NEW! John Cleese Resurrects Basil Fawlty Character In Ad For Specsavers

by Amy Corr @MediaPostOTL, January 6, 2016

Specsavers launched an amusing 60-second spot with John Cleese resurrecting Basil Fawlty, the angry hotelier from the 1970s show "Fawlty Towers." Fast-forward 35 years and Fawlty is having a bit of car trouble. His car won't start and his smart car is giving him instructions that aren't working. His patience tested, Fawlty gets out of the car, grabs a branch and gives his car a good thrashing with a pitiful branch. There's only one problem: Fawlty is thrashing a cop car, not his own vehicle. Someone needs their eyes checked. "Should have gone to Specsavers" closes the ad, as Fawlty bolts the scene. Watch it here, created by Specsavers Creative and directed by Tim Bullock of Blink.

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