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John Cleese, his Cambridge classmate, fellow Python, and dear friend, delivered a profound and occasionally profane eulogy two months later at a memorial service for friends and family.
Cleese delivered a eulogy to Chapman with shock humour that he believed Chapman would have appreciated and became the first person at a televised British memorial service to say "fuck". Palin also delivered a eulogy to Chapman, as did Idle, quipping that Chapman had decided to die rather than listen to Palin again.
The British comedian Graham Chapman delighted in offending people. As a writer and actor with the legendary Monty Python troupe, he pushed against the boundaries of propriety and good taste.
Feb 1, 2024 · Honouring Graham Chapman, who embraced life's absurdity, in a eulogy by John Cleese that blends humour with remembrance, a unique tribute to a friend.
Sep 21, 2019 · It was October 1989 that Graham Chapman died - or, in the words of his fellow Monty Python star John Cleese, he "kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his...
May 20, 2015 · The full text to John Cleese's eulogy of Graham Chapman: Graham Chapman, co-author of the ‘Parrot Sketch,’ is no more.
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The British comedian Graham Chapman delighted in offending people. As a writer and actor with the legendary Monty Python troupe, he pushed against the boundaries of propriety and good taste. When his writing partner John Cleese proposed doing a sketch on a disgruntled man returning a defective toaster to a shop, Chapman thought: Broken toaster?
