Tyler, do yourself a MASSIVE favour and just go buy the box set and watch all 12 episodes from start to finish. You can't watch Fawlty Towers like this.
I agree. The three shows on my 'NEVER throw away' USB drive are, in order - Fawlty Towers, Deadwood and Rome. Notable mentions are Red Dwarf and recently Shogun.
Yes, like most English comedies it's not just a bunch of isolated slapstick gags like American shows tend to be, but rather the humour is based on the relationships of the characters and woven into the plot of the episode. And just like Only Fools and Horses, the whole episode is often a setup for a joke at the end.
It always amazes me that the US is probably one of biggest producers of hard core porn on the planet , yet there tv programming is so heavily censored because they feel the need to protect the general public? I don't think the majority of Americans need to be protected really. Who in the US actually makes these ludicrous decisions anyway?
You must watch the complete episodes. DO NOT keep stopping, you’ll laugh till it hurts. You need to understand each character so start at the first show and you’ll never regret it.
Totally agree - highlights can make the show look like slapstick when it had an entire narrative flow through every episode. That makes those moments even funnier because they are completely bonkers but actually make complete sense with the narrative flow. It's a masterpiece of comedic writing... The script writing is really detailed.
John Cleese based the series on the manager of a hotel that the Monty Python team stayed at in Torquay in 1970. Most of the team left, but Cleese found him so fascinating that he stayed on to study him.
American shows were notorious for their 'laughter tracks' - that is why a lot of them were not funny, and those that were had laughter in unfunny bits.
Australian here and I was a teenager in the 70s, I only found it as humour never ever vulgar. I prefer Brit comedy to American and Australian. Brit comedy is brilliant
It was hugely popular in Denmark too as well as The Monty Pythons Flying Circus. The absurde slapstick humour fitted the danish lack of taste like a foot in a glove 😂
My mom and I watched Fawlty Towers here in Canada in the 70's..we laughed till there were tears on our faces! 😅😅 I think being part of the Commonwealth was a reason we ( and Australia, etc) saw a lot of British TV programs. It's fascinating to think John Cleese was doing the "Nazi" skit just 30 yrs after the war ended....
Tyler says, "If you've ever seen Fawlty Towers..." 😂🤣😂 Every British person I know has seen every episode many, many times. They are still hilarious to watch even after you've watched them 10 times - you pick up on new bits you missed and still laugh at the old bits. Tyler, you really should watch all 12 episodes. Then you will understand why this is pure comedy genius.
Farcical means funny ! Who can forget the Hotel sign 'Fawlty Towers' and the way it is rearranged for different episodes 'Flowery Twats' being one of them .
not really, farcical relates to the word farce, meaning that something is absurd / shambolic / ridiculous... usually people finding themselves in crazy, convoluted and unbelievable situations. So, often farcical things are funny, but not necessarily
@@martysears Actually Fawlty Towers uses the adjective definition of 'farcical' as in humerous ,causing or intended to cause laughter - though you are correct in some situations farcical can mean shambolic .
I think farcical means a bit more than just funny. It means being funny using physical comedy, stereotypical characterisation and general buffoonery. Those of us of a certain age will remember Brian Rix’s Whitehall farces.
Yep - and the origin of the word "spam" to describe unwanted electronic communication (message boards, emails, instant messaging etc): ua-cam.com/video/anwy2MPT5RE/v-deo.html
What I like about Fawtly Towers is that it is based on reality an actual hotel where the owner acted just like John Clesess' character. He was rude, angry, confused and just plain horrible. They came across the hotel during the monty python era.
I watched a group of 4 or 5 male American UA-camrs watch the whole of Fawlty Towers. They were literally doubled-up laughing, crying and red-faced. It’s worth watching the whole thing.
5. The clip with the custard pies is about the visit of hotel inspectors. Basil knows that the way he acts could get him closed down, and he's been under the mistaken belief that the man at the start of the clip was an inspector, hence why he's highly paranoid and starting to fall apart, almost pleading with him to not give him a bad report. But the man's just another normal guest. The REAL inspectors haven't arrived yet. The man who Basil attacks with the pies has been acting a right jackass the entire episode, and Basil has been holding his temper because he believes the other man will report him. When he finds out that the man isn't a hotel inspector, Basil goes all out to get his revenge on the jackass. Unfortunately, he doesn't realise that the new visitors who've just witnessed the attack are the REAL inspectors!
