title: The Complete Fawlty Towers
author:  John Cleese 
description: <b>John Cleese</b> is a multi-talented actor and author who lists his recreations in <i>Who's Who</i> as "gluttony and sloth." At 6' 4 3/4" he is exactly the same height as Basil Fawlty. <b>Connie Booth,</b> who was formerly married to John Cleese, was an oasis of sanity in <i>Fawlty Towers</i> as Polly.
zlib_text: What	did	Basil	Fawlty	fail	to	avoid	mentioning?
  Why	did	Sybil	keep	snagging	her	cardies?
  Where	was	Polly	on	the	night	of	the	great	wedding	anniversary	disaster?
  And	what	is	the	Spanish	word	for	“donkey”?
  The	 answer	 to	 all	 these	 questions	 can	 be	 found	 in	 this,	 the	 complete	 and
  unexpurgated	scripts	of	Fawlty	Towers—the	most	celebrated	“Brit-com”	of	all
  time,	and	the	show	voted	the	top	UK	television	series	ever	by	the	British	Film
  Institute.	The	snobbish,	manic	Basil	.	.	.	his	over-coiffeured,	domineering	wife
  Sybil	 .	 .	 .	 the	 hopeless	 but	 ever-hopeful	 waiter	 Manuel	 .	 .	 .	 the	 calm	 and
  capable	Polly	.	.	.	and	of	course	the	steady	stream	of	abused	guests—all	live
  again	in	the	pages	of	The	Complete	Fawlty	Towers.
  Gahan	Wilson	in	the	New	York	Times	has	called	John	Cleese	“arguably	one	of
  the	funniest	people	now	living.”	And	as	the	reviewer	for	Britiain’s	Literary
  Review	 put	 it,	 The	 Complete	 Fawlty	 Towers	 is	 “superbly	 well	 written.	 If
  you’re	 on	 a	 bus	 a