This was one of the best reactions to Fawlty Towers I've ever watched. You really got the mixture of excruciating social embarrassment and humour Britain does so well. I felt your pain!

IMO the best UK sitcom ever!!❤

@YorkshiremanReacts26

3 ай бұрын

I’d say bottom was number one in terms of sheer comedy. OFAH is the best all rounder!

@mowhawk5924

3 ай бұрын

love thy neighbour is another great one

She mentioned ‘train a monkey’, this means you could train an actual monkey cheaper than it will be to train the waiter, who is working cheaply to help learn English as he learns the job. He’s also meant to be Spanish not Mexican, the Ariba comment is Basils laziness to distinguish the difference between spain and Mexico

The character Manuel is from Barcelona but the actor Andrew Sachs is English

@maudeboggins9834

4 ай бұрын

Andrew Sachs was born in Berlin of German parents & they fled due to the rise of the Nazi party.

ShadyShae: Basil Fawlty is based on a REAL HOTEL OWNER whose Hotel John Cleese was staying at with the other members of Monty Python. That owner was so rude, the other members of Monty Python left, but John Cleese stayed to observe the rude owner. A few years later, Fawlty Towers was born.

@kingrobert1st

4 ай бұрын

Cleese actually got his permission to portray the character.

fawlty towers was based on a real hotel and owner john cleese stayed at in Torquay Devon

Best to not to take it too seriously because the stress levels of Mr Fawlty increase with each episode! Each episode is an object lesson in human behavior and situation comedy of course. This one was obviously "don't judge a book by its cover" as you so rightly pointed out! You will find out that all of the characters in this series have faults, but some more than others. Well done in uploading a video reaction that we can hear and see properly with sensible and thoughtful comments. Many of the uploads we get (especially from the USA) are very poor. Hope you will continue with Fawlty Towers.

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

I will look for ones that I can upload without the copyright on screen. It's a good show!

@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc

4 ай бұрын

This is the best quality I have seen. Having copyright on screen is not a bar for Brits, as we have seen this so many times! Take it easy mate, this is Brit sarcastic comedy. Have subbed.

@wordsmith52

4 ай бұрын

It's funny how the eye adjusts to the 'copyright" script after a while - almost as if it isn't there! @@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc

BASIL IS ONE OF THOSE CHARACTERS YOU GET NOW AND THEN, IT GETS VERY FUNNY AS THE SERIES GOES ON, WITH THE DAD GUEST AND THE GERMANS SCENES, BARE WITH IT AND TRY TO UNDERSTZND THESE WERE DIFFERENT TIMES AND WAR ONLY FINISHED 39 YEARS BEFORE, DIFFERENT AND JARD MINDSETS AS PEOPLE WERE ONLY JUST COMING OUT F THE GRIMEY TIMES OF THE 40 50S AND BEFORE, TRY NOT TO GET UPSET ABOUT RACIAL SLURRING AS YOU MIGHT GET A BIT IN THIS, TAKE NOW THAT TIMES HAVE MOVED FORWARD AND IT WILL KEEP ON MOVING FORWARD, GOOD LUCK

@janeslater8004

4 ай бұрын

The german one was hilarious.

Take it as a comedy it gets far excruciating and far better

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

If I can find none copyrighted ones, I will continue the series

@stephenderbyshire7849

4 ай бұрын

@@shadyshae007 Hope so, and like it has been 'said', it gets even better.

Great reaction! You were so involved in the story! That's a sign of how great the writing was on shows of this calibre, that they can still captivate people decades after they were first shown. As other comments have said, you need to just relax and go with the absurdity and the cringeworthy interactions with a lot of British comedy - much of the humour comes exactly from the way the comedy highlights the pretentions of people, misunderstandings between them and their attempts to compete with others or mislead them. Often, British humour is also about unique and quirky personalities - as this series goes on you'll see how an impatient character like Basil deals with some of them (or fails to) - as you'll see in later episodes with an old lady who is hard of hearing and a possible hotel inspector! You were quite right to say early on that Basil is completely unsuited to the hospitality industry and customer service, and that's at the heart of this sitcom. As some have already said, the idea for Fawlty Towers came from a real-life hotel owner who was exactly that: a terrible example of a host and hotelier! However, what's clever about what John Cleese and Connie Booth wrote is they didn't just make Basil unlikeable, but they also added context which gives some sympathy to his character and the situations he finds himself in, and lets the viewer see that for all his extreme behaviour, there is often naivety, ignorance and insecurity behind it rather than malice.

40 years and it’s only just occurred to me that the bricks in the briefcase could be from O'Reilly’s delivery for the wall (mentioned on the phone). Such tight writing.