Back in the day, most UK sitcoms were 6 half an hour episodes per season, that was very normal in the UK. When John Cleese was asked why he only made 12 episodes he said "I got six Hours out of Basil Fawlty, Shakesear on got three out of Hamlet"
The best part was Cybill's response. "If you have to fondle a woman, atleast have the good manners to be in the same room as her!" Hope I haven't mangled that too much.
Until the advent of internet streaming, it was estimated that at any given moment, somewhere in the world an episode of Fawlty Towers was currently being aired on TV. VERY impressive given there were only 12 episodes
a sitcom is a situational comedy. they are classics and they are so funny. basil and Polly (the owner and the maid) were married at the time in real life, and they were the writers of this show. the 70 english tv pushed the boat of the sexually.
Fawlty Towers WAS shown on American TV. It was obviously before you were born. In fact an American TV company bought the rights to make an American version, but as usual it failed because they didn't understand the concept of the series. The American version starred Bea Arthur and was a total flop. For some strange reason they thought they could improve the program by writing out or dropping the Basil Fawlty character, you know ... the entire premise of the TV show. Go FIGURE!
The only British comedy show that really transferred well was the American version of Til' Death Us Do Part - called All In The Family where Carroll O'Connor played Archie Bunker the American equivalent of Alf Garnett.
John Cleese (Basil) is best known in America for his Oscar-nominated film A Fish Called Wanda, which he wrote and in which he starred, as Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter series, and for being one of the regular cast of the Monty Python films and tv series.
The British actor is John Cleese. He was one of the founders of and comedians in Monty Python, so you've probably seen him in The Holy Grail or Life of Brien. He was also in A fish called Wanda.
The Moose episode is my favourite as well as the 3 hotel inspectors. So so funny. I went to see the theatre show in London during the summer and it was hilarious. John Cleese is a national treasure.
Let me blow your Mind, At the time Fawlty Towers was made The owners of FOX News were publishing topless Pictures on Page 3 of a Newspaper that was available to children. The Main actor John Clease is from Monty Python and he is the co-writer of the show. The US did attempt a remake of this show 3 times.
@@Bowleskov Also, the movie naked gun has way more rounchy version of this bit (the window scene). Airplane shows full topless zoom in Kids these days have just somehow and for some reason brainwashed themselves into thinking that this recent puritan christian fundamentalist pushed PC and anti-sexual culture has been around more than a couple decades, it hasn't, and it is limited solely to North America and the UK
These clips out of context really don't do them any justice. You really need to watch the whole episode. They are absolutely hilarious. Best thing on TV. Basil is played by John Cleese who has been in a lot of stuff (Monty Python's Flying Circus - You have to watch the Dead Parrot sketch, the Cheese Shop sketch and others. A Fish Called Wanda, The Life of Brian, Jabberwocky, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, etc.).
At the start of the show, the letters of Fawlty Towers were rearranged into an anagram of Fawlty Towers. Such as 'Farty Towels', Flowery Twats', and numerous others.
Basil the rat and the Germans were two of the best episodes. Grew up watching it in Australia as my parents were British, watched lots of British comedies as a kid.
All the Monty Python crew were staying in a hotel when they were filming the Holy Grail. The hotel manager was like Basil it gave John Cleese the idea for Fawlty Tours.
The number 1 about the germans, they asked him to stop and he said you started it, they said no we didn't and he came back with yes you did you invaded poland
The US tried to remake Fawlty Towers twice, 'Amanda's by the Sea' and 'Payne', and both times it crashed and burned. 'Amada's" even attempted to do without the 'Basil' character.
The seaside town is pronounced "Tor key" with the emphasis slightly heavier on the Key. The waiter's name is Man well, (the actor that plays him is English.
*Manuel for the rest of us, just "Man well" for Tyler (& _maybe_ also for his fraternal twin brother - Ryan Wuzer, also a 'UA-camr' - & a _little less dense_ than Tyler!!)
Andrew (born Andreas) Sachs was from Germany originally. His Jewish family emigrated to Britain when the Nazis started to institutionalize anti-Semitism.
One of the best shows ever, British sitcoms are the absolute best and I looked forward to PBS on weekends especially, to watch all types of British shows.
The last clip is from the episode called “The Germans”. Apparently, when it was very popular in the UK, a German contingent visited to view this episode. For the next half an hour there was much laughter coming from the viewing room. At the end they came out of the room and said, “That was very funny but we don’t think we could show that to a German audience”. It was very un-PC.
