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Nov 25th 2013, 4:46 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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This is what makes a Carry On film, to a greater or lesser degree...

Kenneth Williams
Joan Sims
Charles Hawtrey
Sid James
Kenneth Connor
Peter Butterworth
Hattie Jacques
Bernard Bresslaw
Jim Dale
Barbara Windsor
Patsy Rowlands
Jack Douglas
Terry Scott
Leslie Phillips

Which is why there haven't been any good ones in decades, and there will never be any more.

Nov 25th 2013, 4:48 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Which is why there haven't been any good ones in decades, and there will never be any more.

This, IMO, while sad is a good thing. It means (other than the two aforementioned anomalies) that the greatness of the Carry On films will be preserved as it was originally intended.

Nov 25th 2013, 4:51 pm

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This, IMO, while sad is a good thing. It means (other than the two aforementioned anomalies) that the greatness of the Carry On films will be preserved as it was originally intended.

They were of their time, and couldn't work now.

Nov 25th 2013, 4:56 pm

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They were of their time, and couldn't work now.

St Trinians is the best example of this.

Nov 25th 2013, 4:58 pm

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St Trinians is the best example of this.

Definitely

Nov 25th 2013, 5:02 pm

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Definitely

Still some of my favorite films. Especially Joyce Grenfell.

Nov 25th 2013, 5:06 pm

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Still some of my favorite films. Especially Joyce Grenfell.

Excellent - I didn't even know they'd tried to update them until you told me.

Nov 25th 2013, 5:14 pm

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Excellent - I didn't even know they'd tried to update them until you told me.

Yeah. They really needed to not do that...

Nov 25th 2013, 5:17 pm

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Up the Khyber and Camping were my 2 favorites....just looked them up and they are 45 years old

Definitely couldn't get away with them now - especially Khyber as I'm sure that would be slated as massively racist from what I remember...plus it'd probably attract a whole bunch of Fatwahs nowadays!!

Nov 25th 2013, 5:17 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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This, IMO, while sad is a good thing. It means (other than the two aforementioned anomalies) that the greatness of the Carry On films will be preserved as it was originally intended.

Always best to stop while you're ahead and before you run out of ideas. Ronnie Barker was one of the best at getting that right.

Nov 25th 2013, 5:24 pm

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Up the Khyber and Camping were my 2 favorites....just looked them up and they are 45 years old

"Up the Khyber" was my favourite too. There are many reasons why it couldn't be made today, not least various factors connected to the war and military activity (offends the injured, the families of the dead, our allies, both US and "local", etc.) that has raged in the area for the past eleven years, and still continues today.

Nov 25th 2013, 5:28 pm

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..... Ronnie Barker was one of the best at getting that right.

21 episodes (basically two series, a couple of specials, and a film) of Porridge, every one a gem.

It's funny how most people remember a lot more episodes than that, me included.

Nov 25th 2013, 5:30 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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21 episodes (basically two series, a couple of specials, and a film) of Porridge, every one a gem.

It's funny how most people remember a lot more episodes than that, me included.

Same thing with Fawlty Towers, only ever 12 episodes made..

Nov 25th 2013, 5:35 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Always best to stop while you're ahead and before you run out of ideas. Ronnie Barker was one of the best at getting that right.

Let's face it, Ronnie Barker was just one of the best.

Nov 25th 2013, 5:46 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Same thing with Fawlty Towers, only ever 12 episodes made..

Unless you're German, in which case there were only eleven.*

*Although BBC Enterprises had a lot of success selling Fawlty Towers to many countries in Europe, they were only able to sell eleven episodes to the Germans.

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