{"id":1682188,"date":"2022-10-10T17:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T21:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1682188"},"modified":"2022-10-10T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T21:53:20","slug":"beware-the-wokes-monty-python-alum-defends-new-show-tackling-cancel-culture-and-new-authoritarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beware-the-wokes-monty-python-alum-defends-new-show-tackling-cancel-culture-and-new-authoritarians\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Beware The \u2018Wokes\u2019\u2019: \u2018Monty Python Alum\u2019 Defends New Show Tackling \u2018Cancel Culture\u2019 And New \u2018Authoritarians\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbeware-the-wokes-monty-python-alum-defends-new-show-tackling-cancel-culture-and-new-authoritarians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1682188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cMonty Python\u201d alumni John Cleese defended his new show tackling \u201ccancel culture\u201d and said \u201cwokes\u201d won\u2019t like it because they are \u201cauthoritarians\u201d and \u201cpeople who believe [they] are purer than they actually are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/john-cleese\">82-year-old actor<\/a>\/comedian took to Twitter Monday following his appearance on BBC Radio 4\u2019s popular \u201cToday\u201d program on Monday where he talked about that his new unnamed show on GB News would \u201cnever get on the BBC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry, can we just stop to appreciate that [John Cleese] went on the BBC today to talk about how he would be cancelled if he went on the BBC and there is no irony?\u201d the person tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would depend on the subject, wouldn\u2019t it,\u201d Cleese replied. \u00a0\u201cThe show I have in mind for GB News would NEVER get on to the BBC.\u00a0Are you able to understand that?\u00a0I think\u2026probably not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s content<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a massive about of important information that gets censored, both in TV and in the press<\/p>\n<p>In my new show, I&#8217;ll be talking about a lot of it<\/p>\n<p>You should be prepared to be shocked <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RyYEo34Fhe\">https:\/\/t.co\/RyYEo34Fhe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cleese (@JohnCleese) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCleese\/status\/1579395992293892096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s content,\u201d he added, when another person asked if he thought he will ever be invited back on the BBC after his GB show makes air. \u201cThere\u2019s a massive [amount] of important information that gets censored, both in TV and in the press.\u00a0In my new show, I\u2019ll be talking about a lot of it.\u00a0You should be prepared to be shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When another person suggested he was going to be in \u201c*such* fantastic company on GB News,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/monty-python-alum-has-had-it-with-wokeism-the-death-of-creativity\">superstar<\/a> replied that he thought \u201c\u2018guilt by by association\u2019 went out with Communism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I thought &#8216;guilt by by association&#8217; went out with Communism<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t you watch the first couple of programmes ?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re a bit like Mary Whitehouse trying to get Life of Brian cancelled before they&#8217;d even seen the script <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/obsPcdYpt6\">https:\/\/t.co\/obsPcdYpt6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cleese (@JohnCleese) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCleese\/status\/1579396900868198400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t you watch the first couple of programmes,\u201d the comedian explained. \u201cYou\u2019re a bit like Mary Whitehouse trying to get Life of Brian cancelled before they\u2019d even seen the script.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Cleese replied to one person who said they were willing to keep an open mind about it.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I appreciate your open mindedness, Harry<\/p>\n<p>But beware the &#8216;wokes&#8217;. They won&#8217;t like it !<\/p>\n<p>Like all people who believe thet are purer than they actually are, they are authoritarians<\/p>\n<p>Which is why all the best comedians make fun of them <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6hzfQkH8rg\">https:\/\/t.co\/6hzfQkH8rg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cleese (@JohnCleese) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCleese\/status\/1579397566655262720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate your open mindedness, Harry,\u201d the actor wrote. \u201cBut beware the \u2018wokes\u2019. They won\u2019t like it!\u00a0Like all people who believe [they] are purer than they actually are, they are authoritarians.\u00a0Which is why all the best comedians make fun of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During Cleese\u2019s appearance on the BBC Radio Monday, he said his show on GB News would be canceled during first \u201cfive minutes\u201d if it was on the BBC, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/tv\/global\/monty-python-john-cleese-gb-news-cancel-culture-1235397650\/\">Variety<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was approached and I didn\u2019t know who they were,\u201d Cleese said of GB News. \u201cI don\u2019t know much about modern television because I\u2019ve pretty much given up on it \u2014 I mean, English television. Then, I met one or two of the people concerned and had a dinner with them and I liked them very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they said was, \u2018People say it\u2019s a right-wing channel, but it\u2019s a free speech channel,&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cThe nice thing about talking to the GB News audience is that they may not be used to hearing the sort of things I\u2019ll be saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cleese admitted no one from the BBC had approached him about doing a show and made it clear if they did he\u2019d \u201csay \u2018Not on your Nelly.\u2019 I wouldn\u2019t get five minutes into the first show before I got canceled or censored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comedian will work with political satirist and comedian Andrew Doyle on the show that will hit the air waves in 2023, the outlet noted. No title has yet to be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMonty Python\u201d alumni John Cleese defended his new show tackling \u201ccancel culture\u201d and said \u201cwokes\u201d won\u2019t like it because they are \u201cauthoritarians\u201d and \u201cpeople who believe [they] are purer than they actually are.\u201d The 82-year-old actor\/comedian took to Twitter Monday following his appearance on BBC Radio 4\u2019s popular \u201cToday\u201d program on Monday where he talked &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":998876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1682188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/998876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}