Academy Award-nominated actor, comedian, writer and film producer John Cleese comes to town next week as the keynote speaker at the Yorkshire International Business Convention to be held at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate on Friday 5 June 2009.
He will be there on business and probably far more serious than you might expect. The man who played hapless guesthouse owner Basil Fawlty (quite apt for the conference town of Harrogate) regularly lectures in America to students on matters such as psychology, business and writing… he has also developed his on screen characters to produce training films for the world of business.
The Yorkshire International Business Convention has a reputation for attracting high profile speakers and Big John follows in the footsteps of global names like Bill Clinton and ‘Sir’ Bob Geldof; albeit, his footsteps will be considerably further apart and no doubt created in a rather ‘silly’ fashion.
Here at Mixd, we are fans of his catalogue of work and will be paying our own tribute to mark the tall one’s visit… look out for us undertaking our own Ministry of Silly Walks up and down King’s Road next week.
