This is British comedy at it's best BUT it is so hard to dip in for a few seconds because each episode is built up layer by delicious layer.

You can trust Mojo to suck the joy out of any classic clip

Absolutely brilliant! Possibly the funniest British comedy of all time. Every episode is sheer gold. You must watch the episodes in full to get a real appreciation of just how well written this is. Best wishes 👍

Short clips of Fawlty Towers really don't do it justice. Honestly the joy of it is how the pressure builds and builds on Basil over the episode. You should give a full episode a go and let us know your thoughts

The best joke he did in the Germans episode was : German : "You're upsetting my wife by keeping on mentioning the war" Basil : "Well, you started it!" German : "We did NOT start it!" Basil : "Yes you did, you invaded Poland..."

this show is so iconic its like part of being british,you have to watch full episodes to understand the characters,you will grow to love them more with each episode. great reaction

Even before watching the clip (you're watching), I think a "top 10 moments" is doing a disservice to the show, or at least you'll be missing out on where it excels. Essentially every episode is a build-up of increasing chaos; starting fairly calm (as calm as Basil can be) and towards the end a crescendo of complete madness (which is usually where Basil "loses it").

Yeah, the “moments” don’t really work if you don’t know the full back story in each episode. The scripts are so compact, concise and perfect, you simply can’t cut any of it out.

John wrote this with his then-wife Connie Booth, who is American coincidentally and from the Midwest (Indiana) and plays Polly in this. Considering she’d only been in the UK for about 7 years at this point, her accent is impeccable

There is a brilliant bit that WatchMojo missed right before the silly walk when he was bringing up the subject of the war. He said to the Germans "you started it", the Germans thought he was talking about the conversation and so they said "no we didn't", to which Basil repplied "yes you did, you invaded Poland!".

Mojo does the show a disservice. In the honourable mentions, they show a half deaf guest. This is the stand out of the entire 2 series! It has some of the best lines as Fawlty realises he can pretty much say what he likes and toy with a very demanding but deaf guest.

John Cleese based Basil Fawlty on a real hotel owner at a real hotel he stayed at, the person was called Donald Sinclair. Also fun fact, the casino owner John Cleese played in the movie Rat Race was called Donald Sinclair as a tribute.

Fawlty Towers was made after Monty Python's Flying Circus had finished on TV. The first series was made after production of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The second series was made around the same time as Life of Brian. Cleese was married to Connie Booth (Polly) when they wrote the first series but they'd divorced by the time of series two. They spent weeks writing each episode (Cleese supplemented his income making commercials) which shows in how well constructed the plots are. As mentioned, Basil was based on a hotelier they had encountered while on location filming for the Python TV series. In 1971 Cleese wrote an episode of the sitcom Doctor at Large which featured husband and wife hoteliers who are prototypes of what eventually became Basil and Sybil.

You should watch the film Clockwise. John Cleese plays a headmaster who is obsessed with planning and being on time but ends up having the worst day ever on what is supposed to be the greatest day of his career.

This is one of the most loved UK comedies ever

You've struck gold with this one. "Fawlty Towers" is one of the most highly rated British sitcoms ever.

You can't really experience the full chaos unless you watch each episode individually. The episode called Communication Problems is the funniest episode IMO.

The woman who plays Polly actually was John Cleese’s wife at some point, and co-wrote Fawlty Towers. If you want to see more of John Cleese then Monty Python is an absolute must!!

Any Faulty Towers episode is brilliant, so start wherever! Personal favorite, the character of Manoel, any scene with him brings you to tears...!

Fantastic! Basil Fawlty is such an iconic comedy character. He's one of those that's used as an adjective, e.g. 'He was a bit of a Basil Fawlty' in reference to a landlord. So glad you enjoyed it.

If you look at the missing door scene you will see a dent in the wall. It's there because Basil bangs Manuel's head into it later but the episodes were filmed twice with the first take used to determine which bits of the script needed tightening up. A result of this is the final take had more battered props and sets.

Fawlty Towers is more than a series of great jokes. You need to watch the episodes as a whole to fully appreciate the stories and deranged mindset of Basil.

Don't bother with Mojo, watch the episodes for yourselves. Also, take note of the hotel sign at the car park/parking lot entrance at the start. Every week the letters are arranged to make different words. My favourite was "Watery Tw@ts". X¬D Yes, they actually broadcasted that on the BBC back in the 70's. edit: My mistake, having found a YT video called 'Signage-Fawlty Towers', it was in fact 'Flowery Tw@ts'.

