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Carry On Surfing Starting way back in the 1950's, a producer, writer, director and a group of very funny people got together, time and time again, to create some of the — at that time — bawdiest and "wink wink nudge nudge" films known as the "Carry On" films. Great and not so wel lknown actors such as Sid James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Bernard Bresslaw, Hattie Jaques, and others, star in many if not all of these masterpieces. No, they don't play the same characters in each of these films, but many of them take on the same sort of roles and personalities in each movie. The basic premise is that some sort of situation is identified, let's say workers at a factory that manufactures toilets. Like any good comedy recognizable characters and events are worked in — in this case, a strike for better conditions called by the shop steward against the desires of the workers and just a s huge order comes in that will save the factory from financial ruin. Toss in lots of rude humor, beer and a company outing, along with a romance, and you have CArry On At Your Convenience (the first Carry On film I purchased). From what I understand, most of the films were made in just a few days or a couple of weeks, rather than the months and months that modern movies seem to take. There are few special effects. The humor is "toilet" humor and the innuendoes and double entrendres abound. Puns and "in" jokes make up a lot of the dialog and there is always a pretty girl and a glimps of a bit of skin. Doesn't sould all that great? You are wrong! These are funny movies — for the most part, although some of the final ones after the main cast members started to leave are fairly weak and are Carry On... films in name only. Below are the covers from some of the ones I currently own and enjoy. There are several dozen Carry On movies, most only available in PAL format, but Amazon.com has a few that are NTSC for North American audiences.
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