call room I beg your pardon
get ready for a stay at the Fawlty
Towers Hotel where the staff is
courteous but the manager is someone to
steer clear of well I must be punished
in must die welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Fawlty Towers moments you
snobs you stupid danke toffee-nosed
tough with it I’ve had class miles
number 10 the English Lord a touch of
class would you put both your names
please
well wouldn’t give me a date yeah I only
use one you don’t have a first name
you know I’m Lord Melbury so I simply
sign mail boy go away when a lord comes
to visit his hotel Basil Fawlty does all
he can to make his stay perfect
including ignoring the other guests
would you mind moving to that table I’m
so sorry to tell you
one such patron waits the entire episode
for a drink that hilariously never comes
gin and orange a lemon squash an
escutcheon water certain air right up
until the bitter end well thank you very
much your lordship ball process.if yes
I’m just talking to note Mel Radia
turned orange or lemon squash
of course the real comedy here is
Basil’s attempt to endear himself to the
Lord and he falls hard when he discovers
Melbury was a con artist all along
how are you Lord Melbury how are you
then
alright mate how’s me old mucker any
valuables deposits Richard any brick
wall number nine the hidden door
the builders money will tell us how are
you it’s nice today good goodbye
Manuel is left to oversee a group of
builders when mr. and mrs. Fawlty leave
on holiday do not know what to do I
think so this is the dining room you
Arthur than you know it looks pretty
straightforward we just gotta block this
one off being the bumbling non speaking
English sidekick character Manuel is
rarely in charge as he mostly serves as
a foil for Basil’s abuse shut up hey
shut up OCC shut up yes I understand
nobody please shut up you see I shut up
now well would a way shut up
this time however he’s attempting to
communicate with the builders while
taking calls from guests both of which
are hampered by his failure to master
the English language and you are a
hideous orangutang ultimately basil
returns to find that the renovations
have been cocked up naturally hey what
have you done with my hotel number eight
the health inspection basil the rat all
right shall I get you the wine list
in the final episode of the series the
future of the dysfunctional and subpar
Fawlty Towers is threatened by a health
inspection the health inspectors just
been things wrong with hotel we put the
right vitamark
in an attempt to make the place spotless
basil forces Manuel to get rid of his
pet rat no no no noise hamster look
cause it’s a rat you have rats in Spain
done Jordan Franco have a little shot
but it ends up scurrying about the hotel
instead in hot pursuit of the vermin
basil ruffles under a guest’s table and
through her purse which puts him into
conflict with a furious husband no
there’s something you’re getting my
dander up you rotten little man it’s
impossible not to laugh while watching
the tall and imposing John Cleese trying
to sneak around to save his own tails
bomb scare watch there’s been a bomb
scare bomb scare
yes yes that’s why he was searching in
your back he didn’t want to alone that’s
me I will be just one minute
thank you we had a call you see well
shouldn’t you get everybody out so
that’s why we were looking under your
table we just didn’t want to draw
number seven the lie the anniversary
well can you remember the last time she
did no I can’t believe my memory isn’t
very good you can say that again
oh thank you huh I forgot what it was
Basel has a bad track record for
remembering anniversaries so in the past
Sybil has had to remind him quite
forcefully that stir any memories in you
guys Oh
Mehmood I think Oh what n of us through
the Battle of Agincourt but this year
the grumpy hotel manager has something
planned
however he lets his wife stew in the
certainty that he is once again
forgotten
things of course backfire and she runs
off right before the party guests arrive
to help them celebrate everything all
right
bit of a bump just smoothing it out
instead of fessing up mr. Fawlty concoct
some fiction about her being terribly
sick and as per usual that quickly gets
out of hands
Sybil’s not here is she no no y-you see
I told you so I just saw her in the town
what number six
basil feels exposed the psychiatrist no
visitors in guest rooms after 10 o’clock
Oh
of the opposite sex a hotel owner that
is a little too preoccupied with the
business of his patrons basil becomes
obsessed with proving that an unmarried
man has snuck a woman into his room in
true Fawlty Towers tradition this leads
basil to nothing but trouble this wall
we had some complaints from downstairs
oh I’m just getting it a check yes it’s
fine
he uses a ladder to spy from the
second-story only to accidentally catch
a glimpse of a different couple which is
quite the surprise for our favorite
Hotel EUR
this situation isn’t just awkward it
also causes his wife to think he’s a
pervert
she tried to see God what he tried to
see in Rome to see girl she make him
crazy come come with a little help from
Manuel’s less than perfect English of
course hello yeah just going to well
number 5 preferential treatment the
hotel inspectors I see you have a wide
experience of hotels yes in my
professional activities I am in constant
contact with an are you are you really
yes Hotel inspectors have come to town
and Basel is trying to ferret out which
of his guests could be one of them after
a few cases of mistaken identity
he finally settles on the most obvious
candidate and attempts to make good
oh how absorbing for him much more
interesting than the a hooker inspector
unfortunately one of the more
rambunctious customers is complaining
out loud which leads basil to use his
signature charm to silence him if you
want to place you uh you want to come
around the hotel okay right just
artisans taking out a poly so I’ll have
the omelet I’m sore
come on punch it around at one point mr.
