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	BBC - Comedy Guide - Fawlty Towers
		But run a hotel Basil does, the quaint Fawlty Towers, or, rather, he runs it jointly with his formidable wife Sybil, a woman who has the ability to exude the required superficialities but is monstrously vitriolic towards her husband.
		She had some of Basil's anger and frustration but the show had none of Fawlty Towers' class.
		To help run the hotel the Fawltys employ Polly, a sensible, down-to-earth maid/waitress who is often embroiled in Basil's schemes and their inevitably disastrous consequences, being forced to lie on his behalf or extricate him from trouble (for which he rarely thanks her since she is merely an underling, the hired help).
	www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/f/fawltytowers_7772600.shtml (1197 words)

	Fawlty Towers - the everyday story of a hotel owner
		Fawlty Towers is the everyday story of a hotel beside the sea in the West Country.
		The only difference between Basil Fawlty and most hotel managers, is that it happens to Basil all the time, whereas to us lesser mortals it happens less often, but often enough to be uncomfortable.
		Basil Fawlty ran a hotel beside the sea in the West Country.
	www.fawlty-towers.com (514 words)

	Fawlty Towers: The Germans - TV.com
		Show Stars: John Cleese (Basil Fawlty), Prunella Scales (Sybil Fawlty), Brian Hall (Terry[ series 2 ]), Connie Booth (Polly Sherman), Andrew Sachs (Manuel), Gilly Flower (Miss Tibbs), Ballard Berkeley (The Major), Reneé Roberts (Miss Gatsby)
		Although intentionally a joke, Basil acknowledges that he is aware Manuel owns a hamster when he says: "How can I knock a nail in with your hamster?" (Edit)
		As Basil Fawlty flees the doctor who wants to sedate him, a floor monitor can be seen in the background, complete with the same image that is on the screen.
	www.tv.com /fawlty-towers/the-germans/episode/53816/summary.html (645 words)

	Play.com (UK) : Fawlty Towers Series 1 & 2 : DVD - Free Delivery
		The Anniversary: Sybil storms out of Fawlty Towers just before Basil's surprise anniversary party leaving Polly to impersonate her while Basil spends the evening trying to convince their friends she's simply ill.
		Fawlty Towers has remained a timeless example of comic writing, acting, and characterisation at its very best.
		The Builders: The Fawltys take a holiday and leave Polly and Manuel to run (or should that be ruin?) the place just as O'Reilly's builders come to redo the lobby.
	www.play.com /play247.asp?page=title&r=R2&title=96238&p=57&g=72&pa=sr (788 words)

	FAWTLY TOWERS
		Prudish Basil is outraged at the apparent promiscuity going on in the hotel, but it is the guests that end up getting shocked when they find Basil and Manuel in a compromising position.
		Mention the name of Fawlty Towers to anyone and they will instantly think of a hotel in Torquay, run by a man who would rather not have guests cluttering up the place, and a Spanish waiter whose vocabulary consists mainly of Que?!
		Basil is sent into a frenzy of excessive rudeness when news arrives that there are hotel inspectors in the seaside resort of Torquay, but when a guest arrives and Fawlty mistakening takes him to be an inspector, he falls over himself to be the ideal host.
	www.britishcomedy.org.uk /comedy/fawlty.htm (822 words)

	Fawlty Towers
		Yet Fawlty Towers stood out from the commonplace through its intensity of pace and exceptional characterisation and performance, with the result that otherwise simple narratives were propelled, through the pandemonium generated by Basil and Sybil's prickly relationship, to absurd conclusions.
		Fawlty Towers turned on their relationship--an uneasy truce of withering looks and acidic banter born of her continual impatience at his incompetence and pomposity.
		Basil Fawlty (Cleese) and his wife Sybil (Prunella Scales) ran the down-at-heel seaside hotel of the title hampered by a lovingly-drawn cast of believable characters embellished in varying degrees from comic stereotype.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/F/htmlF/fawltytowers/fawltytowers.htm (988 words)

