Posted on 04/18/2010 6:58:17 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
I agree! Clockwise is a great movie, Cleese’s best as far as I’m concerned. I don’t agree with Mr. Cleese’s politics, but in my opinion he is a comic genius. If he can afford to spend five thousand bucks for a taxi ride, more power to him.
(in London outside headquarters)
Mata Bond: How do I get to Berlin?
Hadley: Dear silly me, taxi.
Taxi driver: Where to?
Hadley: Berlin
(they walk to taxi)
Taxi driver: East or West?
Mata Bond: West, of course.
Taxi driver: Oh, thats alright then.
from the motion picture Casino Royale (1967)
Buy a used car and drive it down there, then sell it.
OMG! That is priceless!
What a perfect find! LOL and talk about national pride! WOWSERS!
“I could have and would have used this”
Does “this” mean a taxi? I realize that for an entertainer who might otherwise miss a $250,000 gig, $5000 is peanuts to get him/her to where they need to be.
But since driving apparently was an option (time-wise) in this instance, it’s hard to believe there were no car rentals in that city (or even one 100 miles distant). It’s 675 miles from Oslo to Brussels, so even if one had to pay an exorbitant $1 a mile plus a hefty ($1000?) drop-off fee, it still would be WAY below the amount paid.
Pretend a driver was essential (I couldn’t tell from the story whether Cleese’s assistant was with him and hence theoretically available to serve this function, or instead worked this boondoggle out long-distance). Assume a 15 hour drive each way. Was there really no one reliable (e.g., off-duty policeman) able/willing to take $1,000 each way to make this little trek? The same logic applies even a dearth of rental cars meant they had to track down someone to drive their own personal car to make the trek. I think you get my point.
"It's not the despair, Laura, I can stand the despair. It's the hope."
“the next logical step would be to book a taxi.”
Given that he was in Norway to do a TV interview, I think it would have been worth 1 call to the station by his assistant to the effect that Mr. Cleese was prepared to pay $2500 to any able/willing/qualified individual who could drive him to Brussels. Best case: $2500 saved at the “cost” of perhaps 15 extra minutes of Mr. Cleese’s time. Worst case: pay the cab the amount that ultimately was paid. Would even Mr. Cleese (who presumably could have donated the savings to charity) truly have been indifferent between these outcomes? After all, even Cleese does not have unlimited ability to pay [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5039340/John-Cleeses-divorce-why-he-is-not-alone-in-seeking-a-cut-price-settlement.html]
That’s SILLY!
Heck,
the Three Stooges took a taxi all the way to Egypt....or did you forget?
http://www.threestooges.net/transcripts.php?action=view&id=64
or perhaps buying a cheap used car and reselling it when he got home.
funny show......english comedy is quite different from american comedy...also loved *Are you being Served*
[Indian funny walks]
That was sent to me by my boy, who is also a Python fan.
What beats me is that somebody had to choreograph all that. I can just see people sitting around saying, “OK, when he gets here, he will stomp his foot, and when he gets here, he’ll give a high kick” and so on. Then they call in the costume designer - had to be from the Indian equivalent of Hollywood. And what’s with the Paki snapping his head around? Weirdly comical.
Quite an interesting ride.
Amazing ..it’s almost like a mating ceremony between birds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHv_15DmLJY
Here’s Michael Palin viewing the ceremony...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeSX6AZ5xEI
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