Graham Chapman's Eulogy by John Cleese

Only the British! Wonderful.

this is the funniest funeral ever 😂

Supposedly, except up until the last moments when Cleese couldn't handle it anymore and had to leave the room, the Pythons were all ripping at each other still while Chapman lay on his deathbed in the hospital. It takes a special sense of bravery to do that.

I know this is years old, but I could feel the love in that eulogy. So, so much love. Oh, my heart.

John Cleese is pure genius!

This video was posted 17 years ago, which was 17 years after the eulogy

I got my love of british humor from my grandmother (born in UK) and especially Monty Python at a young age (4-5) I didn't get it at first but when i did i REALLY laughed and saw the brillance of it all. They are all so funny. RIP to the members who are not with us in 2023.

This is a literally hilarious yet touching at the same time, since the funny bit is that they literally said swear words in a church and the heartwarming bit is that at least they get to crack one more laugh with Graham Chapman even if he's dead.

I want my funeral to be a roast.

This was such a touching tribute.

The most witty, poignant, briliant and appropriate "Fuck" I have ever heard. Pure comic genius.

Oh my. I want my eulogy to be like that one day. It won't be, because my family (what there is of it) are solemn, christian, broomstick-up-the-bum people, but fortunately when the time comes I will be dead and won't have to listen to their drivel about what a nice and lovely person I was (I'm not) and how sad they are I'm gone (Maybe one or two of them will actually be).

From what I understand, Chapman would have wanted it this way...

if anybody would'nt want a stuffy eulogy it would be graham chapman. the man was made of laughter

WASN'T HE TRANSGENDER? JUST ASKING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

I am nearly 70. At some time, in the not so distant future, someone ( not sure who...largely influenced, I suppose, by selecting a friend who is not, as yet, already dead...) will be speaking at some sort of service re: me. I am adding, therefore, to my living will that I will require them to speak of me as Mr. Cleese has of his great friend and creative collaborator.
( I have already required a huge party to spend any money that I had carelessly failed to squander....)
Safe journey to Mr.Chapman, Mr.Cleese, and to all and sundry,

Terry Jones lost it in laughter there!

The love Cleese and the rest of the Python gang feel and felt for Chapman is so very evident in this short video. Chapman and the rest were such a tremendous gift to us all.

i'm not crying you're crying

I remember when my dad introduced me to Monty Python on PBS when I was pre-teen. My dad's name was ironically Monte. My life has been made better for eternity because of these guys. I will shed a tear for each and everyone when they pass on to Heaven. When I stop crying I will remember that when my time comes, Heaven will be awesome!

I recently had a friend pass away due to cancer. He was a pastor and a Python devotee (he played the Swamp King in local productions of Spamalot).

With this eulogy in mind, I figured there would be shenanigans at the funeral. No one was the first person ever to say fuck in a United Methodist funeral, but the closing song was a full round of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life with all the original lyrics.

If only I could be carried to heaven by the glorious laughter of my friends and family!

Losing a friend and ally is a painful matter for anyone; John Cleese handled this eulogy so well that I’d bet some of the people attending felt a sense of relief and calm when they were able to earnestly laugh…
And Cleese got credit for saying “Fuck!” at the memorial! Sometimes, laughter is what we all need!
Thanks for sharing!

Comedians have the best funerals.

John Cleese....Speaker for the Dead.

clapping at a memorial service is pretty cool

I never knew he was even sick

Perfect! No one could have said it better. 😂

Please please please say
I have “ceased to be” at my funeral.
I was basically force fed a steady diet of Monty Python, Dave Allen and Benny Hill.
My parents are as regular American as they come, but their penchant for English comedy truly enriched my life.
Now go away or I shall fart in your general direction!!!!

Graham would have approved totally of this eulogy.
Well done John.
It couldn't have been easy to deliver this without crying.

Beautiful and so very funny

Truly the best way and only way to honor him. Well done

Friendship at its best. Knowing someone so well is a gift as is the time spent with them. If you're lucky enough, cherish both.

From what have read, Chapman adored bad-taste and irreverence was primal for him. I think Cleese lived up to that in his eulogy. Long live The Pythons.

The marvelous part is his delivery, very typically his style, but you can sense the dried tears on the paper. Extraordinary.

Exactly what I thought it would be - totally inappropriate. Well done, Cleese.

Thank you lads for coming into a young mans life and showing him that yes there is intelligent life out there.......

Ok that's enough. Stop the film!

If Chapman were still alive today he would be cancelled for refusing to sleep with men with vagina.

When you're young you think you should be overly serious at funerals. It's not until you are older that you realize it's better to try to make everyone feel good and say goodbye at the same time. Nothing will bring them back but you have to try to focus on the positives of their life.

Surprisingly, a funeral is one of the last places you'd expect to find pure honesty. Yet, here it is. 😏

Sorry to go Austin Powers but I didn't get a thing he said due to the ginormous mooooooooooooooole on the side of John's neck.

I don't believe a more poetic, beautiful, or truly present Eulogy has ever been given.

This is one of the few men that can make me laugh out loud, also rest in peace whoever he was talking about…

What a gift of love to have a relationship where John Cleese felt so comfortable being exactly who he was supposed to be for his friend who had passed.

"anything for him but mindless good taste"

what a line

I miss the 80’s!!

Conversely, John Cleese speaking at Graham Chapman's funeral, there was a lot of pressure.

Finding someone who loves you enough to write a eulogy like this should be a life goal for all of us.