The law of England. Nothing to do with me 😂😂😂😂

22:04 Daniel "it's only been 3 episodes" *Goes to check I didn't miss one*

That whack on the head for Manuel really did knock the actor (Andrew Sachs) out. They had a stunt frying pan hung up in the kitchen among the real ones but in the darkness, John Cleese grabbed the wrong one by mistake. No-one knew that Sachs was knocked out until after they’d finished shooting that scene.

Sybil’s laugh is literally an imitation of Connie Booth’s (Polly) laugh in real life.

1:45 Her local finishing school (for ladies), not fishing school. As for topless tea, I bet there is an establishment somewhere in the world that provides that service.

@richardfurness7556

10 ай бұрын

A few months before this episode first aired a pub in Norfolk tried to attract customers by advertising topless bar staff one Sunday afternoon. What the ad didn't say was that the staff would all be men.

@jamesaston410

10 ай бұрын

@@richardfurness7556brilliant! Gotta love Norfolk humour, though being born in Norwich I am a tad bias

I love when Manuel says, "...my five mothers and four aunties..." LMAO! Cracks me up every time! And when Basil says about Mrs. Pegnoir: "She's not frightfully old or anything!" HAHA!!

Notice the silly stairs on the upstairs scenes - goes up then down but doesn't actually go anywhere.

The incredible thing is that Basil was based on a real hotel owner. When Monty Python stayed at that hotel John Cleese got the idea for this series. Where the hotel owner (like in reality) finds the guests annoying to deal with.

@Myviewoftheworldful

10 ай бұрын

Yawn! Really? We’ve only heard this about 50 times on every Fawlty Towers reaction.

@zimjun7

10 ай бұрын

Yes, John had said that he had met "a most delightfully rude" hotel manager there.

@kenvoysey8222

10 ай бұрын

@@zimjun7he said it but it was not true.

@johnloony68

10 ай бұрын

Nobody ever knows anything until somebody tells them.

@sanderdeboer6034

10 ай бұрын

@@Myviewoftheworldful So your contributon is to bully people? Why? And in this video it is clear THEY never watched it, so probably don't know this. A teacher in school tells the same information hundreds of time in his or her life, does that make it not worth doing? If the ones hearing that information are new to it!

Chemist is a pharmacy.... Basil thinks he wants condoms.... And then when the guest asked about batteries, Basil's mind jumped to battery operated sex toys 😂😂

Wait until they meet Mrs Richards....S2 E1 Communication Problems best epsiode IMO

@sg-zd8eb

10 ай бұрын

“Is this a piece of your brain?”😂

@rantman4521

2 ай бұрын

Not the best....IMO

I have everything on dvd from fawlty towers. Too funny

Polly, the 'topless' receptionist was actually married to Basil at the time it was filmed.

John Cleese and his daughter Camilla Cleese have teamed up to reboot Fawlty Towers, Who play father and daughter onscreen, running a boutique hotel together. KorkytheKat UK

Traditional Swiss and European Finishing Schools of yesteryear have long provided young ladies an irreproachable foundation in all aspects of social etiquette, entertaining and lifestyle appreciation, whilst men had the support of social training through The Grand Tour.

I trust you guys are paying attention to the faulty towers sign (the various anagrams) in the opening shot

@TenCapQuesada

10 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same. Been waiting for a reaction to it but none so far.

@jimpalmer9263

10 ай бұрын

Flowery Twats is the best

@jamiephillips1317

10 ай бұрын

The anagrams didn’t start until series 2. During series 1 the letters just fell off.

@Mandz6494

10 ай бұрын

Farty towels

Father Ted and Fawlty Towers will set you up perfectly for I'm alan partridge, you've got to do that next. Then the ultimate only fools and horses, it beats them all hands down

@Lilly8Listens

10 ай бұрын

I'm with you, Only Fools and Horses is in a different league to all of them.

@13:58 She asked for coffee with milk. Cafe au lait. French. He heard “olè”, Spanish.

Sure someones probably already pointed this out, but during the opening titles have you noticed that the sign on the driveway changes each episode

@DeidreL9

10 ай бұрын

Farty Toots, anyone?🤭🤣

When I lived in Japan, anytime the lab went out drinking, one grad student would always get so drunk he would keep taking his pants off. All he would have to do is profusely apologize the next day. When I got my Ph.D., my friends got me so drunk, on the bus ride home I could not walk straight. I started laughing so hard! People must of thought I was crazy. Or just happily drunk.

