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Fawlty Towers

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TV Series

The Resume

    (September 16, 1975-October 25, 1079)
    (1975, 1979)
    Aired on BBC
    Set in Torquay, England
    Created and written by John Cleese and Connie Booth
    John Cleese as Basil Fawlty
    Prunella Scales as Sybil Fawlty
    Andrew Sachs as Manuel
    Connie Booth as Polly Shearman
    Follows the life of an arrogant hotel owner, his obnoxious wife, and their incompetent staff

Why Fawlty Towers might be annoying:

    It featured a lot of slapstick and low comedy.
    It was accused of ethnic stereotyping for its depiction of Manuel, a useless Spanish bellhop.
    In his scripts, John Cleese would mock people he knew in real life.
    The character of Basil Fawlty was based on a real hotel manager, who claimed the show ruined his reputation.
    It was remade into two American sitcoms, both of which flopped.
    Some people consider it overrated.
    Like ‘Monty Python's Flying Circus,' it inspires nerdy Americans to run around quoting dialogue in fake English accents.

Why Fawlty Towers might not be annoying:

    It mocked pretentious social climbers and snobs.
    Unlike many American sitcoms, it never got sentimental or heartwarming.
    Some argue that the character of Manuel is used to satirize exploitative white employers.
    Married couple John Cleese and Connie Booth divorced between seasons of the show, but managed to work together anyway.
    It ceased production while it was still popular.
    Although it only had 12 episodes, many consider it the greatest British sitcom of all time.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 39 Votes: 20.51% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 91 Votes: 41.76% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 50 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 18 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 27.27% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 29 Votes: 37.93% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 17.65% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 103 Votes: 49.51% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 377 Votes: 48.01% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 858 Votes: 35.55% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 168 Votes: 35.12% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 120 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 1114 Votes: 40.39% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 84 Votes: 27.38% Annoying