How real madness inspired a comedy legend | Fawlty Towers' John Cleese on Parkinson - BBC
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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home In this clip from 1980 television interview talk show Parkinson, John Cleese hilariously recounts the Monty Python team's stay in the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, and how a real cynical hotel manager inspired iconic British comedy character Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), star of 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers.
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My Grandfather was a hotel inspector in the 60s and 70s and met Donald Sinclair, my dad and uncle went with him that day and tells me John Cleese couldn't have been more perfect with his impression of him
Sinclair's own children watched "Fawlty Towers" and said, "That's him..."
"well We've had some staff problems recently" LEGEND
Imagine being such a bad boss that you think the staff would try to blow you up.
According to former employees he was a nightmare (and apparently especially abusive to the foreign members of staff. Hence Manuel), so tbh I’m not surprised
@@newperve thank you for clarifying that.
The way John tells a story is just absolutely perfect. Flipfloping from one person talking to another like it’s nothing, Bloody hysterical
still the best 70's television show i've ever seen
Seth Colby it was from the 1970s
@stephen noonan yup, still the best
@stephen noonan kid has advanced taste buds...
To me, best ever
“A bomb?”
“Yes well we’ve had a lot of staff problems”
Ah that’s just gold right there 🤣🤣🤣
I'd inquire as to what sort of staff problems they were having that nobody would bat an eye at a potential bomb in a suitcase.
I love John Cleese so much - brilliant man, and apparently a really nice guy as well. I can watch Fawlty Towers over and over - one of the best comedy shows ever produced!
Physical schtik "The ministry of silly walks"! No matter of what he could do, he somehow could put me in crazy laughter.
John Cleese is a Brilliant Actor! Fawlty Tower's is one of the Funniest Comedy TV series I've ever seen!!! 😂🤣
The timing of that last "WHAT?" is perfection.
And what about the preparation of the first one 😁🔝
John Cleese as always.. you can never go wrong with him. Legend!!!
John Cleese is a very good and funny storyteller!
Was. But not anymore.
@@dannyheroufosse9580 why?
Wrong.
Still is.
One gets the impression that the daily events at the Gleneagles Hotel were even funnier then the sitcom that was based on it.
It scares the shit out me that Basil Faulty actually used to exist...Lol
they still exist.. lat time in Newquay, stayed at a place where the mosit from the windows driped down into the thick carpet. only heating in the room was a warm-air inverter element, which they turde of when cleaning, so the room was damp and chilly when I got back in the evenings.
The wife that was running the place did Manuel and Polly part very good on her own...
Lol. That's awesome. Hopefully it was entertaining and not infuriating.
We can beat that! We had to walk sideways along the wall to get into bed, a live silverfish insect fell out of a pillow..the wardrobe you couldn't open, the lamp had no shade, the ceiling in the bathroom had plastic flowers stuck in it. There was no heating and the owner sat in darkness to save electricity! Not mention the 1 teabag in the huge teapot We were the only ones in the place, and the fire door was sealed off! we couldn't stop laughing! @@svammelsurium
“We’ve had a lot of staff problems recently..” 🧳 😁😁😁
I love how the interviewer allows John to say his piece without interrupting him, now all we get is crap interviewers that don't shut up
"The interviewer" being the legendary Michael Parkinson. How we miss his class style!
@@whyisstevieboy too true, I can't tolerate any current interviewers, the British, Americans and Irish are all terrible. Long gone are the days of Carson, Leno, Parkinsons, men with class and respect
@@TheBlueCorolla leno? a man of class and respect? jay leno, correct? i have honestly never heard of that man being descried in such a way.
i mean, dont you remember the whole conan controversy? that was classless and disrespectful.
amen
Graham Norton lets the guests talk. Preferably with eachother. Plus he boozes them up first.
LOL. Doesn't call the police just puts it behind the wall.
We need this type of stuff on todays tv.
One of the greatest TV shows
What a legend! Fawlty will always always be a cherished part of my life. Been enjoying it nearly all my life. A fantastic work of comedy!
Oh man! I'm in stiches! He's describing Mr Sinclair obviously but playing Basil right there on Parkinson. Gold
Happy 80th birthday John Cleese!!!
Classic show! Best show of the 70S!
Still the greatest sitcom ever
Loved Every Episode!!!
John Cleese and Jonathan Miller on a talk show, now that's what I call a guest list!
John Cleese one of the best comic ever
Awesome clip!! Luv It! One of my Favorite shows EVER!!
Classic still love it.
If you have any human decency whatsoever left in your body, BBC, you will upload this whole thing, so we can see Cleese and Miller interact.
Fantastic background! Thank you BBC 👍🏽
Faulty Towers was so funny 😆
* Fawlty *
Farty towels 😊
Legendary! 😂🥰
I will visit the Torquay soon! 😁
Would love a Fawlty towers reunion
Fawlty Towers is the finest British sitcom ever produced, and nowadays it would pretty much be a hate crime if it was unedited.
“What?” 😂
Love him so much. John is and still the shit.
PAL
I’m so glad for the word ‘the’ in that sentence!
One of the best stories 😂
Love Fawlty Towers and Python. Video is super funny.
* Fawlty *
@@MisterItchy Bloody phone. Sometimes it has a mind of it's own. I had typed the correct spelling. I should have checked it. Thanks
Great punchline to this bit.
He was such amazing man🎉😂
John Cleese was the British Comedian Ever.
