# John Cleese releases deleted scenes from A Fish Called Wanda

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**Created:** [July 4, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-releases-deleted-scenes-from-a-fish-called-wanda/914311 "2020-07-04T19:24:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-releases-deleted-scenes-from-a-fish-called-wanda/914311/1 "2020-07-04T19:24:14Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1279492214377201664?s=20>

It’s mostly Kevin Kline. Good stuff.

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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-releases-deleted-scenes-from-a-fish-called-wanda/914311/2 "2020-07-05T02:23:49Z")

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The ‘Wanda putting away her cosh’ scene seemed awfully familiar. I haven’t seen the movie in years, but did they put that back in in another context later?

(and yes, Kevin is uber-funny. Thanks for sharing!)

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**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-releases-deleted-scenes-from-a-fish-called-wanda/914311/3 "2020-07-05T02:52:03Z")

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> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> The ‘Wanda putting away her cosh’ scene seemed awfully familiar.

That was 100% in there. For whatever reason, the way she put it back in her purse was burned into my memory eons ago and for whatever reason it pops back into my mind from time to time.  
I don’t, however, recall her singing though, so they may have just shortened it. I feel like Otto would have stopped what he was doing and yelled at Wanda if she started singing Star Spangled Banner. That seemed out of place.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-releases-deleted-scenes-from-a-fish-called-wanda/914311/4 "2020-07-05T18:19:01Z")

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> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> The ‘Wanda putting away her cosh’ scene seemed awfully familiar. I haven’t seen the movie in years, but did they put that back in in another context later?

That scene’s still in the movie, but they cut everything before “We’re rich, Wanda.”

For the most part, these seem like smart edits. Otto freaking out in the stripped car was good, but the extended safe scene didn’t add anything, and “Otto pukes because he pretended to be gay,” was sophomoric.