Fawlty Towers with John Cleese as Basil and his wife, Sybil. Manuel, the waiter from Barcelona, has lost his pet rat, also called...Basil! The rat has escaped on the very day that the Health and Safety inspector visits! He isn't too happy about how things are managed... basil is a herb used for cooking - 'albahaca' in Spanish - and Basil is a name.
Sybil: Oooh Mr. Carnegie good morning.
Mr Carnegie: Ah, good morning Mrs. Fawlty.
Basil Fawlty: Nice to see you
Sybil: Would you like coffee before we adjourn to...
Mr Carnegie: No thank you. If we start upstairs with the water tank.
Basil Fawlty: Ah good idea
Mr Carnegie: What?
Basil Fawlty: Good thinking. About starting upstairs. Sybil would you, would you like to show Mr. Carnegie
Sybil: I was just going to Basil.
Basil Fawlty: Yes and I'll keep an eye on things down here, shall I? See if I can find something to be getting on with.
Mr Carnegie: God! What was that!
Basil Fawlty: Bloody television exploding again!
Mr Carnegie: That was a gun.
Sybil: Yes. It did sound like it, didn't it?
Mr Carnegie: What is going here?
Major: I'll get him. He'll come back for the nuts, you know. He was sniffing around here just now.
Basil Fawlty: Sorry, sorry Major... It wasn't the television at all. It was just this gun. I'll put it away under lock and key straight away.
Mr Carnegie: Why was he firing it in a hotel?
Basil Fawlty: Er, starlings. Shooting starlings.
Mr Carnegie: In the bar?
Basil Fawlty: No, no. Through the window. I'll lock it away.
Mr Carnegie: Is it licensed?
Basil Fawlty: Oh yes. Oh yes.
Mr Carnegie: You do realise that under the Health and Safety Act it is your responsibilty...
Sybil: Oh yes. I'm terribly sorry. It's never happened before Mr. Carnegie.
Mr Carnegie: Well, I shall have to notify the police, of course. They will take steps.
Manuel: Que ha pasado?
Polly: It's alright. It's alright.
Manuel: Is he, is he alright?
Polly: Yes, he's alright
Manuel: He not dead?
Polly: No, no. It was just the Major letting the gun off.
Manuel: The Major tried to kill Basil?
Sybil: Kill Basil?
Manuel: No, no. Not Mr. Fawlty. I mean Basil, my little...
Polly: Ratatouille
Mr Carnegie: Basil the little...
Polly: Ratatouille...The chef calls the ratatouille Basil because he puts quite a lot of basil in it.
Manuel: He put Basil in the ratatouille?
Polly: Yes
Manuel: Ooooooh!
Sybil: He's from Barcelona. ... You know, typical latin really. Would you like to...
