THUNDER BAY -- Comedy legend John Cleese is coming to Thunder Bay.
The Monty Python star, known for his silly walks, cheese shop frustrations and his pet dead parrot, will take to the Community Auditorium stage on Friday, Nov. 8, bringing his Why There is No Hope tour to the city.
Cleese, who turns 80 on Oct. 27, co-founded Monty Python along with Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and the late Graham Chapman.
After reinventing comedy with the timeless Monty Python's Flying Circus, before the troupe hit the silver screen, producing four movies, including And Now For Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
Cleese was also the star of the short-lived British sit-com Fawlty Towers, which in 2000 was named the best British television series of all-time. He played cynical and cantankerous and social-climbing hotelier Basil Fawlty.
Other film credits include A Fish Called Wanda, Shrek 2 and Die Another Day,
Tickets go on sale on Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Community Auditorium box office and online at www.tbca.com.
