Advantages: It's Frankie! Disadvantages: Disappointing and disorganised.
...into that style of camp comedy and innuendo. There is a sauciness about it, but also a level of innocence and the combination is one which I find hits the spot and is generally very funny.
I love watching Frankie in Carry On films, but enjoy his other work too. This DVD is a compilation of routines, sketches and interviews he did over decades of his long TV career. In each one, his comic persona shines through the screen, for he rarely showed his ... ...all his body in his comedy performances. I also especially liked the black and white archive material from the 1960s, when he looked really young. Somehow, he seems to look identical throughout the 1970s and 1980s! Then again, the bags under the eyes were still visible in 1966!
There are a large amount of varied clips on the DVD, which make it fast-moving and includes a lot of material, which is good, but personally, I would have preferred fewer ...
KarenUK 21.04.2005
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