"Fawlty Towers" Basil the Rat (TV Episode 1979) - Quotes - IMDb Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Mr. Carnegie : I think these premises do not come up to the standard required by this authority. Unless appropriate steps are taken instantly, I shall have no alternative but to prosecute or recommend closure to the appropriate committee of the council, uh, specifically: The lack of proper cleaning routines, dirty and greasy filters, greasy and encrusted deep fat fryer, dirty, cracked and stained food preparation surfaces, dirty, cracked and missing wall and floor tiles, dirty, marked and stained utensils, dirty and greasy interior surfaces of the ventilator hood... Basil Fawlty : Yes, about the deep fat fryer... Mr. Carnegie : ...inadequate temperature control and storage of dangerous foodstuffs, storage of cooked and raw meat in same trays, storage of raw meat above confectionery with consequent dripping of meat juices onto cream products, refrigerator seals loose and cracked, ice box undefrosted, and refrigerator overstocked...

"Fawlty Towers" Basil the Rat (TV Episode 1979) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error All Episodes (12) Next Basil and the rest of the staff are in deep trouble when the health inspector turns up and delivers an enormous list of problems with the hotel. Things become even worse when Manuel's rat gets loose in the hotel.

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Sybil sets about tidying up the place but when Basil visits Manuel's room, he finds that he has been keeping a pet rat thinking it was a hamster. When the inspector returns the next day, pandemonium reigns as the rat has now escaped and the Major is trying to hunt it down with his shotgun. Written by garykmcd 25 October 1979 (UK) See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The litany of violations that Mr. Carnegie (the health inspector) reads off to Basil and Sybil runs to 18 items. See more » Goofs When Basil and Sybil are talking to the public health inspector in the kitchen (on his second visit), Basil breaks two bottles of wine. When he removes the second bottle, there are two bottles remaining on the rack, but when the camera cuts away and then back when he breaks it, there is only one bottle left on the rack. See more » Quotes Ronald : [looking up at Basil who towers a foot above him] You know something? You're getting my dander up, you grotty little man! This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews Season 2: Not quite as good as the first season but still very funny and well delivered comedy that deserves its "classic" status (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews I recently watched season 1 of Fawlty Towers because I realised that I had not actually done so for quite some time. Yes the episodes were fresh in my head and I could easily quote sections of it but this was mostly down to seeing it used on clip shows etc. Coming to season 2 it was quite telling that only one or two of the episodes provide these clips because, put simply, the second season of the show is not quite as good as the first. The structure is the same and it is still very good but several of the episodes are of a slightly lower standard and are obviously so due to the very high standard of the series as a whole and the majority of the episodes here. Just so I can get my slightly reserved negativity out of the way, the specific problem I had was that a couple of the episodes seemed to rely on rather crude and obvious sexual material that would be more befitting the Carry On series than this. Specifically the psychiatrist episode suffers from this.

This is one episode but it happens a few times in others but generally they are strong enough to carry it. The situations are exaggerated and silly but this suits the character of Basil, here with the tragic nature of him played down slightly and the clown aspect played up. Each episode is one long panic and they are mostly very funny as events spin out of control. The writing here focuses on these events and reactions and, while still very funny, it must be said that there is less in the way of depth in terms of the deference to class, the snobby attitude and "tragic" nature of Basil  again all this is sort of played down to a certain extent. This criticism (minor as it is) is also an afterthought because mostly I was laughing at the comedy and the speed of it. The Anniversary episode didn't quite pull it off but the first episodes (with the hard of hearing woman and the missing money) starts things off really well and is followed by strong episodes such as the Waldorf Salad one and of course the one with the health inspector and Basil the pet rat. The cast play up to it very well but the star is of course Cleese.

Although he has a little less substance than before, he has done a lot of the work already so it doesn't show as a gap and he nails the physical comedy each and every time. Each reaction and each line is bang on and he is very funny to watch. Booth has a bit more to do and is funny for it but Sachs' is the most improved and is very funny again. Scales is good and a bit less separated from the mayhem than before as a character, while Hall's chef is a solid addition that helps some of the narrative. Season 2 may not be as good as I thought the first season was but it is still hard to fault and it is only in a few minor aspects that it doesn't work. Otherwise it is as frantic, as funny and as well written as it is famous for being and it is well worth revisiting if all you've done is see it as clips over the last few years. 10 of 16 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Fawlty Towers/Basil the Rat - The TV IV Fawlty Towers/Basil the Rat Fawlty Towers — Season Two Basil the Rat is the sixth episode of the second season of Fawlty Towers, and the twelfth episode overall. It is also the final episode of the series, although it aired seven months after the previous episode, 2x05 - The Anniversary . John Cleese claims he and Connie Booth thought long and hard on the order in which to write, shoot and air the episodes of the second season. As they did not intend to make a third season, their primary concern was how to end it. According to Cleese, there were just certain states he couldn't leave Basil Fawlty in. Although several episodes seem to close with logical endings for Basil ( 2x03 - Waldorf Salad and 2x04 - The Kipper and the Corpse among them), Cleese and Booth settled on this one: Basil, believing he is doomed, his 15 years as a hotel owner over, Fawlty Towers to be shut down forever, faints.

