Just to note that you’re reading a post comparing it to a character show made nowadays which features him shitting in luggage and eating a guys ass. Shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm also joke about taboo topics
It’s also 100% right that outright racist comments aren’t featured in prime time BBC comedies too.
Whenever I think of fault towers I immediately get the urge to goosestep while saying in the best accent I can do ‘don’t mention zie vor!’
I then this of the homage from deadpool… is it basil faulty?
He's always been a bit of a prick (I worked for a company he founded for a while), but more recently, he's turned into a completely out of touch parody of exactly the sort of establishment figure he used to rip the piss out of in the early Python years. He's announced he's going to reboot Fawlty Towers, which is universally anticipated to be a disaster.
Best faulty towers is the one where the doctor dies, i mean the amount of times i could relate to manwel in that episode, "i quit i no work here no more" and in to the hamper 😂 shame there wasnt more seasons loved them and john cleese is epic loves him
“Oh, spiffing! Absolutely spiffing. Two dead. Twenty-five to go” Great episode this, I agree. Had me in stitches the first time I saw this. Still does! Another firm favourite is communication problems with Mrs Richards 😂
Guarantee I'm older than you , Cleese is a traditional liberal who has watched this country decline. You're the gen z Muppet who calls everything racist. You are the cringe of this world not John Cleese.
Bigot lol liberal buzzword bingo coming my way - wanna throw the phrase straw men and Nazis in there while you're at it. Actually I take personal accountability in my life unlike the entire progressive movement you hail from.
He’s an anti Irish prick, has made some wild comments about Irish people and as one of them, I have some strong opinions about him, used to appreciate his humor and talent until I found this iht
Is that any better? still discrimination due to race, therefore racism, common thing for English people to miss tho seeing as they’re so superior to Irish or any other race in the world 👍
Firstly, The Sun. And the tweet is hardly racist lmao. Media over inflation of course. His tweet is true anyway, it’s not a racist thing, it’s cultural. London is now a mixing pot for cultures. This isn’t a bad thing at all, but there is no falsehood in saying it’s not an English city anymore, it’s an everything city. To say it’s an English city would be factually wrong.
If anything it’s a comment about immigration, rather than the actual people who immigrated themselves. Cultural mixing is not a bad thing at all, but it’s the sheer number that have come into the UK over the past 20 years. Disproportionate to other European countries. I’ve seen where my parents live in the countryside the overwhelming amount of new housing developments, destroying fields and cutting down trees, and for the most part these developments clearly only have money in mind and no care for how shoddy their developments are.
I hope no one will, but please do not criticise logical views on immigration. Speaking in general, why is it a country’s responsibility to take in constant immigration? There is an inherent poor effect with rapid population growth, and to say there is not is crazy. It’s absolutely not racist to be concerned about the consequences it will have on the country overall, after all it’s where you live. Especially given the vast spaces where housing could be developed in other Euro countries like France.
Downvote me all you like, it’ll just give me a counter on how many people can’t read and think logically without bias
Your comment implies that people whose heritage/ethnicity is from other countries can not be English, which is plainly wrong.
London is an English city. It is the capital of England. It has *always* been a melting pot, as has much of England. Multi culturalism is part of being English.
It's on mine as well bizarrely. I actually have watched White Lotus (it's a dark comedy on Amazon Prime). Worth watching if you like that kind of thing.
I assume you put an interest in TV / entertainment in your preferences(?) or maybe Reddit has an algorithm at play and applied it to the John Cleese photo - are you a Python fan for example?
The chick from the office I don’t know her name. Let me ask google, no wait. Pam. There’s a very popular meme of Pam describing two pictures and calling them the same. Armond and Basil are the same person though Armond had access to a guests grab-bag of wonky pills. Love them both.
They only made 12 episodes of this. I don't think there is another series that has ever managed to pack so many memorable moments into such a short run time.
Excellent, it's all coming together. Had to go back and rewatch that scene. John Cleese has perfect timing and the silly walk! Damn, that pirouette gets me every time. I wonder how many takes that took, or if he landed it first try.
No! Armand seeps sex. This guy does not. He seeps....goofy.
Edit: I didn't recognize John Cleese.
I take back the goofy comment, but leave it so people know what my edit is about.
thought that after 5 mins. he very much seems inspired. Armand dealing with Shane in the early seasons is some of my favourite acting in the series, that fixed smile while you can tell exactly what he is really thinking!