Fawlty even attempts to render the man
unconscious best part is that is sucking
up to the assumed inspectors was all for
naught
opening his fake no but not on the side
no I swear to God you I’ll tell you I
had nothing to do with this thank you
thank you so much
number four car troubles gourmet night
trouble after a usual series of mishaps
at the Fawlty Towers Hotel basil is
forced to dispense with this pre-planned
high-end menu and can only offer his
group of high-profile guests various
variations of duck so this is you on you
menu duck with orange duck with cherries
duck surprise what’s duck surprise
that’s duck without orange or cherries
he decides to go looking for other food
items but his car stalls and in one of
the series best known scenes basil
verbally attacks his car and proceeds to
hit it repeatedly with a tree branch
writes too often right well don’t say
I’m would you I’ve laid it on the line
to you time and time again it’s Cleese
at his finest using his physical comedy
to deliver a sound beating
number three the dead guests the kippur
and the corpse why Shay I say Boni he
doesn’t look it doesn’t look like the
ticket major um don’t say anything to
anybody
but he’s dead john cleese has described
Basil Fawlty as pretentious paranoid and
constantly yearning for a higher social
status so instead of doing what any
normal person would
after finding a corpse in his
establishment basil does his best to
hide the body and avoid the blame here
we are not a cast like Marvel isn’t it
tax payers paid millions each year to
get the money going strike it’s called
socialism but not without first
accidentally serving the Dead Guy
breakfast and then trying to dispose of
the body with as few of his guests
noticing as possible
Oh what she’s hysterical Oh spiffing
absolutely number two imaginary chef
Waldorf salad did you make me a Waldorf
salad
Oh Waldorf sound well I think but just
out of wool Dolph when a wealthy
American guest comes to stay late in the
evening and demands a Waldorf salad
basil is distraught when he chooses to
prepare the meal himself rather than pay
his chef the demanded overtime tell him
if he doesn’t get on the ball you’re
gonna bust his ass when his scheme which
involves pretending there’s a chef
working in the kitchen is discovered
oh you think these services I won’t even
think rhythm
the American and other guests take him
to task over his hotels subpar service
this leads to one of Basil’s most
hysterical breakdowns and a short-lived
walk off oh I have to put up with from
you people you pumps in here expecting
to be waiting on Adam for blue I’m
trying to run a hotel yeah have you any
idea of how much there is to do
do you ever feel you know I’ve caused up
you’re too busy sticking your noses into
every caller movie about four things to
complain about aren’t you before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions hello there’s nobody
bad
hello yes yes I know she is sharply you
see taught don’t worry by Michael yes
this is your wife
oh what a terrible dream Rancho
gentleman’s don’t mention the wall
number one Hitler walk the Germans good
cation if you can think of any more
things for me to do then hesitate to
call when his wife Sybil is in the
hospital
basil struggles to manage Fawlty Towers
by himself and between the hanging of
decorative Mooseheads the visiting
Germans the fires and the frying pans
basil ends up in the hospital with a
concussion what is the point of a fire
extinguisher it’s just ever Munson when
you actually have a fire when you
actually need the bloody see it glow
Jerry Wilson an impossible man he
returns to the hotel only to offend the
group of Germans at every turn Georgian
zabita Kennedy Dutch pleasure I’m sorry
could you say again you speak German
Oh German I’m sorry I thought there was
something wrong with you Oh despite his
pleas to the staff to avoid any mention
of the war he consistently brings it up
himself Oh difference is forgotten and
gonna need at all to mention the wall
right most shockingly this results in an
off-color imitation of Adolf Hitler’s
walk that drives the guests over the
edge and is reminiscent of the Ministry
of Silly Walks sketch from police’s
Monty Python days
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite Fawlty Towers moment
for more hilarious top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com you have absolutely no
sense of humor do you bloody boy
get ready for a stay at the Fawlty
Towers Hotel where the staff is
courteous but the manager is someone to
steer clear of well I must be punished
in must die welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 Fawlty Towers moments you
snobs you stupid danke toffee-nosed
tough with it I’ve had class miles
number 10 the English Lord a touch of
class would you put both your names
please
well wouldn’t give me a date yeah I only
use one you don’t have a first name
you know I’m Lord Melbury so I simply
sign mail boy go away when a lord comes
to visit his hotel Basil Fawlty does all
he can to make his stay perfect
including ignoring the other guests
would you mind moving to that table I’m
so sorry to tell you
one such patron waits the entire episode
for a drink that hilariously never comes
