Faulty Towers

ArwenEvenstar · 03-13-2004, 09:14 PM

Any one ever watch this? It's bloody amazing!

Quote:

Hello Faulty Towers How Are You Nice Day. Oh you again! *slams phone* Ohh Mr Faulty I didn't know it you! says

Manwell is the best!

If anyone could find a link for the scripts I would be much obliged(sp)!

dawningoftime · 03-14-2004, 12:12 AM

I love that show.

GrayMouser · 03-14-2004, 06:19 AM

Fawlty Towers, after Basil Fawlty, of course.

Found a couple of sites by googling for (amazingly) "Fawlty Towers Scripts", but apparently not all of them are available online.

My favorites, all from the second series:

The Psychiatrist
Waldorf Salad
Basil the Rat

Tuor of Gondolin · 03-14-2004, 03:52 PM

A bit of advice:
When talking to Germans about Fawlty Towers:
DON'T MENTION THE WAR!

Basil did, but I think he covered it up.
===========================

And a link to one script:
http://www.mgnet.karoo.net/FAWLTYEPTOUCHOFCLASS.htm

sun-star · 03-14-2004, 04:53 PM

Fawlty Towers is a classic

I don't know any links, but scripts are available to buy in book form.

brownjenkins · 03-15-2004, 10:35 AM

love em... i have the entire set on dvd

(only about $50)

***Jonathan*** · 03-15-2004, 10:56 AM

I've recorded all the episodes. I love the one with Mrs. Richards

Quote:

Mrs. Richards: (to Manuel) Now, I've reserved a very quiet room, with a bath and a sea view. I specifically asked for a sea view in my written confirmation, so please be sure I have it.
Manuel: Que ?
Mrs. Richards: . . .What?
Manuel: . . .Que ?
Mrs. Richards: K?
Manuel: Si.
Mrs. Richards: C? (Manuel nods) KC? (Manuel looks puzzled) KC?
What are you trying to say?
Manuel: No, no--Que --what?
Mrs. Richards: K--what?
Manuel: Si! Que --what?
Mrs. Richards: C. K. Watt?
Manuel: . . .Yes.
Mrs. Richards: Who is C. K. Watt?
Manuel: Que?
Mrs. Richards: Is it the manager, Mr. Watt?
Manuel: Oh, manager!
Mrs. Richards: He is.
Manuel: Ah . . . Mr. Fawlty.
Mrs. Richards: What?
Manuel: Fawlty.
Mrs. Richards: What are you talking about, you silly little man. (turns to Polly, Mr. Thurston having gone) What is going on here? I ask him for my room, and he tells me the manager's a Mr. Watt and he's aged forty.
Manuel: No. No. Fawlty.
Mrs. Richards: Faulty? What's wrong with him?

Bloody hilarious

Elvedans · 03-15-2004, 04:32 PM

I love them all! The one with the Germans is hilarious, and the one where the man dies in the room. And that deaf woman. oh they're all hilarious. Manwell is so cute and Basil is the best!!!

ArwenEvenstar · 03-15-2004, 10:10 PM

Thanks for the script! I apoligize about being unable to speell . . .

Draken · 03-16-2004, 06:14 AM

Got the scripts AND the video boxed sets, and the kids often pester me to play them - Basil thrashing his car with a sapling is their favourite moment.

How 12 sitcom episodes could produce so many classic moments is beyond me.

Tuor of Gondolin · 03-16-2004, 11:22 AM

Perhaps there should be a seperate John Cleese thread. There are so many classic bits he's done, from The Dead Parrot to A Fish Called Wanda.

But one of my favorite, as a teacher and librarian, is his grammar instruction to Brian on how to properly write
"Romans Go Home."