I don't know about now, but Fawlty Towers was actually very, very popular in the US for at least 30 years. Even though it was based in Torquay, a town just down the coast from where I live, very little of it was filmed in the town. The outside shots of the hotel were filmed in a totally different part of the country, whilst the interior shots were filmed in a London studio. BTW: Torquay = "Tor-key"
My favourite was the car one, I'm sure many of us can relate to the feeling of frustration. The top one is 'Don't Mention the War', and he couldn't stop talking about it to some German guests. Manuel is hilarious, you didn't see much or him, or Sybil. They need to be seen in context. I doubt if some of the episodes would be made today, which is probably why they don't show reruns on mainstream tv now I should imagine 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤗
You're a great reactor Tyler, and you even managed to get something out of these mangled and de-contextualised snippets. But these snippets are almost un-reviewable. Since you have not watched the entire episode it's lifted from, you generally haven't a clue what's going on and are as much puzzled as amused. And they often are truncated before the really funny moment anyway. F Towers' episodes are extremely short (each episode a mere half hour) and very well-paced to begin with, and hang together very well. Cutting such short and beautifully constructed episodes into these itty-bitty disjointed slices is a crime, and is both difficult to react to and hard to watch. Please, please, please watch full episodes. We’ll all pile in behind you if you do!
Tyler, I need to mention a few things, not that you will pay any attention to them or even read them. 🙄 You said that it doesn't mention that it's a comedy and yet you read the first sentence which explains that it was a sitcom and I find it highly unlikely that you have never heard of sitcom which is of course, the standard abbreviation of situation comedy which is used glabally, even in the US! The show hasn't been shown on US primetime TV but both series have been shown in full in the US on PBS and cable. I know this because I have seen all twelve episodes in a back-to-back marathon on PBS in New York. Finally, I have to commend you on your pronunciation of Basil. You are the first American I have heard calling him Baz-il. Every other American has pronounced it Bay-zil so kudos 👍👏
My most favourite show ever. You have to watch the full episode for things to make sense. Watching it like this is like admiring the brush strokes up close on the Mona Lisa while completely missing the full picture. John Cleese (Basil Fawlty) also wrote the show together with his wife (Polly the maid)
As well as being in the Monty Python films, he has also been on the American sitcoms Will & Grace AND 3rd Rock From the Sun. He has also appeared on chat shows too. So he has his career has been in the U.S. as well as here in the U.K.
The Germans episode is comedy gold for all time. the whole episode was bonkers - he gets concussion from a Moose head falling on him which makes him even more crazy than usual.
No.1 missed the best line of that scene. German guest: Will you stop talking about the war! Basil: Well, you started it! Guest: No, we didn't! Basil: Yes, you did, you invaded Poland!
John Cleese (Basil) wrote the script for Fawlty Towers along with his wife at the time Connie Booth (Polly). Incidently the Germans love the episode which features them visiting the hotel.
Finally ! I guess you haven't seen any of the Monty Python movies of A Fish Called Wanda starring John Cleese. Try the "Ministry Of Silly Walks" sketch from the Monty Python TV series.
Fawlty Towers was a staple in my house growing up in the '80s. My Dad recorded both series on VHS and I rewatched them so many times I could say the words along with them. You need to watch both series in order. Take note of the way the hotel sign changes at the start of each episode.
You should know that John Cleese (Basil) and Connie Booth (Polly the waitress) were married and wrote the show together, and Basil and the hotel were based on a hotel and owner of a place that John Cleese stayed at when he was with Monty Python, and thought it would be a good idea for a comedy, and the rest is history. If you are shocked by #7 then you should check out Carry On films, which are a series of British comedies full of double entendre and "bawdy" humour from the 1960's and 70's, they are still shown on some channels even now, even though they are now considered politically incorrect, but they're just silly and still have their funny moments.
Such nostelgia watching Faulty Towers. Years ago my late hubby and family would sit withour eyes glued to the screen and howl with laughter watching it.. I live in the UK, and its fascintating to see an American's take on the show. We have enjoyed so many incredibly funny shows from across the pond over the years, so Imglad we have been able to show you the funny side of us too 😀
Tyler are all the videos you have reacted to still can't pronounce English place names correctly. American TV shows are censored not to show any sexual content in the UK back then we were more open minded to situations like that.
@@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138 shows his ability to learn that he's a willfully ignorant American with zero social awareness. He does that very well across his 3 UA-cam channels. He does give any credit to the UA-camr or content creators he's reacting to unlike his brother does.