@Kazza_8240

10 ай бұрын

Why were you walking about the bus? 😅😂

For basil it's more of a "my wife's an ugly lazy horrible bitch" thing over a time period thing

Hiya lads! Isn’t John Cleese sarcasm on a whole new level? 😂 I grew up watching this series in the early eighties! Just when you think he’s embarrassed himself to the max he surpasses himself all over again. My favourite episodes are Gourmet Night and The Germans.….but shush! “Don’t mention the war! I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.” Look out for that classic Basil line lads. It’s so enjoyable after all this time watching it again with you two. It’s adorable how you totally get our humour. Me Dad is on end of life care and I have to move in two weeks so this year is not going too well, …..so thank you ever so much for whisking me away from Julie world for a little while for a laugh and a giggle, your sister from another British Mister in the heart of the Kingdom with the Irish blood of my mammy running right through me red hair 👩‍🦰 🇮🇪🇬🇧 💋🙄😊xx

@MikePhillips-pl6ov

10 ай бұрын

Spoilers!

I’m loving these. He’s the most inhospitable hotelier … and that’s the joke… he’s so caught up in running an establishment for the upper middle class that he’ll do most anything to reach that goal. So funny! X

In the opening credits of every episode, the letters on the fawlty towers sign have been rearranged if you didn’t notice. 👍

My music hero passed on my birthday back in 1991 but for me he's still the best singer ever, long live the memory of Freddie Mercury along with people loving his music and voice.

@KevPage-Witkicker

10 ай бұрын

Why are you telling us this, here?

@jamiephillips1317

10 ай бұрын

Qué???

@alunchurcher7060

10 ай бұрын

@@KevPage-Witkicker why not both love their music

@KevPage-Witkicker

10 ай бұрын

It's just a totally random thing to mention but you do you bro @@alunchurcher7060

When the programme starts look at the sign in the bottom right of the screen, the name changes every time. My favourite was Series 1 Episode 2....

This was one of my favourite episodes great days

Really enjoying watching along with you fellas😂😂👍🏽🫶🏽brilliant

I can’t wait for the “I know nothing!” episode. Gets me every time 😂😂

That 'Basil Fawlty' character IS real and is based on a hotel owner in Torquay. The Monty Python gang stayed at his hotel and he even told Terry Gilliam to eat his food properly, not like an American.

Can you believe that the house you see at the beginning, the 'hotel' was actually demolished!

@stickytapenrust6869

10 ай бұрын

Burned down before being demolished.

@jerryhayes9497

10 ай бұрын

Yeah it burned down

"Basil doesn't handle stress well" .. and yet, that's where he chooses to live.

How lovely to hear Daniel use the word 'glorious'. My late dad often used this term. 😍😍

hey guys did you notice the name on sign changes for every episode on intro? my fav was flowery twats

21:50 Basil is actually based on real person that john cleese and the rest of monty python lodged with while filming named Donald Sinclair

The made a American remake called Payne, it bombed.

@Salfordian

10 ай бұрын

They tried a few times and JC said they even wanted one without Basil🤣

@jen6879

10 ай бұрын

@@Salfordianyes, Amanda’s by the Sea, starring the wonderful Bea Arthur. She was great but the show was never going to work without Basil.

Basil was based on Donald Sinclair (hotel owner) John Cleese copied him, and he ran Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, his death, from a heart attack and stroke, resulted from an event in August 1981 when some workmen he'd upset painted his patio furniture and car gunmetal grey during the night.

Glorious. Yes. That's the word for it. 😊

The stairs that continue above the upper floor & descend a few steps is so wonderfully irritating. Also, Prunella Scales who plays nasty Sybil Fawlty is actually a very nice woman. An actor from a young age, she was in a reality show with her husband Timothy West (a great actor) narrow boating in Britain & Europe.

Saying Basil doesn't handle stress well is like saying David Banner doesn't handle anger well. It's his superpower, the basis of his appeal:) Every episode is basically a string of events designed to drive him over the edge into an apopleptic rant, like the build-up to the guitar solo in a rock song. "The Germans" being the peak:)

When Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross rang up the actor who plays Manual on the radio and left messages about how Russell had slept with his granddaughter the country went mad, there was so many complaints

Enjoying the reactions, have you noticed the faulty towers sign at the beginning changes every episode

Watch episode 6: The Germans (some places renamed Fire Drill) Classic and famous Faulty Towers episode!

It is amazing how much they cram into half an hour.

