Fawlty Towers (TV Series)
The Psychiatrist (1979)
Basil Henson: Dr. Abbott
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Quotes
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Dr. Abbott : [to his wife, discussing Basil Fawlty] There's enough there for an entire convention.
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[the doctors ask how often the Fawltys can get away for a holiday, but Basil, paranoid over one of them being a psychiatrist, thinks their inquiry is about his sex life]
Dr. Abbott : How often can you and your wife manage it? You don't mind my asking?
Basil Fawlty : [like a deer in headlights] Not at all. Not at all. About average, since you asked.
Mrs. Abbott : Average?
Basil Fawlty : Mm-hm.
Dr. Abbott : What would be average?
Basil Fawlty : Well, you tell me. Ha-ha.
Mrs. Abbott : Well, um... couple of times a year?
Basil Fawlty : What?
Dr. Abbott : Once a year? Well, we knew it must be difficult. My wife couldn't see how you could manage it at all.
Basil Fawlty : [affronted] Well, as you've asked, two or three times a week, actually.
Dr. Abbott : A week?
Basil Fawlty : Yes. Pretty normal, isn't it? We're quite normal down here in Torquay, you know.
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Sybil Fawlty : Thank you, Mr. Abbott. Oh, Dr. Abbott, sorry.
Basil Fawlty : Doctor?
Dr. Abbott : Yes?
Basil Fawlty : I'm terribly sorry, we hadn't been told. We hadn't been told you were a doctor.
Dr. Abbott : Oh.
Basil Fawlty : How do you do, Doctor? Very nice to have you with us, Doctor.
Dr. Abbott : Thank you.
Sybil Fawlty : You're in room five, Doctor.
Basil Fawlty : And Mrs. Abbott, how do you do?
Dr. Abbott : Dr. Abbott, actually.
Basil Fawlty : I'm sorry?
Dr. Abbott : Dr. Abbott.
Mrs. Abbott : Two doctors.
Basil Fawlty : You're two doctors?
Mrs. Abbott : Yes.
Basil Fawlty : Well, how did you become two doctors? It's most unusual. I mean, did you take the exam twice, or...
Dr. Abbott : No. My wife's a doctor.
Mrs. Abbott : I'm a doctor.
Basil Fawlty : You're a doctor, too. So you're three doctors!
Dr. Abbott : No, I'm just... I'm just one doctor. My wife is another doctor.