Fawlty Towers S2 Ep5 "Anniversary" REACTION!
Added 2023-10-22 14:00:05 +0000 UTCThou shall not lie.
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I remember watching Paine (and American remake) on Paramount Comedy years ago. It was utterly dreadful.
Joe Blakeley
2025-04-04 09:27:24 +0000 UTC"Boomer would also enjoy the American character in the show who adds his views on British culture." I hadn't even thought of that. Definitely! Jack Dee's character has a writer/friend who works for him, he's American and is often giving his opinions on the strange UK customs and habits he sees. It's funny. :P
Jason Scade
2024-09-12 23:00:21 +0000 UTCAgreed, bro. It is absolute comedy/cringe gold. Jack Dee is an embittered, resentful comedy master in this. He makes Larry David look of a sunny disposition. Also, the actor (Tony Gardner) from Fresh Meat, who played the professor who sleeps with the student is in Lead Balloon. He pops up once in every ep as an extremely neurotic local cafe owner, he so hilarious in it. (btw, this is for sake of King B, if he ever happens to see the comment) Obviously you know all this, Bruce. :P I'd genuinely pay King B to react to ep.1 of Lead Balloon, to get it out there for his audience and for him and Queen B to see it. It's one of the best UK comedies of all-time, imo. 10/10. Essential UK comedy cringe viewing. Currently all episodes of Lead Balloon are up on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EubBEBvUVrw&list=PLgeGcX2U-sIF095QT4rSJK3YhWf8DK9lJ
Jason Scade
2024-09-12 22:56:53 +0000 UTCI agree totally. Lead balloon was hidden away at an obscure time on BBC 2, and therefore, even many in the UK haven't seen it. Boomer would also enjoy the American character in the show who adds his views on British culture.
Bruce Bowden
2024-09-12 10:46:27 +0000 UTCI just thought that maybe Eric Idle could have played the Roger character. I wonder if John Cleese ever thought about having any other pythons do a guest appearance.
Oliver Chapman
2024-03-11 00:17:56 +0000 UTCExcellent reaction. Another superb UK series that is extremely funny, like Fawlty Towers, is 'Lead Balloon' by and starring UK comedian Jack Dee. In real life, Jack Dee was very popular stand-up in Britain in the mid 90s, his on-stage persona is of a grumpy, sarcastic, scathing man.. somewhat like Sean Lock. In the series 'Lead Balloon', Dee plays a fictionalized version of himself.. a stand-up comedian whose glory days are behind him and his career is slowing down... the show follows his many attempts to get his career back on track and also the very many excruciatingly cringing, socially awkward situations he gets himself into.. much like Basil Fawlty, Larry David, Alan Partridge, etc. Lead Balloon is top drawer UK sitcom cringe-comedy, I can't recommend it enough. There are 4 series, every episode great.
Jason Scade
2024-01-13 02:56:42 +0000 UTCAre your knuckles ok Mr boomer? You keep having to push them back into the sockets 🫣
Industrialist2015ofUk
2023-12-28 13:25:41 +0000 UTCIt was at the start and then seemed to get better.
BigChanChan
2023-10-23 00:17:09 +0000 UTCNot sure if you caught it or not, but Manuel told Basil that Terry had called him various things, one of which was a word I'm not even sure it will let me type on here, but it's a racist thing about Italians. I think it's a scene they leave in modern re-showings though as it's said pretty fast and most people wouldn't even know what it meant nowadays. Unlike the Majors 'N word' scene they obviously cut out.
LyingSecret
2023-10-22 23:58:41 +0000 UTCThis episode is easily my least favourite, but still not bad. They just pushed the unbelievability of the situation a little too far. The next episode is an absolute belter though.
Jay
2023-10-22 23:42:49 +0000 UTCThe next episode is one of the funniest half hours of British television ever.
Neal Murdoch
2023-10-22 20:01:02 +0000 UTCEverything about him annoys me.
ThetaSigmaTheOriginal
2023-10-22 19:13:26 +0000 UTCNah, he's one of the best character's this ep. He's a jester, delightedly poking a wasps nest with a stick.
Brodie Vickers
2023-10-22 19:12:33 +0000 UTCA few weeks ago someone on here (cant remember who) said that you would find one particular sign at the entrance the funniest. I said I knew which one it would be (but we didn't tell you). This was it.
Ryan Lynch
2023-10-22 19:10:02 +0000 UTCThe comb-over guy was so annoying!
ThetaSigmaTheOriginal
2023-10-22 18:57:00 +0000 UTCechoey?
ThetaSigmaTheOriginal
2023-10-22 18:39:05 +0000 UTCFlowery Twats!
Baswell
2023-10-22 14:37:24 +0000 UTCyour future perhaps...... no specials no .... americans tried and failed 3 times to do their own version ....*foreshadowing*
Craig McCulloch
2023-10-22 14:18:55 +0000 UTCBit echoey
SP
2023-10-22 14:12:50 +0000 UTC
