The acting is so natural, nothing is forced, and the chemistry between all the characters, particularly basil and Sybil is spot on, the way he says “ Dear” like he has known her and been married to her for yrs, all the other characters are perfect, that’s why it’s so iconic, it’s easily one of the best Sitcoms, of all time. They certainly found lightning in a bottle here, and the fact they only made 12 episodes is testament to that, the spark didn’t last long.
@wordtothewise97237 ай бұрын
How John Cleese didn't really give himself a heart-attack when playing such a wound up volatile character is a marvel.
@Longi1974 Жыл бұрын
"Mother Johnson, Mother Johnson come out, come out wherever you are..how do you do, are you enjoying your stay?" - genius comic timing lol
@sarahwatkins45206 ай бұрын
"Please try to understand before one of us dies" is one my favourite lines 😂 I tend to (almost) say it on a regular basis lmao.
@thomassalhuteru20556 ай бұрын
Best ever of British comedy. Unforgettable!! 😅👌
@wiebevroeden Жыл бұрын
This can never be surpassed .. absolutely brilliant ..
@miltonyannis3719 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant acting by Prunella Scales through all 12 episodes. Her timing, delivery and facial expressions in particular are a standout.
@fenech973 жыл бұрын
Fawlty Towers was a truly "Best of British Comedy" . They don't make them like that anymore. I never get tired of watching their vids.
@richardplume32122 ай бұрын
I think u hav 2b british to get it haha
@commanderkeen378710 ай бұрын
When Basil finally loses it at Sybil and puts her in her place (last scene), it was such a satisfying moment in the series. It was almost as if Sybil finally backed down and respected him for growing a spine after years of abuse. And then of course it all blows up in Basil's face and he loses even more respect 😂
@Vpmatt10 ай бұрын
“Mother Johnson! Mother Johnson! Come out come out wherever you are! Are you enjoying your stay….” 😂
@erikfreitas70932 жыл бұрын
Totally agree about the finale of “The Psychiatrist” being #1 - truly hilarious 😂
@grantross26092 жыл бұрын
basil calling polly " a cloth-eared bint "...... has stayed with me all these years
@renejean2523 Жыл бұрын
lol Me too.
@rikspring Жыл бұрын
2:28 the tirade against his car, brilliant, inimitable, what a unique humour😂😂
@DrCrabfingers2 жыл бұрын
The phrase "two(too) small and dry?" often pops into my head...genius comedy. Every actor was perfect and the writing by Connie Booth and John Cleese was stellar.
@Vpmatt2 жыл бұрын
So many lines seem perfect for every day situations eg: “Him? He’s hopeless. You may as well ask the cat.” And “It’d be quicker to train a monkey.”
@amandajones6481 Жыл бұрын
@@Vpmatt That's the BEST comment I've ever read! OMG, I'm sitting outside having a mug of tea and I had just taken a sip when I read it, and I burst out laughing 🤣 Thank you for making my day complete! Those lines from Fawlty Towers are priceless. Love from Amanda Jones in Melbourne, Australia ❤️ P.S Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you and yours. Fa, la, la, la, la and all that jazz
@margotbronski22342 жыл бұрын
John Cleese could push a scene to the edge and then go some more. Brilliant.
@patriciamills7554 Жыл бұрын
He really was the best. Nobody else IMO could play Basil. Everyone cast perfectly.
@ruicorreia7882 Жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece... 100 years from now, people will still laugh.
@patwats88602 жыл бұрын
Fawlty is the best! Only 13 in the series and I can still laugh over them. The whole cast is brilliant.
@Vpmatt2 жыл бұрын
12
@ivancardon5005 Жыл бұрын
TWELVE !!!
@stevemrmusic9-zs7zs9 ай бұрын
12
@SixStringSteve8 ай бұрын
TEN!
@rowanmelton76432 жыл бұрын
Every scene in Faulty Towers is a best moment. One of the only truly flawless comedies. I'm actually glad they stopped at two series, because this way its legacy isn't tarnished by sub-par episodes
@ackerjawaka4742 Жыл бұрын
I hate to break this to you but John Cleese is bringing it back without prunella scales as his wife and obviously Andrew Sachs won't be playing Manuel, from what I've read basil's daughter is helping to run the hotel ♠️ can't believe they are doing it surely they don't need the money, should leave well alone 😂
@rikspring Жыл бұрын
Fake news😮
@ackerjawaka474211 ай бұрын
@@rikspring i really do hope so 😜 i used to love John Cleese but over the last few years I've started to realise he's a bit of a cock lol ♠️
@stevelindsay2202 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love Faulty Towers. Always have since I was a kid & still do. Still laugh watching it & some mothers do have them
@dinsy512 Жыл бұрын
You gave Fawlty Towers a faulty title 🤣😂🤣
@zzzaaa0990 Жыл бұрын
“I’m So Sorry I Made A Mistake “ the way he spoke and acted is just genius.
