Fawlty Towers: Too much butter

From the episode "A Touch Of Class" - the new Spanish waiter needs a lesson in both serving and English.

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[thomasantao]

Definitely miss these British comedies . Even watching the repeats is hilarious.
Then there was the Vicar of Dibley, Are you being served, Last of the summer wine, etc.

[runito]

I love how Manuel come sailing in with his trays.

[chiselmarr]

I never understood why basil thought "burro" meant butter. Today I learned that it's the word for butter in Italian lol

[kenwu]

No no señor, no not on those trays, No. Uno, dos, tres.
I think this is the first episode. I was hooked right after that opening 😂 😂 😂

[Mummapuss]

This was the best British Comedy ever.

[ubegrijpt]

You won't get them any butter than this!

[carlosed-vdfj]

THEA IS TOOO MACH BATTAH ON THOUS TREYS...

[RedNightDragon]

Basil studied "classical" Spanish, but doesn't know that allí is pronounced "ai-yee."

[thememaster]

Hay demasiada mantequilla en esas bandejas.

[mooz]

Brilliant comedy writing, unlike the crap now a days where swearing every other word is seen as funny.

[josef]

It makes it funnier knowing that Manwell was English 😂

[hulkmasterofficial]

Communication Problems. Basil sings a song in the kitchen, but when Sybil comes in he says "I did it my way." 🤣🤣🤣

[casyatbat]

I was in Torremolinos Spain and at breakfast an Italian couple asked for butter which is "burro" in Italian and the waiter did basically the same thing as butter is -manteca- (correction) mantequilla in Spanish.

[AugustusRex-nkze]

Where did English humour go! Please come back!

[goldnutter]

LMAO thanks Dad lol we watched this about 1000 times
ahahaha it all makes sense now :-) hi Google
DEMIS IS THE MAN

[toddhunter]

It's funny how the British are now so offended by their own comedy when other countries just see it as being comedically silly 😅😅

[Tepurcat]

I give this scene a 2/10 it had to much butyer

[jacquesmertens]

One of the worst jokes of the entire series. Far-fetched and unnatural.
Basil has to point twice at all trays in order to make it seem as if he's counting, just to make the 'joke' work.
He also manages to spot invisible butter, from a large distance.

[MarkHarrison]

An unfunny racist show that could never be made now.