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The Book Pile

Creativity by John Cleese

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8598 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the 60s, a group of creative guys in the UK formed a cheeky but charismatic group that gained popularity in Britain before becoming a sensation in America, pushing the boundaries of genre before finally breaking up, and also two of them are now dead. And that group is the Beatles. You thought we were gonna be tricky and say it’s Monty Python, right? You dumb imbecile. Okay, all that stuff is true of Monty Python too. Please enjoy John Cleese’s excellent, excellent tips on creativity. Also,...

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Today's episode is for the people who saw this audio book was one hour and thought

0:04.9

that's way too long. Can it be shorter and with less famous comedians? It's creativity,

0:10.5

a short and cheerful guide by John Cleese, who according to my quick research became famous for

0:15.8

working with snakes. I'm Kell and Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and so is John Cleese. So I'll let you do the math.

0:29.4

And I'm David Vance. Not joking. I'm not sure if I've seen Monty Python in the Holy Grail,

0:34.6

or if it was just quoted to me by every kid in junior high.

0:39.7

Did you have that happen as well?

0:41.4

Yeah, absolutely.

0:42.7

It's also why Dumb and Dumber and Tommy Boy aren't as funny to me in the retro way that

0:48.7

they are with so many of my peers because I heard the movies quoted before I saw them. And so then all it seemed

0:58.7

like is that these movies were quoting my dumb friends. Creativity, a short and cheerful guide,

1:06.4

offers quick creativity tips for everyone. So if you're someone who thinks you're not creative,

1:10.8

you could not creative, you could

1:11.1

not be more stupid. And this is the book pile. All right, a little reminder to please leave us a short

1:19.8

and cheerful review, or Kellyn's favorite, a cheerful review with one passive comment that

1:25.2

keeps us up at night.

1:33.7

Release the Hound says, I'm getting old, so I didn't know what a podcast was, but Kellan and Dave got me hooked on their show and encouraged me to join the 21st century.

1:38.0

This 41-year-old thanks you for the laughs, which I believe is now called an L-O-L. Thanks so much, release the hounds.

1:47.4

But I mean, 41. That's...

1:51.0

I had this happened recently where I was working with another comic who had just ordered a soda

1:57.6

and then he had like a roll of Tums with him and I was like oh man I get heartburn

2:03.3

really easily too and I like pulled out my tums and he we both laughed together and then he goes

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