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Post by 4th Chord on Jun 6, 2023 14:22:00 GMT
It's going to be utter shit, isn't it?
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Post by dennis on Jun 6, 2023 14:59:34 GMT
ah, yes   |
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Post by mortified on Jun 6, 2023 15:22:06 GMT
It's going to be utter shit, isn't it? Yes it is. |
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Post by granny on Jun 6, 2023 21:48:49 GMT
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I wish I was as cancelled as that whenever I had a new project to promote.
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Post by curiousgirl on Jun 7, 2023 8:55:10 GMT
It's going to be utter shit, isn't it? Yes it is. Yes it is. |
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Post by allyp on Jun 7, 2023 11:56:52 GMT
I am surprised cleese is entertaining this as he is usually a perfectionist when it comes to doing things. 3 of the main cast are no longer with us and connie boothe wasn’t even informed or asked to take part. If it was a little sketch for comic relief or something maybe would have been a nice bit of nostalgia but a whole series have my reservations really. The humour was very much of its era and although it never got into dodgy pc would be lost on a modern audience and no one under the age of 50 would remember the original
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Post by curiousgirl on Jun 7, 2023 12:19:37 GMT
This is from the Radio Times news of this (Feb 2023)
John Cleese will reprise his role as Basil Fawlty for the new series, which he's writing. He will also be joined in the cast by his daughter Camilla Cleese.
This new series is set to turn the classic sitcom on its head slightly with a brand new location, and will focus on Basil and his daughter's newfound relationship.
"My daughter and I have been writing together for 16 years... We suddenly realised that if we do a sequel, first of all it’s interesting. Secondly, it doesn’t rely upon Manuel – dear Andy Sachs who’s not with us anymore, and Prue Scales."
Cleese continued: "We thought that if the only continuing character is Basil, then we can come up with something surprising. Then we thought, 'Where?'” Not in a small English town, but somewhere more fun and much more different – say a Caribbean island or something like that."
The reboot will see Basil and his daughter manage a boutique hotel far away from the original home of Fawlty Towers in Torquay, Devon, and we will get to see Basil try to navigate the modern world.
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Post by mortified on Jun 7, 2023 13:40:50 GMT
Not sure at all but I'd never dismiss the idea completely. You just never know. If they were to reprise something like the German episode (which they most certainly won't), I'd look forward to that daft announcement you sometimes get telling you an old programme or film "reflects the alternative values of the time"  Either they think people are stupid, they say it just in case some people might be stupid or people are actually stupid |
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