Fawlty Towers: The best of Basil (part 2)

[@Mummapuss226]

Nothing can beat Fawlty Towers, it was the best tv series of all time.

[@debramonzyk4925]

I am 69 yrs. old, I will never get tired of watching Fawlty Towers. They are just like Sienfeld, totally hilarious! Wish they all would be on forever!

[@DerekZary-x1j]

I'm 55 now.. watched it with my parents as a child... loved it ever since.. ❤️

[@marjankhosravi926]

I am 58 . I got acquainted with Fawlty Towers and Monty Pythons at the age of 25 ! I never get tired of watching them too !! They were generous ❤❤

[@daveteman5028]

IM ONLY 39 AND SEINFELD AND FAWLTY TOWERS ARE MY 2 ALL TIME FAVS.....JON CLEESE IS DOIN MEET AND GREETS IN COLUMBUS, OH IN DECEMBER....WERE THINKING AB GOIN🙌

[@bokarlsson1027]

Im 65 years old. saw this from beginning. even remember Monte Pytons and others. always loved English since of humor. They gave me some English lessons also👌🇸🇪 Thank you UK.

[@angelawilliams4239]

Grew up watching FT. Must have watched every episode hundreds of times. Never once fails to make me laugh. British comedy at its best.

[@albagubrath9073]

* English comedy...

[@johnjoyce341]

Basil's face peering in the window at the Abbotts still cracks me up.

[@clintoruss153]

One of the best sitcoms of all time.

[@clareobrien3265]

Almost 43 years old and still has me crying with laughter.

[@antonystringfellow5152]

And that was 2 years ago. Damn, that makes me feel old!

[@LeathervsLatex]

I'm 47 and have the same effect on my wife

[@daniellarcombe8083]

@@silent_il ..the show now 45years old

[@stigtuneback1966]

he is one of a kind that john cleese , sure knows how to make others laugh , i watched the fawlty towers a lot back in the day , and still does now and then , pure classic serie.

[@davidclucas4932]

Only 43 Try 61.same result😂

[@efcpl]

You can see this any number of times. It never gets old.

[@Electricshrock]

I love how as the ladder's falling, Manuel just stands there with this detached curiosity, probably wondering why Mr. Fawlty wanted to do that.

[@sofalugger]

Absolutely the best comedy series EVER!!! JC at the height of his powers. . AND a Brilliant cast of brilliant actors etc etc

[@davidbowman4259]

Greatest British comedy of all time. One of the greatest, period. Love Cleese, Booth, Scales ...

[@shaunbat3285]

Fawlty towers for me is hilarious I've seen each episode hundreds of times and shall continue to watch, Brilliantly written and will never be Surpassed..... Ever

[@ottergreen8190]

Im only 38 but the older I get the more I can relate to Basil Fawlty.

[@mrsmchistory]

Same here

[@johncampbell5056]

So true,, I used to think he was over the top mental, these days I think he's quite mild

[@ottergreen8190]

@@johncampbell5056 not sure if you saw, but John Cleese is doing a reboot of Fawlty Towers

[@johncampbell5056]

I seen that, bad idea but he has to pay his ex a lot of money in alimony, that's why he's on the circuit a lot

[@SamuelBlack84]

Working in customer service for years brought me dangerously close to becoming Basil Fawlty

[@brianbozo2447]

What is amazing about FT is no matter how many times you see it, it still cracks me up as if I am seeing for the first time. A statue of John Cleese should go up in Trafalgar Square.

[@zbr76]

It would be pulled down.

[@Schudulaba]

@@zbr76 For being problematic and for wrongthink.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

BLM would pull it down calling Cleese a racist for his disdain of Germans. 😂

[@leonardocastagna9295]

And what is very stupid is that they only made 12 episodes.

[@yannatoko9898]

They didn't want to make more, for they wouldn't have been as good and would have de-valued the greatness of the little they had made.

[@WolfieRich1]

Him just collapsing when Mrs Richards is mentioned is fantastic lmao

[@GCStalker]

Classic comedy of the best kind. There will not be another.

