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How to Irritate People

How to Irritate People

Comedy · TV Movie · 1969

A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people.

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How to Irritate People

1969 Comedy · TV Movie 1h 8m

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6.6 / 10

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A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people.

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Directed by

Ian Fordyce

Written by

Graham Chapman · John Cleese

John Cleese

John Cleese

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Tim Brooke-Taylor

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Various Characters

Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

Various

Michael Palin

Michael Palin

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Connie Booth

Connie Booth

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Gillian Lind

Gillian Lind

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Dick Vosburgh

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The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.