American Reacts to Fawlty Towers I Know Nothing

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American Reacts to Fawlty Towers I Know Nothing
In this video I react a clip from the show Fawlty Towers that starred John Cleese. Fortunately and then unfortunately a member of his staff knew nothing of the bet he placed on a horse or the money involved.
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  • @alabama1413
    @alabama14133 жыл бұрын

    Fawlty Towers is the funniest comedy series ever produced in the U.K. in my opinion. Every single episode is a classic in its own right. The cast are simply perfect for the show. You’ll make a lot of people happy if you can react to several of these gems. Best wishes 👍

  • @Badgersj

    @Badgersj

    3 жыл бұрын

    And you'll be happy as well!

  • @f3aok

    @f3aok

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe give the option to see you react to full episodes on Daily Motion.

  • @gentlepersuader

    @gentlepersuader

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! And the fact the series is based on the real experiences of a hotel proprietor the cast of Monty Python experienced when staying there, makes it even more amazing.

  • @Badgersj

    @Badgersj

    3 жыл бұрын

    What I love about it is that each of the main characters are so beautifully filled out, they're not just 'feeds' for John Cleese. Sybil is just magnificent!

  • @nickbenke3306

    @nickbenke3306

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gourmet Night! The car scene is one of the best of British comedy!

  • @ChristiaanCorthals
    @ChristiaanCorthals3 жыл бұрын

    Even here in Belgium, and many years later after this series was on TV, we still use this sentence "I know nothing, I am from Barcelona" . Most people of our generation still know where it comes from.

  • @johnblowergmail

    @johnblowergmail

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me to I alway play up the agency workers at work when they ask questions.

  • @vangestelwijnen

    @vangestelwijnen

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep! same here, although less people are around for this particular statement.

  • @arconeagain

    @arconeagain

    2 жыл бұрын

    Myself and others in the know use it here in Australia. The other one is 'he's my Siberian hamster, he been here for one year, he do no harm'. Or something like that. I can't remember the context for the life of me, but it has come up randomly with friends etc.

  • @TheBeatleman66

    @TheBeatleman66

    2 жыл бұрын

    still in use in my area lol

  • @Bjowolf2

    @Bjowolf2

    Жыл бұрын

    @@arconeagain Manuel is keeping a "Siberian hramsterr" called Basil (😂) as a pet, which is really a rat - and now the health inspector is arriving 😱😂

  • @deirdremacnamara9885
    @deirdremacnamara98853 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs that played Manuel the waiter was wonderful. He made that part his own. 👍

  • @normanyemm8717

    @normanyemm8717

    3 жыл бұрын

    And he is very well spoken and educated. Very smart man

  • @Otacatapetl

    @Otacatapetl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Leonard's boy.

  • @martenw757

    @martenw757

    3 жыл бұрын

    A spanish waiter played by a british actor born in germany ... Genius!! 😉😁

  • @davidclowsley8081

    @davidclowsley8081

    3 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs, sadly no longer with us was a fantastic and very much loved actor who also did other work and voice overs. He was a fantastic balance to John Cleese. I have watched Fawlty Towers so many times I know all the dialogue but it never ceases to make me laugh. John is also one of my great comedy heroes. Mr Sachs is sorely missed.

  • @georgebuller1914

    @georgebuller1914

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@normanyemm8717 Was - RIP!...

  • @Striker0760
    @Striker07603 жыл бұрын

    Classic comedy. Hard to believe only ever 12 episodes recorded. The waiter is Andrew Sachs. Brilliant as Manuel

  • @gailcrook2687

    @gailcrook2687

    3 жыл бұрын

    Was !

  • @bensmith1689

    @bensmith1689

    3 жыл бұрын

    Apparently Cleese had 12 things he hated about British Hotels. He made an episode about each. Really good idea to end it at that. It has endured as one of our greatest shows and never fell into tired repetition.

  • @myoldmate

    @myoldmate

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bensmith1689 John Cleese said that he based Basil on an actual hotelier the python team encountered whilst filming.

  • @michaeltaylor8835

    @michaeltaylor8835

    3 жыл бұрын

    May he RIP

  • @vumba1331

    @vumba1331

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@myoldmate Yes, it was based on a hotel in Torquay, south west England.

  • @richardhall206
    @richardhall2063 жыл бұрын

    My family all still say the word "eventually" like that, 40 years on.

