American Reacts Fawlty Towers | Episode 7 (PART 1)

[@McJibbin]

Here is Part 2! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHrSgnSZnLFqqdk

[@gdok6088]

FYI Connor - The Samaritans is a UK charity that provides a 24 hour help line for people in distress. It is often referred to as the 'suicide help line'. It provides a much admired service and people who work for the Samaritans do so on a voluntary basis. Mrs Richards is played by Joan Sanderson an excellent actress who had many roles on stage and screen. She died in 1992 aged 79.

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

I read somewhere that the line "that doesn't work either" after she rang the desk bell, was actually improvised by the actress who played Mrs. Richards. It's one of my favourite lines. It's just genius.

[@damianleah6744]

Joan Sanderson is playing the deaf lady. Brilliant actress she was. 😎

[@marieparker3822]

Joan Sanderson played the grandmother in 'After Henry'- a gentle but sometimes very funny sitcom. Best episode - 'Gossip'.

[@KC-gy5xw]

Dear Prunella Scales! She has dementia now, 55 years she and husband Tim West have been married.. top notch actors both. Love hear early role in Hobsons Choice way back when... Tim West in TV show Brass was amazing!!

[@gorankarlsson8741]

I´m a swede and in Sweden we love brittish humor. This series was enormously popular in Swden and still is. Back in the 1970;s a swedish movie was made for TV that got very popular in the UK. Så I guess it must be possible to find it with english subtitles or maybe dubbed to english. The name of it was "Vi hade i alla fall tur med vädret" (At least we had nice weather), It´s about an average swedich family on vacation in their mobile home (trailer house). I think it would make even americans laugh. Try to find on the YT and make a reaction video about it

[@KC-gy5xw]

Yeh, I'd watch that!! :)

[@swampy1234]

I'm gonna look this show up. Thanks for the recommendation! ❤

[@bblair2627]

Her acting in this is elite (Mrs Richards)

[@glenn20081965]

WHAT! 😂🙃

[@RainReignsX]

@@glenn20081965you heard them

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Classic line 'The sea is the bit between the land and the sky'

[@staticcentrehalf7166]

Lovely interview with Prunella Scales and Tim West on Radio 4 the other day. She's 91 and suffering from vascular dementia, but was still on terrific form.

[@glenn20081965]

The best episode IMO. Mrs Richards is brilliant.

[@Mediawatcher2023]

After Mrs. Richards bumps her head in the hotel office, Basil picks up a bit of something from off the floor and asks, "Is this a piece of your brain?" John Cleese was going to cut this joke before the show aired, but Andrew Sachs convinced him to leave it in. (It gets one of the biggest laughs from the audience for this episode.) John Cleese was very good friends with Joan Sanderson. He specifically wrote the role of Mrs. Richards for her. She was very reluctant to take the role as she is the polar opposite of the character and felt bad for being so miserable. This is the exact reason why Cleese wanted her to play the part. He convinced her to take the part. Cleese was delighted with her performance and stated this is his favorite episode of the series.

[@blakesliberator3197]

14:08 Introducing Terry, the Season 2 chef played by Brian Hall.

[@philjones45]

John Cleese spoke very highly of Joan Sanderson (Rs Richards), he said she was a very likeable lady, totally the opposite of the character shepayed here. I think you can tell he liked her, there are little clues.

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

Joan Sanderson who played Mrs Richards was one of Britain's finest Shakespearean stage actresses of the 20th Century, particularly adapt at playing abrasive women.

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

14:26 Trouble & strife is Cockney rhyming slang for wife. Whoever decided on that was obviously an unhappily married man. He didn't choose for it to be love of my life or light of my life.

[@bealerDSB]

You know that "POLLY" 😊 ACTUALLY WROTE Faulty Towers. If you don't believe me check out the credits roll after

[@wheels2fun526]

Co-writer with John Cleese when they were married.

