A Mr Leeman comes to stay at Fawlty Towers . Complaining of feeling unwell he retires to his room . The next morning he is found dead which sets up all kinds of problems for Basil
Everyone will have their favourite episode from the show and this one is one of the most popular . It's black comedy at its most black and comedy at its funniest - someone dying has never been so much fun
What the episode does very well is show Basil at his most sarcastic as in " Teak , oak , mahogany . What you want the tray made out of ? " and being sadistic towards Manuel the Spanish waiter . " Manuel let me explain " then stabs him in the eye
Highly regarded reviewer Bob The Moo laments this season slightly in that slightly sexual humour has crept in to the show . I can see his point to a degree where a guest is caught blowing up a rubber doll and where a Welsh couple jump to the conclusion Basil and Manuel might be using their room as a place for a homosexual tryst but this enhances an episode that is blackly farcical and comes very close to being the funniest thing I've watched on television
Everyone will have their favourite episode from the show and this one is one of the most popular . It's black comedy at its most black and comedy at its funniest - someone dying has never been so much fun
What the episode does very well is show Basil at his most sarcastic as in " Teak , oak , mahogany . What you want the tray made out of ? " and being sadistic towards Manuel the Spanish waiter . " Manuel let me explain " then stabs him in the eye
Highly regarded reviewer Bob The Moo laments this season slightly in that slightly sexual humour has crept in to the show . I can see his point to a degree where a guest is caught blowing up a rubber doll and where a Welsh couple jump to the conclusion Basil and Manuel might be using their room as a place for a homosexual tryst but this enhances an episode that is blackly farcical and comes very close to being the funniest thing I've watched on television