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Carry On Laughing - The Complete Series
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767064378
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767064372
Label: A&E Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Running Time: 325 minutes
Studio: A&E Home Video
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Editorial Review:
And now for something completely bawdy. Carry on are two words to gladden the hearts of British comedy fans. Thirty-one Carry On films were produced between 1958-1992, and in 1975, Carry On Laughing brought the Carry On mojo to television, albeit for a scant 13 episodes. Each is a randy historical romp or farcical parody. You don't have to be familiar with the films to enjoy this series' extremely guilty pleasures. There are ribald double entendres, shameless mugging, awful puns, and even worse jokes. In one "monarchic moment," one loyal subject tells his Queen, "I will serve you humbly." She responds, "Good, I haven't had humbly in ages." Jokes like that are enough to really make you rue Britannia, but Kenneth Connor, Sid James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, Peter Butterworth, and David Lodge make it all sound like Shakespeare. The episodes takes potshots at Upstairs, Downstairs, the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, and other historical and mythical figures. The episode "Under the Round Table" will not make anyone forget Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which came out the same year (oddly enough, both make hay with the horse/coconut thing). Carry On Laughing is more akin to Benny Hill than Beyond the Fringe, but for fans of the films, it is a dandy footnote to the Carry On canon. --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good but not great
I love the Carry On films but the TV series doesn't quite reach the same potential. Not all the actors who made the movies what they were show up in the TV show, which is too bad. However, the writing is good and the humor is kind of the same. Certainl better than the average TV program being produced today!
Rating:  - Blast from the past
I was thrilled to find this peice of entertainment history available. I used to watch it years ago but did not know it was available on DVD.
Rating:  - Not as bawdy as the films
This collection is OK, but not quite what I was expecting from the carry on crew. We had some laughs, and from a nostalgia perspective, this is a good collection to have, as I really do enjoy British humour.
Mark Fredericks esq.
Rating: - Carry On in Heaven!
I guess I was lucky that I picked up this gem at a discount entertainment store. Anyway, I would have liked to see more of Hattie Jacques but I was glad to see the wonderful Joan Sims who was simply one of the most brilliant and gifted of all British comediennes. Why she didn't get Damehood is beyond me because she simply was brilliant and underestimated. She could play Queen Guinevere, a matronly housekeeper, or a drummer. The laughs are not hard to come by. Babsy Windsor does play that role of ... Read More
Rating: - WHAT A CARRY ON!
OK, WHERE DO I BEGIN, THIS SERIES OF 13 CLASSIC TALES FROM CERTAIN PARTS OF HISTORY REALLY DOES BRING OUT THE CREAM OF THE CARRY ON TEAM. NEAR ENOUGH EVERY CARRY ON STAR APPEARS IN THIS SERIES AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, THE SCRIPTS ARE VERY FLIMSY AND VERY WEAK AT TIMES, BUT THE TEAM MAKE THE MOST OF THIS AND MAKE THEM GEMS. THE BEST EPISODE FOR ME WAS "THE CASE OF THE SCREAMING WINKLES", IT'S JUST PURE BRILLIANCE AND GREAT TIMING AND INTERACTION BEETWEEN JACK DOUGLAS AND KENNETH CONNOR. THIS SERIES ... Read More
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