Fawlty Towers: Manuel's in charge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ต.ค. 2017
- From the episode "The Builders" - Basil and Sybil are away, Polly is asleep, which means Manuel's the boss.
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Arguably the greatest character in sitcom history. Who hasn't uttered the immortal word "que?" at least once in their lives?
I did it in a GTA Online lobby when someone was asking to do heists. He asked again in Spanish lol
the spanish guy in MIND YOUR LANGUAGE. :)
@@jessiejames7492 ¿por favor?
I know nothing ...
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I like how Manuel becomes more like Basil as the phone keeps ringing
working with the public will do that, i know for a fact
Yes, Manuel in an uncanny way mocks Fawlty’s habit of deriding every other caller with a ‘tuh-tuh’ snort, as if Manuel can make up for his language deficit and still get his displeasure across.
"in Madrid" then the expressions on Manuel's face. Priceless !! R.I.P. Andrew you are a legend.
What does it benefit him now ?
Jonny Sacks dude let him be man chill
he was jewish by the way
@@nignog4life126 The actor was. Not the character. He was a Catalan
Younger people may not get this joke. When this was made Francisco Franco was still dictator of Spain and one of his titles was Generalissimo (which means commander of the army akin to Commander in Chief in the US).
Wheres the Generalissimo?
Manuel: In Madrid!
General Franco. Not that long ago Spain was under a military junta.
And Generalissimo Francisco Franco continues to remain dead.
@@darrenmizzi6072 Fawlty Towers aired between 1975 and 1979, so it's possible the joke was made when Franco was still alive.
Franco died in 1975
HooDatDonDar General Franco was still alive on The airing date of this episode
I remember watching Fawlty Towers when it came out and seeing Andrew Sachs being interviewed and finding it almost impossible to believe that it was the same man. A brilliant actor and a lovely man. So sad that he - like so many of the people who made my life enjoyable - is no longer with us.
I was mindblown when I found out that Manuel's actor was actually German. Also when I found out that Polly's is American.
@@lifeofabronovich7792 😅😅
Love this scene it's hilarious,
"You work men"
"Please which one is man with beard?"
"You are hideous orangutan"
😂😂😂😂😂
"You orally men" is even funnier ;)
Good job Manuel thank you very much!
"You trying to be funny. I said are you trying to be funny" 🤣
@@florenna You watch it.
Basil stitched him up, got a right hander 😂
He was such a fantastic actor, he did this role so well . Faulty Towers became so loved and this man helped make it unforgettable .
I love when Manuel waves the phone around, "He's not here! Listen!!" 😂
Classic comedy, Andrew Sachs was a true master, RIP Sir!!!
His son narrated trailers on my old Disney videos
"In Madrid"
Andrew Sachs, greatly missed 😂😢
I grew up on Fawlty Towers, this is one of the best bits!
I like the way Bazil set Manuel up for the punch.
There should have been a spin-off featuring Manuel running a hotel on one of the Costas.
The way the unheard Basil outrageously ensures Manuel gets walloped....
You could just see Basil holding an evil smile on the other end after the "Hideous Orangutan" gives Manuel a fat nose.
That was freaking brilliant 🤣
I'm spaniard from Barcelona and I love Manuel. He is the best!
And Andrew Sachs is an actor from Germany.
@@carstenhansen1920 he left at 8 to escape the Nazis.
Rest in peace Andrew Sachs ❤️
Manuel: No no, charge later, after sleep
Also Manuel: you pay for room first!
He would have let the guy sleep there before charging him, but not the garden gnome.
@@pjabrony8280 obviously, manuel is clever he knows not to trust a gnome to pay. would surely leave without paying.
- Where's the boss, the Generalissimo?
- In Madrid!
"He not here!! Listen......"
Dora Dennis that is fucking funny, hahah
Favourite part 😂😂😂
Your comment pop up at the same time when i watched Manuel answering the phone and telling to Basil "He not here!Listen"
Manuel steals the show !
Deffo
I no steal I work
Polly looked so sweet lying there asleep I don't think I would have had the heart to wake her.
