LEADER 03798nam 2200505 450 001 9910466614703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5017-1660-3 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501716607 035 $a(CKB)4100000006611691 035 $a(OCoLC)1032288758 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse70563 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5516831 035 $a(DE-B1597)514981 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501716607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5516831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11610689 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006611691 100 $a20181009d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aProfessor at large $ethe Cornell years /$fJohn Cleese 210 1$aIthaca ;$aLondon :$cCornell University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource.) 311 $a1-5017-1657-3 311 $a1-5017-1659-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tHARE BRAIN, TORTOISE MIND / $rCleese, John -- $tSCREENWRITING SEMINAR / $rCleese, John / Goldman, Bill -- $tSERMON AT SAGE CHAPEL / $rCleese, John -- $tTHE HUMAN FACE / $rCleese, John / Ceci, Stephen J. -- $tWHAT IS RELIGION? MUSINGS ON LIFE OF BRIAN / $rCleese, John -- $tCREATIVITY, GROUP DYNAMICS, AND CELEBRITY / $rCleese, John / Mannix, Beta -- $tA CONVERSATION WITH JOHN CLEESE / $rCleese, John / Smith, Dean John -- $tINDEX 330 $aAnd now for something completely different. Professor at Large features beloved English comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of Ivy League professor at Cornell University. His almost twenty years as professor-at-large has led to many talks, essays, and lectures on campus. This collection of the very best moments from Cleese under his mortarboard provides a unique view of his endless pursuit of intellectual discovery across a range of topics. Since 1999, Cleese has provided Cornell students and local citizens with his ideas on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management, and wine to medicine.His incredibly popular events and classes-including talks, workshops, and an analysis of A Fish Called Wanda and The Life of Brian-draw hundreds of people. He has given a sermon at Sage Chapel, narrated Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with the Cornell Chamber Orchestra, conducted a class on script writing, and lectured on psychology and human development. Each time Cleese has visited the campus in Ithaca, NY, he held a public presentation, attended and or lectured in classes, and met privately with researchers. From the archives of these visits, Professor at Large includes an interview with screenwriter William Goldman, a lecture about creativity entitled, "Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind," talks about Professor at Large and The Life of Brian, a discussion of facial recognition, and Cleese's musings on group dynamics with business students and faculty.Professor at Large provides a window into the workings of John Cleese's scholarly mind, showcasing the wit and intelligence that have driven his career as a comedian, while demonstrating his knack of pinpointing the essence of humans and human problems. His genius on the screen has long been lauded; now his academic chops get their moment in the spotlight, too. 606 $aComedians$zGreat Britain$vInterviews 606 $aMotion picture actors and actresses$zGreat Britai$vInterviews 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComedians 615 0$aMotion picture actors and actresses 676 $a792.7028092 700 $aCleese$b John$01051940 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466614703321 996 $aProfessor at large$92482831 997 $aUNINA