A pleasure to meet you, Angela! You both do very entertaining reaction videos. You will love the full-length episodes of Fawlty Towers.

'The Psychiatrists' episode has so many little sub plots that all tie in, it's my fav by far...BTW did you know Polly the Maid (Connie Booth) was American and that she was married to Cleese irl?

I loved this show! Every episode, they use an anagram of Faulty Towers at the start. I believe the final episode was Flowery Twats. I don’t think you’d get away with that before the watershed these days??! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😂❣️

Where he trips over and then tries to subsequently strangle a garden gnome is one of the best bits

Fawlty Towers is a must watch series. Seeing clips is honestly a disservice to it.

As a general observation, most, if not all video compilations showing ‘The Best Moments’ - usually aren’t the ‘Best’, including this one. You really have to see the Series to fully appreciate it.

Definitely try episodes of Fawlty

“The” greatest sitcom of them all (including American) . About as near perfection as you can get.

There were only 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers ever made, so for Mojo to make a top ten with 2 honourable mentions means they included them all!! ;) The episode 'The Germans' was removed from Britbox for a while because it contained 'racial slurs'.

You really have to watch the whole episodes as there are subplots and the pressure on Basil and his hysteria and suffering grow in each episode. It is hilarious

So many great clips in this series, but my favourite is a brief conversation between Manuel, the Major (who's a permanent guest at the hotel) and it involves the Moose head.

Look out for the opening credits on each episode ,where the letters on the sign Fawlty Towers are mixed up with hilarious results.

Definitely watch a full episode of Fawlty Towers, it's hilarious. Surprisingly, there were only two series made. John Cleese and Connie Booth (the housekeeper/waitress) were married in real life, and they divorced in 1978. I don't this is why there were only two seasons made though as the second season aired in 1979 and Connie was in it. I haven't got a favourite episode, as they were all equally as funny.

You have to watch full series trust me

There is a hugely funny scene with Manuel the waiter - " I know nothing " . Short but hilarious.

What I remember is that every episode you'll see the name of the hotel and each time it's spelt differently with hilarious names such as Farty Towel's. Basil's antics are totally manic 🙂

Please please please stop dipping your toes into fawlty towers and just jump in headfirst with eyes wide open. Not a single episode will disappoint you. Start at episode 1. You will be inviting friends to come round and watch this show with you. The British public constantly vote this as one of the best comedy shows ever, even though it hasn't been on TV for decades. Snippets won't give you the full side splitting joy of these actors and plots as they build steadily and incredulously to a comedic crescendo. You two are great people. I'm so glad you've found this classic. Lots of love from Nottingham (home of Robin Hood) UK

It's always funny how Cleese decided to include a silly walk in 'Fawlty Towers' when he's gone on record saying how much he hated the Ministry of Silly Walks sketch. When they did the sketch in their live shows, while Cleese would be throwing his legs around and the audience were laughing, he'd be whispering to Co-Python Michael Palin 'This is a shit sketch Michael, you've written a shit sketch.'

A true British classic. There's only 12 episodes and if possible you all should check them out.

Fawlty Towers only produced 2 series consisting of 12 episodes in total and all the better for it! Every episode is top notch!

Another Cleese classic is the movie 'A Fish Called Wanda' which also stars fellow python Michael Palin, Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline. Fawlty Towers does that wonderful thing where you laugh at and share in the main characters frustrations, often self inflicted. Another great reaction, you guys often hit the nail right on the head with your assumptions. Keep up the good work.

Difficult to get a true flavour of Fawlty Towers with that narration, totally not required. So totally agree with you Ethan

Fawlty Towers was broadcast in 1975 (series 1) and 1979 (series 2). Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast between 1969 and 1974 with several films (1971, 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1983).

Fawlty Towers is a masterpiece of writing, timing and performance. Only made 2 series so the audience was left wanting more. Clease said he based Basil on the eccentric owner of a hotel the Pythons stayed at in Torquay while filming for that show, the Gleneagles Hotel which they name check in the episode ‘the builders.’ Clease wrote it with his then wife Connie Booth who plays Polly the chambermaid/waitress in the show and they divorced between the 2 series which possibly explains why there was a 4 year gap between them.

The Germans has to be one of the funniest episodes along with the fire drill of course.

Good Reaction Guys because it is so hard to watch clips out of context but, for one, that narrative was useful as it would have been hard for you. I hope no one spoils your enjoyment because there are many killer lines and funny endings awaiting you.. This is often in The Top 2 voted UK Comedies of all time. Monty Python ran on the television from 1969-74 and then Jogn did 6 episodes of this in 1975 and another 6 in 1979 getting out at the top, as many UK comedies do like "The Office UK" and "Extras" the 2 Series that established Ricky Gervais. Python did 3 films after they split up, all superb.

