John Cleese on extremism: “The great thing about having enemies is that you can pretend all the badness in the whole world is in your enemies, and all the goodness in the whole world is in you." "You can be as nasty as you like and yet feel your behavior is morally justified.” This video was created two decades before Twitter—yet brilliantly explains the psychology of today's extremists who flourish in the age of social media. | Hillel Neuer

The advantages of extremism By John Cleese | Maddox

My favourite Fawlty Towers moment, in honor of the show’s 47th Anniversary this week. At the end of the Duck episode, Basil finally presents the covered dish to the diners, lifts the lid off, realises it’s not the duck, puts the lid on immediately….then takes it off again and searches in the mousse, in case the duck is somewhere inside. I can’t remember whether this was in the original script, or whether we invented it on the night, but I love Basil’s refusal to give up even when things are not

Has this ever happened to you? #FawltyTowers | John Cleese