  • @Purewalite

    @Purewalite

    3 жыл бұрын

    Haha so do we. I still offer things to my wife and say 'is this a piece of your brain.'

  • @TallSilentGuy

    @TallSilentGuy

    3 жыл бұрын

    True story: I was cruising the red light district in Amsterdam one night. I got myself a fine blonde prostitute but I was pretty tired and stoned so it took me quiite a while to "finish" if you get my drift; so long in fact that I ended up paying the girl twice for her time. When I finally finished getting my rocks off, what do you suppose I said? 😉

  • @fedpoulton
    @fedpoulton3 жыл бұрын

    You HAVE to watch the whole show. John Cleese is a comic genius but I believe he is the best at doing frustrated anger. The waiter is played by Andrew Sachs, a very fine stage actor.

  • @colinhughes916

    @colinhughes916

    3 жыл бұрын

    Totally Agree bro 💯

  • @markscouler2534

    @markscouler2534

    3 жыл бұрын

    He needs to watch don't mention the war episode

  • @sheilathompsett2570
    @sheilathompsett25703 жыл бұрын

    Fawlty Towers, Don't mention the war! You gotta watch that. Pure class.

  • @ruk2023--

    @ruk2023--

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Chris Travers Blocked for mentioning the war?

  • @weedle30

    @weedle30

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ruk2023-- it’s probably all due to the tight BBC programme embargoes! If you are not in the UK, you cannot technically watch, copy links of BBC programmes etc. The set up knows that if you are not in the UK, you won’t be a BBC TV licence holder! When I was on holiday the year before, in the Canary Isles, I could not watch ANY programmes on set up on my iPlayer account because ‘it’ knew I wasn’t in the UK - my IP no ? Very annoying! Then found out couldn’t log onto the ITV Hub or More 4 either! 😡😡😡😢

  • @BommeltjeNL

    @BommeltjeNL

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Don't mention the war" is my all-time favorite. It's probably not funny for German viewers, but the rest of the world wets their pants 😂

  • @garyrichardson8934

    @garyrichardson8934

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@weedle30 Could've used a VPN to get access.

  • @weedle30

    @weedle30

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@garyrichardson8934 I know … but in the words of Mr Jim Royle, I “could not be arsed…” 😂 was only Eastenders… Yes, I know, the SHAME! 🥱😄😄

  • @TheSudsy
    @TheSudsy3 жыл бұрын

    At the start of each episode they made up anagrams of "Faulty Towers", Flowery Twats was my favourite.

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930

    @hogwashmcturnip8930

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mine too!

  • @johnnyc5765

    @johnnyc5765

    3 жыл бұрын

    Watery Fowls (with a kid seen adjusting it), Farty Tower, Flay Otters, Fatty Owls, Warty Towels, and Farty Towels.

  • @pnonnymouse4840

    @pnonnymouse4840

    3 жыл бұрын

    Farty towels for me.

  • @collsmad

    @collsmad

    3 жыл бұрын

    Flowery Twats is the only one that is a full anagram if I remember correctly.

  • @MAXIMUS-df3sj

    @MAXIMUS-df3sj

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@collsmad flowery twats was my favourite aswell.

  • @keithedwinsmith9416
    @keithedwinsmith94163 жыл бұрын

    When this was first broadcast, people would go round saying “I know nothing!” in that accent whenever anybody asked them a question. A more recent example was “I have a cunning plan!” from Baldrick in Black Adder - people went round saying that for ages when they had a (not very cunning) plan.

  • @paulmoore845
    @paulmoore8453 жыл бұрын

    Waiter is Andrew Sachs. Mr Fawlty is John Cleese from Monty Python. You need to watch the episode where he beats up his car.

  • @helenbailey8419

    @helenbailey8419

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yes its brilliant

  • @allenwilliams1306

    @allenwilliams1306

    3 жыл бұрын

    “Gourmet Night”

  • @abarratt8869

    @abarratt8869

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, please no, I've got things to do this decade and I won't be able to for the incurable laughing!

  • @mrk.dilkington

    @mrk.dilkington

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Trifle anyone?"

  • @petersone6172
    @petersone61723 жыл бұрын

    Basil Fawlty is based on the owner of an hotel the Monty Python cast stayed at.

  • @volbeatdbv9846

    @volbeatdbv9846

    3 жыл бұрын

    correct...

