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- latexsolarbeef, on 05/04/2009, -1/+38I have so much admiration for John Cleese. He and his mates @ Monty Python had an incredible influence on my perception of the world when I was growing up. And Fawlty Towers was hysterical...I'd have to say my favorite little moment on that show was right at the beginning with the anagrams of the hotel name...by far the best one had to be "Flowery *****."
- AmyVernon, on 05/05/2009, -0/+27Fawlty Towers has had me in tears, laughing. It was only a relative handful of episodes, but I can (and have) watched them over and over and over again.
- GrooTheWanderer, on 05/05/2009, -0/+25John's impression of Hitler in episode 6 will always be burned into my memory as one of the funniest spectacles in television history.
Don't mention the war! - raydeen, on 05/05/2009, -0/+22"Don't mention the war! I did once but I think I got away with it!"
- Infidelcastr0, on 05/05/2009, -1/+20I think Fawlty Towers may well be the funniest sitcom in history.
- zombieisland, on 05/05/2009, -0/+19John Cleese has said that Basil and the whole idea came from a real hotel with a really nasty hotel manager in Torquay where he and the other Pythons used to stay. He liked to stay there for the bad service.
- borez, on 05/05/2009, -1/+18Watching Fawlty Towers today is still as funny as the first time around. Completely timeless show, in this case it's definitely appropriate to say: they don't make them like they used to.
- alwaysnomadic, on 05/05/2009, -0/+15fawlty: there is too much butter on those trays.
manuel: no, no, senor... uno, dos, tres. - Shiner76, on 05/04/2009, -0/+14Messed up my description, the second sentence was to read: "A clip from a TV special to be broadcast next Sunday", apologies
- algorythm, on 05/05/2009, -0/+12Awesome show! I wish they had made more episodes...
- RedHawk911, on 05/05/2009, -0/+10One of the best shows ever!
- borez, on 05/05/2009, -1/+9No?
- toxicpiano, on 05/05/2009, -0/+8They actually said in an interview I saw that the reason they didn't make more is because they couldn't make a third series funnier than the second.
- robinthehood, on 05/05/2009, -1/+8Black Adder would be a close running second.
BALDRICK! - toxicpiano, on 05/05/2009, -1/+8That's got nothing to do with it. The BBC is publicly funded with no advertising, they don't make money from showing it in the first place.
- Stormwern, on 05/05/2009, -0/+6Que?
- tomasmarc, on 05/05/2009, -0/+6Pure classics. Just pure classics.
- dopste, on 05/05/2009, -0/+6"In just 1977 and 1978 alone, it was sold to 45 stations in 17 countries and was the BBC's best selling overseas program for that year" - Wiki
- Hu99, on 05/05/2009, -0/+6American Guest: This is the worst run hotel in Western Europe.
Major: NO! I won't have it!!......There's a place in Eastborne. - Klak, on 05/05/2009, -0/+5i just want a Waldorf salad!
- jakobmakob, on 05/05/2009, -1/+6I liked Farty Towels.
- Kookami, on 05/05/2009, -0/+5Watery Fowls.
- Myonosken, on 05/05/2009, -1/+5....so?
- raydeen, on 05/05/2009, -1/+5Fatty Owls.
- Kookami, on 05/05/2009, -0/+4I dare say the middle line is "¿Que?" (you'll have to forgive him, he's from Barcelona)
- unknamed, on 05/05/2009, -2/+6It's quite a testament to how good this show was that after 30 years, only running a very limited amount of episodes, and being from a small TV market that people still know about it.
Think about how many sitcoms have come and gone in the US. - REBELinBLUE, on 05/05/2009, -0/+4It is "thick as a plank", not "think it's a prank"
- djnforce9, on 05/05/2009, -1/+4I loved that show. Manuel was one of the funniest characters I've ever seen in a TV show with memorable moments like:
Manuel: Ah! Hello, men!
O'Reilly Workman # 1: Good day now.
Manuel: And you are men.
O'Reilly Workman # 1: You what?
Manuel: You're men!
O'Reilly Workman # 1: You tryin' to be funny?
