Fawlty Towers: Screwdriver
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2018
- From the episode "Waldorf Salad" - Basil is slow to understand what the Hamiltons request for their drinks.
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One time, Andre the Giant was on an airplane. He asked the flight attendant for a screwdriver. She brought him the actual tool. He said "What would you have brought me if I asked for a Bloody Mary?"
I wonder how you order an Irish Car Bomb on a plane...
I find it funny they keep actual screwdrivers on an airplane
My father has impregnated me
Still, it seems silly to call something as simple as orange juice with vodka a screwdriver relying on the other to know.
Same with Cuba libre. Its bloody cola with rum.
@@LetBBB6345789you could say that about any drink with a creative name.
Malibu Bay Breeze, rusty nail, cosmopolitan... They're all vague as hell unless you know what they are.
So is pizza or cheesecake or bagel.
It's called learning what the things are and how to make them.
'As opposed to freshly unscrewed Orange Juice'. Probably one of the best responses I've ever heard 😂
Screwdriver; to be fair cocktails have crazy names.
Screwdriver is quite tame, imagine if they had ordered something like a Sex On The Beach or Irish Car Bomb 🤣
@@lifeofabronovich7792 Irish car bomb???!!! Wtf is that?🤣
@@HHM706 basically it's a shot of Irish cream and whiskey dropped into a glass of Guinness. Idk about other parts of the world but "bomb" is a common term in the States we use to refer to dropping a shot of something in a glass of something else, and the name "Irish Car Bomb" is a reference to both this style of drink and The Troubles.
I've never had the Irish Car Bomb myself though, I was just told about it by a friend.
@@lifeofabronovich7792 not sure it would go down to well in London and parts of Belfast 🤦
I’ve had a Drambuie depth charge, that’s lethal
1:37 Shadow of Basil in the kitchen waiting for his cue to enter
There are other instances in the show where you can see stuff like this.
And when Basi's being chased around by the doctor with the syringe you can even see one of the camera monitors in the office.
Washed down with lashings of hot screwdriver 🤣
Guy shows up in Torquay expecting orange juice to be squeezed freshly for him? lol
It's the Waldorf salad couple 😂😂😂
Yum Waldorf salad 🥗🥗
“Sorry, we’re fresh out of Waldorfs” 😂
The actor is actually Canadian, but he often played American characters. He also appeared in Full Metal Jacket.
And starwars
I had a feeling he is Canadian good actor though
@@davemustaki134he was a actually in the oman a few years before this . Then the empire strikes back a few years after. Both small parts.
And The Omen. @@johncitizen306
And, the actress is actually Scottish! Claire Nielson...
I’ll have a Waldorf Salad’ “ im afraid we’re right out of Waldorf’s” 🤣🤣🤣.priceless
Must be rather tiring 🤣
"Waldorf Salad" is definitely peak of Fawlty Towers. It never ceases to amuse me.
Eating and smoking at the same time, those were the days.
Why so many people then developed T.B.
And drinking while driving, no seat belts. Smoking was even promoted by doctors. You could dispose your rubbish where ever you pleased, or just burn it.
Companies had not to worry about how to dispose of dangerous waste, they just snuk it into products they sell.
The times of freedom, likely gone forever.
@@mcgeufer mustve been great to live in a literal tip
@@christianfreeman5558 A literal tip? I don't get the meaning of that term.
Yeah,they were.Never did anybody any harm👍!
Freshly unscrewed orange juice! 😄
Basil should bring them a bottle of vodka, two oranges, two big real screwdrivers and offer them to make their own "screwdrivers".
If it's come unscrewed that must be what they need the screwdrivers for!
- I understand. And you'll leave the drinks? Nothing to drink?
- What do you mean, nothing to drink???
- Well, you can't drink the screwdrivers, can you?
- What else would you suggest we'd do with them?
I know. I've seen the video
@@ElvarMasson I haven't paid taxes in nine years.
@@redbakery8943 Have you not?
This is my favourite episode. The ugly American being abusive to Basil
Ugly American? You Brits aren't the best-looking bunch, that's for true.
Remembering Gilliam's "Bloody weather" skit with this.
To think that the guest would go on to be a rebel general at the battle of Hoth...
That "guest" is just an actor. He acted in a lot of films and TV.
'must be rather tiring' - LOL
What would Fawlty have done if they had asked for Sex On The Beach ? 😅
Good one 😂 but, oh boy, even MY imagination has it's limits.... 😂
@@-Thauma- 🤣
Basil: Well i think my wife may have something to say about it
@@crs2385 😅
The American was Gordon Ramsay's first mentor
John Cleese seems to like toying with American English. See the airport scene in A Fish called Wanda when he's stuck in a barrel for another example.
They used to smoke in restaurants in those days
A long time fan!! So funny! Great stuff!
American Exceptionalism!
Used the screwdriver to unscrew the bottle
A freshly uncorked claret as opposed to a freshly unscrewed claret!
@@u.v.s.5583 A Bordeaux is a Claret.
@@User-3O3 Yes, a Claret is definitely one of those, if it came from the French province of the same name.
Mrs Hamilton was rather sweet .
She's quite comely too.
I kind'a thought she was a snob!
