And maybe the most funny + dense comedy episode ever, even beyond the Flying Circus.
Why? For one, the story starts unsuspiciously, with a moose head and the info, that some german guests will arrive, while Sibyl is in the hospital.
The moment where Basil leaves grinning and rubbing his hands, because his wife will have a quite common, but painful surgery, cracks me off every time.
Building upon these harmless elements, Basil once again starts a personal climax and wacking out, between being annoyed by his calling wife, guests not speaking english in the first place, and constantly trying to NOT MENTION THE WAR!!!
Enriched by classic slapstick moments like the moose head seemingly having a dialog with the Major, and the "funny walk" towards the end, after Polly tried to prevent political uncorrect conversation ... you won't stop laughing.
Considering this episode happened about 25 years after the war, some puns when taking the germans hors d'oeuvres ... I mean "orders", were pretty brave, but (thinking of the cringy "Mr. Hilter" election campaign in the Flying Circus) John Cleese was never shy to make WWII jokes.
Today, critics, censors and some kind of political-correctness warriors (don't know which exact kind of the snowflakes) would at any price prevent a script like this to get broadcast.
Why? For one, the story starts unsuspiciously, with a moose head and the info, that some german guests will arrive, while Sibyl is in the hospital.
The moment where Basil leaves grinning and rubbing his hands, because his wife will have a quite common, but painful surgery, cracks me off every time.
Building upon these harmless elements, Basil once again starts a personal climax and wacking out, between being annoyed by his calling wife, guests not speaking english in the first place, and constantly trying to NOT MENTION THE WAR!!!
Enriched by classic slapstick moments like the moose head seemingly having a dialog with the Major, and the "funny walk" towards the end, after Polly tried to prevent political uncorrect conversation ... you won't stop laughing.
Considering this episode happened about 25 years after the war, some puns when taking the germans hors d'oeuvres ... I mean "orders", were pretty brave, but (thinking of the cringy "Mr. Hilter" election campaign in the Flying Circus) John Cleese was never shy to make WWII jokes.
Today, critics, censors and some kind of political-correctness warriors (don't know which exact kind of the snowflakes) would at any price prevent a script like this to get broadcast.