[@yukiinu5534]

Faulty towers just what I needed! "In these times that test man's soul".

[@ferraridinoman]

NEVER get tired of Fawlty Towers!! x

[@1959Berre]

RIP Manuel, such a wonderful man.

[@777coffeelover]

He not here.... ☹️☹️☹️

[@thomashninan3825]

@@777coffeelover that is surprise 😟 a bad sad one

[@ottergreen8190]

He’s from Barcelona.

[@Mmolesy]

K?

[@craigmcvay1]

@@Mmolesy Que

[@mikemurray3962]

When Basil goes off on a rant, or is freaking out trying to cover things up, it is comedy gold. Hasn't been matched since.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

The greatest British comedian of all time. End of story.

[@miroslavtomic7038]

@piesbari As a series yes, but amazing as they are none of the actors are even close as good comedian as Cleese is.

[@zbr76]

@piesbari Overrated and Horses, more like.

[@benpsmith77]

Fawlty Towers > Only Fools

[@richardpetty6088]

Farther ted

[@JJ-tk7xf]

@@richardpetty6088 YES!!

[@susandumbill8805]

"...the sea? It's over there, between the land and the sky!" Basil's endearing attitude towards Mrs Richards is something aspire to, when dealing with an extremely fussy customer (so long as you don't make it so obvious!)

[@Xylarxcode]

'Well, may I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney opera house, perhaps? The hanging gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically...'

[@DB-su5qp]

What foreign viewers may not understand is that all these characters used to exist in real life, and they are played so beautifully. Now 40 years later only a few people are like this and we have different society.

[@susandumbill8805]

I used to work in a v posh restaurant in London in the early 80's as a commis waitress. We had to do silver service, not always easy to get right! We had customers from all over the world, many v easy to serve. But some of the Brits could be really awkward - one bloke would insist on having tomato ketchup, even with a posh meal, and made quite a big deal of it! (One of our favourite customers!!) After dealing with the likes of this I'd make a hasty retreat to the kitchen, have a crafty cigarette, and watch the Head Chef mess around with some of his prepared delicacies, when in a mean mood! The Head Waiters wore posh gear, and strutted around as if they were 'gods', while we laughed at them, and the (meat & poultry) 'Carvers' would hang around the customers ' tables after serving whatever - it- was, like vultures, waiting for a tip! Yes, these were the days of real characters in real life. If only someone would write a Sit Com about the likes of these...! Basil would be great as the Restaurant Manager! Sibyl as the Cashier, and Polly as a waitress of course! (Maybe she could play my part - the cheeky 18 year old from 'The North' in her first job!!!)

[@umachan9286]

This is a a show that never gets old. It's as funny now as it was when I first saw it.

[@chrisbjelde7762]

Fawity towers is one of the funniest in history

[@stevej4157]

The bit at the end when the bedroom door opens is just brilliant!

[@robertcolema]

I'm on lockdown 2020 pouring with rain here in UK in June, yet crying with laughter...

[@dahlialady4131]

Good for you! It's 1.40am, 15th.July 2020 and i am watching this series😅

[@lenaaqq6855]

2020/11 Stockholm lockdown 😩😷sun and warm 🌳

[@ForeverInDiapers]

I just saw John Cleese live, he’s just as funny live as he is here! Long live John, and all of his work! ❤️

[@venkathariharan1515]

Fawlty Towers, the best comedy serial I've enjoyed in ages! Genius, John Cleese and team! What a riot! The episode featuring Mrs Richards and the horse betting, is one of my favorites.

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

@Daniel Stetson Siberian Hamster :0)

[@jozhieproductions]

“Is this a piece of your brain?”!!!!

[@theomegaconcern9564]

"Another satisfied customer. We should have him stuffed"

[@furdiebant]

Satisfied* another would imply there are many or have been past satisfied customers which wouldn’t mean you would need to stuff him to preserve the memory him being satisfied as satisfaction would be frequent and thus there would be no need to be reminded that it had occurred before

[@richardpoole9493]

​@@furdiebant😊😅

[@jaymalley8866]

We'll never have comedy shows like these anymore British comedy has gone to the dogs this is real and pure British comedy

[@keegan773]

Absolute classics and they knew when to stop leaving us wanting more.

