Don't Mention the War | Fawlty Towers

[@redsquirrel1086]

The reference to Poland is one of the funniest lines in comedy history and the timing of the delivery is superb.

[@brain8484]

well its was ok , but i could see the line coming 30 seconds before he said it .

[@Homer-je1pz]

@@brain8484 wow so intelligent!

[@rp6762]

@@Homer-je1pz He's more intelligent than more of the Pythons put together.

[@mit6635]

Totally! The insertion of the word "me?" before "but you started it" is what misleads the audience. It's pure genius.

[@honeybeebadger]

It really is 😂

[@LP004]

“Will you stop talking about the war” “Me? You started it” “We did not start it” “Yes you did, you invaded Poland” I can’t stop replaying that, that’s comedy gold.

[@Snarflelocker]

It’s literally the only joke in this segment that isn’t lampooning the silliness of British sensibilities. It’s so perfect.

[@danialhamilton7666]

Just imagine in a couple of years it will be a Russian family

[@Nicecatholicgirl]

@@danialhamilton7666 You invaded Ukraine!

[@NewhamMatt]

I still remember the first time I heard that line. I exploded in laughter to the point that my dad spent the rest of the day putting me back together.

[@AquaShibby3000]

GOD, yes. The first time I saw that it just about killed me.

[@markilsemann950]

“Yes you did, you invaded Poland” remains one of the best lines in comedy, ever.

[@acciid]

Weird. I used to love it but didn't laugh this time. Maybe I've seen it too much. The funny walk still cracked me up though. I do find fawlty towers overrated. This episode was great but some others were a bit average. Like Monty python really. Most of it was crap but there were some gems.

[@scotcarr3390]

Indeed. Pure. Comedy. Gold...😝

[@musicmanfelipe]

Right up there with, “You have rats in Spain, don’t you, or did Franco have them all shot?”

[@Mrz-sb1hw]

Fawlty towers is the funniest comedy l have ever seen the psychiatrist is the funniest. Mr cleese based basil on a hotel owner in the south of England he was rude to the guests.

[@supafuckinmingster]

No u.

[@MyLateralThawts]

This was my father’s favourite episode of Fawlty Towers. He was a ten year old German boy when the war ended. Whenever we had our German relatives over, visiting us in Canada, Dad would pop in the video cassette of this episode, telling them “You’re going to love this.” He was right.

[@yannick245]

It was removed from the platform that has/had the rights to stream _"Fawlty Towers",_ because of the Major using the s.c. _"n-word" a couple times._ Such silly times we live in. The episode finally did get restored but with a disclaimer. I think that _"Little Britain"_ suffered the same fate. But instead of just removing a single episode, the whole show was removed. Stand-up seems to be the only niche left were comedy is still sort of free from wokeism.

[@wisteela]

​@@yannick245 Sorry, but that's bollocks

[@J.Mesrine-NL]

A German with a sense of humor he was 😲🤣

[@nedcolville950]

What a lovely story

[@Mikeb1001]

To be fair in my experience the British stereotype of Germans having no sense of humour is pretty unfounded

[@siberianspaghetti5201]

Fawlty Towers should never be forgotten, it's comedy at its best

[@siberianspaghetti5201]

Basil's Hilter Impression always cracks me up 😂

[@vintage1701H]

The whip around leg when he turns mesmerises me every time. 😂😂😂

[@SnowTheJamMan]

"I mentioned it once but i think i got away with it", absolute classic

[@ChrisBrunelle]

THAT’S the underappreciated line

[@smc1942]

Definitely underappreciated! So classic!

[@ElvarMasson]

Is it? By whom?​@@ChrisBrunelle

[@phillipwalling7470]

"I'm trying to cheer her up, you stupid Kraut!"

[@urmeli0815]

German here, just binge watching FT for the first time. Absolutely awesome, British humour is the best!

[@rippspeck]

Check out Blackadder, my guy. Mein persönlicher Favorit. Großartige Serie mit Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie und Stephen Fry.

