Video Arts was founded in 1972 by Anthony Jay and John Cleese with the intention of making funny and informative corporate training videos. According to Michael Palin’s diaries, Cleese became a bit of a bore about it all, but the company managed to cast almost every single big name comedy star you can think of to appear in these things.
See how many you can spot in this montage:
Watch it here, as I’m not allowed to embed it.
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