Waste of time

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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

This is probably not going to be a popular comment or opinion, but I have to call them as I see them - and warn Monty Python fans: if you're expecting "Flying Circus Vol. 2", forget it. This sitcom is far more conventional in its humor and approach. John Cleese is still ace, of course, but the rest of the gang are sorely missed. Manuel the Spanish waiter is well-acted, but the joke of his mangled English is beaten to death, buried, then retrieved and beaten some more. There is one really good episode ("The Psychiatrist" - with the voluptuous Luan Peters as a most welcome guest star), and some pretty funny ones ("Basil The Rat", "Hotel Inspectors"), but during many of the others I was checking the DVD timer frequently - not a good sign when they are only 30 minutes long. I don't agree with this show being #52 on IMDb's top-250 list - but then again, "Flying Circus" is #32, so there's justice here after all. **1/2 out of 4 for the series as a whole.

This is one of the very best situational comedy television series ever made. John Cleese (of Monty Python's Flying Circus fame) runs an inn in this show and every episode is hilarious, from local kids changing the hotel's sign to comedic slogans, to Cleese screaming at hotel guests and his inept "Spanish idiot" kitchen and hotel staff. A must be seen show.

I have never reviewed a film or series which I consider to be perfect. Fawlty Towers is another matter.My criteria for excellence is simple: The object watched must offer great value, be most enjoyable, good acting and clever in presentation. Fawlty Towers is a comedy series, but what is comedy? In my view it is not a collection of slapstick jokes, clichés, bad-mouthing, etc. Good comedy covers a wide spectrum of clever, but understandable subtle humor in speech and place, creating funny situations. This is happening in Fawlty Towers. You can watch an episode over and over again and still come up with something in the background, or what someone said, you had missed previously.Over the years I have enjoyed watching this series again and again and I still find some detail I had missed before. That is comedy par excellence and very funny! I have seen perfection and this series gets a true rating of 10 out of 10, the first I have ever given for any film or series.

As much as I wanted to..I never ever got this.Tried and tried on many occasions but for me it's just not funny.I think the reason people think it's funny is A) It's got John Cleese in it and B) They cleverly stopped after 12 episodes ( thank God) to make it a "classic"!never laughed once at this...and I'm a very versed comedy watcher ..10 well better comedy shows are..Steptoe & Son.Rab C Nesbitt..Dear John..George And Mildred.Nearest And Dearest..Man About the House..Blackadder..OFAH..Open All Hours..It ain't Half Hot Mum..Hi De Hi..You Rang M'Lord..I think that's more than 10 but you get the drift.If this was made into another 12 episodes it would have become mundane and never down as a classic.Cleese was the least funny in Python ..But Python was a rip -off of spike Milligans Q series.Unfunny and childish this...wouldn't bother to be honest!!