What a motivational instructor!
__________________________________

Scene 8

[scary music]

CENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'?
BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.
CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!
BRIAN: Aah!
CENTURION: Come on!
BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'?
CENTURION: Goes like...?
BRIAN: 'Annus'?
CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?
BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'?
CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?
BRIAN: 'Go'. Let--
CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'.
CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...?
BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'.
CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...?
BRIAN: The... imperative!
CENTURION: Which is...?
BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!
CENTURION: How many Romans?
BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.
CENTURION: 'Ite'.
BRIAN: Ah. Eh.
CENTURION: 'Domus'?
BRIAN: Eh.
CENTURION: Nominative?
BRIAN: Oh.
CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy?
BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...?
BRIAN: The locative, sir!
CENTURION: Which is...?!
BRIAN: 'Domum'.
CENTURION: 'Domum'.
BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand?
BRIAN: Yes, sir.
CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times.
BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
BRIAN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm! Finished!
ROMAN SOLDIER STIG: Right. Now don't do it again.

The Gaffer · 03-16-2004, 01:22 PM

Farty Towels
Watery Fowls
etc

Spock · 03-19-2004, 11:41 AM

Que?

***Valandil*** · 03-19-2004, 12:31 PM

I never really became a fan, but watched the show in snippets. What I always found funny (as an architect, I guess) was how you went up the stairs to the second floor - and back down a few stairs... the stairs going up overshot the floor for some reason... I found that amusing! (I AM thinking of the correct show, right?)

Draken · 03-19-2004, 01:03 PM

True! Must admit I don't know how much was shot on location and how much in the studio, but that would fit the bill. A lot of, shall we say, not-quite-top-class British hotels are big old Regency houses converted for the job, with all sorts of little architectural quirks like that.

sun-star · 03-19-2004, 04:04 PM

The sets tended to shake whenever Basil banged into them, so I'm not sure we should expect too much realism in terms of architecture

***Valandil*** · 03-19-2004, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sun-star
The sets tended to shake whenever Basil banged into them, so I'm not sure we should expect too much realism in terms of architecture

Oh - but why strive for realism when the deviations therefrom are so amusing!

Gwaimir Windgem · 03-19-2004, 08:39 PM

"I am from Barcelona."

Fawlty Towers rules!

My favourite episodes would be the Waldorf Salad, the one with Mrs. Richards, and the Germans. I own two of the tapes, and have every intention of getting the others.

gollum9630 · 03-21-2004, 12:07 PM

It used to be on here and i watched it then, but now they have stopped showing it and i havent seen it since. and that was about 5 or 6 years ago. so i dont remember much, but i do remember it was one of the funniest shows i had ever seen.

***Jonathan*** · 03-21-2004, 05:41 PM

Watched the episode with the Germans again and I laughed as if it had been the first time I watched it. Fawlty Towers never gets boring it seems

03-14-2004, 12:12 AM	#2
dawningoftime Enting Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 90	I love that show. __________________ Audio Editor

03-14-2004, 06:19 AM	#3
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	Fawlty Towers, after Basil Fawlty, of course. Found a couple of sites by googling for (amazingly) "Fawlty Towers Scripts", but apparently not all of them are available online. My favorites, all from the second series: The Psychiatrist Waldorf Salad Basil the Rat __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

03-14-2004, 03:52 PM	#4
Tuor of Gondolin Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,215	A bit of advice: When talking to Germans about Fawlty Towers: DON'T MENTION THE WAR! Basil did, but I think he covered it up. =========================== And a link to one script: http://www.mgnet.karoo.net/FAWLTYEPTOUCHOFCLASS.htm __________________ Democrat for Kerry-Edwards! Take Back America Aure entuluva! Last edited by Tuor of Gondolin : 03-14-2004 at 04:01 PM.

03-14-2004, 04:53 PM	#5
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Fawlty Towers is a classic I don't know any links, but scripts are available to buy in book form. __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

03-15-2004, 10:35 AM	#6
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	love em... i have the entire set on dvd (only about $50) __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

03-15-2004, 04:32 PM	#8
Elvedans Diamond Of The Night Sky Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Old London Town (Well somewhere near there) Posts: 366	I love them all! The one with the Germans is hilarious, and the one where the man dies in the room. And that deaf woman. oh they're all hilarious. Manwell is so cute and Basil is the best!!! __________________ I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouche scaramouche will you do the fandango? Thunderbolts and Lightning, very very frightening me!

