How real madness inspired a comedy legend | Fawlty Towers' John Cleese on Parkinson - BBC

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://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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