Manuel: Kay?
O'Reilly Workman # 1: I said are you trying to be funny?
O'Reilly Workman # 2: Not here. Not here.
Manuel: You are men with Orelly!
O'Reilly Workman # 1: What?
Manuel: You Orelly men!
O'Reilly Workman # 1: What does that mean?
Manuel: You Orelly!
O'Reilly Workman # 1: [Angry] You watch it!!!
Manuel: Where Orelly?
O'Reilly Workman # 1: What's he going on about?
O'Reilly Workman # 2: He means O'Reilly.
O'Reilly Workman # 1: What? Ahhhhhh yes! We are Orelly men. [Says to O'Reilly Workman # 2] Think it's a prank. - ibeetle, on 05/05/2009, -1/+4The sign... the sign at the front door the anagrams.... oh man.
Fatty Owls
Flowery *****
Hope PBS or BBCAmerica runs this documentary. Although PBS will do it during pledge drives cutting every 10 minutes, spending 20 minutes each break begging for money. Then offering a DVD of the show for a donation of $100 dollars. - ecualung, on 05/05/2009, -0/+3"Don't touch me, I don't know where you've been!"
- Myonosken, on 05/05/2009, -2/+5....small TV market? Way to belittle a whole country. I'm fairly sure the UK TV market is pretty big- far bigger than it should representatively be.
- pringadi17, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2awesome
- srv0, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Easier to find a packet of sliced hippopotamus in suitcase sauce...
- Balanced, on 05/05/2009, -1/+3It's a pity he didn't write it:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.a ... - dsmx, on 05/05/2009, -1/+3I prefer Blackadder to fawlty towers but it's pretty close between them.
- themadrammer, on 08/18/2009, -0/+2Does she have her father's teeth?
- inactive, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Good to know.
- Nuhaus, on 05/05/2009, -1/+3Flowery *****
- DouglasQ, on 05/05/2009, -4/+6Here's Mr Cleese's "Letter to America" for those who haven't seen it; http://starrgazr.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/john-cle ...
- scarwars, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Do not mention the war!
- MonkeyNews, on 05/06/2009, -0/+2Exactly - only 12 episode. But all were brilliant.
- dmax801, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Care for a rat?
- ScaryUK, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2The main reason that they only run to series of 6 and only a limited number of series is that British comedies are written by individuals or pairs rather than big teams of writers.
The writer(s) have more artistic control over the programmes but of course can't churn out the material needed for 40 episodes a year.
Series like Fawlty Towers, BlackAdder, Young Ones, The Office, I'm Alan Partridge etc have benefitted from this... they wouldn't be so good if they went to several hundred episodes - Jashobeam5, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Manuel: I say to man in shop, "Is rat." He say, "No, no, no. Is a special kind of hamster. Is filigree Siberian hamster." Only one in shop, he make special price, only five pound.
Basil: Have you ever heard of the bubonic plague, Manuel? It was very popular here at one time. A lot of pedigree hamsters came over on ships, from Siberia . . . Is not hamster! Hamsters are small and cuddly. Cuddle this, you'd never play the guitar again.
http://wwwtheothersideofparis.blogspot.com/2008/07 ... - Strunt, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Anyone remember John Cleese on Cheers?
- JoeParanoid, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2It's true: a friend happened to stay at the hotel though I don't recall if it's actually in Torquay.
- Strunt, on 05/05/2009, -0/+2Basil Fawlty: "Is something wrong?"
German: "Will you please stop talking about the war?"
Basil Fawlty: "Me? You started it!"
German: "We did not start it."
Basil Fawlty: "Yes you did, you invaded Poland!"
....so much happens in that episode, it's the falling moose that causes the problems :) - spriggig, on 05/08/2009, -0/+1The writers had a grand time torturing Basil, the horse race betting episode comes to mind.
Oh and Polly was hot. - SnotRag, on 05/07/2009, -0/+1Flay Otters
- ThatsNotPoetry, on 05/06/2009, -0/+1When are people going to realize that if I have to wait for an ad to load, I'm less likely to watch the damn video?
Anyway, <3 Cleese. -
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