[to Manuel]
This Basil. This Sybil. This smack on head.
[Manuel, speaking of the builder Mr O'Reilly/ O'Riley]
Suddenly Orilly man hit me very hard!!
*audio tape*
[Showing off his pet RAT, Basil.]
Is Filigree Siberian hamster. Special price, only £5.
Fawlty Towers? HELL YEAH!
*takes medication and prepares to put nice white jacket with crossed sleeves on* Okay. I'm calm again now.
I still can't believe there were only 12 episodes! My mum bought them all on audio cassette for me in the late '80s. Hours of fun had by all... I was 10 then,and I STILL remember most of the script!
I remember John Cleese getting really irritated not too long ago, having a moan that he and Connie Booth wrote the entire series together, but people constantly gave him all the credit.
On a related tangent: I adore Michael Palin!!