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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 438570" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Great. Your enjoyment of these episodes is already making me vicariously happy. I find it very rewatchable, and your revisits have underlined that there's gold to be mined from doing this.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Spot on.</p><p></p><p>A little nugget for you: Basil is based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sinclair_(hotel_owner)#Fawlty_Towers" target="_blank">Torquay hotel owner Donald Sinclair</a>. The Python team stayed at his place but were driven out by his rude eccentricities (except for Cleese and Booth who stayed to study him) which was the germ that became <em>Fawlty</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. I think his social aspirations are clear in the first episode (title and all). He categorises guests (or potential guests) into two categories, "his" type of guest (or the type he aspires to impress) and the "wrong" type of guest. There's a great deal of class snobbery behind almost initiative he comes up with to attract or repel certain demographics. I can see why Bea Arthur was chosen for the adaption because Basil is kind of like Maude - trying to cultivate situations and relationships that shine a light on them as being X type of person - but swapping out the middle class guilt for upper middle class aspiration.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. I'll be interested to see your take on her role in the proceedings as the series goes along.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One aspect that would never fly today is the threat of physical violence.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh nice. Appreciating this, I think you're in for a treat.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is more than fair. TV budgets for many British series of the time were very modest compared with their American counterparts, with many shot cheaply and on videotape. There are numerous examples of hit TV series where chunks of episodes have been wiped because TV was considered a disposable medium.</p><p></p><p>I'm so used to <em>Fawlty's</em> aesthetic I'm somewhat lacking in objectivity around this, so it's good to know you find it holds up in this regard.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I share that perception.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 438570, member: 23"] Great. Your enjoyment of these episodes is already making me vicariously happy. I find it very rewatchable, and your revisits have underlined that there's gold to be mined from doing this. Spot on. A little nugget for you: Basil is based on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sinclair_(hotel_owner)#Fawlty_Towers']Torquay hotel owner Donald Sinclair[/URL]. The Python team stayed at his place but were driven out by his rude eccentricities (except for Cleese and Booth who stayed to study him) which was the germ that became [I]Fawlty[/I]. Yes. I think his social aspirations are clear in the first episode (title and all). He categorises guests (or potential guests) into two categories, "his" type of guest (or the type he aspires to impress) and the "wrong" type of guest. There's a great deal of class snobbery behind almost initiative he comes up with to attract or repel certain demographics. I can see why Bea Arthur was chosen for the adaption because Basil is kind of like Maude - trying to cultivate situations and relationships that shine a light on them as being X type of person - but swapping out the middle class guilt for upper middle class aspiration. Yes. I'll be interested to see your take on her role in the proceedings as the series goes along. One aspect that would never fly today is the threat of physical violence. Oh nice. Appreciating this, I think you're in for a treat. This is more than fair. TV budgets for many British series of the time were very modest compared with their American counterparts, with many shot cheaply and on videotape. There are numerous examples of hit TV series where chunks of episodes have been wiped because TV was considered a disposable medium. I'm so used to [I]Fawlty's[/I] aesthetic I'm somewhat lacking in objectivity around this, so it's good to know you find it holds up in this regard. I share that perception. [/QUOTE]
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