Comedy > 1975 Comedy

More Fletcher, Godber and friends

Advantages: Classic comedy, wonderful performances
Disadvantages: Only six episodes (and the extras)

In this second series, Fletcher and Godber are now well into their period of incarceration in Slade Prison, and apart from looking forward to their release, spend most of their time frittering away the days as best they can. Godber, whose girlfriend Denise is supposed to be waiting for him, is devastated to find that she has another lover and works out his frustration on another prisoner. There is a sugar coating in the form of Ingrid, however, who ...
...Meanwhile, Fletcher just wants to keep his nose clean, whilst having fun at the same time - unfortunately few of his attempts to stay out of trouble work for very long. Will they both end up with even longer sentences? Will they even remain friends? Fletcher is, of course, played by Ronnie Barker in what I think is his best screen role. Fletch is a seasoned prisoner, with experience in apparently numerous prisons around the country. As such, he sets ...

sunmeilan 11.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Porridge - Series 2 (DVD)

Carry on Avoiding

Advantages: It is the Special Edition
Disadvantages: It is currently the worst ever carry on

...final nail in the coffin, Carry On Emmanuelle would come 3 years later but apart from an attempt to revive the series in the nineties with Carry On Columbus that was it. For starters Sid James has passed on and Kenneth Williams was becoming tired of the series without these two stars of the series it was left to Kenneth Connor and Joan Sims to make an appearence for the old guard. Patrick Mower and Judy Geeson took the parts that Jim Dale and Angela ...
...Special Edition features give you Carry On England Alternative Version The Censors Cut - please dont get that excited the quality of the film is awful Audio commentary from Patrick Mower Stills Gallery Film Trivia Notes Collectors booklet Decent extras considering but the lack of a TV edition as the others in the series of films have on their extras is a bit mean ...

scampbellajc 08.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Carry On England (Special Edition) (DVD)

A Caravan Version Of Carry On Camping

Advantages: The lovely Elke Sommer
Disadvantages: No Sid James, Hattie Jaques or Barbara Windsor

...Norman Hudis in 1963 with Carry On Cabby) essentially retired from the Carry On films after 1974's Carry On Dick due to nervous exhaustion. Carry On Dick marked the end of an era in more ways than one as it also saw the swift departure of three of its most popular stars: Sid James, Hattie Jaques and Barbara Windsor. Scriptwriter Dave Freeman was drafted into the fold having already worked with Producer Peter Rogers and Director Gerald Thomas on the ...
...vast majority of the 1970's Carry On's. The jokes and endless gags all overflow on smutty innuendo and hilarious double entendres even though Freeman was infact attempting to vaguely recapture the spirit and flavour of 1969's classic, Carry On Camping. Times had certainly changed since then and all sorts of ludicrous sex comedies were scoring high at the Box Office such as the dreadful Confessions Of A... films and the even worse Adventures Of A... ...

IanPhillips 11.07.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Carry On Behind (Special Edition) (DVD)

British comedy at its very best!!

Advantages: Hilarious episodes; Superb acting by Cleese et al
Disadvantages: Not many extras

In my opinion, Fawlty Towers is one of the funniest sitcoms to have graced our TV screens. The main character is the rather snobbish and aloof Torquay hotelier by the name of Basil Fawlty, played superbly by John Cleese (in his first major role since his Monty Python success), and it is through Basil that most of the laughter comes. His contempt of most of the guests (or 'riff-raff') and his old-fashioned attitudes often lead to hilarious misunderstandings, ...
...actions. Cleese is supported well by Prunella Scales (playing Basil's long-suffering wife Sybil), Connie Booth (as the hotel's maid Polly) and Andrew Sachs (who plays the hapless Spanish waiter Manuel). Despite there only ever being twelve episodes of this great show produced, each one is a timeless classic that is as funny today as it was when first aired. The six episodes on this DVD are: A Touch Of Class - Basil is delighted that a Lord (Melbury) ...

corkoz 25.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Fawlty Towers - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

Doing Porridge at Christmas

Advantages: Everything about it
Disadvantages: I couldn't find anything that stood out

Porridge is a classic situational comedy that ran for 3 series between the years 1974 to 1977. It stars Ronnie Barker as quick-witted Norman Stanley Fletcher who's serving five years for breaking and entering and sees prison simply as an occupational hazard rather than a deterrent. The series follows his antics whilst he is in prison as well as the trials and tribulations of all those around him, including young Godber who is on his first prison ...
...Christmas Specials even though I watched them well out of the festive season. Each one was a real pleasure to watch and told a decent story as well as being tremendously humorous and entertaining. This DVD is definitely worth purchasing if you’re an avid Porridge or classic situational comedy fan. ...

MI9to5 14.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Porridge - The Christmas Specials (DVD)