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List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $41.72
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 232 reviews)
Sales Rank: 411
Category: DVD
Directors: John Howard Davies, Bob Spiers
Publisher: BBC Warner
Studio: BBC Warner
Brand: Warner Home Video
Label: BBC Warner
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 373 minutes
Number Of Items: 3
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 079076041X
UPC: 794051157522
EAN: 0794051157522
ASIN: B00005LC1H
Release Date: October 16, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 1974
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential video
Basil Fawlty, as created and performed by John Cleese, is the rudest, most boorish, most hilariously obnoxious man on the face of the planet. What a natural for a TV sitcom! His screen wife, Sybil (Prunella Scales), put it best in the episode "The Psychiatrist": "You're either crawling all over them, licking their boots, or spitting poison at them like some Benzedrine puff adder." He mockingly replies, "Just trying to enjoy myself, dear." With his gangly frame and contortionist abilities, Cleese brilliantly punctuates Basil's outrageous faux pas with absurd gymnastics and turns Three Stooges-style pokes and kicks into a slapstick ballet. Scales's Sybil is the genial but obliviously chatty voice of reason and Andrew Sachs mangles the English language as the Spanish bellhop Manuel, whose struggles with simple directions results in comic lunacy reminiscent of Robert Benigni. After a six-episode run in 1975, Cleese and cowriter and costar Connie Booth (who plays Polly, the maid all too often pulled into Basil's ridiculous plans) reunited the cast in 1979 for another six episodes without missing a punch line. The four-volume collection contains all 12 shows, interspersed with interview segments featuring Cleese discussing the genesis of the series and anecdotes about the individual episodes. Remember to watch the opening credits of each show to spot the creative misspellings on the hotel sign (my favorite: "Fatty Owls"). --Sean Axmaker
Description
Inspired by a hotel John Cleese once stayed in when he was filming "Monty Python." This complete set of Fawlty Towers episodes includes special new commentary by John Cleese. Please see individual volumes for episode descriptions.
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Customer Reviews: Read 227 more reviews...
Guilty Pleasure. June 15, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have watched this several times and I still laugh out loud every time. "Fawlty Towers" is one of the best British comedy shows ever made. My only complain is that only a handful of episodes were ever made.
I don't buy TV shows on DVD and I never recommend anybody to do so; but this is the exception to the rule.
 The problem with this series is as with Python June 13, 2006
1 out of 23 found this review helpful
that the dedicated fans of this show presume everybody who sees the show loves it. That is far from the case. Many people can watch Python or FT and easily nopt enjoy it. I for one see little humor in this series. Remember FT/python fans you don't speak for everyone when you write how you admire these tv works.
One of the funniest shows ever! June 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As many others have noted, Fawlty Towers is a truly hilarious series. The only show I can think of that's funnier (to me) is "Arrested Development" and it took 25 years for any comedy series to surpass FT. Every episode is a gem, but my favorite is "Gourmet Night." The scene where Basil goes berserk and starts thrashing his car with a tree branch is just one of the funniest TV moments EVER! I bought the series on VHS tape years ago, and I'd upgrade to the DVD set if were more reasonably priced. Three bucks an episode is a bit steep for 30-year-old TV episodes; most US series go for about half that. Still, FT is a classic, and there are some decent extras on this set. If I didn't already own it on tape I'd probably spring for it.
Great-- only problem is the number of episodes! April 1, 2006
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This show is great. I have owned this series of DVDs for several years now, but still, every time I watch an episode I laugh the same amount that I did the first time I saw this show. My favorite is The Kippers and the Corpse... just the fact that somebody in the hotel dies seems to sum up what the show is ultimately about. The relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Fawlty keep the show great, and Polly and Manuel are awesome.
Only problem is that there were only twelve episodes ever made! This show would have been a bigger hit if there were more episodes. It's still a great buy -- enjoy!
Cannot get enough of this comedy March 17, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
John Cleese And Connie Booth have created one of the most hilarious comedies of all time. The English sense of humor is something that I just can't get enough of; I watch an episode or two every week. This is one of my best purchases so far.
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