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17 hrs ago | The Doings Weekly

DVD column: 'G.I. Joe,' 'Black Adder' and aliens

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC A vacationing family is invaded by pint-sized aliens in this harmless and wholesome comedy.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Whatever Works, Movies

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Daily Mail

Vince Cable: It's prejudice like Nick Griffin's that is offensive - not jokes

Humour is good for us. Laughter makes us healthier and is said to prolong our lives.

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Related Topix: BBC, Vocal, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Opinion

Thu Nov 05, 2009

This is Southend

Don't mention the travellers

TORY councillors have been banned from publicly speaking about travellers...in case someone says something politically incorrect.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Television, Entertainment, World News, Essex County, England, United Kingdom,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Florida Times-Union

Funny Video: Fawlty Towers - " John Cleese Favorite - " The Rat

Submitted by FunnyFixx.com on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 09:44. BBC interviews John Cleese about his favorite episode of the comedy masterpiece series, Fawlty Towers.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, John Cleese, BBC, Vocal

EDGEboston.com Entertainment Feed

Accused Seacrest stalker pleads not guilty

A Russian movie dubbed in English, Perestroika is a weird concoction of personal and cultural discovery on what the meaning of the Universe is.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Vue Weekly

Black Comedy

After a few minutes chatting with Nikolai Witschl about his upcoming role in Peter Shaffer's Black Comedy, it starts to sound like he's describing an episode of Fawlty Towers.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television

Mon Nov 02, 2009

BIO

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Cleese began writing and performing in comedy revues at Clifton College in Bristol, England, and was a member of the renowned Footlights Club while a law student at the University of Cambridge.

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Related Topix: Man About Town, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Comedy, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Entertainment, Television, Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

John Cleese

IMAGES John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, and Terry Jones in a [Credits : Alan Howard - Hulton Archive/Getty Images] Main British actor in full John Marwood Cleese born October 27, 1939, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [now in Avon], England British comic actor best known for his television work on Monty Python's Flying Circus and ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Entertainment, Television, Comedy Movies, Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, Musical Movies, Family, Time Bandits, Adventure, Privates on Parade, War Movies, Drama Movies

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Chico Enterprise-Record

Preview: John Cleese returns to Chico for an evening of laughter

Comic genius John Cleese enjoyed his last performance in Chico so much that he's coming back for more.

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Related Topix: Chico, CA, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, John Cleese, Cal State Chico, Theater, Arts

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Pasadena Weekly

Featured Story: his royal silliness

"Of all the questions I've ever been asked, that's got to be the stupidest!" I never imagined hearing those words being spat at me in a raging fit of comic apoplexy by John Cleese, the British comedy mastermind who has made a career out of playing flustered upper-crust twits who are constantly enraged by the stupid behavior of everyone in the world ...

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, John Cleese, Glendale, CA, Santa Barbara Metro, Santa Barbara, CA

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Asbury Park Press

This week's new DVD

Aromantic drama set in Paris, a hilarious hotel and a tribute to a macabre showman arrive DVD on Tuesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, The Tingler, Horror Movies, Science Fiction Movies, William Castle

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Cinema Blend News

Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection Remastered

Article by Nick Venable : 2009-10-21 15:24:18 I can't possibly say anything about the legendary Fawlty Towers that hasn't been said before, so you're better off putting the DVD on and getting the news straight from the source.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Monty Python's Flying Circus, John Cleese, Andrew Sachs

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Popular Mechanics

Transformers, Fawlty Towers, William Castle Collection on DVD

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Two-Disc Special Edition Bigger! Louder! Longer! All of these adjectives and more could be used to quite accurately describe Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , Michael Bay's $200 million, 150-minute follow-up to his 2007 "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots" flick, Transformers .

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, The Tingler, 13 Ghosts, Horror Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, House on Haunted Hill, Thriller

Television Without Pity

Fawlty Towers and Blackadder: Two BBC Shows That Ended Too Soon

Spaced . Extras . The Office . The Young Ones . Have you ever wondered why most British TV comedies end after only two seasons, which in brief British season numbers translates to a paltry 12 episodes? Blame Fawlty Towers .

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, BBC, Vocal, Monty Python's Flying Circus, John Cleese, The Black Adder

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Pocket-lint.co.uk

VIDEO: Fawlty Towers released on iTunes, remastered for DVD

For the boxset, every episode of the of sitcom has been remastered, with special features including, for the first time ever, audio commentaries from John Cleese on all 12 episodes.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, John Cleese

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Times Online

The Fawlty Towers cast Prunella Scales, John Cleese, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs

As Fawlty Towers Remastered is released to mark the 30th anniversary of the TV show, we invite you to vote for your favourite moment from the iconic comedy Classifieds Holidays Amazing Canada Ski deals fr 569pp Book now & save over 100pp.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Andrew Sachs

The Hartford Courant

New on DVD: 'Transformers 2,' 'Cheri,' 'Fawlty Towers: The Complete Collection'

All titles released Tuesday. 'Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen' Tribune rating: * 1/2 It's useless at this point to gripe about Michael Bay 's "Transformers" sequel being even more nonsensical and clamorous than its predecessor.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Drama Movies, Dangerous Liaisons, Movies

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Times Online

Prunella Scales, 30 years on from Fawlty Towers

One of Britain's best character actresses, Prunella Scales will inevitably be remembered for one character above all Vote for your favourite Fawlty Towers moment at the bottom of this article Although Fawlty Towers was created by John Cleese and Connie Booth in the mid-1970s, Sybil Fawlty was born during the Second World War.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Prunella Scales, John Cleese, Connie Booth

Clover Herald

New DVDS being released Tuesday

Probably the biggest theatrical release of the week is "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," coming Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, House, Drama

Sun Oct 18, 2009

National Post

How history helped Britain's masterwork comedy series

Connie Booth and John Cleese utilized some unique techniques while taping episodes of Fawlty Towers in the mid-'70s, such as rushing through jokes and ignoring the faint scent of cod.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Connie Booth, John Cleese, The Black Adder, Rowan Atkinson

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