Fawlty Towers - The Complete Series

Actors: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 376 reviews
Sales Rank: 746

Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 500 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.7

MPN: WARDE1575D
ISBN: 079076041X
UPC: 794051157522
EAN: 9780790760414
ASIN: B00005LC1H

Theatrical Release Date: 1975
Release Date: October 16, 2001
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5 out of 5 stars Fawlty Towers = Ab Workout    January 7, 2009
calf (Austin, Texas, USA)
I hate Fawlty Towers, which is why I bought it for the family for Christmas. Every episode makes me laugh until my abs feel like I've done about a thousand crunches. This is good family entertainment that everyone can enjoy.


5 out of 5 stars loads of fun    January 6, 2009
Skiffle queen (SE Montana)
This series is John Cleese at his funniest. The episodes can be watched over and over again and still be funny even though you know the plotline


4 out of 5 stars fawlty towers    December 22, 2008
Sharon Brewer (salt lake city, utah usa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

we bought the series for a christmas gift and just hope the recipient loves it. we have not been able to review it ourselfs.people i work with have raved about the series. so taking their opinion to heart, i purchased it hoping the recipient will enjoy it as well.


5 out of 5 stars A great ensamble show    December 15, 2008
RCP (Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This review is prompted by a recent two-star review complaining that Fawlty Towers is "simply" a farce, is not thought-provoking, and is merely a solo vehicle for John Cleese as opposed to, per that reviewer, Monty Python movies.

To each his own, I guess.

This is far from a solo Cleese show. Each of the regulars is a unique, fully realized character. It is the interplay between these characters (with each other and with Cleese) that makes the show. Compare it to some other comedy shows that have a "star" comedian as a lead. For example, Mork and Mindy. That is an example of a "solo" effort and is quite the opposite of Fawlty Towers. You don't see any of the characters in FT standing around laughing at some Cleese antic and looking like they forgot their lines or missed their cue. In FT all the actors stay in character and are generally essential to the scene they are in.

It is agreed that this is not the place if you are looking for something "genuinely thought-provoking" (as that other reviewer wished for). But then again, neither are any of the Monty Python movies (despite that other reviewer's belief). So yes, FT is a farce, but farce is an honorable art form. Just ask William Shakespeare and Geoffrey Chaucer, for starters.

Fawlty Towers is one of the funniest, most tightly-scripted shows ever on TV. Some of the episodes are right up there with _The Comedy of Errors_ and _The Miller's Tale_. And I think the target audience for all of these was about the same.




5 out of 5 stars The Funniest Show Ever    December 15, 2008
Eric S. Siegel (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Fawlty Towers is simply he best comedy ever written. I bought this collection for a friend in the Hotel/Resturant business, who never did see this show. I highly recommend for anyone, but it is a must see if you are in the Hotel/Resturant business.