As the hapless Manuel drags his mentor and tormentor away, Sybil, acting casual, remarks, "I'm afraid it's started to rain again." The most fitting end Cleese and Booth could conceive of for this remarkable, legendary series. Guest Stars: John Quarmby (Mr Carnegie), Ballard Berkeley ( Major Gowen ), Brian Hall ( Terry ), Gilly Flower ( Miss Tibbs ), Renee Roberts ( Miss Gatsby ), David Neville (Ronald), Sabina Franklyn (Quentina), James Taylor (Mr Taylor), Melody Lang (Mrs Taylor), Stuart Sherwin (Guest) Contents 6 Reviews Plot Overview Government health inspector Mr. Carnegie visits Fawlty Towers and declares it filthy, but he gives Basil a day to clean everything up and avoid having his hotel closed down. Basil learns Manuel's pet "hamster" is really a rat, which simply must go before Carnegie returns. Polly claims to find Manuel's rat (named Basil) a good home, but secretly she, Manuel and Terry conspire to hide the rat in the shed. The next day, just before Carnegie arrives, the rat escapes and is spotted in the hotel.

Basil the Man poisons a piece of veal as bait, but the veal gets mixed in with the other, non-poisoned meat just as Carnegie orders veal for lunch. While Terry and Basil use the cat as a guinea pig for Carnegie's veal, everyone tries frantically to catch the loose rat. At last, Manuel catches Basil the Rat and hides him in the biscuits, just as those same biscuits are served to a very surprised Carnegie. Notes The sign reads, "FARTY TOWELS." The final "S" is halfway out of frame. Alternate Titles This episode was entitled "Rats" in the original TV listings and "Basil the Rat" in the 1980s VHS release and all subsequent releases. See 1x03 - The Wedding Party for an explanation of the alternate titles.

(See also: 1x05 - Gourmet Night , 2x01 - Communication Problems , 2x03 - Waldorf Salad and 2x04 - The Kipper and the Corpse .) Timeline When Sybil learns of Manuel's rat, she says to Basil, "Well, you mean he's had it for a whole year and you've only just found out?" In 1x06 - The Germans , Manuel claimed to have a hamster, but that took place three years prior to this episode by the timeline. However, as hamsters and rats alike have life spans of roughly two years, it is likely that Manuel had a hamster three years ago, and this "filigree Siberian hamster" was bought as a replacement for an earlier one, who died. Arc Advancement Happenings Characters Basil and Manuel : Manuel names his pet rat "Basil" - apparently as a tribute, although Basil takes it as an insult. This is further proof of the respect and affection Manuel has for Basil, even though Basil torments him. Referbacks 1x04 - Hotel Inspectors : Basil mentioned "the cat" in passing in that episode.

Their cat Puss is at last seen in this episode. 1x06 - The Germans : Manuel first mentioned his hamster in that episode, but this is the first time we've seen that he indeed has a hamster. Also in that episode, Major Gowen revealed his hatred of Germans. Thus, when Basil first sees the Major firing at "vermin," it is understandable he would think the Major was firing at Germans. Trivia The Show Behind the Scenes Family Connection: Melody Lang, who plays Mrs. Taylor, a guest at the hotel in this episode, is the real-life wife of Andrew Sachs , who plays Manuel. Donald Sinclair: When Quentina catches Basil checking her bag for the missing rat, Basil claims he is checking it due to a bomb scare. Donald Sinclair, the inspiration for Basil Fawlty, used the same excuse when he threw Eric Idle 's briefcase over a wall. (See also: At a Glance .) Delayed Filming: Due to a BBC strike - the result of a BBC executive punching a gaffer during a dispute - filming of this episode was delayed nearly two weeks, and the airing was delayed several months.

