John Cleese must have really been screwed by that divorce

coylemj

After saying for years that he didn't want to talk about Fawlty Towers any more, he recently participated in a programme about the series, chipping in every now and then about the writing of the script and the filming of the two series, now he's doing TV ads. for the AA while zipped up in a sleeping bag - how have the mighty fallen!

DeWitt

Pity about him. He'll make more money in a year than I'd make in a lifetime.

omahaid

Huge fan of his but he hasn't been funny in a while - remember James Bond's Q (not funny).

Yillan

Cleese was screwed by that divorce. He was hoping to settle down with his nest egg and enjoy his retirement and the acclaim for monty python and fawlty towers, but he has been forced out of retirement in order to pay for his alimony.

It's sad really.

'Hasn't been funny for a while'?
It's not like a comedian bringing out a third dvd. This guy has been a comedy legend over the past forty years.
'Makes more money in a year than I make in a lifetime'
But then again you don't have his talent and furthermore, the majority of the money you earned during the course of your career probably won't end up being taken away from you just as you're about to retire.

Funny guy, entertained millions, gets old, loses everything has to start working again doing embarrassing **** like that AA ad.

Unfortunate

Don't know why I feel the need to defend Cleese, but I just felt like typing something I suppose.

telekon

Yillan wrote: »

Don't know why I feel the need to defend Cleese, but I just felt like typing something I suppose.

Defend away. Some comic legends have done enough to warrant their careers being bigged up especially when some evil talentless bitch takes him for all he's worth. :mad:

humanji

In fairness, he's not going to be doing that badly considering he gets royalties from everything he's ever done. Python is still a big seller, as is Fawlty Towers. It's only the stuff done during the last marriage that he got screwed out of, as far as I know.

He's done ads for years. Remember the Planters peanuts ads in the 80's?

Richard Dower

^ so what have we learned kids?....never get married, never have kids....be like Charlie Sheen and hire hookers!

humanji

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ so what have we learned kids?....never get married, never have kids....be like Charlie Sheen and hire hookers!

Then beat them and get sued?

I think it might be better to just kill them and hide the bodies.

Syferus

humanji wrote: »

In fairness, he's not going to be doing that badly considering he gets royalties from everything he's ever done. Python is still a big seller, as is Fawlty Towers. It's only the stuff done during the last marriage that he got screwed out of, as far as I know.

He's done ads for years. Remember the Planters peanuts ads in the 80's?

From what I read after seeing this thread he got royally screwed either way; she got £8 million up front as well as yearly alimony payments for the next seven years of around £700,000. Cleese said if he was to die today her children would get more money than his own would - she'll be richer than him.

telekon

Syferus wrote: »

From what I read after seeing this thread he got royally screwed either way; she got £8 million up front as well as yearly alimony payments for the next seven years of around £700,000. Cleese said if he was to die today her children would get more money than his own would - she'll be richer than him.

From wiki:

After the divorce was finalised financially, Cleese said "I got off lightly. Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she had contributed anything to the relationship such as children or a conversation."

Ash.J.Williams

telekon wrote: »

From wiki:

After the divorce was finalised financially, Cleese said "I got off lightly. Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she had contributed anything to the relationship such as children or a conversation."

what a legend!

Dman001

telekon wrote: »

From wiki:

After the divorce was finalised financially, Cleese said "I got off lightly. Think what I’d have had to pay Alyce if she had contributed anything to the relationship such as children or a conversation."

Also taken from Wiki:

Cleese stated that "What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine"

Which is ridiculous!

RoundyMooney

I think Eddie Murphy had the right idea when he did the Johnny Carson divorce skit back on one of his stageshows in the Eighties:

Tube "marriage vs leasing", I won't post it here in case someone hears a four letter word and bursts a vein. Turn down the volume at work!

ronnie3585

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SniOXFhwIZ8

Half!

(NSFW language).

amacachi

RoundyMooney wrote: »

I think Eddie Murphy had the right idea when he did the Johnny Carson divorce skit back on one of his stageshows in the Eighties:

Tube "marriage vs leasing", I won't post it here in case someone hears a four letter word and bursts a vein. Turn down the volume at work!

"What's wrong with Johny!?" One of my favorite bits of stand-up ever. The bit about her getting some secretarial work. :pac:

ronnie3585

amacachi wrote: »

"What's wrong with Johny!?" One of my favorite bits of stand-up ever. The bit about her getting some secretarial work. :pac:

Now we have three hundred million...and seventy.:D

RoundyMooney

"Heahs my money, now we have three hundred million, and seventy dollars."

Genius.

RoundyMooney

Some echo in here lads

120_Minutes

thats why his new standup show is called The Alimony Tour