  • @louisegoodyear2515

    @louisegoodyear2515

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfect grammar 'an Hotel'

  • @davidlondon2810
    @davidlondon28103 жыл бұрын

    When they showed this in Spain - dubbed into Spanish - Manuel did not come from Barcelona but from Naples, Italy!

  • @dobythedog

    @dobythedog

    3 жыл бұрын

    I remember that, and people thought it was the Spanish being protective and not wanting a Spanish waiter looking stupid. However, part of the humour is Manuel's strong foreign accent and misunderstanding, so if he spoke Spanish, it wouldn't have worked obviously as there would have been no language barrier if they all spoke Spanish!

  • @mickdavis8521
    @mickdavis85213 жыл бұрын

    I used to watch for the sign out front ‘Fawlty Towers’ . Almost every episode it had been messed with. The letters rearranged to say things like Farty owls or Flowery twats🤣🤣🤣

  • @moirabaker458

    @moirabaker458

    3 жыл бұрын

    I forgot about that one! Nice!

  • @TallSilentGuy

    @TallSilentGuy

    3 жыл бұрын

    *fatty owls. In one episode you actually get to see the mischievous child interfering with the sign.

  • @donaldcrawford5577

    @donaldcrawford5577

    3 жыл бұрын

    every episode was a classic. shame there never where any more.

  • @MarianneDashwood602
    @MarianneDashwood6023 жыл бұрын

    One of my all time faves Faulty towers. When the major talks to the moose kills me every time. You’ll have to watch them all you’ll love them.

  • @Purewalite

    @Purewalite

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can speak English, I learn it from a book 😂

  • @colinhughes916

    @colinhughes916

    3 жыл бұрын

    Totally Agree 👍 🤣🤣

  • @m1sterrattles764
    @m1sterrattles7643 жыл бұрын

    Used to watch this with my Dad who was very old school but this was funny to both of us. Fell off my chair once laughing so hard...think it was when Basil thrashed his car.

  • @RHP-pw8xt
    @RHP-pw8xt3 жыл бұрын

    I worked with a French guy addicted to Fawlty Towers, had every episode on tape - 30 years ago. Great humour crosses languages and borders.

  • @ramsey6681

    @ramsey6681

    Жыл бұрын

    You're absolutely spot on. When I was in art college (around the same length of time ago - late 80's & early 90's) I had a Norwegian mate who was absolutely obsessed with FT, also had every episode on VHS, and would put them on at every opportunity. Good times and great memories.

  • @markborder906
    @markborder9063 жыл бұрын

    This is my favourite episode. The scene were she is complaining about the view and Basil’s response is comedy perfection.

  • @blletm6029

    @blletm6029

    3 жыл бұрын

    that scene is so briliant xD

  • @darrensmith2982

    @darrensmith2982

    3 жыл бұрын

    “You can see the sea, it’s over there between the land and the sky”

  • @catkin567

    @catkin567

    2 жыл бұрын

    What did you expect to see out of a Torquay bedroom window? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across the plains?

  • @louisegoodyear2515

    @louisegoodyear2515

    Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic dialogue..just gets better with age😂

  • @24magiccarrot
    @24magiccarrot3 жыл бұрын

    Arguably the best-written sitcom of all time, and outstanding acting performances by all the regular cast.

  • @mickt3390

    @mickt3390

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was good. But not as close to the best comedy. ..that belongs to. Del. And Rodney. Only fools and horses

  • @24magiccarrot

    @24magiccarrot

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mickt3390 Only Fools and Horses used a lot of cliches filled with lots of cheap old-school laughs and appealed to the lowest common denominator in order to remain popular. Only Fools and Horses isn't anywhere as cleverly put together as Fawlty Towers. Only Fools and Horses is the McDonalds of sitcoms easy to put together served in a cheerful package.

  • @Fontsman

    @Fontsman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@24magiccarrot Only Fools was shite compared to FT.

  • @24magiccarrot

    @24magiccarrot

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Fontsman You aren't going to get an argument from me. For me its Marks and Spencers Steakburgers v McDonalds, sure the McDonalds are more popular but the quality is with M&S every time.

  • @spanishpeaches2930

    @spanishpeaches2930

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes Minister was arguably equally as good in both departments. That said, because they only made 12 episodes of FT perhaps does make it the standout comedy of them all.

