Top 10 Fawlty Towers Moments 

It's sad how a number of people have never even heard of it.

Kiddies around my age (14) probably won't remember a brilliant sitcom like this nowadays.

True quality not quantity only 12 episodes

I would say that the thin blue line, father ted and the entire black adder series, aswell as the Mitchell and Webb look, aswell as the Henry Enfield series, aswell as the a bit of fry and lauriel are also pretty good. The scene "Judge me not" is IMO one of the best ones.

the colonel: I don´t care much for Germans...

Have you seen only fools and horses and last of the summer wine?

im a complicated american born in '62 and i agree

I'm surprised that didn't cause an international incident.

The Official Classic Among Classics!

Best scene ever! Followed by the Ministry of Sill Walks reference

😂😂

Whatever you do, don't mention the war... ;)

SJMJ91 yep R.I.P

Oh, I didn't know

OFAH is up there

@@cov9290 I think, perhaps, people of Canada and America may have to know John Cleese from Monty Python to find it funny, and also understand British humour. It is my favourite sit com ever !!!!

When I was stationed in the UK in the 70s, Fawlty Towers made me laugh so hard that I often lost my breath. I have the entire series on DVD.

You mean Farty Owls? Fatty Towels? Or Flowery T***s? 😂😂😂

Where can I get them?

Rich77UK haha

So many likes for an inaccurate quote lol, I love this scene so allow me... Other Lady: “Uh, excuse me.” Sybil: “Yes?” Other Lady: “Do you think we could cancel our fruit salads?” Sybil: “Well, it's a little tricky, chef's just opened the tin." Other Lady: “Oh.” Doris: “Never mind. I'm sure it'll be very nice, thank you.”

horrid woman

@@BruceAlarie- not horrid, just had no tolerance for Basil’s…idiosyncrasies 😂

One of my favorite episodes. This has got to be one of the funniest episodes ever.

Dead Kennedy Totally agree! Next to the silly walk that was the funniest line in all of Fawlty Towers

Dead Kennedy my thoughts exactly

+sasha blaine It has to be one of the funniest episodes of everything ever.

+1

😂😂😂 So did I. Two books actually: "The Complete Shakespeare", published almost a century ago, and "The Lord of the Rings". Before that I only knew Queen's English or similar taught at public schools

Absolutely!! Every line so funny...

Walker?

@@gaskellr44 Apologies. Connie Booth.

@@gaylasmith5279 Nowt to apologise for, was just puzzled as to who that was. Must have been another name on your mind.

@@gaskellr44 My brain has been elsewhere. I suddenly found myself the caregiver for my 91-year-old Mother this last year. Wasn't the only time I made a blunder recently. Peace.

Yes!! That episode is so funny (as are all of them!!)

As Polish I love the line ;)

It's very funny. But it doesn't seem historically accurate. I googled the subject and found that Hitler took over two other countries and a couple of other regions before invading Poland, but I guess those don't count because the other countries surrendered (even though one had an army of one million men)? Is it an act of war if one side gives up without a shot? If yes, I suggest WW2 started in 1938, and perhaps even in 1936. Hey, it's the internet, so I'm entitled to my opinion.

@@mattsmith1518 I think it was 9 days after. But it sounds like you are agreeing with my crazy proposition that invading a country with a massive army isn't an act of war if the smaller army doesn't fight back. I disagree with you. I think if you invade with overwhelming force and aren't wanted there it is an act of war. But this is just my opinion.

@@mattsmith1518 That's an argument. But what would you say if one side called it a war but the other side didn't? For example, in the Korean conflict, North Korea called it a war, but the United States called it a Police Action. As wikipedia says, "In the US, the war was initially described by President Harry S Truman as a "police action" as the United States never formally declared war on its opponents and the operation was conducted under the auspices of the United Nations." So who gets to decide if something is a "war"? The leaders at the time? Or historians? I would say historians are less biased and more accurate. And I would say that historians should say WW2 really started in 1938 when Hitler started invading countries that didn't want to be invaded.

