[singlepic=11,320,240,,right] A recent online poll has declared Fawlty Towers the most iconic comedy show of all time.
The show, which starred John Cleese as on-the-edge hotel owner Basil Fawlty, Prunella Scales as his wife Sybil, Connie Booth as waitress Polly and Andrew Sachs as Spanish waiter Manuel, received almost a third of the 3,000 votes cast [...]
Fawlty Towers Iconic
Comedy Dialogue of the Week
[singlepic=11,320,240,,right]Fawlty Towers – Communication Problems:
Mrs Richards: I asked for a room with a view!
Basil: [muttering to Manuel] Deaf, mad, and blind…
[He goes to the window and peers through it.]
Basil: Ah, this is the view as far as I can remember, madam… yes, yes, this is it.
Mrs Richards: When I pay for a view, I expect [...]
Drink! Feck! Arse! Girls!
A vast list of the best put-downs on television has been compiled by the Radio Times in the UK, and it includes countless BBC comedy series.
Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers. To Sybil: “Oh dear, what happened? Did you get entangled in the eiderdown again? Not enough cream in your eclair? Hmm? Or did you have [...]
