Fawlty Towers 1x4 REACTION!! "The Hotel Inspectors"

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[@josefschiltz2192]

I'm on the edge of my seat wondering if and when you lot are going to recognize Wilf from the David Tennant era of Doctor Who.

[@donnchaodalaigh4031]

Any chance of a reaction to the rebel moon trailer?

[@johnking5174]

When you were talking about living in a hotel, back in the 1970s it was very common for older people to live in reasonably priced hotels, usually three star hotels. When people retired, they didn't want to have the problem with managing a big house, especially if their children were older and/or maybe they were widowed. So they would stay in a hotel and usually get better rates. I am not sure if it is common now, but back in 1975/1979 when Fawlty Towers was made and aired, it was fairly common. More richer older people stayed in 4 or 5 star hotels.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

That ending..."And what can I do for you three gentlemen...AAAAAAHHHH!!!!" always gets me. This show's comedy is something else.

[@watershipup7101]

Agreed

[@natelung]

I used to have a screenshot of his expression as a profile picture on some sites.

[@Patogeno1000]

My favourite part of the episode😂

[@The90slim90]

It's really almost like a precursor to the "perfectly cut screams" memes. Absolutely brilliant.

[@Brookspirit]

Bernard Cribbins is an absolute legend in the UK

[@happiestaku6646]

Right Said Fred is a classic song

[@Mansplainer2099-jy8ps]

Noel Fielding: "Is Davros that small one, with the weird face? Looks like a prawn?" David Tennant: "A bit like a prawn, yeah." Bernard Cribbins: "I like prawns, they're nice!" Noel Fielding: "Bernard, I can see there's going to be a clash between our styles. I'm gonna look like a right mainstream idiot when you've been on."

[@JohntheLNERP2]

Indeed he is a legend may he rest in peace

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

❤🌹🙏🏽🕯

[@PianoDentist]

pronounced: Ber-nerd 😁

[@johnnysparkle]

The scene in which Basil needs three tries to open a wine bottle because the cork keeps breaking, was a complete accident. John Cleese admits that it could never have worked that well if they'd tried to do it deliberately.

[@carlhartwell7978]

Never knew that, but it does make sense. Certainly if that is the case, it's part happenstance. But also what crew but Cleese's would carry on filming with Cleese carrying on acting/improvising? I mean there are other actors I can think of, Keaton, Sellars, Milligan, Williams, Carey, Murphy, even Martin or Gervais (all comedians coincidentally) with whom similar scenes were no doubt shot. Part happenstance, part genius. Comedians (standup especially) do seem to have a penchant for great acting I've often thought.

[@LinkedToReality]

The redness of Eric's face is reaching critical levels :D

[@PierceArner]

The way the laughter absolutely consumes the entire table in these episodes is really just the absolute _BEST._

[@matwilliams8012]

The ending sequence with the scream is a perfect piece of editing. To quick it doesn’t land, to long it loses its sting but the cut to credits on the scream is just perfect!!!

[@t.e.sprocketeering]

Very much agreed. Cleese, I think, could be quite particular about finding the precise amount of ‘x’ required to make a scene as funny as possible. I know a considerable amount of thought was put into choosing a branch of exactly the right size and flexibility for a certain future scene, for example - in order to make the action simultaneously an over the top reaction while remaining completely impotent - and thereby, funny.

[@ryuhitsuya21]

John Cleese man. A different level of comedy

[@cromwellthesynth]

peak classic british comedy

[@mcborge1]

Bernard Cribbins actually went up against the Daleks before going up against Basil Fawlty as he was in the second Doctor Who movie starring Peter Cushing back in the 60s.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

I remember seeing that movie when I was on holiday as a kid :)

[@tillyt4054]

He’s also Donna’s grandad Wilf in New Who

[@mcborge1]

@@tillyt4054 We all know that.

