😂😂You Get What You Pay For😂😂 Fawlty Towers | American Reacts

[@corringhamdepot4434]

Andrew Sachs who plays the Spanish waiter Manuel was born in Germany. His father was Jewish and his mother was Catholic, with Austrian ancestry. The family moved to Britain in 1938 to escape the Nazis.

[@martinputt6421]

The exchanges between Basil and Manuel have always been my favourite bits

[@ConstantSorrow]

Another absolute classic. Love Fawlty Towers, the interactions between Basil and Manuel is as good as it gets.

[@colinhughes916]

Love You EB Hilarious from UK 🇬🇧

[@richardkeating7300]

Look at that jacket lol.

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

Yes my sun just got a lot better 🍻

[@abestm8]

You have to watch all the episodes. I think it was eight. One of the finest series ever made. The sign reads different at the start of each episode. Sometimes with hilarious results lol Peace Boss.

[@mariaefelices6543]

Got the box set with car intact

[@frozengamer3030]

It’s always funny when he loses it.

[@spankflaps1365]

Cleese and Booth spent 6 weeks writing each episode of Fawlty Towers. Modern half-hour sitcoms are written in 2-3 days. That’s the difference right there! 👍

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

yh gavin and stacy seems like each episode took a lunch break to write

[@jshaw4757]

"Everybody's dead dave"

[@Isleofskye]

Bit different to like Gavin and Stacey.It's like they wrote them in their lunchbreak !

[@gaskellr44]

2-3 weeks is actually what J C said, i.e. they were lucky to get double the usual time, but also they had a better pedigree of comedy/farce experience too.

[@esraeloh8681]

Can you believe there's a whole generation now, who think this shit is not only not funny, but should be banned, like they can't even tell comedic satire from reality

[@paulblatchfordplymouth]

Yes, it’s tragic what’s happening.

[@danielroche114]

Fun fact polly is actually American and her and Basil were married in real live

[@danieleyre8913]

They actually divorced as they were writing the second series!

[@AlpineTerrier]

Incorrect, Polly is Australian.

[@danielroche114]

@@AlpineTerrier she was born in Indiana usa

[@danieleyre8913]

@@AlpineTerrier I’ve never heard that. I’ve only known her to be American and never any connections with Australia. Evidence?

[@themcgeachys]

Indianapolis Connie was born

[@wolftal1178]

To be honest no one can watch faulty towers, and not laugh their heads off. You really need to watch basil the rat episode, you’d love that!?!

[@markwolstenholme3354]

On one episode the hotel sign is misspelled and reads Flowery Twats. I don't know how they got away with some stuff. 😂

[@keith.morgan]

I totally recommend you watch the Fawlty towers “Waldorf salad” episode

[@alabama1413]

The funniest British comedy of all time. Every episode is a masterpiece! 👏👏👏

[@andyp926]

Such a shame the clips were hacked about so much this time. I realise it's not possible to show the entire episode but you do need to retain some of the original pacing of the show to get the full effect. And this time even the punch lines were lost!

[@LyingSecret]

Right..... you do realise he watched the full episode and edited down the video so it can go on youtube right? watch how the video cuts and he himself moves in the bottom corner too, it's not just the episode part of the video edited.

[@StGeorgeCross21]

Please check out Monty Python Olympics

[@m1sterrattles764]

My dad was fairly old when I was born so we were more than a generation apart in our attitudes. But we could both sit down and laugh like loons at this fantastic show.

[@zetectic7968]

Watch the intros as the hotel sign changes

[@Jono1982]

Have you seen Allo Allo?

[@TheDarkhorse1947]

John and Poly used to be married when this was filmed.

[@charlestaylor3027]

American TV companies have tried to adapt this 3 times, the Germans once - none succeeded.

[@andygraves3658]

Never get tired of watching Fawlty Towers. It is a shame that comedy is not made like this anymore.

[@helenbailey8419]

Basils car breaks down...he punishes it...hilarious

[@livestocknetwork320]

Currently watching season 4 of Open all Hours. But any episodes put up here I'll certainly watch again. O'Reilly (David Kelly) was Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...

[@richardhunter7363]

They tried twice to remake this in the US and failed both times - even with the brilliant talent that was Bea Arthur they still couldn't make something that came near to the original.

[@garmit61]

Why even try, it's near perfection as it is.

