senor boogie woogi
05-18-2005, 11:02 AM
Hola!
I am an American living in China. As a teen in 1980s America, my pot smoking somewhat nerd friends said that Monty Python ruled. I tried watching Monty Python, the Flying Circus, "The Life of Brian", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", and "A Fish called Wanda". Although mildly humerous, not my style.
Here in China, my best friend here introduced me to "Fawlty Towers". One of the funniest shows I have ever seen. "The kipper and the corpse" episode never gets old. Most all of them do. For the record, Prunella Scales was a nice looking woman! Being named in real life prunella probably added to her character.
Why only 12 episodes? The first episodes took place in 1975, the newer ones in 1979. I understand that John Cleese and Connie Booth (who played Polly) were married and were divorced in 1978, and so that went the show. It seems to me that Cleese and company were a comedy troope like rock musicians were a band. They play with each other and then break up.
I cannot believe that a program like this only lasted in gloomy England where there was only two or three stations on the air. What happened? this series should of lasted 10 damn years (except the major and the Sisters would of been dead, a.l.a 'A special Fawlty Towers in the USA)
Senor
I am an American living in China. As a teen in 1980s America, my pot smoking somewhat nerd friends said that Monty Python ruled. I tried watching Monty Python, the Flying Circus, "The Life of Brian", "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", and "A Fish called Wanda". Although mildly humerous, not my style.
Here in China, my best friend here introduced me to "Fawlty Towers". One of the funniest shows I have ever seen. "The kipper and the corpse" episode never gets old. Most all of them do. For the record, Prunella Scales was a nice looking woman! Being named in real life prunella probably added to her character.
Why only 12 episodes? The first episodes took place in 1975, the newer ones in 1979. I understand that John Cleese and Connie Booth (who played Polly) were married and were divorced in 1978, and so that went the show. It seems to me that Cleese and company were a comedy troope like rock musicians were a band. They play with each other and then break up.
I cannot believe that a program like this only lasted in gloomy England where there was only two or three stations on the air. What happened? this series should of lasted 10 damn years (except the major and the Sisters would of been dead, a.l.a 'A special Fawlty Towers in the USA)
Senor