FAWLTY TOWERS S1E5 "Gourmet Night" - SERIES REACTION - First Time Watching
Added 2025-07-15 05:41:10 +0000 UTCStill going. Still laughing. The penultimate episode of season one brings us Gourmet Night! Or does it? Reaction highlights on YouTube this Wednesday July 16th! ๐ค
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CoCo (calling you CoCo is so FETCH!!!!) through the years there have been a great number of British sitcoms that were remade here in the US and had great success! Some of which may surprise a few people, 1) "All In The Family" was actually remade from a British sitcom called "Till Death Us Do Part" 2) "Sanford and Son" was "Steptoe and Son" 3) "Three's Company" was "Man About The House" 4) "The Office" stayed "The Office" and there are others. The reason I bring this up is because it just goes to show that somethings are best left alone because they cannot be duplicate! On three occasions, twice by ABC and once by CBS they tried to duplicate the "Fawlty Towers" formula and never came close even with stellar TV stars! ABC's first attempt was with Harvey Korman and Betty White in "Chateau Snavely" which a pilot was made but never aired. The second attempt also by ABC was a show called "Amanda" with Bea Arthur taking the lead as a female Basil which they did make 13 episodes but only 10 aired and it was cancelled. The last by CBS was called "Payne" with John Larroqutte which was also cancelled after only 8 episodes.
MAV293 (MARK)
2025-07-15 23:59:23 +0000 UTCThat was fun. And you taught me a new word: uncomfortability. Who cares if dictionaries include it, I like it! You will for sure have opportunities to use it again while watching this show. John Cleese talked about that stick he beat the car with; he tried several before deciding that one was the funniest.
Nick Christensen
2025-07-15 06:52:12 +0000 UTC
