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I had an idea what this would be like before whatching it. There is a definite departure from the recipe that made the better of the Carry On films what they were. In the complete series collection there are a number of what we're called Carry On Laughing TV programmes. The 'Christmas' editions are very much like them. They are fairly poor in that they appear very forced and overly lewd and slapstick. There are occasions where you can almost sense a "what am l doing this for" air, with characters almost whincing at the lines expected to come forth. Hattie Jaques most of all must have felt mostly redundant and lm afraid the Frankie Howard just looked bewildered. My guess is that the extra money was the attraction, despite the fact that the cast were not exactly showered with cash for these films/short programs in the first place. They could have been worse l suppose, thank God they didn't ask Phil Silvers to put in an appearance. Of the 30 'original' films you could say that 3 were great 6 more were good, 10 were watchable and 11 were 'so so' to bad. The films in general were seen for nostalgia with a third being entertaining. The 'Christmas' films were not. They were too much like the 'Laughing' series and highlighted how little further some of the films would have to go to become pretty awful.Read full review
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Pleased with purchase nice to see vintage non politically correct comedy
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Never seen this before me and partner Carol laughing and enjoyed it from beginning to end !
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Excellent Christmas specials of the Carry On series, with some good and hilarious performances
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Good quality with short introduction from Peter Rodgers. Humour is not on par with the films but still very enjoyable to watch your old friends having fun.
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