Loving your guys reactions, and have to say. Been watching for a couple months now. Literally for hours at a time, good chill content. And done a good job of keeping me sane haha. Props to you guys!! Now for the actual comment. Lol. If you dig this. Which i think i can take that you guys are. You have.. HAVE!! To give monty pythons flying circus a try. Even if its not for the content factor. Its what cleese was doing before fawlty towers. Along with a few others. Absolutely bonkers mental. Keep well guys. Much love and respect. And to the community here also. Stay safe and be well :)

Basil is based on a real hotel owner that John Cleese encountered when filming pointy python

Just loving your love and admiration for a British Institution ❤

Hi Guys , have you noticed during the opening credits the hotel sign has a different name every episode

🇬🇧 Norfolk along for this not many episodes but perfect every time 😊

@carlmarch9591

10 ай бұрын

Norwich here mate 🇬🇧

@duncanwyer2460

10 ай бұрын

@@carlmarch9591 was born there ! Now on the coast

@carlmarch9591

10 ай бұрын

@@duncanwyer2460 god's country mate 👌

The theme song takes me right back to being a kid❤

finishing school not fishing

Amazing show

That's right, as other people have said Basil was based on a real hotelier called Donald Sinclair who hated his guests.

YIPPEEE - again - Just what I need to take my mind of back ache

He hit Andrew Sachs for real ,it was not a prop pan . I think he knocked him out

The actress who plays Polly, is Connie Booth, an American actress and writer. She co-wrote Fawlty Towers with her then-husband John Cleese, they were married from 1968-1978.

It is comedy gold isn't it. Just like Father Ted.

When I was young and lived in Australia and England, some pubs would have topless bartender girls happy hour.

Don't worry - it gets better after this one 🙂

He was actually married to Polly in real life.

Basil on the landing, trying to stop Len Brennan from seeing the rabbits..... think about it

Boys, there’s so many edits in your Fawlty Towers videos it’s really hard to follow anything or your reactions. I know the full one is on your Patreon, but I just thought I’d mention 😅

The fawlty towers is different each time, apart from last episode of 1st series.

You ain't seen nothing yet!😂😂😂😂😂👍

Made in 1975, and still very funny!

A lot of people still have separate beds or separate bedrooms. Better than being disturbed by a snoring partner. I once spoke to a couple with separate beds and the wife says she loved the "date nights" that would end them up in the same bed

This is one of my favorites, but the one with the psychiatrist is one of the best.

@vilebrequin6923

10 ай бұрын

Not forgetting the wonderful Mrs Richards and her intermittent hearing!

@sanderdeboer6034

10 ай бұрын

@@vilebrequin6923 Yes, Cleese is incredible when they talk about the view and what she expected from this hotel. She was an amazing actress.

@vilebrequin6923

10 ай бұрын

@sanderdeboer6034 I actually got a question right on a recent edition of foridible quiz show Only Connect. The connection to be found was what linked Sydney Opera House, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Wildebeest!

21:25 "......my wife has made a mistake..." The best line in the whole episode, and seems to me that you didn't got it! ; ) Well......

Pleased to see you fellas enjoying this unsurpassed classic comedy series so much. FYI John Cleese is hosting a new show over on GBNews starting later this month.

@vilebrequin6923

10 ай бұрын

Yes, a pity he's gone down that path. Still, he was funny back then and the series is unsurpassed.

Love that you guys are doing fawlty towers but you skip a lot of your reactions to the punch lines😢

Love flowery twats 😂 season 2 episode 5

The shocking thing is and it’s mind blowing to say this, it gets better. The greatest ever sitcom.

@24magiccarrot

10 ай бұрын

Agreed the first season is pretty lame in comparison with season 2, but John Cleese stated they went out there way to make season 2 better in his mind if you can't top what you did previously then you shouldn't do it.

Love how you are already bobbing along to the theme tune! I have done that for the last 30 years whenever I watch FT, can't help myself 😂😂

John cleese at the time was married to connie booth who plays polly. They both wrote it. They based sybils laugh on connie booths real laugh. After you watch this series you must watch fawlty towers re opened a 3 hour documentary on the show.its brilliant too.

Cleese and Connie booth were going through relationship problems during the 2 series (they were married) which I believe they got divorced after series 2 (or during it ) tells you why they didn't make a series 3 :)

@jamiephillips1317

10 ай бұрын

They were divorced before series 2. Cleese said he never wanted to make more than 12 episodes.

@kenvoysey8222

10 ай бұрын

They never planned a third series !!

Can't wait for the Ze Germans episode.

Peignoir is French for naughty nightie. Nudge nudge, wink wink!