​@@mattsmith1518 Ok, I'll stop. I guess I could have been a little nicer, (sorry) but as arguments go it was quite friendly between us. Most discussions on the internet are very uncivil. We did okay. We used logic more than emotions. I wish you well, and once again sorry if I came across as argumentative.

my mum is going out with sunone frumnorway

I think that episode was as funny as any of them. "C'mon you vicious bastard! What do you want me to do for you? I put gas in you! I put oil in you! I've warned you time and time again! I'm going do give you a damn good trashing!".

Have you noticed the difference in the road just before he parks on the corner and then when he gets out of the car.... a continuity error.

I'm a Canadian 16 year old and I have watched these episodes on VHS like 15 times haha

I'm --- I forget, what year is this? Time has flown since Conan Doyle and I played that trick on everyone at Piltdown.

+ALLNEWSUX1 Ex-wife Connie*

+ALLNEWSUX thats what you get when its taken from reality

@@JayWelton92 This Sit Com is, by far, the greatest ever!!

+Dharmesh Mistry (daggerdraco) My dad and I used to watch it together. He passed away six years ago. He was British, so he raised us on British humor. I've always been grateful for that. And yes, the "land and the sky" bit in Fawlty Towers always gets me. Also the whole thing with him talking to himself in the office, "Voom! What was that? That was your life, mate. Oh, that was fast. Do I get another one? Nope, that's your lot, mate." Sybil walks in... "Back to the land of dreams.... Yes, dear?" LMFAO...

raerae1281 Loved that. Died laughing also at "Manuel, there is too much butter on those trays" "Que?" "There is too much butter, on those trays!" "No sir, not on dos treys, uno dos tres" Im actually having trouble typing right now from laughing. Little did you know, I'm in school and sending this. :T

Dharmesh Mistry The "Uno, dos, tres" thing still cracks me up every time... And her telling Polly there isn't any "paper" in her room ;)

raerae1281 LOL! "She wants to fight? I'll give her a fight all right!"

Dharmesh Mistry *snorts* Mrs. Richards is my favorite.

A show with only 14 episodes is a lot more memorable than two and a half men, a show that has been going on for nine seasons or something.

12, actually.

I love that scene XD

GH NaTHaN Thats my favourite episode! Mrs Richards!

Yes, communication problems is also my personal favorite. "What is witnit?!"

What people forget is that the Germans episode was also the Fire Drill episode. Funny how things work.

SkThe Janner Right. 'Because obviously, if there was a fire, you'd all be standing here in the lobby like this wouldn't you'. And the best part is, they actually are all standing in the lobby when the kitchen goes on fire :D.

It was the beloved days before 'political correctness' and all the crap TV that followed.

G Mulreay Good days indeed!!!

G Mulreay Those were the good old days.

Agreed

You could be describing me! (And I am British by the way).

Andrew Sachs is brilliant as the English defective Spanish waiter. In actuality, he speaks with a highly proper upper class English accent in real life.

Just Briliant

Came here for this

Best Television series ever made

I also like the kippper and the corpse and Gourmet Night.

the deaf guest wasnt in the actually list, therefore im still suing

Was there ever any doubt?

Don't mention the war!!

you started it. no we didn't. yes you did, you invaded poland

(Gulp) You just mention it!

My favorite part is when Basil shoves Manuel back into the burning kitchen.

Bentonic XD that part was also one of my favourites.

Boom Bang Pow The talking moose as well was really gut-bustingly funny

*We're* sorry had to do it :)

Just for the record, I am not one of them. I loved that episode and I am from Berlin.

***** Bloß weil ich einen akkadischen Blechkopp und einen altmesopotamischen Königstitel benutze, heißt das noch lange nicht, daß ich kein Deutscher bin. Ich nehme allerdings an, daß einige Vorfahren vor ein paar Jahrhunderten als Hugenotten aus Frankreich kamen. Ändert leider nichts an meinem erbärmlichen Französisch.

***** ...nice...

(Don't mention the war)

You'd have a hard time finding even ONE German who wouldn't find this funny... Germany was the first non-English speaking nation to have a Python fanclub! Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

+Benaiah Sombke " The Hotel Inspectors ".