[@mattgowans5121]

It could be worst he be angry at a dead parot

[@TheEclecticBeard]

🤣🤣

[@mattgowans5121]

Just saying :)

[@johnflynn5044]

Imagine !! Tis was written after two of the Monty Python team spent a night at a Guest House in Torquay where they saw in action the couple who Basil and Sybil are based on

[@jimcook1161]

As a few people have already said Basil Fawlty was based on a real life hotellier when the Pythons were filming on location in Devon. At this hotel Terry Giliam (the American member of the Pythons) held his fork in his right hand and this hotellier told him to hold it the British way (fork in the left hand) and actually took it out of his right hand and made him hold it in the left!!!

[@danieleyre8913]

It’s funny because he (Donald Sinclair) and his wife denied that he and his hotel were anything like the Basil Fawlty character & the towers and derided Cleese. However staff at the hotel and even some guests confirmed it. They said that while Fawlty was somewhat over the top and exaggerated: Sinclair was a genuine nasty curmudgeon who didn’t like people and clearly hated his job and was often found wanting in his decisions & competency, with his wife really running the operation. And they said that he took his frustrations out on the staff and by being frequently outright rude and abrasive with guests, and that semi-frequently there would be disasters which he struggled to cope with.

[@dabe1971]

There was also the story of one of the pythons leaving some luggage unattended in reception. When they realised and went to retrieve it, there was no sign. Asking Donald if he knew anything he pointed to the back garden area of the hotel without making eye contact and said it’s down there. Where they asked ? Down there, behind the wall gesturing to a small wall at the bottom of the hotel garden. But why asked Eric Idle (I think). We thought it might be a bomb replied Donald. Why did you think it might be a bomb asked Eric. ‘Well we’ve had some staffing problems…’ replied Donald. 😂😂😂

[@rahowherox1177]

Lol. Not the "British way", per se. The correct way ... in every country bar seemingly the u.s.

[@peter-e2q]

You missed the punchline. He went outside, picked up a huge garden gnome with a big pointy hat - like to picked up Manuel to clean the window. As he marched off with this gnome pointing forward & looking menacing, Cybil shouted: “Where are you going, Basil?” He replied: “I’m just going to see Mr O’Reilly dear!” (To obviously shove it up his ass)

[@helenbailey8419]

These two were married in real life(Polly)

[@wesleyrodgers886]

always found the faulty towers anagrams funny. 🙂

[@paulmurphy5648]

My favourite was Flowry Twat*

[@anonincognito617]

Fatty owls

[@JUANKERR2000]

I beg to differ; you often do not get what you pay for, and you certainly do not get what you don't pay for.

[@rosemarydudley9954]

Hi, did you know that "Polly" and "Basil" were married in real life? John Cleese and Connie Booth.

[@B-A-L]

Have you seen the American attempt at a remake called Payne? No? Not surprising because nobody has or at least would admit to it!

[@kevinhayes7830]

Ive stayed at the hotel where they got the Idea for this some of the Monty python team stayed there and were so rowdy the manerger of the hotel threw there suit cases out the front door 😎

[@missyotsuba8508]

I recently bought myself a second hand car. TBH I didn't really want one after my old one was destroyed. But I needed one. I saw a great little BMW Mini convertible. Half the price of the value with a full custom body kit on it. I took it to a local garage for a full service and check up. Then I had warning lights coming on. Took it the local garage again. After a 3 week wait got it back. Then more warning lights, then more waiting. In total they had had my car 2 months out of the 10 I've owned it. In the end I took it to the official BMW garage. It cost me more to fix it than what it cost to buy it. My own stupid fault for throwing money at cheap garages that charged me just to gloss over the problem rather than find out what was causing the problem. I paid £1200 for the car that in stock would be £2900. I then paid £1600 to get it fixed by BMW. Not to mention the £500 total I'd spent at the local garage... Luckily the guy who had it before me paid £2000 for the custom body kit and also had it's CPU boosted which was £600. So all in all I about paid what it was worth in the end... Never buy cheep.... Buy cheap, buy twice... Like I said I needed a car. It was cheep, it looked very nice... After losing my GTR I was heart broken. Seriously grieving. Some idiot in a JCB digging up the street to put in new water pipes swung the bucket arm the wrong way hitting my GTR right in the back side. It bent the chassis and the insurance company wrote it off, meaning it would cost more to fix than it would to buy a new one. That car was a one off. Electric pearl blue, white leather interior with blue piping and stitching. Fully custom sound system. Sent off to Nissan to boost the engine. cost me a lot of cash. A heck of a lot. But as I wasn't claiming on my insurance and was claiming off the workers I got my lawyers involved and they put it forward that the car was a one off custom build that is no longer available (Nissan wont do any customization on the new GTRs). So I got almost double the amount that I had paid. But the lawyers fee's weren't cheap. But I still got close to double what was paid. :)

[@michaelgodbold6247]

My wife's just like Sybil anest of vipers

[@johnruan]

its based on a real hotelier.