03-15-2004, 10:10 PM	#9
ArwenEvenstar Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: and why do YOU want to know? Posts: 685	Thanks for the script! I apoligize about being unable to speell . . . __________________ The only thing active about me is my imagination!

03-16-2004, 06:14 AM	#10
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	Got the scripts AND the video boxed sets, and the kids often pester me to play them - Basil thrashing his car with a sapling is their favourite moment. How 12 sitcom episodes could produce so many classic moments is beyond me. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

03-16-2004, 11:22 AM	#11
Tuor of Gondolin Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 1,215	Perhaps there should be a seperate John Cleese thread. There are so many classic bits he's done, from The Dead Parrot to A Fish Called Wanda. But one of my favorite, as a teacher and librarian, is his grammar instruction to Brian on how to properly write "Romans Go Home." What a motivational instructor! __________________________________ Scene 8 [scary music] CENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 'People called Romanes they go the house'? BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'. CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on! BRIAN: Aah! CENTURION: Come on! BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'? CENTURION: Goes like...? BRIAN: 'Annus'? CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...? BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'? CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'? BRIAN: 'Go'. Let-- CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'. BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 'Eunt'. CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...? BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, 'they go'. CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you must use the...? BRIAN: The... imperative! CENTURION: Which is...? BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'! CENTURION: How many Romans? BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'. CENTURION: 'Ite'. BRIAN: Ah. Eh. CENTURION: 'Domus'? BRIAN: Eh. CENTURION: Nominative? BRIAN: Oh. CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, boy? BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah! CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...? BRIAN: The locative, sir! CENTURION: Which is...?! BRIAN: 'Domum'. CENTURION: 'Domum'. BRIAN: Aaah! Ah. CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand? BRIAN: Yes, sir. CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times. BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir. CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off. BRIAN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm! Finished! ROMAN SOLDIER STIG: Right. Now don't do it again. __________________ Democrat for Kerry-Edwards! Take Back America Aure entuluva!

03-16-2004, 01:22 PM	#12
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03-19-2004, 12:31 PM	#14
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	I never really became a fan, but watched the show in snippets. What I always found funny (as an architect, I guess) was how you went up the stairs to the second floor - and back down a few stairs... the stairs going up overshot the floor for some reason... I found that amusing! (I AM thinking of the correct show, right?) __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

03-19-2004, 01:03 PM	#15
Draken Elf Lord Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, England Posts: 694	True! Must admit I don't know how much was shot on location and how much in the studio, but that would fit the bill. A lot of, shall we say, not-quite-top-class British hotels are big old Regency houses converted for the job, with all sorts of little architectural quirks like that. __________________ I'm beset by self-doubt ....or am I?

03-19-2004, 04:04 PM	#16
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	The sets tended to shake whenever Basil banged into them, so I'm not sure we should expect too much realism in terms of architecture __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

03-19-2004, 08:39 PM	#18
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	"I am from Barcelona." Fawlty Towers rules! My favourite episodes would be the Waldorf Salad, the one with Mrs. Richards, and the Germans. I own two of the tapes, and have every intention of getting the others. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

03-21-2004, 12:07 PM	#19
gollum9630 Canadian Guy. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The true North Strong and Free Posts: 1,513	It used to be on here and i watched it then, but now they have stopped showing it and i havent seen it since. and that was about 5 or 6 years ago. so i dont remember much, but i do remember it was one of the funniest shows i had ever seen. __________________ "Canadians are so apathetic, but, what are you gonna do about it" -Glen Foster Wierd Harry Potter quotes the old nintendo duck hunt game Lemmings Swron Random Homer Simpson Quotes

03-21-2004, 05:41 PM	#20
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Watched the episode with the Germans again and I laughed as if it had been the first time I watched it. Fawlty Towers never gets boring it seems __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

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