Fawlty Judgement

Funny that I mentioned Jonathan Ross's appearance (is that the right word for radio?) on Russell Brand's Radio 2 program.

Turns out that a prank that they pulled during their time together has caused a huge uproar.

In short, they left messages on the answerphone of national-treasure Andrew Sachs. Sachs played Manuel on Fawlty Towers. As I discovered when I watched that Men of British Comedy special a few years ago, he is not a crazy Spaniard, but a very nice English/Jewish actor.

The two wound him up by implying (well, more than implying) that Brand had shagged his granddaughter. Apparently, the BBC was flooded with calls.

I guess this is one of the differences between our two countries. Of course, we're very puritanical here, but over there, no matter how out-there they can get sometimes, one always has to remember that the BBC have to answer to the fee payers (meaning everyone).

All involved have apologized. When reached, Sachs said, "Que"? (Just kidding ... he said that it his granddaughter who deserves the apology.)

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