[@ianfranks5611]

Classic British comedy, ya can’t beat it 😂👍

[@heystevo82]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"... 🤣😂 Best scene ever

[@piersking7315]

"Is this a piece of your brain"?

[@sebassie25]

Love that episode, it keeps being funny, no matter how often I seen it 😂

[@daryanghandehari6313]

I agree. I have that scene memorized it is so great.

[@shaunbat3285]

@@sebassie25 communication problems... Probably my favourite

[@susandumbill8805]

I love the character of Mrs Richards! If you've ever worked in retail or customer service thus is the ultimate test of self-control and grace!!!

[@wg00fakgplus58]

Love the way they drag him in the background after he faints.

[@patrickparker8417]

The perfect ending , he knew he lost the hotel .

[@Robard65]

“How did we ever get together? Black magic, my mother would say.” “Well, she’d know, wouldn’t she?” 😂😂

[@mrk.dilkington]

Her and that cat..

[@stuartbritton7408]

With 'wouldn't, the apostrophe goes after the 'n' , not before it.

[@wailer27]

@@stuartbritton7408 when you open parentheses to emphasise a certain word, you have to close them as well otherwise it acts as one of those random floating apostrophes that you hate

[@wailer27]

@Helen DistantTakedown get to the kitchen

[@patrickparker8417]

" Her and that cat "

[@MrKeys57]

Simply the best comedy ever written!

[@jojoh9664]

Iv been watching it for years. Still makes me laugh. It's timeless!😂

[@gg00777]

" Anywhere they do French food? Basil.. "Yes! France I believe, the swim would certainly sharpen your appetite, the tide leaves in six minuets" HAHAHAHAHA!

[@jo-annbastings]

GG 🤣🤣🤣👏❤️

[@chriscole4092]

Plus of course the classic pre line ' What sort of food were you thinking of..........fruit perhaps? Absolute class.

[@troughsnout]

GG Ha ha 'six MINUETS' Reminds me of something my English teacher told me about a note left on an orchestra conductor's door. "Gone Chopin; Bach in a minuet."

[@michaelcronin7473]

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[@michaelcronin7473]

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[@jondrizzle4554]

Basil fawlty is a national treasure

[@hhamleh]

This is one (the) funniest shows ever, it's 2024.

[@hkumar7340]

I don't know why, but Basil Fawlty is the quintessential Englishman for me. Not Shakespeare, not Milton, not Newton, not Darwin, not Churchill... but Fawlty!

[@shirleyfortablet7958]

Just split my sides laughing, faulty towers best classic series to ever be made ,never to be repeated ,thank you for making us all laugh again 🌹🌹😘😘😘😘 Shirley h Darlington England 🌹🌹🌹

[@caz9969]

Classic! When comedy tv actually played something funny.... god I miss those days

[@baltazarmn9366]

Yeo, today even humor has to be politicaly correct. We have castrated the commedy

[@smithmeister]

Physical comedy has never seen better

[@OJB42]

OMG, it's constant mayhem. Classic stuff!

[@nguyendailam6703]

Agincourt? The anniversary of the battle of Agincourt? SLAP!

[@MrRolandMichel]

It simply does not get any funnier than this!

[@MsGrinny]

I think we're just out of Waldorfs. I love it!

[@oldfart4751]

He's probably saying and doing what most people who deal with customers wish they could say and do.

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

And, I think, more generally how our chaotic lives really are (in reality) if we wouldn't spare the others with our censorship on what's really going on inside us day to day. 😂

[@Fifury161]

Still good today! I don't think there is another TV series makes me laugh as loud as this! That and the fact that it still works today!

[@davidglover9210]

Best comedy ever and still funny however many times you watch it.

[@MrsSlocombesPuddyCat]

🥗 Apart from the American one (Waldorf Salad), I absolutely love the rest of this series. Been watching for 45 years and never feels old.......Well I feel old - it on the other hand is timeless.