[@sharonlock6452]

The deaf lady is a wonderful actress called joan sanderson . Definitely not a man lol

[@LoneRanger100]

He definitely didn’t think she was

[@experi-mentalproductions5358]

I hate youtube, this was out for 2 months! Why am I only being recommended it now!?

[@philjones45]

Some of the best lines in any sitcom in this episode such as "The Samaritans were engaged" For those that don't know The Samaritans is a helpline you ring if you feel suicidal. I've given up addressing Connor, as he's obviously too busy to react to comments.

[@c_n_b]

And 'engaged' means the line is busy.

[@chrisw7429]

The Samaritans is a mental health helpline

[@lordwalker71]

Burt Reynolds is from Smokey and the bandit and a bunch of other movies.

[@dcoughla681]

The Samaritans is a charity which provides emotional support for people in emotional distress or contemplating suicide. Basil said the helpline was engaged (busy).

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

Joan Sanderson plays Mrs Richards so well, she genuinely makes you angry.

[@blakesliberator3197]

SO PLEASED you are starting to react to the later series of FT. Enjoy! I think Mrs. Richards was one of the best, if not the best, acted guest stars in the series. One of those characters you'd like to hate but at the same time, you don't hate.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

The Samaritans are a group that help people who feel suicidal.

[@julianbarber4708]

Samaritans is a registered charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, often through its telephone helpline. Its name derives from the biblical Parable of the Good Samaritan although the organisation itself is not religious.

[@bblair2627]

the samaritans are a fantastic Christian charity you can call when you are at death's door

[@chumorgan443]

£7.20 ( 9.13 dollars ) a night in a hotel?. Wow , how thing's have changed.

[@angelapuricelli-fenlon1190]

Samaritans are a volunteer society who support people with mental or stress issues.

[@richardfoster6494]

SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RunningLowOnSerotonin]

More!😅

[@dcoughla681]

Burt Reynolds was a popular actor & sex symbol in the 1970s. He had a moustache. He was in movies like Smokey & the Bandit & Cannonball Run.

[@kingspeechless1607]

He was immensely popular in the 70s, Like no.1

[@mairiconnell6282]

Please Connor can you keep your screen as less busy as you are allowed by Utube? I have visited Torquay many times but I always hope for a visit like this.

[@JustinSawyer-ji5wm]

Some actors are so good they get abused in the street. People are so stupid. It's like waking up from a dream and still being angry at people that pissed you off in the dream!

[@nedludd7622]

Conner doesn't seem to realize that.

[@RalphWigg1]

Google Samaritans

[@danharrison1534]

Don’t mention the war! lol

[@Loki1815]

Why don't you just make yourself smaller instead of moving everything else about? Then you could green screen the original VT to full screen!

[@robert-hh2ft]

most americans dont get this

[@markcutting6504]

Can't remember pollys name.I'm sure someone will comment.was in a relationship with cleese whilst writing the show

[@RobertTaylor-gz2fu]

Connie Booth

[@markcutting6504]

Silly me of course.had a crush on her & I'm 54!

[@kingspeechless1607]

They were married from 1968 to 1978

[@markcutting6504]

She was the witch in holy grail

[@cleaverpatterson1777]

Her name is Connie Booth. She was married to Cleese. They wrote the show together.

[@BlueShadow777]

The hard of hearing character is a *woman* (biological) *not* a man 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@LoneRanger100]

He knows

[@geoffreythomas-cs1sk]

ANOTHER UNKNOWN PERSON RIDING ON THE BACK OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS WHO HAVE SPENT A LIFETIME LEARNING AND PERFECTING THEIR ADMIRED SKILL. APPART FROM THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT THE COMMONTATER KNOWS NOTHING OF BRITISH HUMOUR HE REDUCES THE PERFORMANCE TO A SMALL SIZE BUT CONSTANTLY INTERUPTS IT.!!!!

[@wolfslair31]

No you're thinking of Tom Selleck (Magnum PI, Blue Bloods). Back when a moustache was considered sexy.

[@wolfslair31]

Please try One Foot in the Grave and Keeping Up Appearances