This gave the cast and crew several extra days of rehearsal, which they all appreciated and made the most of. As a result, this episode is the favorite and the favorite experience of many members of the cast, including Andrew Sachs , whose character Manuel has the largest role in this episode of any episode in the series. There is a certain irony, as in several episodes of the series - including this one - Basil and Major Gowen make references to the strikes occurring in Britain at that time. Allusions and References Ludwig Wittgenstein: When Basil gives Manuel a task to prepare for Mr. Carnegie's return, Manuel (as always) does not understand. Basil says, "It's not difficult, Manuel. This is not a proposition from Wittgenstein." Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century with his groundbreaking, influential work on logic, language and the mind. Francisco Franco: When Basil first tells Manuel his pet is a rat, Manuel argues it's a hamster. Basil replies, "Well, of course it's a rat. You have rats in Spain, don't you?

Or did Franco have them all shot?" Generalisimo Francisco Franco was the fascist dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. The Bubonic Plague: While arguing over the rat, Basil asks Manuel, "Have you ever heard of the bubonic plague, Manuel? It was very popular at one time. A lot of pedigreed hamsters came over on ships from Siberia." The bubonic plague is a highly infectious, deadly disease caused by bacteria which are spread through flea bites. The fleas typically infest rats but can pass on the infection to humans. Throughout the Middle Ages, various parts of Europe and Asia were frequently ravaged by the Black Death, the greatest pandemic in recorded human history, believed to have been the bubonic plague. One of the last widespread outbreaks in Europe was the Great Plague of London, which first started in April 1665 and lasted throughout the year and into the first few weeks of the next. By some estimates, one-fifth of the population of that city was killed in the outbreak. It is believed to have occurred because of the growth of the rat population in the city. Mastermind : Sybil tells Basil if Mr.

Carnegie sees the rat, he'll shut the hotel down, and Basil will have to get rid of it and make sure it doesn't return. Basil makes the snarky comment, "Can we get you on Mastermind, Sybil? Next contestant, Sybil Fawlty from Torquay, special subject: The bleedin' obvious." Mastermind was a highly popular quiz show in the UK from 1972 to 1997. It consisted of two rounds. In the first, the contestant answered questions on a special field of his or her expertise, and in the second, questions in general knowledge. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show : To conclude a confusing conversation with Major Gowen, Basil says, "Say good night to the folks, Gracie." This was a catchphrase used by the comedy straight man George Burns to the daffy, literalist comic (and Burns' real-life wife) Gracie Allen on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. Contrary to popular mythology, Gracie's response was always, "Good night," and never, "Good night, Gracie." John Cleese has claimed Burns and Allen as one of his comedy influences when he was growing up.

Annie Hall: To stall Ronald and Quentina while Basil checks Quentina's bag for the missing rat, Polly says, "La-di-da. Did you see Annie Hall? La-di-da!" The classic romantic comedy Annie Hall, directed by and starring Woody Allen , was a blockbuster hit on its release in 1977 that made an international feminist idol of its titular female lead, played by Diane Keaton , who said, "La-di-da," when she was nervous. It won four Oscars - including Best Picture and Best Actress for Keaton. Memorable Moments Quotes Manuel: I say to man in shop, "Is rat." He say, "No, no, no. Is a special kind of hamster. Is filigree Siberian hamster." Only one in shop. He make special price, only five pound. Basil: Have you ever heard of the bubonic plague, Manuel? It was very popular here at one time. A lot of pedigreed hamsters came over on ships from Siberia. Sybil: Basil, he's Manuel's pet. We have a duty to it. Perhaps we could find a home for him. Basil: All right, I'll put an ad in the papers.

"Wanted: Kind home for enormous, savage rodent. Answers to the name of 'Sybil.'" Manuel: Don't hit me! Always you hit me! Reviews no reviews yet Review Breakdown: A+: 1 A: 0 A-: 0 B+: 0 B: 0 B-: 0 C+: 0 C: 0 C-: 0 D: 0 F: 0 Fawlty Towers - the Best Bits [Archive] - PPRuNe Forums DBChopper 9th Jul 2003, 06:40 As I'm browsing JetBlast this evening, BBC2 are showing the episode of Fawlty Towers in which the male guest dies and Basil goes to extreme lengths to conceal the body (you know the one). It got me thinking - what is your favourite moment from this classic series? I think mine may be when the elderly deaf lady is complaining about the view and Basil replies, "Well what do you expect to see from the window of a Torquay guest house? The Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically..." (With apologies to John Cleese and Connie Booth for dialogue errors) Well - what's yours? The Germans. The Silly walk. The Major thinking the moose head can talk. But I do also like," Non, senor Fawlty, ees no Rat, ees Siberian Longtailed JHamsta." ;) Noah Zark. 9th Jul 2003, 07:20 The episode with the doctors, man and wife, one of whom is a psychiatrist. After watching Basil at his best, trying to be "normal", and being anything but, the psychiatrist murmers to his wife "There's enough material there for a convention!" treadigraph 9th Jul 2003, 07:56 The bit where Cleese squats down, pulls his jacket over his head and jumps up and down... Or. when he examines Lord Melbury's collateral: yuo know, the bricks... Any bit with the Major... Noah Zark.

