Patrick Macnee, The Avengers 'John Steed', RIP

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@terentii

I was reading the Trivia section at this link, and they mentioned the scene with the gag writer being almost identical to the one in the Pythons’ “Funniest Joke in the World” sketch.

The gag writer was Bernard Cribbins, who later played Mr Hutchinson in “The Hotel Inspectors” episode of Cleese’s Fawlty Towers!

From the “obscure but interesting celebrity trivia” thread:

@Robot_Arm

Happened to see an old episode of The Avengers last night that included a pre-Python role from John Cleese. Also in that episode, although he had no scenes with Cleese, was an actor named Bernard Cribbins. Seven years later, Cribbins appeared in an episode of Fawlty Towers.