost writer and wrote the thing himself...

Funny book.. I hope an audiobook comes out.

Too understated even for a public school boy.. In "So, Anyway...", John Cleese admits his left brain thinking preference. His memoir reflects that approach. A series of milestone event facts sprinkled with cursory references to often minor relationships. The exception is when he writes about Graham Chapman and their fruitful collaboration. More pages on the relationship with his first wife Connie and their Fawlty Towers work would have made this book more engaging.

Oh, the difference, between being solemn and being serious. "So, Anyway" is, as Robin Williams would say... "pretty wonderful." It is full of gentle hard-won wisdom and keen insights. And very funny. Oh, the difference, between being solemn and being serious. And, as an animal lover, knowing that John Cleese had a hamster at Cambridge, just makes me love him more. My only frustration is that I can HEAR John Cleese speaking in my head as I read it. It is almost painful that no audiobook exists. Please Mr. Cleese...read your book to us.

So, Anyway. What a wonderfully written and insightful book. I’ve always loved John Cleese. No idea why! Just did. Call it intuition. Annnnnd, I was right! Plus, love him even more now. (Not just because I was right, but that did help. Relieved he’s not a wanker.)

Great Read!!!. Interesting and entertaining!

Worth the read. Interesting. Funny at points, but not a comedic "act." This is, as billed, an autobiography of a talented, interesting and at times insightful man who made us laugh. If you are wanting to read a Monty Python script, this is not it. If you want to read about the life and work of a wonderful comedic writer, this is worth the read.

Great!. Insightful glimpse into the workings behind one of the funniest comedy troupes in the history of man.

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