Posted on 11/15/2021 7:39:27 AM PST by Rio
John Cleese decided to cancel himself and call off a planned appearance at Cambridge University after a fellow attendee was "blacklisted" for doing an impersonation of Adolf Hitler.
Taking to Twitter ahead of his planned appearance, Cleese, who is a Cambridge alumnus, noted that he was getting ahead of being "blacklisted" by calling off his appearance after art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon was blacklisted by Cambridge Union President Keir Bradwell for doing a mocking rant as Hitler to make a point in a debate about whether or not "good taste" exists.
"I was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler," the 82-year-old "Monty Python" and "Fawlty Towers" comedian noted. "I regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does."
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The “Mr. Hilter” sketch was hilarious!
Screw him. Cleese called Republicans ‘’racists’’ in an interview some years ago.
Totally agree. He is actually second on my personal list of the funniest people of all time(after Groucho, of course). Comedians should be FIRST in line for freedom of expression. Jokes, may be crude, tasteless and inappropriate, (Guilty as charged) but they should never be censored.
Agree.
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