Awesome Show and Work, Thanks!!!👍👍👍😎 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

Fawlty Towers is SOOO good..the best of his work I think..I hope you guys can do more reactions on FT..

Just watch the full episodes. 🙂

The series was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth who plays the hotel maid Polly.

I had an Austin 1300 which is a version of the car Cleese punishes. It never, never liked the rain. Wouldn't start. Just refused. So I identify, though I didn't take a bush to it 😂 My fave is "on those trays" from Basil "una, dos, tres" from Manuel.

Part I find hilarious when he beats the car with the tree branch is the smile type grill on the car. That scene became so iconic that Corgi bought out a scale model of Basil with the branch with the car.

You discovered Fawlty Towers? That's cool. Every episode was an intricately woven French farce and Cleese was never better than as the carpet-chewing manager. For my taste some of the knocks that fell on Manuel crossed the line but you have to forgive when the results are so funny. If you watch the episode about The Builders you will need to know that Denis Compton was an English sportsman who played cricket in the nineteen-fifties.

John Cleese was known for Monty Python, and films like Clockwise, A Fish Called Wanda etc...

Please do watch full episodes, even if just for yourselves. Perhaps you could split each episode into two for your reaction videos. I was extremely surprised the rant from "A room with a view" was not shown, it is a personal favourite. I will not spoil it for you, you WILL know when you have seen this rant to the deaf hotel guest...

"I know nothing, I'm from barcelona" Best part imo

Nice to meet you bonnie Lady Angela , you are a fantastic couple ,love your reactions & was glad you both decided to do the reactions that you do ,wishing you and your 2 wee bairns all the best Fae s.w.Scotland

The Amercian actor in the Waldorf Salad episode..was in "STAR WARS - The Empire Strike back"

The American guest demanding a Waldorf Salad is played by Bruce Boa, the same Canadian-born actor who portrayed rebel General Rieekan in "The Empire Strikes Back". The man with the "Hitler-stash" mistaken for the inspector is Bernard Cribbins, who had a recurring role in Doctor Who during David Tennant's time on the show. He portrayed Wilfred Mott.

American TV companies have tried to remake Fawlty Towers 3 times. Cleese said it was based on a real hotel the Python's stayed at.

Watch the full episodes in the correct order. It's impossible to really appreciate its genius with this video.

Great reaction! Honestly, our UK british classic comedy shows are always a great watch! I highly recommend doing full episodes of Fawlty Towers! Clips do not give context of the comedy genious you are about to experience. Others Id highly recommend is Only Fools And Horses and One Foot In The Grave. Keep up the good work! 👍👍

It's a shame the show didn't go on for longer. Its brilliant.

Fawlty towers had 2 seasons both consisting of just 6 episodes - Season 1 in 1975 and Season 2 in 1979 - Still remains one of the UKs best comedies -- John Cleese based it off a real hotel owner from a hotel in which the monty python was stopping at

Hello Ethan and Whispering Wifey. This was so loved. I have episodes on vinyl records from the days before VHS. Now please, please see Ripping Yarns from other Pythons at this time. My favourite is Eric Olthwaite, followed by Golden Gordon. Shhh. I bet Angela would love it.

The tree whipping scene is so iconic that there was recently a specsavers advert based on the scene

If you haven’t seen ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ you absolutely must. As others mention, with ‘Fawlty Towers’ it helps to watch the whole episode as everything goes more and more off the rails, especially Basil.

Excellent Series do watch an whole episode xxx.

Glad you enjoyed it, view John Cleese in the film 'Life of Brian', that is if not already viewed.

With the episode with the rat, Manuel had named his pet "Basil", leading at one point to the classic "Basil's in the ratatouille" line - we in the UK pronounce 'basil' the herb in the same way as Basil the name, not like the American 'Bay-zil'... Also, John Cleese was the lead in the film "Clockwise", where he had a lot of the same character traits as in Fawlty Towers...

You should watch the series guys. Classic British humour👍🙂

the man playing the hotel inspector is a legend in UK Bernard Cribbins a comic genius and still with us thank god

One of the most remarkable things about this series is just how much is crammed into one episode. I watched them when they were first broadcast but it was nearly 20 years later that I watched them again. I was surprised how so many memorable story lines came from a given episode. Only 12 were made but a modern comedy could go 24 episodes and barely touch the surface in terms of content. BTW, be sure to find original, unedited versions. I'm afraid the BBC have shown themselves to be spineless and remove content in some of the re-releases.