gin and orange a lemon squash an
escutcheon water certain air right up
until the bitter end well thank you very
much your lordship ball process.if yes
I’m just talking to note Mel Radia
turned orange or lemon squash
of course the real comedy here is
Basil’s attempt to endear himself to the
Lord and he falls hard when he discovers
Melbury was a con artist all along
how are you Lord Melbury how are you
then
alright mate how’s me old mucker any
valuables deposits Richard any brick
wall number nine the hidden door
the builders money will tell us how are
you it’s nice today good goodbye
Manuel is left to oversee a group of
builders when mr. and mrs. Fawlty leave
on holiday do not know what to do I
think so this is the dining room you
Arthur than you know it looks pretty
straightforward we just gotta block this
one off being the bumbling non speaking
English sidekick character Manuel is
rarely in charge as he mostly serves as
a foil for Basil’s abuse shut up hey
shut up OCC shut up yes I understand
nobody please shut up you see I shut up
now well would a way shut up
this time however he’s attempting to
communicate with the builders while
taking calls from guests both of which
are hampered by his failure to master
the English language and you are a
hideous orangutang ultimately basil
returns to find that the renovations
have been cocked up naturally hey what
have you done with my hotel number eight
the health inspection basil the rat all
right shall I get you the wine list
in the final episode of the series the
future of the dysfunctional and subpar
Fawlty Towers is threatened by a health
inspection the health inspectors just
been things wrong with hotel we put the
right vitamark
in an attempt to make the place spotless
basil forces Manuel to get rid of his
pet rat no no no noise hamster look
cause it’s a rat you have rats in Spain
done Jordan Franco have a little shot
but it ends up scurrying about the hotel
instead in hot pursuit of the vermin
basil ruffles under a guest’s table and
through her purse which puts him into
conflict with a furious husband no
there’s something you’re getting my
dander up you rotten little man it’s
impossible not to laugh while watching
the tall and imposing John Cleese trying
to sneak around to save his own tails
bomb scare watch there’s been a bomb
scare bomb scare
yes yes that’s why he was searching in
your back he didn’t want to alone that’s
me I will be just one minute
thank you we had a call you see well
shouldn’t you get everybody out so
that’s why we were looking under your
table we just didn’t want to draw
number seven the lie the anniversary
well can you remember the last time she
did no I can’t believe my memory isn’t
very good you can say that again
oh thank you huh I forgot what it was
Basel has a bad track record for
remembering anniversaries so in the past
Sybil has had to remind him quite
forcefully that stir any memories in you
guys Oh
Mehmood I think Oh what n of us through
the Battle of Agincourt but this year
the grumpy hotel manager has something
planned
however he lets his wife stew in the
certainty that he is once again
forgotten
things of course backfire and she runs
off right before the party guests arrive
to help them celebrate everything all
right
bit of a bump just smoothing it out
instead of fessing up mr. Fawlty concoct
some fiction about her being terribly
sick and as per usual that quickly gets
out of hands
Sybil’s not here is she no no y-you see
I told you so I just saw her in the town
what number six
basil feels exposed the psychiatrist no
visitors in guest rooms after 10 o’clock
Oh
of the opposite sex a hotel owner that
is a little too preoccupied with the
business of his patrons basil becomes
obsessed with proving that an unmarried
man has snuck a woman into his room in
true Fawlty Towers tradition this leads
basil to nothing but trouble this wall
we had some complaints from downstairs
oh I’m just getting it a check yes it’s
fine
he uses a ladder to spy from the
second-story only to accidentally catch
a glimpse of a different couple which is
quite the surprise for our favorite
Hotel EUR
this situation isn’t just awkward it
also causes his wife to think he’s a
pervert
she tried to see God what he tried to
see in Rome to see girl she make him
crazy come come with a little help from
Manuel’s less than perfect English of
course hello yeah just going to well
number 5 preferential treatment the
hotel inspectors I see you have a wide
experience of hotels yes in my
professional activities I am in constant
contact with an are you are you really
yes Hotel inspectors have come to town
and Basel is trying to ferret out which
of his guests could be one of them after
a few cases of mistaken identity
he finally settles on the most obvious
candidate and attempts to make good
oh how absorbing for him much more
interesting than the a hooker inspector
unfortunately one of the more
rambunctious customers is complaining
out loud which leads basil to use his
signature charm to silence him if you
want to place you uh you want to come
around the hotel okay right just
artisans taking out a poly so I’ll have
the omelet I’m sore
come on punch it around at one point mr.
