The rumors and inklings I’d heard are true:

John Cleese has smacked his forehead into a branch and now needs a head cast.

I’m sorry, I’ll start again.

John Cleese, the famous British actor, writer, comedian, etc. has a growing social media presence!

His main (?) website, TheJohnCleese.com, has links to various online sites of import and interest, including:

The Headcast - his podcast

The Cheese Shop - his Ning group

Cleeseblog.com - his blog

I’m also impressed by his use of both Twitter microblogging for short messages and link sharing:

and FriendFeed RSS feed aggregation to put all of his online work into one location.

To quote from his FriendFeed subscription button at Cleeseblog.com:

Subscribe to absolutely everything

Very smart and very cool. I wish more creative types would do that sort of “all in one” aggregation (hint, hint). It would be better than using, say, MySpace.

John has come up with some great ways to showcase his talents. As a long time fan of his work and a social media enthusiast, I’m really pleased to see how he’s using both to great advantage.

And, on the off chance he’s reading, I’d like to thank John for many years of fine work that have given me many hours of enjoyment. I look forward to checking out the forums and catching up on the Headcasts.

Now I’d best stop this post before it becomes far too silly…

EDIT: after writing this post, it’s come to my attention that it’s likely that Cleese’s assistant is the one who sets up and maintains the Twitter and FriendFeed accounts.  Slightly disappointing if that’s true, but at least there is a Cleese presence of some sort on those two sites.

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