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Carry On Laughing - The Complete Series

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This is a major disappointment as most of the beloved Carry On gang are missing. Sid James appears five times, Hattie Jacques only once and Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey not at all. Laughs are scarce and it's easy to see why this series was short lived.

This is a set of twelve half hour British television episodes. They satirize several periods of English history and the Lord Peter Wimsey novels. To get the most fun from the program you will need to know the details of the historical and fictional situations that are satirized.

The cast also appeared in the highly successful Carry On movie series some of which can be purchased here at Amazon.com.

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 IS JUST SIMPLY 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!

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 ditsy blonde too well. I like watching Kenneth Connor, Sid James, and the Carry On Gang. Now, I wished they did a Carry On Shakespeare edition.

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.

I love the Carry On series and have started accumulating them lately. They are consistently funny, in an old, English sort of way. The series relies on its ensemble cast, and they do a very good job from film to film.

If you like one, you will probably like them all. However, if this is not your cup of tea, then you won't like any of them

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.

totally mediocre. Buy it at a cheap price if you must.