Apparently it was not intentional (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/05/murray-bartlett-armond-white-lotus-interview-faces-of-year) but I also can’t help seeing the references. For example “the Germans” who took the room booked by the honeymoon couple vs the famous episode of Fawlty Towers with the same title.
Basil eats more ass
If they made Faulty Towers now it would get banned straight away. This is why it is not on TV very often a d edited heavily.
Just to note that you’re reading a post comparing it to a character show made nowadays which features him shitting in luggage and eating a guys ass. Shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm also joke about taboo topics It’s also 100% right that outright racist comments aren’t featured in prime time BBC comedies too.
Wasn't he in Harry Potter? Nearly headless Nick
John Cleese was nearly headless Nick
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That sketch is still one of the best to this day 😂
Whenever I pitch people on the show I say it’s like an insane, dark version of fawlty towers
BAHAHAHA
Used to love this guy in faulty towers absolutely brilliant back in the day proper comedy that.
Trevor phillips?
Faulty towers and John Cleese absolutely fantastic series used to love watching that
Isn’t he the same guy in all the monty python movies ??
The very same
More like trevor
Is Faulty Towers the knock-off version? I’m assuming you mean Fawlty Towers 😂
is that Trevor Philips?
John cleese
it was a joke
Whenever I think of fault towers I immediately get the urge to goosestep while saying in the best accent I can do ‘don’t mention zie vor!’ I then this of the homage from deadpool… is it basil faulty?
It's basil Fawlty
I remember my dad showing me this when I was about 10 years old. Found it funny. Favourite Episode is The Germans
That's still the most unremittingly funny programme I've ever seen.
Just before he had a nervous breakdown in real life. Good bloke that he is.
He's always been a bit of a prick (I worked for a company he founded for a while), but more recently, he's turned into a completely out of touch parody of exactly the sort of establishment figure he used to rip the piss out of in the early Python years. He's announced he's going to reboot Fawlty Towers, which is universally anticipated to be a disaster.
Bros trevor
There was def a Basil Fawlty vibe going on!
We thought the same thing.
Best faulty towers is the one where the doctor dies, i mean the amount of times i could relate to manwel in that episode, "i quit i no work here no more" and in to the hamper 😂 shame there wasnt more seasons loved them and john cleese is epic loves him
“Oh, spiffing! Absolutely spiffing. Two dead. Twenty-five to go” Great episode this, I agree. Had me in stitches the first time I saw this. Still does! Another firm favourite is communication problems with Mrs Richards 😂
The Kipper & The Corpse I think it’s called. It’s my personal favourite!
Yes thats it!!!!
Trevor Phillips vibes
No
Why does this look like someone Chris Hansen woulda caught for chatting to underaged teens lmao
He looks like a combination of Trevor Phillips, lalo Salamanca and borat
Borat?
That is the legend that goes by the name of John Cleese.
Used to think this till I realized he was a racist asshole
Clearly not a racist!
Back off to the Guardian with you
cringe. have a look in to it before you embarrass yourself further.
Guarantee I'm older than you , Cleese is a traditional liberal who has watched this country decline. You're the gen z Muppet who calls everything racist. You are the cringe of this world not John Cleese.
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Legitimately racist as well lol
Bigot lol liberal buzzword bingo coming my way - wanna throw the phrase straw men and Nazis in there while you're at it. Actually I take personal accountability in my life unlike the entire progressive movement you hail from.
How is he racist?
He’s an anti Irish prick, has made some wild comments about Irish people and as one of them, I have some strong opinions about him, used to appreciate his humor and talent until I found this iht
That ain’t racism, that’s xenophobia!
