Only twelve episodes, yet there is so much packed into each episode that it is real value for money.

@avryllsixtus3429

9 ай бұрын

You should have a quick squizz at 'Allo 'Allo, set in wartime France in a cafe with Germans, French and Brits all speaking English but in their own accents..it is hilarious....a spoof of a serious series shown some years ago...

When Basil mentioned to the two ladies about 'dining at The Gleneagles tonight' that is the real hotel the show is based on.

"Good morning Major!" "Very well thank you!" - such an understated set of lines but SO funny! Thanks for your reaction lads

Fawlty Towers is short but each episode is gold so I hope you two enjoy it

Basil was going off to Mr. O'Reilly's to insert the garden gnome into him in the final scene 🤣

I love the way you guys enjoy this 50 Yr old classic UK comedy series...they can be watched dozens of times...there's always something you've missed or forgotten.. priceless gems

Anxiety is exactly what Fawlty Towers is all about. Basil is a neurotic who makes every situation worse, just due to his own behavior :)

@silverkitty2503

2 ай бұрын

indeed

Just one correction, you’ll find the major isn’t ‘optimistic’…he’s barking mad!..😂

3:28 "You have to go to Gleneagles for your dins dins." But this is the Gleneagles. That was the name of the Torquay hotel this hotel is based on.

@ftumschk

10 ай бұрын

Beat me to it :)

@hedgehog1965uk

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I was going to point that out. The owner, Donald Sinclair, inspired the character. The Gleneagles has now been demolished and replaced by a block of retirement homes, named "Sachs Lodge" in memory of Andrew Sachs (Manuel) who died around the time of them being built (2016).

You two *really* need to do Red Dwarf! It’s right up both your streets!

Each episode starts of calm then just gets crazier and crazier as it goes along haha love it. Would love to see the series Bottom hit this channel, only three series with Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson

Every one of the 12 episodes are brilliant but the very best are definitely yet to come.

The actor playing Mr. O'Reilly was also in Waking Ned Devine.

@garulusglandarius6126

10 ай бұрын

And “ Robin’s nest “ 👍 Also in this episode is “ Mr Baxter “ from Grange Hill 👍

@donallmccrudden4812

10 ай бұрын

David Kelly, rip

@Dreyno

10 ай бұрын

And Tim Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”.

@michaelmclachlan1650

10 ай бұрын

And, very appropriately, "Cowboys" which was about a team of incompetent builders.

In each opening credits the Fawlty Towers sign has a different anagram for each episode.

I think you missed the joke at the end. He was on his way to insert the gnome in to O'Reilly's behind!

@stewedfishproductions7959

10 ай бұрын

Yes, I came here to see if anyone bothered to point it out! Also, I think they miss so many gags, although some are more subtle than others or you need to have watched the series at least a dozen times to appreciate some of the humour... Many of the 'in' jokes were only revealed in interviews with the actors and writers later on; such as it being the paperboy (though rarely seen), is revealed to be the prankster who rearranges the letters on the "Fawlty Towers" sign to sometimes crude phrases.

Classic British comedy. Just when you think it can't get any worse, or the lead character has actually come out on top. The whole thing goes to shit due to arrogance, ignorance, stubborn bloody-mindedness, or a combination of them all. Absolute classics. There's not many episodes, but they are culturally meaningful and loved for good reason. Enjoy!

Love that you guys love this! Just a suggestion....have a look at The Young Ones....30 minutes of demented, comic vIolence, anarchy! Vyvyan is a class act in this!

So so lucky to have grown up with this masterpiece of a show and it is even better to watch people enjoying it for the first time

I could watch all Fawlty Towers over and over again all day long!

I hope your both enjoying fawlty towers. It was a must watch for us in the uk years ago. 😂

Each episode is a train wreck and you guys will love it

@EmbraceTheSuck21

10 ай бұрын

Train wreck is the most appropriate word here hahaha!

It is great watching Basil and Polly argue with each other, I think they were married IRL at the time.

@sg-zd8eb

10 ай бұрын

Especially the bit where he almost gives her a right hook at one point in another episode.

@paulmidsussex3409

10 ай бұрын

@@sg-zd8eb I hope that bit was acting.

