The Importance of Humor

John Cleese gave a eulogy at Graham Chapman's memorial. He says it was in the spirit of the time, like really what we wanted. And he has some cover there because that would not be true if John Cleese was speaking at Nelson Mandela's funeral. There isn't a lot of societal good in banning pictures of somebody using a cat as a fireplace poker or talking about the afterlife like a travel up.