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John Lithgow

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

CHAPTER

The Comedy of John Cleess

John cleess talks about how he writes about the terrible embarrassment that every englishman lives with. Repression is one word for it. Another is just social fear. And what a relief to have your words written for you and to have someone else decide what's funny about you. A tall man acting like a fool is e funnier, says Prasimha van Dyke.

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