I think I heard in a tv interview, John Cleese explained that the character of Basil Fawlty was based on the manager of the Gleneagles hotel in Scotland. The guests were more of an inconvenience.

You can't appreciate the comedy like this unless you've watched the episodes properly. There are only 12 amazingly.. so I suggest you watch episodes 1 through 12 . Then you will most certainly enjoy more. .

Fawlty Towers is regarded by critics and the public as the funniest comedy show ever made. Most people in the UK could quote every line of dialogue: it is the show ALL other shows are measured against. While the average sit-com script totals 30 pages max, the scripts for FT ran to over 120 pages! Every episode is built like a towering house of cards and a sheer joy to watch. For me, the two very best episodes are Communication Problems - a rich, mean, blind and Deaf woman (Mrs Richards) drives Basil to the brink of insanity (not a long journey, admittedly) but the performance from veteran actress Joan Sanderson. The Psychiatrist: Has to be seen to be believed and for me, the funniest of all the episodes. There are just 12 episodes, 6 made in 1975, then there was a gap of four years as Cleese and Connie Booth got divorced (she co-wrote the scripts as well as starred as Polly, the waitress- you can see her also in Holy Grail, as the Witch !)and the final 6 eps were made in 79. American TV has tried three times to remake FT and each version has been a disaster! One version actually REMOVED the character of Basil completely! apparently the American producer (whom one assumes paid a lot of money to buy the rights) felt the character was "too rude"! Talk about not getting the joke!

John Cleese was married to the hotel maid, Polly played by Connie Booth, for ten years.

One of my favorite British comedies.

Reaching around for the lightswitch, the bricks in the attache case & etc. - so many comic gems, Cleese at his funniest.

Interesting factoid, Connie Booth ( Polly), is actually an American and was married to John Cleese when the series ran. They co wrote most of the episodes

I love too the British sitcom Allo Allo! 💚❤️🇵🇹👍🏻🇬🇧

Fantastic, it’s such a shame only 2 series where made. 1975 to 1976. Thank you great watch.👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧

I remember seeing Fawlty Towers on American TV (PBS) 40 years ago

John Cleese got the idea when him & some of the cast of Monty Python were staying in a hotel when filming one of their shows, when they asked where Eric Idle's suitcase was the Hotel manager had thrown it across the swimming pool outside

John Cleese was married to the actress who played Polly at the time. You should check shows like keeping up appearances, are you being served?, still game which is a Scottish sitcom.

For me the classic episodes involved the deaf guest; Mrs Richards (a truly brilliant character performance by Joan Sanderson; a veteran of British film, radio and television) and the Basil the Rat episode. I was never fully at ease with the Germans episode despite the fact that it had possibly the funniest single line of both series.

All the American programmes that you compare to came after Fawlty towers. I think you'll find they got their ideas from this series

The battle of Agincourt is one of my favourite lines ever.

You need to watch the actual series from beginning to end.

Its the BBC's 100 year anniversary this year. We the public have been asked to vote for the best BBC TV show or clip. The BBC over the years has given the world so many comedies of note over the last 100 years, its been such a great publicly funded network, known worldwide.

The woman who played Polly the hotel maid appeared in Monty Python. She was married to Cleese at the time.

John Cleese wrote the series after Monty Python. While filming Python the crew had to stay in a hotel which was run very badly. The cast hated their stay, but John was fascinated by the hotel owner, and that experience lead to him creating the series.

Fawlty Towers. Best British comedy ever.

Hey guys, good to see ya! Fawlty Towers is the best, for sure! Watch the full episodes - all of them! All will make more sense then... 😀Also check out Monty Pythons "Parrot sketch, incl. Lumberjack song" - fantastic!!

Blackadder is brilliant. The first season might not click with some, but each season gets better. Blackadder Goes Forth is one of the greatest comedy series of all time.

Hi Guys I might be helpful to you to get a bit of comic background by looking back to "The Frost Report" (1966-7) which brought together John Cleese and the two Ronnies then the "AT Last the 1948 Show" (1967) which had John Cleese with Graham Chapman who went on to get the Monty Python crew together. After Python Cleese made Faulty Towers. Apparently as it was such a hit he was asked why he didn't make more he said that he feared it would get stale and wanted people to only remember the great 2 series he did make.All four classic British comedies!!!

For a big dose of John Cleese do "A Fish Called Wanda" (1988) with Michael Palin (his Monty Python co-star), with Americans Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline. A good comedy. 😁👍