You NEED to watch Bottom top shelf British comedy

The idea of the show came from Cleese after he stayed at the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, Devon, in 1970 (along with the rest of the Monty Python troupe), where he encountered the eccentric hotel owner Donald Sinclair.

if you think he is stressed now....get ready

stick with these series, it gets better as it goes along guys, ihave the whole series on vhs, all the best from the UK

@24magiccarrot

10 ай бұрын

They watch them in bulk and likely have watched all 12 episodes before uploading the first, so asking them to stick with it is probably redundant they've probably already watched them all and have the uploads set up to be released every day at a certain time using the youtube scheduler.

There is something hypnotic about watching the train wreak that is Basil Fawlty, on the verge of giving himself a heart attack, or killing poor Manuel

Afternoon chaps, Hope your both tickety-boo! I've got a music video suggestion as you both liked Can Can by Bad Manners 🎵 Ullo John Got a New Motor 🎶 Alexei Sayle (1984) 😂🤣 (God Bless) 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇲🇬🇧 👍👍👍❤️

"she's a fine woman Mrs Fawlty" "no i wouldnt say that" "no, neither would I" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

There are people like that.

The actress that plays Polly is American and she was married to John Cleese for a time..

I don't think you guys fully understand the Basil Fawlty character, he is an emasculated man, trying to please an overbearing wife. He is passive-aggressive and in moments of stress rather than just asking his wife to help he'll make snide comments in the hope that she'll pick up on his subtleties, which she either doesn't pick up on or intentionally ignores. He tries to avoid confrontation whilst trying to maintain what he considers the moral high ground but in doing so always ends up making matters worse. Also in regard to you are glad Basil isn't real the character is based on a real person. Inspiration for the sitcom came from the owner of a hotel that the Monty Pyhton cast stayed at, but many of the characteristics are common to a lot of brits, certainly to a lot of older brits and people from the time period where many people focused on trying to keep up appearances of being "proper" whilst at the same time talking and judging others behind their back. Basil encapsulates the British stiff upper lip and probably everyone over the age of 40 knows someone who is like or was like Basil.

Bazel and his meltdown

Blackadder is good, Fawlty Towers is good, Father Ted is good, Only Fools and Horses slaughters them all.

@Lilly8Listens

10 ай бұрын

Glad it's not just me, Only Fools and Horses cannot be beat.

@Bill_Stranix

10 ай бұрын

No. OFAH is utter genius and has incredible episodes but the best rarely match the genius of FT. It is what you remember.

@BertSmithLondon

10 ай бұрын

@@Bill_Stranix I have recently watched every episode of Only Fools and Horses, and in my view it's way, way better than any other British tv comedy. The fact that it's regularly voted Britain's greatest ever comedy show, just endorses that opinion. When you ask the British public what is Britain's greatest ever comedy, they say Only Fools and Horses. Obviously we now have a whole generation of people who have never seen it, so the voting might change.

It's farce. The very best farce.

Basil Fawlty WAS based on a real person.

I hope you didn’t miss the entire point of why Basil was acting like that. He’s sexually repressed & frustrated and hates when he sees other people getting some when he hasn’t had ‘It’ for years. That’s actually why they sleep in separate beds, Sibyl can’t stand him touching her.. and he’s terrified of his wife.

@andcouncil1

10 ай бұрын

I think it went right over their heads.

@grainneminihane625

10 ай бұрын

If you listen to what they say ,that's exactly what they say.He needs some 😂

Bottom brilliantcomedy series

Like the channel, but not enough to continue watching with 'For Copyright Reason' stamped across the screen. Sorry!

chemist= drug store (sellers of condoms, and batteries for shavers).

Why are there cuts in the so-called "naughty bits'? Most of your viewers are from the UK, so there's no need.

apparently this was based on a real life hotelier that cleese and the maid polly stayed in as they were a couple and both wrote the show

Hate to say but i think thats the weakest episode out the 12. still better than alot of things.

@scottandrewbrass1931

10 ай бұрын

It's quite weak isn't it? But not as bad as the first one.

@scottandrewbrass1931

10 ай бұрын

It's quite weak isn't it? But not as bad as the first one.

fawtly is 5*

Your bottom Copyright sign hides the hotel sign, each week the letters are jumbled to make a joke, one of which it quite rude ;-) But it can't be seen. Also you r lines of text make it just too difficult to try to watch anything.☹

Never thought anybody could make Faulty Towers,the single most funny programe the BBC has ever prduced seem boring. Congrats you have suceeded. Get back to something you understand likeFred Dibnah.