Joan Sanderson...Why was she not promoted to Damehood? Actress, par excellence, and may she rest in eternal peace ❤❤❤❤❤
@andyhalstead3949 Жыл бұрын
Don't want to be picky, but wasn't her surname sanderson.? Brilliant actress.
@3inchhippotomous.5089 ай бұрын
She played the same type of character in everything she was in.A quality actress can play a range of characters and not just battleaxes.But she was terrific in that role!
@citsport10 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning performance from a superb character actor. If anybody deserved a BAFTA Joan Sanderson should have got one for this performance alone.
@faizet25 жыл бұрын
“What are you talking about, you silly little man!” 😂
@georgejacob31623 жыл бұрын
Qué?
@derrickcunliffe73343 жыл бұрын
classic
@chrishargreaves80163 жыл бұрын
''Ohh! Mr Fawlty!'' ''Faulty? What's wrong with him?'' Gets me every time!
@everydayperson7642 жыл бұрын
Oh! You're Mr What!!
@annabethjadisdoulton455411 ай бұрын
Or woman
@redsquirrel10862 жыл бұрын
A total of 12 episodes of this masterpiece and the last one was made over 40 years ago. I haven't seen anything funnier than this and I'm not sure we ever will. The writing, the storylines, the casting...all perfect. Even the wobbly sets were funny because they added to the ridiculousness of the whole thing. Truly wonderful.
@haanis54582 жыл бұрын
I mean. Blackadder is also REALLY GOOD, but i can't pick between the two. You can't pick one of you children over the other.
@Bjowolf2 Жыл бұрын
And these FT episodes are still way above anything written today - or for the past 45 years for that matter, with the exception of "Blackadder" and "Yes, (Prime) Minister" 😂 Today this series would probably be banned by all the PC idiots and the woke brigade who are never able to laugh at anything at all, don't understand irony and sarcasm and take everything seriously. What we could really need these days is a hilarious TV comedy series that makes great fun of these humourless, self centered and annoying opinion-fascists, who are constantly busy telling the rest of us what we can or can't say, think, write and laugh about.
@ColtraneTaylor Жыл бұрын
Bottom: Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson Funniest ever.
@redsquirrel1086 Жыл бұрын
@@ColtraneTaylor Slapstick. Made for kids.
@ColtraneTaylor Жыл бұрын
@@redsquirrel1086 You are clueless.
@stewux3 жыл бұрын
" you heard that alright didn't you " combined with the deep bow is hilarious, so perfectly delivered.
@tonypap14 жыл бұрын
Fawlty Towers was blessed with a long line of brilliant guest characters, but for me Mrs Richards was the very best. It's not often that guest characters stole a scene from the regulars but Mrs Richards did many times in that episode ❤️️ "Wanted a fight? I'll give her a fight alright" 😂
@ElvarMasson3 жыл бұрын
Que ?
@lndnflms4842 жыл бұрын
Yes, she completely owns the character.
@justliveandletlive2 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%. Joan Sanderson absolutely stole this episode. Amazing performance.
@jennystanley25002 жыл бұрын
In Communication Problems
@vordman2 жыл бұрын
The wonderful Joan Sanderson, who in reality was as far from Mrs Richards as it was possible to get.
@cgarby2 жыл бұрын
Joan Sanderson. What a treasure.
@NicholasGuccione3 жыл бұрын
"Is this is a piece of your brain?!" I'm dying
@ge26232 жыл бұрын
I say that line to this day to people just to amuse myself.
@ge26232 жыл бұрын
I say that line to this day to people just to amuse myself.
@droceretik2 жыл бұрын
@@ge2623 Could you say that again?
@avix0072 жыл бұрын
@@droceretik He says that line to this day to people just to amuse himself.
@alexivandamme2303 Жыл бұрын
Total classic
@37Dionysos3 жыл бұрын
"My head!" "Has it come away?"
