Fawlty Towers: An interesting view
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2018
- From the episode "Communication Problems" - Basil gets somewhat frustrated about a picky, and deaf, guest.
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"You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky!"
*Memorable quote!* 😂
I'm sorry for copying your comment absolutely no. Reason. At. FUCKING ALL, WHAT IS MY FUCKING PROBLEM-
Yeh.About 10 milesaway
"I'd need a telescope to see *that!* "
"Well, may I suggest then that you consider moving to a hotel *closer* to the sea? ... Or preferably *in* it."
Basil shouldn't have run a Hotel 🏨 he was inpatient treated the guests badly 🙄 he kept hitting the waiter Manuel who was from Barcelona 🤣the one guest he didn't argue with was the Waldorf salad 🥗 American man Harry who said he 🏨 hotel 🛏️ was the worst in western Europe. 🌍
@@vanessalouise8988Noooo, I won't have that! There's a place in Eastbourne, what's its name?
"No the radio works you don't"
Gets me every time no matter how many times I hear it
'I'll see if I can fix it, you scabby old bat' 😂
Excuse me, is this a piece of your brain?😂
The script, the timing of the deliveries of the lines and exchange of facial expressions plus the quality of the actors makes this a classic scene up there with the best.
I don't understand why this series only had 1 season, it should at least have had 3
@@rphb5870 Possibly Cleese and Booth, the scriptwriters had other commitments, but also, get out while you're on a run is a good philosophy.
@@rphb5870 It had 2 seasons of 6 episodes, that was pretty normal down here in Torquay
@@0532MOET well it could have had twice as many.
John Clease was married to the one playing Polly at the time and got divorced after the second season, but the series could have easily gone on without her, John Cleese more or less carried it on his own
@@rphb5870 Right so maybe there could have been more if it wasn't for that
One of my favourite episodes.
"Is this a piece of your brain" 😂
Me and my siblings absolutely died at that line when we were little. It's such a classic series, it's sad to think that the modern generations won't watch it.
My friend at school kept finding real life opportunities for saying that after seeing it.
“You call that a bath? It’s not big enough to drown a mouse, it’s disgraceful”
“I wish you were a mouse, I’d show you” 😂😂😂
🤣
I'm not paying £7.20 per night, plus VAT, for a room without a bath!
@@SuperAd1980 there is your bath
@@SuperAd1980 The joys of inflation!
"Deaf, mad and blind" 😂
"Well may i suggest that you consider moving to a hotel closer to the sea. Or preferably in it."
*Hilarious line!* 🤣
"What did you _expect_ to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically across..."
I used to wish some sour-faced customer would complain about their hostel bedroom view, so that I could use that golden line in retaliation!! 😂😂
Just hang around in random hotels someone's bound to be upset about the view eventually then you can use your line 😁
This was on “Only Connect” a few weeks ago and neither team got it.
"Because Krakatoa isn't erupting at the moment?" 😁
@@mysticwolf75 "Because the room is cold, the bath is too small, the view is invisible and the radio doesn't work."
@@samalvey8168 "No, the radio works, you don't". 😃
So hard to pick a favorite episode, but I think this is mine. Joan Sanderson’s portrayal of Mrs Richards was absolute perfection. Bravo !
Joan was brilliant in “please sir” if your old enough to remember that.
The psychiatrist was my favourite, especially the scene when Basil tried o look through a window up a ladder.
Nothing beats Basil the Rat.. 😂
Joan Sanderson was reluctant to play the part of such a rude character. Thankfully John Cleese talked her into it.
@@tonygunk8261 Gosh, now I realise that she was actually a nice person, not a dragon. Thanks for the update.
The one time we were all on Basil's side 🤣
I was always on his side.
I'm always on Basil's side. Especially when he's trying to make a Waldorf salad 🥗🥗
@@Simon0 In one sense,I think it was a poor episode.The American walks all over Basil and he doesn't really get any measure of revenge- not even a cream pie in the kisser,nothing.
@@dnhy7951 yeah that's true but it's still brilliant mind you every episode is brilliant 🤣
You forgot the rude spoiled kid in the dining room.
A bit of trivia: The music heard at 1:58 when Basil switches on the radio is called "Leisure Complex", from the 1973 album by British composer Alan Hawkshaw titled 'Happy Rainbows'.
