Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers1975

Genre: Comedy
Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Just two series of six episodes were made. The show was created and written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, who also starred in the show and were married at the time o… more »



[Polly struggles to keep Mr. Carnegie, the health inspector, from learning of Manuel's pet rat, Basil - named after Basil Fawlty - running loose in the hotel]

Manuel:
The Major try to kill Basil!

Sybil Fawlty:
Kill BASIL?

Manuel:
No, not Mr. Fawlty. I mean Basil, my little...

Polly:
[suddenly, before Manuel can say 'Rat' in front of the health inspector] RATATOUILLE!

Mr. Carnegie:
Basil the little...

Polly:
Ratatouille. The chef calls the ratatouille 'Basil' because he puts quite a lot of basil in it.

Manuel:
He put Basil in the ratatouille?

Polly:
Yes!

Manuel:
ARGGGHHHHHHHH!

[Manuel runs off to the kitchen screaming, Polly following]

Sybil Fawlty:
[charmingly to Mr. Carnegie] He's from Barcelona.

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