@zoeward78 Жыл бұрын
It sure is
@Longi1974 Жыл бұрын
My favourite episode is probably "The Waldorf Salad". Bruce Boa is so good as the exasperated and demanding Mr Hamilton. "Took five hours from London. Couldn't find the freeway, had to take a little back street called the M5!" "Well, I'm sorry if it wasn't wide enough for you. A lot of the English cars have steering wheels" 😆
@Vpmatt Жыл бұрын
🤣
@pmafterdark2 жыл бұрын
This show was priceless lol.
@Maderyne2 жыл бұрын
There are so many of episodes that are great, but for me the most enjoyable one is with Mr. O'Reilly. Polly! What have you done with my hotel?!! POLLY!!!!!
@erikabee34982 жыл бұрын
I agree with an other lot of people, who would have voted for the episode "The Germans, don't mention the war." But maybe those people like me, are from the mainland. After many decades I learned a much more about England, so I do understand a little bit more. But still, I still cry my eyes out laughing, when Basil does not want to talk about the war to the Germans... but he was so much occupied not talking about the war... that he could not help him self, doing it all the time (and even initially thought he got away with it). OMG, it was so brilliant when the German told Basil to stop talking about the war! And Basil answered: but you started it! The German said; no we did not. And Basil answered; yes you did, when you invaded Poland. Such a brilliant mix up from two perspectives.
@carolbell8797 Жыл бұрын
That is my favorite episode. It’s a joke in my family. We always say , “just don’t mention the war.”
@erikabee3498 Жыл бұрын
@@carolbell8797 The same here!
@neilm27942 жыл бұрын
That whole scene where the deaf woman is complaining about her room, the radio, the bathtub, the view - it should be top 5 easy
@dandecastro513 жыл бұрын
The way he talks to the nurse in the germans after his concussion: "Dont touch me... *I dont know where you've been"* or even "my god you're ugly!" :)
@stigtuneback19662 жыл бұрын
Cleese a great actor , and his fawlty towers , timeless .
@clivewright87642 жыл бұрын
I find it funny that Basil Fawlty was based on a real life hotelier in Torquay. John Cleese got the idea when he stayed at his hotel there. Also, Cleese had twelve gripes against hotels and each of the twelve episodes made represented one particular gripe. My favourite episode is the one with the deaf woman, played by Joan Sanderson from the comedy "Please Sir "
@kimbostitch70342 жыл бұрын
Yes mine too, it had me laughing so hard I couldn't get off the floor. That dialogue in her room when she's not happy about everything....absolutely brilliant.
@Maderyne2 жыл бұрын
Mrs. Richards! Your glasses are there!
@patriciamills7554 Жыл бұрын
I loved the scene in the bedroom when she is complaining about the view. I still laugh when Basil asks her what she expects to see out of a Torquay Hotel bedroom window, even though I know what's coming.
@davidlathngue1210 Жыл бұрын
Great prammer
@gregoryborton65989 ай бұрын
@@kimbostitch7034 "No, the radio works- you don't" lives in my head rent free.
@vanessas2363Ай бұрын
Only 12 episodes too. But such good scripts it feels like more! Quality comedy Happy Days ✌🇬🇧
@johnerwin90242 жыл бұрын
Loved 'the psychiatrists' one/the 'health inspector' episode also. Wish we coulda had a few more series episodes done👏
@tedbaxter52342 жыл бұрын
Such a great show, timeless really!
@basilbcf Жыл бұрын
You left out the absolute, hands down funniest scene in TV history - when Basil reaches around for the light switch in the Australian girl's room.
@bibilovski4 ай бұрын
Hilarious ! If you're going to grope a girl at least have the courtesy to be in the same room !
@ballaservices92752 жыл бұрын
Still hilarious after all these years. I remember seeing it when it first aired and none of us had ever laughed so hard!
@stigtuneback19662 жыл бұрын
you dang right , this serie is like many other series , timeless , jhon did a superb job with this show .
