Fawlty Quotes & Sayings

I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy. — Isla Fisher

As a kid I watched television 24 hours a day and loved every minute of it. The two shows that always make me laugh and are therefore my favourites are The Dick Van Dyke Show and Fawlty Towers. — Colin Mochrie

I miss the comedy of the '70s and '80s, like 'Only Fools And Horses' and 'Fawlty Towers,' so I'm glad I'm put in that category. — Brendan O'Carroll

The repeat run of Fawlty Towers drew bigger audiences than ever and deservedly so. Statistical surveys reveal that only the television critic of The Spectator is incapable of seeing the joke, which is that Basil Fawlty has the wrong temperament to be a hotel proprietor, just as some other people have the wrong temperament to be television critics. — Clive James

Illy [Ray Illingworth] had the man-management skills of Basil Fawlty — Darren Gough

The sultan had enormous eyebrows, fibrous like angora wool. In moments of strife, his eyebrows twitched violently. Like now!
His Excellency's royal blood boiled. Once again another mesmerized American news anchor gushed about Dubai's vision, hailing the imagination of the al-Maktoum family.
"Where is this vision coming from?" probed Katie Couric.
"Ignorant Yankee!" Sultan Mo-Mo's British twang bore traces of Basil Fawlty.
The sultan wanted to retch. Dubai's showboating gave him indigestion, but he continued helping himself to more chips and fiery salsa, downing cold Guinness, smoking excellent hash, humming the theme song of The Wonder Years. — Deepak Unnikrishnan

There was a lot of terrible, terrible comedy in the seventies along with 'Fawlty Towers.' It's easy to forget. — Robert Webb

Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty) — John Cleese

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game. — John Cleese

I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.' — Russell Brand

Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to me. — John Cleese