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John Cleese has divorced (again).
Normally, there's nothing funny about divorces, but this one is going to cost Cleese $20 million. That's still not funny. At least not to him. The rest of us, however, can get some really entertaining moments out of it. You see, Cleese has decided to raise some money by going tour and, in his own words: raise a few thousand there and a few hundred here.

The world premiere of the "John Cleese - How To Finance Your Divorce Tour" took place in Oslo on October 2nd. Afterwards he went on to visit some other Norwegian cities, before returning to Oslo for a second performance on October 10th.

I'm not going to call myself the world's biggest Monty Python fan, or John Cleese fan, but I do love some of the stuff he's done.
I've seen him here once before, but that was a lecture on creativity. Having heard that this tour was supposed to be something completely different (*snicker*), I decided to go and see the show.

After having done the expected bitter bit about his ex-wife, he went on telling anecdotes from both his personal- and professional life, supplemented by pictures and video clips. He even got to show some rare footage, which apparently was wiped from the tapes at BBC but found again by a Swede, from pre-Python years.

At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour show (including a 20 minute intermission) Cleese invited the audience to ask him questions. And none of those California kiss-ass questions as he so gently put it. No, he wanted som rude and unexpected questions. A couple of people even got to go up to him on the stage. I think that shows a man in touch with his audience. A man who might only do the show to raise enough money to pay off his ex-wife, but also a man who seemingly enjoys meeting and interacting with fans.

So... If you do enjoy the humour of John Cleese, and he's touring near you, I can really recommend a visit. My cheeks (yes, the ones in my face) really hurt from laughing when I left .