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Fawlty Towers rewatch - episodes 1.5 and 1.6
trevor travis	#1 Posted on 23-11-2022 14:32
Alpha Grade Posts: 2761 Joined: 16.01.22	The episodes: (1.5) Gourmet Night and (1.6) The Germans The date: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 The time: 7.45pm and 8.20pm UK time respectively Dailymotion links (in case you haven't got these otherwise) Gourmet Night: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7l...eo/x7lt39u The Germans: https://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/...ist/x6hm5r Vote Og.


Cygnus Bazza	#2 Posted on 23-11-2022 16:27
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Back-to-back brilliance. Simple as that. If prehistory's your thing, the John Cleese-penned episode of Doctor At Large called 'No Ill Feeling' is on YouTube - that's where he gave the basic idea of Fawlty Towers its first run-out (1971, I think): brusque hotel owner (the ubiquitous Timothy Bateson - a familiar face) with a domineering wife; plus the two old ladies are prototyped. And because all roads lead to B7, Roy Kinnear's in it. It's not terribly funny but rather intriguing.


OneSparePart	#3 Posted on 23-11-2022 18:28
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Looking forward to one of my all time favourite scenes in any sitcom. I can speak Eenglish. I lairn eet from-a-boook Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


M1795537OCVirn	#4 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:38
Admin Posts: 4901 Joined: 14.01.22	Phew, TT, you were cutting it fine with posting the thread! Thanks for the links, and thanks for setting it all up for us. Let the mayhem commence. Hi, OSP, and CB. "You're not sulking, I hope?"


Cygnus Bazza	#5 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:40
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Hello. Who's for duck?


Cygnus Bazza	#6 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:42
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Psychosomatic I know, but I'm actually feeling a bit peckish.


OneSparePart	#7 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:43
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Hello M'Virn. Hello CB.Hello TT. Tonight on The Waltons.... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


M1795537OCVirn	#8 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:43
Admin Posts: 4901 Joined: 14.01.22	The humour in this sort of stuff doesn't really date, even if the fashions and technology change. It's just desperately accurate observation of human nature. "You're not sulking, I hope?"


OneSparePart	#9 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:44
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ Psychosomatic I know, but I'm actually feeling a bit peckish. Not me. Just finished my lobby. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


M1795537OCVirn	#10 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:45
Admin Posts: 4901 Joined: 14.01.22	Sorry you're hungry CB, I'd offer some Prawn cocktail Pringles, but I don't think you'd accept. "You're not sulking, I hope?"


OneSparePart	#11 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:45
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Shades of Clockwise in this opener. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


Cygnus Bazza	#12 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:45
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑ Sorry you're hungry CB, I'd offer some Prawn cocktail Pringles, but I don't think you'd accept. I have standards. Have we started?


trevor travis	#13 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:46
Alpha Grade Posts: 2761 Joined: 16.01.22	STARTED! Vote Og.


Cygnus Bazza	#14 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:46
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	It's the hope that kills you.


OneSparePart	#15 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:46
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	M1795537OCVirn wrote: ↑ Sorry you're hungry CB, I'd offer some Prawn cocktail Pringles, but I don't think you'd accept. Even Kettle are doing a prawn cocktail option... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


trevor travis	#16 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:47
Alpha Grade Posts: 2761 Joined: 16.01.22	OK, both these episodes are a 10. I'll confirm that now rather than later! Vote Og.


Cygnus Bazza	#17 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:47
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Manuel's facial expression as he cops that slap is priceless.


Cygnus Bazza	#18 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:48
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	trevor travis wrote: ↑ OK, both these episodes are a 10. I'll confirm that now rather than later! No arguments from me.


Cygnus Bazza	#19 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:49
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Is Kurt a Greek name?


Cygnus Bazza	#20 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:50
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Andre - I'm getting big Andre Previn vibes.


OneSparePart	#21 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:50
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ trevor travis wrote: ↑ OK, both these episodes are a 10. I'll confirm that now rather than later! No arguments from me. You may get an argument from me... Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


Cygnus Bazza	#22 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:51
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	This lad is absolutely first-class as the spoilt brat.


trevor travis	#23 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:51
Alpha Grade Posts: 2761 Joined: 16.01.22	Basil vs spoilt brat! Vote Og.


Cygnus Bazza	#24 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:51
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	OneSparePart wrote: ↑ Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ trevor travis wrote: ↑ OK, both these episodes are a 10. I'll confirm that now rather than later! No arguments from me. You may get an argument from me... I'm surprised you can hear any of the dialogue, to be honest...


M1795537OCVirn	#25 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:52
Admin Posts: 4901 Joined: 14.01.22	You don't get many 'Ronalds' these days, do you? "You're not sulking, I hope?"


Cygnus Bazza	#26 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:52
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Why has Basil got a Henry Kissinger fixation?


OneSparePart	#27 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:53
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ OneSparePart wrote: ↑ Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ trevor travis wrote: ↑ OK, both these episodes are a 10. I'll confirm that now rather than later! No arguments from me. You may get an argument from me... I'm surprised you can hear any of the dialogue, to be honest... I am sitting very close to the telly. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


Cygnus Bazza	#28 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:53
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	I've always loved the term 'riff-raff'. Name of an AC/DC track, as it happens.


Cygnus Bazza	#29 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:54
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	OneSparePart wrote: ↑ Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ OneSparePart wrote: ↑ Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ trevor travis wrote: ↑ OK, both these episodes are a 10. I'll confirm that now rather than later! No arguments from me. You may get an argument from me... I'm surprised you can hear any of the dialogue, to be honest... I am sitting very close to the telly. In the front row again, then...


OneSparePart	#30 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:54
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ Why has Basil got a Henry Kissinger fixation? Henry Kissinger, How I'm missing ya and wishing you were here! Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


Cygnus Bazza	#31 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:55
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	You can always trust Basil not to gather critical information when he has the opportunity.


M1795537OCVirn	#32 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:57
Admin Posts: 4901 Joined: 14.01.22	Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ You can always trust Basil not to gather critical information when he has the opportunity. An object lesson in self-absorption. "You're not sulking, I hope?"


OneSparePart	#33 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:57
Alpha Grade Posts: 4219 Joined: 16.01.22	Sybil's got a big hairdo tonight Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!


Cygnus Bazza	#34 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:57
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	OneSparePart wrote: ↑ Cygnus Bazza wrote: ↑ Why has Basil got a Henry Kissinger fixation? Henry Kissinger, How I'm missing ya and wishing you were here! Now that IS an obscure reference! Excellent!


trevor travis	#35 Posted on 23-11-2022 19:57
Alpha Grade Posts: 2761 Joined: 16.01.22	"Oh sorry, didn't see you down there" Vote Og.


Cygnus Bazza	#36 Posted on 23-11-2022 20:00
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Basil would never survive in the age of TripAdvisor.


Cygnus Bazza	#37 Posted on 23-11-2022 20:01
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Basil flying through those swing doors is a beautiful moment of physical comedy.


Cygnus Bazza	#38 Posted on 23-11-2022 20:01
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	Is this the episode where Manuel is physically assaulted the most?


trevor travis	#39 Posted on 23-11-2022 20:02
Alpha Grade Posts: 2761 Joined: 16.01.22	It's all getting out of control as usual! Vote Og.


Cygnus Bazza	#40 Posted on 23-11-2022 20:03
Alpha Grade Posts: 1401 Joined: 14.06.22	You'd think Sybil would take a moment to wipe the food out of Basil's hair... And that's a hell of a head thud.

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