As people are saying try to watch all the episodes , probably on UA-cam. He was part of the Monty Python guys. John Cleese is very good at the physical acting. It’s all madness/chaos. Very British x
Its great you find this funny just from clips but trust me - binge the full episodes, its 1000x funnier, Personally The Kipper and the Corpse is my favourite episode.
If you want to be shocked then try watching Till Death us do part with Alf Garnet. There are topics that would be totally banned now, but it was really funny. This was another 1970's show.
Tyler, watch the full episodes. These are only snippets of something even greater. Then, if you like Basil Fawlty, you'll need to then watch the comedy show Blackadder.
Tyler, do yourself a MASSIVE favour and just go buy the box set and watch all 12 episodes from start to finish. You can't watch Fawlty Towers like this.
Absolutely agree
I have the box set too (just in case it gets cancelled due to woke political correctness LOL)
Even if only for your own pleasure!
I agree. The three shows on my 'NEVER throw away' USB drive are, in order - Fawlty Towers, Deadwood and Rome. Notable mentions are Red Dwarf and recently Shogun.
Yes, like most English comedies it's not just a bunch of isolated slapstick gags like American shows tend to be, but rather the humour is based on the relationships of the characters and woven into the plot of the episode. And just like Only Fools and Horses, the whole episode is often a setup for a joke at the end.
It’s Britain in the 1970s and anyway THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF THE JOKES AND SKETCHES, anyone who feels there is should get a life!
True true
I mean yeh it's pretty tame for 70's Britain.
Don't mention the.......
It always amazes me that the US is probably one of biggest producers of hard core porn on the planet , yet there tv programming is so heavily censored because they feel the need to protect the general public? I don't think the majority of Americans need to be protected really. Who in the US actually makes these ludicrous decisions anyway?
He wasn’t groping her, he was feeling for the light switch. British bathrooms have switches outside the door.
I think this is a play on the assumption of British repression... At least at that time. That's the joke!
South African bathrooms too.
You must watch the complete episodes. DO NOT keep stopping, you’ll laugh till it hurts. You need to understand each character so start at the first show and you’ll never regret it.
Totally agree - highlights can make the show look like slapstick when it had an entire narrative flow through every episode. That makes those moments even funnier because they are completely bonkers but actually make complete sense with the narrative flow. It's a masterpiece of comedic writing... The script writing is really detailed.
John Cleese based the series on the manager of a hotel that the Monty Python team stayed at in Torquay in 1970. Most of the team left, but Cleese found him so fascinating that he stayed on to study him.
please note that shows of this time were recorded in front of live audiences, so those are not laugh tracks, just wanted to mention it.
American shows were notorious for their 'laughter tracks' - that is why a lot of them were not funny, and those that were had laughter in unfunny bits.
@@dingopisscreek yes, best example is seinfeld, there are episodes without laugh tracks online and it's just cringe the entire time.
We grew up with this show when we were kids in the seventies and no way did we find it shocking only funny 👍🏼
Australian here and I was a teenager in the 70s, I only found it as humour never ever vulgar. I prefer Brit comedy to American and Australian. Brit comedy is brilliant
Times were simpler then thank goodness. Though one of my daughters, who is only in her 30s absolutely loves Fawlty Towers.
My dad loved Fawlty Towers -also anything Monty Python. He'd be laughing and giggling all the way through.
It was hugely popular in Denmark too as well as The Monty Pythons Flying Circus. The absurde slapstick humour fitted the danish lack of taste like a foot in a glove 😂
My mom and I watched Fawlty Towers here in Canada in the 70's..we laughed till there were tears on our faces! 😅😅
I think being part of the Commonwealth was a reason we ( and Australia, etc) saw a lot of British TV programs.
It's fascinating to think John Cleese was doing the "Nazi" skit just 30 yrs after the war ended....
Tyler says, "If you've ever seen Fawlty Towers..." 😂🤣😂 Every British person I know has seen every episode many, many times. They are still hilarious to watch even after you've watched them 10 times - you pick up on new bits you missed and still laugh at the old bits. Tyler, you really should watch all 12 episodes. Then you will understand why this is pure comedy genius.
They were aired in Sweden and Norway as well, MANY times.
There’s only twelve episodes? I’m certain I watched hundreds of hours of Fawlty towers 😅😅😆🤣
@@Ragt0p I feel exactly the same way. One of my favourite comedy series of all time!
You really need to watch all 12 episodes 👍🏼
I have heard of Germans crying with laughter when they see Basil mocking the Germans.