[@joshscurr8179]

I’m so happy they recognised and gave recognition to Bernard Cribbins

[@MsSmokeandmirrors]

I'm old enough to have watched these when they were first broadcast.... I love how much you love them - they are classics. We quoted them endlessly at school 😂

[@coecludd]

Bernard Cribbins - who appeared as the Spoon Salesman here, also appeared years after this on Doctor Who as "Wilf" - which you are aware of. You might not know that he actually appeeared in one of two British movie adaptions of Doctor Who in the 1960's (about a decade before Fawlty Towers). His movie is called Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. - well worth a review and features actor Peter Cushing as Doctor Who and was Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars!

[@GedUK]

One of Britain's finest comedy actors!

[@Payne2view]

I like in the fight when Mr Hitchenson says "I'm not a violent man" and Basil says "Yes you are". Bernard Cribbins was fantastic in this episode.

[@LuvSlushie]

This has to be the best ending of any episode for me, when he screams at the end after realising who the three men are! 😱😂

[@Tao_Tology]

Plus they, also, might not be the inspectors (as far as he knows).

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

They are. They are heard mentioning it in a previous scene.

[@themightybelgarath9565]

There is actually a Fawlty Towers experience in the UK theatres - you order a meal to eat whilst they act around you - it’s apparently really good

[@MattMeadowsDesigns]

I've been twice its amazing!

[@foxden2112]

They have done it here in Australia too and it is really good

[@RollerbazAndCoasterDad]

Cleese hates it because I believe they have been accused by him of dodging royalties using a technicality. Though of course there may be more than one side to that tale.

[@terrimasefield552]

Shouldn't that be Vealy good?😊

[@joevictor53]

​@@RollerbazAndCoasterDadI don't like Cleese but I'm with him on this one. It's pretty clear they got away with making it an unofficial show and avoided paying for any rights to the characters/show

[@babygod999]

I love how positive you guys always are. Everyone is just having a good time with smiles on their face in every video, Awesome content guys!

[@JCMagic98]

15:40 There is a 'Faulty Towers' Dining Experience in London which is amazing!

[@coldwhite4240]

I was waiting for the ending of this. This is my favourite ending of all the episodes. Fawlty's scream and the fact that all the hotel inspectors jump is hilarious! I think their startled reaction is genuine, as they didn't expect Cleese to yell so loudly! Well done, lads!

[@AngoMango16]

Only two more weeks until the fire drill scene! It’s gonna be worth the wait!

[@lillymsf5946]

That bit where he screams into the phone just as it rings has me ROLLING EVERY TIME XD XD XD

[@jonnyl4273]

Will they be able to show much of that episode with the major

[@MsSmokeandmirrors]

I'm waiting for The Germans...

[@stuart1346]

Spoilers 😂

[@lillymsf5946]

I hope they check out some other awesome British sitcoms, ik they'd just love Red Dwarf and Blackadder

[@Floyd1138]

yeah its wilfred from dr who, he also was in dr who movies from the 60's

[@cje499]

Eric's face at the end of the episode 😂😂😂😂😂

[@adambulmash6880]

A couple of fun facts: 1. According to Cleese, Basil Fawlty was based on a real person that he and the Pythons encountered in 1970. He actually ran a hotel in Torquey, and he was, according to Cleese, “The rudest man [he’d] ever met.” He was so rude, in fact, that he chased the other Pythons out of the hotel. Cleese stayed because he was too lazy to pack up and move. Apparently he got Basil’s penchant for looking busy when someone came to the front desk and acting put out by every little request from the actual man. 2. The actress who played Polly was Cleese’s wife at the time. I think they divorced between the 1st and 2nd season, but Fawlty Towers is really their brainchild.

[@kevinmorrice]

didnt the real guy throw eric idles suitcase over the wall because he hated the alarm clock ticking

[@Rmlohner]

The real guy was named Donald Sinclair, and his widow tried to attack the show for character defamation. Which just resulted in a ton of guests saying Sinclair was even worse.

