http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5070650.stm

It's sad, but then again he's going out before he has completely become a pale shadow of himself.

Eddie Cunningham

I doubt he'll ever really retire. Someday, someone will offer him a role he just can't turn down.

Well it doesn't say anything about movies...just sitcoms.I'm sure there's a few more projects in him.

Not unsurprising, and I don't blame him.

Hard to be sad when his comic genius is still on in syndication.

You know, that almost sounds like the setup to a Python skit.

"Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! ... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput."

Too much funny for us? I think he will be back if finds something that tickles his funnybone just right. He's only had a couple of clinkers over the years.

Retiring from TV is just saying what he's put in practice for years, now. Especially after his last TV project became a total fiasco.

What I find intriguing is how he wants to become a comedy professor and teach writers what is funny.

What? But you don't think Fawlty Towers was the greatest comedy EVER?