[@nickbenke3306]

I highly recommend Gourmet night if you haven't seen it, one of the best comedy scenes in history is featured! Great clip sir!

[@helenbailey8419]

This was based on a real hotel owner.

[@vinparaffin6082]

Yep, John Cleese tells a story about the original hotel owner which is funny in itself !

[@themcgeachys]

Brilliant Connie booth was born in Indianapolis

[@johnday5519]

Dude, if you haven't seen Faulty before, you're in for a real treat.

[@explorer806]

Fawlty.

[@jshaw4757]

@@explorer806 fall tea

[@dgoodall9350]

The greatest ever series

[@HaydnG266]

@@explorer806 Faulty? What's wrong with him?

[@davidcooks5265]

In the UK we call it staff training 🤫

[@lynneivison5773]

This is lovely seeing it again after so many years.

[@helenbailey8419]

Basil Faulty(John Cleese)did a clip from Monty Pythons Circus,The Ministry of Silly Walks...hilarious.

[@johnallan4826]

Best bit is the gnome and the builder insulted by Manuel

[@davesy6969]

At the start of every episode someone has rearranged the letters to read farty towels or something.

[@filipohman7277]

Awesome!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@vinparaffin6082]

You missed the best bit, where Basil runs behind the front desk !

[@TheEclecticBeard]

No, didn't miss it. Had to edit the full episode reaction to meet fair use standards

[@chrisdavies826]

Yeah, I was waiting for my favourite line lol. "If the good lord... is mentioned once more I will move you closer to him" 😂

[@Tim_3100]

The hotel that was used in Torquay was demolished and is now retirement homes. It was badly damaged by a fire and was unsafe after it.

[@Tim_3100]

@freebeerfordworkers i know its so sad i have been to both cornwall and Torquay many times growing up as a kid on family holidays

[@matthew09ify]

I love fawlty towers

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

You have to find the one with the deaf, grumpy old lady! The funniest of the lot, along with the Rat Sorry 'Siberian Hamster' The scene in the bedroom when the old woman is complaining about her room, still makes me ROFL now. Not forgetting 'Care for a rat?' 2 different episodes .I think the rat one is 'The Hotel Inspector' but can't remember the old lady one. Needless to say Basil has been gambling again and has actually won for once! Sybil must not know! Sybil must never know! Anything! Then the old lady shows up and as usual it goes tits up! But that bedroom scene has to be one of the funniest dialogues ever.

[@chrisdavies826]

Communication Problems S02E01. "Is this a piece of your brain?" 🤣

[@Loki1815]

Freddie Starr - Vincent (stay with it)

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

The girl in charge ended up his wife I believe 1 of many

[@fredking7419]

Personally my fav episode -- Communication problems , with that deaf old lady.

[@DenisHuaHin]

John Cleese based the iconic TV sitcom on the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay after staying there with the Monty Python team in 1973 when former owner Donald Sinclair unwittingly became the inspiration for Cleese's character Basil Fawlty< The hotel AK "Fawlty Towers" = Sadly the Wooburn Grange Country Club burnt down in 1991 and was later demolished. Residential homes have since been built on the

[@jocollins763]

Please please please check out Tom Binns aka Ivan Bradbury Hospital DJ.

[@hazelanderson1479]

A word of advice: don’t eat and drink while watching Fawlty Towers. I thought you were going to choke 6:10! Great reaction though!!!

[@julielevinge266]

Much less than £12 per year!! Am trying to join now but watch you on my phone & can’t find details, think I better watch on my I pad ✊😍

[@roybennett9284]

John Cleese I'm understood to have gained letters of law,via Cambridge University.... image the above mentioned representing you in a court.

[@paulcrombie9623]

I loved this as a teenager, the best episode is "Don't Mention The War", I think you will find that hilarious! It is so funny that even a little kid would find it funny. 'You started it', referring to the argument in the dining room, 'no I didn't', yes you did, you invaded Poland! Classic.

[@Kit_Bear]

The Major was hilarious in that episode.

[@mustertherohirrim7315]

Toooooo many times

[@pato2200]

The episode's "the germans"

[@paulhiscock6790]

Hard to believe that this is a 50 year old Comedy and still funny. Shows how well written it is

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Are there any recent sitcoms that are funny? I dont think quality humour gets less funny. Laurel and Hardy are still and always will be funny. Some humour ages badly though.