[@martindunstan8043]

​@@kevinmorriceSinclair allegedly threw the suitcase over a wall as it was unattended something which people today wouldn't worry about but unattended cases in Hotels, airports, trainstations etc were a potential IRA bomb threat back in the day, I've no idea if it was a complete over reaction obviously, there may well have been a recent attack that had been on the news I don't know but the public were urged to be vigilant at the time,he could well have been over enthusiastic!

[@TheBoglin]

When you see Eric turn red and spin around in his chair- you know its a good laugh 😂😂

[@Rmlohner]

You can't hear it at all due to the audience roaring so much, but Basil's last line to Wilf is "And if you ever come back, I shall kill you!" Cleese has always regretted that it didn't get picked up by the mikes.

[@GrumpySoth]

Watching you guys pissing yourselves laughing makes my day. Great Job. Subbed

[@Rickhorse1]

My all-time favorite comedy series. The writing is amazingly good. How the actors kept a straight face is remarkable.

[@Jonnot-vo1qc]

The episodes were written by Basil & Polly, who, if I remember correctly, were married previously to the show's creation.

[@captvimes]

Well spotted Bernard Cribbins was a much loved assistant in Dr Who and he had a great career.

[@jerryhayes9497]

The wonderful Bernard Cribbins😂 Sadly passed away last year if I remember correctly 😢

[@BenjWarrant]

I worked with a lady who had been in the audience for this episode. She said it took four times as long as necessary to film because John Cleese and Bernard Cribbins kept making each other laugh so much.

[@suncore598]

Basil being terrible is why we love him.

[@Bjowolf2]

Precisely - he says and does all the bad and wrong things that the rest of us can only dream of, but are too polite and well mannered to attempt.

[@carlhartwell7978]

@@Bjowolf2 Yeah, I think you hit the nail on the head. Us mere mortals can only hope to reach the depraved impolite depths that he does!🤣

[@Bjowolf2]

@@carlhartwell7978 If only he could just win just once, maybe there also would hope for the rest of us 😉 He is like the human version of poor Donald Duck 😂

[@carlhartwell7978]

@@Bjowolf2 Lol, Fawlty is FAR more than somewhat similar to Daffy! Wow, I think you may well have inadvertently recognised how Cleese captured Daffy Duck in 'Live Action'!🤣👍 Though in John's defence, very few but he could have done it, in his time certainly.

[@agaskew]

In the book of the scripts, Basil has a line that he says as he pushes Mr Hutchinson out of the door at the end: "Now go away. If you ever come back I shall kill you."

[@a35362]

16:00 Re the actual hotel: the hotel that we see in the opening credits burned and has been demolished, and the hotel that inspired the series was demolished as well.

[@poskeegget8043]

I love that John Cleese got the idea for this show from an actual hotel. He was staying at it with the Monty Python crew, and as the other left because of the hotel manager he stayed because he found it so endlessly entertaining.

[@OctoStar20]

John Cleese once said he spent the night with a Danish woman, and out of nowhere she looked at him and started laughing uncontrollably. John looked at her and said "Basil Fawlty?", to which she nodded "Yes"

[@jimmygreer2140]

I wouldn't doubt it. Even to this day, like 50 years later, if I saw him I would probably bust out laughing with a few lines from The Germans.

[@Bjowolf2]

The FT series was and still is hugely popular here in Denmark and in the rest of Scandinavia, and it has been rerun at least 10 times here in DK - so we know most of the lines by now, and yet we are still giggling and laughing hysterically every single time, it is on here.

[@imajinallthepurple]

​@@Bjowolf2 And I'll happily watch it again every single time. 😂👍

[@ameliacraiig4193]

LOL. Really?! Before or after they had sex?😁

[@alexkrycek3359]

@@Bjowolf2is it shown dubbed?

[@harifederer]

I can’t wait till the Waldorf Salad

[@MrEAus]

Everybody drives on the wrong side of the road in this country... I'm gonna bust their ass..!

