Opening an RIP Thread as it's been suggested many times Just speaking to lads in work about Fawlty Towers, how it never aged and still makes me laugh to this day with it's crude jokes. RIP Manuel!
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Opening an RIP Thread as it's been suggested many times Just speaking to lads in work about Fawlty Towers, how it never aged and still makes me laugh to this day with it's crude jokes. RIP Manuel!
the deadpan comedy of it was simply genius
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I loved "The Major" character. You probably couldn't make screen/write that kind of character today due to political correctness. Great interaction between all the constant characters, Basil, Cybil (and Prunella Scales now herself, suffering from the onset of dementia), Major, Polly and the very best character of them all, Manuel.
"I know naaaawthing!"
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Probably didn't start this thread earlier cos I don't think many famous people died this year ...
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Such a great show. Saw Prunella Scales many moons ago, when she was touring a one woman play in Kilruddery. Met her afterwards too. T'was so hard to separate such a sweet & gentle woman from Sybil, The Mother Of All Battleaxes !
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I loved "The Major" character. You probably couldn't make screen/write that kind of character today due to political correctness. Great interaction between all the constant characters, Basil, Cybil (and Prunella Scales now herself, suffering from the onset of dementia), Major, Polly and the very best character of them all, Manuel.
"I know naaaawthing!"
My favourite Major story - "Strange creatures, women Fawlty. I knew one once... striking-looking girl... tall, you know... father was a banker. I must have been rather keen on her because I took her to see... INDIA!
Basil: India??!
At the Oval... fine match, marvellous finish... now, Surrey had to get thirty-three in about half an hour... she went off to powder her... powder her hands or something... women... er... never came back."
Genius.
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Such a great show. Saw Prunella Scales many moons ago, when she was touring a one woman play in Kilruddery. Met her afterwards too. T'was so hard to separate such a sweet & gentle woman from Sybil The Mother Of All Battleaxes !
Lovely series about canals with her & her husband a couple of years ago, she was struggling with alzheimer's but still managed it. Great woman
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Are they not still doing it? They've since moved on from the UK waterways & were doing the Loire Valley canals, on the last few eps I saw. You're right, 'tis a lovely series. Lovely woman. Lovely couple.
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I think they are currently or recently doing another series on UK canals.
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Brilliant.
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Are they not still doing it? They've since moved on from the UK waterways & were doing the Loire Valley canals, on the last few eps I saw. You're right, 'tis a lovely series. Lovely woman. Lovely couple.
I 'ope not. What with 'er being dead an' all. Oh, you mean the series? I haven't had telly for the past 6 weeks, well except BBC1 & 2, bizarrely. Laptop not good enough screen. Can't record anything on the telly now either.
By the way, in one episode they went to an old boat worker's bar on the Thames in East Lahndan, called The Grapes. Ian McKellen saved it from modernisation etc. I was in it last month, really nice place.
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She no dead
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