Fawlty Towers Reunion episode

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I have just heard from my film course tutor (who worked as a set dresser of Fawlty Towers in the seventies before going into acadaemia) that as a response to not winning the best sitcom ever, John Cleese is writing a Christmas special to try and regain the crown. Whether or not he gets this done before he writes that Superman comic is unclear.

Since all the cast are still alive (not including the major etc etc) this is all possible, but it will be hard pushed to think why Manuel or Polly would still be working in a shit hotel thirty years later. WORST IDEA EVER!

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:15 (twenty years ago) link

This is a thread posted by Pete B.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:17 (twenty years ago) link

today

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:18 (twenty years ago) link

With his reputation.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:18 (twenty years ago) link

I know this is true because Pete told me ages ago.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:24 (twenty years ago) link

Hmm.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 1 April 2004 09:32 (twenty years ago) link

HO-hum...

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:29 (twenty years ago) link

Uh, isn't Polly (Connie Booth) very sick? I saw Cleese talk about her on maybe Parkinson's and metion that she was dying.

― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Thursday, 1 April 2004 10:30 (twenty years ago) link

That's why he wants to get an episode in before she dies. Apparently he has started to feel a bit bad about claiming most of the credit for FT when Connie Booth wrote most of the storylines (Cleese cannot structure a script for toffee). He wants to give her back her legacy.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago) link

You are a bad man, PB.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:04 (twenty years ago) link

How did Peter ever get the reputation of being a convincing liar?

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:05 (twenty years ago) link

By ILx being collectively gullible?

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:06 (twenty years ago) link

I heard they were taking the word 'gullible' out of the dictionary.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago) link

Well there was a time I could post stuff and not instantly get some smartarse posting that it was a lie. Still of course when I post the truth you will all come a cropper.

Jerry: Dave Clark's Five Grills.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:18 (twenty years ago) link

That thing with the eyes fooled some as well. Not me mind.

Also: Clare Short Stole My Taxi.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:20 (twenty years ago) link

Anthea Turner nicked my Fajitas!

(true)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:31 (twenty years ago) link

I believed the thing about your ancestors being servants of the Polish royal family!

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:35 (twenty years ago) link

Pete this was a feeble effort and frankly I expect better from you.

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:42 (twenty years ago) link

This, my friend, was the decoy...

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:48 (twenty years ago) link

Yes, Pete's "Glastonbury tickets for sale today" thread seems to be simmering nicely...

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:52 (twenty years ago) link

Not to mention the Aloud.com website.

Debit cards only, HA HA HA. The fules.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:59 (twenty years ago) link

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