[@tonynelson2262]

That episode has an interesting connection to a little film called The Empire Strikes Back.

[@harifederer]

@@tonynelson2262 That’s right! I wonder if the crew will pick it up

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

We're all out of Waldorf's.

[@tenmark7055]

Residential hotels used to be a thing in this country. I had an aunt who co-owned one in Bradley Beach NJ in the 50's & 60's which mostly had long term retirees living year to year. It was actually cheaper than renting an apartment, buying furniture, etc. plus you had daily room service and meals.

[@dantean]

Cleese himself tells the story of meeting a Hollywood actress once at a party in Beverly Hills, who cheerfully informed him of a recently shot pilot for a "Fawlty Towers" reboot, set in the U.S. The kicker is the character of Basil had been written out of the series. Just try and picture that.

[@sarageller6887]

When you do your reviews of shows I hope Fawlty Towers is put in the S tier where it belongs! I love that you’re reacting to this show❤️😍😂

[@erskine1984]

One of my favourite series you guys have ever reacted to

[@neabby]

The physical comedy is so good!

[@gobias_]

This show is the most I've ever seen you 4 laugh at anything. This is awesome.

[@DCComicsGamer]

Your reactions to Fawlty Towers have become the highlight of my week. Makes me so happy. After you're done with this, maybe go through another classic like Red Dwarf or The Brittas Empire? Both starring Chris Barrie, although Brittas Empire might make a nice partner to Fawlty Towers. Also about an impossible boss but in a very different way - and equally funny IMO.

[@darrenrichardson6146]

Except the final episode, which is devise at the least......

[@DCComicsGamer]

@@darrenrichardson6146 Ha, yes, apart from that!

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

I'm loving rewatching this with you..I remember at school repeating those classic lines. I am 65

[@MrRyguy2112]

Quite possibly the best sitcom ever. Give Blackadder a try too!

[@Pinch_Of_Random]

6:21 😂😂😂 love the reaction guys! So pleased you’ve reacted to this it just gets better

[@peterd788]

His scream at the end is just perfect.

[@Crimzzon]

that ending omg ahah

[@Kal_El1994]

My favourite series on KZbin right now is these chaps watching this show. Love it.

[@123haninhk]

Every thumbnail looks hilarious!

[@follow_the_money_trail]

More more more. Your reactions to this British classic can't come fast enough. 😊

[@vallee3140]

Love your reactions to this have subscribed.

[@arkadybron1994]

Bernard (pronounced Burn- erd.) Cribbins was a film, radio and television, comedy legend in the UK. His comedy songs like 'Hole in the Ground' were all over the radio when I was kid in the 60's, and then he used to turn up in all sorts of comedy films, like the Plank, as well as straight roles in films like 'The Railway Children. His career was long and varied and entertained children and grown-ups alike, throughout their lives.

[@sammic7492]

When I lived in Dubai it was very common that hotels had residences with their own kitchens etc, and you had full use of the facilities including gym, private beach, pool etc and reductions in the restaurants. I spent 12 months in a 5 star hotel on the Palm in a one bedroom apartment, it's brilliant all bills and cleaning is are covered for you. When I retire I may well do that again.

[@daviddiett2168]

Just rewatched the first series with friends yesterday and the last scene had us all howling, can't wait to see everyone lose it again 😁

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

I can’t believe I never realised Wilfred Mott from Doctor Who was in this!

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

You guys should watch the movies "A Fish Called Wanda" and "Clockwise", two John Cleese gems.

[@oldsk00lnemesismikehock95]

And fierce creatures also brilliant

[@andrewr311]

There have been a few Fawlty Towers themed nights in venues here in Australia and there was one restaurant that was permanently themed that way.

[@stewartcohen-jones2949]

The back and forth between Basil and Polly when doing the talking to you but looking at me bit is a masterclass in comedy. It really doesn’t get any better than that. The other bit that gets me every time is Basil in wide eyed innocence , pulling on a flap of skin around his voice box saying plainly, “ A bit of cheese , got a bit of cheese stuck. “ Just Brilliant.

