Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
Communication Problems (1979)
Ballard Berkeley: Major Gowen
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Quotes
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Basil Fawlty : Tie's a bit bright, isn't it, Major?
Major Gowen : What?
Basil Fawlty : For a memorial service?
Major Gowen : Why... I didn't like the chap.
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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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Basil Fawlty : Could you verify that, Major?
Major Gowen : What? Well, what, old boy?
Basil Fawlty : The-the-the... the money I gave you last night? Oh, you know, "for my wife's present." You remember, I gave it to you just before you went to the theater.
Major Gowen : The theater?
Basil Fawlty : Well, yes... You-you-you-you remember! Hm? Hm?
Basil Fawlty : [sotto] The money I won on the horse.
Major Gowen : A horse?
Mrs. Richards : What are you whispering? What are you saying?
Major Gowen : He says he won it on a horse.
Mrs. Richards : Won it on a horse!
Basil Fawlty : It doesn't matter. Do you remember me giving it to you?
[Looking confused]
Basil Fawlty : [Desperate] Oh, think, please, think!
Major Gowen : [Thinking hard for a moment] What was the question again?