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15 March 1999 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
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Bad Idea. Bad Sitcom moreCast
(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 7) | Julie Benz | ... | Breeze O'Rourke (9 episodes, 1999) |
 | Ellen Albertini Dow | ... | Flo (3 episodes, 1999) |
| Donna Hardy | ... | Ethel Perlmutter (3 episodes, 1999) |
 | Raymond Ma | ... | Larry Ming / ... (3 episodes, 1999) |
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30 min (9 episodes)Country:
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Los Angeles, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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John Cleese was asked to play a role in the second series as the manager of a rival hotel called the Sand Dune. Larroquette wanted "John Cleese to be the owner and be the nicest man in the world." Due to the lack of success of "Payne", it never happened. moreFAQ
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Suppose you`re an executive of a TV company and a producer runs in saying " Hey let`s rework FAWLTY TOWERS and set it in America " What would you do ? I think the more humane amongst us would sack the producer on the spot , while the less humane would decapitate him for having an idea so bad it borders on the psycotic . I doubt if anyone would say " Hey what a great idea , lets do it "
PAYNE isn`t as bad as it could have been , the worst thing they could have done is copy the scripts word for word and hope for the best, but it`s still a bad sitcom. Royal and Connie Payne love each other and it`s revealed Royal is a great lover not something that can be said about Basil Fawlty who we can believe hasn`t had sex for many years. So you see the character interaction of Sybil and Basil is missing as is the class obsession and sarcasm of Mr Fawlty which made him one of the most memorable people in television history . There`s a bellhop who `s Mexican which means he can speak Spanish and is a Manual to Royal Payne`s Basil Fawlty and that`s about the only half decent crossover from the Cleese/Booth masterwork . PAYNE is only worth watching for the novelty value