T,V, Show of the Week 7

Going back to my roots a bit here, this being one of the comedy shows I was raised with because my Dad loves it and the complete series is on Virgin on Demand. This week's T.V. Show of the week is Fawlty Towers:

Fawlty Towers is a classic comedy, written by John Cleese, of the amazing Monty Python, and Connie Booth, who both star in the show as well, and was ranked #1 on BFI TV 100. As I mentioned before, I was raised on British Sitcoms like this show and what I have mentioned is only a handful of the many reasons Fawlty Towers is truly brilliant. The story focuses on Basil Fawlty and his misadventures and exploits as he attempts to run a hotel with his wife, Sybil, and with aid from the maid, Polly, and the Spanish butler, Manuel. Each episode brings a host of quirky and humorous guests that play on Fawlty's short-temper keep the hotel full of life. The comedy itself is usually straightforward, a pleasing hybrid of humorous situations, perfectly delivered one-liners and slap-stick, with the slightest bit of black humour to give the show its depth, that although is from the 70s still resonates today. Only 12 episodes were ever made of this brilliant show, which to a lot of people, me included some times, seems like too little, but with every episode of the highest quality that means you can watch it again and again and still find every joke funny, its better that they didn't try to make more and ruin the perfect show they already had.