[@TheUnstableThinker]

re: wanting the experience of Basil Fawlty. There are actual live dinner-theatre recreations of Fawlty Towers in most places around the world. I've been to one myself and it's a lot of fun, they do the whole shtick with Manuel and Basil/Sybil, etc. Highly recommended if the pricing is right and there's one on locally.

[@jennb3112]

watched this episode a million times and that scream at the end still gets to me

[@yvonnestarr8933]

They're anagrams of Fawlty Towers. There is a different one every episode. Floury Twats for instance.

[@MsSmokeandmirrors]

Watery Fowl, Fatty Owls, Warty Towels, etc. Genius

[@steveosborne3714]

Flowery Twats, actually.

[@karlmortoniv2951]

I hope the guys new to the show don’t see this. I was looking forward to them discovering it. 😂

[@RogerM9]

Bernard Cribbins was a national treasure! He died, aged 93, in 2022. In addition to Dr Who he appeared with Peter Sellers in Two Way Stretch (1960) and The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) - both of which are worth viewing, and of course The Railway Children (1970), plus many of the Carry On films. By reputation, he was a lovely man. What you saw was what you got. RIP Bernard.

[@hm9181]

LOVED watching you enjoy that soo much!! I know it inside out but I was laughing with you!! Never gets old

[@crazydrew01]

Fawlty Towers is the best group reaction I've seen yous do.. just wish there's loads more episodes yo do.

[@carlhartwell7978]

You've only just begun to appreciate why this is still regarded (even after 40+yrs and with only 12 episodes) as one of, if not the best UK sitcoms of all time. Plenty more to come, it doesn't get any worse in the coming 8 eps, you can be assured of that! Every ep from the literal start to the literal finish is a sublime masterclass in how to do a sitcom. The characters, the acting, the scripts, the dialogue, the direction, the editing, the pacing and so much more is perfect in every episode. It doesn't drop in standard, I wouldn't even venture that it gets better, it's just ALL excellent.

[@danielleeskelton]

You know Bernard Cribbins is in a Doctor Who movie with Peter Cushing as the Doctor. It's called Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. Also Peter played the Dr. in the earlier film, Dr. Who and the Daleks .

[@nataliedunn5239]

Technically it was a real place. John Cleese has said in various interviews that the character of Basil is based on a real person that he and the other Pythons encountered when staying at a hotel. He explains that the rest all left because the hotel owner was so rude, where John says he found the guy fascinating and stayed behind just observing the man's behaviour.

[@DanJMW]

There is a regular "Dinner Theatre" show in my home town (Brighton, England); The Fawlty Towers Dining Experience. You get to be a bystander like The Major while you eat and watch the chaos.

[@Cameroon-zk9hj]

Such a good series

[@Problembeing]

It's 'Bernard', not 'Bernaaaarrd' lol

[@karlmortoniv2951]

Cannot wait for Mrs. Richards…. 😃

[@MattMeadowsDesigns]

My favourite

[@Tao_Tology]

What?

[@vilebrequin6923]

Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs. Miss Gatsby: "And don't do anything *we* wouldn't do!" Basil Fawlty: "Oh, just a little breathing, surely".😊

[@Benji568]

RIP Bernard Cribbins, Wilf from Doctor Who

[@odinthorson1830]

Fantastic reaction. 😂👍

[@sophiapangloss2149]

It's difficult to fully describe the place Bernard Cribbins has in the hearts of at least a generation of British people, he was *everywhere* for years, from the early Dr Who movies in the early 60s to Wilf in the 21st Century Who, from Carry On films to Jackanory (an after-school programme where a 'name' would sit in a chair and read a story from a book - I know, crazy idea!) The programme ran for decades and Bernard Cribbins was the most regular and popular reader, that's why he is so fondly remembered.

