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Post by Shychick on Jul 8, 2010 2:16:46 GMT
Ok, Duckula didn't even stay in that place for twenty-four hours. How, then, was his debt SO huge that he had to work not only all weekend, but ALL THE REST OF THE WEEK? ("Ah, then you'll be staying on 'til the end of the week to clear your debt!")
Either the rates in that place were crazy (although Igor didn't seem to have a problem with 'em when he and Nanny got the bill), or the Faulty Towers guy just felt like being a genuine d*** to poor Duckula for some reason.
Just watched this ep for the millionth time, and it never hit me until now.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2010 0:17:20 GMT
I think the hotel owner was inexplicable and unfairly mean towards Duckula from the beginning of the episode.
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Post by WednesdayFriday on Jul 15, 2010 20:30:59 GMT
Yeah, I think he was just being a jerk to Duckula. It runs in line with the rest of the way the hotel is run.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2010 9:15:09 GMT
While the rates did seem to change quite rapidly and tremendously, I do believe that Hotel owner was really unfair to Duckula despite this. Guess he's one of those fowls that loved bullying someone when they could?
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Post by hly66 on Dec 7, 2014 2:53:57 GMT
.... or the Faulty Towers guy just felt like being a genuine d*** to poor Duckula for some reason. Now that you mention it, I liked how they referenced Fawlty Towers in this episode. I have watched it a few times and I own the box set. Once I started watching the box set, I couldn't bring myself to watch the next episode because the previous one made me really stressed (which is probably the show's main goal - to make you feel stressed). Anyway, Hardluck Hotel pretty much sums up as "Fawlty Towers if it was a larger run down seafront hotel. Basil kept his cool and never got stressy or angry. Sybil and Manuel were never there. Polly was an unfriendly waitress." So "Basil" and "Polly" were the only staff - coincidentally, John Cleese and Connie Booth created/wrote Fawlty Towers and were married between 1968-1978. So the owner and waitress of Hardluck may have been a married couple??
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Post by ziddersroofurry on Dec 7, 2014 20:32:02 GMT
.... or the Faulty Towers guy just felt like being a genuine d*** to poor Duckula for some reason. Now that you mention it, I liked how they referenced Fawlty Towers in this episode. I have watched it a few times and I own the box set. Once I started watching the box set, I couldn't bring myself to watch the next episode because the previous one made me really stressed (which is probably the show's main goal - to make you feel stressed). Anyway, Hardluck Hotel pretty much sums up as "Fawlty Towers if it was a larger run down seafront hotel. Basil kept his cool and never got stressy or angry. Sybil and Manuel were never there. Polly was an unfriendly waitress." So "Basil" and "Polly" were the only staff - coincidentally, John Cleese and Connie Booth created/wrote Fawlty Towers and were married between 1968-1978. So the owner and waitress of Hardluck may have been a married couple?? I think you're right, Hly. I'm pretty sure it was a Fawlty towers reference-which wasn't that obscure a reference back then (even though Fawlty Towers hadn't been on for very long I'd imagine it was pretty popular with the folks who wrote Duckula since John Cleese was involved) but by now could be considered a little obscure. It's definitely obscure in this case since so few folks known about Duckula-at least here in the US.
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