Some commenters criticize John Cleese over trans comments
3 Sep 19 11:51 PM · 4d ago · 16 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 3
A handful of replies pushed back on the celebratory tone, saying John Cleese's more recent remarks about trans people should temper affection for the show.
“He's a bigoted anti-trans scumbag now, to hell with his overrated sitcom.”
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God, I loved this absurd show. Because PBS showed this, Dr Who, Keeping up Appearances, Monty Python, and so many other British shows, I will always be a donor.
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Reaching an absolute crescendo when Basil suffers head trauma and completely loses his stuff in the face of a bunch of German tourists...
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Tourist "You started it" Basil "No we didn't. You invaded Poland!"
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Farty Towels because if you know you know
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Floating Trowels? Vaulting Flowers? Paltry Vowels? I know this… it’s on the tip o’ me tongue…
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Fawkty Towers. The episodes with the Germans and the one with Basil the rat were my favorites.
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Got all of them on DVD. Yeah, that's right, DVD. Watch them on a regular basis. 😁👍
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Fawlty Towers debut was 51 years ago? DAMN.
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Did you ever wonder why Basil is so obnoxious to Manuel? Turns out John Cleese is a real life racist right winger. He was just being himself.
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"Fawlty Towers" loved the changing sign out front.
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Damn it’s been that long?! Fuck I’m old. Fawlty Towers
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John Cleese. Genius comic. Absolute moron of a man.
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"I'm gonna install a garden gnome in mr. O'Reilly."
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One of my favorite shows!!!! Loved them all!!!❤️
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No, but I remember "Are You Being Served?"
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My dad looked a LOT like John Cleese and was a college professor. His students put a sign on his office door that said "fawlty towers". He loved the show and I loved watching with him as a kid. He's been gone 20 years now and this reminds me so much of him
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They turned that place into a rather shifty nightclub, before eventually knocking it down to put in a small housing estate.
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And Polly Booth, Andrew Sachs, and the perfect straight woman Prunella Scales.
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'Faulty Bowels' or 'Flowery Twats', I don't remember which.
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I can still hear my late mother laughing. Fawlty Towers.
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Loved Keeping Up Appearances too…good belly laughs! 😹
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Fawlty Towers with John Cleese and Connie Booth
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Of course, Fawlty Towers. It was hysterical.
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We got it too but I was a little too young to stay home to watch tv, with a whole new world to explore as a young man. Seen some weird shit for sure when it was one of two choices on nights I did stay in. Missed early SNL for the same reason. Oh, and no cable 😿
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