Farcical means funny ! Who can forget the Hotel sign 'Fawlty Towers' and the way it is rearranged for different episodes 'Flowery Twats' being one of them .
And "Farty Towels"
not really, farcical relates to the word farce, meaning that something is absurd / shambolic / ridiculous... usually people finding themselves in crazy, convoluted and unbelievable situations. So, often farcical things are funny, but not necessarily
@@martysears Actually Fawlty Towers uses the adjective definition of 'farcical' as in humerous ,causing or intended to cause laughter - though you are correct in some situations farcical can mean shambolic .
Yes, that was always funny.
I think farcical means a bit more than just funny. It means being funny using physical comedy, stereotypical characterisation and general buffoonery. Those of us of a certain age will remember Brian Rix’s Whitehall farces.
He was the heart Of Monty Pythons.
❤😂 yes brilliant who can forget " the ministry of silly walks". ❤😂
Fawlty Towers and John Cleese represent the greatest sitcom humour anytime, anywhere.
Yep - and the origin of the word "spam" to describe unwanted electronic communication (message boards, emails, instant messaging etc): ua-cam.com/video/anwy2MPT5RE/v-deo.html
What I like about Fawtly Towers is that it is based on reality an actual hotel where the owner acted just like John Clesess' character. He was rude, angry, confused and just plain horrible. They came across the hotel during the monty python era.
It was filmed in Bucks, Wooburn Grange .
Watching these clips in isolation is hard to get a grip on. You need to see the whole episode
Glad Fawlty Towers has another fan! Now you need to watch all 12! You can binge it in a day 👀👍🇬🇧
Most definitely!!
Tyler, theses are all out of context, please watch each full episodes, there just so brilliant x
I watched a group of 4 or 5 male American UA-camrs watch the whole of Fawlty Towers. They were literally doubled-up laughing, crying and red-faced. It’s worth watching the whole thing.
These scenes would make much more sense watching the whole episodes. I thoroughly recommend that you do.
5. The clip with the custard pies is about the visit of hotel inspectors. Basil knows that the way he acts could get him closed down, and he's been under the mistaken belief that the man at the start of the clip was an inspector, hence why he's highly paranoid and starting to fall apart, almost pleading with him to not give him a bad report. But the man's just another normal guest. The REAL inspectors haven't arrived yet. The man who Basil attacks with the pies has been acting a right jackass the entire episode, and Basil has been holding his temper because he believes the other man will report him. When he finds out that the man isn't a hotel inspector, Basil goes all out to get his revenge on the jackass. Unfortunately, he doesn't realise that the new visitors who've just witnessed the attack are the REAL inspectors!
Back in the day, most UK sitcoms were 6 half an hour episodes per season, that was very normal in the UK. When John Cleese was asked why he only made 12 episodes he said "I got six Hours out of Basil Fawlty, Shakesear on got three out of Hamlet"
Tyler's face at the light switch/nipple mishap was priceless 😂
Apart from the obviously religious aspects of US life and culture...
_How_ _did_ the "Land of the Free" become _sooooo prudish_ ?! 😂😂
The best part was Cybill's response. "If you have to fondle a woman, atleast have the good manners to be in the same room as her!" Hope I haven't mangled that too much.
I don't think he realises that the lights with in those days was a conical breast shape with the knob to switch it on very like a nipple
John Cheese...Life of Brian for example
@@lindakrelle6607 🤣🤣
Until the advent of internet streaming, it was estimated that at any given moment, somewhere in the world an episode of Fawlty Towers was currently being aired on TV. VERY impressive given there were only 12 episodes
You recognise Basil (John Cleese) because you've already reacted to the 10 Funniest Monty Python Sketches.
Tyler Muppet wouldn't even recognise his own reflection in a mirror!
I always get my biggest laugh out of Tyler's inability to pronounce English words like the quay in Torquay, and farcical LOL
What contributes to its legendary status is ,it wasn't milked for money .
Not made in the USA
a sitcom is a situational comedy. they are classics and they are so funny. basil and Polly (the owner and the maid) were married at the time in real life, and they were the writers of this show. the 70 english tv pushed the boat of the sexually.
Fawlty Towers WAS shown on American TV.
It was obviously before you were born.
In fact an American TV company bought the rights to make an American version, but as usual it failed because they didn't understand the concept of the series.
The American version starred Bea Arthur and was a total flop.
For some strange reason they thought they could improve the program by writing out or dropping the Basil Fawlty character, you know ... the entire premise of the TV show.
Go FIGURE!
