John Cleese's Graham Chapman eulogy
KevNJon
I recall reading the text some time ago of a eulogy John Cleese
is purported to have delivered during Graham Chapman's funeral.
If anyone has a copy that they could e-mail me, I would be
eternally grateful.
Yours etc.,
Kevin Jones, aka no relation to the nude organist
Herman ten Klooster
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sure, here it is again.
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Graham Chapman
From Graham Chapman's memorial service, december 1989.
Speech delivered by John Cleese.
Graham Chapman, co-author of the Parrot Sketch, is no more.
He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. He's kicked the bucket, hopped
the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, reasoned his last and gone to meet the Great Head of
light entertainment in the sky.
And I guess that we are all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, of such
capability for kindness, of such unusual intelligence, should now so suddenly be spirited
away at the age of only 48, before he had accomplished many of the things of which he
was capable and before he'd had enough fun.
Well, I feel that I should say: Nonsense!
Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard, I hope he fries.
And the reason I feel I should say this, is that he would never forgive me if I didn't.
If I threw away this glorious opportunity to shock you all on his behalf. Anything for him
but mindless good taste.
I could hear him whispering in my ear last night as I was writing this.
Allright, Cleese', he was saying. You're so proud of being the first person ever to say
shit' on British television.
If this service is really for me, just for starters, I want you to be the first person ever at a
British memorial service to say fuck'.'
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