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John Cleese: Video Arts
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The Balance Sheet Barrier, starring John Cleese [I]s a world-famous Video Arts video that helps take the fear out of financial documents and complex supervisory concepts. Although accounts might never become a manager's favorite topic, The Balance Sheet Barrier does at least make them understandable.
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In 1993, John Cleese and Dr. Rob Buckman set up Videos for Patients, a new company created to help improve communication between patients and doctors. There are more than 45 titles in this video series.
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John Cleese created and produced The Secret Policeman's Ball shows for Amnesty International. In 1972, he co-founded Video Arts, which swiftly became the leading provider of business training programs and video. He sold the company in 1991, but still appears in their videos.
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A classic from John Cleese, this hilarious, over-the-top Video Arts film starring Hugh Laurie of TV's "House" fame addresses the importance of good internal customer service and how it dramatically affects external customer satisfaction. While the scenarios may be wildly exaggerated, the messages behind them really hit home.
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In addition to his role as an actor, Cleese is co-founder of Video Arts, a leading provider of business training programmes on video. He ... created the company Videos for Patients, with Dr. Rob Buckman to help improve communication between patients and doctors. He then co-wrote Families and How To Survive Them with Dr. Robin Skynner, a series for BBC Radio 4 in 1990. His recent documentary The Human Face, which he wrote and presented, was featured last year on the Learning Channel.
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Cleese recently lent his voice to the BioWare video game Jade Empire. His role was that of an "outlander" named Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard, stranded in the Imperial City of the Jade Empire. His character is essentially a British colonialist stereotype who refers to the people of the Jade Empire as savages in need of enlightenment.
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