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Sybil returns to 'Fawlty Towers'
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| 8/9/2006
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Posted on 08/09/2006 8:11:09 AM PDT by 1066AD
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Classic that spawned a whole career for him as creator of management consultant training aids after UK Hoteliers' assoc used it for "how not to do it" examples. Posted because I know there's lots of Pyhton & Cleese fans here :)
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:11:10 AM PDT
by
1066AD
To: 1066AD
Pyhton & Cleese Or is that Python and Cheese?
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:16:54 AM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: 1066AD
Despite only running for 12 episodes, it regularly tops polls of favourite TV shows.Twelve episodes? TOTAL?
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:16:59 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
("Hezbollah" is wrong. Since they are the 'party of Allah', the accurate translation is "Hezb'Allah")
To: 1066AD
"how creator John Cleese based the character of Basil Fawlty on Donald Sinclair, a former owner of the Hotel Gleneagles."Funny, Donald Sinclair was the name of his character in Rat Race.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:17:45 AM PDT
by
guitar4jesus
(Black, Conservative . . . and I vote!)
To: 1066AD
To: Tennessee_Bob
Or is that Python and Cheese?
How about...cheddar?
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:18:49 AM PDT
by
Famishus
(I wish my grass was emo so it would cut itself.)
To: 1066AD
A true classic. So funny. A great cast.
To: newgeezer
Yep. I've got the entire run on one video tape.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:19:32 AM PDT
by
Sloth
('It Takes A Village' is problematic when you're raising your child in Sodom.)
To: 1066AD; Ready4Freddy; leilani; Eurotwit
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:19:45 AM PDT
by
bwteim
To: 1066AD
Basil,to Sybil...."Sybil,do you remember when we were first...manacled together? We used to laugh quite a lot"
Sybil.....Yes,but not at the same time,Basil
To: HaveHadEnough
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:30:20 AM PDT
by
Cecily
To: newgeezer
Twelve episodes? TOTAL? Back then,at least,British TV was much different from ours...particularly the BBC.
It wasn't at all unusual for a BBC sitcom to air only a few times in a season,unlike our networks where there were 20,30 or 40 episodes per season.
I heard or read somewhere that the writers and cast of Fawlty Towers would work for months preparing a single episode.
Check it out....it's a genuine classic.Although those who appreciate it most are those who are most familiar with "Britcoms" in general.
To: 1066AD; Tax-chick
You just gotta love the Brits. Who else could get away with naming a poor baby girl Prunella?
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:33:18 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(who is having the best day ever!)
To: Cecily
"Don't mention the war."Of course you started it.You invaded Poland!
To: 1066AD
Prunella Scales is one of my favorite actresses. Always barely restrained at the edge.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:33:51 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: newgeezer
I found that remarkably low as well.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:34:08 AM PDT
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Xenalyte
(who is having the best day ever!)
To: Xenalyte
You just gotta love the Brits. Who else could get away with naming a poor baby girl Prunella? Say what you will about her name,but her performance in Fawlty qualifies her as a comic genius.
To: newgeezer
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:36:21 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: 1066AD
Can remember laughing hillariously night after night, great times back way back when..........
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:38:05 AM PDT
by
litehaus
To: Famishus
How about...cheddar? Not much call for it here, sir.
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posted on
08/09/2006 8:41:02 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Liberal comes from "liber" the Latin word for "free" - Liberal Republic, you know it makes sense)
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