Fawlty Towers

Cantab.

Just been watching some of the old episodes on google video -- hilarious stuff altogether!

Ruu_Old

"Don't mention the war!" Never get tired of the Waldorf Salad episode. I have the DVDs.

Creature

The greatest sitcom ever. If ever there's a DVD box set worth getting, it's that.

Sherifu

¿qué?

1huge1

Britains best comedy of all time, and thats quiet a statement considering the amount of high quality comedies they've produced over the years.

Picked up the dvd boxset for about €12 there about 2 years ago with every single episode.

Best moment: mrs richards couldnt hear him because she didnt want to turn up the volume on her hearing aid as it wasted the batteries, He then tried to write it down but she couldn't read it without her glasses, Basil tries to tell her their on her head but she couldn't hear him...

Classic

kerry4sam

"ORILLY? ... You ORILLY men? you are big (hideous) ou-rang-u-tang" Classic by Manuel and Basil (on the phone) when the builders were in the hotel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qiYPCb3qNY&feature=related ...

kerry4sam

1huge1 wrote: »

...Picked up the dvd boxset for about €12 there about 2 years ago with every single episode.
...

that was lucky

Ruu_Old

kerry4sam wrote: »

"ORILLY? ... You ORILLY men? you are big ou-rang-u-tang" Classic by Manuel and Basil (on the phone) when the builders were in the hotel

Don't forget Sybil and her "a half-witted, thick Irish joke" about O'Reilly the builder (David Kelly) comment! :eek: People would be up in arms these days.

kerry4sam

Ruu wrote: »

Don't forget Sybil and her "a half-witted, thick Irish joke" about O'Reilly the builder (David Kelly) comment! :eek: People would be up in arms these days.

Sybil to ORILLY "I have seen more intelligent creatures than you lying on their backs at the bottoms of ponds. I have seen better organized creatures than you running round farmyards with their heads cut off Now collect your things and get out. I never want to see you or any of your men in my hotel again"

mike65

Hard to pick a favourite but the interaction bewtween Basil and the major was priceless, not to mention the episode with the Australian (?) female guest who Basil gets accidently intimate with.

Mike.

OPENROAD

Impossibe to pick a best episode they were all great but the one with Manuel and his rat when the health inspector

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igxDVI4Jva4&feature=related

ArmaniJeanss

The fire drill (the first 15 minutes of the German episode).

Glad someone else appreciates the Major as well (loved his 'I took her to see India' line*).

*at The Oval

Creature

The Major was the best. The episode with the Germans, where he thinks the stuffed Moose head was talking to him .

Basq

Picked up the complete boxset in my local music store for 20 euro last Christmas.. was clearing out old stock and had a voucher.

Ashamed to say it's still in the plastic.. might unwrap it this evening and give it a watch!

brousuka

It was and still is hilarious. The only thing is that Cleese is just not as funny in these American films he's being doing ( and making a load of cash out of), probably because I'm expecting the same character type as Basil which I think will never be duplicated by him, or, any other actor. "Clockwise" being nearly the only exception.

kerry4sam

brousuka wrote: »

It was and still is hilarious. The only thing is that Cleese is just not as funny in these American films he's being doing ( and making a load of cash out of), probably because I'm expecting the same character type as Basil which I think will never be duplicated by him, or, any other actor. "Clockwise" being nearly the only exception.

I totally agree and was told to watch 'Clockwise' lastnight on RTE and it certainly didn't disappoint me...one of the few (Ratrace another) where i thought he was funny

Degsy

kerry4sam wrote: »

Sybil to ORILLY "I have seen more intelligent creatures than you lying on their backs at the bottoms of ponds. I have seen better organized creatures than you running round farmyards with their heads cut off Now collect your things and get out. I never want to see you or any of your men in my hotel again"

Ah..which one is man with beard?

Heisenberg.

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Basq

The Scientist wrote: »

Some boardsie has a classic line from it in their sig...

Well, may I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeasts roaming majestically through the plains...

Classic..!

Definitely putting on the boxset this evening!

mental07

The Scientist wrote: »

Some boardsie has a classic line from it in their sig...

Well, may I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeasts roaming majestically through the plains...

Love it! That's my favourite episode! I've the box set too, haven't watched in a while though.

ShoulderChip

basquille wrote: »

Classic..!

Definitely putting on the boxset this evening!

You keep saying this but will you ever get around to it?

Thrill

I love the "don't mention the war" episode and the one where manuel(sp) has a rat called basil when the inspector comes calling. And the one when the psychiatrists were staying at the hotel.....

There all class. Must get the box set. I've been meaning to get it for a while now.

Basq

ShoulderChip wrote: »

You keep saying this but will you ever get around to it?

Now that you mention it, I actually watched 5 / 6 of the 1st season last night.

Still as great as I remember.

'The Hotel Inspectors' episode still remains one of my favourites.. hilarious!

Roar

maunel! there is too much butter on those trays.

que?

there is to much butter on... those... trays..

no no no, no "on those trays".. "uno, dos, tres".

genius

Basq

This thread needs more clips!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0tNAclytdY

mike65

Apologies for this

Wrong on every level

Mike.

Basq

More quality programming from RTÉ! :rolleyes:

jor el

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1huge1 wrote: »

Best moment: mrs richards couldnt hear him because she didnt want to turn up the volume on her hearing aid as it wasted the batteries, He then tried to write it down but she couldn't read it without her glasses, Basil tries to tell her their on her head but she couldn't hear him...

Classic

I liked the bit where he started miming in front of her, so she thought the hearing aid was broken, then turned it up and Basil screams at her.

Never gets old, never gets not funny.

kerry4sam

How To: Manage Your Staff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ3cmoyiYaM&feature=related

as done in : Fawlty Towers / Watery Fowls / Flat Otters / Warty Towels / Fatty Owls / Flowery Twats / Farty Towels...

You really can't go far wrong now can you

youngblood

It seems like it's getting a reboot!

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/07/fawlty-towers-john-cleese-reboot

TheIrishGrover

Yeah. Think that's a mistake.

I mean I love Fawlty Towers (In a wanna-claw-your-eyes-out-and-curl-up-into-a-single-point-with-cringe.... way). The same way I always did. It is of its time, but hey. Again. No problems. The "W" word will be bandied about soon and I'm not interested in that conversation either.

No, I think it's a mistake simply because I don't think it will be funny. When was the last genuinely successful renewal of an old show? Especially a comedy show?

I'm not of the mindset "Oh there are no new ideas. Everything's a remake/reboot/sequel". But shows like this had their day. They were fun. They may still be fun. But leave them die. Do we want to see Del and Rodney becoming crypto-bros?

So nah, not interested really.