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"The Germans" is the sixth episode of the first series of the British television sitcom Fawlty Towers. Written by John Cleese and Connie Booth and directed by John Howard Davies, it was first broadcast on BBC2 on 24 October 1975. [1] The episode revolves around Basil's attempts to successfully run the hotel alone whilst Sybil is in hospital.
Cast of Fawlty Towers, left to right: (front) Prunella Scales (Sybil Fawlty), Connie Booth (Polly) and Andrew Sachs (Manuel); (back) John Cleese (Basil Fawlty) Basil Fawlty, played by John Cleese, is a cynical and snobbish misanthrope who is desperate to belong to a higher social class. He sees a successful hotel as a means of achieving this ...
John Marwood Cleese (/ ˈ k l iː z / KLEEZ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report .
Eric Idle has explained why he’s feuding with Monty Python co-star John Cleese. Over the past few years, Idle and Cleese have engaged in a public feud, ... Cleese jokingly captioned the photo ...
Fawlty Towers: The Play is a comedy play by John Cleese based on his television sitcom of the same name that he co-wrote with Connie Booth. The play adapted three episodes of the TV series, forming one storyline; "The Hotel Inspectors", "The Germans" and "Communication Problems". [1]
John Cleese collected news and commentary at The Guardian; John Cleese collected news and commentary at The New York Times; Podcast to celebrate The Life of Brian (March 2008) Daily Llama: John Cleese Visits Lemurs at San Francisco Zoo Archived 2010-12-16 at the Wayback Machine; John Cleese Speaking at the American School in London; A ...
John Cleese spent Boxing Day courting controversy on X (formerly Twitter) after he posted a joke in which he compared Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler. The joke rubbed many of the comedian’s ...
Basil Fawlty is the main character of the 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers, played by John Cleese.The proprietor of the hotel Fawlty Towers, he is a cynical and misanthropic snob, desperate to attract hotel guests from the British upper class.