John Cleese also offered to help them recreate the show and they refused claiming "they could do it just as good or better"
They made another series called Payne that flopped too!
The only British comedy show that really transferred well was the American version of Til' Death Us Do Part - called All In The Family where Carroll O'Connor played Archie Bunker the American equivalent of Alf Garnett.
John Cleese (Basil) is best known in America for his Oscar-nominated film A Fish Called Wanda, which he wrote and in which he starred, as Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter series, and for being one of the regular cast of the Monty Python films and tv series.
The British actor is John Cleese. He was one of the founders of and comedians in Monty Python, so you've probably seen him in The Holy Grail or Life of Brien. He was also in A fish called Wanda.
his famous line was "don't mention the war" and apparently when john Cleese visited Germany, many Germans wee shouting it at him
Yeah. A guest died, and they're trying to find somewhere to hide the body to avoid a bad reputation.
The Moose episode is my favourite as well as the 3 hotel inspectors. So so funny. I went to see the theatre show in London during the summer and it was hilarious. John Cleese is a national treasure.
Let me blow your Mind, At the time Fawlty Towers was made The owners of FOX News were publishing topless Pictures on Page 3 of a Newspaper that was available to children. The Main actor John Clease is from Monty Python and he is the co-writer of the show. The US did attempt a remake of this show 3 times.
@@Bowleskov Also, the movie naked gun has way more rounchy version of this bit (the window scene). Airplane shows full topless zoom in
Kids these days have just somehow and for some reason brainwashed themselves into thinking that this recent puritan christian fundamentalist pushed PC and anti-sexual culture has been around more than a couple decades, it hasn't, and it is limited solely to North America and the UK
Instead of Manuel saying I am from Barcelona....the modern version would be: I am from murica and I know nothing, NOTHING.
I can never say the word "Eventually" without doing a very bad impression of Manwel "E-vent-tua-ly".
One must watch the whole episode to appreciate the context, great reaction though!
You might think the impressive stuff is the delivery and the physical comedy but it is actually the writing which he also did.
John and his wife wrote the script. She played the waitress. Her name is Connie Booth.
Correct @@sylviapanszczyk3568
These clips out of context really don't do them any justice. You really need to watch the whole episode. They are absolutely hilarious. Best thing on TV.
Basil is played by John Cleese who has been in a lot of stuff (Monty Python's Flying Circus - You have to watch the Dead Parrot sketch, the Cheese Shop sketch and others. A Fish Called Wanda, The Life of Brian, Jabberwocky, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, etc.).
This and Dads Army are the two greatest British sitcoms ever.
I also like Father Ted, and Black Adder.
At the start of the show, the letters of Fawlty Towers were rearranged into an anagram of Fawlty Towers. Such as 'Farty Towels', Flowery Twats', and numerous others.
And it fell down!
Basil the rat and the Germans were two of the best episodes. Grew up watching it in Australia as my parents were British, watched lots of British comedies as a kid.
PS that episode with the Germans, Basil had a hit to the head. He was taken to hospital but "escaped" back to his hotel.
Don't mention the war!!!
@VidarLund-k5q I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it alright.
Iss not rat iss hamster
@@sheilabell6819 haha - poor Manuel!
All the Monty Python crew were staying in a hotel when they were filming the Holy Grail. The hotel manager was like Basil it gave John Cleese the idea for Fawlty Tours.
They've made it into a stage show currently in the London west end theatres 👍🏼
The number 1 about the germans, they asked him to stop and he said you started it, they said no we didn't and he came back with yes you did you invaded poland
The US tried to remake Fawlty Towers twice, 'Amanda's by the Sea' and 'Payne', and both times it crashed and burned. 'Amada's" even attempted to do without the 'Basil' character.
The seaside town is pronounced "Tor key" with the emphasis slightly heavier on the Key. The waiter's name is Man well, (the actor that plays him is English.
*Manuel for the rest of us, just
"Man well" for Tyler
(& _maybe_ also for his fraternal twin brother - Ryan Wuzer, also a 'UA-camr' - & a _little less dense_ than Tyler!!)
Andrew (born Andreas) Sachs was from Germany originally. His Jewish family emigrated to Britain when the Nazis started to institutionalize anti-Semitism.
He was Andrew Sachs, who was born Jewish in Berlin, but left when he was three, because of Nazi persecution.
One of the best shows ever, British sitcoms are the absolute best and I looked forward to PBS on weekends especially, to watch all types of British shows.