@joeb2487

10 ай бұрын

They were married during the first series but got divorced before series two. They actually wrote the series together while going through a divorce which is mind blowing to me.

At the end, Mr Faulty was going to insert that garden gnome he was carrying up Mr O'Reilly's arse. 😂😂

Fawlty towers reminds me a bit of the Brittas empire tv series staring the fella from the red dwarf tv series

that just leaves "Rising Damp" surely your going to react to it i mean the whole series? its not that long a series. but garanteed you love it!

I think you missed the joke at the end. He was off to see Mr O’Reilly with the large garden Gnome which he threatened to insert in him if anything went wrong with the building work.

8:40 - It's Bullet Baxter!

Brilliant fellas 🔥enjoying this sadly shallow rabbit hole with you, again😂❤️

Great reaction to a fantastic comedy series, which is called "Fawlty Towers". My old dad (masonry apprenticeship at 14 for 3 years, a year of construction work, night school on the side to get his college qualification for 1 and a half year, then at 19 to engineering school graduating after 3 years, almost 2 years of military service and then 35 years of working as a civil engineer before his health caused him to break prematurely) he once said, in the sanitized version, how you build houses in America is not necessarily the way you are used to in Germany (mind you the sanitized version). This episode reminds me of that. Fawlty Towers is a great show, looking forward to more reactions.

In future episodes look out for the letters on the hotel sign in the opening credits!

I literally just finished watching your reaction to the first episode and I find this, you guys are great! Keep 'em coming!

Don't know if anyone said before but the lady called Polly and John Cleese were married at one time.

@colinwilson4609

10 ай бұрын

I'm having a brain freeze and can't remember her name either, which is pathetic because she co-wrote the series with John Cleese and they were married at the time. She also uttered the line "I'm not a witch, they just tied a carrot to the end of my nose" in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. She's American, believe it or not.

@valeriewalker3886

10 ай бұрын

I'd forgotten her name but I think someone said she was Connie Booth and yes I think she was American.

@colinwilson4609

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Fawlty Towers was brilliant. Part of the golden age of British comedy. I highly recommend Dad's Army, as it seems like youve never watched it :) it's a comedy show about the Home Guard, the civilian militia during WW2, comprised of mostly old men and those exempt from military service. It's British comedy at its finest.

for a small door opening a wood lintel might be strong enough, depends where the apexs of the roof resolve loads to

I hope one day they do Bottom by rik mayall and Eddie. With maybe all 5 live stage shows. Or go older but still a gold era of British humour, Dads army.

@thereverendoffunk

10 ай бұрын

Bottom is unreal, as is the man the myth the legend Rik Mayall my ultimate comedy hero

@Jobladesuck

10 ай бұрын

I agree Bottom is awesome

@robmartin525

10 ай бұрын

I second the Dad's Army! I admit I'm a history fan, but it still ranks very highly! Don't tell him, Pike!

@Jobladesuck

10 ай бұрын

@@robmartin525 another awesome and tremendous suggestion. I love listening to the classic sitcoms on bbc sounds. I know people moan about the licence fees and that but the content is superior at the BBC imo obviously

@bagpiper2k_

10 ай бұрын

I've been asking for this for ages!!

like any show it takes a few episodes to get the characters but i think your starting to see the dynamics of it all now its hard to say if its the best comedy ever written but its up there

I dont remember the bit where Sybil is attacking Basil? remember the rest though. I am rewatching them with you.

Havent watched these for decades, so stressful to watch! Somehow easier with you both, thanks for your company.. it really is an excellent series

John Cleese was married to the actress who plays Polly at the time, Connie Booth. She was part of the shows creation🤗

Basil left with the gnome in order to "insert" it into O'Reilly haha

Omg I LOVE this one!!! Love you guys❤️

Talking about village idiots, the chap playing O'Reilly the builder, David Kelly was a main character in a British show called Robins Nest (a spin off series from a show called Man About the House) which was about a small resturant where David Kelly played a one armed dish washer\ kitchen hand and was absolutly brilliant. An aside to this, Robins Nest was later picked up and remade\adapted in the US as Threes a Crowd starring John Ritter which of course was a spin off from Threes Company which in turn was an adaptation of Man About the House. Another spin off from Man About the House was a show called George and Mildred (another must watch!) which was adapted in the US as The Ropers. All the above of course comedy gold!

