Worst Fawlty tower episode
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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.
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pballard-1 — 19 years ago(January 09, 2007 03:03 PM)
I'm a big FT fan but I have never found "The Anniversary" at all funny, not even remotely. The situation is too forced. All Basil had to do was tell his friends - at any time in the episode - that Sybil has unexpected gone out, and it would all be solved.
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lionhart321 — 19 years ago(January 17, 2007 04:43 PM)
I could not agree more; the whole concept for The Anniversary is very forced. I even thought that Manuel's idea about a surprise party could have worked. But the biggest problem with this story is that it has nothing to do with hoteling. A similar story could just as easily been written for a suburban family sitcom. Fawlty Towers was at its best when it mined the hotel biz concept for all it was worth bizarre guests, kitchen catastrophes, shenanigans in the bedrooms.
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zxsmooth — 18 years ago(August 02, 2007 08:49 AM)
"at any time in the episode - that Sybil has unexpected gone out, and it would all be solved"
Yes then obviously they's have twigged they had an argument and that's why she's gone out. Or they may have just invited themselvs to stay.
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Mrminisci — 16 years ago(December 30, 2009 07:52 AM)
I am American and if I had owned a hotel or inn, I would have gladly given him a refund and "bust his a$$". Funny, but when I watched Waldorf Salad, I thought to myself, I bet that is how most Europeans see Americans. I love that episode, but my least fav is The Anniversary, followed by The Wedding Party. All the others are firt rate.
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Jean_Pierre_Camembert — 19 years ago(January 13, 2007 04:39 AM)
I don't think there are any worst, they are all classic. But, A Touch Of Class gets a bit irritating sometimes. Since it was the firt episode (I hope I'm right on that) it introduced all the characters very well, but it's a little too hectic - even for a die-hard fan like me.
Nick
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fieldofhats — 17 years ago(January 03, 2009 04:28 PM)
I recently went over all of the episodes again, and Waldorf Salad was the episode that I skipped. My least favorite, definitely. I actually like the Anniversary very much because I though Ken Campbell was terrific in that episodethe way his character was conitinuosly poking Basil closer and closer to going over the edge. I also really like the Wedding Party, even though the French lady could get a trifle annoying at times. The look on Basil's face when he's looking at Mrs. Lloyd after he saw polly hugging Mr. Lloyd is priceless.
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biggles1111 — 19 years ago(January 24, 2007 10:52 AM)
Gourmet night. The scene with the car was excellent, and the entire episode is good, but the least funny one.
What I can see noone mentioned "The Germans" here yet.I guess I'm not the only one who love that episode.. -
mixedvixen77 — 19 years ago(January 26, 2007 02:37 PM)
I would have to say my least favorite was The Anniversary. It was funny, but it seemed like they had to make an episode and they didn't really know what to do so they made this one. I love this show because it has to do with all of the problems Basil gets himself into while running a hotel, but this episode had nothing to do with the hotel and it lacked the goofiness that the others have.
I'll never forget the ingredients fro Waldorf Salad XD