[@kapple654]

technically it is british and it help sprout monty python its true but connie booth who was John Cleese's wife and also plays the receptionist polly here - also co-wrote it. and she is american.

[@Schcarraffone]

Ah ah suuuuure... we trust you... Suuuuurely you do not have mouthfoam no no.....

[@lovelyjubbly34]

Did anyone ever introduce you to Allo Allo?

[@urmeli0815]

@@lovelyjubbly34 No, never heard of it ... thanks for the tip

[@parisalan1]

The goosestep is hilarious. Thanks.

[@lokmanmerican6889]

Not only that, he actually swung around whilst goosestepping.

[@AS-yc3yy]

Look ill do the funny walk 😂

[@TomHuston43]

Borrowed from the silly walk?

[@kingey71]

Ironic thing is that the publicity of all this is introducing a whole new audience to these classics, of which most won’t be offended

[@imnottellingyoumyname3050]

Streisand effect

[@SirKaison]

I don’t get how this scene is racist or offensive.

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

Oh,believe me, plenty will be offended, and mostly on behalf of other people....it's all very sad.

[@comond]

@@SirKaison this isn't the part that was cut. you can find that part on KZbin here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX-afZKZqcpqhqM

[@trollop_7]

@@imnottellingyoumyname3050 You weren't supposed to mention the Streisand Effect!

[@wakt21]

Basil goose-stepping out into the lobby and back into the dining room is pure brilliance!

[@martinb.770]

Kind of revival of the "Ministery of silly walks"

[@CelticSaint]

@@martinb.770 Just before doing it he actually says 'Yes, I'll do the silly walk'.

[@martinb.770]

@@CelticSaint Indeed, though, the original sketch didn't allude on the goose step, but questionable bureaucracy and aiding of stupid things (which is exploded, since)

[@SteelShroom256]

The heel-turn in particular was simply impeccable.

[@bsvenss2]

@@CelticSaint No he didn't.

[@oldworldpatriot8920]

The Germans in the last scene get the final joke “I can’t believe they won the War”

[@iagreewithyou749]

No it's: "how did zey ever vin"

[@user-tm3cf6uy8u]

because the soviets won it?

[@paolocarl.8205]

@@user-tm3cf6uy8u lol sure buddy

[@bargainbassist]

@@user-tm3cf6uy8u You’re great fun at parties, no doubt!

[@StephanieP-zj3df]

Every time I watch this and he does the “funny walk” my ribs just kill me. The way he spins around is just priceless. Ha ha ha ha ha

[@mejustme683]

German: Can you please stop talking about the war Basil: Me? You started it German: We did not start it Basil: Yes you did you invaded Poland The most famous line 🤣

[@zacjumpman209]

I've never seen a human body move like that. John Cleese's physical comedy prowess is on another level!

[@SamuelBlack84]

Ministry of silly walks 😂

[@ElvarMasson]

😂 ​@@SamuelBlack84

[@Badgersj]

It's not just the goosestep out of the room, it's the turn he does before marching back in again.

[@paulmg6031]

The Germans laugh at this too! Brilliant.

[@ingowill9597]

@Alan 59 Wir deutschen haben schon humor,aber ich schätze,das die meisten deutschen eher den britischen humor lieben....so wie ich!

[@rc-fannl7364]

Then you know it's good comedy, when it's funny for both sides. Brilliant scene, bloody wunderbar!

[@dmg7111]

I'm part German & FREELY admit to laughing (Only a bit, mind you!!) at this!!!!!!! 😘

[@rc-fannl7364]

@@dmg7111 Then I'll laugh with you, mein friend. ;-)

[@dmg7111]

@@rc-fannl7364 Guten Tag, Freund!! ;) Pommy Humor is , easily a' top of the planets list of most honest ,insightful & brilliant humor !!!!!!!!!! Got addicted to Spike Milligan via The Goons soooo many years ago & been madly in luv with all laughs Pom since!!!!!!!!!

