I was in retail management for 20 years. My last 5 I went full Basil.

@Shadowdoc26

3 жыл бұрын

Your job sounds awesome. Unfortunately, in a hospital where I work, you do that, someone dies.

@MrLeemo176

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to do that but i'm just the retail worker not a manager XD

@kwyjiboss

3 жыл бұрын

I've been in the restaurant/hospitality industry for 14 years. I'm right behind you.

@deletebilderberg

3 жыл бұрын

Until I watched The Office I had no idea how ‘David Brent’ I am, WAS!!

@deletebilderberg

3 жыл бұрын

SaiVikram Madireddy Huh??

Absolute brilliance to this day. How John and Connie only made 12 episodes was such a wise choice. Better to make 12 of greatness than 250 of lackluster quality. A few current film and tv makers could learn from this.

@tomb3796

5 жыл бұрын

Friends!

@burgersnchips

5 жыл бұрын

The people behind "Heroes", should have stopped after the first season.

@Ben-pm7ee

5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: It took 3 months to write each episode!

@steves1015

5 жыл бұрын

Alana King I agree completely, so many shows are being ruined because they are being flogged to death - mainly for greed. The Simpson’s is a prime example....

@christophershepherd6570

5 жыл бұрын

The office followed suite didn’t it 🤔

The man with the highest blood pressure in the world, Mr Basil Fawlty.

@lachlanjones3397

5 жыл бұрын

hy iwood hav toagree with that

@42lookc

4 жыл бұрын

@deekat3279 Ramsay is a complete purposeful ****hole. Fawlty is just faulty, that's all. Patently flawed, yes, but without the utterly disgusting malice that fuels Ramsay's despicably hateful rants.

@helenwaldron7542

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Classic every episode a winner!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@patagualianmostly7437

4 жыл бұрын

@@42lookc Spot on. Disliked the "man" since the first time I had the misfortune to lay eyes on the Ramsay excuse for "entertainment".

@barkz2265

4 жыл бұрын

@@patagualianmostly7437 agree with you if he comes on I can't change channels quick enough what a creep

"Oh, German! I thought there was something wrong with you" 😂

@Tim_3100

4 жыл бұрын

Would you like something to drink before the war 😂

"You'll have to excuse my wife. Her finishing school was bombed in the war".

@CalumHGaming

5 жыл бұрын

Really? No just a thought!

"Don't touch me! I don't know where you've been!"

@bmssenjoyer

4 жыл бұрын

Yid

@sampletext8229

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a plastic surgeon you need

@EVERTONFC.

4 жыл бұрын

My god you're ugly aren't you.

@joshuajones3181

3 жыл бұрын

2020 in a nutshell

@87654321j

3 жыл бұрын

What I say to people in the current covid world lol

The way his attitude changes when he realises Melbury is a Lord.

@johnclegg4993

5 жыл бұрын

sharkie12354 - my favourite scene, just brushes away O Reilly 😂

@adamkurowski1934

5 жыл бұрын

"... Go away."

@jupitorious7925

5 жыл бұрын

Lord Melberry to you

@65tosspowertrapl36

5 жыл бұрын

From the first episode, perfectly set the tone of this brilliant series.😆

@Ladeenian

3 жыл бұрын

UtH Music ... actually, it was spelled "Melbury". 🙂

Every single word that ever came out of Basil's mouth is legendary.

2:57 “‪Is mentioned once more, I shall move you closer to Him” What an amazing line 😂😂😂‬!

@AJwhy

4 жыл бұрын

Sheikh Ahmed 😂 oh my gosh, I just heard it. It is absolutely fabulous!

@neilpearson357

4 жыл бұрын

Possibly one of the best lines ever in a sitcom, of course perfect delivery helps. Its was so subtle you could almost miss it, so much better than if it had been delivered in so called punch line!!!

@masterfarr8265

3 жыл бұрын

the war or the lord?

@123TauruZ321

2 жыл бұрын

It's fucking funny ^^

After 5 years working in a hotel I find myself becoming more like Basil by the day!

“If you don’t like duck...you’re rather stuck”😂😂😂

@frankmiller95

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the translation. Thought it was "lf you don't like duck you're rather fucked."

@paulkenney4021

12 күн бұрын

and his facial expression with it

Anyone who has worked with the public will appreciate Basil. He expresses what we all feel....

