Monty Python or Fawlty Towers?

[BHA Swiifty]

would do a poll, but don't know how to

Which one is better although only on for a few years it has to be fawlty towers

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Are we including the Python films in this, or just the series?

 

[BHA Swiifty]

yeah including films

 

[Gullzone]

Fawlty Towers - priceless comedy, almost embarassing to watch at times.
The Ausi bird when he grabs her t*ts
The one armed builder
The Germans
The Waldorf salad

 

[Aseros]

It's a different type of comedy, how can they be compared?

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Fawlty Towers by a distance for me.

The greatest sitcom of all time.

 

[Durlston]

Fawlty Towers.

My favourite episode is when Basil wins a lot of money on a horse, Sybil finds out and he drops Mrs Richards' expensive vase through shock. Brilliant. Manuel: "I know nothing!"

 

[Art Vs Science]

Non comparison in comedy terms.

 

[Art Vs Science]

It's a different type of comedy, how can they be compared?

Nail on head

 

[BHA Swiifty]

Fawlty Towers - priceless comedy, almost embarassing to watch at times.
The Ausi bird when he grabs her t*ts
The one armed builder
The Germans
The Waldorf salad

and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc&feature=relmfu

 

[T.G]

It's a different type of comedy, how can they be compared?

I was just about to say that!!! Faulty Towers was basically a sitcom albeit brilliantly written......Mr Lehman turning into 'the linen' still makes me smirk. However Monty Python was ground breaking surreal comedy that at times was sublime and hilarious and sometimes was a bit silly. Monty Python spanned decades and F.T was 12 episodes. To be consistently funny and fresh over that kind of time span was incredible, so has to be Monty Python if it can be judged. Monty Python is woven in to our culture....just repeating 'he's a very naughty boy' often has people giggling before everyone trots out their Monty moments. Great Stuff

 

[Norman Potting]

Non comparison in comedy terms.

Precisely, bit like saying "who is best, Brighton and Hove Albion or Sussex County Cricket Club".

 

[Blackadder]

The one with John Cleese in it.

 

[el_ciddy]

and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78b67l_yxUc&feature=relmfu

Classic, I'd never noticed that woman peeping out from her door before though from the house behind. Just surprised because all the documentaries talking about Cleese always said what a serious perfectionist he is.

 

[catfish]

Some of the Python material is a bit dated and some of it is still pure genius. Fawlty Towers is flawless but you can't really compare the two.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Fawlty Towers.

My favourite episode is when Basil wins a lot of money on a horse, Sybil finds out and he drops Mrs Richards' expensive vase through shock. Brilliant. Manuel: "I know nothing!"

Cant forget "Flying tart"

 

[Surport Local Team]

towers

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Lucky enough to be at an outside shoot of Fawlty Towers,,,most inside shots were studio....hardly anything was shot in Torquay,

 

[drew]

No point comparing as others have said, two very different comedies, one a sketch show ahead of its time and the other a sitcom ahead of its time. One lasted several years and included 3 feature films, live at Hollywood Bowl and a host of others, the other lasted 12 episodes.

 

[drew]

The Larch.