  • @philipcochran1972
    @philipcochran19723 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs, the waiter, escaped as a child with his parents from Natzi Germany during WW2 and grew up in England

  • @sleepyfox8983

    @sleepyfox8983

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh shoot TIL. Wow.

  • @garyanning9731

    @garyanning9731

    3 жыл бұрын

    He also helped dub the show for Germany.

  • @rmcguire7033

    @rmcguire7033

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@garyanning9731 Where they liked it very much. Another show worth a Reaction is 'Allo' 'Allo' based in WW2 France where english is used throughout, but with crazy bad French and German accents. Hilarious. Also much enjoyed in Germany

  • @colinhughes916
    @colinhughes9163 жыл бұрын

    Thanks EB You have made my day ❤ You will Love the Eposides Mrs Richards , & Hotel Inspectors & The Rat 🐀🤪 John Cleese Genius

  • @Sbiper
    @Sbiper3 жыл бұрын

    'Communications Problems' - the episode from Fawlty Towers is an absolute gem, my favourite episode overall.

  • @Dogslife_

    @Dogslife_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mine is The Germans, but necessarily because of Germans part, it's the fire drill! When Basil shouts "FIRE!!" in the old dears faces! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @martindunstan8043

    @martindunstan8043

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree, it's hilarious ' you can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky'😂😂👍👍

  • @Seagull6819

    @Seagull6819

    3 жыл бұрын

    First episode I ever saw when I was about 9 years old (unfortunately I’m old enough to remember it from first showing). Still recall sitting on my chair crying with laughter at the scene with Basil in Mrs Richards room doing the “What were you expecting to see out of a Torquay bedroom window …..” line. More laughs in two minutes of that than in an entire series of the drivel that passes for comedy nowadays.

  • @mustaffaleak9247
    @mustaffaleak92473 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs was brilliant as Manuel (the waiter) in this. Sadly he passed away in 2016.

  • @Deegee_1969

    @Deegee_1969

    3 жыл бұрын

    Along with that, Prunella Scales (Sybil) now has Alzheimer's disease.

  • @frozengamer3030

    @frozengamer3030

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Deegee_1969 i thought she passed away too.

  • @colinhughes916

    @colinhughes916

    3 жыл бұрын

    RIP Andrew Sachs 😢 Comedy Genius 😢🙏

  • @georgebuller1914

    @georgebuller1914

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@frozengamer3030 No, thankfully, she's still with us...

  • @ratatat9790
    @ratatat97903 жыл бұрын

    'The Psychiatrists' episode is hilarious...so many little subplots going on that all fit together

  • @Bjowolf2

    @Bjowolf2

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, set up like time bombs 😂

  • @cato7778
    @cato77783 жыл бұрын

    Basil "Manuel,there is too much ON THOSE TRAYS!" Manuel "no no,not on those trays...une,dos,tres" 😁🤘

  • @richt71
    @richt713 жыл бұрын

    The waiter is the late great Andrew Sachs. He played the confused Spanish waiter in faulty towers brilliantly! Britbox UK has faulty towers available. They only did 2 series with 6 episodes in each series unfortunately before John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth fell out and got divorced ( in real life!).

  • @phishpot

    @phishpot

    3 жыл бұрын

    They did series 1 in 1975, then got divorced. The divorce was finalised in 1978. They remained friends, and duly completed writing the second series, which was made in 1979. They left it at two series as they didn't think any more episodes could be of the same quality.

  • @alanvanallen7762
    @alanvanallen77622 жыл бұрын

    Definitely one of the best comedy series ever to be shown on British TV,sadly Andrew Sachs (the spanish waiter) is no longer with us,his part in this show is unforgettable,God Rest His Soul

  • @TheBeatleman66

    @TheBeatleman66

    2 жыл бұрын

    people still quote his iconic lines on the series

  • @karenpanait449
    @karenpanait4493 жыл бұрын

    I love the way at the end he just walks away and says I'm from Barcelona. 😂 Fawlty towers was brilliant. Basil Fawlty character was completely stressed in every episode. Hilarious to watch. 😂

  • @twylotwo
    @twylotwo2 жыл бұрын

    Precision timing, tension, frustration and comedy all come together in this episode. An absolute classic. I still get all the emotions and have seen it a hundred times just wanting Basil to get a break! 😆

  • @CEP73
    @CEP733 жыл бұрын

    Fawlty Towers my all time favorite amazing series ! Never ever get tired of every episode!!

