HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Nanaimo: Yellow Point Drama Group presents Don't Shoot We're British! If you are a fan of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, The Good Show and Beyond the Fringe, you will love this event! Numerous sketches-comedy!!
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Nanaimo: Yellow Point Drama Group presents Don't Shoot We're British! If you are a fan of Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, The Good Show and Beyond the Fringe, you will love this event! Numerous sketches-comedy!!
The Offside (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
I’ve been a little worried about I’m on Setanta Sports recently, thinking maybe its moment had passed. I was also thinking that maybe it should have ended in its prime, like The Office or Fawlty Towers or Paul Scholes’ international career. But last weeks Battle for Berba re-enactment (with TSO’s excellent Mr. Alex impression) suggested plenty [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
SYDNEY - Qantas flight attendants added irony to inconvenience when they screened an episode of Fawlty Towers on a plane delayed at Sydney Airport due to equipment problems. A passenger aboard the flight awaiting take-off for Christchurch,...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
FAWLTY Towers legend John Cleese is returning to British TV for the first time in 7yrs
Registan.net (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
So says Topher Hitchens: “Don’t mention the war,” as Basil insists with mounting hysteria in Fawlty Towers. And, when discussing the deepening crisis in Afghanistan, most people seem deliberately to avoid such telling phrases as “Pakistani aggression” or—more accurate still—”Pakistani colonialism.” The truth is that the Taliban, and its al-Qaida guests, were originally imposed on Afghanistan [...]
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
The eccentric genius of comic theatre, Ken Campbell, was found dead in his home a few days ago. Well-known for his one appearance in Fawlty Towers, his peculiar brand of comedy, ventriloquism and storytelling set him apart from other performers for all his life. I had a strange encounter with him a few years ago. A friend had thought one of my short stories was so good that she showed it to her friend...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
You can mention the war if you like, but just don't ask for more butter. Because if you do, your waiter, Manuel, will find an unsuspecting female diner and proceed to head-butt her. Welcome to Faulty Towers: the Dining Experience – a real-life night with Basil, his wife Sybil and the English-mangling Spanish waiter who are abusing audiences at the Edinburgh Festival.
Bloodthirsty Liberal (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Well, it’s time to saddle up the ol’ Prius and head out for parts unknown. Aunt Agatha will be your sole hostess at these Fawlty Towers for about the next ten days (I know: yippee!), whilst the family and I roam the land looking for that second America John Edwards kept going on about—or [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Review: Fawlty Towers by Graham McCann
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
SAYS a police source in the Metro seat cleaner: “Everyone was reminded of the scene from Fawlty Towers. But that’s not to say it was a laughing matter for the lady.” To Lincoln, “the Torquay of the north”, where Peter Notridge has been working on his car. Perhaps blinded by the headlamps, he grabs the breasts [...]
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Police have unveiled a plan to hand out mops and buckets to drunks caught peeing in Torquay's streets - in a farcical move more suited to the town's iconic Fawlty Towers sitcom.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Police have unveiled a plan to hand out mops and buckets to drunks caught peeing in Torquay's streets - in a farcical move more suited to the town's iconic Fawlty Towers sitcom.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
As a young girl, one of my favorite programs was a British comedy series about a hotel called Fawlty Towers. I distinctly remember the batty...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
A man who inadvertently recreated a classic scene from Fawlty Towers by groping a woman with dirty hands has escaped jail.