@anaisbarrosodgh57902 жыл бұрын
É uma Mamp
@shirleyrowarth89512 жыл бұрын
"Is this a piece of your brain?" Another great Basil witty comment 🤣
@SiFi_Music3 ай бұрын
You can see the sea ! It’s between the land and the sky😂😂😂
@peterp70632 жыл бұрын
I think this is the best bit of all the Fawlty Towers programmes. It's a wonderful combination of brilliant dialog and physical action. I've watched it endless times and I still enjoy it!
@shaunbat32853 жыл бұрын
My all time favourite comedy... Unsurpassed.... Communication Problems my favourite..... Mrs Richards was played utterly Brilliant!!
@everydayperson7642 жыл бұрын
She's deaf and requests to reserve a quiet room 🤣🤣
@siaitsme68002 жыл бұрын
Good point!! 👏👏👍😄
@sonofaseawarrior Жыл бұрын
Grew up watching this... 40 years later still absolute 🔥 😂
@bryanhead26702 жыл бұрын
First class actor Mrs Sanderson ,, keeping a straight face!
@ashocck80652 ай бұрын
Wait, she's a man?
@sylvestermoran79183 жыл бұрын
How could you not laugh .its hilarious. Best show ever . Love fawlty towers.
@videosrus8631 Жыл бұрын
Que?
@whu584 жыл бұрын
Brilliantly acted sketch by the regular cast as usual, and Joan Sanderson played it to perfection as a deaf & difficult old bitty in a script written by Cleese & Booth.
@duckduckgoismuchbetter2 жыл бұрын
"biddy"...it's a word that refers to an old hen, and the word used to call them in from far afield.
@anne40hillpiggott308 ай бұрын
Prunella Scales' role in this masterclass of British comedy acting must also be acknowledged🎉
@frankscivier48742 жыл бұрын
I agree with ToneLoc below. Joan Sanderson playing the deaf woman Mrs Richards gave the very best performance of any of the guest actors or actresses who appeared in Fawlty Towers. She was absolutely wonderful in this role.
@broadstreet212 жыл бұрын
Try Patricia Routlege playing the role though.
@dalefc9331 Жыл бұрын
@@broadstreet21 why?
@broadstreet21 Жыл бұрын
@@dalefc9331 She's renowned for her role as Mrs. Bucket, a totally unbearable character.
@TheBigScat4 жыл бұрын
Still laughing as hard at this as I did when I first saw it, nearly 45 years ago. Cleese was a master, and he played this character perfectly.
@paulgradley71833 жыл бұрын
English ?
@johnsmith-rs2vk2 жыл бұрын
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasil .
@olivergrumitt260111 ай бұрын
No matter how many times I have seen them, all the episodes of Fawlty Towers remain just as funny as they were since they were made well over 40 years ago. This episode in particular is quite simply the work of comic genius!
@nunah79775 жыл бұрын
I loved this show. Talk about laughing out loud. My dad and I would be crying we laughed so hard.
@irelandandtheuk12804 жыл бұрын
Me too
@ruthcarter1360 Жыл бұрын
Turn it on 🤣🤣!! It's the funniest comedy sketches ever. Brilliant.
@ChrisManley1994Ай бұрын
“What???” “TURN IT….” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@briancox85182 жыл бұрын
Brilliant best comedy ever
@onthekippaxsince753 жыл бұрын
I asked for a bath, you've got a bath, call that a bath? It's not big enough to drown a mouse, wish you were a mouse. Fantastic comedy, my favourite episode, John Cleese and Joan Sanderson bouncing off each other, both absolutely brilliant.
@shortallliam3142 Жыл бұрын
Exactly; and it's all such simple conversation, how it comes across as so funny is pure genius.
@MrA6s42 жыл бұрын
My favorite episode of all 12.......Brilliant!
@faizet25 жыл бұрын
“Faulty?! What’s wrong with him?!”
@Dane_Youssef3 жыл бұрын
Well, even when the show first came out---everyone thought that was too on the nose.
@faizet23 жыл бұрын
Dane Youssef I know, the same was with John Sullivan’s Only Fools & Horses.