[@barnabyallen5796]

John Cleese goose stepping was possibly the funniest moment of 20th century British television comedy.

[@LdevArt]

battenbergs head and shoulders being found on the beach to end rumours of him having dandruff was mine

[@paulbrown6554]

British comedy at its best timeless

[@politicalpolit6409]

Eh... even Friends is funnier.

[@jfinns13]

Nah bro . Friends is stupid.

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

@@politicalpolit6409 friends is absolute turd, it has not aged well at all

[@MrPatrickworthington]

@@ajorngjdonaydbr I agree, the women running around in perfect hair-dos and makeup. Everyone trying to be so cute and funny.

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

@@MrPatrickworthington and the outdated notions of sexism and misogyny. Men do this and Women do that etc etc.

[@stretch753]

I'll never tired of Cleese doing the silly walk. Endlessly entertaining.

[@blkbushirishwhiskey]

Only John Cleese could pull off a walk like that.

[@asdf9890]

He’s so freaking tall it makes it all the better 😂

[@helenafreitas1012]

He did train. In the Ministry of Silly Wanks. Sorry Walks. Willy Socks. Donald Trump spell ch3cker

[@elquixotedelascanarias]

They should give hi his own ministry

[@NoirFan84]

"Yes you did, you invaded Poland!" 🤣🤣

[@alanphysio]

“And her husbands in a bomber over berlin” 😂 where was that joke going?! 🤣🤣

[@jerzygawor958]

One of the best episodes ever! Only Basil could make this work- absolutely brilliant!

[@glockenrein]

The way he swivels round kills me every time. 😂

[@PabluchoViision]

Polly begging Basil to do his (non-existent) Jimmy Cagney impression (around 2:07) is actually the funniest bit in the whole sketch-especially when she launches into a quick and hopelessly bad “I’ll get you, you dirty rat!” to try to get him going.

[@louisegoodyear2515]

It doesn't come much better than this! the dialogue is superb! 😂

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

"Shut up! 'Ere - who's this then?!"

[@toybarons]

Here in Canada, my mom and I just came across Faulty Towers by chance on TV. We both loved the show. The comedy is so brilliant. This was one of the best episodes in the series. The whole episode from start to finish is a gem.

[@dianerogers8805]

If people are offended don't watch it,. Don't stop us from enjoying one of the best comic geniuses around. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@the_ytoepickle2567]

The only people who should be offended by this are the Nazi's themselves. This sketch makes a complete mockery of them 😂

[@bradevans7882]

My words exactly we are all going through a hard time on lockdown and the things that make us laugh are been banned

[@stevecollins5487]

Allo Allo will be next

[@derekc6445]

We should all be able to laugh at each other. This is all part of comedy. Comedy should never be mistaken for being nasty. Only insults, nastiness or true racism should be condemned.

[@bradevans7882]

@@derekc6445 well said mate

[@byhisstripes2713]

Shame on them for removing this. We are all being treated like idiots. I doubt any Germans are offended like this, and it made a total of zero people racist

[@kyliejones8827]

Yep! No NORMAL people are offended by this. Makes me so mad 😡

[@jamieedgington7958]

I'm half German and bleddy luvved this show !

[@brianperry]

I heard John say he was once in a hotel in Berlin when a German guest shouted to him 'Don't mention the War mr Fawlty'...However I believe the real contentious part was where the major was telling basil about attending a cricket match and his reference to the Indian and West Indias teams....Heinrich Heine once wrote' where one burns books , one will in the end Burn people'....This of course was reference to the Nazi party burning books that didn't suit the ideology ........What is happening now is censorship, not of ideology but a small groups blind hatred........Fucking millennials

[@zentil267]

The Germans aren't offended because it was The Nazis we fought and not the German people.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

@@brianperry Their minds are too stunted to appreciate subtlety and nuance.

[@johnreeveswilliamson7228]

One of the greatest comedies of all time John Cleese is a legend. 😂🇬🇧

[@CASM-ze7lb]

I showed this to my German girlfriend and her family. They all burst into laughter to the point red-face and tears. Humour triumphs all😂

[@ukspizzaman]

I did too. They dont want to see me again. Maybe also because I made some jokes about when we sank Blücher. Maybe its too early, dont know.