Is that any better? still discrimination due to race, therefore racism, common thing for English people to miss tho seeing as they’re so superior to Irish or any other race in the world 👍
Irish isn’t a race 😂
How is it not? What would you describe it as? And if you say nationality I’m actually done with this discussion? Probably a seppo anyway ya gammon
You can be any race and be Irish. Irish isn’t a race 😂
Guy above called Cleese racist then had his posts banned for racism, he patently isn't.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9189672/john-cleese-racist-tweet-row-opinion/
Firstly, The Sun. And the tweet is hardly racist lmao. Media over inflation of course. His tweet is true anyway, it’s not a racist thing, it’s cultural. London is now a mixing pot for cultures. This isn’t a bad thing at all, but there is no falsehood in saying it’s not an English city anymore, it’s an everything city. To say it’s an English city would be factually wrong. If anything it’s a comment about immigration, rather than the actual people who immigrated themselves. Cultural mixing is not a bad thing at all, but it’s the sheer number that have come into the UK over the past 20 years. Disproportionate to other European countries. I’ve seen where my parents live in the countryside the overwhelming amount of new housing developments, destroying fields and cutting down trees, and for the most part these developments clearly only have money in mind and no care for how shoddy their developments are. I hope no one will, but please do not criticise logical views on immigration. Speaking in general, why is it a country’s responsibility to take in constant immigration? There is an inherent poor effect with rapid population growth, and to say there is not is crazy. It’s absolutely not racist to be concerned about the consequences it will have on the country overall, after all it’s where you live. Especially given the vast spaces where housing could be developed in other Euro countries like France. Downvote me all you like, it’ll just give me a counter on how many people can’t read and think logically without bias
Your comment implies that people whose heritage/ethnicity is from other countries can not be English, which is plainly wrong. London is an English city. It is the capital of England. It has *always* been a melting pot, as has much of England. Multi culturalism is part of being English.
Dream.
Trevor?
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Took the words right out my mouth
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Is no rat is hamster, I name him basil
Is that Steven Ogg?
No it's John Cleese
r/woooosh
Mlll. Llllll I'll sell lll L U li o.
oii mate, I'm trevah Phillips
Absolutely loved faulty towers back in the day absolutely brilliant comedy
Reminds me of my childhood. Faulty towers was my dads favourite
I thought of Basil too 🤣
No it’s Trevor from GTA.
Not even close
I’m so glad you said this, I thought this too!
for some reason that picture reminds me of Trevor Phillips from GTA :D
Faulty? What’s wrong with him?
Why have you no likes for this?
bc faWlty
This post got shown to me... Now I feel like I wanna watch the show.
Name’s Trevor sweetheart
‘This is mine!’
Yep. It is
Armand is Australian right? My dad mentioned the Basil Faulty thing last night, he’s facial expressions are hilarious
I thought this and spoke to my gf about it and it definitely is an American retake on this I think.
What is this sub? What is white lotus? Why is it on my feed?
It's on mine as well bizarrely. I actually have watched White Lotus (it's a dark comedy on Amazon Prime). Worth watching if you like that kind of thing. I assume you put an interest in TV / entertainment in your preferences(?) or maybe Reddit has an algorithm at play and applied it to the John Cleese photo - are you a Python fan for example?
No idea why this came up on my time line but the answer is no, there is only one Basil and he will never be replicated.
FaWlty... sorry!
The manager’s forty?
The manger’s What.
No no, Que what!
Si, Qué, What
And it’s name… is… dragon fly
Armand is the best character ever.
He's the spit of my old boss..same height as well. An arsehole btw.
Haha yes and a bit of Miguel lol
Now that’s a fantastic shout! Modern day Basil, definitely see the influence within the character
Love this show
Definitely Basil's gay, Australian nephew.
Definitely influenced by Fawlty
Lol basil into coke and young men
Freddie mercury from Poundland
r/BeatMeToIt
Put John Cleese on White Lotus 3 in Japan. Now!
Cue what’s her name from The Office USA: they’re the same picture
Pam
I wouldn’t mind Pam Pam from The Office Pam on next seasons Lotus. Mike White better not off her though.
What?
The chick from the office I don’t know her name. Let me ask google, no wait. Pam. There’s a very popular meme of Pam describing two pictures and calling them the same. Armond and Basil are the same person though Armond had access to a guests grab-bag of wonky pills. Love them both.
I completely get you
Exactly what I was thinking the whole time
Yes, clear inspiration. Hard to miss.
Looks like jousef borat
Yeah I made the same comparison when watching it. I’m sure it’s an influence
J'adore! 😍
How dare you compare FT to that yank rubbish
You must be from Barcelona
You need more education, cat
Armond is Australian
You didn’t like any episode of any of the seasons?
John Cleese on White Lotus season 3 would be amazing 🥲
As long as he doesn't have to get off a boat. 🛥️😄
OMG. I'm not gay. But Armand has me curious and wanting to grow a moustache.