@MrJames196762 жыл бұрын
Same with me. 1st time I watched it (any of them) I thought I was gonna have a heart attack I laughed so much! And now over 30 years later and practically knowing them word for word, It STILL cracks me up! 🤣😅🤣😅👍
@stigtuneback19662 жыл бұрын
@@MrJames19676 fawlty towers is a timeless serie like many other series . may andrew sachs rest in peace , and sad to hear aboute prunella scales playing sibyl fawlty have gained alzheimers and lost her memory to the worst .
@adamlea6339 Жыл бұрын
The builders is probably one of my favourite episodes which shows the fury of a provoked Sybil beautifully.
@alex35agm2 жыл бұрын
The king of the meltdowns,John Cleese.Absolutely brilliant comedian.His movie Clockwise is an underrated masterpiece.
@mentalhealth96372 жыл бұрын
So is monty python
@johnharmar-smith22622 жыл бұрын
Wonderful lines and delivery when JC says 'This is an historic moment...' to the Headmasters' Conference in Clockwise and 'This is typical...' in the FT episode with the American couple...
I agree. Clockwise is a wonderful film. The building tension. The dwindling but present hope as long as there's still an outside chance. Love it. None of my friends have ever even heard of it.
@garyturner5739 Жыл бұрын
I think Cleese would admit that at the time both the character of the manic Basil the Torguey hotlier, and himself were very closely linked.
@janguchelaar58362 жыл бұрын
Greatest comedy there ever was !!
@edfulginiti87982 жыл бұрын
Fawlty...truly a great TV show!
@davidbrooks1873 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius British comedy 🎭🇬🇧
@deltavee22 жыл бұрын
I can see why Cleese had to stop doing the show. It drained him. You can only do manic for so long. But he was bloody brilliant while he was doing it.
@buggyboogle92 жыл бұрын
Yes. Any longer and he would have exploded.
@arunicahom-choudhury16412 жыл бұрын
The old british comedies were great.
@ColinH19732 жыл бұрын
It has to be the rat in the biscuit tin. I still howl when I see that clip.
@masere3 жыл бұрын
Basil - "Manuel there is too much butter on those trays." Takes one piece of butter off each of three trays. Manuel - "No no no, it is not 'on those trays'. No no. Uno, dos, treis."
@27panzerZBV2 жыл бұрын
He thought he was counting in in spanish, uno, dos, tres, which sounded like that when he said on those(dos) trays(tres).
@mortenhallangen19332 жыл бұрын
Probably the best timing ever. Friends, Big Bang Theory, is all good, but this...will there ever be anything this brilliant again? I don't think so. Fawlty tower is pure genius.
@josef5962 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe they didn’t make more.
@erikgatti18602 жыл бұрын
Yes it was Morten don`t know iff you know MASH that was great also
@mortenhallangen19332 жыл бұрын
@@erikgatti1860 I've seen many episodes, they were reruns when I was young. Maybe a little too young to get the real humour though.
@mortenhallangen19332 жыл бұрын
@Adam Jensen My fault. Two different styles. No one's better than the other.
@MrJames196762 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on Morten. I particularly know every episode word for word and it STILL makes me laugh out loud. Those other shows that you mentioned are very good, but nothing comes close to "Frasier". Trust me it's on a different level to anything I've ever seen, except obviously Fawlty! Once you've seen one or two episodes...you're hooked!!!
@Floki255 Жыл бұрын
That golfing puffadder. 😂 Also, the scene with Manuel, when he is asked where the Generalissimo is. 😂
@evilscotsman1812 жыл бұрын
My fav part is when the major thinks the moose head is talking
@ronaldmiller54513 жыл бұрын
Nice outing for the expression 'Cloth-eared Bint' there.😂😂😂
@johnwoody95052 жыл бұрын
Many years ago when the first series was time was being aired for the first time, my mate Ted had his in laws round for the evening. The mother was German, Ted said they had to watch this great British comedy, you've guessed it, it was the German one. It was watched through a stony silence, later viewing without the in laws proved much funnier. When Ted told us the story it made the episode even funnier each time we saw it!!!
@Vpmatt2 жыл бұрын
Was that Uncle Ted with his crate of brown ale?
@johnwoody95052 жыл бұрын
@@Vpmatt Uncle Ted, was he the fat bloke in a Monty python film? I read a funny thing about that scene, one of the actors involved in that film said it made people feel sick when they saw the film, it actually made people. Actors etc on the set were sick as it was filmed in a hot environment with the ever increasingly rancid stuff being collected up for another take!!!!
