About this episode
Jeremy and guest Gary Rodger discuss the 1997 comedy Fierce Creatures and its connections to A Fish Called Wanda.
Jeremy is joined by Gary Rodger of Sitcom Club and Jaffa Cakes for Proust fame to study Fierce Creatures, the 1997 comedy co-written by and starring John Cleese with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin and an attempted thematic sequel to 1987's A Fish Called Wanda. Along the way, their discussion touches on such tightly-knit subjects as pecan pie, Egghead's Robot, GB News, Bruce's Little Night and Aliens.
People in this episode
Host: Jeremy
Guest: Gary Rodger
Topics covered
- Fierce Creatures
- comedy
- film analysis
- John Cleese
- Kevin Kline
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Michael Palin
Keywords
- pecan pie
- Egghead's Robot
- GB News
- Bruce's Little Night
- Aliens
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Fierce Creatures, A Fish Called Wanda, Robot, Little Night
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