Modelled after a real-life hotel on the English seaside, the Fawlty Towers hotel became home to one of the most successful British comedy shows ever. Actor John Cleese plays the moody hotel owner, who bosses  his staff and guests around and is himself belittled by his wife Sybil. If you want to know what British comedy is like, and learn some expressions that are commonly used in the English language today, you should start by watching these clips of the series’ silliest scenes. Have a laugh, (and look up the words and expressions you didn’t get).