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@Zephaniah3verse17 Жыл бұрын
"An ageing, brilliantined stick insect." Never fails to make me laugh out loud. Best putdown ever!
@carlodonn898311 ай бұрын
Cleeses was only in his 30s tho. I always felt that basil was meant to be about 10 years older then Cleese
@BarekHalfhand11 ай бұрын
I think she said "brilliantine" in reference to a gel used make hair look glossy... I'm not fluent in British lingo so I'm not completely sure
@fffUUUUUU11 ай бұрын
@@BarekHalfhandrilliantine is a thing, she said brilliantined - meaning "covered in brilliantine". Exactly as OP wrote.
@BarekHalfhand11 ай бұрын
@@fffUUUUUU Got it thanks... At first I thought she was saying "brillianting" as perhaps a British expression for balding.
@silverkitty2503Ай бұрын
haha ha
@db7541Ай бұрын
“Ooh I know” -you wouldn’t believe such a simple line could be so well delivered and so iconic
@jasonhurd43795 жыл бұрын
'Do you really imagine, even in your wildest dreams, that a girl like this could possibly be interested in an aging, brilliantined stick insect like you!?'
@mejustme6833 жыл бұрын
A girl like who dear?
@magicmike69612 жыл бұрын
and he called Polly a cloth eared bint,
@c.saigir34562 жыл бұрын
Ave Christus Rex
@susandumbill8805 Жыл бұрын
"It's alright dear, just checking the door!" "What's going on?!" The rapport between Basil and Sybil is something to behold!!!
@silverkitty2503Ай бұрын
i do ha ha
@robkeeleycomposer Жыл бұрын
Prunella Scales is so gorgeous! And magnificent timing.
@sid211228 күн бұрын
As a kid, she was the Dragon Lady.... As a middle aged man, wow, cute figure!
@Toby_the_Glen2 жыл бұрын
Sybil had a great figure!
@davidcole99715 жыл бұрын
The brilliant Prunella Scales. I find it so interesting that Cleese says that when Scales auditioned for the part for him and Connie she did it in a different way than they wanted, but went with her interpretation, that's class.
@mattjames73862 жыл бұрын
It makes me wonder how Cleese and Booth imagined Sybil as a character... less acidic and more sarcastic, perhaps?
@startracker58952 жыл бұрын
@@mattjames7386 she was sarcastic.
@nztv8589 Жыл бұрын
@@mattjames7386 they imagined her posher and classier than him.
@dronesclubhighjinks Жыл бұрын
@@nztv8589 I thought they had said that they imagined Basil and Sybil had got together because she was attracted to how posh he sounded, almost like she was a social class below his. That seemed to be the explanation for why on earth she would have been interested in him. I had the impression they meant that he had less choice in women than Sybil had in men, and that she was conventionally attractive enough for him to overlook her slightly lower class.
@nztv8589 Жыл бұрын
@@dronesclubhighjinks yes originally Cleese envisaged Sybil as posher than him, as it gave the social climbing Basil motivation to marry above him. However, Scales said this wouldn't have worked dramatically as she wouldn't have married someone lower than herself , so she played it slightly more "common ". This made more sense as Basil would need someone who knew how to run hotel well , and she would think she was social climbing .
@lindamckenzie6500 Жыл бұрын
Sybil acted her role so well , never looses her cool so believable . Made Basil look like an incompetent fool. One of the greatest comedies of all time.
@royfearn4345 Жыл бұрын
The character of Basil WAS that of an incompetent fool. It's just that Basil didn't think so! Brilliant!
@sorchamcgowan98 Жыл бұрын
Happy 90th birthday to Prunella Scales! Thanks so so much for all the laughter! 💖💖
3:14 The way she snaps "Basil!" makes me laugh out loud each time
@phavok5 жыл бұрын
The O'Riley bit still makes me laugh
@moneybus89754 жыл бұрын
Veronica Campbell I knooooow !
@AAngerJ4 ай бұрын
Me too! She’s serous!
@db7541Ай бұрын
Best bit is when Basil looks around, sees she’s nowhere to be found, and slaps himself while saying “Basil” like she normally does
@galebailey55832 жыл бұрын
Sybil’s walk in the ladder scene…LMAO!