9th Jul 2003, 08:12 Answering the 'phone whilst looking at Polly's drawings "Fawlty Titties" And of course, 'Gourmet Night', where he lashes his car with a tree branch. I've come close to trying it on my motor a time or two! Wedge The Major is just hilarious.....from tonight's episode: "I say, he doesn't look quite the ticket does he?" "Major, don't tell anyone but he's dead." "Ahhhhhh.......Shot was he?" John Cleese goosestepping in don't mention the war Onan the Clumsy Got to be John Cleese and the car Right. I'll give you THREE SECONDS. One...Two...That's IT Whack whack I believe the die cast model that Corgi made has The car, Basil and the tree branch. Slasher * "...or..or would you care for a rat?" (Inspector) * "I wouldnt even board my dog here!" "Fussey is he?

Poodle?" (American Tourists) * The scene where Basil beats up his Morris 1100 with a tree branch (Gourmet Night) * "Rosewood? Mahoganey? Teak? What do you want your breakfast tray made out of?" (Kippers) PPRuNe Radar 9th Jul 2003, 09:09 Can't believe that Slasher's favourite bit isn't when Fawlty reaches around with his paint covered hand looking for the light switch and plants them on an attractive Shiela's breasts ;) Belgian Chap 9th Jul 2003, 09:12 What about the american guest asking for a Waldorf Sallad (after the cook had gone home) Basil: 'ehm, frightfully sorry sir, but we ran out of Waldorf...' Andrew M the german: You started it Basil: No you started it ! You invaded poland ! DC Meatloaf 9th Jul 2003, 12:59 I think one of the funniest scenes in television history is that bit in "The Germans" beginning with Sybil calling to remind Basil to hold the fire drill.

From there we get the confusion about the burglar alarm and the fire alarm, Manuel setting a real fire in the kitchen only to be locked back in the kitchen by Basil who doesn't think he understands what a fire drill is ("No fire, only bell"), then Basil realizing there actually is a fire and not being able to set off the fire alarm because he's lost the key (and promptly uses the ringing phone to smash the alarm). The pace of the whole scene, culminating in Basil shooting himself in the face with the fire extinguisher and waking up the next morning in the hospital, is just exquisite. Hmmmm...now I've got to track down that DVD.... paulc German : why do you keep mentioning the war Basil : well, you started it German : no we did not Basil : yes you did , you invaded Poland Classic one liner - still very funny and totally un pc witchdoctor 9th Jul 2003, 15:48 In The Health Inspector; Manuel squats down in one of the outbuildings where he has obviously hidden his 'jhamster', quick look around............"Basil".

Or Major walking calmly past reception in the background of the shot carrying his shotgun to the bar and Basil doing that double-take. Also love the Gourmet Night incident with the car - absolutely priceless!:D Anthony Carn 9th Jul 2003, 16:25 The car beating's been mentioned, apart from the magic line, whilst frantically wagging his finger at the car....."Right ! That's it ! I've had just about enough of you ! I'm going to give you a jolly good thrashing !" Anyway, at risk of censorship, nothing offensive intended (hey, it appeared on the show !)... Basil chatting to the Major mentions W@<hidden> Major - "W@<hidden> !!!??? They were'nt W@<hidden>, Fawlty !! They were C@<hidden>@<hidden> !!" ROFL :D (Edited to sort out the automated asterisks - ooer !) iainpoll 9th Jul 2003, 16:45 Yes that was funny, but get it right - The major had taken his girlfriend to see India - at the Oval!

The major thought it was strange that she kept calling the Indians n**@<hidden>@<hidden> - You can't call them n**@<hidden>@<hidden> exclaims the major! These people are w@<hidden>! :O :O :O It goes on; Major: Funny woman though, she went off to powder her ears or something, and never came back.. Basil: How extraordinary. Major: I wish she would though, she's still got my wallet!! Pure genius.. "Meester Fawlty, I no wanna work here no more!" Basil finally losing it with Sybil: "Now listen here you rancorous old sow"!!!!! I remember spending a night in an hotel in Miami, watching the telly, where the public funded channel showed 'em all, back to back, farty towels heaven! Anthony Carn Thanks iainpoll -- we'll share penalty points - deal ?

