Paid Members Surf Digby Posted October 14, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted October 14, 2020 I watched Carry On Girls last night, as it has probably the most Nolan content (although her best moment is probably discussing her lodger with Dr Prod in Carry On Matron), and for the first time noticed something odd. It's not as noticeable in this YouTube version, but at around 25 minutes when Babs arrives and starts talking to Sid and Bernard, for a few shots the image quality dips massively, as if they've inserted footage from a telecine copy of a ropey 8mm home cinema version. It's glaringly obvious on the DVD version and I can't understand how I've not picked up on it before. I rewound and changed it to the commentary track to see if there was mention, but ...Girls has a fucking terrible commentary track that mostly consists of June Whitfield going, "Mmmm, ah, yes, oh there's Jimmy, he was a lovely man". Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Poster Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 I’ve bumped this after watching the recent Carry On marathon on ITV3. I’m intrigued by the behind the scenes story’s of the cast - how many of them had tragic lives and died relatively young. Also how the films were miscast with regards to age - in camping Sid & Bernard are acting like 20 somethings - Babs even jokes how Joan Simms looks like Sid’s aunt - wtf?  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted July 7, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 7, 2023 Possibly contentious thought: Carry On At Your Convenience benefits from Barbara Windsor not being in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Guy Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I'm not disagreeing but why that particular one over the approx 20 others she isn't in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members gmoney Posted July 7, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 7, 2023 Carry On At Your Convenience is shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted July 7, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Just Some Guy said: I'm not disagreeing but why that particular one over the approx 20 others she isn't in? Because she would have been paired off with Sid, essentially taking Joan Sims role. Hattie would likely have stayed as Sid's wife, relegating Joan to either a lesser factory worker or Mr Bogg's assistant, because her and Patsy can both do dowdy/grumpy characters, and Barbara can't. Firstly, I like Patsy and this would probably mean another film where she doesn't get to do much. I think she always had better chemistry with Kenneth than Barbara did too. Secondly, there's a scene with just Sid and Joan near the end when they return from the works day out, having to go back to separate houses that's a hidden gem. It's well written, well shot, and performed wonderfully, with both of them awkwardly not saying what they want to say, but knowing what each other means. I don't believe that Barbara could have pulled that scene off anywhere near as well.  Quote Carry On At Your Convenience is shite. Edited July 7, 2023 by Nostalgia Nonce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Guy Posted July 7, 2023 Share Posted July 7, 2023 I know the scene you mean and agree it is one of the finest in the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch2000 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 It’s a Tory carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted February 26 Paid Members Share Posted February 26 (edited) I watched Carry On Don't Lose Your Head today, as I'd recently learned that Jacqueline "Servalan" Pearce makes a small appearance in it. The lack of short black hair (and bodies at her feet) were probably why she'd gone unrecognised before now. I don't know why, but this isn't one I've watched very many times before, maybe only once or twice, and really I should because it's Ffing marvellous (two Fs). It looks lovely, like a proper film that had a proper budget. There's big sets, location shooting, and a lot of extras in period dress. I suspect a lot of it was borrowed/leftover from another production, similar to how they made Carry On Cleo. There's quite a few of the core cast missing. There's no Hattie, no Kenneth Connor, no Bernard Bresslaw, no Babs, and none of the semi-regulars (Terry Scott, Patsy Rowlands, Bernard Cribbins etc.), but those that are there are in fine form. Jim Dale in particular is great in not having the manic clumsiness of his Doctor roles. Edited February 26 by Surf Digby Edit? No I 'aven't 'ed it. Are you offering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members theironshake Posted February 26 Paid Members Share Posted February 26 Just reading this thread. The crazy think is with Carry on Camping. Bernard Breslaw is only 35. So acting like a 20 something isn't that bad really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 26 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 26 Still one of the greatest gags of all time. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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