Fawlty Towers

[youvalss]

I don't know if u guys like British humor, but I do. Fawlty Towers is one of the funniest shows ever imo. I think John Cleese is a genius.
Here are some of the best moments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlBP4ahXQ2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ3cmoyiYaM

[callmetaternuts]

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I LOVE that show. Used to watch it at my grandma's house many moons ago, and i bought the DVD set a few years back. Its definitely the great, dry humor.

[youvalss]

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I LOVE that show. Used to watch it at my grandma's house many moons ago, and i bought the DVD set a few years back. Its definitely the great, dry humor.

Great! BTW I've added another vid

[JayBee74]

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I love John Cleese but did not like "Faulty Towers". I watched about 4 or 5 episodes with my HUGE FAN BROTHER and found them BORING.

[youvalss]

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I love John Cleese but did not like "Faulty Towers". I watched about 4 or 5 episodes with my HUGE FAN BROTHER and found them BORING.

Fawlty, not Faulty. Well, watching it and getting bored is probably because many Americans don't like British humor. Personally I love it! I also liked "Are you being served?" and "Yes, prime minister". I guess I like both British and American humors.

[JayBee74]

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Fawlty, not Faulty. Well, watching it and getting bored is probably because many Americans don't like British humor. Personally I love it! I also liked "Are you being served?" and "Yes, prime minister". I guess I like both British and American humors.

I loved "Monty Python" and the British "Office", but Cleese's role in "Fawlty"Towers wasn't to my liking at all. I guess it's possible to like British humor but not ALL British humor.

[youvalss]

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I loved "Monty Python" and the British "Office", but Cleese's role in "Fawlty"Towers wasn't to my liking at all. I guess it's possible to like British humor but not ALL British humor.

Agree.

[SPTO]

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I've seen a few episodes of Fawlty Towers and it's pretty good. I like Cleese's relationship with the Spanish help. (Manuel I believe?) I absolutely LOVED Are you Being Served? and I think its humor has seeped into American humor. Just look at old episodes of Night Court and you'll see that it's more or less a toned down (and different situation) version of AYBS?. I even watched a few episodes of Are you Being Served Again? which had the characters at an old country inn. Unfortunately it just didn't have the panache of the original series.

[youvalss]

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I've seen a few episodes of Fawlty Towers and it's pretty good. I like Cleese's relationship with the Spanish help. (Manuel I believe?) I absolutely LOVED Are you Being Served? and I think its humor has seeped into American humor. Just look at old episodes of Night Court and you'll see that it's more or less a toned down (and different situation) version of AYBS?. I even watched a few episodes of Are you Being Served Again? which had the characters at an old country inn. Unfortunately it just didn't have the panache of the original series.

I loved "Night Court"! And yeah, "Are you Being Served Again" just didin't have the magic of the original show. But I loved the characters! I can still hear in my head Mr. humphries asking: "Captain Peacock, are u free?" LOL

PS: U can find in youtube complete episodes of "Are you being served?".

[SPTO]

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I loved "Night Court"! And yeah, "Are you Being Served Again" just didin't have the magic of the original show. But I loved the characters! I can still hear in my head Mr. humphries asking: "Captain Peacock, are u free?" LOL

Mr. Humphries was a genius character. I loved how the writers made him insanely gay but they never confirmed in one way or another if he was truly homosexual.

Also as a kid and watching the show on reruns I had a crush on Miss Brahms. How embarrassed was I to learn that the show was taped during the 1970s! I thought it was a 1980s show.

Ah well...

[youvalss]

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Mr. Humphries was a genius character. I loved how the writers made him insanely gay but they never confirmed in one way or another if he was truly homosexual.

Also as a kid and watching the show on reruns I had a crush on Miss Brahms. How embarrassed was I to learn that the show was taped during the 1970s! I thought it was a 1980s show.

Ah well...

It's now officially "Are you being served" thread! As for the time the show was aired, I thought it was the 80's too! I checked out at IMDB 10 minutes ago and saw that it was first aired in 1973, but that doesn't really matters. It just shows u that the show was ahead of its time. As for Miss Brahms - she was HOT! And "Young" Mr. Grace's secretaries were always HOT too. LOL

[MassNole]

Re: Fawlty Towers (and other old British TV shows)

My father loved this show.

[JayBee74]

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I've seen a few episodes of Fawlty Towers and it's pretty good. I like Cleese's relationship with the Spanish help. (Manuel I believe?) I absolutely LOVED Are you Being Served? and I think its humor has seeped into American humor. Just look at old episodes of Night Court and you'll see that it's more or less a toned down (and different situation) version of AYBS?. I even watched a few episodes of Are you Being Served Again? which had the characters at an old country inn. Unfortunately it just didn't have the panache of the original series.

Is "Are You Being Served" on DVD?

[SPTO]

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Is "Are You Being Served" on DVD?

Definitely on R2. I'm sure there are some R1 discs available.