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| The Carry On team made just as much of an impact on our TV screens as they did in the cinema. Christmas specials like those produced in the late 60s/early 70s showcased many of the films' leading stars (minus, sadly, Kenneth Williams) and went on to be not only a huge success but something of a 70s Christmas tradition. While there was no Christmas special produced for 1971, the schedules featured a very familiar scenario as Sid James and Kenneth Connor starred in "All this & Christmas Too", a forgotten gem that is every bit as funny as the best of the Carry On specials. The success of the Christmas specials showed execs that there was a market for made-for-tv Carry Ons and so, in 1975 Carry On Laughing was born. Carry On Laughing was a series of 13 original half-hour comedies, told in the Carry On style. The stories range from historical parodies to spoofs of the great TV dramas of the day and starred many of the cast from the Carry On films, including Sid James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor and Bernard Bresslaw. Sadly, with just a few exceptions, they weren't very good and the project ended the same year it began. The lack of TV specials has more than been compensated for by a wealth of Carry On documentaries over the years. The Carry Ons are perfect fodder for such projects - they hold a unique place in the hearts of moviegoers around the world and are propulated with stars with more than a few skeletons in their cupboards. Perfect material for analysis, scandal and dewey eyed nostalgia, not a year goes by without at least one new perspective on the films or their stars. |
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