If you want a real laugh you need the DVD/videos of the series with the interviews with Mr. Cleese between episodes and he is talking about this and apparently he was in Germany a few years ago in a rather posh hotel and a bit worried in case the Germans had seen a "certain episode" of Fawlty Towers... so he was walking to breakfast when one of the German staff of the hotel in the lobby shouted out "Hey Mr. Cleese! Don't mention zee var, ja?"
It turns out the Germans love it 'cos it shows exactly what bigots the British are
