Fawlty Towers (1975)

John Cleese writes and stars in this hilarious but short-lived series as Basil Fawlty, an inept and slightly out of his head English hotel manager, who is tortured by "that annoying section of the general public who insist on staying at hotels." Fawlty is constantly berated by his wife and his efforts are continually hampered by their Spanish waiter, Manuel.