Fawlty Towers: Siberian hamster

From the episode "Basil The Rat" - The health inspector has given a substantial list of things wrong with the hotel, but Basil has something a little smaller and furrier on his mind.

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[jackson]

Those two old ladies were brilliant. Right up there with the Major

[BiitoreinGoji]

"cuddle this, you'll never play guitar again" 😆

[backedup]

"You have rats in Spain don't you or did Franco have them all shot?"

I don't know why but that's one of my favourite comedy lines.

[andrewp]

Classic and timeless. I watched this on TV back when it was first broadcast. Doubled up, almost crying with laughter.

[chriswaring]

MY STEP DAUGHTER HAS GOT 2 PET RATS WE CALL THEM BASIL & MANUEL

[davijuli]

By far the best character from Fawlty Towers

[jimk]

"Cuddle this and you'll never play the guitar again!" hahahha

[jeffmoo]

The fact that this was the last episode suggests that the hotel was actually shut down after this

[michaelsica]

did Franco have them all shot?" Fell of the couch like I was shot!

[peterdavies]

Just discovered that he’s singing Charles Aznavour’s ‘She’ 😂

[maryoleary]

Bless Manuel's kindness to the little rattie!
Rats are Super little intelligent, clean, fun and sensitive creatures
- Well Done Manuel!💞

[jan-rubentippkemper]

pigeon - it's a rat - no, pigeon! - RAT! - Is pigeon!... no it's not, it's a hamster.

[bartmann]

This is not a proposition from Wittgenstein.
That one always gets me

[Kevin-ccqk]

He just shows the rat to the 2 ladies and they scream and run😂

[tpedes]

It's not in this clip, but this episode has my very favorite moment in the series: the last iteration of, "He's from Barcelona."

[mammuchan]

I must have seen this episode when I was still a child but the joke bout the Filigree Siberian Hamster entered my brain and never left. Whenever I see a rat, I’m like well there goes Manuels Siberian Hamster….. even when disturbingly it’s only the part of the rat my cat never got to😳

[Daniel-ufk]

"You have rats in Spain don't you, or did Franco have'em all shot?"

I know of no other show that has so many condensed brilliant lines, it just doesn't get any better than this. Hands down still the best comedy show ever made.

[ragnarkisten]

It is not a proposition from Wittgenstein 😂

[Kris.G]

Not a hamster, not a rat. A starling.

[Kerem-yv]

He got confused between pigs and pigeons