The last clip is from the episode called “The Germans”. Apparently, when it was very popular in the UK, a German contingent visited to view this episode. For the next half an hour there was much laughter coming from the viewing room. At the end they came out of the room and said, “That was very funny but we don’t think we could show that to a German audience”. It was very un-PC.
I don't know about now, but Fawlty Towers was actually very, very popular in the US for at least 30 years.
Even though it was based in Torquay, a town just down the coast from where I live, very little of it was filmed in the town. The outside shots of the hotel were filmed in a totally different part of the country, whilst the interior shots were filmed in a London studio.
BTW: Torquay = "Tor-key"
you should check the whole episodes, they amazingly written.
Also the show was written by "Basil" and his then wife "Polly2
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you may know him (john cleese) from any Monty Python movie.
He was also the star of a film called Clockwise. It's worthy of a watch
Right!
This compilation is for people who have seen the episodes. Won't make any sense to someone who is unfamiliar.
"The English seaside town of Tor'kway" 🤣
Sitcom= situation comedy. Nowhere in the article it says it's a comedy.😂
Tyler never fails to miss the point.
It also helps if you know the word "farce."
You need to watch it all it is blooming hilarious
Great to see you shocked with some great British comedy. Check out some episodes it's really good. Keep up the good work
#2 there's a funny Specsavers advert featuring the same scenario, but instead of his car it's a police car 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Hello, the seventies here. Political what?"
To give him credit, he did look the show up before watching the clips, which is encouraging . . . even if Wikipedia was a bit too erudite for him.
I don't know! New one on me. 😂
My favourite was the car one, I'm sure many of us can relate to the feeling of frustration.
The top one is 'Don't Mention the War', and he couldn't stop talking about it to some German guests.
Manuel is hilarious, you didn't see much or him, or Sybil. They need to be seen in context.
I doubt if some of the episodes would be made today, which is probably why they don't show reruns on mainstream tv now I should imagine 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤗
You should watch a couple of whole episode to get some context. "Don't mention the war", is a must. John Cleese is a genious.
You're a great reactor Tyler, and you even managed to get something out of these mangled and de-contextualised snippets. But these snippets are almost un-reviewable. Since you have not watched the entire episode it's lifted from, you generally haven't a clue what's going on and are as much puzzled as amused. And they often are truncated before the really funny moment anyway. F Towers' episodes are extremely short (each episode a mere half hour) and very well-paced to begin with, and hang together very well. Cutting such short and beautifully constructed episodes into these itty-bitty disjointed slices is a crime, and is both difficult to react to and hard to watch. Please, please, please watch full episodes. We’ll all pile in behind you if you do!
Tyler, I need to mention a few things, not that you will pay any attention to them or even read them. 🙄
You said that it doesn't mention that it's a comedy and yet you read the first sentence which explains that it was a sitcom and I find it highly unlikely that you have never heard of sitcom which is of course, the standard abbreviation of situation comedy which is used glabally, even in the US!
The show hasn't been shown on US primetime TV but both series have been shown in full in the US on PBS and cable. I know this because I have seen all twelve episodes in a back-to-back marathon on PBS in New York.
Finally, I have to commend you on your pronunciation of Basil. You are the first American I have heard calling him Baz-il. Every other American has pronounced it Bay-zil so kudos 👍👏
My most favourite show ever. You have to watch the full episode for things to make sense. Watching it like this is like admiring the brush strokes up close on the Mona Lisa while completely missing the full picture.
John Cleese (Basil Fawlty) also wrote the show together with his wife (Polly the maid)
You should do a reaction to the sitcom Allo' Allo', a good starting point would be: The gateau from the chateau
OMG the exploding chickens 😅 and 'I shall say this only once' 😅
As well as being in the Monty Python films, he has also been on the American sitcoms Will & Grace AND 3rd Rock From the Sun. He has also appeared on chat shows too. So he has his career has been in the U.S. as well as here in the U.K.
12 episodes, that should never be diluted with more.
This was best 10 Basil moment. There are also Manuel, Sybil and major moment. Totally crazy.
Iss not rat iss hamster
The Ministry of Silly Walks is hilarious
This is one of my family's absolute most favourite shows! :) Greetings from Sweden!
The Germans episode is comedy gold for all time. the whole episode was bonkers - he gets concussion from a Moose head falling on him which makes him even more crazy than usual.
And the Germans laughed about it the most!
No.1 missed the best line of that scene.
German guest: Will you stop talking about the war!
Basil: Well, you started it!
