Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
Communication Problems (1979)
Prunella Scales: Sybil Fawlty
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Quotes
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Sybil Fawlty : You seem very jolly, Basil.
Basil Fawlty : Hm?
Sybil Fawlty : You seem very jolly.
Basil Fawlty : Jolly?
Sybil Fawlty : Yes, jolly. Sort of happy.
Basil Fawlty : [with feigned reminiscence] Oh, happy. Yes, I remember that. No, not that I noticed, dear. Well, I'll report it if it happens, though.
Sybil Fawlty : Well, you look happy to me, Basil.
Basil Fawlty : No, I'm not, dear.
Sybil Fawlty : All that dancing about, singing and rubbing your hands.
Basil Fawlty : No, just my way of getting through the day, dear. The, uh, Samaritans were engaged.
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Sybil Fawlty : [calling to Mrs. Richards as she to her room after being injured] Are you sure you can manage?
Basil Fawlty : And if you give us any more trouble, I shall visit you in the small hours and put a bat up your nightdress.
Sybil Fawlty : Basil!
Basil Fawlty : Well, that was fun, wasn't it dear, the odd moment like that? It's almost worth staying alive for, isn't it? It's nice to share a moment like that, isn't it, dear? It's what marriage is all about. I know - I read it on the back of a matchbox.
Sybil Fawlty : [annoyed] Basil, sometimes...
Basil Fawlty : [putting an arm around Sybil] Seriously, Sybil, do you remember, when we were first manacled together, we used to laugh quite a lot?
Sybil Fawlty : [she pushes him off and exits] Yes, but not at the same time, Basil.
Basil Fawlty : [to himself] Ah, that's true. That was a warning all right, I guess? Should have spotted that, shouldn't I? Zhoom! What was that? That was your life, Mate! Oh, that was quick. Do I get another? Sorry, Mate. That's your lot.
Sybil Fawlty : [returning] Basil.
Basil Fawlty : [to himself] Back to the world of dreams.
Basil Fawlty : [to Sybil] Yes, dear?
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Major Gowen : Going to have a flutter, Fawlty?
Basil Fawlty : No. No, no, no, no, no.
Sybil Fawlty : No, Basil doesn't bet anymore. Do you, dear?
Basil Fawlty : No, I don't, dear, no. No, that particular avenue of pleasure has been closed off.
Sybil Fawlty : And we don't want it opened up again, do we Basil?
Basil Fawlty : No, YOU don't, dear.
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Sybil Fawlty : If I find out the money on that horse was yours, you know what I'll do, Basil.
Basil Fawlty : You'll have to sew 'em back on first.
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[Basil is mouthing words to Mrs. Richards, so she is forced to turn up her hearing aid as high as it will go]
Sybil Fawlty : [quietly] Basil, don't! Don't!
[Basil is still mouthing words]
Mrs. Richards : Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I haven't got it turned up enough.
Sybil Fawlty : [shouting] Basil!
Basil Fawlty : [at full volume now, right into Mrs. Richards' face] I SAID... WE SHOULD GO...!
Mrs. Richards : [jumps back with a shock, hitting her head on the shelf] Oh! Oh, my head! My head!
Basil Fawlty : Has it come away?
Mrs. Richards : Oh!
Sybil Fawlty : [to Mrs. Richards as she elbows Basil] Did you bang your head?
Mrs. Richards : Yes, yes!
Sybil Fawlty : Oh dear, let me have a look.
Basil Fawlty : You'd better go and lie down before something ELSE happens.
Sybil Fawlty : Shut up, Basil!
Mrs. Richards : Why don't you call the police?
Sybil Fawlty : Well, we will, the moment we've searched the rooms.
Mrs. Richards : [as she exits] My money's been taken!
Sybil Fawlty : Yes, yes, I know. Try not to speak.
Basil Fawlty : [picking up a particle] Is this a piece of your brain?
Sybil Fawlty : [kicks Basil in the shin; he sinks into chair] Shut up, Basil.
Mrs. Richards : Eighty-five pounds.
Sybil Fawlty : [to Mrs. Richards] Take my arm.
Mrs. Richards : I don't need your arm, thank you. I can get down the stairs perfectly all right by myself.
Basil Fawlty : "Down" the stairs? Oh, well, don't stop when you get to the basement. Keep straight on... give my regards to the earth's core!
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Sybil Fawlty : [Basil won some money on a horse and he doesn't want Sybil to know because she's very against gambling so Polly is pretending it's her winnings] Polly?
Polly : Yes, Mrs Fawlty?
Sybil Fawlty : What was the name of the horse?
Polly : The name?
[Basil, overhearing this quietly comes running into the dining-room]
Polly : I've gone blank.
[Basil frantically tries miming the answer by flapping his arms]
Polly : Birdbrain.
[Basil nods no]
Polly : No, no. That came in third. Uh...
[Basil points at Sybil]
Polly : Fishwife.
Sybil Fawlty : What?
Polly : [Basil tries pointing at his zipper] Fly! Fly!
[Basil points at Sybil again]
Polly : Flying tart!
[another wrong answer]
Polly : No, no. It got off to a flying start and it's name... was dragonfly.
[Basil hightails it]
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Sybil Fawlty : Basil.
Basil Fawlty : [to Manuel] So don't do it again.
[to Sybil]
Basil Fawlty : Yes, dear?
Sybil Fawlty : It's Mrs Richards.
Basil Fawlty : A fatal accident?
Sybil Fawlty : She's had some money stolen.
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Sybil Fawlty : If I find out the money on that horse was yours... you know what I'll do, Basil.
Basil Fawlty : You'd have to sew 'em back on first.
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Sybil Fawlty : If I find out the money on that horse was yours... you know what I'll do, Basil
[walks away]
Basil Fawlty : You'd have to sew 'em back on first.