+Benaiah Sombke The Germans or Kipper and the Corpse!

"Basil the rat"

+Benalah Sombke Yup, can't believe this didn't make the cut, first time I saw the following exchange almost burst a blood vessel laughing! (_I had this kicking around so_....): Manuel, could you lend Mrs.Richards your assistance in connection with her reservation? Now I've reserved a very quiet room with a bath and a sea view. I specifically asked for a sea view in my written confirmation, so please make sure I have it. Que? What? Que? K? Si. C? "KC"? "KC"? What are you trying to say? No, no, no, no. Que: What. K-watt? Si.Que what. C. K. Watt? Yes! Who is C.K. Watt? Que? Is he the manager, Mr. Watt? Manaher! He is? Ah, Mr. Fawlty! What? Fawlty! What are you talking about, you silly little man? What is going on here? I ask him for my room, and he tells me the manager's a Mr. Watt, aged 40. No.No, no. Faw-lty. "Faulty"? What's wrong with him? It's all right, Mrs. Richards. He's from Barcelona. The manager's from Barcelona? No, no, no. He's from Swanage......

"The Builders"? Anyone?

What I found amazing is that there was four years between season 1 and season 2. John and Connie had been going through a divorce and only realized that they could do a second season because , even though they had divorced, could still write great material together. John is not backward in coming forward about the fact that Connie was brilliant at writing comedy.

@@Scottie_S What I find amazing is that Connie Booth is an American, she wrote at least 50% of the shows, probably 60%, and people still call it "British Comedy." I would call it American comedy at its best.

@@TheNameOfJesus people, eh?

@@TheNameOfJesus There's nothing American to the humour in Fawlty Towers. Just because Connie Booth wrote a lot of it, doesn't mean it belongs in an American oeuvre.

It really is. I have literally seen the whole box set, dozens and dozens of times. Maybe I shouldn't have admitted to that? I love Fawlty Towers!

I miss RU-vid star ratings

Fran MC He's probably still waiting for that drink at this very moment.

Hanuvanara Haha yeah most probably

Fran MC Nah, he gets it during the credits, best part of the episode.

RIGHT!!!!!

A gin and orange a lemon squash and a scotch and water walked into a hotel ....

+Diggy22 same here;) what a movie!

+Diggy22 Yup, me too. I was the only one to burst out laughing and got some confused looks... :D

I was most impressed by that as well made me laugh out loud, and for once they did not use Mr bloody Bean I love deadpool lol

Omg yeah that made me laugh so hard

Got it as well, when I first saw it! A disgrace that so many people don't even know who Basil Fawlty is.

Cleese commented that Andrew Sachs was no less skilled comedically speaking and that they often had great verbal "tennis matches".

hehe that i can and will belive :) an woude have been fun to watch :)

Marko Barrows

+Rory Hossell *snicker* Love that one.

Just genius isnt it !

Communication Problems is my favorite. So much win in this episode. "i want to see the manager." "I am the owner." "I want to see the manager" "I am the manager aswell." "Oh you are Watt." "i´ve wanted a room with a view." "What did you expect from a Torquay Hotel room? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The hangin gardens of Babylon? Herds of Wildebeests sweeping majestically?" "I want to see the sea" "Oh you can see the sea. It´s there between the land and the sky."

That's the same as #1 pick on here.

same here. the major was astounding

Major Gowen is the best. (And German women are good card players.)

***** I took her to see India....at the Oval! Classic Major!

thanks for the like Lily - I love animals too

Wtf is British comedy?! This show along with almost all other comedy shows is English!

Roxanne D'souza que?

Roxanne D'souza "I lerrrn'd it frrrom a booooooooooook!"

yes idid as well

Obviously needs to be explained to the simple Americans that don't understand British humour.

We have a lot of simpletons in the US (generally we call them "republicans"), but explaining the "humour" [sic] won't make it funny, heh.

Been watching British programs of all stripes for +45 years... nothing needs explaining. British humor is the best of all.

I think Watchmojo is from Canada.

That's funny because most democrats I know are idiots.

yes icoodent aggreemor