The Kipper and the Corpse working at the Savoy he found a guest dead in his room, and was told to discreetly dispose of the body. Cleese turned this into "The Kipper and the Corpse" and the character who died was named Mr. Leeman in his honour. Basil and Sybil are working the bar where Mrs. Chase is fussing over her shih-tzu dog and Dr. Price wants some sausages, but all they can offer him are sandwiches. During the evening, a guest, Mr. Leeman, returns to "Fawlty Towers" feeling unwell; his business colleagues leave, after sympathising and making arrangements for a meeting the next morning.
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"