:uhoh: iainpoll 9th Jul 2003, 16:59 Sybil on catching Basil fondling the Aussie womans breast; 'Do you really think, even in your wildest dreams, that a girl like this would possibly be interested in an ageing brilliantine stilck insect like you. If you want to grope the guests at least have the decency to do it in private hmm'. ROFL Shaggy Sheep Driver 9th Jul 2003, 17:38 Yes! Yes! Most of those posted here are excellent. Agree that The Major had some good lines; I particularly liked the one in 'The Americans' when Basil is haranguing the assembled guests in reception, and the American verbally lays into him..."this is the worst, most badly run hotel it has ever been my misfortune to stay in!" "No!" bristles the Major. "I'll not have that! There's a place in Eastbourne......" Brilliant, brilliant writing, production, acting. Where is such stuff today?

SSD Binoculars 9th Jul 2003, 18:05 To me a few of the funniest parts were visual gags, somewhat more difficult to describe than spoken lines. I'll take a shot at a couple. Manuel left alone at reception, answers phone, saying " No Noo, he not here... see?" *Holds phone at arms length and pans around the foyer* Polly telling Sybil that Basil won his money on a horse, trying to remember the name of the horse (Dragonfly) while Basil mimes frantically in the background to jog her memory. In the "black handprint on the aussie girl's boob" episode, after Basil has tried to explain compromising situations away by tapping on walls etc; "just checking the walls, dear", he finally resorts to climbing up a ladder to try to catch the young couple at it, and gets sprung at the window. His eyes widen, and he starts tapping on the window. Meaningless unless you've seen it, but it broke me up completely. As for lines, going back to the Dragonfly episode, Basil beseeches Manuel to tell Sybil the truth about the horse having previously sworn him to silence.

The conspiratorial smile, the slight clearing of the throat, then, so proudly; "I know nothing! Nothing!" Priceless. Have to say the first time I saw Flowery Twats and realised it was a perfect anagram I missed the first five minutes of the show I was laughing so hard. angels 9th Jul 2003, 18:12 All of the above are hilarious. What can you say? And to think there were only 12 episodes ever made! Bino has alluded to one of my favourite bits. The ladder scene. It's not only the eyes that get me, it's the bit where he gradually topples backwards. Cut to the garden and groaning Basil being extricated from beneath the ladder by Manuel. Dialogue? Probably when his horse has won and Sybil catches him singing in the kitchen. 'You seem happy Basil' 'Oh not me, light of my darkness, but I'll tell you if it happens. Just my way of getting through the day -- the Samaritans were enagaged.' Superb.

"Eets no rrat, ees pedigree Siberian Hhhammster" "They put Baseel in the ratatouille?!" And the scene where Basil thinks a guest wants a late night chemist to buy condoms, where really he's after batteries for his razor... And the scene where Manuel is squatting over Basil, who's lying unconscious on the floor (having just been whacked on the head with a frying pan). Manuel is saying "I lurrve you Meester Fawlty", just as some guests come in the front door... And... 9th Jul 2003, 18:54 What a good thread DBC. Every post brings a happy memory to all Fawlty Fans. Picking up on Bino's visual theme, the closing scene of the inspectors when basil offers the tin of cheese biscuits and Manuel's Jhamster appears.. Basil passes out and as the credits roll we see manuel holding the unconscious Basil by his ankles and dragging him into the kitchen ...

Brilliant stuff.:D Bootlegger 9th Jul 2003, 18:58 I think its called "the builders"...or something like that.....Manuel has just been thrashed by Basil, and is walked through the door by the major, manuel looking like a chimp. Also the quote " O'Riley, WE'RE going to do the best days work YOU'VE ever done".........Every episode a classic !!!! :ok: iainpoll 9th Jul 2003, 19:13 [QUOTE]And the scene where Manuel is squatting over Basil, who's lying unconscious on the floor (having just been whacked on the head with a frying pan). Manuel is saying "I lurrve you Meester Fawlty", just as some guests come in the front door... And... Basil's hands slowly appear and wrap themselves around Manuels neck...... Also in the Hotel Inspector episode, after Basil has thrown the guy who sells spoons, who he thought was the hotel inspector out of the hotel (with a custard pie, and a suitcase full of cream), the real inspectors walk in.

