Fawlty Towers: Basil the waiter beater

Sometimes Manuel needed a tough lesson, and who better than Basil to give him one? A compilation of all the times Basil gave Manuel a damn good thrashing.

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[paulbeardsley]

“Let me explain” is the single greatest moment in the greatest comedy of all time.

[alanbstard]

2:06 - the spoon clacking against his teeth is too much 😂😂

[clintoruss]

Some of the greatest comedy ever put to screen, womderful stuff . This sitcom will last forever, just great quality

[Ettibridget]

My heart litteraly bleeds for Manuel...

[syourke]

Brilliant farce and physical comedy and wickedly funny repartee.

[drewski]

This Basil's wife
This Basil
This smack on head

[Shnuppa]

Mr. Fawlty: Manuell, Manuell let me explain 😂😂😂😂 manuell: AH
Mr fawlty: do You understand 😂😂

[Edward]

When this was broadcast in Spain they made Manuel Italian.

[zombieheadpopper]

They must have had soo much fun doing this show.

[MikeWildePredator]

May Andrew “Manuel” Sachs Rest In Peace.

[CountDaedalus]

2:45 random fact I just found out - John Cleese accidentally used a real pan instead of a plastic prop to hit Andrew with, and almost knocked him out.

[luisreyes]

Real humanitarian, that Basil Fawlty. 😆

[petew]

It was the mid 70s, and John Cleese was clearly demonstrating how reprehensible the behaviour was. He was the fool, and we were laughing at the fool. Great comedy.

[DanSahin]

Basil i think we got something😂
Mrs Richards what?😂
Basil i think we got something😂
Mrs Richard’s what are you doing 😂
Manuel QUE!😂

[Dane_Youssef]

Boy, those Irish cowboy builders really do suck. What a shoddy job! Look at that wall wobble at 3:21.

[Edward]

Cleese really hits Sach's hard with those spoons!

[TamiJoeris-gedg]

LOL!!!! Five mothers and 4 aunties 😅😅😅

[masterfarr]

John Cleese actually almost killed Andrew Sachs when he hit him on the head with a frying pan

[MK-txwi]

Amei esse programa!!!! Possui um excelente sendo de humor!!! Muito bom!!!

[ShadowStar]

Throw it away
“Que?”
Throw it away
“Throw it away”
Throw it away … NOW
- Throws it into someone else’s dinner 🤣🤣🤣
Throw it
Sorry
“What do you mean throw?”
- Moves Manuel Into the kitchen - Smack sound🤣🤣🤣.