Anything but a flying circus: Comic Cleese says U.S. politics can be ‘dangerous’

In an interview with Yahoo News at his hotel bar, British comedian John Cleese delved into the backstories behind “So, Anyway,” his 375-page autobiographical collection of recollections, one-liners and how he used humour as a means to survive life. Cleese discussed his mother, why young comics should steal from more experienced ones, why he’s happy to give autographs but thinks selfies are “poison,” how he’s trying to turn “A Fish Called Wanda” into a musical, and his view that American politics are funny but “dangerous.”

I can laugh at American politics, but I really would not want to be between Dick Cheney and a million dollars. And I don’t feel that in England. I just think they’re no good.

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