From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!iwlc7!dfz Newsgroups: net.tv Title: Re: Fawlty Towers: Americanized clone(s) Article-I.D.: iwlc7.137 Posted: Mon Feb 21 14:39:38 1983 Received: Tue Feb 22 04:43:43 1983 Reply-To: dfz@iwlc7.UUCP (David F. Ziffer) References: pyuxjj.423 I was taken sick for a week recently and, having little better to do, had the misfortune to tune in "Amanda's". I was shocked. It was bad enough that the show was poorly executed, unfunny and even boring at times. But to this they added the inexcusable act of plagiarizing from a *great* English comedy, right down to the nuances of the set. As I watched the credits roll by, I fully expected to see some mention of Fawlty Towers, but instead realized that any attempt to associate FT with Amanda's would be an insult to FT's creators. What's-her-name took a long step down from "Maude" when she agreed to participate in this travesty.