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Fawlty Towers, Vol. 2 - Gourmet Night/Germans/Communication
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790760407
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790760401
Label: BBC Warner
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
MPN: WARDE1574D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 16, 2001
Running Time: 170 minutes
Studio: BBC Warner
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/13/2005 Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Nr
John Cleese has always maintained that Fawlty Towers was inspired by a real hotel that was run by a proprietor who treated guests as an inconvenience to running a business. No one in the world, however, can possibly match the sheer insolence and incompetence of Basil Fawlty, perhaps the most brazenly rude character in the history of customer disservice. "Gourmet Night" is Basil's brilliant idea to raise the quality of the clientele of his dingy little establishment, but when his new cook gets blind drunk, he responds by importing the food from another restaurant, with the usual Fawlty foul-ups. Basil's fevered flogging of his sputtering car is a surreal series highlight. In "The Germans," perhaps the best-loved episode of the series, John Cleese hits all-time heights of impertinent provocation when his wife, Sybil, is in the hospital for an ingrown toenail (much to Basil's glee). Simple instructions not to mention "the war" to the German guests sends Basil into a flustered frenzy of conversations that all wind back to WWII, culminating in his stork-like goose step as he offers his impersonation of Adolf Hitler. "Communications Problems" finds Basil once again plotting behind his wife's back, this time for a little off-track betting. His horse comes in, but his effort to hide his winnings becomes complicated when a guest is robbed and Basil's sneaking and sudden handful of cash make him the prime suspect. Complicating matters is dotty Major Gowan, the reality-impaired resident whose forgetfulness only lands Basil in worse trouble. Basil's prudish hypocrisy gets a workout in "The Psychiatrist" when a handsome young chap sneaks a girl into his room. Compounding Basil's strange behavior is the discovery that another guest is a psychiatrist, sending Basil into a tizzy as he is sure the man is analyzing his every utterance. As his attempts to catch the adulterers in the act turns into a bedroom farce, Basil finds himself caught in a position both compromising and absurd--his duck-walking climax has to be seen to be believed. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The Best
Finally completed my collection of Fawlty Towers. Best British comedy series since Monte Python. Love John Cleese and the havoc he causes. Great price, well packaged and arrived ahead of time. A must have for comedy buffs.
Rating: - Your war... you all...
Sometimes the guests at Fawlty Towers are more trouble than they're worth.
Basil Fawlty finds that out the hard way in the second volume of "Fawlty Towers," which is arguably the best comedy ever aired. And these classic episodes -- "Gourmet Night," "The Germans," and "Communication" -- are definitely some of the high points of this all-too-brief series.
Basil (John Cleese) and Sybil (Prunella Scales) are planning a "Gourmet Night" with the creme-de-la-creme of Torquay ... Read More
Rating: - Great comedy
Worth every penny! Hillarious comedy, dry english humor and enjoyed every episode. Too bad they have just 12 episodes. I would buy 1 million of them :)
Rating: - I would like to welcome you war...you ALL...
Ah, Fawlty Towers. One of the many reasons I love England. I WOULD write a review on the complete collection, since I have that, but I will settle for Volume Two, because I think that these three episodes are the best of the whole series.
First of all, let's talk about Fawlty Towers in general. The acting is absolutely hilarious and the characters are well-made. The jokes and hair-rising situations are both ironic and slapstick, leaving families in stitches. I watched Fawlty Towers when I was ... Read More
Rating: - The strongest episodes of one of the best comedy series ever
Fawlty Towers was the Doug Flutie of comedy series - a lot from a small package. This short-lived British series of only 12 episodes (I keep waiting for "lost" episodes, though I guess there aren't any) is such a consistently funny series one can't help but worry about losing control of bladder functions.
The Germans may be the cream of the crop from the series, with inspired performances from Cleese as a concussive twit who keeps accidentally mentioning the "War" in the midst ... Read More
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