Anyone else a fan of Fawlty Towers?

[CubsFan1982]

Does anyone know if it's out on DVD? I used to watch it on BBC America, but I no longer have the dish. :(

[Beaverhausen]

1. Yes _ just saw the complete collection in the store

12 episodes.

[KitchenWitch]

2. Love Fawlty Towers

It's out on DVD? KEWL

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I loved Fawlty Towers.

Don't know if it's on DVD, but I'd get it if it was.

[kodi]

4. the episode where manuel lost basil the rat is the funniest tv ever

and the one where manuel had the "reelly man" over to fix the door is priceless.

cleese made a basil the most hysterical character ever to come out of a tv.

i love the old major too.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. The mean deaf lady episode is hilarious also

[Mojambo]

11. May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay bedroom window?

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon??

[CubsFan1982]

8. I love "The Germans"

German tourist: Will you please stop talking about the war?

Basil: Me? You started it!

German tourist: We did not!

Basil: Yes you did, you invaded Poland!

[CBHagman]

18. Yes, that is the BEST.

The sight of John Cleese goose-stepping across the dining room is probably worth the price of the DVD set.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

35. "I mentioned the war, but I think I got away with it!!!"

n/t

[Mojambo]

5. Hell yeah

I have the DVD set and it is well worth the purchase price.

Lots of interviews and good commentary (although none by the cast.)

It's the best television comedy ever made, IMO.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. I love it! It is on DVD!

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005LC1H/qid=1110422250/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-1972569-1888921?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

[Swede]

9. Qué?

[elshiva]

29. "I am from Barcelona!"

Manuel is the greatest.

[sybylla]

10. Que?

I love poor Manuel and the exchanges he gets into with Basil.

I have seen DVD's advertised on BBCAmerica and I think I've seen them at Amazon too. I know they are around.

[Kurovski]

12. Yes! I love Flowery Twats!

What were some of the other anagrams of the Fawlty Tower's sign?

[peekaloo]

15. Farty Towels was my second favorite

after the one you mentioned.

[Hand]

23. Also Watery Fowls...

"A vacation from sanity"!

:toast:

[China_cat]

13. yep on dvd

and available from Netflix if you subscribe to that service.

Along with most of the other British series...Dr. Who, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, etc.

[Democrats_win]

14. Manuel named his pet rat Basil! What a concept!

[Bat Boy]

16. Finest half hour farces ever written.

Beats the living crap out of any American sitcom.

[jab105]

17. THE KIPPERS AND THE CORPSE!!!!!!!!!

:)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

19. Yes, I love that show.

I used to watch it as a kid back when the show was on PBS.

[UTUSN]

20. Fan. But, Be Warned, I'm a Threadkiller. n/t

[sendero]

21. Fawlty Towers..

.... is, IMHO, the best sitcom ever made for television in Britian or the US.

Every episode is hilarious, and the pacing is perfect. You don't get to go more than 60 seconds without a laugh.

John Cleese is brilliant!

[UTUSN]

22. Lately, Since Giving up on Politics (You know, "election day")

I've been watching:

Golden Girls, AND


(wingnut) Drew CAREY.

It's all about HEART.

[tjwmason]

24. It is a pure classic.

John Clease is certainly one of the greatest comedians of our age.

F.W.I.W. is at least moderately left-wing; he appeared on a Party Political Broadcast for the Liberal Democrats.

[ffm172]

25. big fan

and yes it is out on DVD. My brother got it on his last birthday

[TyeDye75]

26. I picked up series 2 on DVD for £5.99

In a second hand store

Mr O Reilly, I have a large garden gnome here and if you arent here in 5 minutes, I shall come round and insert it in you.

[asthmaticeog]

27. I got the DVD set for XMas this past year!

I was THRILLED. Wonderful stuff.

[terrya]

28. Everything clicked on that show.

The writing, impeccable. The casting: brilliant (John Cleese said, in interviews included in the box VHS set of all the episodes, that Prunella Scales almost wasn't cast as Sybil. Damn good thing that she was). And just the right number of episodes.

It's THE best sitcom ever created...and one of the best television shows ever. Sheer comedic genius.

[CanuckAmok]

30. check this out:

http://www.collectiques.net/shop/catalogue/corgi/tvfilm/fawltytowers.html

[redqueen]

31. Oh yes...

I've seen every episode. One of the best shows ever! :)

[realisticphish]

32. I can speak english! I learned it from a boooook!

"It is a beautiful day today!"

[DrDan]

33. Polly was hot!

and Sybil's "BASIL!" was classic.

A great show. Perhaps surpassed only by The Office

[goodboy]

34. I own the complete DVD collection..."Don't mention the war!"