@37Dionysos3 жыл бұрын
Just everything.
@u.v.s.55832 жыл бұрын
He's from Barcelona.
@shortallliam3142 Жыл бұрын
Oh my God!! It's hard to believe that 3 1/2 minutes of what is, basically, simple conversation could be this funny!
@LPCLASSICAL3 жыл бұрын
You have to feel for Basil. The day after his win he is in such a good mood etc. And it all goes horribly wrong.
@nickj33684 жыл бұрын
Joan Sanderson, excellent.
@painetcirque56956 жыл бұрын
"Is tgis a peace of your brain?" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah LOL
@Satellite_Of_Love4 жыл бұрын
I almost woke the house up laughing at that one!
@jsmithmultimediatech3 жыл бұрын
I'd have paid to see Daniel Sinclair actually say that to a customer the hotelier of Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay or was since it got demolished, who Basil's based on
@paulputnam82114 жыл бұрын
The wonderful Joan Sanderson played Mrs Richards - the guest you don't want in your hotel !
@emilythedragon4 жыл бұрын
The Karen to surpass all Karens
@jsmithmultimediatech3 жыл бұрын
Guest you dont want, how about Daniel Sinclair the clout who was probably Englands worst hotelier lol, ran the Gleneagles hotel in Torquay who Basils meant to be based on haha en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Sinclair_(hotel_owner) Apparenly when they were staying there (the Python crew and cast) he'd been asked to look after some persons luggage, found itself on the other end of the pool because he genuinely hated guests, he was formerly in the Navy during the WW2 so he'd rather be out at sea since previously being in the merchant Navy since was his wife whod bought the hotel
@CathyKitson4 жыл бұрын
"Don't think me rude, but may I ask, do you by any chance have a hearing aid?" "A what?" *_"A HEARING AID!"_* Reminds me of my husband. Deaf as a post, and won't bloody wear them.
@elasolezito4 жыл бұрын
Oh boy, same as my grandfather... was trying to explain my trip to England and it went like this: Me: **I tell him** Grandpa: You did what ? Grandma: HE SAID THAT HE WENT.... Gpa: STOP SCREAMING IN MY EAR STUPID THING!! Proceed John... **After a few minutes i left the house and i could still hear them fight**
@ElvarMasson3 жыл бұрын
Que ?
@MrHistorian1233 жыл бұрын
If anyone tells you that this isn't the best sitcom of all time: 1) Hit them repeatedly over the head with something heavy 2) Ask them again if they now think it's the best. If they say yes, stop. If they say no, go back to step 1) and repeat ad infinitum.
@guidomotshagen75413 жыл бұрын
Que?
@ShiroIMKS3 жыл бұрын
then pick something up off the floor and ask 'is this a piece of your brain?'
@mitchellolson26672 жыл бұрын
As a last resort, insert a large garden gnome in them..
@Orion3741 Жыл бұрын
Beat the person up. But whatever you do, just don't mention the war.
@colinadams53909 ай бұрын
Joan Sanderson... Great actress & comedian.
@yaronkl6 жыл бұрын
"Manuel, could you lend Mrs. Richards your assistance with connection with her reservation?" ... "Ke?"
@uru_senoritatorres_swe53263 жыл бұрын
Correction: "¿Qué?"
@BruceAlarie9 ай бұрын
watt!?@@uru_senoritatorres_swe5326
@Markus_Andrew3 жыл бұрын
"You'd better go and lie down before something else happens" 😄😄😄
@jannykuiper23992 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@unclelewis3728 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@ChrisManley1994Ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@billcipher59763 жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards is amazing.
@MrPaulcoster942 жыл бұрын
I’d love to see an interview with her . One of my all time favourite scenes
@Satellite_Of_Love4 жыл бұрын
I love when Polly acts vindictive. Sicking Manuel on Mrs. Richards 😄
@donnah53782 жыл бұрын
🤣😃😂
@duckduckgoismuchbetter2 жыл бұрын
"siccing"
@chrishargreaves80163 жыл бұрын
I love how Sybil knocks the crap out of Basil while tending to Mrs Richards when she bangs her head.