I can't WAIT for you to get to the episode with the Germans. XD

Fair play on the point about Dougal, Manuel Baldrick and Neil! Trigger from Only Fools as well. We love our sitcom idiots haha

@shaunwalker2557

10 ай бұрын

it's the idiots that are the philosophers...

Excellent choice guys, love your channel 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

I can’t wait for you to meet Mrs Richards in season 2 episode 1

Always remember to pay attention to the hotel sign during the intro to each episode ;-)

@paulinegallagher7821

10 ай бұрын

Watery Fowls, Farty Towels.

@RltchieI

10 ай бұрын

@@paulinegallagher7821 and Flowery Twa, well, you know? ;-)

fyi 60 plus year houses are held together by the weight of the bricks mostly, the mortar loses integrity over time, repointing brickwork is important. Luckily we don't have real earthquakes here, just tremors"

The actor who played Manuel (Andrew Sachs) was fluent in both Spanish and German.

@josbogers

9 ай бұрын

He was born in Germany so he knew how it was to live in a different country.

Great choice!!

The woman (Polly), real name Connie Booth, is from Indianapolis, Indiana. She married John Cleese inf FEB 1968

Ive notice the young ones on your shelf that a classic program it changed British comedy all for the better there was nothing like it when it came out

Apparently Basil Fawlty was based on a hotel owner where John Cleese had stayed!!!!

@ftumschk

10 ай бұрын

The real-life hotel ("The Gleneagles") actually gets a name-check in this episode, at 3:28

Don’t forget to read the sign in the opening credits

Earlier in the episode Basil threatend to stick the gnome where the sun don't shine to O'Reilly The end scene is Basil on his to insert said gnome......lol

1991: Firefighters battled to save the 'face of Fawlty Towers' as it was hit by a major fire. Wooburn Grange, in Wooburn Green, was familiar to millions of television viewers as it was used for the exterior shots for the much-loved John Cleese sitcom.

Just a word of warning gents, the Germans episode has a few not so PC words from the Major when describing the woman he takes to see India. (makes sense when you watch it). It could be you watch an edited version.

@garulusglandarius6126

10 ай бұрын

NONE of this wonderful series should be edited but sadly today I understand your concern 👍

@dansquire9637

10 ай бұрын

@@garulusglandarius6126 2nd best episode behind Mrs Richards 😂😂😂. But obviously depending on their audience, just a heads up is probably best

Wow these guys are banging out the FT reactions

If you ever run out of series you should watch vicar of dibley, that’s a classic

FYI If you’re quick at the beginning of every episode the sign Fawlty Towers changes guys.

You must make note of the Fawlty Towers sign at the opening credits & theme tune, IT's an ANAGRAM!

My favorite episode

Wait til you get to the “filigree hamster”🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hello Spencer and Daniel, Not sure if someone has mentioned this, but the actress who plays Polly, Connie Booth, was married to John Cleese at the time, she is a native of Indianapolis.

Best episode for me is the Germans ( Don't mention the war ) 😂😂😂

@Dreyno

10 ай бұрын

I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.

Bottom or The Young ones next 😊😊 Faulty Towers is top 👍👍

Manuel was there near the end. He didnt need to be in the last scene as like Polly wasn't there, 3 was enough.

Keep an eye on the Fawlty Towers sign at the end of the opening credits. Some local rascal changes the letters round every week.

O'Reilly did a good job and Stubbs is a charlatan con man ! The doorway was just reinstated after the original was removed . therefore, there was always a lintel above the doorway. Stubbs has just created a huge job by playing on Cybils fears.

I hope you noticed my post on ‘Multi Region / Region Free’ DVD Players etc. I posted it in the comments for the first episode, but, it has disappeared and is no longer there?

Basil and Polly were husband and wife in real life. Non British people often comment on how our shows have small series (seasons). This show, for example, had 2 series with 6 episodes in each. In the USA it would probably run for 5 seasons with 20 episodes in each. lol I would rather have 12 episodes where there's a joke every minute or two than 40 episodes with a joke every 10 minutes...

