What's Funny About: John Cleese on Fawlty Towers

John Cleese shares the inside story of Fawlty Towers, 12 half-hours of TV that have gone down in history as one of the greatest sitcoms ever produced. He traces the beginnings of Basil Fawlty all the way back to his work on Monty Python and talks about the real hotelier who inspired the character. He also discusses the writing and casting of the show and the challenges of bringing a character like Basil to the screen