Basil with a big grin says, 'and what can I do for you three gentlemen.................AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH':} :} arthur harbrow 9th Jul 2003, 19:35 Going back to Binos post where Sybil asks Polly the name of the horse and Basil points to his flies and Polly says small. Jinkster 9th Jul 2003, 19:46 I speaka english, how are you - says manuel when the moose is on the desk :ok: When the old lady is complaining about the view and Basils says thats torquay did you want it to be Monte Carlo...... Very funny. All of them Another very well done British Comedy :ok: Jinkster Ozzy 9th Jul 2003, 20:14 Basil is typing the menu, Sybil is ranting at him about something, he says: "sometimes I wake up and think I might be having a nightmare" Then proceeds to whack his head off a book on the desk a few times. Looks up: "No it's real" brilliant (sorry for wrong dialogue, but you get the gist.

Ozzy Sybil: "Are you still here?" Basil: "No, I left five minutes ago, but I expect I'll be back soon..." To the matron in the hospital "My god, you're ugly" and later, "It's not a doctor you want, dear, it's a plastic surgeon..." iainpoll Sybil; Basil, did you take the dead Pigeons out of the water tank? Basil; No dear I left them in, they're nearly done! :p 9th Jul 2003, 21:59 Basil finds someone going through the food in the kitchen. Basil Fawlty: Sybil, may I introduce the gentleman who's just opened the self-service department here. Mr...? Mr. Carnegie: Carnegie. Basil Fawlty: Mr. Carnegie, the scavenger gourmet from...? [Mr. Carnegie: The Public Health department. Manuel wants to keep his pet rat. Manuel: Mrs. Fawlty, please understand. If he go, I go! Basil Fawlty: Well, goodbye! Sybil suggests a way to get rid of Manuel's rat.

Sybil Fawlty: Perhaps it would be simplest to have him put to s-l-e-e-p. Basil Fawlty: Who? Him or the rat? I could get a discount if we get them both done. O'Reilly: The problem with you, Mr. Fawlty, is that you worry too much. You keep it up like this, you'll have a stroke before fifty. Stone dead you'll be. Basil Fawlty: Suits me. O'Reilly: Oh! That's a dreadful thing to say. Basil Fawlty: Not at all. Get a bit of peace. O'Reilly: Don't be so morbid. The Good Lord made the world so that we could all enjoy ourselves. Basil Fawlty: Look, my wife enjoys herself. I worry. O'Reilly: Well, let me tell you, if the Lord had meant us to worry, he would have given us things to worry about. Basil Fawlty: HE HAS! MY WIFE!! She will be back here in four hours and she can kill a man at ten paces with one blow of her tongue! How am I supposed not to worry?

O'Reilly: Just remember, Mr. Fawlty, there's always somebody worse off than yourself. Basil Fawlty: Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a laugh. O'Reilly: You'll have to worry for the both of us. I tell you, if the Good Lord--- Basil Fawlty: ---is mentioned ONCE more, I shall move you closer to him! Mrs Richards: I expected to see the sea. Basil Fawlty: You can see the sea, it is over there between the land and the sky. Mrs Richards: You call that a view? Basil Fawlty: Well perhaps you should consider moving to a hotel closer to the sea, preferably in it. Ozzy Basil: "Hard day under the hairdryer my little nest of vipers?" Ozzy Other great lines from Basil: Basil: Always reminds me of somebody machine-gunning a seal. Major: The heat? Basil: No, no. My wife's laugh. Sybil: Don't shout at me. I've had a difficult morning. Basil: Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the eiderdown again?

Not enough cream in your eclair? Hmm? Or did you have to talk to all your friends for so long that you didn't have time to perm your ears? Ronald, a young boy, complains about the fries. Ronald: They're the wrong shape. Basil: Oh dear. What shape do you usually have? Mickey Mouse shape? Smarties shape? Amphibious landing craft shape? Poke in the eye shape? Basil is just trying to fix a stuffed head of a moose on the wall when the telephone rings. It is Sybil. Basil: Yes, Fawlty Towers, yes, hello? ... I was just doing it, you stupid woman. I just put it down to come here to be reminded by you to do what I'm already doing! I mean what's the point of reminding me to do what I'm already doing. I mean what is the bloody point?! I'm doing it, aren't I!? Wing Root Basil "Is this a piece of your brain?" teedub 9th Jul 2003, 22:43 the episode with the hard of hearing old lady/vase/dragonfly horse etc..........

