Fawlty Towers Quotes

• A satisfied customer. We should have him stuffed.

  John Cleese

  Funny, Sarcastic, Should Have

  John Cleese, Connie Booth (2001). “The Complete Fawlty Towers”, p.164, Da Capo Press

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• I can never do better than 'Fawlty Towers,' whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.

  John Cleese

  Games, Towers, Want

  "John Cleese — minister of comedic talk". www.today.com. June 12, 2006.

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• Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.

  John Cleese

  Funny, Sarcastic, Lucky

  John Cleese, Connie Booth (2001). “The Complete Fawlty Towers”

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• As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favorites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers.

  Colin Mochrie

  Kids, Two, Laughing

  "10 Questions: Colin Mochrie". Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. May 9, 2003.

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• No one ever asks me about Breeze O'Rourke! I did the pilot for[Payne] right after Jawbreaker, or at least right around the same time, and it was an Americanized version of Fawlty Towers. That was the first time I worked with John Larroquette, and it was definitely not the last time.

  Julie Benz

  Towers, Pilots, Lasts

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.'

  Russell Brand

  Towers, Language, Sitcom

  "Russell Brand: This charming man'" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2010.

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• I miss the comedy of the '70s and '80s, like 'Only Fools And Horses' and 'Fawlty Towers,' so I'm glad I'm put in that category.

  Brendan O'Carroll

  Horse, Missing, Towers

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• The repeat run of Fawlty Towers (BBC2) drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the television critic of the Spectator is incapable of seeing the joke, which is that Basil Fawlty has the wrong temperament to be a hotel proprietor, just as some other people have the wrong temperament to be television critics.

  Clive James

  Running, People, Television

  Clive James (2017). “Glued To The Box”, p.127, Pan Macmillan

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• I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers'. I'm a huge fan of British comedy.

  Isla Fisher

  Python, Black, Fans

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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