@numbersix1003 жыл бұрын
Communication problems is the funniest 30 minutes of tv ever
@sandavijithminirathnayake70335 жыл бұрын
" Faulty ? What's wrong with him ??" LAMAO 😁😁😁
@PeterOHalloran-hf2ho9 ай бұрын
She had a super presence
@zzzaaa0990 Жыл бұрын
Que? The looking on Mrs Richard’s face is just hilarious.
@TheNzfroggy10 жыл бұрын
That but in the office never fails to make me laugh. I have seen it many times. Many times and and it's brilliant!
@marctspence Жыл бұрын
There's footage of the scene at the desk where Polly makes a mistake. Seeing the actress playing Mrs Richards laugh is so weird. And heartwarming
@SJMJ916 жыл бұрын
“Que?” “What?” “Que?” “K?” Si?” “C?” “K.C?” “No. Que - what?” “K Watt?” “Si. Que - what?” “C. K. Watt? Who?” “Que?” 😂 They really don’t write them as good as this anymore!
@guidomotshagen75413 жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards: "Faulty? What's wrong with him?"
@jsmithmultimediatech3 жыл бұрын
@@guidomotshagen7541 Brain damage perhaps? I mean Basil, from frustration of having to deal with morons like her pmsl So sorry couldn't help it lol
@uru_senoritatorres_swe53263 жыл бұрын
Correction: "¿Qué?"
@mysticcity3122 жыл бұрын
'Is this a piece of your brain' 🙈
@lukerobinson26053 жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards was probably my favourite guest. Or maybe Mrs Penoir
@radharcanna Жыл бұрын
That was my favourite episode, especially the bath problem.
@BenBanjo876 жыл бұрын
Mrs Alice Richards is one of those lethally infuriating characters that you just love to hate!!
@smik49786 жыл бұрын
She's so annoying that it's funny.
@sightsounds94536 жыл бұрын
on the other hand you need a bit of kick *rse with some of the useless cheating companies you have to deal with.
@doncurran75344 жыл бұрын
Who was the brilliant actress who plays This character?
@cliffwheeler73574 жыл бұрын
Don Curran. Mrs. Richards was played by the wonderful Joan Sanderson. A tour de force performance.
@richallenxbox19762 жыл бұрын
The ultimate "Karen" before the Internet made "Karens" a thing.
@peterburke17093 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this was hyacinth bucket Manuel was dealing with then basil would really lose his nerve with her
@bigdaddydiesel55203 жыл бұрын
It's Bouquet! lol
@everydayperson7642 жыл бұрын
RRRRICHARD!!!!
@broadstreet212 жыл бұрын
Funny you mentioned that - as I'd imagined an episode of the Buckets staying at Fawlty Towers... along with Mr. Bean and the Trotters. Now there's an episode of chaos and calamity.
@robinrnord6092 жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite episode. Is this a piece of your brain? You better lie down before something else happens!!!!
@hollyylloh515 Жыл бұрын
Stay positive with Sherpa 😱👏🤪🙂😋😇🤨🐕😆🧐😇😋😀😀🧐😆
@beagle76223 жыл бұрын
Probably the funniest. I cringe when she complains. A superb piece of acting I have forgotten her name. John Cleese is a master of this type of comedy.
@droceretik2 жыл бұрын
Joan Sanderson
@youngsey Жыл бұрын
The best episode ever.
@jeremyhaines38472 жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards was played by a excellent Actress called Joan Sanderson
@lenaaqq68553 жыл бұрын
Mrs Rickards is BEST.. 🤣😂😂😂
@patriciaamaro73373 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite episodes. still laughting..
@christianness8983 Жыл бұрын
Honestly communication problems pretty much sums up the entire series
@88_garnet82 жыл бұрын
Exactly. What do you do with them? Just get one and/or turn it on, and make the rest of the world's life "Easier!" and sometimes she does hear something at regular volume selectively, he say's "you heard that all right, didn't you."