@@dougreed2257 That's why I like her . Horsey and formerly privately educated women in the UK tend to be pretty good in the sack
@@dougreed2257 a comly snob
@@dougreed2257 Just like her husband.
Smoking whilst eating.... Eugghhh!😳
Good Fawlty, you are the relative I always wanted to have.
Bruce Boa!
Fresh orange juice in an English hotel? Good luck!
In Britain fresh always means that it comes fresh out of the bottle, or carton. As opposed to the fizzy, or orange squash.
you know Mr Hamilton was in Empire Strikes Back as Han Solo Captain in the Hoth scene
- Execute order sixty six!
- Well, I'm afraid we are fresh out of sixes, my emperor!
@@u.v.s.5583 = Yeah? Gotta check that out.👍
He was also in a James Bond film once. His name is Bruce Boa (Canadian actually).
and Full Metal Jacket
And The Spaceman And King Arthur
I think the british weather sounds better than cali weather tbh. The heat in cali is pretty brutal, especially during July and August. I dont mind a bit of overcast and rain one bit. If I was gonna live out west, I'd live in Arizona or Nevada, by the Mojave. It's mercilessly hot there during the summer but the desert is so beautiful that it's worth it.
My uncle retired and lived on Crete for six years. He said the constant blue skies and sun beating down actually became monotonous and boring after a while.
He now lives in Northumberland and loves a bracing cold walk on the seafront.
If you compare weather to different countries the English weather isn't that bad. The narrative stems from negative English people. April is the only month it's bad, which we call "April showers". Though this year it's been ok for some reason! In my life of 38 years I have only experienced about two or three bad summers. There is "some truth" to the narrative but nowhere near as much as English people make out, which the rest of the world understandably believes.
@@thememaster7 yes exactly.. I live near Nice and we are desperate for rain.. it's rained twice since the beginning of January and we are now May
The British weather has its charms and there is nothing on earth quite as beautiful as a British Spring.
@@connoroleary591 New York City in Springtime is pretty damn good.
Waldorf Salad
Hilarious example of how Americans appear to other nations!🤣🤣🤣
Honestly, if I was the manager, I wouldn’t tolerate his attitude. Coming late, being rude and expecting everything.
Whenever someone asked me for a Screwdriver, I always asked Flat, or Phillips?
Cant drink a screw driver....
Cyble looks like Margarate Thatcher here.
Boom Mic visible at 1:51
You have little to do and I'm worse for looking for it.
Great spot
This episode should be called The Ugly American
He sounds more Pennsylvania Dutch than Californian.
Hope he got his screwdriver before leaving the Hoth base.^^*
The fictional Mrs Fawlty was very sexy, actually... expecialy when she smoked.
I thought the brits would know what a screwdriver was
Point being Basil is an out of touch snob who really has no understanding, he is full of racial prejudice and fawning obsequiousness to the higher classes. He is an idiot...hence the name Faulty. He doesn't understand wine culture though he looks down upon those that look down upon wine culture. He has no idea what fine dining and a cultured palate is, but he will prostrate himself before those that have the money to enjoy such indulgences. Fawlty is faulty...an imbecile with aspirations to mix with people who enjoy the finer things in life whilst he himself is lacking in the knowledge that may afford him some appreciation. He want to be a part of that element of society that appreciates the finer aspects of food and culture, but he has no education and no idea how to achieve it.
We do.
The American doesnt, though. He seems to think it's something to drink.
@@tooleyheadbang4239 lol
Who's the beautiful lady?
starwars....the american
"Humour was much better in the past. *Everything* was much better in the past, before PC destroyed it all." Yes, I'm the dreary, depressing old fart who makes exactly the same point on every YT video of every programme that was on TV half a century ago, never once grasping that nobody ever gives the slightest toss for the one miserable, brainless opinion I have, that I go around YT applying to absolutely everything, and which everyone scrolls past as though it's just a blank, grey space on the screen. :)
No, I found your comment riveting! In fact reading it has changed my whole perspective on - well, on just about EVERYTHING, really!
Have you ever thought of expanding your observation into a book?
@amazingoffers Basil would be proud of you ! your ramble
Up until the early 80's the majority of tv was light hearted banter & humour, fast forward to nowadays, its mainly doom gloom being as vulgar as possible to gain a reaction followed by arguing, how i killed my children followed by grim reality & love island.
In the 70's there were a fraction of the channels tjat you get today but far more comedy, most of which is Banned incase some faggot gets upset.
John Cleese is now on GBeebies, so it's not just you.
What the hell is that?!
and it’s the way he says it…it’s almost unscripted 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@karimkekhia4369 Totally! Canadian actor the late Bruce Boa gave an authentic performance as the stereotypical American (tourist) in this episode from beginning to end!
Vodka with orange juice.
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What the hell is THAT?
What the hell is this?
The days when you could smoke in a dining room and the women were slim and beautiful who wore feminine clothes
He thinks that he mean the tool when actually he means the drink
Oh, what a refreshing breeze of explanation!
Yes, that is the joke.
Yeah, thanks for that.
You don’t say
Obviously
bracing
Probably the worst episode across the two series. It just seemed too limited, as though it was forced against a weak script.
Unatmospheric and played as a nervy ensemble piece.