Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
The Wedding Party (1975)
Yvonne Gilan: Mrs. Peignoir
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Quotes
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Mrs. Peignoir : [asking for coffee with her breakfast] Cafe au lait.
Basil Fawlty : Cafe what?
Mrs. Peignoir : Au lait.
Basil Fawlty : Ah.
[thinking she means "Ole," the Spanish word for "Bravo!"]
Basil Fawlty : Ole. Quite.
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Mrs. Peignoir : Do you have any Ricard?
Basil Fawlty : [blankly] I'm sorry?
Mrs. Peignoir : Any Ricard.
Basil Fawlty : [having no idea what it is] We're just out of it, I think.
Mrs. Peignoir : A sherry, then.
Basil Fawlty : [smiling and bowing] But of course.
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Mrs. Peignoir : [talking about the classical music Basil is playing] Ah, it's so romantic!
Basil Fawlty : Exactly.
Mrs. Peignoir : Are you romantic, Mr Fawlty?
Basil Fawlty : No, good god, no!
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Mrs. Peignoir : I think beneath that English exterior throbs a passion that would make Lord Byron look like a tobacconist.
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Mrs. Peignoir : Your wife shouldn't leave you with strange women.
Basil Fawlty : Oh well, I... I wouldn't call you that strange.