  • @24magiccarrot
    @24magiccarrot3 жыл бұрын

    You def need to watch entire episodes of Fawlty Towers these shows were beautifully crafted in a manner that gave it layers delicately placed on top of each other making each scene more farcical than the previous. Most other sitcoms built to one big gag at the end but this always felt like it had more substance. You probably won't be able to showcase them on youtube because of copyright but for your own personal enjoyment, I highly recommend there are only 12 episodes so you can easily binge-watch the lot of them on a weekend.

  • @kevtheargonut
    @kevtheargonut3 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs, almost a national treasure. His sad demise accelerated by the behaviour of two idiots, Johnathan Ross and the self appointed Jesus Russell Brand masquerading as comedians and making graphic statements about Andrew’s granddaughter. They were not worthy to clean his shoes.

  • @willswomble7274

    @willswomble7274

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sadly this is so. I boycotted ever watching them afterwards. Not that I missed much!

  • @bobblehat6603

    @bobblehat6603

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@Mickey Finn In an episode of The Russell Brand Show broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday 18 October 2008, comedian Russell Brand and presenter Jonathan Ross made prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs. Brand and Ross they left a series of lewd messages on his answering machine, including comments about Brand's relationship with Sachs' granddaughter, Georgina Baillie. I suggest that you retract your libellous comment about Noel Gallagher.

  • @davesy6969

    @davesy6969

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pair of prats.

  • @dandwhit
    @dandwhit3 жыл бұрын

    Definitely watch the whole episode and the rest of the show! Every episode is a masterpiece

  • @jamespickersgill8416
    @jamespickersgill84163 жыл бұрын

    You need to do more on this, it’s an iconic series. It’s a masterpiece that still stands today.

  • @jennybennett776
    @jennybennett7763 жыл бұрын

    Just in case no one else has mentioned the hamster sketch is also hilarious xxx

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930

    @hogwashmcturnip8930

    3 жыл бұрын

    My favourite! ' Would you care for a rat?' Just thinking about it is making me laugh!

  • @jackal59

    @jackal59

    3 жыл бұрын

    The entire last episode: "Basil the Rat." "You have rats in Spain, don't you? Or did Franco have them all shot?"

  • @weedle30
    @weedle303 жыл бұрын

    He knows nothing because?? ……”he’s from Barcelona….” Oh lmao!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930

    @hogwashmcturnip8930

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hogwash McTurnip 3 minutes ago Our first holiday abroad was to a little place in Cataluña. Being good tourists the first meal we ordered in a restaurant was Paella. Which the chef promptly burned. The Fawlty guy brought us a free plate of mussels, apologised profusely and said ' please excuse the chef, he is from Barcelona' then couldn't understand why we fell about laughing

  • @jeanlongsden1696
    @jeanlongsden16963 жыл бұрын

    Basil is based on a real hotel manager that owned a hotel that the Python team stayed at.

  • @russskinner

    @russskinner

    3 жыл бұрын

    In Torquay Devon

  • @omegadeep1
    @omegadeep13 жыл бұрын

    The Rat is THE Classic Episode in my opinion.

  • @Raider577

    @Raider577

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too. The second series 1979 in my opinion is better than the first.

  • @christinewright110

    @christinewright110

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not a rt. It's a hamster. ha ha ha

  • @shaunrye7740
    @shaunrye77403 жыл бұрын

    Have you seen Red Dwarf? The Dwayne Dibley scene from Back to Reality episode is an absolute classic

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930

    @hogwashmcturnip8930

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love Cat! I loved the early scene where he was dancing about with an aeorol can spraying things 'That's Mine! That's Mine! That's Mine! ooh I doon;t want THAT! Any cat lover has to have ROFL at that!

  • @RangersMan1872

    @RangersMan1872

    3 жыл бұрын

    Red Dwarf....Classic

  • @jessicapaterson1949

    @jessicapaterson1949

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes that one is amazing, gotta be one of my favourite shows, though didn't enjoy season 8 anywhere near as much

  • @TheSudsy

    @TheSudsy

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Backwards" - when the Cat has a number two in the bushes . . . .

  • @speleokeir

    @speleokeir

    3 жыл бұрын

    He needs to watch a normal episode before he watches that one though, otherwise he'll miss the joke.

