fawlty towers on bbc2...

[janzman]

...just watched the original episode...still very funny but OMG... 37 years ago..1975...I was 26 way back then, a mere sprog with a whole life ahead...talk about tempus fugit...groan..:-(

[owdhamer]

Flowery Snags, an anagram, as we used to call it was typical british comedy of the time,now we have t___ts like Frankie Boyle.Going on to better things are you watching the Kingfishers.

[janzman]

The Kingfishers ,owdhammer, pray tell,I'm not familiar

[maggiebee]

Afraid I hated Fawlty Towers from day one. John Cleese may have been slightly amusing in Monty Python but........ As you say OH, Frankie Boyle is a disgrace to Scotland. Watching Spiderman for about the 20th time with my four year old grandson - yawn. Must be bedtime soon??

[tonyav]

I used to like Faulty Towers, especially Manuel.

[factor-fiction]

I always loved Fawlty Towers- I was around 16 when it first came out- and still like it now. I was pleased when the junior factors also discovered it on UK Gold 20 odd years later and laughed along with me

[owdhamer]

Countryfile JAN

[excelsior-1]

there were only twelve episodes in total made - over two seasons.
all classics.

[tonyav]

I think my favorite was the episode with the Germans.

[carolegif]

Don't mention the war!

[tonyav]

LOL.

[mightyWBA]

One of the best comedy series ever written.
I can watch them over and over again.Brilliant stuff and so clever.

[excelsior-1]

you can see the sea - it's over there, between the land and the sky

[ladybirder]

My favourite was when Basil beat his car with the branch of a tree when it broke down. Hilarious. 1975? Blimey, as you say janzman, tempus fugit.

[janzman]

No swearing, innuendo or double entendre just straight foreward comedy with class stereotypes,sex and gender jokes,snobbish attitudes ....pretty much British humour of the day.

[ladybirder]

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - brilliant.

[ladybirder]

Sybil - I know, Oo I know!

[excelsior-1]

you have rats in Spain don't you - or did Franco have 'em all shot?