i think anniversary was the worst one as well, the other one i didnt like that much is the wedding party
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clouseau-4 — 15 years ago(April 19, 2010 11:42 AM)
I agree that The Anniversary was a bit weaker than the others but the Roger character saved that one. Picking out the 'worst' Fawlty Towers episode is a bit like picking out the 'worst' Beethoven Symphony or Van Gogh painting.
It's spelled Raymond Luxury Yacht, but it's pronounced '
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Russki08 — 15 years ago(August 09, 2010 06:46 PM)
You know, it's kinda ironic but the Anniversary is one of my absolute favorites. It's up there with Basil the Rat and Gourmet Night.
But my least favorite was Communications Problems. I find the episode generally lacking in humor and I didn't like the ending, it was unfair to Basil and it wasn't because of Basil's doing. In most of the episodes of Fawlty Towers, when Basil would lose out, it was funny because it was of his own doing. I mean, if you look at the Builders, had he just listened to Cybil and hired Stubbs and not O'Reilly, everything would have been fine. In Gourmet Night, there are several moments where Basil could have avoided trouble but one is where Manuel comes to see him to tell him about the fight that has developed between him and Kurt. If Basil had simply listened to Manuel instead of ignorning him, he might have been able to stop the crisis. I could go on. But in Communications Problems, he's harmed by things largely out of his control and I didn't like that. Plus the whole thing with a deaf woman, I just didn't like it. -
MovieReporter — 15 years ago(September 22, 2010 05:07 AM)
For me, "The Builders" and "The Wedding Party" have always seemed inferior to the other ten episodes which outshine these two. Both are plot-less and one-joke farces.
Out of the two, I suppose I'd say "The Wedding Party" was the weakest - the only 'funny' bit I remember is Basil's "Oh, what a terrible dream" excuse (and even then, as Clesse admits in his commentary, it should be obvious to Basil that its Sybil outside the door and not the French lady). As for "The Builders", I think it might be marginally better, but I find it rather juvenille compared to other episodes. -
Kudzu78 — 15 years ago(September 25, 2010 11:03 AM)
My least favorite is also the anniversarylargely because it shows Basil in a sympathetic light in trying to do something considerate for his wife. While commendable, that really doesn't fit into the internal logic of the series.
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rudeboy_murray — 15 years ago(November 30, 2010 01:34 PM)
A Touch of Class, for me. The first episode and the show clearly hadn't found its feet just yet. Not that it doesn't have its moments, but compared to the non-stop laugh-riots that were to follow its fairly weak.
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trent_palma — 12 years ago(August 11, 2013 12:59 PM)
The Wedding Party is my least favourite, seems a little forced and less funny than the others. Can't believe Waldorf Salad is rated so low by so many (perhaps not one of the best but surely it's somewhere in the middle?) or that some don't much like The Builders. I like The Anniversary, the only negative is that there's less of Prunella Scales than in the other episodes.
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torstenscholz87 — 9 years ago(June 27, 2016 07:26 AM)
You call The Psychiatrist dull? This had so many great, memorable scenes, more than any other episode. E.g. the psychiatrist asking Basil How often do you mange it, Basil accidentally touching the girl, Basil standing on the ladder looking in the wrong room, Mauel saying "He try to see girl", etc.. To me, it's my personal favourite episode.