Worst Fawlty tower episode
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dgates64 — 15 years ago(December 31, 2010 04:26 AM)
"John Cleese, commenting for "Fully Booked" has said that "The Builders" episode 2 from season 1 was his least favourite. He bases this on audience reaction and also said that it was a "tight recording" and needed a lot of editing"
Well I guess I agree with Cleese on this one. It just wasn't that good. Also, it probably has the most of Connie Booth than any other episode as well. Booth just wasn't a naturally funny person. Her performances always came across stiff. -
Pooptart19 — 19 years ago(December 29, 2006 04:28 PM)
I agree. That American guy was such a prick. It made me want to punch 'em in the face. But John Cleese makes everything better, he's a comedic genius. I just wish there were more episodes of Fawlty Towers. It's a shame there's only 12 episodes.
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Merrida — 17 years ago(June 16, 2008 08:32 PM)
That's exactly what I was going to say, almost word for word. But definitely my least favorite episode and I always skip over it. The reason? Exactly as you mentioned: Only because of the American guest who was irritating, brash, rude, and obnoxious. I find him so unpleasant to watch, that nothing seems worth taking the effort to watch in that whole episode, all because of one person.
Bah.
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Sic vis pacem para bellum.
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planetmutty — 19 years ago(December 24, 2006 12:45 AM)
I agree that the American in the Waldorf Salad episode was irritating but I didn't think it detracted from the episode, which I think is excellent.
The Anniversary is my least-preferred episode, which is a bit OTT when he talks Polly into impersonating his wife. The extremes he goes to in order to cover his tracks are a bit too unrealistic at times. But, as they say, there's a little bit of Basil in all of us!
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katinka1969 — 19 years ago(December 28, 2006 07:37 AM)
My least favourite episode is definitely the Waldorf Salad. I felt that the aggression and arrogance of the American guy lent something of a dark side to it. Having said that, Fawlty Towers was meant to be representative of the parochial nature of small British seaside hotels in the 70s, so this scenario was almost certainly inspired by real events.
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salemslot — 19 years ago(March 14, 2007 06:41 PM)
I'm stunned that so many people don't like Waldorf Salad or The Anniversary. I think every single episode borders on perfection but if I was forced to make a choice it would probably be The Wedding Party. At times it's like a bad Carry On movie with its double entendres, but it's still great.
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Kubi_B — 19 years ago(March 27, 2007 09:58 AM)
I heard him say that The Builders was the least well-done. Well, I guess he changed his mind somewhere along the line. Personally, my least favourite is the Wedding Party. That's not to say I don't like it, because I still love it!
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soulrebeljc — 18 years ago(April 12, 2007 01:21 PM)
The American is Waldorf Salad was supposed to be irritating. That was the point. He comes in complaining about the M1 being a little back roadand the cars not having room for steering wheels. I also thought that the whole screwdriver scene (and you can forget the screwdrivers) was brilliant.
I'll agree with Cleese that Gourmet Night was the worst. Still not bad, but not as good as most of the rest. My faves are The Germans (Japanese was it?)and The Builders (Why are you smiling Mr. O'Reilly? Oh, I love a woman with spirit.) -
Marcus_Rehnberg — 19 years ago(January 07, 2007 07:14 AM)
You know those kebab shops were the kebab sizes starts at big. It's the same thing with Fawlty Towers, the least good is still very good. I can't really make my mind up witch is the "worst". But hey Waldorf Sallad? Americans ARE that annoying.
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christopher_sargeant — 19 years ago(January 09, 2007 07:21 AM)
I agree with JC - I thought 'The Builders' to be the weakest episode. To me it had the appearance of a typical 'pilot' episode of a prospective new comedy series. In contrast, I was surprised at the strength and quality of the actual first episode - 'A Touch of Class'. You can see how the series developed so, that by the time we reached my all-time personal favourite - 'Communication Problems' - the first episode of series 2 - a high standard and fluidity of character acting had been set.
