Fawlty Towers Star Dies Aged 93

[PeterRS]

While we focus in The Beer Bar on the death of the Swedish actor from Death in Venice, another popular actor has passed away, one who excelled in a totally dfferent genre. Asked to name the most famous TV comedy series of the 1970s, most will probably name Fawlty Towers with the dithering, accident-prone John Cleese trying to manage a small hotel. Partnering him was Prunella Scales as his much more practical wife, Sybil. A consummate actress, she was 93 and had been suffering from dementia for many years. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the airing of the first Fawlty Towers series.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd0yn5gyndo

[Olddaddy]

93 😳 done good 

I loved Fawlty towers 🏨

Some great comedy back then 

[PeterRS]

Thinking back, the golden age of British television sitcoms seems to have all but disappeared many decades ago. Shows like Blackadder, Yes Minister, Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army, Porridge (with Ronnie Barker and the very talented Richard Beckinsale, father of actress Kate, who died tragically young) Steptoe and Son, Rising Damp, Till Death Us Do Part . . .and that's before all the comedy shows with such talented actors as Tony Hancock, Morecambe and Wise, Eric Sykes, Arthur Askey, Frankie Howerd, Spike Milligan . . . so many and so many now forgotten. And that's before considering at all the radio sitcoms and great comedians, not to forget the many great writers without whom most of the shows would never have got off the ground.