[@karoltomis5704]

And do You really believe the Germs had started the WWII? Greetings from Bratislava/Pressburg

[@nneeerrrd]

@@karoltomis5704 tell us how flat is Earth?

[@PortmanRd]

Apart from the Netherlands in May 1940. 🤭

[@phantomeagle2684]

@@nneeerrrdwhat does flat earthers have to do with Germans

[@spaceskipster4412]

Priceless, my German friends love this...! 👊🏼😂

[@xavierkreiss8394]

So do mine.

[@kathrynblickenstaff4301]

My grandfather fled Nazi Germany to come to the USA as a child on one of the last boats allowed out, and he found this episode hilarious. Humor is healing.

[@kapple654]

and its a half Yankee written scene my dear- (I dont mean that patronisingly im a woman - im just being quaint) because John Cleese's wife 'connie booth who also plays poly here also co-wrote the show/scenes like this one and she was American... so some pride should be given to the US

[@TomHuston43]

@@kapple654 John Cleese carried the whole show wherever he went

[@kapple654]

@@TomHuston43 the script was co-written. just like ben elton and abe edmondson and rik mayall all wrote the young ones. a comedy is nothing without a good script. or rather the script is the comedy. you made an accurate point on john cleese's star quality as a comic performer - i was referring to the creation of the show/ narrative/characters/scenario and plot. people cant write scripts anymore. its one thing to be silly - its another thing to stand on a solid palace of comedy gold and be funny ith it. u need both.

[@cnote2458]

This sort of comedy should be acceptable in any time. As the build up for the joke is just perfection. And at no point is the joke on anyone else but Basil.

[@MikeZablo]

I remember this episode when I was a kid! “You started it! You invaded Poland “! 😭😂 I’m from Poland and I love & respect Germans & English ! That’s a classic comedy skit 👍🏻

[@no15minutecities]

We're BRITISH

[@shlominaamat4787]

Respecting Germans? I guess it's something Polish ppl do...

[@travis1609]

@@shlominaamat4787 ITZIG

[@ManuelaHertel]

I'm from Germany and I love "Fawlty Towers" and "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The Pythons even filmed two episodes for the German television. In the first one they even spoke German (John Cleese did it particularly well).

[@xavierkreiss8394]

Cleese's German as indeed good - see the Bavarian restaurant sketch onKZbin. I'm French but I love the German language.

[@KG1970.]

John Cleese is a genius. A fun fact. With the German Dubbing of Faulty Towers, the voice of Manuel was dubbed by Andrew Sachs.

[@eddie12454]

My Dad was German and he laughed his head off. The German actors were great. People are so sensitive these days.

[@xavierkreiss8394]

Yes, people are sensitive and some haven't understood that the whole idea here is to make Basil's prejudices look ridiculous. And it works!

[@thecandlemaker1329]

Let's try the Holocaust once again, but this time, against the zoomers.

[@asdfssdfghgdfy5940]

Who exactly is being sensitive about this though? My German ex gf was very left wing and thought this was hilarious. Some people are definitely snowflakes now but I’ve never struck anyone being a snowflake about this epic. Aside from a small handful of people online who are very noisy. If the internet existed 40 years ago they probably still would have hated it.

[@NilsMueller]

​@@asdfssdfghgdfy5940exactly. Not a single person is sensitive about this. Straw man argument

[@smc1942]

One of the best scenes ever written! Still cracks me up Everytime I see it! 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GordonStainforth]

Arguably the greatest, most extreme 3 minutes of comedy in the whole history of British comedy. I remember when it was first broadcast in c.1971 I was nearly dying with laughter by about the time it got to the 'hors d'oeuvres' and then when Basil did the 'silly walk' I became a virtual hospital case. I could hardly breathe ... I nearly ended up in Reading Hospital I think.