Basil brings all his troubles upon himself. He hired Manwell cause he's cheap labour but it just causes more problems for him. He's also an insufferable snob so fell for the Lord Melboray ruse quite easy. He's the butt of most of the jokes. Nice to see your reaction. There are only 12 episodes and the best ones are still to come.

Basil Fawlty is based on an actual Torquay hotelier where John Cleese stayed once. The waitress, Polly, was his actual wife at the time. {:o:O:}

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

oh wow, i thought it was pure fiction!

@mcfcguvnors

4 ай бұрын

@@shadyshae007 No this dude was for real ,Cleese said the man would have been happier as a prison warden :D

I was hooked to fawlty towers - hilarious 🤣🤣 but your reaction also had me in stitches laughing 🤣🤣 brilliant

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

So good!

Just as you love they neighbour reactions loved this, keep up the good work and all the success for the channel my friend 😎

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😁

Its all very clever sarcasm

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

It indeed is

Id like to say class deference has disappeared almost a quarter of a century into the 21st century in Britain but it's still evident. I've been poor working class my whole life in a very deprived town but later in life I made it to university and even law school where I suddenly bumped into the sons and daughters of the upper classes, it was surreal 😊

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

wow! you have made it sir! I hope to make it too..

@TheStruggleUK.

4 ай бұрын

@@shadyshae007 Ah!! 😀 I’m not sure about that! I’m about to become a doctor (PhD) after 15 years of university, on and off, but I’m still on the breadline and in the same poorest part of my town 😎 only difference it’s made to my life is that people here ask me for my advice and help every day which I’m happy to give if it helps them. I’ve even been an elected cllr here which was great to help ppl but only so much one guy can do on his own 😀 You’ve made it! Your a KZread star ⭐️ 🤓

@papercup2517

4 ай бұрын

@@shadyshae007 Good luck to you, Mr Shady Shae! You can do it, I know... Just don't forget to keep your good heart!

You've got to react to all 12 episodes! They are unparallelled in sitcom humor!

@dface6447

2 ай бұрын

I thought it was 13? genuinely I'm 52 and grew up watching this 😂

@joakimberg7897

2 ай бұрын

It doesn't seem he has, atleast not now

I still enjoyed listening Shae, even though I couldn't watch 😅 John Cleese is a very funny man

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Prunela Scales lives in the same areas as my mother & sometimes sees her in the doctor's surgery.

@YorkshiremanReacts26

3 ай бұрын

It’s good to hear that she’s still knocking about a bit and not totally confined to her home. To say she’s 91 and has dementia, she’s certainly putting up a fight! ❤️

If you on old British comedy rising damp,till death do us part,mind your language, all good shows in the day and still now,stay safe shady

@YorkshiremanReacts26

3 ай бұрын

Mind your language is fantastic! I’m doing it myself at the moment! Also you have to suggest Bottom! And the young ones! Rik Mayall is a shining light that must be switched on in every comedy fan’s darkened room! ❤️💯

Why couldn't Sybil have served the man his drinks? She just adds to his stress levels....

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

She's doing it on purpose! Ahaha

Can I just say how encouraging it is to see a fellow British reactor using the good old “text over the video” method to be able to upload your full length content? It’s honestly been the single biggest blessing for me in my journey of making this type of content ever! And on that basis I would like to recommend another show for you: Bottom! It is simply impossible for me to describe adequately with mere words. I am doing the final episode of the series myself either today or tomorrow before moving onto the live shows and then the movie, but I had already decided that it is the FUNNIEST television comedy I had ever seen by the 4th episode of the final series (6 episodes a series.) Rik Mayall is the most infectious and loveable person I’ve ever seen in a comedy show, and his sidekick Ade Edmondson is incredible too. However I will just say; if you do choose to do it, you will have to add some background music too because I’ve tried it without and they got blocked. But trust me on this one; this show is something you simply HAVE TO SEE! Don’t take my word for it, ask your community! Make a poll! I guarantee you that you will see an OVERWHELMING majority of your supporters telling you the exact same thing! Can’t wait to see you press on with this too! The absolute definition of the “short but sweet comedy show!”

