Deliciously bonkers

British comedian John Cleese -- a Monty Python original, master of silly walks, “Fawlty Towers” madman and lemur namesake -- presents the U.S. debut of his one-man show, “Seven Ways to Skin an Ocelot,” a multi-character outing featuring, he says, “various Cleese underlings, flunkeys, retainers, sidekicks, minions, cat’s-paws and cronies.” Bill Brown, a Royal Shakespeare Company alum, directs.

“Seven Ways to Skin an Ocelot,” Campbell Hall, UC Santa Barbara. 4 p.m. Saturday, 8 p.m. Monday. $60 (sold out). (805) 893-3535.

* Also Feb. 14 at Pepperdine University’s Smothers Theatre; March 18 at UCLA’s Royce Hall; March 24-25 at Cal State Long Beach’s Carpenter Center.