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I was present when John Cleese first delivered the speech on this topic. He delivered it as the keynote speech for a national conference on training and development. The program was co-sponsored by The Personnel Journal magazine and Training Magazine in 1987 at the Jacob Javits Conference Center in NYC. That was the basis for this video. The presentation was amusing, clear, cogent, and eye-opening. As everyone knows, John Cleese is a consummate performer. Whay many don't know is that was an Oxford grad and founded the largest non-entertainment film company in the world. The topic covers realities vitally important to anyone dealing with human behavior. The practical aspects affect training, education, learning, and performance improvement.

Written by the noted author of scores of well known books and movies, ranging from Hombre and Valez Is Coming to Rum Punch and the cute story about the Deputy United States Marshal Karen whatever (later played in the movie version by Jennifer Lopez against George Clooney's male lead), and Get Shorty! Bronson is perfect as the patient, easy going Korean War vet who seeks no trouble but is able to handle it when it is forced upon him. In classic Elmore Leonard hero style, he is underestimated, put upon and provoked until he surprises the bad guys with unexpectedly effective resistance. Pickup trucks get a real workout, as do California farm melons and Chicano pickers who assist him. More would spoil the fun.....