That is trivia on another level, take a bow 😄
No, no, no! It is 'Spill the Blood ' by Slayer.
Thank you for that, I love that sort of seventies background music.
How on earth did you know that? I wouldn't begin to how to start looking.
@@duckduckgoismuchbetter Sorry for the late reply. I'm a fan of lots of 1970s tv incidental music that was first released as 'library music' on labels such as KPM & De Wolfe. By chance, I was listening to the Happy Rainbows album and there it was. 😊
Mrs. Richards: the funniest Karen of all time.
Funny-funny how?She ain't funny.Basil is funny.She is a bloody nightmare.
The original Karen perhaps? 🤔
Who's Karen ?
@@jupitorious7925 'Karen' is Americanease for a narky female who is always moaning and complaining about everything.
@@dnhy7951 do we have to bring in American basic culture into such witty comedy.. please
That is Torquay .. possibly the most understated and funniest lines ever
I run an Airbnb. I can tell you: this happen to me once a year or so.
The interaction and dialogue in this scene is simply brilliant.
"Would you like me to get it mended" 🤣🤣🤣
Absolute class acting … and truly brilliant writing.
Mrs Richards was certainly one of Basil Fawlty's more formidable adversaries.
She was the PERFECT guest to lock horns with Basil Fawlty! You could say it was a match (so to speak) made in Hades...or Bedlam. His line about the Sydney Opera House, etc was magnificent! 😂
I love Mrs Richards! Joan Sanderson owned that episode and Communication Problems is my all time favourite Fawlty Towers episode.
"Is this a piece of your brain?" nuff said! 🤣
This is one time you definitely root for Basil!
"You hear that alright, didn't you..."
Clearly,wily old Basil had sussed her out by then.
Joan Sanderson was one of those special side characters in this series that helped to elevate it to where it is now. She's superb!
She was brilliant along with Bernard Cribbens in The Hotel Inspector and the American guy in The Waldorf Salad
I also liked Stephanie Cole when she played Diana on Waiting for god along with
Graham Crowden as Tom
The funniest three minutes in British comedy
'I want a reduction on my bill!'
'Why? Because Krakatoa isn't erupting?' LMAO!!
"No, the radio works. You don't."
Manaher. He manaher!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“ and another thing, I asked for a room with a view”
“ Deaf mad and blind”
I always liked Joan Sanderson as Doris Ewell in Please Sir!...
Joan Sanderson (Mrs Richards) and Prunella Scales (Sybil) would later go on to play mother and daughter in another British sitcom called After Henry
It doesn’t get any better than this - this is comedy genius...❤️
Great scene “you should move to a hotel closer to the sea’ preferably in it” 😂
This was my all time favorite British Comedy ever!!!!!
And this is the best scene!
this whole time I thought it was australian since we have a seaside place called torquay as well
@@cheesecheese6459"What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Kangaroos kickboxing in the parking lot? Men wearing outback hats fighting crocodiles in a river? Visions of the dream time, sweeping majestically across the..." 😂
She was beyond brilliant in this scene - she would have been a great recurring character -- perhaps as his mother or mother in law.
That's a great idea!
Can you imagine how great she and the Major could have been as regular opponents. 😂
I was going to say Sybil's mother in law, but then thought No, it would play better to
have it be Basil's mother, which would explain why he allows Sybil to emasculate him so. but Either way would still be funny on the whole.
Such a great show and such great actors.
*You heard that alright didn't you?!* 😂
Personally, this is my favourite episode. This scene especially.
Its so funny this came up randomly today on YT .I was telling friends only last night I dealt with a Mrs Richards she wanted my picnic table in a public park and expected me to vacate it .I brought with my friends this seen esp the view comments .Basil completely nailed these old bags sense of entitlement,just brilliant .
See, this is how you reason and argue. A true art. Nowadays people don't do that.
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ahhhh this is just sooooo epic….my tummy is hurting and manuel right in the middle of the chaos 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 perfect blend
Unforgettable! Great acting!
40 years on and still as funny..
OMG this lady is like most of my B&B guests this Summer 😂😂 and I’m acting like Basil 😂🤣🤣
Its over there between the land and the sky.
What a line!!
This never gets old What are you doing? K! 🤣 I wish you were a mouse lmao
Excellent acting and incredibly hilarious. Every single line makes me fall apart laughing.
