Posted on 14/11/2020 16:29
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
Posted on 14/11/2020 21:55
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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Posted on 14/11/2020 21:55 by WherenextThe 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).
Posted on 14/11/2020 22:41 byFan of "Take it from Here" then?
Posted on 14/11/2020 22:49
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.
Posted on 14/11/2020 22:49 by WherenextNot 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.
Posted on 15/11/2020 10:33
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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