"Well whose fault _is_ it then, ya cloth-eared bint? _Denis Compton's??!!"_ According to John Cleese, that is the favourite line of both Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie across all 12 episodes! 😆😆
I love when they tell the major that the door has disappeared, he answers 'These things happens you know, it will eventually turn up again'. All the characters in this show were just gold.
With all the over the top yelling and histrionics, its a wonder Cleese didn't have an aneurysm in scenes like this one and where he gives the reluctant mini Cooper "a sound thrashing!"
Yep, Connie Booth was married to John Cleese at the time and co-created and wrote the show with him (at least the first season, they divorced before the second).
Look, I may sound like a Wally or something by asking this, but can someone POSSIBLY explain to me what a professional Spotsman, has got to do with shoddy building work?
It's just absolutely classic how no one is complaining about this skit but, look, here you are rushing to mock something that hasn't happened. It's just you bringing it up, trying to be clever.
Comedians are still allowed to have fun today, man. People still enjoy the older material but we already made it, we don't need to keep doing the same jokes and humor forever. And it's an added bonus if we can do new jokes without necessarily denigrating huge swathes of the population in the process. It's just culture moving forward.
@@UserjdjddssYeah, because the "comedy" is shit. Comedy used to be a way to highlight social issues, political problems, societal knacks. Sometimes it was just funny for the sake of it. Nowadays it’s people like Dave Chapelle standing on a stage in a hideous suit reciting jokes where the punchline is "I was black" or "haha, trans person". That’s not comedy, it’s crap. Damn straight they get cancelled for it. But it’s not because of PoLiTiCaL cOrReCtNeSs.
I love how he takes a few seconds to realise what's happened with the dining room door and then jumps back when it hits him.
This is one of the best scenes from Fawlty Towers for me.
This was pure comedy 😂
"Well whose fault _is_ it then, ya cloth-eared bint? _Denis Compton's??!!"_
According to John Cleese, that is the favourite line of both Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie across all 12 episodes! 😆😆
I had to look up Denis Compton. Pretty sure he wasn't in Torquay when that happened.😂
No u.
I love when they tell the major that the door has disappeared, he answers 'These things happens you know, it will eventually turn up again'. All the characters in this show were just gold.
No one realised when Basil dragged Polly by the ear, Connie’s American accent came out spontaneously
Not the 1st time it slipped, wasn’t a great actress IMHO.
@@johnmc3862She wasn't bad either.
“YOU fell asleep and it’s not your fault?!”
“He forgot to wake me!”
“Who forgot to wake you??”
“It IS my fault.”
“MANUEL!!! I knew it!”
Hes calm, as usual..
2:00 me when someone wants a word with me when I do something wrong
With all the over the top yelling and histrionics, its a wonder Cleese didn't have an aneurysm in scenes like this one and where he gives the reluctant mini Cooper "a sound thrashing!"
Morris 1100.
(bangs phone twice) CALL......OREILLY Polly is excellent in this scene
The girl who plays Polly is American right? Her British accent is very understated and accurate
Yep, Connie Booth was married to John Cleese at the time and co-created and wrote the show with him (at least the first season, they divorced before the second).
When he strangles the gnome and polly bangs the phone in temper 😂
Basil faulty having a mental breakdown is the funniest thing ever
Amazed John gave himself a heart attack.
Bordering on insanity 😁 I love this scene ,
Look, I may sound like a Wally or something by asking this, but can someone POSSIBLY explain to me what a professional Spotsman, has got to do with shoddy building work?
Absolutely nothing. That’s what’s funny!🤣
The goat 😀
Golfing puff ader lol
WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DOOO ?
Cancel it! I'm offended!
It's just absolutely classic how no one is complaining about this skit but, look, here you are rushing to mock something that hasn't happened. It's just you bringing it up, trying to be clever.
@@KingRidley i think he’s joking lol
political correctness has killed comedy, these were the good old days when people were allowed to have fun
Comedians are still allowed to have fun today, man. People still enjoy the older material but we already made it, we don't need to keep doing the same jokes and humor forever. And it's an added bonus if we can do new jokes without necessarily denigrating huge swathes of the population in the process. It's just culture moving forward.
@@KingRidley no they cant they keep getting cancelled
@@KingRidley Culture stagnating*
@@UserjdjddssYeah, because the "comedy" is shit.
Comedy used to be a way to highlight social issues, political problems, societal knacks. Sometimes it was just funny for the sake of it.
Nowadays it’s people like Dave Chapelle standing on a stage in a hideous suit reciting jokes where the punchline is "I was black" or "haha, trans person".
That’s not comedy, it’s crap. Damn straight they get cancelled for it. But it’s not because of PoLiTiCaL cOrReCtNeSs.
Stop crying you beta male snowflake. Grow a pair will ya.