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Basil fawlty is the main character of the 1970s british sitcom fawlty towers, played by john cleese. En route, john cleese describes his nerveracking first public appearance, at st peters preparatory school at the age of eight and fivesixths. Fortyone years after he famously thrashed his car in an episode of fawlty towers, john cleese attempts the same stunt, but because of a. Last appearance, specsavers fawlty car 2016 advert. In the late 1960s, he cofounded monty python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show monty. Specsavers intro specsavers adverts are very popular because of their humour and clever ideas. Transforming eye health specsavers and rnib specsavers. Cleese appeared as basil in a 2016 tv advertisement for specsavers during.
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Feb 04, 2016 prunella scales husband timothy west has criticised john cleese for cashing in on the classic sitcom for a specsavers advert cleese, who cowrote the series, resurrected his beloved character. Spectrum fm presents avalon, sponsors of the evening show with carlos we help people throughout spain everyday with over 25 years experience organising prepaid funerals, avalon is the market leading provider of funeral plans in spain and the canaries. John marwood cleese born 27 october 1939 is an english actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Oct 30, 2015 john cleese has long been a favourite of mine.
John cleese slammed for specsavers ad by the husband. Recently, in an interview with npr, cleese said about writing jokes. Author brian jacques claims to have based his name and character on basil. So anyway, the first thing i ever saw john cleese in was fawlty towers or a fish called wanda.
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