	Fawlty Towers DVDs and Videos
		The four main characters - Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), his cackling bossy boots of a wife, Sybil (Prunella Scales), the put upon Polly (Connie Booth), and the hotel's tortured slave Manuel (Andrew Sachs), were augmented by an impressive list of guest stars - some crackers, some normal.
		'Fawlty Towers' began its run on British TV on September 19th, 1975, on BBC2, with 'A Touch of Class'.
		Fawlty Towers - The Kipper And The Corpse [1975]
	uk.geocities.com /p_rance/FawltyTowers.htm (395 words)

	Television Review: Fawlty Towers
		In the final episode of the series (only 12 shows were made) the building inspector comes to Fawlty Towers and is not pleased, so he gives Basil a day of grace.
		Sean S., Marblehead, MA "Fawlty Towers" stars John Cleese as Basil Fawlty, who runs an inn with his wife, Sybil, played by Connie Booth (Cleese's real life ex-wife).
		Finally, the health inspector returns, gives Fawlty Towers a clean bill of health, and heads off into their dining room.
	www.teenink.com /Past/1990/617.html (557 words)

	screenonline: Fawlty Towers (1975, 79)
		remained, unconsciously gathering material which would eventually come together in their creation Basil Fawlty, the neurotic, eccentric and bad-tempered manager of Fawlty Towers.
		Delirious goings on in a Torquay hotel run by the rude, snobbish Basil Fawlty and his overbearing wife, Sybil.
		In 2002, Beatrice Sinclair, the hotelier's widow, broke her silence to complain of the show's unfair portrayal of her late husband.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /tv/id/459034 (377 words)

	The FAWLTY TOWERS Frequently Asked Questions
		There were in fact at least two imitations of Fawlty Towers in the U.S. The first one was called "Snavely" (with Harvey Korman in the Basil role) but it never got further than a pilot.
		Cleese went on to say that after Fawlty Towers had been made, he went back to see if the fellow was still around, but discovered that he had emigrated to Canada to join his daughter.
		Fawlty Towers is one of the funniest tv series ever.
	users.tkk.fi /~ajtuomin/Fawlty-Towers.FAQ/newest.html (3684 words)

	"Fawlty Towers" (1975)
		Plot Outline: Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
		Basil Fawlty: Well, if you don't like duck...
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for "Fawlty Towers" (1975)
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0072500 (295 words)

	Amazon.com: The Complete Fawlty Towers: Books: John Cleese
		Basil Fawlty -- ill-tempered, henpecked, and conniving -- tries in vain to be master of his house under the disapproving and ever-watchful eye of his wife, Sybil.
		For countless fans, Fawlty Towers is the best-loved bad hotel in the world, and with publication of The Complete Fawlty Towers they will all have a chance to relive its outrageous awfulness.
		But reading the scripts to Fawlty Towers, while a fun experience in itself, is not as good as watching the show.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679721274?v=glance (1668 words)

	Fawlty Towers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fawlty Towers was a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975.
		Fawlty Towers finished second to Frasier in The Ultimate Sitcom poll of comedy writers in January 2006.
		Fawlty Towers was inspired by the Monty Python team's stay in the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay [3].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fawlty_Towers (3189 words)

	Moviefone: Fawlty Towers: Basil the Rat Movie: MAIN
		Synopsis: When the health department gives the Fawlty Towers kitchen a surprise inspection, Basil (John Cleese) is informed that the sanitation is far below acceptable standards and is given 24 hours to get...
		Fawlty Towers - Basil The Rat [1979], John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs (II), Ballard Berkeley, Gilly Flower, Renee Roberts,...
		FAWLTY TOWERS - BASIL THE RAT reviews from the nation's top critics and audiences.
	movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1041699 (273 words)

	British Sitcom Guide - Fawlty Towers
		Basil Fawlty, the owner of the establishment, is a man of infinite rudeness with a rabid dislike of guests.
		Fawlty Towers is now considered, quite rightly, one of the greatest sitcoms of all time.
		Fawlty Towers is a must-see comedy masterpiece and, as far as the BSG is concerned, the funniest and all round most brilliant sitcom ever made (and we've seen hundreds)!
	www.sitcom.co.uk /fawlty_towers (172 words)

