Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom? ( Archived) (44)

Dec 18, 2010 9:14 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
Only thirteen episodes were ever made, but imo Fawlty Towers was British sitcom at it's very best.laugh

What are your favourite sitcoms?


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Dec 18, 2010 9:16 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
time4fun4u
time4fun4utime4fun4uAlicante, Valencia Spain18 Threads 1 Polls 10,066 Posts
Open all hours
Porridge
Only fools and horses
Fawlty towers

cheers
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Dec 18, 2010 9:17 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
morgan5
morgan5morgan5chelmsford, Essex, England UK87 Threads 8,237 Posts
OOhhh I don't know liked soooo many

Keeping up Appearences

Ello Ello, (loved it)

Ever Decreasing Circles

The Good LIfe

I could go on laugh cheers hug
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Dec 18, 2010 9:19 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
morgan5
morgan5morgan5chelmsford, Essex, England UK87 Threads 8,237 Posts
time4fun4u: Open all hours
Porridge
Only fools and horses
Fawlty towers
yep, Porridge and Open All Hours

I think most would say Only Fools And Horses
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Dec 18, 2010 9:20 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
faded_dino
faded_dinofaded_dinounknown, Tennessee USA13 Threads 1 Polls 1,674 Posts
havn't seen manydunno but Fawlty Towers was goodrolling on the floor laughing
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Dec 18, 2010 9:22 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
time4fun4u
time4fun4utime4fun4uAlicante, Valencia Spain18 Threads 1 Polls 10,066 Posts
morgan5: OOhhh I don't know liked soooo many

Keeping up Appearences

Ello Ello, (loved it)

Ever Decreasing Circles

The Good LIfe

I could go on
Allo allo,brilliant,forgot about that one.The policeman speaks french like i speak spanish laugh wine
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Dec 18, 2010 9:23 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
iamwhoiamyousee
iamwhoiamyouseeiamwhoiamyouseeanywhere, Bavaria Germany18 Threads 2 Polls 962 Posts
I miss all those showsmoping
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Dec 18, 2010 9:24 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
JeanMarlow
JeanMarlowJeanMarlowMiddle of Nowhere, California USA17 Threads 815 Posts
Red Dwarf
Absolutely Fabulous
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Dec 18, 2010 9:24 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
morgan5
morgan5morgan5chelmsford, Essex, England UK87 Threads 8,237 Posts
time4fun4u: Allo allo,brilliant,forgot about that one.The policeman speaks french like i speak spanish
Your Spanish is as good as mine then laugh


I think it was hilarious and also cleverly written, the Policeman was one of my favourites, and the German Gestapo guy Herr Flick cheers
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Dec 18, 2010 9:25 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
faded_dino
faded_dinofaded_dinounknown, Tennessee USA13 Threads 1 Polls 1,674 Posts
years and years ago...I got them, but no more...American sitcoms are just no goodsigh dunno
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Dec 18, 2010 10:14 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
abbiye
abbiyeabbiyesofia, Sofia City Bulgaria10 Threads 344 Posts
some mothers do have ave em with frank spencer(micheal crawford)was the best for me.allo allo was good too,my dad"s favourite.
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Dec 18, 2010 10:21 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
darren9030
darren9030darren9030Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England UK56 Threads 1 Polls 9,665 Posts
Anyone ever see the film the plank ? No words were spoken but it's the funniest thing i have ever seen on tv rolling on the floor laughing

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Dec 18, 2010 10:30 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
JAN_is
JAN_isJAN_isMurcia city centre, Murcia Spain109 Threads 3,849 Posts
Don´t know, so many excellent comedies to choose from. I liked Fawlty Towers in it´s day but it seems rather dated now, not sure why. Ronnie Barker was brilliant in Porridge as others have mentioned.

Moving forward a bit in time, I think the Black Adder series has to be one of my favourites, and Bottom used to have me in stitches. rolling on the floor laughing
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Dec 18, 2010 10:31 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
I think what made Fawlty Towers so good was the excellent slapstick routines, done with impeccable timing and recorded live.
And of course lines such as "Don't mention the war, I did once, but I think I got away with it." The episode with the Germans and the one with the dead body to mention just a couple, still make me laugh no matter how many times I see them.
The show was based on a true character who also ran a hotel in Torquay, a place that was to be avoided I suspect.laugh
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Dec 18, 2010 10:33 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
JAN_is
JAN_isJAN_isMurcia city centre, Murcia Spain109 Threads 3,849 Posts
bodleing: I think what made Fawlty Towers so good was the excellent slapstick routines, done with impeccable timing and recorded live.
And of course lines such as "Don't mention the war, I did once, but I think I got away with it." The episode with the Germans and the one with the dead body to mention just a couple, still make me laugh no matter how many times I see them.
The show was based on a true character who also ran a hotel in Torquay, a place that was to be avoided I suspect.


laugh I always remember the episode where Cleese was beating his car with a tree branch...hilarious.
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Dec 18, 2010 10:36 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
JAN_is: I always remember the episode where Cleese was beating his car with a tree branch...hilarious.


laugh

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Dec 18, 2010 10:36 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
JAN_is: I always remember the episode where Cleese was beating his car with a tree branch...hilarious.

I remember that, I think there were only about 25 episodes made altogether
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Dec 18, 2010 10:41 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
tomcatwarne
tomcatwarnetomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK289 Threads 7 Polls 17,106 Posts
John Cleese was the best
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Dec 18, 2010 10:41 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
bodleing
bodleingbodleingGreater Manchester, England UK238 Threads 8 Polls 13,810 Posts
tomcatwarne: I remember that, I think there were only about 25 episodes made altogether


There were actually only twelve episodes ever broadcast although rumour has it there was a thirteenth that was never shown.
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Dec 18, 2010 10:42 AM CST Was Fawlty Towers the best ever British sitcom?
JAN_is
JAN_isJAN_isMurcia city centre, Murcia Spain109 Threads 3,849 Posts
rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing wave
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