@rowanlidbury

10 ай бұрын

Connie Booth is also American.

"Door Dash" First attempt to do that in an upcoming episode.

"Sometimes it's just not your day". I don't think Mr. Fawlty has had a "his day" in his life, and it's most likely his own fault most of the time.

You can't calm down when you're married to Sybil!

You said that you didn't have a DVD player, but shouldn't the DVDs play in a Blue Ray player? Or can you get a DVD drive for your computer (external plug in one would do).

'It's just not your day' - I think you'll like this one. Without going into too much detail, so as to protect the guilty, on a particular tour of duty, there was a railway line, that was being pretty extensively and exclusively used, for military logistics, moving lots of equipment and supplies from the port, in country to where it was needed. On this one particular day, the train derailed. It did so because some US Army Engineers were working on the railway, except they didn't tell anyone they were, and so when the train came along.... you've guessed it. Given this was a major incident, some of my Military Police colleagues headed off to the scene, as is customary given the circumstances, as did various other interested parties, in order to a) find out exactly what had happened, and b) to start what would no doubt be a heck of a lot of work to rectify the situation. It is worth nothing that this was in the British sector too. Whilst there, various senior people came along, mainly out of idle curiosity, with answers predominantly coming from a very red faced and embarrassed young US Army Lt, in charge of the engineer unit responsible for the whole debacle. To be honest it was sheer luck that nobody had been killed or injured. My colleagues described how a US Army General turned up, and seeing a familiar style of uniform amongst the multi national crowd, headed off to the young Lt. Here we go, they thought. This could be the most spectacular dressing down seen in NATO for quite a few decades. Eyes down, look in, get ready.... The General got to the Lt, and just said 'Not your day son is it. Not your day', and just wandered off, much to the amazement of everyone else. I guess given the situation, from which there really was absolutely no escape, it was the case that the Lt already pretty much knew his fate, and there was just no need for the General to make it even more clearer, lol.

Polly the blonde was married to John Cleese when this was made.

John Cleese and Connie Booth were married when doing Fawlty Towers, Prunella Scales and her actor husband Timothy West (Starring in the lost episodes of Dad’s Army as well as lots of appearances on stage and some on tv) both have dementia they were doing a tv series on touring the country in their canal boat but stopped as her dementia got worse. Andrew Sachs who played Manuel died a few years ago, Fawlty Towers was filmed in the 1970s it is believed to be making a return to tv but without John Cleese starring in it, it is still playing on satellite tv as well as The BBC channels.

Keep an eye on the sign in front of the hotel in the opening titles, it changes!

great stuff guys

i did roofing work and even on a 4 story apartment factory conversion, the roof structure was solid coated steelwork ,all Xrayed and certified before erection

He’s not an idiot. He’s just from Barcelona

He can’t calm down he’s scared of his wife, that’s why he’s losing it

Cant wait for episode 6 'the germans'😂😂😂

Who doesn't love Strother Martin?

Basil is my favorite aka John Cleese

If in doubt run away 🤸🏿🤸🏿🤸🏿🤸🏿

John Cleese and Connie Booth were actually married but sadly Divorced during the filming of series 2 and I don’t know how I only just realised the guy who played O’Reilly played Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the chocolate factory 😂.

😊😊😊😊

John Cleese was married to the lady playing Polly (Connie Booth)

Trust me walls, concreate, RAAC, trust me. We've had enough of it over the past week.

I'd love to see you guys react to Brassic. You will laugh your tits off !

Brace yourselves. The chaos has only just begun 😉

I kept saying you guys should watch Still Game but now I'm thinking you'll probably never get to grips with language haha prob best sticking to the English sit-coms

Loving Fawlty Towers. Have you done Bottom Live?

Have you watched some mothers do ave em?

Every scrape he gets into and every time he is losing the plot is because he is so under the thumb and scared of his wife.

Best thing is polly and Mr faulty r married in real life

@jethro1963

10 ай бұрын

Were married.

@kellyscraft6481

10 ай бұрын

@@jethro1963 yeh were

Connie Booth (Polly) was married to John Cleese at the time of the TV series.

Too many cuts man 😕