[@Arltratlo]

the first time i saw it was in the 80s, in the German TV... and i like the english version even more... tears running from laughing...

[@SleepExports]

Makes me proud to be British!

[@MorrisHGT]

Yeah the british have the best comedy!

[@politicalpolit6409]

@@MorrisHGT Eh... even Friends is funnier.

[@stanmonzon5788]

@@politicalpolit6409 Friends is the worst tv show in history. Fawlty Towers is probably the best.

[@LdevArt]

@@stanmonzon5788 thats why friends was recommissioned and did 10 series over 10 years and fawlty towers didnt get recommissioned after just 2 series of 6 episodes...

[@hoodatdondar2664]

@@LdevArt Cleese decided he could not keep doing brilliant shows, so he stopped. Friends just churned out average stuff for a decade.

[@BenBanjo87]

_"You have absolutely no sense of humour, do you?!"_ "ZIS IS _NOT FUNNY!!!"_ *"WHO WON THE BLOODY WAR, ANYWAY???!!!"* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hnxry_752]

I came across this because of it being removed. Now I'm gutted. This is pure British comedy at its finest. I'm only 22 and I'm going to watch all of fawlty towers now! Brilliant

[@wildsurfer12]

Dear BBC, please put this back up RIGHT NOW!

[@Jeff_Vader]

Personally, I think that is one of the best comedy sketches of all time. John Cleese is a comedy god.

[@stonesinmyblood27]

This is the best episode of the greatest tv comedy series of all time. In other words, the greatest tv comedy episode ever

[@SPM0717]

*In my opinion.

[@BenDBeast]

@@SPM0717 *In many peoples opinions as well as various critics and public votes

[@HuntSmacker]

"If you can be told what you see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to _say_ or _think_ ... defend your constitutionally protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you. " - Boards of Canada

[@Umtree]

I’d be careful of what you write on KZbin if I was you.

[@autumnicleaf]

UK has no constitution, btw.

[@bronwynbeistle8317]

US does, but we treat it like a quaint old relic in a museum.

[@pinkraven4402]

The way he's walking while playing the watercolourist is just hypnotic

[@martinb.770]

The greatest sitcom episode EVER with an UNMATCHED climax in this scene. Even Al Bundy and Steven Moffat didn't come near this gem episode.

[@EziosBladez]

This episode is one of the greatest. Even down to him in hospital after taking a 'nasty knock' xD

[@briankillen8067]

If you can't laugh at History you must be from Mars! This is priceless and a treasure of comedy.

[@kapple654]

tragedy+time=comedy.... exactly what the numerical equation is im not sure

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

The more tragic it is, the more time the it needs to become funny

[@kapple654]

@@FerdarPleaseSubscribe yeah I was thinking that myself. but Mel brooks and the Pythons certainly broke that equation

[@Floki255]

As a german i find it hilarious. 😂

[@aidanriess4946]

Or so you would have us believe...

[@Bale4Bond]

Actual German here: This is easily Fawlty Towers' best episode

[@ukspizzaman]

I am Norwegian. I have friends in Germany. Some make the same jokes that I do, and some will not hear a word of it. I visited the homes of some of their parents, a father comes to mind. He said - I have been to your country before. All I can do now, is offer you a drink. In German, of course. He then poured me a glass of schnaps. We clinked glasses, and he said "may we never ever fight again". That man is dead now, but I saw in his eyes regret. He was a peaceful man, with no wish for war.

[@Germanistan]

Welcome to... humanity? Most people do not want to go to war, it's the so called "elite" or "aristocrats" or "politicians" who do that. They are the enemy of humanity.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Fair enough. There is a new deal in place now.

[@AtrocityEquine01]

"YES YOU DID YOU INVADED POLAND!" HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

[@corbetcrey]

I'm polish and I'm dying of laughter :D

[@SerialBritishnationN]

Fawlty Towers but it's war on Ukraine edition Russian people: "Would you stop talking about the war?" British people: "ME? YOU STARTED IT?" Russian people: "We did not start it" British people: "Yes you did, you invaded Ukraine"

[@BenRoyFothergill]

People trying to wipe history of these comedic gems, it's just sad

[@harrymccarthy9413]

No one is trying to wipe history of Fawlty Towers.