@Gwailo542 жыл бұрын
It is perfect. It’s a mutton dressed as lamb waddle in an outfit one or two sizes too small that she conveys. Prunella Scales was amazing. Saw her at the National in Alan Bennett’s spy plays. She was convincing as the graceful and elegant Coral Brown but when she entered as the Queen she was small and dumpy and just as convincing. Both parts a million miles away from Sybil but both thoroughly as convincing. Terriifc characterisations every time. Anybody older than me who remembers Marriage Lines?
@Euroviking865 жыл бұрын
Seeing Sybil put Basil in his place was endlessly entertaining.
@mejustme6833 жыл бұрын
Bazil:Hello dear * kisses * Sybil:What are you doing? Bazil:kissing you dear. Sybil:well dont 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@mejustme6833 жыл бұрын
@@MND139 Sybil: * talking about friends * They have all said at one point or another how on earth did the 2 of us ever get together? Black magic my mother says. Basil: * moment of silence * Well she would know wouldn't she?
@bryanpalmer96603 жыл бұрын
Basil describing Sybil laughing as sounding like "somebody machine-gunning a seal"
@keepgoing19732 жыл бұрын
"he put basil in the ratatouille?" "I do apologize, he's from Barcelona" Great.
@ZoKitchen2 жыл бұрын
He’s still looking for it
@keepgoing19732 жыл бұрын
@@ZoKitchen I just can't imagine ever wanting to put basil (herb) in a ratatouille. The French would prefer the rat.
@HiVizCamo4 жыл бұрын
Great, but missing one. The Gourmet Night dinner, while she's stalling the guests waiting for the meal to arrive, she's telling stories and laughing. Great character, so well played.
@flat5sharp115 жыл бұрын
Brilliant character acting by Prunella Scales (also a Shakespearean theatre actress) And of course, genius scriptwriting from Cleese and Booth.
@joejones94972 жыл бұрын
Imagine the joy of proceeding... and realizing more and more just how good it was going to be.
@LeofromFreo4 жыл бұрын
Sybil’s morbid fears lines are so masterfully delivered.
@Mike89812 жыл бұрын
You weren’t listening were you? Lol
@stephengarth8575 Жыл бұрын
Such absolute brilliance. I feel that Prunella, just like every other character staring in this magnificent comedy, was the perfect choice for the role. It doesn't matter how many times i have seen each episode, the laughs never diminish, even though i know what is coming next. To all the actors, living or dead, thanks for the laughter, time and time again.
@AlexEssex85 жыл бұрын
Sybil had so many fantastic lines but I always loved the confidence trickster episode when she didn’t actually have lines as such but when Basil said “Sybil I forbid you...” ; such brilliant comic timing! I also loved the “Mother has more of a death force dialogue - “open spaces....... confined spaces” and “...its a little difficult, chef’s just opened the tin” 😀
@Simon0 Жыл бұрын
I want a Waldorf salad 🥗🥗!!
@StephenGrayce5 жыл бұрын
So hard to play the "straight woman" among such hilarity. Prunella Scales is amazing.
@papercup25175 жыл бұрын
Her and Polly. Forever holding the fort/keeping that sinking ship afloat. Wonderful women.
@SpookyElectric3194 жыл бұрын
Her and Polly, Connie Booth who co wrote it, can.
@am743435 жыл бұрын
I like when Sybil scurries in high heels outside the hotel so she can slap Basil! LOL!!
@Robert_Fordin5 жыл бұрын
The most accurate comedy sitcom of all the time.
@1830mof Жыл бұрын
Am I the only man of a certain age who quietly fancies Sybil?
@hughmacfarlane9662 Жыл бұрын
Oh , you old dog , you !
@speakertreatz Жыл бұрын
no, there's two of us
@johnmc3862 Жыл бұрын
Feisty one she is!
@edlawn548125 күн бұрын
You like a girl with spirit, don't you?
