He brought the laughs, the limbs, and the absurdity — let’s take a look at John Cleese in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. | Songs That Rock

Do you agree? | John Cleese

Fawlty Towers premiered 50 years ago today on the BBC. Half a century later, it still makes me laugh. This is my favorite scene, how many of you have seen it before? 🛎️😤💥🚗 #fawltytowers #ukcomedy #bbc | John Cleese

Back in 1977, John Cleese spoke to Read All About It on the writing of the classic sitcom, Fawlty Towers. | BBC Archive

British comedian John Cleese on how he created the character of Basil Fawlty from the classic British sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979). Cleese reveals that Fawlty - an eccentric, chronically uptight, hotelier - was inspired by a real-life hotel manager he encountered in Torquay, England called Mr Sinclair. See the funniest, most splendiferous and bizarre moments on a show that had five million Aussies a week turning on their TV sets in the 1970s and 80s. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curat