A New Zealand Town Named a Garbage Dump After John Cleese Out of Spite
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While Monty Python remains beloved to this day, John Cleese isn’t without his share of adversaries — including one of his oldest friends and collaborators and the family of the World War II hero that he turned into Basil Fawlty. But topping all of those feuds was the time Cleese angered an entire city in New Zealand.
Back in 2005, the George of the Jungle 2 star visited New Zealand for his “My Life, Times and Current Medical Problems” tour, which he promoted by getting into bed with a female newscaster, as is New Zealand custom, I guess?
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But during his trip, Cleese wasn’t too enamored with the city of Palmerston North, and he didn’t hold back while expressing that opinion in a podcast he recorded for his website. Cleese called the town the “suicide capital of New Zealand” and suggested “if...
While Monty Python remains beloved to this day, John Cleese isn’t without his share of adversaries — including one of his oldest friends and collaborators and the family of the World War II hero that he turned into Basil Fawlty. But topping all of those feuds was the time Cleese angered an entire city in New Zealand.
Back in 2005, the George of the Jungle 2 star visited New Zealand for his “My Life, Times and Current Medical Problems” tour, which he promoted by getting into bed with a female newscaster, as is New Zealand custom, I guess?
Play
But during his trip, Cleese wasn’t too enamored with the city of Palmerston North, and he didn’t hold back while expressing that opinion in a podcast he recorded for his website. Cleese called the town the “suicide capital of New Zealand” and suggested “if...
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