[Fawlty Towers] Manuel is practicing his English, much to the Major's confusion.

Fawlty Towers was perhaps one of the funniest TV show ever made. It took place in the eponymous fictional hotel. One of the funniest scenes occurred when Manuel, the Spanish bellhop/waiter practiced his English in a way that confused Major Gowen, an elderly resident who occasionally drinks too much.

The man who comes in towards the end is the hotel's pompous owner Basil Fawlty - portrayed by John Cleese the comedic genius who wrote the scripts. (written by Len Colby)

Fawlty Towers is a BBC television sitcom that was first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Twelve episodes were made (two series, each of six episodes). The show was written by John Cleese and his then-wife Connie Booth, both of whom also starred in the show.

The series is set in Fawlty Towers, a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay, on the "English Riviera". The plots centre on tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty (Cleese), his bossy wife Sybil (Prunella Scales), comparatively normal chambermaid Polly (Booth), and hapless Spanish waiter Manuel (Andrew Sachs), showing their attempts to run the hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding and eccentric guests.

In a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted by industry professionals, Fawlty Towers was named the best British television series of all time.

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Highlights of Basil Fawlty's fruitless battle to get some cooperation from the bumbling Spanish waiter Manuel.