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Fawlty Towers: Complete Series 2 [1975] | ![Fawlty Towers: Complete Series 2 [1975]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51R7P92KDBL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Actors: John Cleese, Prunella Scales
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £15.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 5697
Format: Full Screen, Pal
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 194 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014503106522
ASIN: B00005NGUQ
Theatrical Release Date: February 28, 1978
Release Date: October 8, 2001
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Often hailed as the greatest ever British sitcom, Fawlty Towers is closer to the more elaborate tradition of farce. Comprising two series made in 1975 and 1979, the total of just 12 episodes were painstakingly constructed by writers John Cleese and Connie Booth. Unlike most British farce, however, Fawlty Towers deals with the big themes--death, psychology, xenophobia and even sex-o-phobia (Basil's marriage to Sybil is the most sterile ever depicted in a sitcom).Basil's contempt for his guests is, of course, legendary. It takes little from patrons to unleash his sledgehammer sarcasm: "Rosewood, mahogany, teak? Sorry, I was wondering what you'd like your breakfast tray made out of," he sneers at a guest who dares request breakfast in bed. Like every Englishman, he wants to be king of his own castle and resents having to take in lodgers to maintain the place, especially the open-necked younger generation, whom he regards as sub-human. Mostly, though, Fawlty Towers is comedy of exasperation--who can forget the "damn good thrashing" Basil gives his clapped-out car, or the nervous breakdowns he almost suffers trying to make himself understood to Manuel? It's also comedy of embarrassment. The very fear of losing his dignity generally leads Basil into the most spectacularly undignified of predicaments. His inevitable misery is our sheer delight.--David StubbsSeries 2:
Communication Problems
The Psychiatrist
Waldorf Salad
The Kipper and the Corpse
The Anniversary
Basil the Rat
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There is enough material for entire conference(Psychiatrist) August 30, 2001
14 out of 20 found this review helpful
I saw Fawlty Towers for the first time by coincidence as a late TV show. That was the first time TV made me laughed to cry. I was still a student at that time and that was my evening pleasure after all day's study. Although I am not a fan of Monty Pyton and serial is now about 25 years old, I still find Fawlty Towers as the best comic serial ever. It is not slimy as some American serials and on the other hand it is not too black. John Cleese is very persuasive with his growing lies and pretending. I can't decide which episode were my favourite, but "The Psychiatrist" with checking the wall and "Waldorf Salad" with chef's letter, are certainly in the very top class. I have waited for DVD edition of Fawlty Towers and here it is. The media must be permanent because according to my previous experiences I will watch the serial again from time to time.
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