[@harrymccarthy9413]

@Quentin Crisp All you right wing boomers are getting yourselves worked up into a rage over the fact that one (1) streaming service has removed one (1) episode of Fawlty Towers temporarily for technical reasons. There's still loads of ways to watch it, loads of streaming services (like for instance The BBC's Britbox which you're commenting under). No one is trying to ban the show. You're living in a fantasy land where people try to ban sitcoms

[@harrymccarthy9413]

@Quentin Crisp They need to update the advisory and guidance for the episode (this is on every programme). You can still watch it on Netflix and Britbox

[@harrymccarthy9413]

@Quentin Crisp But it's not been censored

[@Will831100]

@@harrymccarthy9413 It wasn't just Fawlty Towers though was it? Films like Gone with the Wind were pulled and other series like the League of Gentleman, Little Britain and Gavin and Stacey were under attack among others. You can see for yourself it's over race reasons too so don't try to put this onto those you call "right boomers" as it is not at all and that is false projection. www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8417999/Little-Britains-David-Walliams-Matt-Lucas-apologise-blackface.html www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8411885/Gavin-Stacey-latest-series-dragged-race-row.html

[@shardlake]

This is not the bit that got it removed, it will be the Major talking about his exploits.

[@nickb5391]

they will be deleting scenes from Dads army with Lance Corperal Jones talks about his time in the Sudan

[@Terrilliser2024OZ]

@@nickb5391 Yes the Fuzzy Wuzzy's... Loved his stories.

[@AverageJoe87]

Basil Fawlty is an absolute legend😅😅😅😅

[@elainewilkes1937]

Cleese is a National Treasure.....some of the greatest comedy of the last 60yrs has him in it! Faulty Towers like Dads Army is a Classic British Humor Series that will never be repeated and will be making people laugh in a 100yrs time!!!

[@corbetcrey]

"I will tak your orders... Orders must be obeyed at all times without question" :D

[@glenmorgan4597]

" when you said prawn i thought you said war " 😂

[@JHParee]

My favorite Fawlty Towers episode of all time.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

John Cleese is truly a comic genius.

[@brandonallen3808]

1:45 "Yes you did. You invaded Poland." That will never not be funny to me. 😂

[@SerialBritishnationN]

Fawlty Towers but it's war on Ukraine edition Russian people: "Would you stop talking about the war?" British people: "ME? YOU STARTED IT?" Russian people: "We did not start it" British people: "Yes you did, you invaded Ukraine"

[@Nick-ty9us]

He not wrong about that

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

"The plaice is grilled... In fact the whole room's a bit warm, isn't it? I'll open a window." _Very_ clever.

[@martinlemming8490]

Remember comedy ... one of the best ever, any leftys not seen it really must watch xx

[@urrugames4062]

1:52 he's just laughing while acting, this is absolutely top

[@red36100]

I could never subscribe to Brit Box if they remove great British comedy episodes like this that are loved the world over.

[@bluorangefyre]

The Minister of Silly Walks doing a Silly Walk was amazing!

[@Dragoneer]

I sent this to my German friends and I have never seen them laugh so much lol

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Fawlty Towers may be the funniest sitcom of all time.

[@sillysod33]

Some stern competition coming in from other BBC classics, but yes, Towers is up there 😃

[@jamesswift467]

RIP this episode

[@cresshead]

BAN the BBC.

[@paulfitzgerald7513]

No, it won’t rest in peace. It’s going nowhere..

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

One day soon the political police will be round your house removing all copies of this 'forbidden work', and you will be off to the gulag for re-education.

[@harrymccarthy9413]

Ffs the BBC has left this up on so many streaming sites. You can watch it on Britbox and Netflix. No one has banned it

[@britishpatriot7386]

@@harrymccarthy9413 not yet , buy the DVDs before they do actually ban it . Boycott the BBC .