  • @lizthompson9653
    @lizthompson96533 жыл бұрын

    Your laugh is so infectious, I love it. I have said "i know nooothing!" many times over the years since this was first shown. It is a popular saying for people of a certain age. When asked a question at work i have deployed this on many occaisons 😁

  • @laurabedford5095
    @laurabedford50953 жыл бұрын

    John cleese and connie booth both wrote this great comedy fawlty towers , she played the maid. The best episode is the germans, then the sausages . Very funny . And Manuel was english 0laying spanish

  • @MrThebigredone

    @MrThebigredone

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sachs was German, fled Berlin with his family in 1938 aged 8.

  • @kennethfishwick4061
    @kennethfishwick40613 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs was born in Germany, but as his father was Jewish his family moved to England in the 1930's. I don't remember him having many acting roles on TV but he had a very good speaking voice and I watched many a documentary where he did the commentary. He sadly died in 2016.

  • @masonbell8840
    @masonbell88403 жыл бұрын

    You definitely have to watch the whole show. All 12 episodes are pure gold

  • @zebedeedoodaah6454
    @zebedeedoodaah64543 жыл бұрын

    Oh please!. More!👍 This show is LEGENDARY!.

  • @TheAverlorn
    @TheAverlorn3 жыл бұрын

    On a family holiday in Spain when I was very young we went to the waiter's actual restaurant in Spain and it was really called Fawlty Towers! We took a family photo outside of it as proof, I was around 4-5 yrs old at the time.

  • @sleepyfox8983
    @sleepyfox89833 жыл бұрын

    "I know nothing" "I am from Barcelona". brilliant

  • @abzzeus
    @abzzeus3 жыл бұрын

    faulty towers best line "you started it you invaded Poland"

  • @Beefadin
    @Beefadin3 жыл бұрын

    "Backfire from hell". Yep, Fawlty Towers described perfectly 😂😂😂

  • @simeonselmon8318
    @simeonselmon83183 жыл бұрын

    One of the best comedy's ever I've watched this over and over again and it's always funny it's timeless TV TV gold

  • @allenwilliams1306

    @allenwilliams1306

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes: it satirizes Americans wanting what they call “service”, which you do not get in Britain.

  • @simeonselmon8318

    @simeonselmon8318

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@allenwilliams1306 I totally agree with you

  • @dobythedog
    @dobythedog3 жыл бұрын

    Fawlty Towers and "only fools and horses" the two greatest British comedies ever. FACT!

  • @BoingBB

    @BoingBB

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hard to argue with that (so I won't) but there have been other classics, like Some Mothers Do Have 'Em and Porridge for example. They will be someone's favourites! :)

  • @nicksykes4575
    @nicksykes45753 жыл бұрын

    Hi Alan, there,s a similar piece to this in the Blackadder series where Blackadder is being Courts Martialed for killing General Mellchetts favourite pidgeon. He tells Baldric to deny everything!

  • @MarianneDashwood602

    @MarianneDashwood602

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes fantastic episode!

  • @grizzlygamer8891

    @grizzlygamer8891

    3 жыл бұрын

    Captain Blackadder absolutely did not kill and eat this delicious pigeon 🤣

  • @maximushaughton2404
    @maximushaughton24043 жыл бұрын

    One thing about the show, John Cleese was married to Connie Booth, who played Polly, she is an American.

  • @70wannawatch

    @70wannawatch

    3 жыл бұрын

    She also co wrote the show ;)

  • @sarahjane7865
    @sarahjane78653 жыл бұрын

    Your laugh is contagious 💐 love Faulty Towers! More please

  • @benjibowser5181
    @benjibowser51813 жыл бұрын

    One of the all time greats 👍👍

  • @jessicapaterson1949
    @jessicapaterson19493 жыл бұрын

    Definitely a classic. I also love the Brittas Empire and Red Dwarf

  • @iankinver1170
    @iankinver11703 жыл бұрын

    "I know NAAthing!" became a public catchphrase for some time after this episode.

  • @KangoV
    @KangoV3 жыл бұрын

    My wife went on the Orient Express with the BBC and Andrew Sachs was the guest speaker. She said he was awesome. I'm sure she enjoyed it as they a had a bottle of wine each and the person next to here didn't drink LOL.

  • @XoticCamel_
    @XoticCamel_3 жыл бұрын

    "Waldorf Salad...." funny scene from Fawlty Towers!!!

  • @bustedfender
    @bustedfender2 жыл бұрын

    Fawlty Towers is a close to perfection in TV comedy as you can get.

