FAWLTY TOWERS
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPOstOADg8Y
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Funny! Basil gives Manuel a language lesson - Fawlty Towers - BBC
Fawlty Towers: Manuel's English - Comedy Greats - BBC
RUNTIME:
Series One (six episodes) – 1975
Series Two (six episodes) 1979
Fawlty Towers (1970s Britcom) starred John Cleese as irascible Torquay hotel owner Basil Fawlty, and Prunella Scales as his domineering wife Sybil—his “little nest of vipers”. Connie Booth played Polly the dependable maid and general assistant, and last but certainly not least, little Manuel superbly played by Andrew Sachs—the tyrannized waiter from Barcelona, dogsbody and subject of frequent physical attacks by the demented Basil! Terry the Chef, played by Brian Hall, was employed for the second series.
The other regular guests were the slightly senile Major Gowen (retired), and the hard of hearing old dears Miss Tibbs & Miss Gatsby.
WEBSITES:
"Fawlty Towers" (1975)
Fawlty Towers the classic British comedy
ARE YOU BEING SERVED?
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Are You Being Served? Camping In 1/3
Are You Being Served? The Erotic Dreams of Mrs Slocombe
Are You Being Served? No Sale
NOTE: LINKS WILL TAKE YOU TO YouTube WHERE YOU WILL FIND A COLLECTION OF VIDEOS.
By Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft
RUN: 1973 TO 1985
Set in the antiquated Grace Brothers department store, the show followed the OTT antics of its staff.
Leading the troops was the dowdy Captain Peacock (Frank Thornton), a city gent with a penchant for pomposity.
Head of ladies fashion, Mrs Slocombe (Mollie Sugden) sported a different hair colour every week and continually harped on about her "pussy", while assistant, Miss Brahms (Wendy Richard) was the literal butt of a slew of bottom-pinching antics.
Meanwhile fussing manager Mr Rumbold (Nicholas Smith) watched on in bemusement.
The stand out character, however, was Mr Humphries (John Inman), a camp, senior assistant in the menswear department, who became infamous for trilling his catchphrase, "I'm free!".
Although clearly a laboured parody of an effeminate gay man, both Inman and Croft were resolute he was just 'a mummy's boy'.
Although the show was often criticised for its bawdy content, it was a family favourite, often attracting audiences of over 20 million.http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/areyoubeingserved/
THE BOB NEWHART SHOW
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Bob Newhart On Chess
SHOW THEME SONG
The Bob Newhart Show Season 6 Short Opening Theme
The Bob Newhart Show was a situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired on CBS from September 16, 1972 to April 1, 1978. Newhart portrayed a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers.
(The other Bob Newhart Show was an NBC variety show which aired during the 1961–1962 season.)
The popular CBS series starred Newhart as Robert Hartley, Ph.D., a Chicago psychologist. The show divided most of its action between the character's home life and work, with Suzanne Pleshette as Hartley's supportive (though occasionally sarcastic) wife Emily, and Bill Daily as their friendly but inept neighbor, airline navigator Howard Borden. At the medical office where Hartley had his psychology practice, Peter Bonerz appeared as Jerry Robinson, D.D.S., an orthodontist who shared the office suite, and Marcia Wallace portrayed their joke-loving receptionist, Carol Kester (later Kester-Bondurant).
Two of Hartley's more memorable regular patients were the mean-spirited and neurotic Elliot Carlin (Jack Riley) and the milquetoast Marine veteran Emil Peterson (John Fiedler). (Carlin was ranked 49th in TV Guide's List of the 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time, and Riley reprised the character in guest appearances on both St. Elsewhere and Newhart.)
Most of the situations involved Newhart's character playing straight man to his wife, colleagues, friends and patients, an extension of Newhart's stand-up comedy routines, where Newhart would play one side of a telephone conversation, the other side of which was not heard. Emily routinely acted as straight man to dimwitted Howard and, on occasion to Bob. READ MORE @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Newhart_Show
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