@marklythall87124 жыл бұрын
there’s a really quick one liner when basil wanting a some toast holds up a piece of bread as sybil walks by and says “breathe on this please dear” or words to that effect
@nigelw5125 жыл бұрын
A time when the BBC made brilliant comedy. Puts the crap they make now to shame
@brendanmcbrearty5544 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. Far too much crap on TV today.
@soulshine82814 жыл бұрын
Same as with American TV!
@masterfarr82653 жыл бұрын
oh I know
@duckduckgoismuchbetter2 жыл бұрын
I'm American and the crap that Hollyweird puts out today is beyond shameful. Ironically, I didn't care for this, or really get it, when I was a kid. But I love it now. The only problem with British TV is that when it is at its best, they starve you to death for it, lol. I mean..."Here's your 12 extraordinary episodes, strung out over several years...that's all you're going to get. Learn how to starve happily! And be glad we didn't only make ten or eleven." It makes me wonder seriously if there's a universe in the multiverse somewhere, where John Cleese made hundreds of these, and at the same quality level. And the same goes for Downton Abbey and Are You Being Served, and a few other brilliant British TV shows I'm starving for more of. And I'm sure there's more I don't know about yet.
@nigelw5122 жыл бұрын
@@duckduckgoismuchbetter Unfortunately the Woke BBC is now censoring a lot of these old classics like Dads Army, Steptoe and Son, Till death us do part and ruining them. Make sure you watch the old ones.
@levenscott6453 ай бұрын
Prunella Scales was a wonderful comic actress. In Sybil, she created a character for all time.
@redlabel3977Ай бұрын
Classic comedy , never to be repeated 🎭
@manxpuss5 жыл бұрын
I'd love to be a fly on the wall at a Sybil/ Basil marriage counselling session.
@alking76555 жыл бұрын
My two favourites are "Ageing brilliantine stick insect like you?" and when Mr O Reily smiles at her. Basil: "Oh for god sake, don't smile." Sybil: "Why are you smiling Mr O Reily?" Mr O Reily: "Well to be perfectly honest Mrs Fawlty I like a woman with spirit." S: "Oh do you, is that what you like?" Mr O: "I do, I do!" Where she proceeds to whack them both with the umbrella.
@garyhickman68975 жыл бұрын
...and I love Basil's description of Sybil as a "golfing puff adder"......
@lachlanholidayaccessibletr67584 жыл бұрын
+
@7x34hj4 жыл бұрын
Yes, but she used 'brilliantine', a noun, as an adjective.
@robertmoore25272 жыл бұрын
@@7x34hj Call the spelling police and they can go back 45 years or so in a time machine.
@duckduckgoismuchbetter2 жыл бұрын
Basil KNEW what was coming for O'Reilly. And even though he hated him, and was also a very unsympathetic character, he was obviously feeling sorry for what O'Reilly was putting himself in for. 😂
@robintyson59111 ай бұрын
"What are you doing? I'm kissing you dear. Well - don't." So well delivered.
@DrRock2009 Жыл бұрын
“Benzedrine puff adder” 🤣
@jessesands40994 жыл бұрын
"Sybil I Forbid You To Open That Safe"!😆👩⚖️🗄️
@keepgoing19732 жыл бұрын
I feel that Sybil was in her own world completely.
@roberttaylor1485 жыл бұрын
She was definitely a good looker in her prime.
@eddyfinkful5 жыл бұрын
@Charlie Miller Me too! We see her in the Uk, on the Canal boats, with her husband. Still got the timing.
@jasonhurd43795 жыл бұрын
Check her out in the film Hobson's Choice. She was twenty-one and just as sexy as she wanted to be.
@davidhoward24875 жыл бұрын
Sorry I believe she was 19...
@omikronweapon4 жыл бұрын
@Charlie Miller with all respect to her, she's 87... She hasn't aged badly and I'm sure she's a nice person, but she's hardly sexy anymore.
@malcolmtinker42592 жыл бұрын
@@davidhoward2487 p
@photo1615 жыл бұрын
The greatest episodic comedy show of all time. But the bits in these clips work much better in context of course.
@stewux4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I think that slap in the last clip and Cleese's fall is one of the great comedy moments of all time.
