| The Complete Fawlty Towers Contributor(s): Cleese, John (Author), Booth, Connie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306810727 ISBN-13: 9780306810725 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2001 Annotation: For fans of the most celebrated Brit-com of all time, this compendium features the complete, unexpurgated scripts of "Fawlty Towers", along with eight pages of photos from the outrageously funny show. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - Screenwriting - Performing Arts | Comedy - Performing Arts | Screenplays |
| Dewey: 791.457 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.38" W x 8.25" (0.84 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What did Basil Fawlty fail to avoid mentioning? Why did Sybil keep snagging her cardies? Where was Polly on the night of the great wedding anniversary disaster? And what is the Spanish word for donkey? The answer to all these questions can be found in this, the complete and unexpurgated scripts of Fawlty Towers--the most celebrated Brit-com of all time, and the show was voted the top UK television series ever by the British Film Institute. The snobbish, manic Basil . . . his over-coiffeured, domineering wife Sybil . . . the hopeless but ever-hopeful waiter Manuel . . . the calm and capable Polly . . . and of course the steady stream of abused guests--all live again in the pages of The Complete Fawlty Towers. Gahan Wilson in the New York Times has called John Cleese arguably one of the funniest people now living. And as one British periodical (Literary Review) put it, the book is superbly well written. If you're on a bus and can't see Basil Fawlty thrashing his car with a large branch, it is some compensation to read it happening. Or as one anonymous fan put it online: Yes, it's all here, all the comedy, the frustration, the dead body, even the rat. |