Watched it all, its actually really good.
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It's still funny.'Fawlty Towers' To Return With John Cleese To Star!
It’s been 40 years since Fawlty Towers closed its doors. The iconic British sitcom starred John Cleese and Connie Booth who played husband and wife hotel owners. Since its last episode in 1979, the show has stayed in the minds and hearts of millions of people. If you or your parents ever owned...
dont know how to feel about this, probably should just be left...but could be some very funny aspects to basil fawlty in todays world
Just binged watched series 1. Wow, brilliant.
If a really good episode of OFAH (any of the Uncle Albert ones) or Blackadder (2-4) comes on the box, I would definitely watch. Not sure I could say the same for FT.
Yeah I agree, I would even say Allo Allo was better but Fawlty Towers is still funny
I think they have all had their time. For me neither of those have aged well in terms of comedy. What I found funny 30 plus years ago, is no longer the same as I have grown up. There are jokes in Fawlty Towers which are xenophobic and let’s face it why Cleese is dragging up his character up again to appeal to the Brexit crowd.
There are jokes in Blackadder and Only Fools which are xenophobic. Alot gets made of FT because Clesse is who he is now. The main problems people have with FT are the old Major who was regularly mocked and belittled and when Basil Fawlty had a go the Germans while suffering a massive concussion. All taken in context they are not bad. Do I agree with Cleese now? Not really but I'm not going to stop finding things funny because I don't agree with someone's politics
The man that co-wrote Life of Brian wouldn't get it?
Honestly its maddening reading anything Cleese has to say these days for that very reason. Like dude how can you be so cutting and understanding way back when and then talk such nonsense for todays age.
Oh defo agree on OFAH. One episode I saw was referring to them going for a Chinese in the derogatory sense. Normalised that kind of language but since then that’s been cut out largely.
It was of its time and a masterpiece of that time. I still watch it when it comes on - it’s comfy old slipper time rather than howl out loud stuff. But resurrecting it has to be a mistake.
Yeah it's not going to stop me finding something he writes funny if it is funny. It's fine for people to have different opinions to me.
