Starring: John Cleese, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs, Prunella Scales
Genres: Comedy
The Wedding Party (a.k.a. Sex) - S1-E3
Corrected entry: When Basil and Sybil are in bed, the doorbell rings and Basil says "Someone must have forgotten their pass-key". Yet when Basil goes downstairs to open the front door, he slides back two bolts. So even if the person trying to enter the hotel did have his key, he still couldn't get in.
Gourmet Night (a.k.a. Gourmet's Paradise) - S1-E5
Revealing mistake: When the Colonel first meets Basil, the same shot is used twice of the Colonel twitching.
Question: Basil asks the American male guest (Mr Hamilton) if they have palm trees in California. The American replies that, "They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them." The DVD then appears to cut prematurely to the next scene. Is there a hidden or subliminal joke here that I'm missing?
Answer: A possible explanation can be found here: http://tviv.org/Fawlty_Towers/Waldorf_Salad Quote: "This is, of course, sarcasm, as southern California in general and Los Angeles in particular is famous for its palm trees".
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Correction: Its perfectly normal for hotels to provide pass keys to a side door, not the main entrance. But there is unlikely to be a doorbell on the side door, so if a guest forgets their pass key, they have to go round to the main entrance and ring the doorbell there to be let in.