cut to the bedroom scene after basil's comments about the view ......he gets fed up with her whittering so goes into mime mode, mouthing his reply, she of course keeps on saying "what" "what" and slowly cranking up her hearing aid..........basil strains and streches his mouth as he fakes increasing the volume of his voice promting her to crank that baby right up, along with our excitment and tension as we just know whats comming next from his devious yet genuis mind......... just a were ready to burst he screems into her hearing aid satisfying our lust.....truly comic genius....is it just me and nostalgia or is the comedy around today not even close?? Shaggy Sheep Driver "That was your life, mate". "Do I get another go?" "Nope". MMEMatty 9th Jul 2003, 23:45 an visual gag, hard to describe, but Basil is talking to some guests that are just checking in, and shouts "Manuel!

Take these guests bags up to room 14" Manuel: "Que?" then, basil holds up a card with a picture of a bag on it, then an arrow pointing up, then the number 14. Realisation dawns accross Manuel's face and he scuttles off "aah si si si" or: "Right, so thats one Ham Salad, one Hermann Goering, one Joseph Goebbels and an Adolf Hitler. ....... SORRY! Sorry, got a bit confused there" Matty Grainger 10th Jul 2003, 00:58 Right at the end of the episode with the dead body and the kipper there is a masterpiece of timing. After a day fraught with cockups, the lobby is filling up with dissatisfied guests. No way out. Then Basil spots the laundry basket which had previously contained the dead body. Basil flips open the basket lid, turns to the open hotel door and shouts "Laundry's ready !!" before jumping into the basket and closing the lid. Two laundry guys come in, pick up the basket and carry Basil to safety through the angry mob, leaving Sybil shouting: "Basil ! ... Basil !! ... Basil !!!

... Basil !!!! ... " Basil: You are two doctors? Mrs Abbott: Yes. Basil: Well, how did you become two doctors? That's most unusual. I mean, did you take the exams twice, or ...? Mr Abbott: No, my wife is a doctor. Mrs Abbott: I'm a doctor! Basil: You're a doctor, too! So you're three doctors :O :O 10th Jul 2003, 03:15 Yes, it is, without a shadow of doubt, the best comedy ever. The scene in the "Mrs. Richards" episode, where, after pretending her hearing aid hs failed totally, Basil screams at the poor Mrs Richards, who bangs her head on the shelf under which she's standing. Basil then picks something off the floor, and shows it to Mrs Richards, asking "is this a piece of your brain?" :D Other brilliants scenes are.....

"Oh what a terrible dream" "outboard motors??!!" "got her cardie did you?" (to the moose) "I'm going to give you the shirt off my back" the "sometimes I don't shave and that's disbusting too" scene And many many more! PS Who's going to start a "Dad's Army - the Best Bits" thread :} PPRuNe Radar PS Who's going to start a "Dad's Army - the Best Bits" thread Could be a contender for the shortest thread ever ;) witchdoctor 10th Jul 2003, 05:11 TKF Are you on a second life or something? It was vaguely amusing, but not exactly side-splittingly funny. Totally different class. You'll be suggesting the highlights of Are You Being Served next.;) Only kidding.:O Noah Zark. 10th Jul 2003, 06:01 It just shows the quality of the writing, acting, casting, et al, when having seen all twelve episodes, time and again, it is still funny. Nothing made today even gets off the starting blocks.

Andrew M "Dad's Army - the Best Bits" Hey, imagine the Beeb released this as a video cassette. That would be one very short video :D spork Deaf Lady: I've booked a room with a bath and a sea view. Manuel: Que? Thanks for starting the thread some memories here, another two for you. Basil: "Have you seen my wife make toast?" Mimes a dragon breathing onto the bread. And on of my favourites which I'll admit to using... Basil hitting Maunel. "Try to understand, before one of us dies" Kwasi_Mensa 10th Jul 2003, 17:20 Guest: "Is there anywhere they do French food?" Basil: "Yes, France, I believe. They seem to like it there. And the swim would certainly sharpen your appetite. You'd better hurry, the tide leaves in six minutes." Basil: "Can't we get you on Mastermind, Sybil? Next contestant Sybil Fawlty from Torquay, special subject: the bleeding obvious." iainpoll 10th Jul 2003, 17:39 Amazing sit-com - brilliantly written and acted.