Fawlty even attempts to render the man
unconscious best part is that is sucking
up to the assumed inspectors was all for
naught
opening his fake no but not on the side
no I swear to God you I’ll tell you I
had nothing to do with this thank you
thank you so much
number four car troubles gourmet night
trouble after a usual series of mishaps
at the Fawlty Towers Hotel basil is
forced to dispense with this pre-planned
high-end menu and can only offer his
group of high-profile guests various
variations of duck so this is you on you
menu duck with orange duck with cherries
duck surprise what’s duck surprise
that’s duck without orange or cherries
he decides to go looking for other food
items but his car stalls and in one of
the series best known scenes basil
verbally attacks his car and proceeds to
hit it repeatedly with a tree branch
writes too often right well don’t say
I’m would you I’ve laid it on the line
to you time and time again it’s Cleese
at his finest using his physical comedy
to deliver a sound beating
number three the dead guests the kippur
and the corpse why Shay I say Boni he
doesn’t look it doesn’t look like the
ticket major um don’t say anything to
anybody
but he’s dead john cleese has described
Basil Fawlty as pretentious paranoid and
constantly yearning for a higher social
status so instead of doing what any
normal person would
after finding a corpse in his
establishment basil does his best to
hide the body and avoid the blame here
we are not a cast like Marvel isn’t it
tax payers paid millions each year to
get the money going strike it’s called
socialism but not without first
accidentally serving the Dead Guy
breakfast and then trying to dispose of
the body with as few of his guests
noticing as possible
Oh what she’s hysterical Oh spiffing
absolutely number two imaginary chef
Waldorf salad did you make me a Waldorf
salad
Oh Waldorf sound well I think but just
out of wool Dolph when a wealthy
American guest comes to stay late in the
evening and demands a Waldorf salad
basil is distraught when he chooses to
prepare the meal himself rather than pay
his chef the demanded overtime tell him
if he doesn’t get on the ball you’re
gonna bust his ass when his scheme which
involves pretending there’s a chef
working in the kitchen is discovered
oh you think these services I won’t even
think rhythm
the American and other guests take him
to task over his hotels subpar service
this leads to one of Basil’s most
hysterical breakdowns and a short-lived
walk off oh I have to put up with from
you people you pumps in here expecting
to be waiting on Adam for blue I’m
trying to run a hotel yeah have you any
idea of how much there is to do
do you ever feel you know I’ve caused up
you’re too busy sticking your noses into
every caller movie about four things to
complain about aren’t you before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions hello there’s nobody
bad
hello yes yes I know she is sharply you
see taught don’t worry by Michael yes
this is your wife
oh what a terrible dream Rancho
gentleman’s don’t mention the wall
number one Hitler walk the Germans good
cation if you can think of any more
things for me to do then hesitate to
call when his wife Sybil is in the
hospital
basil struggles to manage Fawlty Towers
by himself and between the hanging of
decorative Mooseheads the visiting
Germans the fires and the frying pans
basil ends up in the hospital with a
concussion what is the point of a fire
extinguisher it’s just ever Munson when
you actually have a fire when you
actually need the bloody see it glow
Jerry Wilson an impossible man he
returns to the hotel only to offend the
group of Germans at every turn Georgian
zabita Kennedy Dutch pleasure I’m sorry
could you say again you speak German
Oh German I’m sorry I thought there was
something wrong with you Oh despite his
pleas to the staff to avoid any mention
of the war he consistently brings it up
himself Oh difference is forgotten and
gonna need at all to mention the wall
right most shockingly this results in an
off-color imitation of Adolf Hitler’s
walk that drives the guests over the
edge and is reminiscent of the Ministry
of Silly Walks sketch from police’s
Monty Python days
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite Fawlty Towers moment
for more hilarious top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com you have absolutely no
sense of humor do you bloody boy
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