@maggiegriffiths53073 жыл бұрын
please try to unstand before one of us dies
@RedroomStudios2 жыл бұрын
you missed my 2 favourite scenes in this top 10... the one where Basil is reaching for the light switch and grabs the woman's breast just as Mrs Fawlty walks in... and the one where he is on a ladder trying to see into Mr Johnson's room and looks into the older couple's room by mistake and then the ladder falls backwards !
@Vpmatt2 жыл бұрын
I’ll be sure to consider you next time 😉
@jayne59712 жыл бұрын
Love fawlty towers.
@stevebrazilio8 ай бұрын
Brilliant stuff. Classic line for me was "This bit of crumpet's your old mummy is she?"
@justaroundthecorner28832 жыл бұрын
Many thanks taking the time to upload these clips. All comedy is subjective but these excerpts are brilliant.
@kennyclarkesradioface61993 жыл бұрын
Absolute gold this show. John cleese admitted that when he and connie booth (polly) wrote this they based it on what their marriage was like in real life
@johncipriani84312 жыл бұрын
6. J 999 X..y.... to be a mmtkk uuu 😖😖😖😖😖
@ZorbaTheDutch2 жыл бұрын
"My wife didn't see how you could manage it AT ALL..."
@MarkHenstridge2 жыл бұрын
Fawlty Towers, The Goodies, The Young Ones, and The Kenny Everett Show all four would be shown on TV in that order back in the 80's on the ABC Australia. My housemates and I would have a few bucket bongs before the start of Fawlty Towers, Oh how I really miss the 80s, I am now 60 years old. No one does humour like the Poms
@susangailcortes80063 жыл бұрын
Time when we had decent TV
@HaroutDSDZ2 жыл бұрын
The very last scene of the last episode - Basil to the health inspector after they all see the rat in the biscuit box: "Would you.. would you care for a rat? Just the biscuits then please, Polly.. " and moments later Manuel is dragging Basil out of the room by his feet...
@Vpmatt2 жыл бұрын
"I believe it's started to rain again."
@lydiapetra12112 жыл бұрын
I remember that still after decades.... super funny...
@dublinjazz13 жыл бұрын
That golfing puff adder!!
@Apollo8902 жыл бұрын
And then he starts throttling the Gnome, almost kills me every time.
@jamesbarratt5932 жыл бұрын
That last scene jumping. Coat iver head. Crouching. Ha ha
@stefantwotimes2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful actor ,, amazing :-)
@jenniferjones188 Жыл бұрын
I loved the credits at the start of the show. The hotel was called Flowery Twats hilarious
@renejean2523 Жыл бұрын
That has stuck with me for 45 years!
@patriciamills7554 Жыл бұрын
How they ever got away with that back then nobody knows! Although I know plenty of people who don't understand it.
@venkathariharan1515 Жыл бұрын
What a riot! #2 and #1 are the best.
@annaclarafenyo81852 жыл бұрын
I know Eenglish. I learn it from a boook.
@erikgatti18602 жыл бұрын
Englisch speaking is not USA language
@frankhuber99122 жыл бұрын
They tried making "Yes, Fawlty" but when they showed it to the test audience too many died laughing.
@peterovenden44898 ай бұрын
Brilliant,comic genius .
@erikgatti18602 жыл бұрын
Must be about 45 years ago I saw it last time but it is still great
@-Markus- Жыл бұрын
The first scene is just so amazing… When reality hits and basil fumbling defensively for some way to blame it on someone else 😂 ”You cant blame me for this!”
@no-oneman.41402 жыл бұрын
He never gave that poor car a chance, he counted to three but didn't then turn the ignition ....
@MarkSmith-tp6zc2 жыл бұрын
She’s was gonna stary
@Bob-nu3xe3 жыл бұрын
never to be repeated comedy genius
@drodrigues34513 жыл бұрын
Never again
@johnhyde72972 жыл бұрын
There is too much butter on that tray........on, those, trays....☺☺😊
@Vpmatt2 жыл бұрын
Not on those traaaaays. Uno, dos, tres….
@renejean2523 Жыл бұрын
lol That was the greatest play on words in comedy history.
@-Markus- Жыл бұрын
There it is, the one i mentioned in part 1! Number 3, likely my fav moment in the entire show! Complete insanity!
@isthereanybodyoutthere93972 жыл бұрын
Farty Towels will never be bettered.
