TV festival honouring John Cleese

February 21, 2002
Source: Toronto Star
Original story - link verified on February 21, 2002

The parrot may be dead, but John Cleese is decidedly alive and accepting tributes. The British comedy legend, known best as a creator and star of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, will be honoured in June at the Banff Television Festival. "Fawlty Towers comes as close to perfection as any situation comedy ever written," Pat Ferns, president of the Banff Television Foundation, said Wednesday at a special reception in London.

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