The Kipper and the Corpse The Kipper and the Corpse "The Kipper and the Corpse" is the fourth episode of the second series of the British sitcom "Fawlty Towers". It first aired at 9.00pm on 12 March 1979 on BBC2. Distinguishing it from other episodes is its heavy use of black comedy. During the early 1970s, John Cleese met a young hotelier called Andrew Leeman. They went on holiday together to the Aegean with their girlfriends between the first and second series of "Fawlty Towers", a time when Cleese was looking for ideas for plots. During the holiday, Leeman told him how when he was
The Corpse Vanishes was questioned by Joel if there was anything positive from the movie, he short circuits. The MST3K episode is available in the collectors volume 16. Bela Lugosi also starred in another 1942 horror film, "Bowery at Midnight". In a scene in that film outside a cinema, an advertising poster for "The Corpse Vanishes" outside the cinema doors features Lugosi's image and name. "The Corpse Vanishes" was featured in episode #105 of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" along with Chapter 3 of "Radar Men from the Moon", a Commando Cody serial. The episode debuted in December 1989 on the Comedy Channel. "MST3K"