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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.
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.
TORY councillors have been banned from publicly speaking about travellers...in case someone says something politically incorrect.
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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A Russian movie dubbed in English, Perestroika is a weird concoction of personal and cultural discovery on what the meaning of the Universe is.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Aromantic drama set in Paris, a hilarious hotel and a tribute to a macabre showman arrive DVD on Tuesday, Oct.
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
The Fawlty Towers cast Prunella Scales, John Cleese, Connie Booth and Andrew Sachs
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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.
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.
New DVDS being released Tuesday
Probably the biggest theatrical release of the week is "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," coming Tuesday.
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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