  • @garmit61
    @garmit613 жыл бұрын

    Faulty towers was sublimely hilarious in the 70s and still holds out today. It’s a fantastic poke at English eccentricity and snobbishness. Andrew Sachs who played Manuel was fabulous and John Cleese was his usual manic perfection.

  • @barryclements8395
    @barryclements83953 жыл бұрын

    Sybil: “You know what I’ll do to you Basil if I find out you’ve been betting?” Basil: “You’ll have to sew them back on first”.

  • @LordJuzzie
    @LordJuzzie3 жыл бұрын

    The waiter is played by the late great Andrew Sachs

  • @anthonyellis987
    @anthonyellis9873 жыл бұрын

    Originally Andrew Sachs wanted to play the waiter as a German, but John insisted that it would be funnier if he was Spanish. RIP Andrew - he knew nothing!

  • @thomasclan

    @thomasclan

    2 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs was German, born in Berlin, came to the UK with his parents as a young lad after Hitler came to power.

  • @robertcreighton4635
    @robertcreighton46353 жыл бұрын

    When I was about 7 years old many years ago I was Obsessed with this show. I was too young to get all the jokes but loved the atmosphere of the show and the slapstick moments

  • @Bill_Stranix
    @Bill_Stranix3 жыл бұрын

    This show is absolutely brilliant. Only 12 episodes but each one is a masterpiece. Possibly the best British comedy ever made.

  • @102route
    @102route2 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs was a beloved, highly talented British actor. In real life he spoke with a warm gentlemanly English accent. When he played Manuel in Falty Towers, he I believe didn't speak any Spanish but he played the character so well, as a young kid, I thought he was Spanish at first. Everything about Faulty Towers was just perfect, in my opinion but Manuel would make me laugh until I cried!

  • @Tim_3100
    @Tim_31003 жыл бұрын

    I use the I know nothing line whenever someone says do I know what happened but only ever on funny things never serious things

  • @johnnyrosenberg9522
    @johnnyrosenberg95222 жыл бұрын

    The actor, Andrew Sachs, who plays the waiter was actually German. When he was asked to play a Spanish waiter he asked if the waiter instead could be German, but John Cleese said no. Sadly he (Andrew) died a couple of years ago.

  • @scottythedawg
    @scottythedawg3 жыл бұрын

    I love the bit in this episode where he shows mrs richards her room. *no spoilers*

  • @Tmuk2
    @Tmuk23 жыл бұрын

    Nearly 50 years old and still hilarious

  • @mrk.dilkington
    @mrk.dilkington3 жыл бұрын

    Classic comedy gold. I hope you get to see the whole series without the fecking BBC blocking you. The Health Inspector one is genius.

  • @jukkaviertio1546
    @jukkaviertio15463 жыл бұрын

    proud owner of this DVD, one of my treasures.

  • @KnugenMooMoo
    @KnugenMooMoo3 жыл бұрын

    Basil fawlty was based on a real hotel owner that John saw and the staff told him that the owner was rude to customers

  • @GSD-hd1yh
    @GSD-hd1yh3 жыл бұрын

    One of the best running jokes is how the Hotel name changes for every episode, from Fawlty Towers to Farty Towels and Flowery Twats. They sometimes use the entire episode to set up the punchline so it's best not to just watch a short segment.

  • @louisemiller4970
    @louisemiller49702 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs waiters costume was displayed in a London museum after he had passed away. He was probably the most popular character in Fawlty Towers for a lot of people

  • @kategray9
    @kategray93 жыл бұрын

    In opening scene look at the hotel sign - it’s different every time.

  • @peadarruane6582
    @peadarruane65823 жыл бұрын

    That episode is one of the funniest bits of classic british humour ever put to screen. You'll love it.

  • @deanholt6599
    @deanholt65993 жыл бұрын

    One of the best comedy’s ever made, the poor guy never wins 😂😂. Also love your channel been watching for the last month or so.

  • @claytonskids6764
    @claytonskids67643 жыл бұрын

    Heheheeaee….. glad you’ve found these……enjoy😁 and thanks for sharing 🤗

  • @msboomerizzle303
    @msboomerizzle3033 жыл бұрын

    Classic comedy gold!! I adore your reaction vids. You do not fail to cheer me up. I may be late to the party here but have you seen anything of the show called Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em? I'm sure you'd love it!

