Fawlty Towers: Turn it on!

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  • From the episode "Communication Problems" - The hard-of-hearing Mrs Richard has yet another complaint for Polly and Basil to deal with; until he loses his patience.
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  • @Nightroamer
    @Nightroamer Рік тому +115

    Basil's "what??" after Mrs. Richards says "I'm talking to you Watt" has me in stitches every time, he's genuinely so confused

  • @boatfaceslim9005
    @boatfaceslim9005 4 роки тому +300

    Joan Sanderson's portrayal as"Mrs Richards" is absolutely brilliant!

    • @ianbrewer4843
      @ianbrewer4843 2 роки тому +8

      Yes she is

    • @peterowen9183
      @peterowen9183 2 роки тому +14

      Couldn't agree more. Playing the straight/dumb character against Cleese and Booth (who get most of the funny lines) is a big ask, and she's absolutely brilliant here. Her comic timing is spot-on.

    • @JOHNNYCFC18
      @JOHNNYCFC18 Рік тому +7

      I find it hilarious she still calls him what 😂

    • @r1r597
      @r1r597 Рік тому +5

      ‘What?’

    • @stravinsky1300
      @stravinsky1300 Рік тому +8

      I heard that she was actually the complete opposite of Mrs. Richards in real life and felt bad for being so mean to everyone, but John Cleese, who was a good friend, told her that's exactly why he wanted her for the part.

  • @ChrisBrunelle
    @ChrisBrunelle Рік тому +34

    "That doesn't work either" when she bangs the bell might be the most underrated line in the show

  • @mikeowen7526
    @mikeowen7526 Рік тому +31

    Her expressions when Polly is talking to her about the paper In the lounge and wanted plain ones or ones with our address on is hilarious Joan Sanderson was perfect for the role 💋

  • @byronp2311
    @byronp2311 4 роки тому +47

    This has to be the funniest thing ever. YOU try and watch a marathon of this without injuring yourself.

    • @netscowbellguy
      @netscowbellguy 4 роки тому +3

      Watched it during the stay at home. Felt good to laugh like that

  • @mrstandfast2212
    @mrstandfast2212 3 роки тому +21

    If you've ever worked in retail, you'll have met a Mrs Richards.

    • @Xylarxcode
      @Xylarxcode Рік тому +3

      15 years in customer service. They're not as common as everyone makes them out to be, but they are definitely out there. As a rough estimate, I'd say about one every couple weeks. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, only once every couple of months. Ofcourse, experiences vary and other places may see them more often.

  • @louisegoodyear2515
    @louisegoodyear2515 7 місяців тому +6

    arguably, one of the finest episodes of Fawlty Towers, Mrs Richards and Basil's interaction was sublime 😂😂😂

  • @lewdogzombies
    @lewdogzombies 2 роки тому +46

    Am I the only one who likes how Mrs Richards says “IN THE LOUNGE?!”

    • @iamsherlocked345
      @iamsherlocked345 2 роки тому +7

      The pure outrage in her voice always makes me laugh hysterically 😂

  • @manw3bttcks
    @manw3bttcks 4 роки тому +37

    I love the bit later also, Fawlty just moves his mouth silently to her until she turns it on, then shouts. Sybil wasn't happy

  • @C2H6Cd
    @C2H6Cd 2 роки тому +14

    Genius writing and acting.

  • @techtitanuk5609
    @techtitanuk5609 Рік тому +18

    Fawlty towers was the best show ever made wish more were done

  • @admiralbenbow5083
    @admiralbenbow5083 Рік тому +9

    This the best episode by far !! Joan Sanderson just walks away with it.

  • @patrickhannon4217
    @patrickhannon4217 Рік тому +6

    "ON. YOUR. HEA...ohhhh!" 🤣🤣

  • @danielhallqvist3954
    @danielhallqvist3954 Рік тому +10

    -Manager,Manager!
    -Yes.Testing,Testing!
    I just love John Cleese😁😁

  • @joebroughton2334
    @joebroughton2334 4 роки тому +59

    I love this. I could watch it over and over again and still laugh at it.

  • @cloudstrife1983
    @cloudstrife1983 5 років тому +14

    My fave episode

  • @pelimies1818
    @pelimies1818 Рік тому +24

    She was a great guest star.
    Marvelous show.

