Recorded live at FanX Salt Lake in April 2019, this Conversation with Craig is a full panel with comedy legend John Cleese, as Craig finally gets his game time call to step onstage with one of his heroes. From John's North American convention debut and Craig's nerves backstage to dry British chaos in front of a packed room, it is equal parts origin story, masterclass in comedy, and gleeful mischief.

• How a would be lawyer with a Cambridge law degree accidentally fell into show business through a student revue that suddenly transferred to London and ran for months.
• Cleese breaks down why you should always write comedy about what you know, how Fawlty Towers grew out of that idea, and how he approached those classic management training videos without ever having lived in a cubicle.
• Candid, rapid fire audience Q and A on Monty Python collaborators, silly walks, roles he regrets turning down, aging, politics, and why he happily pokes fun at everyone, including himself.

"Actually, it's quite nice being old, because you just don't give a fuck, you know?"- John Cleese

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A sheltered, scheming Southern belle clashes with a roguish profiteer in a turbulent romance as their world collapses with the end of slavery and is painfully reshaped through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Craig, Elisabeth and guest Tami Anderson discuss romanticizing the South, surviving war, milksops and the movie "Gone with the Wind" on this week's Matinee Heroes!!

Show Notes

• 1:03

  Craig, Elisabeth and guest Tami Anderson talk about producing theater and films.

• 6:03

  Craig, Elisabeth and Tami discuss "Gone with the Wind"

• 1:10:49

  Recasting

• 1:38:40

  Double Feature

• 1:44:27

  Final Thoughts

• 1:50:02

  A preview of next week's episode "Captain Ron"

Michael, Nick and Steven are lifelong friends who work in the mill, hang out at the local bar, and bond on regular deer hunts in the mountains. Before they ship out to Vietnam, they celebrate Steven's wedding and take one last trip together, completely unaware of how the war will destroy their innocence. In Vietnam, they are thrown into brutal combat and captivity that leaves them physically and emotionally scarred, and for the survivors, it becomes almost impossible to ever truly find their way back home.

Craig, Elisabeth and guest Blake Casselman talk about post-Vietnam attitudes, trauma bonding, the streaming premiere of "Limbo" and the movie "The Deer hunter" on this week's Matinee Heroes!

Show Notes

• 1:22

  Craig, Elisabeth and guest Blake Casselman talk about the streaming debut of his film "Limbo" now playing at Reveel.net

• 13:37

  Craig, Elisabeth and Blake discuss "The Deer Hunter"

• 58:09

  Recasting

• 1:27:01

  Double Feature

• 1:30:44

  Final Thoughts

• 1:40:13

  A preview of next week's episode "Gone with the Wind"