Comedy is harder to create than you'd expect. Great comedy requires genius.
Forty five years ago today The Best Comedy of All Time premiered on British television: "Fawlty Towers." The show is painfully hilarious. John Cleese plays Basil Fawlty, an inn-keeper who makes every bad decision possible and suffers endlessly. Nobody respects Basil, his wife abuses him daily, and life treats him like dirt. Yet you laugh and laugh and laugh as you empathize with poor Basil's plight.
There are only a dozen short episodes so you can binge it in an evening. Unless you get tired of laughing. I've seen the show numerous times and keep falling over at its jokes.
The BBC says it "stands up to this day as a jewel in the BBC's comedy crown."
Hear, hear! Fawlty Towers is brilliant, and John Cleese as Basil Fawlty is just legendary. I could watch those episodes over and over again and still laugh. xxx
ReplyDeleteBasil was such a great character, I loved this show.
ReplyDeleteOMG, I LOVE Fawlty Towers! I have a book with all the scripts, which makes you realize how genius the writing is. I have a soft spot for Manuel ("genuine filigree Siberian hamster!").
ReplyDeleteI loved this show!!! And are you being served. I've actually rewatched both recently.
ReplyDeleteI've never even heard of this! I definitely need some laughs in my life right now, I'll check it out!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, such a classic one. I used to watch old eps. with my family growing up. Hope you have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI love BBC shows- this sounds like a good binge watch!
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Le Stylo Rouge
Ah, I loved it as a child! I feel so sorry for Basil though! Sybil Fawlty was my character impression of choice to do as a child!
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