  • @cheesball96
    @cheesball96 4 роки тому +35

    Mrs Richards was brilliant.

  • @garethglitter5932
    @garethglitter5932 4 роки тому +19

    Mrs Richards is not a battleaxe. She is THE battleaxe.

  • @davidsedlickas8222
    @davidsedlickas8222 Рік тому +4

    Legendary part
    Brilliant acting

  • @mikeowen7526
    @mikeowen7526 Рік тому +82

    Mrs Richards was the best character in the whole series The dialogue between her and Basil was hilarious 😂 😃

    • @Simon0
      @Simon0 Рік тому +4

      I like the Waldorf salad guy 🥗

    • @mikeowen7526
      @mikeowen7526 Рік тому +2

      @Simon0 He is an excellent character As is the actor 👏

    • @Simon0
      @Simon0 Рік тому +3

      @@mikeowen7526 can't go wrong with Fawlty towers in general 🙂

    • @mikeowen7526
      @mikeowen7526 Рік тому +2

      @@Simon0 Definitely Mr Hutchins and Mr Johnson 2 other great characters 👍

    • @mikeowen7526
      @mikeowen7526 Рік тому +1

      @Simon0 Bruce Boa He usually played straight roles

  • @DavidSmith-wn6pw
    @DavidSmith-wn6pw Рік тому +3

    Genius episode.

  • @Aurochhunter
    @Aurochhunter 5 місяців тому +2

    The look on Mrs Richards’ face when Polly asks “How many sheets?” 😅

  • @dannycheesums
    @dannycheesums 6 років тому +61

    Lol Connie is trying not to laugh

    • @Mark-ix4zt
      @Mark-ix4zt 4 роки тому +3

      I saw that too it's hularious😂

    • @princecharmingthemerman
      @princecharmingthemerman 3 роки тому +1

      Oh God I just pissed myself🤣🤣🤣 Nurse can I get some oxygen over here🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Olivia-bs5wj
      @Olivia-bs5wj 2 роки тому +1

      Where? 😁

    • @dannycheesums
      @dannycheesums 2 роки тому +1

      @@Olivia-bs5wj during the last ten seconds or so of the video

  • @stephenpowell5912
    @stephenpowell5912 Рік тому +7

    Leaves me in Stitches watching this 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Joan Sanderson as the Snobby Mrs Richardson is hilarious along with John Cleese as Basil Fawlty ,Can't Fawlt this series 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @marklynn5899
    @marklynn5899 4 роки тому +160

    *Mrs. Richards:* Are you blind? They were on my head all the whole time, didn't you see?
    *Polly:* Yes!
    *Mrs Richards:* Didn't God give you eyes?
    *Polly:* Yes, but I don't use 'em 'cause it wears the batteries out.

  • @Nomoredrama2000
    @Nomoredrama2000 Рік тому +4

    "She said people use it in the lounge!" LOL

  • @DrumsTheWord
    @DrumsTheWord Рік тому +9

    Joan Sanderson...probably one of the greatest one-off side characters of a sitcom ever.

  • @gomezaddams4347
    @gomezaddams4347 26 днів тому

    This show still makes me laugh even after seeing every episode multiple times. The comedic timing and writing is legendary.

  • @nathanakers45
    @nathanakers45 3 місяці тому +1

    People always say The Germans is the best episode but this has always been #1 for me. The Mrs. Richards and Dragonfly stories are brilliant and hilarious

  • @olivergrumitt2601
    @olivergrumitt2601 Рік тому +6

    I love it when Mrs. Richards rings the bell to call the manager and Basil comes in saying “Testing, testing”. No wonder Basil collapses near the end of the programme when the vase seller mentions The name “Mrs. Richards!”. She was the perfect guest from hell!

  • @Lor_D_Richafa
    @Lor_D_Richafa 3 роки тому +9

    I'm talking to you what
    WHAT?
    ARE YOU DEAF? I SAID I'M TALKING TO YOU!!!! 😂

  • @TheLobsterCopter5000
    @TheLobsterCopter5000 2 роки тому +13

    0:31 Polly: How many sheets?
    Mrs. Richards: Looks around in disgust
    Every day I discover more jokes in this show that I never noticed before...

