The closest we’ll ever get to a Fawlty Towers reunion…
John Cleese, Connie Booth, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs.
John Cleese – Completely Different Emcee
Prince Charles celebrates his 60th birthday this year, and among various engagements Thursday November 13th was the date that The Princes’ Trust - an organisation setup by Charles to help young people - held an evening of A-list comedy entertainment in his honour at the New Wimbledon Theatre in London.
The performers were Rowan Atkinson, Robin [...]
I Speak English, I learn it from a book
Carrying on our celebration of Basil Fawlty and Manuel this week, a clip from the much loved episode of Fawlty Towers known simply as The Germans…
Starring John Cleese, Ballard Berkeley and Andrew Sachs.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX85Y5Zb7sw
Fawlty Reunion
You may have seen the brief reuniting of Andrew Sachs and John Cleese on Prince Charles’s 60th birthday celebrations thing last night on ITV1 - or even at the venue itself - in aid of the Princes’ Trust.
It was a slightly odd moment, but not without a feeling of nostalgia, and was completely at home [...]
Fawlty Towers Sunday
To celebrate John Cleese and Andrew Sachs appearing onstage at the 2008 Princes Trust concert, here begins a week of classic Fawlty Towers clips!
Right back to the start with A Touch of Class…
httpv://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o8DngrgIpS0
Wecwassification!
Almost 30 years after being banned by the local authority on grounds of blasphemy, Monty Python’s The Life of Brian will finally be screened in the Devon resort of Torbay this Sunday.
Back in 1979, Torbay Council said the films AA rating (for ages 14 and over) was unsuitable and wanted it reclassified for adults only [...]
Fawlty Towers Outtakes
A compilation of John Cleese balls-ups
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-a5qRmapXo
I wouldn’t watch this if I were you…
A rare find, starring John Cleese!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGj56PLYUSI
Monty Python Olympiad
Let’s get one thing settled - the Olympics are always taken very seriously, but back in the day the Monty Python team showed the world just how silly they really are…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX-m0onbt-I
The Inner Basil
[singlepic=11,320,240,,right]If art imitates life and vice versa, then surely we are allowed to integrate some parts of our leisure into our daily lives, and in more ways then just putting a low resolution copy of Van Gogh’s Starry Night onto our mobile for wallpaper.
I suppose we all take some facet of ourselves from what we [...]
