Fawlty Towers: I know nothing 

After all these years, it's still one of best written comedies of all time.

_"I learn, I learn...I GET BETTER!!"_ 🤣🤣🤣 Damn, Manuel we love you!!

‘Your horse nitwit’ is a brilliantly underrated moment of the show.

Please, try to understand before one of us dies

I always LOVED Manuel. He was my absolutely favorite character.

If i'm ever feeling remotely down i play this - it has made me chuckle out loud for probably the last 35 years - absolute comedy gold - wonderful stuff!!!

Haha hahahaha doesn't matter how many times you see it this is hilarious, how basil never had a heart attack is a miracle lol!!

Each character played perfectly.....

A total masterpiece. This standard will surely never be reached again.

"Heven-chuwalee..."

There's ONE thing that the Brits have excelled in, par excellence, that is, comedy. Forget the rolls royce, the routemaster bus, fish n chips, it's comedy that I think that the Brits have excelled at.

Andrew Sachs was incredible.

I am from Barthelona

Even by the standards of FT this is brilliant- and after all these years I've come to the conclusion this episode is the best in British comedy history

2:34 is my favourite part for some reason, the way he shakes his head and smiles with his finger saying no.

EVENTUALLY

This is the best sketch of the series. Hands down. I crack up every time

Fawlty Towers works so well, I think, because the comedy is strongly character-based, and the characters themselves are so well-defined that they feel almost real and the actors play each to perfection (from the relatively understated Polly to the exaggerated Manuel and Basil). You don't have scenes where a character says something against what their character would say just because it helps the scriptwriter out of a hole or for a cheap laugh, the characters react at all times in-character to each situation that they face. The best sitcoms all have this, but Fawlty Towers possibly has it the most because Cleese and Booth put all their effort into writing only 12 exceptional scripts, filled with realistic hotel-based and relationship-based incident. I think I read that Cleese (mostly) wrote the situations and Booth (mostly) the dialogue, and they then honed each script to perfection together. No doubt, the contributions of Andrew Sachs and Prunella Scales at rehearsal stage will have added even more polish and ideas. The casting was also exceptionally good for the supporting roles, using many fine and reliable character actors like Bernard Cribbins and Joan Sanderson in very distinctive roles... Actually, I must get the DVD set out again for another watch! :-)

I remember I watched this show on repeat since I was a kid now I’m 19 and I still love it 😂😂! I know nothing!

Still as good as the day it was first performed by Andrew Sachs. He was a brilliant actor and perfectly cast. Such a humble man as well. These two scenes always make me laugh. Manuel gets one up on Basil. Great script.

coming up with the script is already genius enough, acting it out this perfectly, OH MY!!!!!

😑Basil “Please, please try to understand before one of us dies!” One of my favourite lines EVER ☝️🤣

I know nawwthing

This never gets old.

One of the best scenes in any show, ever!

"Think please think" "What was the question again?" Brilliant writing😂

🧡 Watched this hundreds of times over the past 40 years and *still* cracks me up every time.

Great that the elder generation can watch all their old favourites . THANK YOU .

Truly the gold standard of British comedy. I've yet to find any other Britcom that measures up, even after almost 50 years.

I feel like crap. Watching this makes me so happy

GREATEST. COMEDY. SHOW. THERE. EVER. WAS. AND. THAT. THERE. EVER. WILL. BE. Thanks for reading.

Only 12 episodes were ever made of Fawlty Towers. Each were only half hour long. And yet, this classic series is rightly established in the pantheon of comedy haven.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 I'm stressed at work What a reliever I know nothing? Brilliant ❤❤

I barely breathe at 1:35...Fawlty's face!

Pure comedy gold....Priceless.

How they got the characters so beautifully in tune with each other in so few episodes is a testament to Cleeses genius...This level of comedy gold will never be surpassed....It's non stop every episode....🤔😳😀🇬🇧

All these years i have been saying i know nothing in an accent and never thought anything about it. Just heard people say it over the years and now i know where it comes from ha ha

I love Fawlty Towers so much. It makes me laugh more than any other comedy I have ever seen. I wish that someone, somewhere, could write something equally brilliant. Everything about it is exceptional.

probably the scene of all time

Loved this excellent comedy

Please please understand before one of us dies, Brilliant comedy show 🤣

What is witnit?

