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Reminds me of Basil Fawlty - who believes he could run Fawlty Towers perfectly if it weren't for all the guests.

That probably also explains the (repeated) failure of American Fawlty Towers remakes - Basil Fawlty is a loser, and Americans can't play them convincingly.

Not only was Basil Fawlty based on a real hotelier, but the hotel is now advertising itself as 'The inspiration for Fawlty Towers.' I discovered this last week when I drove past it.

That reminds me of how when they show Fawlty Towers in Spain they dub Manuel into Italian.

Trying not to mention how things are funded is a bit like Basil Fawlty trying not to mention the war.

It's the same frustration I get at people who quote Monty Python but haven't heard of Fawlty Towers.

He then went on to make Fawlty Towers, which is easily one of the three best things to come out of Python grads.

I remember them saying they Manuel in Fawlty Towers is cast as Mexican, which is darkly humorous to me.

Black Adder is right up there with Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.

You sound like Basil Fawlty comparing Fascist Germany to his hotel guests.

Basil Fawlty is many things, but I wouldn't say reasonable is one of them.

For the rest, the Fawlty Towers advice is golden.

Maybe you're a well trained "customer" by Nvidia just like Basil Fawlty was well trained by his wife...

Anyway, not to go too far OT: I searched "fawlty towers", no hits.

Well, alright then be on your way if you must." Sorry but I couldn't help imagining you as the fake health inspector from Fawlty Towers while reading your comment.

Fawlty Towers plays to some decidedly more British cultural issues surrounding class and social climbing.

Fawlty Towers (1975-1979) seemed to be quite good at having a few subplots that all come together at the end for a harrowing but entertaining ending...

That Dart has cost tens of millions of direct NRE at Google, and years of lost opportunities with V8 and TC39, is in the Basil-Fawlty-ian category of the bleeding obvious.