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Fans buy 'Fawlty Towers' hotel.

• "John Cleese, who co-wrote and starred in the series, based his outrageously rude character Basil Fawlty on Donald Sinclair, a former owner of the hotel, after staying there with other members of the Monty Python comedy team in 1971."
• I got interested in this subject because I had never seen the man's name mentioned before. Here is an article about the real Mr Sinclair.
  • "Mrs Harrison recalled an occasion when Mr Sinclair halted breakfast because a waiter had given up waiting for him to make tea and had pinched teapots designated for another table. He went up and down the tables like a policeman, questioning the guests. He came across a set of teapots at a table for two. He realised because of their size they were meant for a table for four, and he asked the guests for a description of the waiter."
  • "He thought it ridiculous that people wanted to drink at lunchtime. These were paying guests. They would be out by the pool looking for a drink and he hadn't opened the bar."