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Chapman and John Cleese wrote professionally for the BBC during the 1960s, primarily for David Frost, but also for Marty Feldman.
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* Johnny Appleseed John Chapman ( September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 ), also known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
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* 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician ( former member of The Beatles ), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
Although, originally conceived as a children's programme, it quickly acquired a cult crossover following amongst many adults, including future Pythons John Cleese and Graham Chapman ( as mentioned by Cleese himself in the " Paying my ex-wife " stage performance tour, October 2010 ).
In 1971, Chapman and Sherlock adopted John Tomiczek as their son.
She stayed at the house of John Chapman, the radical publisher whom she had met at Rosehill ( near Coventry ) and who had printed her translation.
It was not unusual for men and women in Victorian society to have affairs ; Charles Bray, John Chapman, Friedrich Engels, and Wilkie Collins all had affairs, though more discreetly than Lewes and Evans.
* 1605 – The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
It was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman and first performed in the eighth episode of the show's first series, " Full Frontal Nudity " ( 7 December 1969 ).
" John Cleese said on the same show that he and Chapman " believed that there was something very funny there, if we could find the right context for it.
At Graham Chapman's memorial service, John Cleese began his eulogy by reprising euphemisms from the sketch, stating that Graham Chapman was no more, that he had ceased to be, that bereft of life he rests in peace, that he had expired and gone to meet his maker, and so on, finally calling him an ex-Chapman.
* 1862 – John Jay Chapman, American author ( d. 1933 )
They were also in the team of writers working for The Frost Report, whose other members included Frank Muir, Barry Cryer, Marty Feldman, Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, Dick Vosburgh and future Monty Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle.
John Gadsby Chapman depicts Pocahontas, wearing white, being baptized Rebecca by Anglican minister Alexander Whiteaker in Jamestown, Virginia ; this event is believed to have taken place in 1613 or 1614.
* 1980 – Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, leaves for New York from his home in Hawaii.
John Watkins Chapman suggested " a Postmodern style of painting " as a way to move beyond French Impressionism.
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The east side paintings include The Baptism of Pocahontas by John Gadsby Chapman, The Embarkation of the Pilgrims by Robert Walter Weir, The Discovery of the Mississippi by William Henry Powell, and The Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn.
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Chapman, Cleese, and Tim Brooke-Taylor later joined Feldman in the television comedy series At Last the 1948 Show.
Chapman and Cleese also wrote for the long-running television comedy series Doctor in the House.
In 1969, Chapman and Cleese joined the other Pythons including Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin for their sketch comedy show Flying Circus.
In David Morgan's book Monty Python Speaks, Cleese asserted that Chapman, although officially his co-writer for many of their sketches, contributed comparatively little in the way of direct writing.
" In writing sessions Chapman " would lob in an idea or a line from out of left field into the engine room, but he could never be the engine ", Cleese said.
Cleese said that he and Chapman believed " There was something very funny there, if we could find the right context for it.
Cleese complimented Chapman by saying that he was " very possibly the best actor of all of us ".
The film, which starred Chapman as the eponymous pirate, also featured appearances from Peter Cook, Marty Feldman, Cleese, Idle, Spike Milligan, and Cheech & Chong.
" In his book Graham Crackers, Chapman said that this took place just before Cleese left the show, and he wondered what the woman thought about his disappearance after getting Idle's response.
Cleese delivered his eulogy to Chapman, which began as follows:
Cleese continued after a break from laughter in the audience, claiming that Chapman had whispered in his ear the night before while he was writing the speech, saying:
The voices of Cleese, Gilliam, Jones, and Palin will be spliced into commentary recorded by Chapman reading from his memoir and taped shortly before his death.
Graham Chapman, still suffering from alcoholism, was so determined to play the lead role – at one point coveted by Cleese – that he dried out in time for filming, so much so that he was also able to act as the on-set doctor on top of his acting duties.
Possibly unbeknown to Cleese and Chapman at the time they wrote the sketch, there are in fact two species of parrot that live in the alpine regions of South Island in New Zealand-an area known as " Fiordland " for the many fjords it contains.