  • @candlestorms
    @candlestorms 3 роки тому +11

    I love the delayed laughter of the audience at 1:26

  • @josephsawczyn1145
    @josephsawczyn1145 4 роки тому +22

    Funniest part is the conclusion of this exchange, Manuel with the 22 rolls of toilet paper. This would be a better clip if it was the full scene

  • @HummingBird5713
    @HummingBird5713 4 роки тому +16

    This is the best episode xD

    • @lancasterII
      @lancasterII 4 роки тому +5

      Yes, I like it even more than The Germans.

    • @HummingBird5713
      @HummingBird5713 4 роки тому +5

      @@lancasterII my fav scene is when she is complaining about the view xD

    • @ChrisManley1994
      @ChrisManley1994 4 роки тому +3

      It's my favourite episode, definitely! So great!

    • @smik4978
      @smik4978 3 роки тому

      I loved it too, but Basil the Rat is even better

  • @patrichellberg9596
    @patrichellberg9596 Рік тому +7

    Still pure class acting from mid 1970-ties wow and still so funny! Hahahaha!

  • @night1961
    @night1961 4 роки тому +7

    Classic Joan ,Also brilliant in Please Sir

  • @josdenis3684
    @josdenis3684 Рік тому +4

    Mrs Sanderson was a brilliant actrice. I fully agree! ❤

  • @wonghow
    @wonghow 4 роки тому +10

    Fawlty Towers is the best show even is from the 70s !

  • @UncensoredScion
    @UncensoredScion 7 місяців тому +1

    "C K What" it was a tiny moment but it kept coming back and it got more and more funny the more it did lol

  • @billmcdermott9647
    @billmcdermott9647 8 місяців тому +1

    I love how she’s fully prepared to fight polly

  • @lenaaqq6855
    @lenaaqq6855 3 роки тому +7

    Mrs Rickards is BEST 🤣😂😂🤣😂

  • @jesusbermudez6775
    @jesusbermudez6775 7 місяців тому +1

    Excellent sketches. I can't stop laughing even though I've seen them many times.

  • @pagrant
    @pagrant Рік тому +4

    Connie was trying to keep a straight face

  • @ivantheterrible2594
    @ivantheterrible2594 Рік тому +3

    Basil: She thought you wanted to write.
    Mrs Richards: Wanted a fight? I'll give her a fight.

  • @Goabnb94
    @Goabnb94 2 роки тому +5

    Yet she heard Polly's questions about the paper, well enough to be outraged.

  • @rsn9394
    @rsn9394 Місяць тому

    This show was gold

  • @Boskov01
    @Boskov01 3 роки тому +63

    This is my favorite episode, probably one of the few where one ends up rooting for Basil to win out over this ol' sow.
    (Ms. Sanderson, the actress playing Mrs. Richards though, as I understand it, was a truly delightful woman in life, no sarcasm.)

    • @danielhallqvist3954
      @danielhallqvist3954 Рік тому +4

      I heard rumour that Joan Sanderson rejected the part of Mrs Richards several times because she felt Mrs Richards were the absolute opposite to her in real life but John Cleese(who were friend with Joan)convinced her at the end.

  • @axeltaylor9094
    @axeltaylor9094 3 роки тому +5

    Mrs Richards your glasses are there!

    • @haydenstock21
      @haydenstock21 2 роки тому +2

      There? Who put them in there?

    • @axeltaylor9094
      @axeltaylor9094 2 роки тому +2

      @@haydenstock21 No No there on your….’On your…..ugghhhhhahhhh!!!!’

  • @BinaryRex18
    @BinaryRex18 Рік тому +7

    I can't stop laughing 😂😂

  • @pauliejay4161
    @pauliejay4161 4 роки тому +61

    "That doesn't work either". One of my all time favourite Fawlty Towers jokes and nobody laughs...

    • @Jackomac43
      @Jackomac43 4 роки тому +3

      I heard the audience laughing even if their reaction was delayed.

    • @ChrisManley1994
      @ChrisManley1994 4 роки тому +2

      "Turn it on!"