I think Manuel has a crush on her
@@videomaster412 lol because she's actually nice to him
02:10 The facial expression as Manuel hangs up the phone 😂
It's one of the best bits of physical comedy ever made.
Reminds me of laurel and hardy
I'd ring up just for a conversation with Manuel and just not book a room lol
No matter how many times i watch this i still love it - Comedy at its best.
Every time my parents left me alone in the house as a kid.
This is going to be me tomorrow when I have to man the reception desk alone on Christmas Day in the hotel that I work in.
The bearded Irish builder with tattooes - HAS to be Mr Baxter from Grange Hill.
And in Grange Hill, he also made good use of his punch - to floor a nasty abusive PE teacher!
It is! Actor Michael Cronin
Quite possibly my favorite sitcom scene ever.
My favourite episode
At 1:27, Manuel gingerly approaches the ringing telephone in the same way young adults today, in the first week at their first job, approach the old landline when it unexpectedly goes off. Yes, there’s a little bit of Manuel in nearly everybody today.
What a lovely thought 😇. Trying to think when last I saw a telephone handset😅😅😅😅
That look on the man with the beard's face when he instantaneously goes into attack mode at 3:53 is hilarious, it would have to be about the funniest thing I've seen on the show.
Manuel's best scene in the entire Fawlty Towers series!
Wish they’d been more of these. Rings back great memories with my dad.
John Cleese is working on a new one 🤩
Same. My Dad. He passed. Great memories. He loved it so much. Laughed right throughout 😊❤
You work men!
This is so funny no matter how many times I watch it.
"Charge later, after sleep." 2 minutes later: "no pay, no room 16". I thought pay was after sleep. 😀
Out of everything I have ever watched in my lifetime of 37 years - countless shows, countless great films, old, new, not so great films and TV shows but had that odd character that you'd always remember, legendary great films that you'll remember and re-watch forever - and the sheer number of characters portrayed on screen/cinema that I've seen, some characters that may have only ever been in a few scenes too but left an impact forever, but most forgotten - out of everything, everything, Fawlty Towers is just one of those shows that continues to remain at the forefront of my memory and in my top 10, I mimic a lot of quotes and things from there in my everyday life and have done since young, and I have no idea why! I think it must be the one show that I mimic (or talk to myself) the most of anything else I've watched, and of the quotes - more of Manuel's than Basil's. Testament to the writing, precision of the direction, and Andrew Sachs himself. his character of Manuel is just going to be one of those characters that will remain engrained in your head whilst you watch and forget countless other characters and performances on a daily basis and even from other greats too. And when you want a real and proper laugh this is what you'll turn to.
Could you imagine Mrs Bucket (of Keeping Up Appearances fame) answering, “The lady-of-the-house speaking. How are you? Nice day’? Well, if she was incredibly flustered and her composure wrecked. It would have been funny. And if she had ever done so, everybody watching would instantly recall dear old Manuel.
Have a nice day.
Manuel might just be the most memorable TV character of all time ❤
Beautiful memories from a great actor and play
2:05 "....thick as a plank!" hahahahah!
Manuel was such a good soul....
Manuel channeling his inner Basil at 3:00
It never gets old 😂
Love this one XX Trev Dec singer songwriter xx respect Declan ❤
You work men! The look on their faces cracks me up 😀
In Madrid!
Hallo how are you is nice day.
He was a very talented actor
At least they never had Hungarian guests since their language is not related to Spanish and Manuel would probably misunderstand them and offer them food, because it would sound like they were hungry!🙂
This never gets old 🤣🤣
Ah yes, Michael Cronin (the chap with the beard)... He played Mr Baxter the P.E teacher in the brilliant Grange Hill on the BBC. Memories anybody?
BigNightOutDiscos ; and he had a role in Poirot - he poisoned his wife if I remember correctly - a good actor indeed.
Oh yes. The good old days
Yes Bullet Baxter
Punching - er - Mr Hicks?
The actor playing the Irish builder with beard was PE teacher Bullet in Grange Hill
Arran Grant yes Michael Cronin AKA Geoff “Bullet” Baxter
Brilliant actor... I thought he was Irish originally.