	Fawlty Towers - Online, DVD, BBC, Sitcom, John Cleese, Complete, Germans, Basil
		Although Fawlty Towers is now considered one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, the initial reactions received from the press and public were mediocre.
		Fawlty Towers stars Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs are reuniting for a drama based on a short story by Evelyn Waugh.
		Apparently she had never seen Fawlty Towers, or Monty Python, or the front page of the local newspaper where you were quoted as saying her city was suicidally...
	www.fawltytowersonline.com /index2.php (966 words)

	FAWLTY TOWERS
		Fawlty Towers, owned and managed by Basil Fawlty is located in the English holiday area of Torquay, Devon.
		Fawlty Towers is still one of the most famous and talked about British comedy shows of all time, and the ratings are still very high on repeat showings even though the last episode was made in 1979.
		Besides hapless Spanish waiter Manuel, whose tenuous grasp of the English language was explained by the fact that 'he comes from Barcelona', the hotel staff comprised chambermaid Polly, the voice of sanity in the eye of the storm, and chef Terry (in the second series).
	www.cultv.co.uk /fawlty.htm (1620 words)

	Fawlty Towers
		Basil's prudish nature is outraged by what he perceives to be an outbreak of promiscuity at Fawlty Towers.
		Fawlty Towers gained that accolade and also topped the Comedy and Variety categories of the same poll.
		Fawlty Towers, being such a great comedy show, has won many deserved awards over the last twenty-five years.
	www.montypythonpages.com /CSection/ftowers.htm (1004 words)

	Fawlty Towers
		The hotel manager from hell, Basil seems convinced that Fawlty Towers would be a top-rate establishment, if only he didn't have to bother with the guests.
		FAWLTY TOWERS, the classic sitcom created by John Cleese and his then-wife Connie Booth (they split up between the first and second series), lasted only 12 episodes (a series in 1975 and another in 1979) but numbers itself among the most beloved series in British comedy history.
		John Howard Davies, director of the first series of Fawlty Towers (and a few early Python episodes), and later head of comedy at the BBC, remembers the show: "When I first read the scripts of 'Fawlty Towers' it was one of those rare occasions when I laughed continuously and with mounting delight.
	orangecow.org /pythonet/fawlty.html (3995 words)

	Fawlty Towers
		Together they run their hotel, Fawlty Towers, with a little help from the unflappable Polly, and Manuel, the trainee waiter from Barcelona with marginally more intelligence than a monkey.
		Manic, arrogant, sycophantic and sadistic, Basil Fawlty is a much put-upon, hard-working hotel manager whose life is plagued by dead guests, hotel inspectors and riff-raff.
		Of course his biggest headache is his 'little nest of vipers' - his nagging wife Sibyl.
	www.bbcprograms.com /pbs/catalog/fawltytowers/fawlmain.htm (78 words)

	Fawlty Towers - episode guide - tv serie
		The origins of 'Fawlty Towers' go back to 1971 when the 'Monty Python Flying Circus' team were filming scenes for their television series in the Torbay area (the fictional location of Fawlty Towers).
		The name of the hotel owner was Donald Sinclair, and it is he who must be afforded the title "the real Basil Fawlty".
		This is just one of the items that you can find in Fawlty Towers Merchandise
	www.kartelle.com /episodes/fawlty (152 words)

	Basil Fawlty vs. Mr. Bean @ WWWF Grudge Match
		Basil Fawlty, on the other hand, will warp his 2-volt noggin in subverting the lives of the hapless guests of Fawlty Towers.
		And it's not as if Fawlty Towers is as big as Windsor Castle, after all.
		Fawlty is always screaming at the top of his lungs and overreacting to situations.
	www.grudge-match.com /History/basil-bean.shtml (8032 words)

