Fawlty Towers

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24 May 2006, 3:32 pm

My favorite episode would have to be the one where his car wouldn't start and he gets a tree branch and beats his car with it.

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06 Jun 2006, 7:10 am

I've been a fawlty towers fan for as long as I can remember. I really need the DVD's.

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09 Jul 2006, 5:15 am

I remember watching it as a child and have always enjoyed it.

No matter how many time i see it, it always has me rolling around with laughter

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10 Jul 2006, 7:34 pm

Fawlty Towers cracks me up.

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26 Aug 2006, 2:58 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I love that show! How is Basil an Aspie?

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28 Aug 2006, 8:55 pm

Basil (talking to Germans) : We have food here in ze building ! Mooooo !

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29 Aug 2006, 7:03 am

Fawlty Towers. Classic.

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02 Sep 2006, 1:58 pm

Fawlty Towers...

got to be the funniest thing ever on British TV.

The best episode got to be the "Germans" but non of the others are far behind.

And remember "Do not mention the war!! !"

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03 Sep 2006, 5:43 pm

Man - Duck with orange...Duck with cherries...Duck surprise? What's that?
Basil - Duck without orange or cherries.
Man - What if you don't like duck?!
Basil - Then you're rather stuck.

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04 Sep 2006, 1:55 am

W-Would you care for a rat? No? W-well just the biscuts then. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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05 Sep 2006, 2:41 pm

BelaLugosi wrote:

:lol:

I love that show! How is Basil an Aspie?

1.The fire alarm had to been done then, couldn't be shifted a few minutes either way.
2.Like a lot of aspies, has empathy of sorts for inantimate objects. The eposide where he gave his car a good trashing with a branch springs to mind. ((Weak pun intended.))
3.Tries so hard but keeps saying the wrong thing and ends up putting his foot in it. German eposide.

Gets fustrated when routine is interrupted.

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05 Sep 2006, 6:59 pm

I thought that he was like that to the Germans because a moose head had fallen on him erlier.

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06 Sep 2006, 12:16 pm

BelaLugosi wrote:

I thought that he was like that to the Germans because a moose head had fallen on him erlier.

He puts his foot in it on a lot of occasions.

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14 Sep 2006, 12:14 pm

Fawlty Towers is one of my favorite series too. I have all 12 episodes on DVD and watch them regularly too. I still laugh no matter how many times I see them.

It is actually well known in the U.S. because it has shown on PBS stations many times over the years. There have been two attempts to clone it by U.S. TV networks, both of which failed miserably.

The first version, Amanda's, which I think aired in the late 1970's, featured Beatrice Arthur as the Basil Fawlty character. The most recent version, Payne, featured John Laroquette as the Basil Fawlty equivalent and aired a few years ago. Needless to say, it was pretty bad too. American attempts to clone British TV shows don't always work well, with few exceptions.

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