During the drive back, Graham Chapman said that Cleese should eat something and asked him whether he fancied anything ; Cleese replied that he fancied a piece of cheese.
Upon seeing a chemist's shop, Cleese pondered whether the shop would sell cheese, to which Chapman responded that if they did it would be medicinal cheese and that Cleese would need a prescription to buy some.
Chapman then wrote the sketch with Cleese, who did not initially find it humorous.
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Chapman and Douglas Adams wrote a pilot for a TV series in 1975, Out of the Trees, but it never went beyond the initial episode.
Chapman later told a story in his college tour that when he went public, a member of the television audience wrote to the Pythons to complain that she had heard a member of the team was gay, adding that the Bible said any man who lies with a man should be taken out and stoned.
It contains scripts Chapman wrote with Douglas Adams and others, such as " Our show for Ringo Starr, a. k. a. Goodnight Vienna ".
An MI5 officer wrote in an assessment ' the Germans came to love Chapman ... but although he went cynically through all the forms, he did not reciprocate.
Andrew Chapman and Martin Allen also wrote a two book, two-player adventure titled the Clash of the Princes ( 1986 ).
In 1931, Sydney Chapman and Vincenzo C. A. Ferraro wrote an article, A New Theory of Magnetic Storms, that sought to explain the phenomenon of geomagnetic storms.
In 2003, North Carolina Playwright Keith Smith wrote a one act musical play entitled " My Name is Johnny Appleseed ", which is presented to school children to show that the true story of John Chapman is just as interesting as the mythical figure, who is shrouded in legend.
On Monday, December 8, 1980, Chapman bought a copy of The Catcher in the Rye from a New York book store, in which he wrote " This is my statement " and signed it " Holden Caulfield ", the name of the protagonist of the novel.
In addition, State Senator Michael Nozzolio, chairman of the Senate Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee, wrote to Parole Board Chairman Brion Travis saying that " It is the responsibility of the New York State Parole Board to ensure that public safety is protected from the release of dangerous criminals like Chapman.
In addition, Chapman and his song-writing partner, Nicky Chinn, wrote three songs that appear on the LP, " In the Heat of the Night " and " If You Think You Know How to Love Me " which were previously recorded by Smokie, as well as a rearranged version of a song they wrote for Sweet, " No You Don't ".
In the aftermath of the defeat, Cecil Parkin, a former Test bowler and vocal critic of Gilligan's captaincy, wrote a newspaper article suggesting that Hobbs should assume the leadership of the side, albeit under the nominal captaincy of Percy Chapman.
Chapman wrote one of the most successful masques of the Jacobean era, The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, performed on 15 February 1613.
A 1917 study by John Mackinnon Robertson posited that George Chapman wrote " A Lover's Complaint " and was the originator of Timon of Athens.
Wrestling historian Mike Chapman wrote, " In all of athletic history, there are a mere handful of rivalries between individual stars that have become almost as large as the sport itself.
Cryer and Chapman wrote two follow-ups: Now Look Here ( BBC 1971-73 ) and The Prince of Denmark ( BBC 1974 ).
The band performed rhythm & blues under various names (" Sigma 6 ", " The Meggadeaths ", " The Abdabs " and " The Screaming Abdabs "), during their run with manager Ken Chapman, who also wrote some early material for the band.
He also wrote regularly on football for the Sunday Express newspaper, and a collection of his writings was published after his death in a book, entitled Herbert Chapman on Football.
They wrote to the police over their suspicions, and the police informed them that there were four pieces of paper referring to Ash in Mulcaire's notebooks, and five items relating to Chapman.
Chapman also wrote the 2010 biography of Hodge called " Oklahoma Shooter: The Dan Hodge Story ".
Chapman and Jonson wrote almost exclusively for Blackfriars in this period, while Marston began with Paul's but switched to Blackfriars, in which he appears to have been a sharer, by around 1605.
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