Only two series, 4 years apart. 12 episodes, and not a single bad one - although everyone has their favourite:8 Part of me wished they had done more, but maybe that is the point - the series was left alone with people wanting more...most sit-coms are flogged to death..Only Fools and Horses being an example. Fawlty Towers therefore became a legend. Does anyone remember it first time round (I was too young)? Was it considered funny at the time, or did it grow on people? Basil to guest; We have a Spanish waiter we are training, he's from Barcelona. Basil; MANUEL Basil; What? Yes, well it would be quicker to train an APE!!!! Iain Sybil: "Why did you put him there then?" Basil: "Well he wouldn't fit in the safe and all the drawers were full!" Gourmet Night: Basil: (lowering glass onto counter) "I see................AAARRRGGGGGGH!...sorry! sorry......" American Tourists: Basil lowers 2 plates of lamb dinner on front counter while greeting American tourists.

Guest who wanders out of dining room: "Are those ours?" Basil: "Not yet." Basil: This is...typical. Absolutley typical. The kind of.....ARSE I have to put up from you people! You poonce in here expecting to be waited on hand and foot while I'm trying to run a hotel here! Have you any idea of how hard that is? You busy yourselves with nothing better to do than sticking your nose into other peoples business! Well let me tell you something! This is EXACTLEY how Nazi Germany started! A lot of lay-abouts with nothing better to do! Well I've had enough of pandering to the likes of you! Pack your bags, and GET OUT!" Guest: "But its raining!" Basil: "Well you shouldve thought of that before! Come on! Rous! Rous! Rous!....." Kestrel_909 10th Jul 2003, 21:29 The Germans has to be one of the best episodes. Has me in stictches all the way through, right from the start.

Especially when Fawlty is talking to the Major about Sybil, women and the Indians.:ok: "Your ordeurves...ordeurs orders which must be obeyed at all times." In a German accent. Don't you just love British Comedy?:O John (Gary) Cooper 10th Jul 2003, 22:25 :D God I'm cracked up here! Thanks for reminding us, the funniest thing ever to appear on TV. Strange actually 'cause my wife could never see anything funny in Fawlty at all, Sybil yes, but the tears used to roll down my cheeks the first time round and they still do, I could never get enough of it. The Aussie 'Sheila' bit with the light switch, what a corker! Everyone a Brahma! The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on Veehd Lord of The Rings II - Two Towers Uncut divx While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum the divided fellowship makes a stand against Saurons new ally Saruman and his hordes of Isengard......

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0:28:36 - 330.07mb - 3 years ago - 82 views - posted by WhoLady Fawlty Towers S1E4 The Hotel Inspectors (1975) flash Series 1 Episode 4 ---10 October 1975--- "The Hotel Inspectors" ---When Basil hears of hotel inspectors roaming Torquay incognito he realises with horror that guests he has been... 0:28:47 - 332.98mb - 3 years ago - 73 views - posted by WhoLady Fawlty Towers S1E3 The Wedding Party (1975) flash Series 1 Episode 3 ---3 October 1975---"The Wedding Party" ---Basil gets annoyed when a young flirtatious couple start "hanky-pankying" under his nose and tries to avoid the...

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Build an exact replica of Fawlty towers if there isnt a suitable building already. (Alternatively buy the Gleneagles hotel, an experience in which the series was based on). Staff this with actors who have studied the characters from the series in great detail, and whom, if possible, have been selected to look like Cleese et al. (007 commitments will make the man himself unavailable for the job) More actors could play the regular guests like Major Gowen and those old ladies. Entertainment would come from watching scenes from the series occurring before your eyes as you walk through the lobby, sit in the dining room, etc, but also from enjoying the hospitality of Basil Fawlty (ie. The actors/staff would remain in character at all, even when not quoting the series verbatim.) Although I envisaged this as a means to attract guests, advertising it as a normal hotel and relying on word of mouth might be better, certainly, watching the reactions of the unsuspecting holidaymaker when confronted with Fawlty would be entertaining for those already 'in the loop'.

It occurs to me that it might be rather fun also to have a Monty Python themed hotel; A giant foot hovering in the lobby, that descends on the hour, themed rooms for each of the films, the songs playing in the elevators, a naked man playing an organ in the resturant, and other such high jinx.* However I am reluctant to post this as a seperate idea. It's to close to this idea and both are a little 'WICTTISOTTVPWIBNIIWR'. So here it is; as a coda to the Fawlty themed hotel concept. Expand as you like... *A Python-esque safari park in the style of the Zulu scene from 'Meaning of life' would be great fun. "A tiger?!, In Basingstoke? !" —

Question: In Fawlty Towers what was the name of Manuel's pet hamster/rat?
Answer: Basil