A top-tier strategy for a top-tier comedy legend. The one and only John Cleese turns 86 today 🎉 | Monty Python

The moment has finally arrived — publication day for my brand new book “Fawlty Towers: Fawlts and All!”Fifty years since we first opened the doors of that delightfully disastrous little hotel, and I thought it high time to mark the occasion properly — with a special anniversary book full of my favourite comic moments, memories, and a few behind-the-scenes stories that are only slightly less chaotic than the show itself.It’s out now in the UK 🇬🇧 — and will be popping up later this month in the

What’s it like for John Cleese to stay in a hotel after all those years in #FawltyTowers? 😂 Watch in full here: https://youtu.be/Lh6fPHFaw6I | Greatest Hits Radio

😂🇬🇧🏨💡 Timeless British Comedy Gold This isn’t just any sitcom scene — it’s Fawlty Towers at its outrageous best. Basil is showing an Australian guest to her room after a long trip 🧳. The bathroom light isn’t working 💡, and while she stretches her neck against the wall 🙆‍♀️, Basil reaches around the corner… and mistakes her breast for the light switch. 😳 At that very moment, Sybil walks in 🚪—and the chaos is pure comic perfection. 🎬 Written by John Cleese & Connie Booth, Fawlty Towers

Here are some Fawlty Towers bloopers and outtakes I hope you enjoy! | John Cleese