The Germans (on some releases named "Fire Drill") is the sixth episode
of the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers. In the episode, while suffering the
effects of concussion, Basil Fawlty repeatedly offends some German
guests. Despite warning his staff "Don't mention the war", he keeps
ignoring his own advice. His insults culminate in a goose-stepping
impersonation of Adolf Hitler.Sybil, in hospital for a few days,
instructs Basil on several tasks he must do at the hotel, including
running a required fire drill and hanging a moose head. At the hotel,
Basil has a conversation with Major Gowen, who tells an anecdote about
a Test match, in the course of it blithely referring to West Indians
as "niggers" and to Indians as "wogs". The Major also expresses his
dislike of Germans when Basil tells him a German group is due the next
day. Basil then has several pratfalls with Manuel while trying to hang
the moose head, including many calls from Sybil reminding him to do
so. At one point, he leaves the head on the hotel counter to get a
hammer, during which Manuel practises his English from behind the
counter; a confused Major thinks the moose head is talking.The next
morning Basil successfully mounts the head. After another call from
Sybil, Basil prepares to start the fire drill, but ends up creating
confusion with the guests between the fire alarm and the burglar alarm
(with the fire alarm being "a semitone higher" than the burglar
alarm). Matters are made worse when Manuel actually causes a fire in
the kitchen, setting off the alarm, but Basil, unaware of this,
assures the guests it is only a drill. After starting the alarm, he
tries to use the extinguisher on the fire, which bursts and sprays him
in the face, blinding him. Manuel races out of the kitchen and tries
to help Basil, only to accidentally knock him out with a frying pan. The Germans Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter