Name a scene that STILL makes you laugh
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arkansasengineer — 15 years ago(June 20, 2010 02:28 PM)
In The Psychiatrist, when Sybil catches Basil hiding in the wardrobe in the beautiful Australian girls room, she says to Basil Do you really imagine even in your wildest dreams that a girl like this could possibly be interested in an aging, brilliantined stick insect like you?
Now THATS a great line!
I wonder how many times they had to reshoot some of these scenes before they could do them without laughing. -
kardplayer-1 — 15 years ago(January 14, 2011 11:27 AM)
ArkEng- Zero re-shoots! FT was rehearsed and then filmed in one fell swoop like a stage play. That and Cleese/Booth's month-long writing process (for each episode) is the reason why it is so wonderful. It is also why there are only 12 of them.
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Russki08 — 15 years ago(August 09, 2010 07:14 PM)
I've watched each episode a few hundred times at least. But I still laugh heartily including many in Gourmet Night. I think my favorite scene in that is where after destroying the first duck, Basil sends Polly and Manuel to entertain the Halls and Twitchens. Manuel comes in playing his guitar though he's not very good. Then Polly sings "I'm just a girl who can't say no" in a voice that is truly awful. The four dinner guests, upper class English blueboods, are not amused by this entertainment. When Polly finishes her horribly off tune singing, the whole room is in silence. Manuel though suddenly screams and starts applauding Polly and in doing so, he screams in right in Mrs. Twitchen's ear.
That whole episode is funny but just that sequence, interspersed with Basil attacking his own car, is still gut busting.
