"The Germans", alternately titled "The Fire Drill", is the sixth episode of the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. It is perhaps the most famous episode of all, in particular for the line "Don't mention the war" and Cleese's "funny walk" when he is impersonating Adolf Hitler. Plot In this episode, which starts with Basil and Sybil in the hospital (where Sybil is about to have an ingrowing toenail removed), the viewer gets to see Basil's bluntness and sarcasm at its finest. Basil is not at all sympathetic to Sybil's problem - "I wish it was an ingrowing tongue", and he claps his hands with glee when he finds out that she will be in pain after the operation. Chivvied out of the hospital by an efficient nurse, Basil returns to the hotel where he begins to put up a moose's head, as instructed by Sybil. She rings to remind him of the task while he is trying to put it up - he replies, "I was just doing it, you stu

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