In this instalment the team take on the genre of…the recent That’s Entertainment compilation films of old Hollywood films as this is, erm, a compilation of clips from the Carry Ons. Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introduce the clips and I really liked their chemistry (it reminded me of when Williams was presenting Wogan and …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 29- That’s Carry On! (1977)
Captain S Melly is sent to a mixed battalion to sort them out and finally install some discipline into them. But when they’re more interested in other kinds of conquests, this will be far from easy. Yes, there are many absences from the cast with many of the regulars not appearing. But we do get …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 28- Carry On England (1976)
Richard ‘Dick’ Turpin (or ‘Big Dick’ to his mates) is robbing the wealthy in Upper Dencher. At a loss regarding how to remedy this, Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp (!) employ the services of Reverend Flasher who can hopefully put a stop to Turpin’s thieving ways. Carry On Dick really is the end of …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 26- Carry On Dick (1974)
From IMDB- ‘Sidney Fiddler organizes a beauty contest for a seaside town, but faces opposition from Councillor Prodworthy, who leads a women's liberation group aiming to sabotage the competition through disruption tactics.’ Neither Kenneth Williams or Charles Hawtrey feature here as the former had stage commitments and the latter was in the grasp of alcohol …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 25- Carry On Girls (1973)
Stuart Farquhar (Kenneth Williams) is the travel rep who is accompanying holidaymakers to the Mediterranean island of Elsbels. The travellers are an eclectic bunch and include pub owners Vic and Cora Flange (!), the amorous Stanley Blunt and his bossy ice maiden of a wife, Evelyn, Mummy’s boy Eustace Tuttle and monk Brother Bernard. As …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 24- Carry On Abroad (1972)
From IMDB- ‘A gang of thieves plans to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan.’ There’s a real emphasis on gender and swapping genders within Carry On Matron which is very interesting and portrayed …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 23- Carry On Matron (1972)
Wm C. Bogg and Son is a toilet and bathroom ceramics firm. Vic Spanner, the trade union rep organises strikes at the drop of a hat and is a permanent thorn in the side of management. Carry On At Your Convenience was made at the start of the 70’s and is quite prophetic as this …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 22- Carry On At Your Convenience (1971)
In this entry, we learn that King Henry VIII, in fact, had two more wives- the garlic-loving Marie de Normandy and Bettina (Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor, respectively). I’m so glad that the Carry On team tackled this period of history as it was ripe for it’s portrayal through the bawdy and smutty lens of …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 21- Carry On Henry (1971)
This instalment tackles dating, romance and love (with plenty of the trademark smut and double entendres) as Sid and Hattie star as Sid Bliss and Sophie Plummett who run a computerised dating agency (although it’s actually Sophie who pairs up the different suitors). Cue lots of wildly different candidates and wildly different experiences. There’s so …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 20- Carry On Loving (1970)
The Carry On team parody the Tarzan films of old. Lady Bagley is looking for her missing child and husband whereas Professor Tinkle is looking for a rare species of bird. This entry veers into potentially serious territory with the plot involving the missing child and then, of all things, cannibalism later on in proceedings. …
Continue reading What A Carry On!- Day 19- Carry On Up The Jungle (1970)
Meathook Cinema 