@shadyshae007

3 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Hello fellow KZreadr, glad to have you here I am gonna look you up too and subscribe! Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll use your editing style and hopefully it doesnt het blocked. Are you on instagram? I am @shadyshae007

45 YEARS AGO FIRIEGNERS WERE VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, AND BRITS FOUND IT DIFFICULT AS GOVERMENTS ALWAYS CUT BACK ON LANGUAGES FOR US POOR FOLK, THIS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST, HITTING WAS A THING IN THOSE DAYS WASNT UNTILL 80S THAT IT MAINLY STOPPED

@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095

4 ай бұрын

Why are you shouting? {:o:O:}

best british comedy series ever

Funny watching someone slowly get it more and more with each video, it shows that a lot of the bad that people think of us is purely due misunderstanding our dry/dark humour

Great reaction to a true British comedy... watch them all and keep an eye of the sign outside 😆

It’s amazing that his wife dies absolutely NOTHING. I’ve never seen her do anything at all!!!

Hi Shadyshae!! Faulty Towers is one of the best - if not *the* best sitcom ever made. There are only 12 episodes and they get better and better. The first episode of any sitcom is usually not as funny as the proceeding episodes because they have to introduce the characters and what they do, like, live etc etc. I hope you stick with it - put it this way - if"Love they Neighbour" is a hotdog, " Faulty Towers " is fillet steak! I really like your personality so I've kept watching you since I subscribed but I couldn't watch "Love they Neighbour" - I know it was made to make fun of racists and bigots but it makes me cringe and I never found it funny. ...but "Faulty Towers" is chef's kiss! Lastly - the sign at the beginning of each episode changed every episode - it's always an anagram of " Faulty Towers" off the top of my head I can remember one - "Flowery Twats" !!!😂✌

It's not a documentary, nor meant to be viewed with this amount of seriousness.

The owners part was based on a real hotel owner that he saw in an hotel where he stayed!

The thing is probably the British watching have seen it so many times the copyright dosent matter. I know that I could close my eyes listening to it a run through the actual scenes in my head so the copyright across the screen dosent matter

A brilliant reaction mate👍 ' communication problems' is my favourite one and like this one its equally cringe and funny at the same time,great stuff✌️

Check out the signe at the beginning of every episode, it changes every time

@vallee3140

4 ай бұрын

yes I was ging to say that the Fawlty Towers changes every time.

It doesn't always says Faulty Towers ShadyShae some times it reads Flowery Tw*ts...😂

Loved the reaction your a class act

And that's how you become insane 🤪

Great reaction bro! 👍❤️❤️❤️ I hope you'll react to the rest of the episodes of this amazing TV show! Best wishes from Romania! 🙏💙💛❤️

He's the rudest man on earth, but sometimes you feel sorry for him. Paying guests are an intrusion.

Bless fam 👊🏻

I loved watching this with my parents when i was younger, i enjoy your content and the videos you react to my best so far is love thy neighbour that is a total classic, next you should try another one of my favourites which is red dwarf which stars chris barrie, craig charles and danny john-jules, I'd love to see your reaction to that, take care and stay safe ❤

Really enjoyed watching you as you began your trek through the Fawlty Towers rabbit hole! TBH… As good as this episode is, it is actually my least favorite of the two seasons. Believe me, the shows get even better, as they go along! “Gourmet Night”, “Communication Problems”, “The Kipper & the Corpse”, “the Wedding Party” are definitely at the top-o-the list! Enjoy! 😁😉😃😆

Basil Fawlty i strive to be just like him :D

Some people like that.❤😂🎉😢😢😢

£200 in 1975 is about £1500 in todays money.

LOL Imagine this was based on a real hotel he stayed in

such a top show lol have a look for the episode when the Germans are coming to stay.

The waitress polly was His Wife

Don't take it so seriously, it's a comady

If you found Basil Fawlty over eccentric then try Absolutely Fabulous. Same outrageous comedy but with an all female cast.

The comady is him getting strest

You say He can't do His Job My Freind the clue is in the Name Faulty

@shadyshae007

3 ай бұрын

Ahaha! True

@chrisgil764

3 ай бұрын

@@shadyshae007 Take a Look at Al Murray. The pub Landlord. That Guy is by far Englands best

You do know it’s a comedy yeah? Manuel doesn’t really get slapped.

pleased you are watching all my favs, dont take it seriously. Hope you try Father Ted its the best of the lot I think.

U sure ya not on weed lol ohhhh your eyes lol

It was brilliant though….

Dude. May I suggest smoking some relaxing herb before watching another episode. 😂

@shadyshae007

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha! If I do, you'll see a different me..lol

@coot1925

4 ай бұрын

@@shadyshae007 👍✌❤🇬🇧

And the way u r wisdom ya hands ya don't know wot ya doing with them ,,,, lol

You're not supposed to like Bazil but its ok to pitty him.

Fawlty is a real cheapskate so he doesn't employ a manager - even though he is not competent to run the place himself. The more he fawns over the supposed 'Lord' the likelier it becomes that he is not really a lord. Same with the hotel inspectors in that episode.