[@Aethgeir]

What is BBC thinking?! This is one of the most legendary comedy bits ever performed.

[@politicalpolit6409]

Eh... even Friends is funnier.

[@Romulan2469]

They aren't thinking about comedy. It's all about political correctness these days. Fawlty Towers is what comedy should really be like.

[@kapple654]

it was temporary. they catered to the bureaucrats and the public outcry was too great. teach comedy to your children and your children's children and their friends before its too late. brainless evangelists and wahibists are evangelical in their actions. we need to be evangelical with all cultural treasures as well. start with watching classics through DVD or KZbin and boycott Netflix.

[@acciid]

They did it to wind people up. It's like all this "woke" crap that keeps getting banged on about in the press. Most people couldn't care less and are only talking about it because they're constantly being bombarded with it.

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

@@politicalpolit6409 That's the only line you say, kid?

[@davidgilbert6711]

Incredible scene what a classic

[@davidbeverly6411]

This is brilliant...absolutely brilliant. My face is hurting from laughing so hard 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@orjanpetersson586]

It killed me when he did the walk

[@bassiejazz]

This never gets old.

[@douglasransom4138]

I once met a German couple at my local train station, who were going to London, and we got talking to each other. When the conversation turned to entertainment, they mentioned how they thought British TV was better than German TV. Noting this opinion, I took the opportunity to say "Don't mention the war", and they both started roaring with laughter. So much for Germans having no sense of humour.

[@TravelWithTerahTX]

They have a very good sense of humor. 😊

[@theeldritchfanatics]

Comedy really does bring people together. My birth mother's family actually fled Poland during the war so I find this hilarious. My adoptive mother introduced me to this show and this was the first episode I watched because it caught my eye while I was walking around the house. I was laughing so hard I was crying though I didn't get the Poland joke until I started paying attention in history.

[@benjaminstrudwick7368]

Absolutely brilliant!! I'm crying 😂😂

[@Demendred]

This was one of the best episodes ever!

[@miraforeman7567]

What’s this got to do with racism? World gone mad

[@JahJahBruh]

Ironic isn't it? "Don't mention the war" haha

[@admiralackbar9307]

BLM must be a bunch of crackheads!

[@er9779]

@@admiralackbar9307 It had nothing whatsoever to do with BLM themselves.

[@joshuachesterton9923]

The n word was used by the major in this episode

[@ArmandoBellagio]

It's xenophobic, anti-German

[@nathanaellee8356]

“Who won the bloody war anyway!!!” John Cleese poking fun at the Germans,telling them bluntly that they started the war, and then hilariously mocking Adolf Hitler’s walk made this scene side splitting hilarious.

[@tss77]

This has to be one of the funniest episodes of Fawlty Towers.

[@hragmankoushian9492]

2:33 turn was the bomb

[@patriciasmith6281]

N N

[@goddam9925]

Save our basil from the snowflakes !

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

They need saving from themselves.

[@harrymccarthy9413]

Fawlty Towers has not been banned anywhere, calm down

[@shaunpatrick8345]

@@harrymccarthy9413 this episode has been deleted from various streaming services. Don't be complacent.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Harry McCarthy yes, don’t be complacent and open your goddamn eyes.

[@shaunpatrick8345]

@@harrymccarthy9413 this is not all they're coming for, and they have been attacking our culture for decades. Years ago they were removing authors simply for being white and male, and now they are targeting anything that offends the colonisers. Their actions are not even controversial, let alone manufactured.

[@JoeOMalley-py8wq]

Genius ..... maybe the best episode of the series.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

You know what makes this so hilariously funny? Is just how real those Germans are. Everyone else in this show is a complete over-the-top cartoonish caricature, but these Germans aren't acting over-the-top, or like comedians, or anything like that. They're acting like real people would. It's like a group of four totally normal people accidentally wandered into a comedy sketch hahaha

[@hoodatdondar2664]

That is true. And it is just how they acted then. They could not get angry, because it would seem like defending the old regime, so they acted like someone had done an indecent thing in public. Whoever wrote this had been there.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

@@hoodatdondar2664 A normal person surrounded by comedic morons is always great. Same reason Frank Grimes was so memorable from The Simpsons.

