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Andrew Sachs dies at age 86 – R.I.P. Manuel from ‘Fawlty Towers’
As the news broke early Thursday evening that Andrew Sachs had passed away at the age of 86 on November 23, I am at this moment officially done with 2016. Diagnosed with vascular dementia four years...
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John Cleese heads all-star dream cast in new BBC1 sitcom, “Edith”
John Cleese is back and the British sitcom world is all the better for it. Almost four decades removed from the world of sitcom, the former founding member of Monty Python will appear in his first BBC...
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Eric Idle discusses the ‘Entire Universe’, Monty Python, PBS and more….
So, who’s up for a bit o’ science, Monty Python-style this Christmas? If you are, then Eric Idle’s Entire Universe will be the perfect PBS Christmas gift to unwrap this holiday season. International...
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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by….John Cleese
Much like watching It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story or Tuna Christmas, one of my annual Christmas traditions is to listen to John Cleese’s adaptation of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Never...
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Happy 63rd, Rowan Atkinson!
Rowan Atkinson, English actor, comedian, and screenwriter turned 63 on Saturday. While best known to audiences for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean, I first stumbled upon Atkinson’s...
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A pre-Mrs. Slocombe, pre-Hyacinth Bucket and pre-Basil Fawlty in ‘Doctor at...
In 1971, Doctor at Large, a British televison comedy series from London Weekend Television followed the misadventures of a group of newly qualified doctors. Based on a set of books by Richard Gordon...
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BBC to hold John Cleese’s sunset up for a 2nd series
Earlier this year, UK audiences welcomed back John Cleese in Hold the Sunset. While it had been 43 years since the comic genius last appeared in a BBC sitcom, his last one, Fawlty Towers, didn’t do too...
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New Zealand’s Mt. Cleese probably not on anyone’s climbing bucket list,...
This may be an old story, but that’s the beauty of the Internets, great old stories live on forever. In November 2005, as reported in Atlas Obscura, John Cleese, best known as a co-founder of sketch...
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John Cleese’s sunset held up for a 2nd series
Earlier this year, UK audiences welcomed back John Cleese in Hold the Sunset. While it had been 43 years since the comic genius last appeared in a BBC sitcom, his last one, Fawlty Towers, didn’t do too...
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The Ministry of Silly (Cross)Walks lands in Sulphur Springs, Texas
And Now for Something Completely Different. New signage near the plaza and in sight of the historic courthouse in Sulphur Springs, Texas, has residents and tourists alike walking a bit differently...
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