@bestdisco197910 күн бұрын
You heard that alright didn’t you. 😂😂
@karimkekhia4369 Жыл бұрын
OMGDDDD the m literally almost sick from my tummy coz i’m laughing so much. this is one of the funniest ever. Joan Richardson is sooooo brilliant. what a lovely lady.
My mother won’t turn her hearing aid on, either. I’ve had so many of these same conversations.
@stevebrazilio9 ай бұрын
You knew Manuel was going to say "que?" but this cracks me up. Never sure which episode is best, this or Wardolf salad! They equally make my sides split!
@elisabethpenajanes40573 жыл бұрын
😜🤗😘💁♀️I really loved Manuel
@tourdeiffel11 жыл бұрын
Shame the whole episode isn't uploaded.
@bassinbillRC53003 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6e8Z6afqt5okKM
@hanajinks1044 Жыл бұрын
The CK Watt bit reminds me of the Who's on First bit....
@grangefarm111 жыл бұрын
another fav
@artemiszeus9735 Жыл бұрын
Would you like me to get it mended? 😂😂😂
@susannefoort66063 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS !!!!!! 🤣🤣😅😂🤣😅😂🤣😂😅🤣🤣
@lewisjohnson34482 жыл бұрын
3:16 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ChrisManley19944 жыл бұрын
Turn it *ON!* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@poshladysurrey89305 жыл бұрын
Great comedy
@billcipher59763 жыл бұрын
Faulty? What's wrong with him 😆🤣😆🤣
@jeremyhaines38473 жыл бұрын
This is very funny and excellent
@siredith8846 Жыл бұрын
Mrs Richards should have been made a permanent resident together with the ladies and the major.
@carlodonn8983 Жыл бұрын
Haha that would had been torture for basil.
@siredith8846 Жыл бұрын
@@carlodonn8983 exactly 😂
@carlodonn8983 Жыл бұрын
@@siredith8846 haha having her there full time would be to much for basil. He would kill himself...or her!! He could put up with the lady's and the major .
@siredith8846 Жыл бұрын
@@carlodonn8983 but imagine how funny it would be
@alastairjhunter36669 ай бұрын
I agree. They could have made another 6 episodes with the Mrs Richards interactions with the major etc
@ABCEasyas--4 жыл бұрын
Isn’t CK Watt a manager? He’s related to an NFL player
@chantal38045 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@purplefemmefatale11 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha :-D Poor Manuel from Barcelona!!!!
@paulgradley71833 жыл бұрын
Great
@garywentworth34993 жыл бұрын
A classic!
@russelldavies142311 ай бұрын
I used to do the the a hearing ais d thing with my ,maths teacher in high school 😂.,gee l was wicked
@leighcheetham5557Ай бұрын
Joan sanderson was also in a rising damp episode
@videosrus8631 Жыл бұрын
Priceless. Utterly priceless. Will the impending new series come anywhere near this?
@carlodonn8983 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I doubt it very much ....
@BruceAlarie9 ай бұрын
itll only be soiled with the PC 2020's mindset@@carlodonn8983
@graceaxx88623 жыл бұрын
Мrs Richards is best😆😆😆turn in on😆
@danielbarreto19732 жыл бұрын
I can't laugh louder!
@harryturner87013 жыл бұрын
She one of the people in this whos actually worse than Fawlty
@--ag Жыл бұрын
Is this a piece of your brain? 😆🤣
@CJusticeHappen216 жыл бұрын
Louis C K What
@rickclaark84596 жыл бұрын
A HEARING AID
@stephenpowell5912 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣Pmsl watching this 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@bornofmaya92 Жыл бұрын
“NOW…”
@DreFromMaine84722 жыл бұрын
I hated how much of a ballbuster Sybil was in this one.
@jasonhurd43793 жыл бұрын
'C.K. Watt? Who is C.K. Watt!?'
@leefran713 жыл бұрын
I never liked basil losing at the end of this episode