From the Vault: A ‘Good Neighbors’ Christmas classic
See the clip where Margot shows her disdain for a delivery person who has brought an 8 1/2-foot Christmas tree when she obviously ordered a 9-foot one.
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Q&A with Lucie Pohl, a.k.a. Harmony de Gauthier in ‘Red Dwarf XI’
At long last, Red Dwarf returns to public television stations in America this month (Saturdays at 11p beginning July 21 on KERA in North Texas). For the remaining individual that has lived under a rock for the past few years, the series returns with twelve new episodes which make up Red Dwarf XI and XII. Returning to the Starbug are Craig […]
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John Cleese’s sunset held up for a 2nd series
Earlier this year, UK audiences welcomed back John Cleese in Hold the Sunset. While it had been 43 years since the comic genius last appeared in a BBC sitcom, his last one, Fawlty Towers, didn’t do too bad for itself given it will forever be recognized as perhaps the best sitcom of all-time. For those expecting to see […]
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BBC to hold John Cleese’s sunset up for a 2nd series
Earlier this year, UK audiences welcomed back John Cleese in Hold the Sunset. While it had been 43 years since the comic genius last appeared in a BBC sitcom, his last one, Fawlty Towers, didn’t do too bad for itself given it will forever be recognized as perhaps the best sitcom of all-time. For those expecting to see […]
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A pre-Mrs. Slocombe, pre-Hyacinth Bucket and pre-Basil Fawlty in ‘Doctor at Large’
In 1971, Doctor at Large, a British televison comedy series from London Weekend Television followed the misadventures of a group of newly qualified doctors. Based on a set of books by Richard Gordon and starring Barry Evans, Doctor at Large featured many actors and actresses that most British comedy fans have come to know and love in later years […]
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‘Blackadder’, ‘Only Fools and Horses’ top list of shows deserving of another go
A recent poll created by the folks over at moneysavingexperts.com revealed that the greatness that is Blackadder is the #1 TV show that British viewers would most want to see return. The series, which celebrated its 34th anniversary of its first broadcast on TV last Thursday, continues to tease Planet Earth unmercifully with endless rumors of […]
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John Cleese heads all-star dream cast in new BBC1 sitcom, “Edith”
John Cleese is back and the British sitcom world is all the better for it. Almost four decades removed from the world of sitcom, the former founding member of Monty Python will appear in his first BBC sitcom since Fawlty Towers ended in 1979. Edith will see Cleese head an all-star cast including Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey, […]
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Japan turns to ‘Fawlty Towers’ as training for English speaking Olympic visitors in 2020
It’s hard to believe but 2020 is just around the corner. Unfortunately, it’s getting closer by the day for the Japanese as organizers continue to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. Aside from the traditional Olympic planning that takes place such as making sure there are venues built and ready to support the […]
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Andrew Sachs dies at age 86 – R.I.P. Manuel from ‘Fawlty Towers’
As the news broke early Thursday evening that Andrew Sachs had passed away at the age of 86 on November 23, I am at this moment officially done with 2016. Diagnosed with vascular dementia four years ago, Andrew was, by far, best known for his spot on portrayal of Manuel, the constantly confused waiter from Barcelona with a limited grasp of the English language and customs. […]
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Did the German version of Fawlty Towers ever ‘mention the war’?
As we celebrated the 41st anniversary this past week of Fawlty Towers, I thought it would fun to take a look back at how the greatest situation comedy of all-time made the leap to German broadcaster RTL. The first ever non-English adaptation of the John Cleese/Connie Booth bit of brilliance occurred in 2001 with a pilot set […]
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