The real life inspiration for Basil Fawlty.
From a BBC interview with Parkinson. I talk about the cynical manager at The Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay that I met while staying with The Pythons. He became who I based the character off of and I changed very little.
@lizcrewzn@missycakes When we saw this it (opening day at 8am and we’d taken the day off work lol) was like a combo sportscry/sob/cheer and it was freaking AWESOME.