  • @777petew
    @777petew3 жыл бұрын

    You accurately described the comedy there. Basil is a pillock. He came a cropper. Wonderful acting by everyone.

  • @FeedbackPete1
    @FeedbackPete1 Жыл бұрын

    That's British TV gold you've got there. That line I know nothing is the one I've impersonated many times in that Spanish accent of his.

  • @jay71512
    @jay715123 жыл бұрын

    Watch the oreilly fixes the door clip. It's hilarious!

  • @jfurl5900
    @jfurl59002 жыл бұрын

    It must be great watching that for the first time . I saw it when it aired first time and never get tired of it .

  • @michaelworthington4454
    @michaelworthington44543 жыл бұрын

    I urge you to watch all 12 episodes that were made. Simply the best comedy, you'll love it.

  • @jules.8443
    @jules.84433 жыл бұрын

    The guy who played Manuel (the Spanish waiter) was born in Berlin, Germany, but spent a lot of time in England. I actually thought he was British as his accent was impeccable. He died in 2016 aged 86.

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe Жыл бұрын

    I am so envious of your laughter, who needs alcohol or drugs when you seem so free to laugh. I think to die laughing would be the way to go.

  • @theprophet9429
    @theprophet94293 жыл бұрын

    The whole episode is masterpiece. Basil (to Sybil) : pity you didn’t let me put something on, really. You realise how much we would’ve won? £75 for a £5 stake. Still, you know best. 😂😂😂 Despite lying and actually backing the horse, Basil STILL couldn’t resist the opportunity to score a point against Sybil. Beautifully petty.

  • @helenbailey8419
    @helenbailey84193 жыл бұрын

    There is a tv sitcom called 'ello,'ello.about a cafe in occupied France...very funny too.

  • @hogwashmcturnip8930

    @hogwashmcturnip8930

    3 жыл бұрын

    Allo Allo was an absolute gem! The mix of Germans French, English wallies... The Fallen Madonna with ze big boobies!

  • @billtone1

    @billtone1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you taking the piste

  • @helenbailey8419

    @helenbailey8419

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Mickey Finn And when I speak to a friend I say"This is London calling"

  • @antoineduchamp4931
    @antoineduchamp49313 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Sachs was a very cultivated, polite and charming gentleman. Raised in Germany, and escaped from Hitler in his childhood. I remember that in the old days he used to teach Brits German on BBC radio. I used to listen to his classes. A proper gentleman, loved hugely by the Brits.

  • @MONGIE30
    @MONGIE303 жыл бұрын

    One of the best comedies ever along with Only fools and Horses, One foot in the Grave and Steptoe and Son.

  • @richardfrancis4518
    @richardfrancis45183 жыл бұрын

    You've got to find the scene where Basil says to Manuel "There is too much butter on those trays" ... epic comedy.

  • @jen6879

    @jen6879

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s in the pilot episode - A Touch of Class :)

  • @julielevinge266
    @julielevinge2662 жыл бұрын

    This came out when I was 15, I’m in my 60s now but still makes me laugh🤣🤣 Best line”you bet Mr Fawlty?” Fawlty” no that little avenue of pleasure was closed when I married”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @numbersix100
    @numbersix1002 жыл бұрын

    “Communications problems” is the funniest episode

  • @troubledspirit3328
    @troubledspirit33282 жыл бұрын

    I love at the beginning of each program, they rearranged the letters of Fawlty tours.

  • @bsmith5404
    @bsmith54043 жыл бұрын

    Still-used catchphrases amongst some of us, “I know nothing”, “I am from Barcelona” and “I speak English, I learn it from a book”!

  • @juliehaley2765
    @juliehaley27653 жыл бұрын

    Theres 12 episodes, all brilliant, love your channel

  • @alanb7027
    @alanb70273 жыл бұрын

    Great video.so funny.all the episodes are great to .can't wait for the next surprise.

  • @moirabaker458
    @moirabaker4583 жыл бұрын

    They have a sign outside the hotel that they keep changing the letters for.... Fawlty Towers sometimes they as as Farty Towels!

  • @lt.axesci5644
    @lt.axesci56443 жыл бұрын

    "I know nothing" reminds me of sergeant schultz in Hogan's Heroes, another gem, although americanXD

  • @BTBMAM
    @BTBMAM3 жыл бұрын

    Dude you're too awesome much love from the UK

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