Fawlty Towers - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

Fawlty towers was and still is an outstanding comedy series of iconic standards. Comedy writers of today would just love to be able to come up with both an idea and a cast that could even come close to this brilliant show. I will now attempt to put into words just how good this comedy was for those of you who haven't seen it. ★The show in general★ The basic idea of the show is that Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) is a hotel owner but not ...
...in the day-to-day running of Fawlty Towers. She is often at reception or waiting on tables in the hotel's dining room although her official job title was apparently supposed to be chambermaid. The truth is without her the hotel would likely close down and Basil wouldn't stand a chance against his wife as Polly constantly covers for him. Manuel: Manuel's poor command of the English language and his perfectly acted dim-witted nature are often the ...

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In my opinion, Fawlty Towers is one of the funniest sitcoms to have graced our TV screens. The main character is the rather snobbish and aloof Torquay hotelier by the name of Basil Fawlty, played superbly by John Cleese (in his first major role since his Monty Python success), and it is through Basil that most of the laughter comes. His contempt of most of the guests (or 'riff-raff') and his old-fashioned attitudes often lead to hilarious misunderstandings, ...
...actions. Cleese is supported well by Prunella Scales (playing Basil's long-suffering wife Sybil), Connie Booth (as the hotel's maid Polly) and Andrew Sachs (who plays the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel). Despite there only ever being twelve episodes of this great show produced, each one is a timeless classic that is as funny today as it was when first aired. The six episodes on this DVD are: A Touch Of Class - Basil is delighted that a Lord (Melbury) ...

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Spectacularly funny, excellent story lines, some of John Cleese's best performances. Disadvantages - Absolutely none! This dvd is hours of total entertainment from John Cleese's rants about Germans to the simple slapstick humour of banging two bricks together. The dvd is a sure classic through and through and is positively going to have you rolling about the floor laughing your head off. It is, without a doubt, a brilliant watch and highly recommended. ...

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...go downhill. Basil Fawlty (John Clease) is hen pecked all the way by his wife Cybil. He never quite grasps the idea that he will never win an argument with her. Then again the incompitant Manuael the general dogs body doesn't help much. Fawlty always has the excuse ready for Manuael's mishaps 'He's from Barcalona' Polly is forever saving Basil's skin with the hotel health inspector and the guests. There are always the perminant residents to further ...
...Major or the two old spinsters Basil only seams to tollerate them as they give him a regular income. this along with health inspectors and guests dying in the hotel it is little wonder that Basil feels the whole world is aginst him. Best epioded is probably 'The Germans'. Where Basil has to run the hotel himself, with some guests who don't speek English, whilst Cybil is in hospital. As expected it doesn't go quite as well as Basil want's it to, ...

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