@Rizzawriter

2 ай бұрын

16 years in retail. I know exactly what you mean, dealing with idiots all day, every day, lol

We all have a little Basil Fawlty in us from time to time!

@jpringle1979

4 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray now you know where the title spamalot came from.... Lol

@masterfarr8265

3 жыл бұрын

I almost turned into him last week out of anger

@trebleclef46

Жыл бұрын

A little!!??

@nthgth

Жыл бұрын

The older I get the more I agree lol

@amaurythewarrior

4 ай бұрын

except for his wife, i suppose

Fawlty Towers is possibly one of the funniest sitcoms of all time. The part in every episode when Basil finally loses it never gets old.

@RedroomStudios

2 жыл бұрын

possibly THE funniest.

How to be basil Step 1 get yourself in embarrassing situations Step 2 concoct extremely long explanation on how you find yourself in this situation Step 3 shout up the top of your lung Step 4 get yourself out of situation Step 5 blame everything on your wife Step 6 find a person to abuse possibly an employee or a servant Thank you for attending my TED talk ❤️

@masterfarr8265

3 жыл бұрын

side note, make sure he can't speak english

When you work in retail or a customer service job, you eventually become Basil Fawlty 😂

@SamuelBlack84

6 ай бұрын

I still have the psychological scars

@adamh8517

6 ай бұрын

Been in hospitality all my life and im basically Basil these days 😂

I still get the biggest laughs when he has to deal with the bratty kid who doesn't like his chips. Mom says that the boy is "very highly strung," to which Basil replies, "yes, yes, he should be." Brilliant!

Timeless classic, you won’t see anything like this again sadly

@Syfoll

5 жыл бұрын

Naaaah. There are still masterpiece sitcoms

@Syfoll

5 жыл бұрын

@DJ Jeff What?

@Eleventhearlofmars

3 жыл бұрын

@@Syfoll like?

@Syfoll

3 жыл бұрын

@@Eleventhearlofmars Community, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

@philbecker4676

2 жыл бұрын

Peep Show is a million times better than any other British sitcom, including Fawlty Towers.

2:57 i shall move you closer to Him. MY FAVORITE

@neithere

5 жыл бұрын

This is perfection.

Basil fawlty with the car is everyone now with computers and phones. Still so relatable

@Unicysis

5 жыл бұрын

Darshan Sittampalam The day I see someone thrashing their phone with a tree branch...........

@angeldominguez1162

5 жыл бұрын

"Oooh, you know each other, do you?"

@NicolaKaye

5 жыл бұрын

Most definitely lol 😂

@duckduckgoismuchbetter

Жыл бұрын

@@Unicysis You can al throw it against the wall, lol.

1:23 The way Polly quietly sidles away as Basil goes into Herr Hitler mode cracks me up.

I need to rewatch them all! Such a hilarious show, and Connie Booth is an absolute doll.

Why can't we have more comedians like this, absolutely superb

One word for this show....brilliant. .

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

4 жыл бұрын

No, there’s two words for this show...Bloody Brilliant 👍

@KenFromBeara

4 жыл бұрын

Its out of this world brilliant

@Eleventhearlofmars

3 жыл бұрын

They don’t make them like this anymore, I’ve forgotten the last decent sitcom that I seen, must of been at least 25 years ago.

@Varksterable

3 жыл бұрын

Or "till brain" to borrow the gag from the opening sequence.

Attempting to drink a coca-cola and watch this at the same time should be classified as an attempted suicide.

@lachlanjones3397

5 жыл бұрын

so wot dus that to ddoo with the show

@lachlanjones3397

5 жыл бұрын

wot has thatgot to dp\doo withcomitii\ingsuarside wotthats\got todoowith woching foltie towse

@ZilogBob

5 жыл бұрын

que? @@lachlanjones3397

@Kanuck1818

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@r.j.lombardi111

4 жыл бұрын

@CJusticeHappen21 Indeed sir.

John Cleese, bloody legend!

When this was first shown around 1975 I was hooked after the first episode. It was a different type of comedy than what was had been used to. It was hilarious. Even when watching this today and knowing what's coming I still find it hilarious. I do think it was the best comedy show ever.

@RedroomStudios

2 жыл бұрын

agreed... it just never gets old.

