Friday, 25 December 2015

Carry On Camping (1969 Gerald Thomas)

ITV3 decided to run Carry On films all day long. What a good idea.. Thus we had bits of Loving, Convenience, Jack and Screaming popping up sporadically.

Thoughts on Carry On Camping:

It was cold. You can see the breath coming from the actors. Apart from one brave girl in blue, the 'hippies' are all fully clothed.

Barbara Windsor as a school girl? C'mon.

Bernard Bresslaw was smarter than he played. Dilys Laye rather sweet as his girlfriend.

When Charlie Hawtrey encounters girl with cow he looks to the camera as though saying to the audience, 'What an old joke'.

When skirts were at their shortest (though, see Loving).  Poor Joan, having to endure awful clothes.

Sid in disguise looks like Alan Whicker.

Betty Marsden is the awfully laughing Mrs Potter - amusing scenes where she isn't listening to the outrageous lies of husband Terry Scott.

Trisha Noble, Valerie Leon.

Sure I remember some story about Kenneth Williams almost appearing alongside Brando on Julius Caesar but when googling this all I get is fucking Carry On quotes.

That's it, get rid of the hippies!


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