For whatever it is worth, John Cleese is, like Cynthia McKinney, a
visiting professor at Cornell (though under a different program).
"Last April, Cleese met with a group of eminent social scientists and economists ," Ceci said. At the meeting, the researchers discussed their work with Cleese. "The uniform reaction afterwards was that [the researchers] felt as if they were dealing with a colleague rather than an entertainer. He's an extremely intelligent man and it comes through when he asks questions about research."Uh-oh.
Joe Thomas, associate dean of academic affairs, evinced similar sentiments. "He is humorous, of course, but he is also highly intelligent and an astute observer of the world in which we live," Thomas said.
Okey-dokey.