Guest: No, we didn't!
Basil: Yes, you did, you invaded Poland!
You should watch father ted featuring at least one clip with Graham Nortons character, so funny 😂
Or the 'I hear you're a racist now, Father' episode, judging by the reaction here to the German sketch.
Brit here. If you like faulty towers then you'll love only fools and horses. It's absolutely funny😂. Your side will be hurting from laughing
You have seen him before somewhere.. ever heard of Monty Python
John Cleese (Basil) wrote the script for Fawlty Towers along with his wife at the time Connie Booth (Polly). Incidently the Germans love the episode which features them visiting the hotel.
Finally ! I guess you haven't seen any of the Monty Python movies of A Fish Called Wanda starring John Cleese. Try the "Ministry Of Silly Walks" sketch from the Monty Python TV series.
If you like John Cleese watch the Monty Phython films The Life of Brian and The Holy Grail,it's John Cleese at his finest.😂
Fawlty Towers was a staple in my house growing up in the '80s. My Dad recorded both series on VHS and I rewatched them so many times I could say the words along with them.
You need to watch both series in order. Take note of the way the hotel sign changes at the start of each episode.
You should know that John Cleese (Basil) and Connie Booth (Polly the waitress) were married and wrote the show together, and Basil and the hotel were based on a hotel and owner of a place that John Cleese stayed at when he was with Monty Python, and thought it would be a good idea for a comedy, and the rest is history. If you are shocked by #7 then you should check out Carry On films, which are a series of British comedies full of double entendre and "bawdy" humour from the 1960's and 70's, they are still shown on some channels even now, even though they are now considered politically incorrect, but they're just silly and still have their funny moments.
They definitely have their moments, but I tried watching Carry On Camping once and found myself bored.
@@WreckItRolfe I don't particularly like them but there are the occasional good moments, the newer ones are the worst.
I like the scene in 'the germans' where basil tests the fire alarm.
John was in the movie Rat race , also a fish called Wanda and Clockwise.
Such nostelgia watching Faulty Towers. Years ago my late hubby and family would sit withour eyes glued to the screen and howl with laughter watching it.. I live in the UK, and its fascintating to see an American's take on the show. We have enjoyed so many incredibly funny shows from across the pond over the years, so Imglad we have been able to show you the funny side of us too 😀
My fav British Comedy hehe
Each episode is written as a form of crescendo that builds up within the epusode. Well written and delivered.
Watch it, do as your told!
Awesome Work Bro, Thanks!!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
Tyler Dont mention the war and
John Cleese plays Basil .
You should definitely do reactions for each of the episodes. All of them are insanely funny!
Please react to Manuels best moments in the show,
He is the funniest character in the show in my opinion,
Like so Tyler sees this
You really need to watch the full episodes, hilarious 🤣
You absolutely have to watch "Father Ted" and also "Still Game"
Early Doors v - another sitcom with the lifespan of a mayfly, & with public & critical acclaim through the roof!
Absolutely brilliant! :)
Tyler are all the videos you have reacted to still can't pronounce English place names correctly. American TV shows are censored not to show any sexual content in the UK back then we were more open minded to situations like that.
Why would he want to?
Teflon Tyler might be from Barcelona...
@@keefsmiff; Shows ability to learn😂
You dont call Boston "boorston" like the locals , grow up
@@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138 shows his ability to learn that he's a willfully ignorant American with zero social awareness. He does that very well across his 3 UA-cam channels. He does give any credit to the UA-camr or content creators he's reacting to unlike his brother does.
As people are saying try to watch all the episodes , probably on UA-cam. He was part of the Monty Python guys. John Cleese is very good at the physical acting. It’s all madness/chaos. Very British x
Pronounced =tork key
Just be grateful he's not pronouncing 'Basil' as 'bay-zil'.
Its great you find this funny just from clips but trust me - binge the full episodes, its 1000x funnier, Personally The Kipper and the Corpse is my favourite episode.
gotta watch whole episode or you won’t get it
If you want to be shocked then try watching Till Death us do part with Alf Garnet. There are topics that would be totally banned now, but it was really funny. This was another 1970's show.
Tyler, watch the full episodes. These are only snippets of something even greater. Then, if you like Basil Fawlty, you'll need to then watch the comedy show Blackadder.
Only 12 episodes but each one was a hilarious gem.
Masterpiece all 12...
Every episode is an increasingly rapid descent into chaos and madness and completely hilarious.
They say 'less is more' and in this case that's so true.....classic British humour.