	Digital Spy Forums - Fawlty Towers at 30
		The antics of Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, hapless Spanish waiter Manuel and the ever-sensible Polly grabbed the imagination when it first went out on BBC Two on 19 September 1975.
		Subsequent re-runs of Fawlty Towers have confirmed its position as one of the finest British sit-coms.
		And one of the other reasons for that success, many believe, is that Fawlty Towers burned brightly then went out with a bang.
	forum.digitalspy.co.uk /board/showthread.php?t=282118 (1822 words)

	Sympatico / MSN Entertainment : TV Article
		"We were big fans of the Fawlty Towers program so we believe that it will prove to be a sound investment to have bought one of the best-known hotels in the United Kingdom," Panna Patel said.
		(Repeats of Fawlty Towers are regularly shown on British television and many Britons regard it as the funniest TV sitcom ever.
		John Cleese, who co-wrote and starred in the '70s British TV comedy series, based his outrageously rude character Basil Fawlty on Donald Sinclair, a former owner of the hotel, after staying there with other members of the Monty Python comedy team in 1971.
	entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca /tv/articles/1037480.armx?gcs=1 (305 words)

	FAWLTY TOWERS - MANUEL
		Andrew Sachs is the only cast member of Falwty Towers to use his character outside the actual television shows (with the expection of John Cleese who made a brief appearance on 'Not the Nine o'clock News' as Basil Fawlty).
		As we have already mentioned in the Audio section of the Fawltographies, Andrew Sachs provided the linking material on most of the Fawlty Towers soundtracks, but he has taken his role as Manuel even further than that.
		Andrew Sachs has released four singles as Manuel, the first was 'Manuels Good Food Guide' in 1977 which came in a picture sleeve with Manuel on the cover, Andrew Sachs also had a hand in writing (or adapting) the lyrics.
	www.btinternet.com /~c.tomlinson/manuel.htm (803 words)

	Amazon.com: Fawlty Towers 1 : BBC (BBears Big Chapter Books(TM)): Books: John Cleese,Connie Booth
		Monty Python-star John Cleese is Basil Fawlty, the manic, misunderstood and unpredictable owner of a very unusual hotel.
		Fawlty Towers: Fully Booked : The Complete Story of Public Tv's Favorite Sitcom by Morris Bright in Table of Contents
		You might need a vacation after a visit to the infamous Fawlty Towers.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/055347314X?v=glance (384 words)

	Fawlty Towers (Summary/Cast)
		Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) is probably the rudest hotelier in the world.
		John Cleese got the idea for this sitcom when he was filming with the Monty Python team and they stayed in a hotel run by a "wonderfully rude" manager.
		Along with his gossipy, unhelpful wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), he runs a small, quiet hotel in Torquay.
	www.phill.co.uk /comedy/fawlty (88 words)

	BBC America - Fawlty Towers
		Despite being written 30 years ago, Fawlty Towers remains as fresh and funny as ever thanks to the irrepressible Basil (John Cleese), his overbearing wife Sybil, the very patient Polly, and, of course, the hapless waiter from Barcelona, Manuel.
		Join us January 8th & 9th, from noon to 6 pm/et, for 12 hours of Fawlty Towers.
		Tune in every weekend in January for more of your favorite classic British comedies.
	www.bbcamerica.com /genre/comedy_games/fawlty_towers/fawlty_towers.jsp (104 words)

	Fawlty Towers - Pazsaz Entertainment Network
		Fawlty Towers premiered on BBC on September 19, 1975.
		The series is about Basil Fawlty, who runs a hotel in Britain.
		Best Of The Britcoms: From Fawlty Towers To Absolutely Fabulous
	www.pazsaz.com /fawlty.html (204 words)

	Britmovie - Clockwise 1986
		Clockwise showcases an interesting, pure performance from John Cleese, in between brushing the memories of Basil Fawlty from his shoes and embracing pin-up status for American housewives.
		The first major feature film role for John Cleese in the wake of his Fawlty Towers persona was this rambling Michael Frayn script.
		Throughout the film, Frayn creates disastrous happenings, eccentric annoyances and faulty equipment and indeed, the occupied/broken telephone booth sequence and the mud-stuck car with well-timed Cleese boot could have come from a Fawlty Towers film.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /genres/comedy/filmography/018.html (531 words)

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