Whos armond thats nkt armond? Whoever armond is Thats basil aka john cleese
Armond is a massive so sexy the straightest guy in the world would use him as a condom
Everyone knows it’s illegal to grow a moustache if you’re not gay. Better rethink that one buddy.
Worth turning just to have a moustache like that.
Fawlty...
Oh thank you
What's wrong with him?
Qué?
[Slaps back of head]
Literally
"Have you ever heard of the Bubonic plague, Manuel? It was very popular here at one time." Is the best quote of the whole show
No no, to the German guy “you started it, you invaded Poland” is the best line
This was exactly what I thought when watching the first season! Just a modern Basil who uses drugs instead of stressing like Faulty.
Fawlty didn't do drugs that we know off ;) Even if he didn't maybe he should have just to cope with all the BS.
You mean…Watery Fowls, Farty Tower, Flay Otters, Fatty Owls, Warty Towels, Flowery Twats and Farty Towels…
“This is miiiine…”
You’re pretty late to that party dude
They only made 12 episodes of this. I don't think there is another series that has ever managed to pack so many memorable moments into such a short run time.
The British version of The Office is another, also Fleabag!
You mean 'The Office'
I meant, I meant... If only, if only... If only me auntie had bollocks, she'd be me uncle.
Gotta get on a pedantic train here. It’s just “the office”
All aboard!
In our house it's always the orifice
Mr bean comes to mind
Er Beeean
Wow I remember there being way more than 12, the more you know
It's crazy how there aren't more episodes
There aren’t many shows I’d consider comedy genius but this is definitely one of them
“What view do you expect to see? The hanging gardens of Babylon????”
“You can see the sea, it’s over there between the land and the sky”.
“IS THIS A PIECE OF YOUR BRAIN???!”
“Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plain?”
Kay, sea? Kay sea? What are you trying to say?
The manager’s a Mr What, aged forty
No idea why this popped up in my feed but Fawlty Towers is my favourite comedy of all time, John Cleese is an absolute legend at comedy
Yeah. I feel the same. Was a real kick to the shins when I saw all the toxic stuff he was writing on twitter and saying in a couple interviews
Just don’t mention the war…
I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it
You started it!
No you started it…….you invaded Poland!
Excellent, it's all coming together. Had to go back and rewatch that scene. John Cleese has perfect timing and the silly walk! Damn, that pirouette gets me every time. I wonder how many takes that took, or if he landed it first try.
Listen, don’t mention the Pineapple Suite! I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it
The clapping his hands was what made me think of basil
Its MIIINNNEEE!
Who's Armand??
Lol, your on the white lotus sub Reddit, Armand was the hotel director of season 1. This picture is spot on.
“This is mine”
Yes!!!! Basil 💯
No! Armand seeps sex. This guy does not. He seeps....goofy. Edit: I didn't recognize John Cleese. I take back the goofy comment, but leave it so people know what my edit is about.
I think they both have the same sex appeal, but Armond gets to act out his inner proclivities bc HBO
John Cleese is pretty sexy
He was, now he's just a rich old man yelling at clouds. Still fucking though, his latest missus is very pleasant on the eye.
thought that after 5 mins. he very much seems inspired. Armand dealing with Shane in the early seasons is some of my favourite acting in the series, that fixed smile while you can tell exactly what he is really thinking!
Yes exactly, Cleese did the same thing.
100% Murray Bartlett really nailed it
Omg I fucking LOVE faulty towers. Thank you for reminding me to watch this evening.
Been trying to put my finger on it for two years. Thank you!!!!
Right?? Was bugging me too, then I was sick and fever watching comfort TV and was like, HEEEYYY!!
Incredible shout. Must have watched Fawlty Towers through about 10 times and didn't click.
Omg!!! How haven’t I seen this!!! Thank you!
Apparently it was not intentional (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/dec/05/murray-bartlett-armond-white-lotus-interview-faces-of-year) but I also can’t help seeing the references. For example “the Germans” who took the room booked by the honeymoon couple vs the famous episode of Fawlty Towers with the same title.
Don't mention the ~~war~~ Pineapple Suite.
Mike White had an homage in mind, the more I think of it. It's just too similar.
Totally intentional
I got Basil vibes from him the whole time. Loved it!