Brilliant
Aha this is great 😂
Hilarious!!!
0:14"wonderfully bad tempered" - There are three words you don't hear together very often.
😂🤣😂🤣
Good looking comic genius.
I love Fawlty Towers. I heard that Donald Sinclair was a rude man.
LMAO
Actually thought that was Alexander Armstrong in the thumbnail
🤣🤣🤣
For me, there's the big 3 standing head and shoulders above all other pretenders: Peter Cook, John Cleese, and Rowan Atkinson. 👍😊
Comedy icons Monty phyons miss terry jones ❤️
The best Sitcoms where only fools and horses and this
Why don't you show it any more then BBC?
Is this the full clip or is there more somewhere?
Love Cleese, Miller is my hero though, come on bbc. Many of us want more Jonathan Miller in our lives and you have access we see! The whole show was probably amazing
“Excuse me.”
‘WHAT?!’
“Could you call me a taxi?”
“….WHAT?”
“Could you call me a taxi?”
“Ok… you’re a taxi.”
Does anyone know who the other two gentlemen are?
Why can't you post the full interview? It's not fair we get to see just a bit. Has this interview ever been made available in full before (such as on a DVD release, for example)?
i'm looking for the full show to
@@jagheterhopp - I doubt you'll find it. Not many people had video recorders that far back. The BBC Archive is the only hope.
Beatrice Sinclair certainly didn't seem large in pictures unless he's referring to her personality, which she did say Fawlty towers got right, was that she very much led things.
Damn… the most British man I’ve ever heard of. But I’m American so (actually that last part sounds very American. Possible threat? Eh… put it behind the wall.)
Ha ha we’ve had a lot staff problems lately. Special delivery did anybody order a buurrm. You couldn’t make it up Would loved to have stayed at his hotel just to see him moan at the guests Pure gold not like today’s so called comedy I wonder if john Cleese sometimes morphed into him when he got annoyed would loved to have seen it 👌👌👌😂😂😀😀
and went on to inspire Tipper the Slipper !! click on tipper and see what i mean
Love to see him on Gordon Ramsay
:DDD
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As an American, can someone tell me why the Brits would have a problem with the way Terry Gilliam eats?
Because we eat with the fork in the left-hand and use it to hold the food whilst we cut it with the knife in our right hand, we keep the fork in our left hand to consume the food.,
@@mickymac6571 You eat with your left hand even if you're right-handed? (I'm left-handed myself so I hold my fork with my left hand by default.)
@@roccoz2231 yes,I'm left handed and hold the fork in my left hand and the knife in my right.
Comedians name?
SABRAN BIN FARABI Michael Parkinson
Read the description?
@@ivorscrotumic3556 To be fair, the description says the show is called Parkinson. One could be forgiven for not knowing the presenter's full name. Of course, there's always Google for those moments.
John Cleese, used to be Cheese, also known as Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers, the best show ever, ever, ever. :)
@@darlenel9226 Lol ... I read this and was like WTF? The original question he asked was the name of the presenter. I see he edited it to ask for Cleese's name.
WHAT
Too bad nowadays no hotel manager dears to express what one really feels.
So.. you wish that more hotel managers were batshit insane, rude weirdos with social problems? And anyway, I've come across two hotel managers in recent years who were perfectly vocal - obnoxiously rude and self involved weirdos who shouldn't have been running a business that is fundamentally about welcoming guests and attending to their needs because that's what they're paying you for.
Or is that just me being a "libtard snowflake" and "political correctness gone mad"? Seems like these days everyone thinks being aggressive, rude, self-obsessed and thoughtless is a sign of greatness...
What do Europeans do if not cut their food and then eat it? Do they popsicle the meat? He didn't elaborate so I imagine it was obvious to the audience...
Hold your knife and fork the whole time. Cut off a mouthful and use your fork in your left hand to put It in your mouth. Whilst chewing cut off the next mouthful... etc.
Eoaiyer21987rhei You forgot to mention the fork is always held with the tines curved towards the food and you can pile food onto the fork's butt with the knife. It fascinates me. I've tried it a few times, but I don't have the knack. I'm always the odd one out.
That's so strange... It seems so fancy, but it also seems super frustrating.
@@brankin421 To be honest, I only ever learned that Americans don't eat like that from this video.
I think the European way would surely be faster, since you start eating straight away and you prepare a mouthful faster than it takes you to eat one, so you are eating constantly. I've never thought eating was frustrating.
Eoaiyer21987rhei Europeans find it easier to eat that way because they were taught that way. I do find it rather tiring putting the knife down after I use it, but I rarely use a knife. I can cut what I need to cut most of the time with the side of the fork. Ha! That's where I have the advantage. They are mostly lost without a knife! No matter what it is, it can be rice... they need a knife! Not to cut it but to pile the food on the backside of the fork! I used to tease my boyfriend about that. Use the fork like a mini shovel! But no! Must be elegant to the very end. And the very idea of picking the food up with the fingers? Heavens no! Chicken wings and a fork and knife... Most of the meat is thrown away, still attached to the bone that must not be physically touched. There might be exceptions to this, but so far I've never seen it.
The sadness of the BBC posting up videos celebrating Cleese's genius creation, knowing the BBC wouldn't produce either Fawlty Towers or MPFC today. Neither would meet their insane progressive PC identity politics. BBC comedy has died, the BBC killed it.