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What a lovely story and a great counter to the one sided stories about Sellers intimidating Cleese to tears on MAGIC CHRISTIAN.
Also... fans should note... Steve Martin is one of the celebrity guests for the REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER Hawaii junket featured in THAT'S PANTHERTAINMENT.
In Steve Martin's autobiography he relates a moment on this junket when Sellers pulled him aside and said, "I get what you're doing. Keep doing it."
You can see what may be that very moment in the tail end of the TV special, when Sellers and Martin are speaking quietly with each other.
Also - from what I understand - the new Pink Panther movie is much closer to the spirt of PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN, with epic gags on an epic scale, Steve Martin doing a brilliant performance disguised as Charlie Chaplin and also as a Spanish bullfighter in what may be an homage to THE BOBO.
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From: Simos, Jason (Focus Features) <jason.simos@...>
To: PeterSellersAppreciationSociety@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 9:58 am
Subject: [PeterSellersAppreciationSociety] Cleese on Sellers
-----Original Message-----
From: Simos, Jason (Focus Features) <jason.simos@...>
To: PeterSellersAppreciationSociety@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 9:58 am
Subject: [PeterSellersAppreciationSociety] Cleese on Sellers
To the PSAS Faithful,
With the new PINK PANTHER movie in theaters this weekend, the lone member of the cast and crew who knew and worked with Peter Sellers has spoken about their times together.
Last night, on ABC’s JIMMY KIMMEL late-night show, John Cleese made a point of discussing PS
when the host alluded to the classic PINK PANTHER films.
Direct quote; “I really, really liked him. He was very, very nice to me.”
Paraphrasing the rest; Mr. Cleese elaborated on how he and his fellow Monty Pythonite, the late Graham Chapman, wrote scripts for PS in the 1960s and what a pleasure it was to hear PS laugh when he (PS) found something funny, because it was a deep heartfelt response. Mr. Cleese then told an anecdote about how he and Mr. Chapman waited to see PS in residence one morning, and how Bert Mortimer (PS’ longtime factotum/chauffeur) went and got PS who emerged in a dressing gown and went through a couple of voices en route to closer proximity to his waiting guests, finally speaking in his own voice as he settled in opposite them. Mr. Cleese said that he and Mr. Chapman came to the realization that PS was literally finding his own voice as part of getting up in the morning and starting his day.
Always enlightening to hear from those who were there and knew him well, no?
Best regards,
Jason Simos
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