@TheZdojcin

Жыл бұрын

It was and Wil be forever and ever

If the good lord is mentioned once more I will move you closer to him 😂😂

@rustydumper

3 жыл бұрын

My fav line from the series 😂

"Manuel, put the butter in those trays" Oh no Mr. Fawlty, Uno, Dos, Tres"

The beautiful 70s Will never come back..

@dannyvandenbranden4845

Жыл бұрын

We should by a big island and collect all the people who loved that time, and then go back in time. We didn't have much, but everything had a soul. Grtz from Belgium

Greetings from the good old germans too Britain...great British humor we love it...and we love you Brits...

@lewfarkyy

4 жыл бұрын

I love how German people can laugh and enjoy British humour. Do you feel the slightest bit annoyed when he did the nazi jokes?

@albionmyl7735

4 жыл бұрын

@@lewfarkyy good morning to Britain I hope you are well in this difficult times.....well I don't feel annoyed...the past is the past I was born in 1965.....I have been many times in England and I love this country and his people.....I always felt very welcome as a German I met very interesting people I had good conversations.....I love the countryside.....I would say the English and the Germans are a perfect match...more as the french German connection ever would be....we are both Anglosaxon that's the secret!

@liambraithewaite6415

3 жыл бұрын

Im sure you guys didnt feel that way when you invaded Poland

@rudolfthetallwhitealien

3 жыл бұрын

@@albionmyl7735 Schleimer, Feind bleibt Feind,

@rudolfthetallwhitealien

3 жыл бұрын

@@liambraithewaite6415 that's was a start, wasn't it.

Faulty Towers was the funniest show ever in my opinion. The writing, the characters, the timing, the actors. Just brilliant..👍

The best of Basil is every minute of every episode!

"There's enough material there for an entire conference"

Great show. Never gets old. I binge all the episodes 2-3 times a year.

i love the food inspectors episode and Manuels rat in the biscuit box

You'll never get a show like this again, I do be howling with laughter watching these clips. Thanks for posting.

@pavansdigwa1541

2 жыл бұрын

I do be howling? Kush DigwaJ don't speak like that Allen you in a way that is the

The way he sarcastically mutters “yes, thank you SO much!” Has been adopted by me to be used whenever I have problems with technology or something isn’t going my way . It does diffuse the tension a bit, being a comedy moment 😁

@Harriet-Jesamine

4 жыл бұрын

I got in trouble at school, for answering back to a teacher, when a minute late, after being told that I was 15 minutes late. "well it is NOW, that's because we've been standing around arguing about it" It did not go down well at all!

@NicolaKaye

3 жыл бұрын

Howard Fisher haha, love it! Worth it I bet 😁

Simply the best ever Dedicated to my late Mother as she loved it Jan Volkmer 1944 - 2014 Gone and never forgotten

@riachhabra2049

3 жыл бұрын

🥰😇💫🙏she will be in my prayers ❤

"is it aery?" "well there's air in it.. What.."

I love everything about this show. Everything!

Maybe the best comedy series I have ever seen. He was at his absolute peak here.

My mum doesn't find John Cleese the least bit funny. She has no sense of humour. John Cleese is hilarious! My two favourite scenes are when Basil beats his car up with a tree and when he tries to tell Manuel to forget everything he knows about the horse. I've never laughed so much in my life.

@barryphillips7327

5 жыл бұрын

How could anybody not laugh watching this????

@alexeverett308

5 жыл бұрын

I still use "I'm going to spend the rest of my life having this conversation" sometimes.

@jessiejames7492

5 жыл бұрын

Actually a couple of his co stars spoke out abt this. Saying he was mad, even had a cruel streak. The guy who played the waiter said often when Cleese hit him it was really hard and painful. I think your mother has great insight. I didn’t find him 100 % funny either. But there were funny moments

@crystalfranklin3608

4 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for your mom.

@tuicr8992

4 жыл бұрын

Same with me with mrs Brown boys ..just can't dig it but Basil haha..a whole different level.

6:43 "You're still here?" Basil: "Apparently.." HAHAHHAHAHAHAH So calm

Simply the best comedic actor ever. Brings tears to my eyes when I watch fawlty towers

I am surprised fawlty didn't have a heart attack years ago. His stress and blood pressure levels must be sky high

@lachlanjones3397

5 жыл бұрын

iwoodhavetoagree

@pianocrisante90

5 жыл бұрын

He was young at the time.

