Happy belated 81st — John Cleese
What better way to celebrate John Cleese’s 81st birthday, belated or otherwise, than with a look back at, perhaps, the two most classic clips from the greatest British comedy of all time, Fawlty Towers.
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Let us pray as Dibley’s Vicar teases something special for Christmas.
Since everything you read on the Internet is true, I’m taking Dawn French’s teasing of something special from the creators of The Vicar of Dibley this season to the bank. Ok, fine, I can only find one mention of the absolutely brilliant news reportedly dropped recently by French, who plays Dibley’s vicar, Geraldine Granger, but I’m taking that as meaning ‘there is a chance’ that this possibility could be worth the paper it was printed on.
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Friday Funny — ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
Tellyspotting digs deep into the ‘Friday Funny’ vault for this weeks entry. With Hugh Laurie’s upcoming effort in Roadkill, which premieres on PBS beginning Sunday, November 1, we thought we’d go ‘classic comedy’ with a look back at Jeeves and Wooster. Based on the ‘Jeeves’ short stories and novels by P.G. Wodehouse, the series ran for 4 seasons […]
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Celebrating National Bunny Day with a little help from ‘Monty Python & the Holy Grail’
I would never forgive myself if I let today pass without wishing everyone in the land of Tellyspotting a Happy National Bunny Day! Highlighting the value and contributions that pet rabbits bring to their owners and held on the fourth Saturday or Sunday each September, National Bunny Day also centers on the welfare of rabbits — while […]
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It’s….the Saturday edition of the Friday Funny — John Cleese’s ‘Romance with a Double Bass’
Unfortunately, for most of 2020, days seem to run together and it seems more like Groundhog Day with each day pretty much like the previous one and where weekends are a thing of the past. Full disclosure – I was so psyched that Peter Davison was going to guest star on the upcoming Call the Midwife […]
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With cancellation rumors greatly exaggerated, ‘Still Open All Hours’ hopes to return for S7!
Taking a page out of the Mark Twain playback when describing the reports of his death as being greatly exaggerated, the BBC has denied reports that long-running sitcom Still Open All Hours has been cancelled. A high-level BBC insider told the British Comedy Guide on Sunday that the cancellation story is “100% not true” but […]
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Happy belated 45th, ‘Fawlty Towers’!
On Saturday, as Planet Earth quietly celebrated the 45th anniversary of Fawlty Towers, series co-creator/co-writer John Cleese posed a question on Twitter to which the ability to come up with an answer is next to impossible, if not impossible. Easily the funniest comedy of all-time, the 12 episodes (yes, there were only 12) are wall-to-wall […]
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Friday Funny — ‘Yes Minister’ on the proper function of Government
For today’s Friday Funny, we step into Mr. Peabody’s WABAC machine and set the dial for 1980. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 40 years since co-creators, Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn wrote the unbelievably brilliant British comedy, Yes Minister, and that it is more relevant today than when it first originated. Long praised […]
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John Cleese is Santa in ‘Father Christmas is Back’
Sadly, we’ll have to wait until Christmas for this one as, personally, in the words of the song made famous in the Jerry Herman Broadway musical, Auntie Name, “We Need a Little Christmas” right now at this point in 2020. John Cleese (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, Hold the Sunset) leads an all-star cast in taking on the role of Santa in new festive comedy film Father Christmas Is Back.
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Friday Funny — ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ deduces why Sherlock is so popular
Goodness Gracious Me, the British sitcom with a central theme focusing on British Asian culture, ran for 3 series and 23 episodes from 1998-2001. Starring the foursome of Sanjeev Bhaskar (Kumars at No. 42, The Indian Doctor, Unforgotten), Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal (Kumars at No. 42) and Nina Wadia (Eastenders, Still Open All Hours), Goodness Gracious Me sketches poked fun at […]
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