[@maureenwagg5305]

Goose stepping roflmao "I'm trying to cheer you up..." lololol

[@buzzzzzz69]

The "Minister For Silly Walks" is probably where the idea for the goosestep in this scene. If you think this is funny seeing the silly walks skit is an absolute must. Pretty sure it's from an early Flying Circus Episode.

[@johnnyM809]

"orders...orders which must be obeyed at all times without question"....brilliant.

[@anunusualironiccircumstanc2246]

In 2020. “Don’t mention anything mildly offensive!” “Don’t say anything slightly offensive, I think I mentioned something once, but I think I got away with it alright”

[@HarrySpaghetti572]

1:42 absolute comedy gold

[@manw3bttcks]

I liked how Basil does the Hitler mustache finger even though he has one already

[@ARTICARTICULEES]

best damn (well up there) gypno scetches w/tribute to overlords ever written, almost.

[@Problembeing]

If this episode has been removed from Britbox I am cancelling my subscription. I'm half German and my mother IS German and we LOVE this. So, leave it alone!

[@samuelpollard7329]

I think people forget that this sketch is mocking Britons who keep "mentioning the war" for no reason. It's not mocking German people 🤣.

[@mkozlinski]

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” (Orwell: 1984)

[@johannwirsing1221]

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” (Uncle Xi, 2021)

[@paris5410]

Yeah, the Germans did indeed changed many street names after WW2 and that’s why you don’t walk on Adolf Hitler-Platz or Adolf Hitler Strasse. They removed those names, and indeed, amazingly, nobody has forgotten who Adolf Hitler was! It’s all about the difference between remembering a person or event or celebrating it. In Spain, many streets with the names of Franco’s top men were changed, though many remained. In any case, if remembrance is the goal, fucking street names aren’t going to change anything. I doubt you know who even a fifth of the people whose names are near where you live, and if you do, I doubt you know them because of the street name. I live in Madrid, and some years ago the left-leaning Mayor changed quite a lot of street names. Names like General Mola, the general who started the coup that brought the civil war, or Calvo Sotelo, who elaborated the “constitution” in place during Antonio de Rivera’s dictatorship, or Primero de Octubre, the date that Franco was named chief of State. There was quite a bit of controversy about it, and disagreement about whether names like Augustín de Foxá, who wrote the Falange’s himn but was also an author, should be removed. Nobody has forgotten this historical stuff by the way. We study these people in school. We know the date Franco was made head of State. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a debate around which street names to change or which statues to remove, but this idea that changing street names is bad and something the commies and SJWs do to stop people remembering their history is how you end up walking down “Adolf Hitler-Platz” or “Calle General Mola” or other pretty questionable types that should by all means be remembered, but not celebrated by having their own street signs. Do you also feel the same about Poland changing street names because of de-communisation or are those perfectly fine because it’s not the commies who are doing it?

[@mkozlinski]

@@paris5410 Argument "ad Hitlerum" at its glory. Eristic at master level indeed. We are not talking about mass murderers. We are talking about situation when somene is being erased for not being crystal clear according to the latest edition of PC-rules. "1984" supposed to be a warning not a guidebook for a cancel-culture. And FYI: we have change many "de-communised" names od places BACK to their "communist" patrons. Because they were people who deseved it, despite their membership in communist party they did enough good things. Or people simply get used to them and some historical controversies are not worth turning their life upside down.

[@daddystu7046]

Such great works of fiction do seem to embed themselves in our collective consciousness and to some degree govern our future actions.

[@Danko_Sekulic]

"Vealy good" 😂😂

[@jimmurphy4083]

Pure gold a classic 🙌 comedy sketch.

[@patenglish9944]

Best comedy ever