The best ever of Fawlty Towers. 😅😅😅
This is just priceless comedy 🤣 why can't they produce stuff like this in 2023
Wonder what the new series will be like?
@sashaking1115 I'm very sceptical about the new series. The magic of original can't be replicated
@@justas525 I do agree. A third series is very long overdue, not to mention unnecessary
Because a certain "WOKE" patrol will be deeply offended on behalf of those they claim to care about.
@@sashaking1115yeah and it’s going to be boring watching John Cleese rant about kids on iPhones and weak jabs at feminists or LGB community. FT worked so well because it was so short and didn’t outstay it’s welcome.
The first 5 times I watched this scene, I laughed harder than I probably ever have in my entire life 👏😂
John Cleese was hysterical in whatever he did. Thanx for posting this.
Love this one very very much Trev Dec singer songwriter xx respect Declan ❤
Turn it on, TURN IT ON!
This is my favorite episode.
Brings back childhood memories.
Great scene from the best episode
Priceless .
"May I ask you what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebees sweeping majetically?"
Forever in my sytem to know what grandiosity is.
She was perfect for that role.
This makes me feel happy so much ❤ Trev Dec singer songwriter ❤
Great scene
Got the box set of this on DVD. Everytime I watch it it always makes me laugh. Like the psychiatrists episode, whats that saying, they dont make em like that anymore.
*Basil saying what we actually want to be able to say during customer service*
Scabby O’l bat 😂
Only made 12 episodes...every one a classic
I dunno , the Psychiatrist episode & Sybill being ill were ok but not classic
This must be the best show of all time
I'm still belly laughing at the 'Genius' of this great 'farce' nothing to rival it currently or in the future?
Legend comedy.
John is starting a new series with his daughter.
What a preformance.
"QUE?!?!"
this is my favourite clip i think
Totally brilliant executed , loved it from being a teenager, even moreso now as a mature woman with hearing aids 😂. Spot on John Cleese & Connie Booth
£7.20 + vat for one night. Gosh that was cheap even accounting for inflation
"Manakhiar HE Manakhiarr" - Manuel 🎉
I love it when he calls her a scabby old bat
Id love to see the bloopers from this episode! The amazing Joan Sanderson. An acting powerhouse who could command stage and audience alike!
Best episode of Fawlty Towers
I have to admit I would be just like Fawlty in that job.
I wish you were a mouse! I'd show you!
Those were the day's.....great time to be alive!
😅😅😅😅😅 brilliant program
Genius!
CLASSIC
Brilliant
Given that they call her *Mrs.* Richards, I have to wonder what happened to her husband.
He ran off with the herd of wildebeests
Suicide.
He became a coke freak.
I love how Basil once only moved his lips, but did not say a words to her. Her responce was exactly the same as always . Did not hear anything, did not understand anything, but was convinced she had right to demand Ritz luxury and service for 7 pounds 20 pence per night. Good lord, how prices jumped up in last 44 years. It was pretty normal hotel room, bath was for average human size and seaside view was lot better than view to back yard, where Manuel hide his rat.
Now you cant get a place in dumpster for 7 pounds. Pretty much *** similar room in Tallinn costs 50 euros per night and breakfast is not included. I never took a room in UK seaside town hotel, but pretty sure in UK it is even more expensive. Could be 100 pounds or more per night
Superb writing and acting on so many levels. You wouldn't get away with it now because you would trigger people who would complain that it demeans deaf people. Unfortunately, I'm not joking 😢
Theres just something about old school humor that just hits different 🤣🤣
This is comedy masterclass.
Mrs Richards is a quality woman, respect needed
“Now, listen to me…”
The fantastic Mrs Richards .
Modern comedy writing is so unbelievable behind this stuff. Everyone is terrified of offending people and tries to play it safe.
I loved John in Cheers.
He is just ruthless with her lol
Brilliant scene 😂😂😂
cannot stop watching these episodes, total 'mayhem' alot like real life! 😂
The writing is so good. "Now listen to me!" makes whomever says it instantly dislike-able.
Genius
I would have been happy with that view 😅
"preferably in it" HAHAHAhahaha
Miss Yule, from Please Sir ! Great actress !
It's actually Ewell, not Yule 🙂
Is Mrs. Richards one of the OG Karen’s?
They were usually called "Battleaxes" back then!
@@blethigg9320 is _that_ what that word means?? That would make so much sense lol
Funniest moment ever in British TV