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 writer Mary Jo Pehl describes the movie as "nonstop boredom and yawns aplenty" and a "low-key quasi-thriller." Like all the other first-season "MST3K" episodes, "The Corpse Vanishes" did not make the Top 100 list of episodes as voted upon by "MST3K" Season 11 Kickstarter backers. Writer Jim Vogel also took a dim view of the episode, ranking it #184 (out of 191 total MST3K episodes). "It’s not the worst movie in the world, although it is very weird," Vogel says, remarking that the low energy level from the riffers makes this an "MST3K" episode likely to bore the audience. The