I love Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is the Greatest Show with John Cleese
Monty Python gets all the attention but for absolute British comedy genius from John Cleese you must watch Fawlty Towers.
What's Fawlty Towers you say?
Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced (two seasons with six episodes each) the programme has had a lasting and powerful legacy.
The setting is a fictional hotel called Fawlty Towers located in the seaside town of Torquay on the 'English Riviera' (which was where the Gleneagles hotel that inspired John Cleese was situated). The show was written by Cleese and Connie Booth, both of whom played main characters. The first series in 1975 was produced and directed by John Howard Davies; the second in 1979 was produced by Douglas Argent and directed by Bob Spiers.
In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000 that was voted by industry professionals, Fawlty Towers was placed first.BFI TV100, URL accessed 4 June 2009. It was also voted fifth in the BBC's "Britain's Best Sitcom" poll in 2004.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/winner.shtml Britain's Best Sitcom Top 10]. URL accessed 4 June 2009.
Fawlty Towers vs Monty Python
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Fawlty Towers is the Greatest Show with John Cleese
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No way, Monty Python is better!
NOTaLoony says:
fawlty towers is more like laughingish, but monty python is more ingenious and funnier and the perfect comedy show! Fawlty towers may be nearly perfect, but monty python ('s flying circus) gets the win
Posted May 14, 2008
Hinutech says:
No way. While Fawlty Towers is excellent, it doesn't come close to the excellence that is Monty Python.
Posted April 19, 2008
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- hayleylou hayleylou Nov 1, 2009 @ 6:36 am
- Faulty Towers is hilarious - I love it. Especially the episode when he does an impression of Hitler, great lens, 5 stars. I have added a link to your lens on my Blossom TV lens
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- JHFSEO JHFSEO Jun 12, 2008 @ 11:36 pm
- John Cleese is good in everything, but this is his masterpiece. "Don't mention the war!"
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- fefe fefe Apr 19, 2008 @ 10:19 pm
- I have never even heard of Fawlty Towers but thanks for introducing me to it.
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- ZachG ZachG Apr 8, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
- I've never seen Fawlty Towers before. I'm a fan of Monty Python, but now I'll have to check out Fawlty Towers!
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