@Rudepenaltyoffside

4 жыл бұрын

I think he was 36 1st series,40, nxt,I could b wrong

John Cleese finest moments, the whole cast are brilliant.

LOVED The Major!

@jmenceladus1332

5 жыл бұрын

paper's arrived Fawlty?

@neilpearson357

4 жыл бұрын

Well apparently he's dressed up as a guest....... The psychiatrist!!!

@georgestacey9558

3 жыл бұрын

Shot was he?

So I come from Croatia and I clearly remember how my late highschool English teacher looked alike and acted like John Cleese. He even had a perfect British accent so most of his teaching time he would spent cracking witty jokes that you see in Fawlty Towers and we kids would enjoy a live British comedy show in our class. :)

1:10 the slap to the back of the head gets me every time.😂

Note to self: Don't eat while watching this unless you want to choke. 😄😄😄

This is why I love John Cleese.

The older I get the more I can relate to Basil Fawlty

The whole episode with Bernard Cribbins. The man is an absolute legend.

@gazmini81

3 жыл бұрын

the best episode was the hotel inspector and when basil finds out bernard is a spoon salesman instead of an inspector and gets his own back on him was just brilliant lol

@buckbumble

3 жыл бұрын

stratocasterman 8135 yes! One of my favourite lines is when Basil confronts him about him being a spoon salesman. “Sp-th-th-th-OONS”

@gazmini81

3 жыл бұрын

@@buckbumble that had me in stiches and when he asks him if he wanted a tea cosy for his pepper pot bernard played that part brilliantly as a complaining customer lol

I know virtually every line from Fawlty Towers and I still laugh every time I watch it! Brilliant comedy! I remember my father and I laughing hysterically at Basil beating the car with a branch! Classic!

Let me do the funny walk!

@Rudepenaltyoffside

4 жыл бұрын

Are u 6'4"?

John Cleese at his finest. One of my all time favorite. Flowery twats 😂 classic ! What a comical contribution.

@EagleOneM1953

5 жыл бұрын

Cleese is a comical genius....not sure if he's aware of it..or sees it that way. To me Fawlty Towers is the best sitcom ever in the history of comedy...

@neilpearson357

4 жыл бұрын

His wife of the time Connie Booth (Poly) must share the plaudits with John, she co wrote it

@dortesandal4303

3 жыл бұрын

Watery Fowls - my personal favorite if I do say so myself;)

4:37 WE'RE HAVING IT!!!

I donno but Im still dissolved into tons of laughter when I see Basil taking in the update about the greek chef who's being drunk.. the moment where he is serious and then screams is a masterpiece... oh my...

You wouln't understand dear it's called style

8:06 That ultra fake laugh gets me every time :D

The best comedy ever made 😂

@jj66te

5 жыл бұрын

Full agreement

Love the car thrashing

True British Classic. John Cleese is a Legend. Everything you need for a true British Comedy, is all here. Well done John and the team.

Absolute Genius!

"This Basil's wife. This Basil. This smack on head." "Ve have meat heer in ze building!"

John Cleese: Lifts his leg really high The audience: 👌👌😂😩💦👏👏

@ralph5450

3 жыл бұрын

That's a reference to Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks.

My god a doctor? I mean here in the hospital? Whatever shall we do

@obi-wankenobi1233

4 жыл бұрын

You can leave!

The actress who played Polly was Connie Booth, who was John Cleese’s wife at the time this series was produced. She was actually American, born in Indiana.

@hudsony777

3 жыл бұрын

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I wish I had gotten the name of the guy I talked to today at the bike rack that recommended me to watch Fawlty Towers. He was not wrong and I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

“Is mentioned once more,I shall move you closer to him”😂😂😂

Ssssppppoons. Gets me every time. 😂

@CalumHGaming

5 жыл бұрын

SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN BEING A HOTEL INSPECTOR!!!

@byakuya_Hanqhal

4 жыл бұрын

😂

Oh...he was priceless!...his timing is perfect always. Thanks for this one.

4:39 is such an underated bit. Two gags combining, so funny.

@MrBoreray

5 жыл бұрын

Try the bit when the Major's going on a date with Marjorie Atwell,there's about 6 gags in one- Bullet points are Marjorie Atwell, Winifred(Winnie)Atwell(famous black piano player),Winston(Winnie)Churchill.When all the confusion is over,the final joke is the Major is going on a date with a woman who looks like Winston Churchill,all crammed into about 30 seconds,brilliant writing!!

required viewing for small hotel owners !