[@robbiereilly]

Waldorf salad is so hilarious. One of my top FT episodes. It's hard to choose, they're all great. FYI Bruce Boa, who played the demanding Mr Hamilton, also played General Rieekan on Hoth in EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. "A death mark's not an easy thing to live with. You're a good fighter, Solo. I hate to lose you." He also played an Air Force general in 'Octopussy'.

[@mwsc04]

And he also played a General in Full Metal Jacket (the "Peace Button - Duality of Man" scene: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gX6oh5yPq9Sdqrs ) - already a FT fan when that came out, I recognized his voice right away!

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

Are you gonna get with the program ? Jump on the team ?…

[@marktunnicliffe1725]

I'm afraid we're all out of waldorfs 😂😂

[@lightwalker9879]

In reality you wouldn't order something not on the menu then crack the shits. Maybe Yanks are like that.

[@ajrwilde14]

a world where everything was done without computers

[@dorriengrey5432]

Yes Alice....good healthier times.. .Look what the corrupt governments are putting us through... Look how they are all allowing unintelligent brainwashed idiots destroy our culture and heritage..... So sad those Faulty Towers days are gone.....😷

[@Electricshrock]

Nope. Large corporations were using them. In fact by the second season the Apple II was taking off.

[@brianfox6844]

one of my favorite series ever! Thanks!

[@jonh9561]

To think that Basil and Faulty Towers was based on a real character and hotel, brilliant! Personal favorite was when his car broke down and he gave it a darn good thrashing.

[@johnnycalvino7490]

Jon H *Fawlty Towers

[@darrenbrackley2301]

"Would you care for a rat?" Brilliant!!

[@alexandrugheorghe5610]

And a biscuit? Perhaps some dark coffee too? 😜

[@ardalla535]

"Where is the cat, Basil? The CAT!" "It's gone to London to look at the Queen."

[@ysgol3]

I love the way that, every time the psychiatrist's looking, Basil's behaviour looks insane, even though there's an explanation for it each time.

[@maryoleary5044]

I know! Poor Basil!

[@drewski1535]

I'm 34 and I find this show hilarious beyond hilarious

[@jojoh9664]

I'm one year younger than you. I remember watching this as a kid on video.

[@danwoodhouse9290]

John is blessed with one vital thing - long legs

[@Maderyne]

Nothing great will ever surpass Faulty Towers!

[@nthgth]

This will never not be brilliantly funny

[@skateboard4zero]

Mrs Richards, your glasses are there! There, well who put them in there!? 😂😂😂

[@jameswallace7091]

“Manuel let me explain” *pokes eye*

[@richardfeynman5560]

One of the greatest TV shows ever...

[@RYN988]

the video quality is far superior to my DVD's!

[@CC-oe3cc]

Why did people put a thumbs down on this video, it's hilarious

[@65tosspowertrapl36]

All twelve episodes hilarious but' The Psychiatrists' is probably the funniest half hour in broadcast history 😆

[@nguyendailam6703]

I'm on holiday.

[@FutureChaosTV]

The part when Basil knees down on the floor and slaps the floor in frustration had me laughing in tears and I got minutes long cramps in my stomach muscles. Best episode by far!

[@TravelingBibliophile]

The last scene in the last episode of the second/last series ended it brilliantly.

[@keltacuk8112]

Got to be a contender for the funniest, best written and acted comedy series ever made.....Cleese at his manic best!

[@unconditionalloveberni4295]

We out of Waldorf and screw drivers! Brilliant stuff

[@irishtony.2879]

Polly is such an unsung character. She is by far the most level headed, yet somehow ends up fully embroiled in all Basil's lunacy out of some sense of maternal pity.

