So, Anyway. (Signed First Edition, First Printing)

Cleese, John

ISBN 10: 0385680244 / ISBN 13: 9780385680240

Published by Doubleday Canada, 2014

About this Item

About the book: Hardcover with jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is in very good condition. Jacket is also in very good condition - moderate wear to upper portion of back cover. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: So, Anyway. (Signed First Edition, First Printing)
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385680244
• ISBN 13: 9780385680240
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Autographed
  • Biography & Memoir
  • Humour

About this title

Synopsis

John Cleese’s huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with Monty Python, on Fawlty Towers, and beyond now seem written into comedy’s DNA. In this rollicking memoir, So, Anyway…, Cleese takes readers on a Grand Tour of his ascent in the entertainment world, from his humble beginnings in a sleepy English town and his early comedic days at Cambridge University (with future Python partner Graham Chapman), to the founding of the landmark comedy troupe that would propel him to worldwide renown.

Cleese was just days away from graduating Cambridge and setting off on a law career when he was visited by two BBC executives, who offered him a job writing comedy for radio. That fateful moment—and a near-simultaneous offer to take his university humour revue to London’s famed West End—propelled him down a different path, cutting his teeth writing for stars like David Frost and Peter Sellers, and eventually joining the five other Pythons to pioneer a new kind of comedy that prized invention, silliness, and absurdity. Along the way, he found his first true love with the actress Connie Booth and transformed himself from a reluctant performer to a world-class actor and back again.

Twisting and turning through surprising stories and hilarious digressions—with some brief pauses along the way that comprise a fascinating primer on what’s funny and why—this story of a young man’s journey to the pinnacle of comedy is a masterly performance by a master performer.

About the Author

JOHN CLEESE, the star of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers and an entertainment legend, is also a lecturer on creativity and is currently professor-at-large at Cornell University. He currently spends most of his time in England.