AND he also walloped one of the other PE teachers Mr. Hicks in a scene where he was bullying a student. Loved Mr. Baxter!
The fact Andrew sachs isnt Spanish at all is mind blowing the way he acts his part so well
...until some fascist decides to ban it.
His face when he said Generalissimo🤣🤣🤣
And Mr Baxter from Grange Hill....
The Third guy looks like Mick Jagger
Poor Manuel, he tries so hard.
Ohh I love this mini-series so much
Manuel’s so brilliant!
Still remember watching some of series 2 in '79 when I was young. 😀
Priceless
Dago Twit!! 😂😂 I haven't heard that word in ages!! 😊
Hilarious!!!! After all those years!!!!
The times I have stood by myself at the museum desk and said "I boss!"
The " Hideous Orang Utan " is actor Michael Cronin ! He also played a Teacher in Grange Hill during the 1980s !
manuel, you have earned my pity
Too funny this one !!😂😂😂
0:16 i love how he touches the flip phone book and gets scared😂
News that fawlty towers is coming with new episodes brought me here. 2023
No room 16
No room 16
No, no pay....
No room 16 !
I lost it when manuel says "you are hideous orangutan" i couldn't stop laughing for 5 minutes.
He deserved that punch.
No cause he didn't know what it meant. That's what makes it even funnier
Basil set him up to say it so he didn't really deserve the punch the poor sod
@@ryanwilliams1800 basil abused poor Manuel so much lol
He didn't "deserve that punch" at all.
This is hilarious. Every time we try to teach English to Manuel and we end up learning espanol
We still enjoy this show. 😅🎉😂
The scary thing about this episode is that i was talking to some Irish builders this week and and they were complaining about all the qualifications they needed to service my boiler?
Ask them if they are men. O’raly.
hwere are your ears yu great big hhalf whit
Manuel Towers...if it were real, that would be the only hotel that could possibly be worse run than Fawlty Towers
When Manuel said to the man you are hideous orangutang🤣🤣🤣🤣
Manuel Towers, how are you?
Epic!!!
Good old Michael “Bullet Baxter” Cronin. Not the only time he gave someone a right fist. Ask Mr Hicks
Andrew Sachs does an excellent Spanglish accent. xD
"The generalisimo". Oh Franco? He is no longer here.
Nobody:
Richard Hammond and James May to Jeremy Clarkson: 3:49
You want room 16 for him. It makes me laugh.
Rip bud ❤️
What does that mean...You better watch it hahaha
The racist and prejudiced Fawlty, the racist and prejudiced Irish builder. But Manuel who has the innocence of a child and the heart of a warrior. I have seen/heard Spanish people decrying this depiction of a Spanish man, but in the series Manuel is the glue that holds the whole show together....he always means well, he will try and help everyone, he has no spite and no hidden agenda. In many ways he is the star of the show....and Andrew Sachs played him so wonderfully. Manuel being bullied by a monster isn't a sign of weakness...it is showing the hideous nature of the English Hotel owner.
To Whom It May Concern,
Our man from Barcelona, our waiter, Manuel, is the glue that holds the whole of our bright little show down here in Torquay together. He sticks to his daily tasks, and every now and then gets stuck to tasks beyond his normal routine - which in many ways is no bad thing (when our hotel has been stretched during the many busy periods of the seasons). Now he always means well … many a time he has wedged himself into many a tricky situation during the day-to-day running of our hotel such that I have had to shake him out of them. That’s keenness for you! As I say, he means well and he does try (no doubt about that!) … and try he does to help literally every poor sod who ventures into our establishment, whether employee, guest, visitor or ghastly Irish builders (who are perfectly capable of helping themselves … to whatever they like of our stuff). There is no better show than Manuel’s commitment to the cause. The rather sedate ambience of our hotel had always needed a livening up in any case; a shot in the arm, as it were. And so Manuel’s enthusiasm, not so obvious at first sight, has proved the ideal tonic for our too English an establishment. He understands the hierarchy at Fawlty Towers, don’t get me wrong. The evidence for this is in the way that I happen to observe him point me out to various guests, saying “He manajar.” (Though I wonder if he was saying “He manacle.” Or “He maniac!” That is a joke, by the way. I do take jokes, contrary to what you have probably heard through the hotel trade. I took Manuel. Again, a joke. Genuine.)