"Please please try to understand before one of us dies...." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

A pair of the greatest comic scenes in history

Fabulous actor!

*_"What is Whitnit?"_* 😂🤣😅😁😄

Ah your horse it win, It WIN!

Quiet English desperation. Brilliant!

The conversation between Basil and Manuel is particularly brilliant even for this show. Especially the bit where Basil pleads with Manuel to "please try to understand before one of us dies..!" I'm ashamed to say that I've used the line a couple of times since when explaining fairly simple concepts to friends. Luckily, I've chosen good friends who knew the line well enough not to take offence. 😂

OMG ill never get sick of watching this, it's hilarious I love faulty towers

This must be the highlight of the entire series. Totally brilliant...thank you Andrew Sachs🌹🌹🌹Love, love ❤️

This clip of Basil trying to get Manuel to understand his instructions about not saying anything to anyone about the horse that Basil put a bet on and won, simply has to be one of, the most hilarious comedy scenes ever, and becomes even more funny when Manuel, following his instructions, later on in the programme says “I know nothing” and does not understand that he CAN now mention the horse and tell Mrs. Richards that Basil had the money the previous day! If this clip does not make anyone’s ribs ache with hysterical laughter, then I shall never know what will!

Absolutely outstanding!

Manuel getting one up on Basil for a change always makes me laugh

This is pure gold!!

Brilliant show even 👏👏👏

My all time favourite episode...so brilliant...and the diatribe Basil comes out with when he takes Mrs Richards to her room, about the view and the bathtub...hahaaaa😂😂😂

I know how basil feels. I used to deal with customers like Manuel on a daily basis. Didn’t speak English explaining the same thing over and over and over.

The best scene ever! 💕

Manuel is the best in the series :)

This scene... is an awakening....

I learn! I learn! I get better!

Thank you for posting this, Acting at its best! Soooo good!!!

It's a different experience watching these episodes and various clips if one is already an admirer of John Cleese. I'm so predisposed so every frame of every episode of Fawlty Towers is precious to me.

Possibly the gem in all the episodes.

Autumn 1979 if I am correct. Series 2.I remember watching some of the second series as a young boy 😊

😂😂😂 Fawlty Tower, one of the best comedy.

I love Fawlty towers

My favourite scene

never gets old

There's nothing better than faulty towers. Very funny all the time after all these years.

Eventually!!! Brilliant!!😘

Do they hand out anything like "The Emmy's" in England? This show is pure gold for humor with the writing, acting, and physical performance of all the cast.

This is so hilarious and frustrating at the same time. Hahaha

Manuel, I’m gonna send you to a vivisectionist 😂😂😂

Genius untarnished by the passage of time.

Your horse, it win, it win!

This show was nothing but peak comedy.

Genius

Love the scenes with Manuel, they are delightful. The one with the basket and corspe is terrific too!

Basil & Manuel are the core comedy !

That were so funny to watch when this programme was on the television years ago.

absolutely brilliant lol.

"What is witnit"? Brilliant!

🌹 "Thank You ....."

Fawlty Towers is the only laugh-tracked show I can think of that's actually funny

Priceless...

Manuel was a legend

I can't say 'eventuallee' without doing the accent so funny

This type of miscommunication trope is old hat, but the writing here is superb and I don't believe it could ever be bettered. The cleverness of it is that Fawlty is expending just the right amount of thought into the conversation to make it both realistic and hopeless.

I want the part when she says "why you whispering what's going on!😂

So funny! One can see the similarities between Fawlty and Manuel to Chico Marx and Groucho. The communication disconnect with an immigrant is the foundation of both comedy worlds. But Groucho never gets angry when Chico misunderstands. Raises his voice maybe. Or rolls his eyes. Chico and Groucho keep their cool. Cleese is so funny as he loses it. Swearing to himself. Pulling his hair. Those under his breath utterances keep revealing themselves the more I watch these scenes “...before one of us dies!” God I love this show.

So good, causing laughter and amusement 😂🎉I know nothing "🤣

Classic absolute classic!

manuel's eyes when he says "i learn" is the funniest joke in the series

Fantastic show! Incredibly funny!

I know nothing 👌😅😅

Absolute Comedy Filth.. BRILLIANT!!✅👍

Fantastic 🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️

🤣🤣 this is so good! Just plain hilarious