[@jremyk4457]

Absolutely Right

[@theobolt250]

Got me in stiches in no time. Aahhh, good ol' Basil. 😁😏

[@65tosspowertrapl36]

Rats in Spain, or did Franco have them all shot?😆🐭

[@jo-annbastings]

65TossPowerTrap L 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏❤️

[@DB_________]

"No i dont dear, no that particular avenue of pleasure has been closed off" 😆😆😆

[@gillianbrowne3492]

The funniest line in comedy history "rosewood, mahogany, teak.......... 😅😅😅

[@jaymalley8866]

A satisfyed customer we should have him stuffed 🤣

[@simsimo7655]

Rosewood, mahogony or teak... you're breakfast tray haha can't beat basil's sarcasm

[@davidwhite3181]

The funniest tv show OF ALL time.

[@PakiFighter]

Blackadder might be a bit better

[@stratpluslover8391]

That rat in that biscuit tin. The best scene ever lol 😆

[@luisreyes1963]

I thought it was the one in which Mr. Fawlty mistook some lady's nipple for the light switch. 😂

[@jcee6886]

I find that the older I get the more I find Sybil attractive. 😍

[@westlake9096]

Lol so do I

[@ubiquitousdiabolus]

Dats because you love a woman wit spirit!

[@alexojideagu]

@@ubiquitousdiabolus I do.....I do.....

[@roylavecchia1436]

Me too lol

[@jremyk4457]

@@roylavecchia1436 yup

[@aritragupta4182]

1:22 'small...' when Basil is pointing at the family jewels

[@riversong4997]

What I find even funnier is that Connie Booth (Polly) was Cleeae's wife at the time!!!

[@orionstar6747]

@@riversong4997 I bet he wasn't happy about it, lol.

[@glennpowell3444]

They made just the two series of six episodes.The first shot and aired in 75.The second series was 4 years later and Cleese and Booth had divorced by then.The first series was on bbc2 while they reshowed both in 79 on bbc1 at prime time instead.The few shots externally of the hotel was not a hotel and has long since gone.No outside scene was ever shot in Torquay.The reason Torquay was chosen is because some of the Pyton team including Cleese and Booth were staying at a real hotel in Torquay called The Gleneagles and the guy that ran it inspired Cleese and Booth to make what became Fawlty Towers.In the Builders episode the Gleneagles gets an honoury mention.

[@mejustme683]

Bird brain Fish wife Small fly Fly Flying tart Dragon fly Well, she did good gesses

[@Hank..]

"anywhere they do french food?" "Yes france I believe. They seem to like it there"

[@garethhawkins4710]

wow wow wow, so many classic lines

[@professionalgun6674]

So, empty out your lungs, funny. This is a hard show to binge watch.

[@virginiedemot4929]

I love it, still and always. So funny. Jokes are not always easy to understand to me (I m French u know!!!). But it s a great program

[@pavelsarneki354]

Connie's accent is so spot on it was years later that I found out she was American born and bred. 🤓😎✌🏻

[@jamiefitzgrade7960]

Old mother Johnson popped up for a quicky did she?.......... How'd you do!

[@steveturpin4242]

......"I think we're out of Waldorfs!.."

[@losonsrenoster]

7:44 the best one ever, that scene has not been bettered yet.

[@furdiebant]

‘Is this a piece of your brain?’ from that scene is John Cleese’s favourite joke of the entire show

[@boblilley7429]

Sadly cos of the PC moaners u won't see comedy like this again so bloody glad I grew up in the 60s/70s

[@markj5054]

Completely agree. This woke PC agenda is so blatent now its ridiculous.

[@Edvard.Munchkin]

I can so relate to Basil, arrogant and sarcastic

[@mejustme683]

Manuel:Miss Fawlty, please understand, he go, I go! Basil:Well goodbye! Sybil:Listen if they see your rat they could close us down. I think it's best just to have it put to rest S-l-e-e-p * Silence * Basil:Who him or the rat? We might get a discount if we had them both done!🤣🤣🤣

[@oldfatbastad6053]

Basil: "Good morning, good morning." Guest: "Oh you're very cheerful this morning, Mr Fawlty." Basil: "Yes, well one of the guests has just died."

[@leehemmings3436]

One of the locals at our pub runs a hotel and he is exactly like basil lol