john cleese: whales are large mammals that swim around in the north atlantic. s your question? what is wales? john: many americans are confused about what wales is. john cleese: wales is the western bit nex tot to england, treated as part of england since edward i went there and told him that they belong to us. mark: fianally, before we sign off and let you go back to some fish and chips what's at stake in this election for the british people? john cleese: very little i think it i do not think it matters. the place is a complete mess. i do not think it matters who gets elected, really. mark: on that optimistic note, we wish to thank john cleese, our special british political correspondent. stay safe on the campaign trail. you can check out his book " so anyway" at finer bookshops near you. ♪ mark: on this episode we talked about bernie sanders and the u.k. elections. guess what? bernie's brother larry is running for parliament in the u.k. as a member of the green party. this was bernie's message day to his sib. bernie sanders: i hope my brother does a very well

john cleese is with us this evening. [ cheers and applause ] the legend john cleese.ew book, "so anyway." the book was fantastic. we're going to talk to him about monte python. which, for me, is a big deal. hopefully it's a big deal for you as well. so i'm very much looking for that. also, from the new film "welcome to me," linda cardelinni will be with us this evening. [ cheers and applause ] she also has a great new show on netflix called "bloodlines." we talk to her about that. and former congressman barney frank is here this evening. [ cheers and applause ] he had the new book called "frank." so that's great. now, before we get to all of that, quick question, do you guys read the news? anybody ever read the news? [ scatter applause ] great, okay, good. well, i found, because i read the news -- i found and i don't know if you do this you too, but a lot of times, i'll just read the headlines and the first couple of paragraphs of an article. i get the gist and then move on to the next one. because you know, there are so many articles to read. but the truth is there's

john cleese, and we said "ni!" "ni!" john: that is later this week. mark: up next, it is "taking stock," and we say to you sayonara. ♪ just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. pimm: this is "taking stock." i am pimm foxx. apple posted earnings and reported a 33% jump in profit the last quarter. ipho

john cleese, and we said "ni!k: "ni!" john: that is later this week. we say to you sayonara. ♪ pimm: this is what i am "with all due respect --"taking stock" of. apple posted earnings and reported a 33% jump in profit the last quarter. iphones sales increased 40%. apple boosted share buyback plan by $50 billion to $140 billion in increased its dividend 11%. one negative -- ipad sales fell 23% from the same period the year earlier. police in riot gear clashed with rock-throwers.

on thursday, time for the minister of silly walks, monty python's john cleese.hen a conversation with larry flynt. mark: until then, sayonara. ♪ pimm: hello, i am pimm fox. this is what i am "taking stock" of this tuesday, april 28, 2015 -- it was an earnings snafu for twitter. the company results were made earlier than scheduled and the performance was disappointing. the stock fell sharply at the end of the trading session losing 18%. twitter posted first-quarter revenue that fell short of earnings and cut its sales forecast, but the number of monthly active members climbed 18% at 302 million. brad stone spoke with the cofounder evan williams who reacted. evan: nobody likes to see a stock fall like that, but honestly, i have the utmost

tomorrow, a brief on british politics with our correspondent, the one and only john cleese and then oninterview with the self-described pornographer, pundit, the man behind the hustler empire, larry flynt. ♪ >> last time he was here, we got texas senator ted cruz an ice cream cake. he'll be back on the show tomorrow for a talk. but for now, president obama with pimm: hello. i'm pimm fox. this is what i'm taking stock of this wednesday, april 29, 2015. signs of a slowing u.s. economy. the gdp report shows growth sputtered to a halt, gaining only .2%. janet yellen and the federal reserve expect the economy to pick up. the central bank suggesting also today they are still open to an interest-rate increase later in the year. bill gross of janus capital expects the federal reserve to raise interest rates this year just to prove it can. gross: they want to prove that they are -- not healthy, but they can stand on their own two legs, and that means a 25-basis-point increase

please welcome, from "monty python", john cleese, terry gilliam, michael palin, terry jones, and eric. i know, i know, i've lost -- >> we are presenting you the first python coconut award ever given. >> jimmy: i'm so honored. thank you. >> this is for best supporting coconut. ♪ >> jimmy: thank you so much. i really appreciate it. thank you so much. >> you have to shave it every now and then. it's a bit hairy. >> the guys in town for the tribeca film festival and the 40th anniversary of the holy grail. and the documentary -- >> oh, shut up. [ laughter ] >> we did have a great time make it. [ laughter ] we had trouble funding it. >> yeah. >> it was a very interesting story. we had to get -- >> pink floyd came in, elton john. yes. and you know -- and so it's not -- why haven't you got gray hair? >> jimmy: all of a sudden, i'm one of the beatles. >> how did you guys all get together in the first place? >> we met him in the green room. >> jimmy: we met in the green room before the show. we performed together. i'll switch around with you. >> i don't want to stand next to him. >> what is you

♪ >> he did the mash he did the monster mash wa-oo ♪ ♪ mark: on the show, hillary clinton and john cleesenie sanders. it might be our favorite way to tell the world you are running for president. walk outside your office, say you only have a few minutes and sp

mark: on the show, hillary clinton and john cleese. first, bernie sanders. say you only have a few minutes and speak your mind. here is bernie being bernie.