@ai-d39822 жыл бұрын
We have Brexit now. Best s###show ever
@djhuckfield2 жыл бұрын
I prefer Flowery Twats
@coveralljohn3 жыл бұрын
Totally love this
@vordman Жыл бұрын
It's nearly fifty years old and yet it feels like it could have been made last week.
@kwichzwellbreck35672 жыл бұрын
"Dont mention the war" and "Enjoy your hering Goebels" is not Nr. One = the best scene Faulty Towers has to offer.
@andrewagner20352 жыл бұрын
I think I mentioned it once, but I got away with it.
@TnseWlms2 жыл бұрын
TV Guide ranked the 100 most memorable TV episodes in the whole history of television. The "Don't Mention the War" episode was number 12, and the only non-American show to get in the top 100.
@catherinemothersill47038 ай бұрын
These 3 are definitely AI .!!! Just too perfect .!!!¡😂😂😂❤
@ZorbaTheDutch2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry I made a mistake I'm so sorry I made a mistake I'm so sorry I made a mistake ... I'm sorry, I'm so sorry but my wife has made a mistake.
@donnyrover1 Жыл бұрын
Only 10 !! Bruce Boa was brilliant , i cannot think of torquay without Wilderbeests coming into my head.
@beagle52 жыл бұрын
one of best comedies of the years, what's happened to comedy of today?
@petersyme7083 Жыл бұрын
RIP Andrew Sachs
@gertvink Жыл бұрын
These are ALL good! I don't think it matters which fragment you take, but these are fine snippets!! Thanks
@homeiztherealestatesocialn9082 Жыл бұрын
This is great.
@paulburns-dt9eq Жыл бұрын
I'm a bit surprised that dialogue 'You started it! You've invaded Poland!' wasn't featured in the top 5 but I must say, the scene involving Manuel who knows 'naa...thing!' about the horse was 😂 hilarious.
@onlyme2192 жыл бұрын
Fabulously funny still to this day
@nickycotton61372 жыл бұрын
Obv' wished they'd done more or located some old unreleased ones/Pilot epsiodes' etc, but maybe that'd spoil the uniqueness of 12 episodes have watched for Decades that NEVER TIRE. (Top listS)
@audreyperrin320 Жыл бұрын
It was so funny the one with the woman who was dead in the room was the best
@alanrobertandrews6493 Жыл бұрын
Yes i agree,with Alan Partridge,Bye for now love Alan
@SaltGrains_Fready11 ай бұрын
No greater therapy ever existed.
@billymciver31012 жыл бұрын
Classic John Cleese
@ilovesuisse12 жыл бұрын
Wonderful show.
@maartenvandam3448 ай бұрын
In scene two, the most effective comic acting ever done by a car.
@ianbrewer48432 жыл бұрын
Love this show
@KingsWorld2015 Жыл бұрын
This is absolutely brilliant!!
@basba_qal22 күн бұрын
Sometimes, I wanted to do the same thing to my car, but I love her.
@Vpmatt22 күн бұрын
“START, YOU VICIOUS BASTARD!!!”
@theflexistentialist Жыл бұрын
So so good. It’l be interesting to see how the reboot ends up
@cmasseylynch11 ай бұрын
How IRONIC that Cleese should turn out to be Basil Fawlty - doing chat shows on GB News with the TORY PARTY- "Basil !!!!!"
@chalk6ix_nz9502 жыл бұрын
At 1:50 Ahh right. NOW it all makes sense. John Cleese did an advert for SpecSavers in Australia some years ago and used this scene as the skit. Wasnt sure of the significance of it, but now I understand... i havent seen every FT episode. Most (but not all).
@petersyme7083 Жыл бұрын
For useless info; Dennis Compton was a very well known English Cricketer Even more useless information is that the first international sporting fixture was between the USA and Canada in New York. The sport was cricket.
@HenryRaeburn3673 жыл бұрын
The only time Basil is out englished, was when the major entered the seen
@jixuscrixus2 жыл бұрын
Or ‘the scene’
@keithdavies13952 жыл бұрын
Bollard Berkley wasn't it? Remember the episode where he referred to a certain cricket team as wogs?
@AmyWinehouse.9148 ай бұрын
2:38 - people looking out of the door.
@x.x.76468 ай бұрын
Classic high quality tv entertainment. Compared to the crap the bbc is presenting for ages you can only praise the Lord he made this possible and Monty Python of course.