@Robert_Fordin5 жыл бұрын
She is perfect background for Basil. Marvelous acting.
I was 22 when they filmed this and I loved how she dressed Prunella Scales was a very sexy woman. You think at 22 #I would like Polly but Sybil to me was feminity PLUS
@johnmitchelljr5 жыл бұрын
Timeless comedy is timeless. Thank you for sharing.
@SuperMisterInvisible5 жыл бұрын
Hello dear. What are you doing? I'm kissing you dear. Well don't. 😂😂😂😂😂
@omikronweapon4 жыл бұрын
definitely one of my favorite Fawlty Towers bits :P
@olesrensen7819 Жыл бұрын
"How long have you been married, mrs. Fawlty?" "Oh, since 1485" 😄😄
@mejustme6833 жыл бұрын
Sybil:Awww! Your only single once! Basil:Twice can be arranged How the hell did they not divorse half way through?!🤣
@assafnaor575210 ай бұрын
The wonderful Prunella Scales
@vincentbugalia38585 жыл бұрын
I watched this show on tv way back when and loved it.
@kitcarson90475 ай бұрын
absolutely brilliant comedy
@killerrabbit26932 жыл бұрын
The scene when Sybil's listing her mother's worries.. That's Cleese's mother.
@adamschwartz34492 жыл бұрын
Prunella Scales is still acting (as of 2021) in audio drama for The Wireless Theatre Company, and still great.
@davidnelson714911 ай бұрын
I'm sorry to tell you, but she's suffering from late stage Alzheimer's now.
@Jakegothicsnake5 жыл бұрын
It’s missing the parts where Sybil does her signature laugh. MWUAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!! *wheeeeeeez*
@jasonhurd43795 жыл бұрын
Also the bedtime phone conversation with Audrey: 'I know...I know...Oh, I know...'
@annhatchet37993 жыл бұрын
My favourite Sybil moment is when she throws coffee at Basil but most of it lands on the Major 😭
@keepgoing19732 жыл бұрын
John wrote this along with Connie and some of the best lines were given to Prunella.
@jamesbannon64435 жыл бұрын
my favorite character on this show!
@Fendermanpaul4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Scripts, Fantsastic acting, and very wobbly sets. I have all the episodes recorded and watch them all the time. We ALL know a Basil Fawlty don't we?
@duckduckgoismuchbetter Жыл бұрын
Probably. But if one doesn't know a Basil Fawlty, then that means that one is the Basil Fawlty. Come to think of it...I myself don't actually know a Basil Fawlty, lol.
@vitothepizzaguy74755 жыл бұрын
"He's from Barcelona..."
@studiobencivengamarcusbenc52724 жыл бұрын
I bloody love Sybil and Basil - brutally funny
@rogerpritchard Жыл бұрын
Great cast. Thanks for the memories
@Mck09485 жыл бұрын
Sybil’s mother’s phobia are almost identical to Jon Cleese’s mother’s phobias as described in his autobiography
@user-ep9fu2be4z5 жыл бұрын
Haha. That's pretty great.
@omikronweapon4 жыл бұрын
"all of them" you mean? Maybe Basil should have called his little man in Fulham ;P
@johnkehoe6464 ай бұрын
So practical ,organised and composed.Exactly the opposite of Basil. Loved the way she immediately grasped the situation when Polly told them Lord Melbury was a conman....while Basil was still in denial😅Without a doubt she was easily the funniest female character to ever take part in a sitcom.
@malcolmabram29574 жыл бұрын
8:00 love the walk of Sybil. So focused, so full of purpose with only one aim in mind: To clobber Basil.
@Zephaniah3verse172 жыл бұрын
Yes!! To see that is to understand the meaning of "singularity of purpose". Hilarious.
@bythebreach5 жыл бұрын
That golfing puff adder! [proceeds to strangle gnome]
@MultiRwarren3 жыл бұрын
outfits are fire everytime
@JohnMichaelson3 жыл бұрын
The very first one is my favorite, the "aging, Brilliantined stick insect" line. It's almost like they were ad-libbing the insults on the fly.
@dianderson7022 Жыл бұрын
Totally brilliant acting, love it.
