Carry On Films
Having lunch today we were flicking through the TV channels and happened upon an old Carry On film, Carry on Loving I think it was called. They are far from PC but they do make me laugh in a predictable way. It just got me thinking, they probably couldn't make films like this anymore.
David
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Good👍🏻, love thy neighbour in the garbage bin of TV too. You needed a high % of neanderthal DNA to enjoy those shows🤷🏻♂️☹️
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It’s also very telling.
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Thank you WTG, I feel better now
I think Alan Bennett probably sums it up. One of my favourite scenes from the series goes back to one of the black and white films Carry On Sergeant. I remember a scene with Bob Monkhouse who, along with other recruits was having a lesson on Bren Guns but instead of paying attention he was watching Shirley Eaton out of the window. Realising this, the instructor taking the lesson asked him to come up to the front to reassemble the Bren Gun. Bob Monkhouse went to the front of the class and immediately reassembled the Bren Gun in seconds. In disbelief the instructor ask how he did that. With a smirk on his face Bob Monkhouse replied that he used to make them!!! That was perhaps a little more innocent than later films in the series.
David
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On the face of it I agree, but If I drill down then I don’t.We each have our own set of morals & limits of what is morally acceptable, we don’t live to others standards we project our own. I’ve tried the carry on genre & I don’t like it, not one bit. Others do & i’m happy for them👍🏻
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None, I’m not a banning type, nor do I judge morally. I have an open mind I realise just because I dislike something doesn’t mean it should be banned. I find that very black or white, free will allows us all choices. I take it you are a fan of George Orwell judging by your post. The whole carry on franchise is steeped in mysogyny, sexism, racism too. I find none of that entertaining.
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The very first film I ever saw in a cinema was a Carry On film. My mother took me to see Carry On Jack. She liked it but I didn't. I was more interested in the Kiora and Ice Cream at the interval. It must have been about 1965.
It was a genre of film that thankfully passed me by but bits are stuck either because they were on tv whilst I was in the house or I've seen clips on other shows. They belong to their own era and haven't aged well. A lot of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s tv deserve to be left there. Probably why I do not watch tv very often. Scarred for life. Those tv people had it "In for me" (sic).
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Not really as a bit before my time but I liked listening to the radio more than watching tv and fortunately so did my mother so I got to hear mostly comedy with the odd play. Mind you I was still young at that age so a lot went in one ear and out the other. Nevertheless the old comedy shows like Hancock etc bring a nostalgic wave whenever heard. I think it might be that I had to use imagination with radio. Same with books.
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Life with the Lyons, Ray's a laugh. Nostalgia rules, OK.
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I looked up the history of the Carry On Films as I was probably too young at the time to understand the innuendo and (nowadays) un pc format. I think they were regarded as family films when they started in 1958, the first one reflected "call up" something that was still being experienced at the time.
The choice of family films and outings to the cinema was a bit limited, Norman Wisdom, Disney, Westerns etc. I remember them well, often on a constant reel at the cinema so you went in and saw the end of the B film before the A film came up.
I have to say Carry On Camping was one of the reasons I wasn't keen on tents and caravans at the time!
I note your comments Rocky, you have missed the point totally, all these things reflect a bygone era, some good, some not so good. We have indeed moved on but I'm not sure what people will think of our era either.
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