[@ggagg123]

I saw the Gleneagles Hotel the hotel which this is based on in Torquay while on holiday in 1989. The Python gang stayed there and found the manager to be very rude. So John wrote the show based on him.

[@a35362]

2:40 Bernard Cribbins, ding!

[@jazzycat8917]

What you did there, I see it

[@80Jay71]

2:50 I thought I recognized him too. From "Downfall" (Der Untergang)

[@p0laris74yt8]

God, don’t think I’ve seen a more exciting thumbnail for this then what’s going on with Eric. Lol

[@chumorgan443]

His comedic timing was next level in this episode.

[@joshuaverran9443]

Bernard Cribbins is also best known for the childrens show "The Wombles" he also been in one of the Dr. Who movies from the 1960's with Peter Cushing as a different character as Policeman Tom Campbell.

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

I remember seeing this series when it originally aired, and remain convinced to this day that one of the weekly changes to the hotel sign read "Flowery Twats"

[@darrenrichardson6146]

I wonder how they'd react to "The Vicar of Dibley" or "Father Ted", considering how they're enjoying this series.

[@Tao_Tology]

Or Black Books

[@joshuaverran9443]

Or Blackadder and Red Dwarf.

[@iainxl8040]

"You let Dougal do a funeral?!?!"

[@catherinesmalley8587]

One of my favourite episodes, Bernard Cribbins was a legend! He nearly suffocated in this episode though when John Cleese grabbed him and put his hand over his mouth...he really did nearly die!

[@billybettison2139]

This and IT crowd is peak English comedy

[@thedoctor4327]

Saw this episode for the first time after becoming a Doctor Who fan and I was ecstatic to see a young Wilfred Mott in this episode!

[@jimbob8992]

This just goes to show, regardless of when and where a comedy has been made. If it's as brilliantly written as Farty Towels , it's timeless.

[@xoxoxANGExoxox]

Great spot on Wilfred... always great to see him as long as he doesn't knock that certain number of times

[@gatroy13]

I love this series. John Cleese is amazing. Thanks for the funny escape in my day.

[@louhillen8254]

I love Bernard Cribbins! ❤ Love seeing you guys laugh so much! 😂

[@billbliss1518]

The pies and milk in the briefcase😂😂😂😂😂 chef’s kiss!!

[@stacyp2186]

I just read they are doing a reboot of the show with John Cleese and his daughter. I don’t know when it starts but I’m excited!

[@Alan_Connor]

Don't think its a good idea to revisit a much-loved classic but I pray that it's good.

[@essexginge9167]

its hard to believe but its keeps getting better

[@jakesullivan3147]

What can I do for you three gentlemen……….ahhhhhhhhhhh It’s the greatest ending to any show episode ever made me laugh so much I had to rewatch your reaction to it

[@SeanHogan.]

Such a great series shame it was only 12 episodes!! Love that ur watching this!

[@Sammyslotss]

literally tagged you in a fawlty towers experience before this was released thats spooky lol

[@stevenspringer1599]

In 1973 I was a big fan of this show and I saw that they had put out a comedy album called "Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief". I bought it, took it home, got stoned and listened to it. It was so funny I called some friends to come over and listen to it with me. We got stoned, listened to the first side, turned the record over...and I was stunned/momentarily lost in space: I had never heard what was coming out of the record player before. I couldn't be that stoned. As it turned out, it was the worlds first three-sided album - they actually recorded two tracks on one side and what played depended on where the needle started.

[@notbubu]

Funnily enough I was just reading the bit of Michael Palin's diaries where they were trying to find a way of pressing the record like that (in the end, the Beatles' Apple label was able to do it, but only in mono).

[@MarkusWande]

Damn! Thes Fawlty Towers reactions are the best on the internet!

[@hanlouise96]

They actually do Fawlty Tower dinner experiences where I live!

[@redceltnet]

Nobody in the UK is called bern-ARD. They're called BERN-uhd.