From Monty Python through Fawlty Towers, John Cleese's creativity, innovation and hilarity altered the world of sketch comedy and sitcoms forever. These three comic gems in The John Cleese Collection are essential viewing for connoisseurs of British Comedy. Starring John Cleese with Python members Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, and Fawlty Towers' own Connie Booth.
How To Irritate People
John Cleese teams up with Michael Palin and Graham Chapman (with co-Fawlty Towers creator Connie Booth) for a master class in demonstrating insincerity, inefficiency and all-around rude behavior "to help people become more neurotic." The tricky bit, Cleese teachers, "is to never push the unsuspecting victim too far. With skill and tact, we can keep tensions bottled up for weeks, months, eventually you may induce a nervous breakdown, or better still, actual damage to the brain cells."

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization
John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power, politics and intrigue. Unlike his illustrious grandfather however, this Sherlock Holmes only succeeds in bungling every job he organizes. Also stars Arthur Lowe as the "bionic" grandson of Dr. Watson, Stratford Johns as the Commissioner of Police, and Connie Booth as Mrs. Hudson.

Romance with a Double Bass
John Cleese and Connie Booth star in this delightful tale of comic romance based on the short story by Anton Chekhov. On a hot summer's day a musician (Cleese) decides to skinny dip in the royal lake, not knowing that the princess (Booth) has done the same. A passing thief steals both their clothes, and their attempt to return to the castle proves to be a hilarious adventure.