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Fawlty Towers: Hotel that Inspired John Cleese Series to Be Demolished - canceled + renewed TV shows - TV Series Finale
![TIL John Cleese based the character of Basil Fawlty on Donald Sinclair, an eccentric hotel owner who'd accommodated Monty Python. Sinclair threw Eric Idle's briefcase out of a window because he mistook TIL John Cleese based the character of Basil Fawlty on Donald Sinclair, an eccentric hotel owner who'd accommodated Monty Python. Sinclair threw Eric Idle's briefcase out of a window because he mistook](https://external-preview.redd.it/gDA3gtSBpdV1VG0xCuLCuXO_UlnuNX4nGu_N4W5d-ME.jpg?auto=webp&s=3fd22e4fc46d252c14b04485bb53fe77f7872f6e)
TIL John Cleese based the character of Basil Fawlty on Donald Sinclair, an eccentric hotel owner who'd accommodated Monty Python. Sinclair threw Eric Idle's briefcase out of a window because he mistook
![Deadline Hollywood on Twitter: "Basil Fawlty is back. A reboot of John Cleese's British comedy sensation #FawltyTowers is in the works and Rob Reiner's Castle Rock Entertainment is developing https://t.co/RzYAE0yxb9 https://t.co/2K02ncZCyM" / Deadline Hollywood on Twitter: "Basil Fawlty is back. A reboot of John Cleese's British comedy sensation #FawltyTowers is in the works and Rob Reiner's Castle Rock Entertainment is developing https://t.co/RzYAE0yxb9 https://t.co/2K02ncZCyM" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FoY54hqWIAAzJvL.jpg)