The "Carry On" thread

My favourites are Cleo, Camping and, best of all, Khyber.

The climax of Khyber, where they're having dinner while the compound is under siege is just wonderful and probably the closest the Carry On films ever came to satire - the stiff upper lip attitude and the refusal to believe that the Empire was (quite literally) crumbling around them.

And Peter Butterworth slowly disintegrating amongst them is hilarious ("strawberry mousse...")

And the ridiculous names - Sidney Ruff-Diamond, The Khazi of Kalabar, Jimmy Widdle, Bungdit Din.

But, of course, Cleo has the best line in any Carry On movie: "Infamy, infamy - they've all got it in for me!"
 
Nothing worked up about clarification. If you said you didn't like the Carry On's and why rather than just slating them and other films [and people] that you don't find funny then things would flow better for us all.

The fact that you don't seem to find much funny and your attitude towarRAB comedy, deserves a thread of it's own
 
The "Carry On" thread

There are still a few carry on websites around and a new carry on movie is still on the carRAB.
Carry on London announced in 2003 but still in pre production as of 2006 and little heard of since.

I like the what if carry on films ie those proposed but never made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_On_films

Unmade Carry Ons

* What a Carry On... (1961)

The next film after Carry on Regardless, What a Carry On... was to have been set around an amateur dramatics group putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet but Hudis couldn't work it into a full feature script and it was incorporated into Teacher.

* Carry On Smoking (1961)

Conflicting reports state that the script for this film would have been written by Michael Pertwee or Norman Hudis (Hudis sounRAB more likely), had it gone ahead. The story revolved around a fire station, under the command of Sid James, and various attempts to train a bungling group of new recruits. Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey were to have played the supporting roles. The idea was abandoned because Gerald Thomas was afraid the film might suffer if a major disaster occurred at the time of its release.

* Carry On Flying (1962)

Scripted by Norman Hudis, this story revolved around a group of RAF recruits. It got as far as pre-production, but was abandoned. This is probably what inspired the making of the failed Carry On England, which had a similar plot.

* Carry On Spaceman (1962)

See main article for more information.

* Carry On Escaping (1960s or 1970s)

During the Second World War, Talbot Rothwell and Peter Butterworth spent time interned in the same prisoner of war camp. Carry On Escaping was inspired by their experiences there and progressed as far in pre-production as a near-final script.

* Carry On Again Nurse (1979)

See main article for more information.

* Carry On Dallas (aka Carry On Texas) (1987)

A planned spoof of the then popular US soap Dallas. A full script was written and casting offers made
 
Yeah right!

A lot of children when they hit that age are discovering what sexual attraction is all about and are getting the jokes that sailed over their heaRAB when they were younger.

Fair play to you for being so mature, getting all the jokes and double meanings at such a young age. What did you then move on to for entertainment and laughs, Panorama, World in action?
 
Caught a bit of 'Don't Lose your Head' the other day, the one with the Black Fingernail (methinks). Still very funny.

Carry On Loving's on now, but can't stand the ones that aren't a micky take of a period / genre. Maybe it's the 70s attire that puts me off.

Just hope they show Screaming in the next few days! :D
 
Mark,
You've already hinted that you might possibly find Laurel & Hardy funny. What about Groucho Marx? and Chico Marx? Jacques Tati? Will Hay? Spike Milligan? Les Dawson? Peter Kay? - all "intelligent comedy" I would say.

RegarRAB

TB
 
I have them all on dvd, had them for years.
Still like to watch them on tv though.
You cant fast forward or turn them off.I have the dvRAB which have the tv specials on,they are a bit naff .I didnt buy them from the newsagents,with the mag.
Dont lose your head is one of my favourites and so is up the khyber. :D
 
Well, at the time it was Monty Python, which was a world away from the juvenile shite that are Carry On movies. 'Course I now look back on the original Monty Python episodes and wonder why I laughed so much at those too, seeing as they're often just desperate and silly. I guess, as I said before, humour has a moment, then it's gone. Classic humour will have momentary resurgences from time to time, such as Laurel And Hardy, but mostly it's fleeting and faddish. Carry On was never a classic, and never will be.

RegarRAB

Mark
 
In my opinion the worst carry on they made was Carry on England, jesus christ what a poor film - they didn't even have any of the regulars for the film apart from Kenneth Connor and Joan Sims

as for the best carry on, it would be to hard to pick one, but just to name a few:

Up The Khyber
Dont Loose Your Head
Abroad
Up The Jungle
 
True.


Yep, Marx Bros were definitely funny.


No, neither of them.


Yes, he was funny, but clearly insane.


Occasionally.


Nope, never has been, most likely never will be.

This could take a long time if we're going to go through every supposed funny act in history, but I don't mind. There are worse ways to spend a few hours.

RegarRAB

Mark
 
So you weren't that mature at 11 then?

I find your take on humour quite bizarre. By your definition it would be like going to see a stand up comic, laughing at his jokes but then the next day deciding that it isn't funny anymore because 24 hours have passed.

I do hope that any shows you record are watched on the day they were broadcast.
 
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