Still no herds of wildebeest in Torquay!!! (Fawlty Towers)

Member Name: dove3066

Product:	Fawlty Towers
Date:	14/05/09 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Still funny after all these years

Disadvantages: Clothes are a bit dated!!

There are lots of reviews on this site that give you the episode listings so I have only given you a nutshell summary and then an insight into why I love this programme.

Nutshell summary
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This programme is based in the Torquay hotel owned by Basil Fawlty and his wife Sybil. They are helped by a spanish waiter and a waitress called Polly.

Is it still funny?
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This programme was made in the seventies so some of the fashions are a little outdated and the monetary amounts can seem a bit low. However the comedy works as well now as it did back then.

Why is it funny?
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This programme has a good element of slapstick running through and this never dates and it doesn't matter how old you are someone hitting a car that is not working is always going to be funny!! We can all relate to many of the situations that the series throws at us, which is not soemthing that can be said of all 70's sitcoms, whether is is something not working, not wanting to admit something, or generally annoying people.

My children love this programme and laugh out loud at it - there are a couple of bits they find odd but last year when they went to Torquay for the week all I heard about the trip was "we saw fawlty towers - but its all burnt down now!"

if a comedy can last this long then it must be good.

Summary: A great comedy show everyone should see