History Funny / FawltyTowers

** "Japanese, was it?" "...Canadian I think, Major." "Good God, I didn't know Canadians were as clever as that!" "He's started early."

--> "Right! That's it! I'm going to give a ''damn good thrashing!''"
* The Major talking to Manuel, thinking he's the moose head. "How ah yoo, suh? I can speek Eenglish! I leehrn from a booook."

* "I'm a doctor and I want my sausages!"

-->'''Basil''': Well what was I supposed to think? I mean people don't talk that much in the morning! I was just delivering a tray! I mean, if the guest isn't up and singing "Oh What a Beautiful Morning" am I supposed to immediately think 'oh, there's another one snuffed it in the night?! Another name for the Fawlty Towers book of rememberance! I mean, this is a hotel, not the Burma Railway! It does actually say hotel outside, or perhaps I should be more specific! Hotel for people with a better than 50% chance of making it through the night! What?! What are you all looking at me like that for!

** And of course, the [[NotWhatItLooksLike "Oh joy! Oh, I'm so happy!"]] part.

* "Can't we get you on ''{{Series/Mastermind}}''? 'Next contestant, Sybil Fawlty from Torquay, specialist subject: the bleeding obvious'?"

* "Can't we get you on ''{{Mastermind}}''? 'Next contestant, Sybil Fawlty from Torquay, specialist subject: the bleeding obvious'?"

--> '''O'Riley''': If the Good Lord-

--> '''Polly''': Mr. Fawlty please put the bottle down.

--> -Basil promptly drops the bottle-

** And of course, the [[NotWhatItLooksLike "Oh joy! Oh, I'm so happy!" part]].

--> '''Basil, post-realization''': "Oh! Oh...Mr. ''Leeman!''"

* The physchatrist walks past Basil, who is rolling about on the ground with the immortal line "I'm on holiday..."

* The fire drill from "The Germans" - while suffering from a severe case of FunnyAneurysmMoment after the real-life hotel burned to the ground - is still one of the best scenes in the series. It starts with Basil setting off the burglar alarm while getting the key to the fire alarm, thus forcing everyone to believe the drill has begun; this leads to a debate over the time the drill is supposed to be and what the bell sounds like. Then Manuel starts a fire in the kitchen, and everybody else - even Basil - assumes it's only the drill, even after Basil sees a smoldering Manuel emerge from the kitchen.

* "No, no, I don't want a debate about it, Mr. O'Riley. If you're not over here in 20 minutes with my door, I shall come down there and insert a large garden gnome in you. Good day."

-->"Good afternoon, gentlemen. And what can I do today for you...three...gentlemen...({{Beat}}) [[OhCrap AAAAHHHHHH!!!!]]"

* Basil uses flash cards to direct Manuel to take suitcases to room 7...and Manuel promptly uses one to say "OK". Cleese looks honestly surprised, too.

--> ''[Sachs grins sheepishly, and Cleese - still in character - stares dumbstruck into the camera after hearing "Manuel" properly speak a full sentence in English]''
** Another blooper from "The Anniversary" has Sybil slamming the door in her husband's face so hard that ''the entire wall moves'' (if you watch the episode, they intentionally zoom the camera on Basil so the wall is out of shot). Cleese does a double take...and immediately begins "checking the joists".

** That whole scene is just gold, Manuel trying to greet them, and keeps pronouncing the name wrong - "You men with Orraly!"
-->'''Worker *After another informs that he means O'Reilly*:''' Yes, that's right. We are Orraly men! '''*under his breath*''' Thick as a plank...
** And let's not forget the scene in which Cybil freaks out and attacks O'reilly with an umbrella.
* Basil's inexplicable crouching, leaping performance after one mishap too many in "The Psychiatrist."

-->And let's not forget the scene in which Cybil freaks out and attacks O'reilly with an umbrella.

* In ''Gourmet Night'', when one of the guests tells Polly that there is a hair in their soup

--> '''Basil''': He thinks '[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar boff]]' is [[TooDumbToLive a locale]].

--> '''Guest''': [[BigWhat '''WHAT?!?!''']]

--> '''Polly''': "Well don't talk too loud, everybody will want one!"
--> '''Guest''': [[BigWhat "'''WHAT?!?!'''"]]

--> '''Guest''': [[BigWhat '''"WHAT?!?!"''']]

* The famous scene from ''Gourmet Night'' when Basil's car breaks down and he starts screaming hysterically at it before running off-screen... only to return ''to hit it with an uprooted tree repeatedly''.

* "I know what people like you get up to and I think it's dis'''GUS'''ting."

-->"Good afternoon, gentlemen. And what can I do today for you...three...gentlemen...({{Beat}}) AAAAHHHHHH!!!!"

--> '''Basil, oblivious''': Well, not much.

'''Mrs. Richards''': Don't be silly, I expected to see the sea.\

--> '''Basil''': [[SarcasticConfession Yes, well, on of the guests has just died]].

* "No, no, I don't want a debate about it Mr. O'Riley. If you're not over here in 20 minutes with my door I shall come down there and insert a large garden gnome in you. Good day."

* "No, no I don't want a debate about it Mr. O'Riley. If you're not over here in 20 minutes with my door I shall come down there and insert a large garden gnome in you. Good day."