Bernard Cribbins is a hoot as the violent, irate spoons merchant. My favorite bit is when Basil draws him a map. "I don't see the post office." "It's the place marked post office. I can understand that you may have trouble with it."

All the tomfoolery with the wine bottles is great fun, just like most of the rest of the episode

Bordeaux is a carrot.

John Cleese & Connie Booth were married when the first Fawlty Towers series was done but were divorced by the time they made the second series.

Why did the series only last 12 episodes? Anybody know?

It took a lot of time & effort to write each episode, & John & Connie must have decided they couldn't carry on whilst keeping up the quality.

This episode had, by far, hands down, THE BEST ENDING of any apisode of FT. It was perfect! The split second realization on Basil's part that the three men are indeed the hotel inspectors, and the fact that they witnessed him throwing a pie in the rude spoon-man's face and crotch, and saying that he would kill him if he ever came back, man, that was AWESOME! I loved it!

"Good afternoon, and what can I do for you three gentlemen?" *takes one second to realize who they are* "AAAUUUGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

I love it! Ha ha ha!!!!