Connie Booth credited as playing...
Polly Sherman
- [Terry is examining a piece of possibly-poisoned veal the cat had been chewing on]
- Terry: Right! Now, how's the cat?
- Basil Fawlty: [Incredulously] How's the c...? How's the cat? We're about to take the life of a public health inspector and you want to know "how's the cat"? IT'S GONE TO LONDON TO SEE THE QUEEN! What're we going to do?
- Polly: [bringing in the cat] He's fine!
- Terry: Great!
- Basil Fawlty: [leaping about hysterically] HOORAY! HOORAY! THE CAT LIVES! THE CAT LIVES! LONG LIVE THE CAT! What are we going to DO?
- Terry: Mr. Fawlty - if the cat is all right, that means that slice is all right.
- [Polly struggles to keep Mr. Carnegie, the health inspector, from learning of Manuel's pet rat Basil, named after Basil Fawlty, running loose in the hotel]
- Manuel: The Major try to kill Basil!
- Sybil Fawlty: Kill BASIL?
- Manuel: No, not Mr. Fawlty. I mean Basil, my little...
- Polly: [suddenly, before Manuel can say 'Rat' in front of the health inspector] RATATOUILLE!
- Mr. Carnegie: Basil the little...
- Polly: Ratatouille. The chef calls the ratatouille 'Basil' because he puts quite a lot of basil in it.
- Manuel: He put Basil in the ratatouille?
- Polly: Yes!
- Manuel: ARGGGHHHHHHHH!
- [Manuel runs off to the kitchen screaming, Polly following]
- Sybil Fawlty: [charmingly to Mr. Carnegie] He's from Barcelona.
- [Polly, with a piece of cheese, is looking for Basil the Rat under a table]
- Polly: Basil. Basil? Cheesies! Basil...
- Basil Fawlty: [coming up behind her] Yes?
- [Polly bangs her head beneath the table]
- Basil Fawlty: Here I am.
- Polly: [coming out from under the table] Oh, Mr. Fawlty I...
- Basil Fawlty: [taking the cheese] Oh, that's for me, is it? Thank you.
- Polly: [as he eats it] Shall I get you some more? There's plenty...
- Basil Fawlty: He's called "Basil," is he? Don't play dumb with me. I trusted you. You're responsible for this!
- Polly: He must have escaped, Mr Fawlty, and come back.
- Basil Fawlty: Come back?
- Polly: They home.
- Basil Fawlty: Oh, I see. He's a homing rat, is he?
- Terry: Oh, yeah. Rats are amazing creatures, Mr. Fawlty. I read about one once. His owner had gone down to Penzance...
- Basil Fawlty: Yes, yes. I read about that. When the chef got filleted with his own carving knife?
- Sybil Fawlty: Here's your veal, Mr. Carnegie. Sorry for the delay.
- Ronald: He's just been given veal!
- Basil Fawlty: Uh, no, no. That's, uh, veal substitute.
- Ronald: Veal substitute?
- Basil Fawlty: Yes, it's not very good. It got rather held up on the boat. On the way over from, uh...
- Polly: Japan.
- Basil Fawlty: Norway. It's a... it's sort of a... Japo-Scandinavian imitation veal substitute, and I'm afraid that's the last slice, anyway.