Fawlty Towers Re-Opened 30th Anniversary

[GooseHinson]

Cybill pretty much looks the same as 30 years ago.

[MrJfatah]

I really think that the "Thin Blue Line" with Rowen Atkinson is equal to Fawlty Towers. If you never checked it out then it's a must. I am the biggest Fawlty Towers fan in the world but trust me when I say that The Thin Blue Line is equal. They only made 14 episodes.

[LeftyPlaysRighty]

Farty Towles

Where's Tony the chef in this?

[Kpvker]

@LeftyPlaysRighty You mean Terry right? Brian Hall who played Terry on Fawlty Towers died in 1997 from cancer.

[hunkydaboyz]

@LeftyPlaysRighty i'll never forget that scene when Basil allowed Manuel to use the kitchen to cook up his native dish for a special occasion, Terry the Chef wasn't very happy, a few scenes later they come back ,and there's Terry and Manuel rolling around the kitchen floor having a fight

[Landog14]

Instead of signing off "Jim Tanner, GOLD, London", shouldn't it be "Torquay"?

[IamTheDeviInDisguise]

Farty Towels

[SuperZeldaBros64]

Fatty Owls

[manifestgtr]

seldom do you see a show over 40 years old that still genuinely makes you laugh in a world that's since seen the simpsons, howard stern, family guy, chris rock, etc..

my parents got this as a set of vhs tapes when I was younger and I practically wore them out...you find new things to laugh at each time...you understand a basil mumbling that you couldn't before, you see a manuel face that never gets old...enough can't be said about this show man

[DeadJesus100]

Its time for a new Fawlty Towers series

[Efteldingetjes]

The rat/hamster one was a classic!

[hunkydaboyz]

@Efteldingetjes when that rat popped out of the cracker box , the whole family couldn't stop laughing , and when you saw Manuel drag out Basil by the feet when he collapsed, well that was even funnier

[imperatorcaesar100]

Wow Andrew Sachs has a lot of grey in his hair, that is natural, it is just weird when you have never seen him for like 30 years and remember him as what he was like in the 1970's. 

[imperatorcaesar100]

RIP Ballard Berkely, (Major Gowen) Gilly Flowers and Renee Roberts (the two older ladies) Donald Sinclair (He was the inspiration for the character of Basil Fawlty). they are all remembered.

[quigonnjon]

Fatty Owls

[bossyboots55]

i wonder what it'll belike if they had a remake...no more phones, no more typewriter, theyd have to have internet...and a whole range of new services. would be fun to see how 'Basil' copes. :) More demands, more aggravation :)

[m1ll10n1977]

is it just me or did those competition winners come across as some of the most geeky dull people you could meet? I bet JC was dying to get away from them

[alaxyoung1]

EASILY THE FUNNIEST TV SERIES OF ALL TIME.........

[Hezett]

Farty towels

[jajceboy]

Another reason why I love British culture and humour, American humour falls short on that point.

"Fawlty Towers" is so hilariously funny for all the wrong reasons, I mean Basil abuses Manuel and is constantly rude to all the guests, while all Sybil does is to nag and yell at Basil. So wrong and yet I laugh constantly, thats what you call humour!

Together with "Black Adder" the best British comedy show ever, a real treasure that should be preserved for future generations!

[vika01]

@jajceboy And Hyacint and Onslow as gusets in the hotel

[Mokkari77]

@jajceboy

Connie Booth is American and she co-wrote the show.

[2c1496]

Amazing what just a dozen episodes has accomplished...too bad for all of us that there were not more......

[teebee1984]

It's unbelievable. Sybil actually looks younger now than she did then!

[1050ccTriumph]

@teebee1984

she does, and Polly looks.... stretched!

[odracirseraoseia1999]

@teebee1984 No she doesn't.

[northvilletunnels]

I bought the series on Laser Disc.

[PurpleFunnyChocolate]

Has John Cleese received a lifetime achievment special recognition award thing yet? If not, why not?

[jzerony]

I've noticed when TV hosts and reporters do stories on anything Fawlty Towers or Monty Python related - they always come off horribly desperate to be as funny, don't they? Which is impossible really. They should just follow this advice... just leave the funny to the experts.....

[1960unclemort]

@zephranna01 at one time cleese had an idea for a `special` in which basil is flying to spain to visit manuels family the plane is hi-jacked and in a fit of rage basil overcomes the hi-jackers .sadly it was never made

[mkarmam]

what an amazing show

[PurpleFunnyChocolate]

Wouldn't it be really awkward for John Cleese and Connie Boothe to meet up again? They were married but then got DIVORCED. I wouldn't want to see them again!

[Doglover345]

@PurpleFunnyChocolate They ended on good terms and there's a nice picture out with the two of them laughing together at this reunion. Not every couple breaks up on bad terms, you know.

[LG15Fan]

@zephranna01 No. I agree with Cleese. It is shocking that the 2nd series was as good as the 1st. I just don't think they would be able to top it and that would be devestating for the show.

[soulleskill]

i have 7 episodes :D including The Germans xD Im Amarican and i love this show =)

[Propagandakunst]

@soulleskill : Yeah, you're "Amarican" and can't even properly write your nationality. You're truly AmErican.

[rounz1]

@Propagandakunst I hope your head didn't explode over the error.

[Propagandakunst]

@rounz1 : I hope you don't dislocate your arm while throwing your feces at people from inside your cage in the zoo.

[charlieiscool1000]

is that the old set

[soulleskill]

@charlieiscool1000 no the kitchen caught fire and they just tore it down :(

[mauricepaulguitars]

Too much commentary, not enough of the subject. Fawlty Towers needs no intro, just let us meet the cast. I loved them when they were young, I'm older now, and want to hear from them and see them as they have aged. They are still beautiful, talented and significant. ?Certainly in my life and my kids. We regularly quote every episode and laugh every time.

Maurice.

[bluejeckett]

Er this is just a teaser, wheres the real doco? 10th of May was ages ago, why is this not now up on Youtube? Im Australian, I dont have channel Dave

[rldavis1959]

I wish that this special had aired in the states; I have the series on DVD and love it.

[Gibbo118]

Flowery Twats.

[AidanLunn]

@Gibbo118 Fatty Owls.

[sidensvans67]

Prat of a presenter with your fashionable lisp.

[atomicmrpelly]

PWNed!!!

[TheConciseStatement]

It's the best comedy show this country's ever produced. Not so much half hour episodes as 12 perfectly formed short films.

[dullath]

@TheConciseStatement -- ANY country.

[Snootwaller]

@TheConciseStatement Succinctly and accurately stated. You really live up to your name.

[lovemylocal]

When are they showing it again? I missed it :(

[GOLDENEYE0064]

siberian hamsters!

this is great, innit?

[cleeselover]

*Filigree* Siberian hamster--LOL!

[SeanRon121]

fawlty towers is awsome!!