Unfortunately, I can't find "The Running, Jumping, Standing Still Film" anymore, but here are a couple of videos that fans of classic British Comedy might enjoy.

Peter Sellers...it gets interesting about halfway through.


Jonatham Miller talking about Peter Sellers and Peter Cook (nirvana, indeed)


Stephen Fry's postmortem defense of Peter Cook

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As some of you know, I celebrated my 40th last weekend with a viewing of several rare versions of "The Secret Policeman's Ball" series. It's really worth seeking out for anyone the least bit interested in that great Oxbridge generation of British comedy (from Cook to Cleese to Atkinson). Film critic Gregory Weinkauf was there, too, and here's his round-up for HuffPo.

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This podcast of John Cleese breaking down a few pages of a comedic screenplay with some students from UCSB makes me think we should start cloning him. We have the technology, and it would only require a swab from the inside of his cheek. Trust me, any petty moral concerns would fall by the wayside once we saw how much funnier the movies were...

I'll start a petition.

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