    • @ianhill4585
      @ianhill4585 2 роки тому

      @@Jackomac43 Unfortunately it was probably "canned laughter, " a recording of laughter, added later.

    • @worrywart1311
      @worrywart1311 2 роки тому +4

      My favourite is a brat of a child rudely complaining about the food there. His mother explains to Fawlty that her child is very clever but rather highly strung and Fawlty responds with: "yes, yes, he should be".

    • @samalvey8168
      @samalvey8168 Рік тому +3

      ​@@worrywart1311 Plus the wrong shaped chips. "Mickey Mouse shape? Smarties shape? Amphibious landing craft shape? Poke-in-the-eye shape?"

  • @graceaxx8862
    @graceaxx8862 2 роки тому +3

    The best👏👏👏😁

  • @robertBuckinghamB-uh5nx
    @robertBuckinghamB-uh5nx 3 місяці тому

    True magic don’t know why I find this funnier now than I did when it was first broadcast ‼️

  • @johnmalone7913
    @johnmalone7913 4 роки тому +14

    She played the part of an old dragon well.....sour old trout!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @samalvey8168
    @samalvey8168 4 роки тому +8

    "That doesn't work either. What were you saying just now?"

    • @ChrisManley1994
      @ChrisManley1994 4 роки тому +2

      "Turn it ON!"

    • @samalvey8168
      @samalvey8168 4 роки тому +2

      @@ChrisManley1994 "What?"

    • @ChrisManley1994
      @ChrisManley1994 4 роки тому +3

      @@samalvey8168 "Turn it...........TURN.......IT........ON!"

    • @samalvey8168
      @samalvey8168 4 роки тому +2

      @@ChrisManley1994 "I can't read that, I need my glasses. Where are they?"

    • @ChrisManley1994
      @ChrisManley1994 4 роки тому +3

      @@samalvey8168 The way Basil just gets increasingly more frustrated is fantastic! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @colinadams5390
    @colinadams5390 9 днів тому

    Great performance by Joan Sanderson!

  • @victorhernandez8723
    @victorhernandez8723 2 роки тому +3

    Easily one of the funniest moments in this show’s history!

  • @rubychurch3466
    @rubychurch3466 Рік тому +1

    Fabulous

  • @donnah5378
    @donnah5378 11 місяців тому +2

    Hilarious 😅

  • @KingZorLink21
    @KingZorLink21 4 місяці тому +1

    “I can’t read that I need my glasses” 💀

  • @BlessedWarrior
    @BlessedWarrior 5 років тому +25

    Damn man Fawlty Towers is too fcking funny im in tears with all these episodes lmao 😂😂😂😂

  • @merlin5476
    @merlin5476 Рік тому +2

    As a self employed person i can feel Basil's pain, on the odd occasion i have to deal with customers just like Miss Richards, and they are normally middle-aged snobs.

  • @phil4977
    @phil4977 5 місяців тому

    Brilliant acting.

  • @andrewclark8630
    @andrewclark8630 9 місяців тому +2

    They could have let her "give her a fight" but judging what happened to the dog in another episode, she'd have fared less well than the spoon man.

  • @ryanbasilio9548
    @ryanbasilio9548 Рік тому +2

    Comedy gold.🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @peterroberts4509
    @peterroberts4509 Рік тому +2

    Joan Sanderson died in 1992, aged 79.

  • @christopherhowells1954
    @christopherhowells1954 3 роки тому +3

    I’m talking to you, Watt.

  • @NoahSpurrier
    @NoahSpurrier Рік тому +1

    It’s like talking to my mother.

  • @joebroughton2334
    @joebroughton2334 8 місяців тому

    I like the way the bell sounds rickety - like on one of the old buses - ding ding. It would be funny if they had given her a box of that awful tracing paper stuff (like at school), and she had come down later again - even more angry that she got absolutely nowhere with it.

  • @SEAN-jx6yu
    @SEAN-jx6yu 8 місяців тому

    😂 keep it in the lounge 😂

  • @flashtheoriginal
    @flashtheoriginal Місяць тому +1

    Easily the best episode within the 12

  • @harrisumar3099
    @harrisumar3099 4 місяці тому

    Poor King Harold 😂😂

  • @insertclevername4123
    @insertclevername4123 Рік тому +1

    Mrs. Richard and...um...the guy Bruce Boa plays in "Waldorf Salad" are the only two characters I can think of that are perfect matches for Basil, by which I mean that in all of their scenes together, I find myself saying, "Yep, these people deserve each other."