@BitKing_Ross

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

The way he goes up those stairs differently in every episode is GOLDEN!

this is still brilliant today ,

Well, yesterday it was announced on the news- FT is now officially the funniest ever Brit sit-com!! (We fans always knew that.)

@jj66te

5 жыл бұрын

Yes we did!

@EagleOneM1953

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't sgrre more...and I've pretty much seen every British sitcom...

@Eleventhearlofmars

3 жыл бұрын

@bagshitass they’re all class, the writing and actors have a lot to do with it. Steptoe and son and fawlty towers were the best two ever imo.

@TheZdojcin

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

So deeply sad that there is only 12 episode.

Outstanding exceptional comedy Never to be repeated at this quality.

Some drink order 5:26 A gin and orange, a lemon squash, and a Scotch and water PLEASE!

@georgeatkins7411

3 ай бұрын

*RIGHT!!!*

a lot of people outside of england wont really appreciate the humour of john cleese, but the sarcasm to the nurse was absolutely pure class acting.

@jj66te

5 жыл бұрын

But an awful lot of us really do appreciate it

@jpsiljamo

4 жыл бұрын

there is not really any political innuendo or word play so this is quite understandable humour everywhere

@neilpearson357

4 жыл бұрын

I agree here John. We British often assume that Americans won't appreciate some of our dryer sense of humour but thats not always the case.

@SuperHammaren

4 жыл бұрын

It has been almost contentiously running on Swedish television for more than 30 years. Brilliant.

@TheZdojcin

Жыл бұрын

Not true I am Macedonian, in ex Yugoslavia this series are considered the best of the best ever

This brilliant subtle sarcasm... I love it.

6:34 This makes me laugh so hard everytime. The way he says "ZE BUILDING" and moves his arms lol.

@ryanclark7962

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@adamh8517

6 ай бұрын

I love how the guests are terrified and start slowly moving backwards 😂😂

Absolute genius.. Could you imagine the BBC trying to make it now they are run bysnowflakes.

@theangryholmesian4556

4 жыл бұрын

Snowflakes was used in a book by a gay Male author critiquing toxic masculinity. People like you who use snowflake as an insult are hilariously inept and immature.

@crickcrot

4 жыл бұрын

@@theangryholmesian4556 you are a great example of a Snowflake.

@theangryholmesian4556

4 жыл бұрын

@@crickcrot twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1015886273482027014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1015886273482027014&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffpost.com%2Fentry%2Fjohn-cleese-snowflake_n_5b42de4ee4b09e4a8b2e8614 Here's what John Cleese would have to say about you twit.

@aaronosborne4906

4 жыл бұрын

@@theangryholmesian4556 So does that also make the gay author, in your words "hilariously inept and immature", and in Johns', to paraphrase -"A sociopath without empathy"? And as he started the term would you also continue on so as to call him a "Twit" as well?

@theangryholmesian4556

4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronosborne4906 Boy did you miss the point bud.

"Hello?" *smashes alarm glass "Thank you, thank you" "Now" *Phone rings "WERE HAVING IT" He just knows it is Sybil on the other end of it the amount of times she pesters him in that episode

I've watched every episode many times. Never cease to be entertained

4:37 always always killed me as a kid and still does to this day

British humour at its very best! simply brilliant!!

I first watched this series on the PBS affiliate in Chicago (WTTW) in the 80s. Bought the entire set on DVD.

This series was simply perfect!!!

Fawltless

this is humour in it's best form ,,,, English humour!

4.21 comedy gold! But then you're spoilt for choice with this lot!!! Thanks!

Fawlty Towers , best ever !!!!

Classic show cant beat the old classics

When I was a little kid in the 80s, in America, we have public broadcasting station. Which played tons of English shows. I remember watching fawlty towers and laughing for hours. I’m 49 and to this day I still watch whenever I can. When I was 19 I finally had a chance to go to England and it’s my favorite place that I’ve ever traveled to. Made friends there over the years and still visit every two years. I liked it so much there’s no reason for me to go anywhere else.

Every line is pure gold.

08:46 iv'e watched this about 100 times and it still makes me piss my pants with laughter.

0:36 RIP Bernard Cribbins