John Cleese

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week, Gyles has John Cleese in the Rosebud hotseat. Gyles finds out about John's childhood, growing up in the Westcountry during the war, with a father whose surname was actually 'Cheese' and a mother who was suffering from post natal depression. John also shares stories about his school days, what it was like being the tallest boy in the form, and how he enjoyed being "subversive" at the back of the class and discovered his love of being funny. John also talks about Python, Fawlty Towers and his spiritual side. This is a fascinating, wide-ranging and sometimes hilarious conversation. Thank you, John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunt break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time go on play some other time put your phone down
0:23.9	tombole open for fun terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org
0:29.4	hello and a warm welcome to another special episode of rosebud oh by the way if you hear some rumbling in the background, that is not Nard of the cat.
0:40.4	It's Harriet Jane, the producer, whose tummy is rumbling.
0:43.9	There's no way I'm going to use that, child. Welcome to another episode of Rosebud.
1:15.1	Every week I say I've got a special guest.
1:17.9	Every week I do have a special guest.
1:20.1	This week's guest is extra special.
1:22.8	As you'll discover, I first met him more than half a century ago.
1:30.7	He's been famous all his life. He is the creator of one of the most iconic comic characters of our time. He's a most intriguing and
1:38.5	occasionally troubled individual. I want to discover what originally made him the man he now is.
1:45.0	Welcome to Rosebud with John Cleese. Cue the music.
1:50.0	You will not remember this, John, but we first met more than half a century ago in a bus.
2:10.3	A bus.
2:11.3	There was you and all the other pythons.
2:13.5	There was me.
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