  • @danielvanr.8681
    @danielvanr.8681 2 роки тому +4

    Christ on a bike, I can relate to this! I currently work as a booking / admin assistant for a municipal transportation service, and I often find myself dealing with customers who are practically deaf. So I sit there and practically shout into my headset, and I still get nothing but "what? what?" in return. Add to the fact that I work from home and during nights, so I've had many a bollocking from my neighbours on the subject of my screaming in the middle of the night........

  • @justinherbert9146
    @justinherbert9146 2 роки тому +8

    Joan Sanderson was a brilliant actress - can you imagine what she would think of rappers?

  • @imanihekima1659
    @imanihekima1659 Рік тому +2

    Is Connie Booth 'corpsing' at around 1:36, I wonder?

  • @emaayan
    @emaayan Рік тому +1

    2:11 she was close to breaking it ..

  • @damianroediger965
    @damianroediger965 2 роки тому +4

    God bless this lady actress she is amazing……only ever 12 episodes but they pump out 6 seasons of American crap….Connie and John should have been taken in by the British government and had a contact 6 episodes a year for 10 years.

  • @pauldunlea3669
    @pauldunlea3669 2 роки тому

    Way ahead of It's time

  • @pagrant
    @pagrant 6 років тому +7

    Your glasses are in there

  • @Raider577
    @Raider577 4 місяці тому

    2.09 see Connie Booth(Polly) trying not to laugh.

  • @elireloaded
    @elireloaded Рік тому

    Manager- C. K. What!

  • @Martdiva1979
    @Martdiva1979 3 роки тому +2

    0:24 🤣🤣
    1:15
    🤣🤣🤣🤣
    2:04

  • @jamesmclean6651
    @jamesmclean6651 Рік тому

    Testing Testing

  • @urmeemazher6319
    @urmeemazher6319 5 місяців тому

    Endearing battleaxe

  • @johnanthony6092
    @johnanthony6092 10 місяців тому

    I have both series on dvd....uncensored! Offers?

  • @Aurochhunter
    @Aurochhunter 5 місяців тому

    I know a younger woman who’s deaf, and needs glasses; fortunately she’s much more pleasant to be around.

  • @jamesmclean6651
    @jamesmclean6651 Рік тому

    Manager Manager

  • @adolphsanchez1429
    @adolphsanchez1429 Рік тому +1

    This is like a replay of when I sometimes talk to my disabled parent.

  • @hollyylloh515
    @hollyylloh515 Рік тому

    Stay positive with Sherpa 🤩😜😒🤬🤭🙏😛😜👻😊🇬🇧🧡🧐😭😛😂

  • @jamestulloch-knight7252
    @jamestulloch-knight7252 3 місяці тому +1

    You didn't say lavatory paper to Polly for a start. If you smoke clearly enough nicely and Mrs Richard you would have got what you want instantly. The great stupid old bint.

  • @maxwellsmart4422
    @maxwellsmart4422 4 роки тому +12

    I’m talking to you what

    • @Formula1Madx
      @Formula1Madx 4 роки тому

      What???

    • @marklynn5899
      @marklynn5899 4 роки тому +5

      No it's "I'm talking to you Watt"
      Mrs Richards mistaken the manager as Mr CK Watt after talking with Manuel

  • @7MatthewJames
    @7MatthewJames Рік тому +1

    Wanted to fight? I’ll give her a fight alright

  • @davidodonovan1699
    @davidodonovan1699 2 роки тому

    Lol

  • @JacobDTulio
    @JacobDTulio Рік тому

    She would have made a great Lady Bracknell.

  • @BrettCBCorr
    @BrettCBCorr 12 днів тому

    Who put them over there

  • @lyragaia1
    @lyragaia1 4 роки тому +6

    Would you like some of ours? lol

  • @pagrant
    @pagrant Рік тому

    address on it

  • @siredith8846
    @siredith8846 3 роки тому +1

    WHAT?