Our family are huge fans of the 1970s British sitcom, Fawlty Towers. We’ve got the whole series on DVD and have all watched it from start to finish several times. We therefore couldn’t resist the Faulty Towers dining experience which is touring the country and in Aberdeen this weekend. The spelling is deliberately wrong (Faulty instead of Fawlty) for legal and copyright reasons. We got tickets for Sunday lunch at The Palm Court Hotel and were waited on by Basil, Sybil and Manuel. The whole experience was superb: incredibly funny and very true to the TV series. There was slap-stick comedy with Basil pounding Manuel’s head into the wall on several occasions, misunderstandings with Manuel not understanding English instructions with hilarious consequences, Basil telling porkies to Sybil and even the famous rat makes an appearance. Manuel smashes plates, throws the bread rolls, sings on the table and is just generally hilarious. Basil is typically rude and impatient and indeed I thought…
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