Allow me to emphasise that Manuel has no spite nor hidden agenda. Manuel (to the best of my knowledge) is no Communist (Party member or sympathiser - so far no such ilk has dared darken our door such that Manuel would drive them away), and neither is he an anti-Capitalist. Indeed, he seems to know El Generalissimo personally (who resides to this day in Madrid - Franco, not my wife).
Now where was I? Yes, I do declare that Manuel has the innocence of a child as well as the heart of a worrier. If the odd Spanish visitor has ever stayed with us and has decried the lot of this heart-warming, down-to-earth, unsophisticated little man, well they, as would be dictated by their haughty Madrid manner, have only ever seen their busy little sweating compatriot scurrying back and forth. (We are always busy and there is never a dull moment at our place). In fact, I do recall being told that on more than a few occasions I have ended up stamping up and down in great endeavours of mine to get through to these well-off, well-dressed Spanish guests of ours that there is so much more to Manuel than meets the eye.
I should say that Manuel is no mere extra in this particular enterprise of ours (do visit soon). Manuel is the star of the show! Although I am the first to admit that I, being the manager, do not run anything as glamorous as Rick’s café in ‘Casablanca’ , having Manuel on our team has delivered that mysterious Continental, exotic, cosmopolitan element to our designs (as he would to yours). Manuel has played his role in that regard impeccably, as I have witnessed up close, first-hand. You know, it’s infuriating that I, I, a notorious bully in the trade, a typically hideous small English hotel owner all the same, of the old school, pertaining to a particular form of our charming eccentricity, which is how it all boils down in reality, as you and I well know, having both been in the game long enough, should not break, in the end, the wonderful idiosyncrasies of our beloved little foreign waiter. I must be an even nicer chap than I give myself credit for. If so, the presence now of our proud waiter from Barcelona at Fawlty Towers shows the proof of that. If not for me, his big boss towering over him, he would never be the man he is today. Not to blow my trumpet, but I have teased out the best in him. And so he desires, as I do, that he broadens his horizons. I would be most happy to send Manuel to his new job forthwith the moment you need him. You can even just ring me here at Fawlty Towers.
Yours most insincerely,
Basil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers
Torquay.
No politics plz...😮
At 2:50 Manuel mocks uncannily Fawlty’s unsparing derision of every other caller with a ‘tuh-tuh’ snort directed down towards the already hung-up phone: Manuel does so to compensate for his limited powers of expression in English, leaving anybody gathered in the lobby in no uncertain terms as to how easy it is to incur the displeasure of the big boss.
Here's a thing - who would have thought that after 45 years you would spot something new in Fawlty Towers? Or at least, something you never really thought about before. At 2:23 - that's Polly's room? She has her own room in the hotel?
So does Manuel. Remember Basil the Rat?
@@stephenroney2366 Absolutely. But that kind of fits. There are several references to the idea that they've kind of 'taken in' Manuel. But Polly...I dunno. I always just assumed she'd have her own flat somewhere...
@@stephenroney2366I believe Basil and Sybil have a room too.
Bullet Baxter with the accent :)
imagine this is what purgatory feels like
Manuel should have received 20% of the shows profits.
Fawlty Towers! How are you? Nice day!
Very good, skillful artist 😅
I am wondering if the bearded builder is 'Bullet' Baxter, the PE teacher from Geange Hill?
yep
@@alexandrbatora9674 Thought so. Thanks!
I can speak English, I learnt it from a boooook 😂
Manual madness 😁
Yes that's right we are O'Relly men ha ha ha
Thick as a plank
I like bazil and manuel very funny 😂😂❤❤
Manuel Towers have a nice day
Oh man, I'd love to see a Borat and Manuel crossover
That would be epic!
Hello! My name-a Borat! It’s nice!
Que?
Wa wa wa we wa!
Si!
Manuel is crazy he's not gonna be in charge basil is still gonna be in charge because he from barcelona. manuel: que?
Manuel legend😅