@deekat3279 Ramsay is a complete purposeful ****hole. Fawlty is just faulty, that's all. Patently flawed, yes, but without the utterly disgusting malice that fuels Ramsay's despicably hateful rants.
Absolute brilliance to this day. How John and Connie only made 12 episodes was such a wise choice. Better to make 12 of greatness than 250 of lackluster quality. A few current film and tv makers could learn from this.
Alana King I agree completely, so many shows are being ruined because they are being flogged to death - mainly for greed. The Simpson’s is a prime example....
Possibly one of the best lines ever in a sitcom, of course perfect delivery helps. Its was so subtle you could almost miss it, so much better than if it had been delivered in so called punch line!!!
When I was a little kid in the 80s, in America, we have public broadcasting station. Which played tons of English shows. I remember watching fawlty towers and laughing for hours. I’m 49 and to this day I still watch whenever I can. When I was 19 I finally had a chance to go to England and it’s my favorite place that I’ve ever traveled to. Made friends there over the years and still visit every two years. I liked it so much there’s no reason for me to go anywhere else.
I still get the biggest laughs when he has to deal with the bratty kid who doesn't like his chips. Mom says that the boy is "very highly strung," to which Basil replies, "yes, yes, he should be." Brilliant!
When this was first shown around 1975 I was hooked after the first episode. It was a different type of comedy than what was had been used to. It was hilarious. Even when watching this today and knowing what's coming I still find it hilarious. I do think it was the best comedy show ever.
How to be basil Step 1 get yourself in embarrassing situations Step 2 concoct extremely long explanation on how you find yourself in this situation Step 3 shout up the top of your lung Step 4 get yourself out of situation Step 5 blame everything on your wife Step 6 find a person to abuse possibly an employee or a servant Thank you for attending my TED talk ❤️
My mum doesn't find John Cleese the least bit funny. She has no sense of humour. John Cleese is hilarious! My two favourite scenes are when Basil beats his car up with a tree and when he tries to tell Manuel to forget everything he knows about the horse. I've never laughed so much in my life.
Actually a couple of his co stars spoke out abt this. Saying he was mad, even had a cruel streak. The guy who played the waiter said often when Cleese hit him it was really hard and painful. I think your mother has great insight. I didn’t find him 100 % funny either. But there were funny moments
@@lewfarkyy good morning to Britain I hope you are well in this difficult times.....well I don't feel annoyed...the past is the past I was born in 1965.....I have been many times in England and I love this country and his people.....I always felt very welcome as a German I met very interesting people I had good conversations.....I love the countryside.....I would say the English and the Germans are a perfect match...more as the french German connection ever would be....we are both Anglosaxon that's the secret!
I know virtually every line from Fawlty Towers and I still laugh every time I watch it! Brilliant comedy! I remember my father and I laughing hysterically at Basil beating the car with a branch! Classic!
So I come from Croatia and I clearly remember how my late highschool English teacher looked alike and acted like John Cleese. He even had a perfect British accent so most of his teaching time he would spent cracking witty jokes that you see in Fawlty Towers and we kids would enjoy a live British comedy show in our class. :)
The way he sarcastically mutters “yes, thank you SO much!” Has been adopted by me to be used whenever I have problems with technology or something isn’t going my way . It does diffuse the tension a bit, being a comedy moment 😁
I got in trouble at school, for answering back to a teacher, when a minute late, after being told that I was 15 minutes late. "well it is NOW, that's because we've been standing around arguing about it" It did not go down well at all!
Cleese is a comical genius....not sure if he's aware of it..or sees it that way. To me Fawlty Towers is the best sitcom ever in the history of comedy...
I wish I had gotten the name of the guy I talked to today at the bike rack that recommended me to watch Fawlty Towers. He was not wrong and I really enjoyed it. Thank you.
I donno but Im still dissolved into tons of laughter when I see Basil taking in the update about the greek chef who's being drunk.. the moment where he is serious and then screams is a masterpiece... oh my...
the best episode was the hotel inspector and when basil finds out bernard is a spoon salesman instead of an inspector and gets his own back on him was just brilliant lol
@@buckbumble that had me in stiches and when he asks him if he wanted a tea cosy for his pepper pot bernard played that part brilliantly as a complaining customer lol
The actress who played Polly was Connie Booth, who was John Cleese’s wife at the time this series was produced. She was actually American, born in Indiana.
Try a NEW RADIO comedy from across the pond? “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners? AND two radio play ghost stories AND and a brand new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. Here’s the link: ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hex2ltykNTM.html--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on RU-vid.
Remember the golden age of the BBC!? When nobody got offended and everyone just had a good honest laugh. When comedy was sexist, racist, crude with minimal swearing, comedy writers were allowed to write just about anything, and comedic talent was allowed to grow and thrive organically. They were good times.
Don't insult Fawlty Towers by pretending that all tv was anywhere near as good as this in the seventies. About 75% of it was very simple comedy written for very simple people who can't understand much outside of bad puns about sex and quips about mothers in law and those hilarious berry wearing Frenchies. Comedy writers should be able to write about anything, but they must remember to do it in a way that special little boys like me can understand. If you think Allo Allo, Love Thy Neighbour or Only Fools and Horses can hold fork handles to this then it's obviously you who are a delusional snowflake.
Not anymore thanks to the retarded states everything today is offensive. People are snowflakes, they can't take the simplest tiniest of offense. Fucking ridiculous.
Funniest series ever produced. Watched every episode at least 10 times. Then I discovered watching it with subtitles on. There was so much more I missed...
I love the episode when the chef gets pissed and Basil ends up with a duck on his foot. I thought that I was going to have a stroke, I laughed so much.
Try a NEW RADIO comedy from across the pond? “A Trip to the Moon” starring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners? AND two radio play ghost stories AND and a brand new mystery listed on my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. Here’s the link: ! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hex2ltykNTM.html--Claud. If you don’t want to click the link just search “Claude Chabot presents” on RU-vid.
Snowflakes was used in a book by a gay Male author critiquing toxic masculinity. People like you who use snowflake as an insult are hilariously inept and immature.
@@crickcrot twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1015886273482027014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1015886273482027014&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fjohn-cleese-snowflake_n_5b42de4ee4b09e4a8b2e8614 Here's what John Cleese would have to say about you twit.
@@theangryholmesian4556 So does that also make the gay author, in your words "hilariously inept and immature", and in Johns', to paraphrase -"A sociopath without empathy"? And as he started the term would you also continue on so as to call him a "Twit" as well?
Try the bit when the Major's going on a date with Marjorie Atwell,there's about 6 gags in one- Bullet points are Marjorie Atwell, Winifred(Winnie)Atwell(famous black piano player),Winston(Winnie)Churchill.When all the confusion is over,the final joke is the Major is going on a date with a woman who looks like Winston Churchill,all crammed into about 30 seconds,brilliant writing!!
"Hello?" *smashes alarm glass "Thank you, thank you" "Now" *Phone rings "WERE HAVING IT" He just knows it is Sybil on the other end of it the amount of times she pesters him in that episode
Polly in her underwear or that Aussie bird....no just kidding!! Mr Lehman bedroom scene is the best humour scene ever with the dancing!!!!! On your worst day,play that!
7:34, John Cleese's commentary on the DVD at that scene is hilarious. 'Oh God, look at Connie. My God, I remember why I fell in love with her, get your hands off her, you horrible little man!'
