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Saturday, December 31
Do you agree?
Posted at 02:11PM (CST)
 Two recent British polls added to the long list of accolades Fawlty Towers has garnered during the past 30 years. In September, Radio Times released the results of a survey that named Fawlty Towers as the show TV viewers would most like to see remade. And in late December, a poll commissioned by UK interactive firm Home Media Networks ranked Fawlty Towers as the 4th most missed TV series. What do you think? Friday, December 9
Basil, a Branch and a Car (an Austin 1100, to be exact!)
Posted at 04:21PM (CST)
  The limited edition Corgi Austin 1100 Estate Fawlty Towers car being offered exclusively by PBS stations as a pledge thank-you gift in conjunction with the premiere of Fawlty Towers Revisited and the 30th anniversary of Fawlty Towers actually is the correct replica of the car Basil loved to hate. While taping Fawlty Towers Revisited in London in May, fomer Fawlty Towers producer/director John Howard Davies told the PBS crew that previous releases of an Austin 1300 as Basil's car were incorrect. "And I should know, because I had the same car -- an Austin 1100!" he explained. These highly collectible cars are only available through PBS stations, and the set (pictured above) includes the car, Basil Fawlty figurine, complete with branch, and a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. You can learn more details about this limited edition Corgi set in the Fawlty Towers Collectibles category on the right-hand side of this blog, or by going to the Corgi USA web site and clicking on the image of the Fawlty Towers set at the bottom of the page. And here are a couple of news stories inspired by Basil, a branch and an Austin 1100: Basil's Road Rage Tops Brit Poll as No. 1 Momentous Motoring Event Find out what 2% of British Drivers Have in Common with Basil Fawlty Thursday, November 17
Why is Fawlty Towers So Near Comedic Perfection?
Posted at 04:13PM (CST)
Is it the scriptwriting?
John Cleese and Connie Booth would not write a single word of dialogue until each plot was meticulously worked out. "Some people try to write comedy by starting at scene one and writing the dialogue," Cleese explained in "Fawlty Towers -- Fully Booked." "The chances of more »
Wednesday, November 16
Basil Fawlty Earns a "D" in the Science of Great Comedy
Posted at 12:50AM (CST)
In 2000, the British Film Institute selected Fawlty Towers as the best British television show. After a year-long poll looking ... more »
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