@FJB_USA_1ST2 жыл бұрын
I loved all of your outfits. Very classy.
@mdaniels6311 Жыл бұрын
Such great acting from everyone.
@jonkline7095 жыл бұрын
All those shows were great!!
@lorenzomagazzeni54255 жыл бұрын
I loved Sybil - always in control
@tamar5261 Жыл бұрын
Sybil was pretty fit to my 18 yo senses
@Robard655 жыл бұрын
“Charming people.” “Hmm ....?” “The Abbot’s ... charming couple.” “Yes, all three of them.” 😂😂 “You’re only single once.” “Twice can be arranged.” 😂😂 “Oh hi dear ... i was just .. ehm ...” Wack. 😂😂 And that one sentence; yes, a knoow ..
@zacktong81052 жыл бұрын
She really made the show!
@christianf7740 Жыл бұрын
She is awesome!
@arthurscrote46404 жыл бұрын
Prunella Scales as Sybil was a wonderful actress, sadly not too well these days. Connie Booth was the woman of my dreams. Utterly desirable. Fory four years after release, the series has never been eclipsed.
@barry76089 ай бұрын
Real talented actors...brilliant.
@urszulab8397 Жыл бұрын
So entertaining 😂thank you 🙏
@jockstrapp213 жыл бұрын
The last scene is the best. I love her
@irishking14145 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@jcee68864 жыл бұрын
The older I get the more attractive I find Sybil.
@arlichar11Ай бұрын
im 44 now in 2024, and she was obvious much older than i but i alwas thought she was very sexy.. but in reality a brilliant actress
@Hipppy10015 жыл бұрын
07:50 Hello Dear.. I was just going to ehr SMACK!! HAAAAh
@vitothepizzaguy74755 жыл бұрын
"how long have you been married?" "oh since 1485..."
@Robert_Fordin5 жыл бұрын
Mr. Sir One of my favourite shots.
@vitothepizzaguy74755 жыл бұрын
@Yasika Sambora she means they've been married for ever.
@bgd-canman99765 жыл бұрын
Darn, I missed it. I thought she said '1945', lol. This is even better.
@papercup25175 жыл бұрын
@Yasika Sambora I think she means that's what it feels like... far, far too long...
@davidhoward24875 жыл бұрын
In 1485 there was the Battle of Agincourt...which we won...against the French...poor Basil would never win against Sybil!
@bindon410 ай бұрын
Everyone (rightly) applauds Basil, but it would be nothing without the AMAZING Sybil.
@nrjelley5 жыл бұрын
"Memories? Huh...Agincourt?" Pmsl
@debbieramsey-hanks3757 Жыл бұрын
Amazing
@alanobrien4020 Жыл бұрын
Marriage is made In heaven But so is thunder and lightning 😆
@GordonWishart Жыл бұрын
Polly was exquisite
@jaldav5 жыл бұрын
My favorite has to be when Sybil opens the safe.
@grannym2880 Жыл бұрын
I thought there might have been a few "ooh, I knoooooooow" -s in there but still a great compilation.
@HLk-jb9nt Жыл бұрын
Sybil was a one off ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@beezy3645 жыл бұрын
Sybil was fine with an attitude. My type of woman
@sunnsight5 жыл бұрын
Really???
@andyhaochizhang5 жыл бұрын
You like a woman with spirit?
@speakertreatz Жыл бұрын
@@sunnsight yes
@JoshHumble4 жыл бұрын
The freakin best!
@TheSteveRobinson Жыл бұрын
A classic TV show from the UK.
@BobbySMiles2 жыл бұрын
I bought the complete series for my own enjoyment back a few years ago .
@laurieparker-stuart868 Жыл бұрын
Yes. The some will remove these from public view.
@dubbelhenke85425 күн бұрын
She is perfect. 😂 And she was so good as the tragic Miss Bates in the TV series "Emma" 1996.
@Cladcreeper5 жыл бұрын
2:20 I DEW I DEW!!
@JuggernautVault11 ай бұрын
"Villains whose motives are hard to find fault in and arguably better than the hero's." Elder God Tier Villain