[@paulhiscock6790]

@@LPCLASSICAL I think there are several to be honest. Yeah they are of today but funny. For me this includes‘people just do nothing, Friday night dinner’’ this country’ the peep show’ him & her’ fleabag’ the detectorists’ 15 stories high’ upstart crow’

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@paulhiscock6790 I think my humour is stuck in the past - when I look at stand up acts of today - they just seem so unfunny. I laugh at Billy Connolly - but he is from the distant past too. I will check out some of those you recommend.

[@paulhiscock6790]

@@LPCLASSICAL I think comedy is like rock music. It changes with the times and we tend to have a genre and act that we will always prefer. Comedy is still very much alive but not everyone appreciates modern comedy. I personally am a huge fan of British sitcom from all the eras. I especially love truly timeless comedy Fawltey towers is one of them

[@louisekullar6629]

Cleese and Connie Booth ( Polly ) were married at the time. It used to be on on Friday night and my dad couldn't watch because he found Basil too embarrassing and awkward!!

[@sam04019491]

Did you watch the whole episode? This is all over the place. Couldn’t watch it. Sorry.

[@peesua]

If you like John Cleese I'd recommend 'A fish called Wanda.'

[@coot1925]

Connie Booth (Polly) was married to John Cleese. If you've watched the holy grail then you may not have noticed that Connie played that poor witch with the false nose.

[@Io-Io-Io]

good haircut. suits you

[@grengd]

We Brits built a huge empire with these people. The mind boggles !

[@alimar0604]

Love Fawlty Towers! Classic comedy 🇬🇧

[@reaperoflostsouls4323]

The best Fawlty Towers is ..The Germans Basil vs the German's is so funny

[@robertstrong6798]

American 🇺🇸 lady poly was his wife they wrote the show together

[@TallSilentGuy]

2:03 "Today we have beef, veal or fuck the kids". Say what? 😲

[@StateOfMind63]

Do you have the full episodes uploaded elsewhere?

[@ianwalsh5610]

more suggestions comedy called gimme gimme and another is on the buses 90s and 60s comedies

[@jshaw4757]

Polly the receptionist was fawltys wife in real life...cheers beard

[@BayouMaccabee]

Nobody loses his shit better than Basil Fawlty. LOL

[@moirabaker458]

The name of the hotel used to change…. I liked Farty Towels

[@AncientHermit]

Just to be clear; that used to be a supporting wall, I suspect it may not be now! ;o) Be well Alan.

[@roybennett9284]

John Cleese played Cricket to a fair ability whist at his school.

[@junehoward6668]

john was married to connie booth who plays polly for ten years . it was his first wife

[@martenw757]

even more funny that cleese & booth were man & wife back than ... ; )

[@kategray9]

In the opening scene the hotel sign always reads differently.

[@anthonyhaylock6655]

Andrew Sachs the Spanish guy is brilliant

[@siegeupon5894]

Only 12 episodes. Comedy Great!

[@neilfranklin5644]

How to give yourself a heart attack in one manic lesson.

[@lordwalker71]

John was married to the actress who played Polly at the time.

[@stevebeardsmore3303]

Connie Booth who plays Polly was Cleese's wife at the time.

[@BogusOp]

YOU SHOULD REACT TO THE NEW STATESMAN STARRING RIK MAYALL

[@keepgoing1973]

"the girl" is his wife in real life. Well, was his wife when this was being filmed.

[@anthonyperrett8617]

The Americans version of this show did not last long

[@susanford2388]

You really must see the whole episode. You are Orelly men?

[@ianwalsh5610]

basils wife is american puts on a good english accent she does

[@danielpayne7194]

That carrying scene was unscripted.

[@neilpaine9063]

Another classic show from the golden age of British sitcom. So glad l grew up with this kind of comedy. You know, the funny kind 😂😂

[@simonsaunders8147]

No need to worry about a Series/Season 2 as there were only 12 episodes ever made. The hotel sign originally said Fawlty Towers but that was "changed" by the 'paperboy' each morning to something more funny (misused anagram etc).

[@simonsaunders8147]

Warty Towels, Flay Otters, Watery Fowls, Fatty Owls, Flowery Twats and Farty Towels all made an appearance thanks to the paperboy.

[@andrewjohnson388]

Great old slap stick ....Its funny .

[@salfordnurse]

Some episodes were remade as Amanda's with Bea Arthur

[@mattentwistle70]

Love Fawlty Towers. 12 episodes watching a tormented man literally destroy himself :)