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Coming to Special Edition DVD for the first time, it's the complete Fawlty Towers collection with all-new commentary from John Cleese! Hot off the runaway success of Monty Python's Flying ... more US Release: 2009-11-03 UK Release: - From Sites We Like Latest PopEater News Mysteries of 'Quinn Gray,' 'Dickinson State University' and 'Jim Nantz' ...

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.

The irreverent Monty Python movie, 'Life of Brian,' parodies the religious and political mix of first century Palestine.

3, Moore Theatre, Seattle; $45-$55 . Can it be true? Basil Fawlty, the crankiest, most bigoted innkeeper in English history, has turned 70? Well, not exactly.

Anand Ramachandran Posted: Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 2059 hrs IST Updated: Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 2059 hrs IST : It was 1969, the year Jimi Hendrix played 'The Star Spangled Banner' at Max Yasgur's farm, the year the Beatles broke up, the year man landed on the freakin' moon.

On October 27, 1939, a legend of British comedy was born. John Cleese, the exceptionally tall member of Monty Python , has just turned seventy years old.

Deciding how to celebrate a landmark birthday can be a dilemma. However, few people are likely to pose the question that John Cleese did recently on the social networking website Twitter.

John Cleese, who has made the world laugh with his friends in Monty Python, said having lunch with the Queen of England was a palate-changing experience.

CenterArts presents An Evening with John Cleese on Friday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Van Duzer Theatre, HSU.

Recommended The Series: I probably don't have to spend a lot of time telling you that Monty Python's Flying Circus was an incredibly influential and ground breaking comedy show.

London, Pythons power past 40 years on in Not The Messiah By Bruce Dessau, None 26.10.09 Oddly entertaining: Not The Messiah And now for something slightly different.

Monty Python: Almost the Truth - Released in time for the 40th anniversary of the gonzo British comedy troupe's first appearance on the air, "Almost the Truth" is about as in-depth a look at the Pythons as one can hope for.

Monty Python's Not the Messiah - first night, review Not the Messiah at Royal Albert Hall, London.

Main British television series British television sketch comedy series that aired from 1969 to 1974 on the British Broadcasting Corporation network and became popular with American viewers largely through rebroadcasts on public television .

John Cleese is turning A Fish Called Wanda into a musical. The Monty Python comic has revealed his plans to turn the 1988 comedy movie about a jewel heist a ' which he wrote and starred in alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline a ' into a stage production.

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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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.

Caption: John Cleese and his family Monty Python 40th anniversary event at the Ziegfeld Theatre New York City, USA .... CLEESE: 'CHAPMAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED' Funnyman JOHN CLEESE has opened up about tragic MONTY PYTHON pal GRAHAM CHAPMAN in a new documentary, suggesting the late comedian "should have been sent back to the factory and fixed".

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 .