Waldorf Salad
- Episode aired Mar 5, 1979
- TV-PG
- 32m
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8.4/10
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Customer dissatisfaction with the Fawlty Towers dining experience comes to a head when an insistent American comes for a stay.Customer dissatisfaction with the Fawlty Towers dining experience comes to a head when an insistent American comes for a stay.Customer dissatisfaction with the Fawlty Towers dining experience comes to a head when an insistent American comes for a stay.
Mark Kirby
- Hotel Guest
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFawlty Towers was originally broadcast without individual episode titles. Some episodes were given names in TV listings, only. However, they were not named as we know them today. Waldorf Salad was originally called "U.S.A." in the listings. It wasn't until the show was marketed as a VHS set in the 1980's when all episodes received proper titles, such as Waldorf Salad, that have lasted since.
- GoofsAccording to the dialogue, The Hamiltons arrived at the hotel by car, having driven five hours from London. However, when Harry Hamilton decides to make an early departure following the dinner fiasco, he calls for a taxi. If the couple arrived by a car they drove themselves, then presumably it would still be parked outside. Calling for a taxi to leave the hotel doesn't make sense.
- Quotes
Mr. Hamilton: What I'm suggesting is that this place is the... the crummiest, shoddiest, worst-run hotel in the whole of Western Europe.
Major Gowen: No! No, I won't have that! There's a place in Eastbourne.
- Crazy creditsThe Fawlty Towers sign has been re-arranged into Flay Otters (both "W"s missing).
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Late Debate: Episode #1.90 (2023)
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I won't say this is the best episode of Fawlty Towers because everyone has their favourite. But it is the one I enjoyed most. Bruce Boa is just brilliant here, a great foil for Basil. When I reach for my DVD of Fawlty Towers, this is always the first one I watch. In 2002, I went to a buffet restaurant and there was a Waldorf salad with the ingredients described in the episode: celery, apples, walnuts and grapes in a mayonnaise sauce. Although I was reluctant to taste it, it turned out to be delicious. So far, I have never found Basil's dubious Old English salad! I doubt that it exists.
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- Feb 14, 2021
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