Nice to see Carry on Cabby get some love. The black and white films tend to get overlooked these days, but Cabby was where the series started to find its own identity away from the influence of the earlier (wonderful) Ealing comedies. Great list, btw. For what it's worth, my top ten would be: 1. Carry on Cowboy 2. Carry on Screaming 3. Carry on Cleo 4. Carry on Up the Khyber 5. Carry on Cabby 6. Carry on Constable 7. Don't Lose Your Head 8. Carry on at Your Convenience 9. Carry on Doctor 10. Carry on Abroad
"Friends! Romans!" and is then interrupted by people who think he's forgotten the rest of the introduction with "Countrymen?", to which Julius replies angrily "I KNOW!!"
Great roundup and I pretty much agree with not only your selection but the order too. I'm surprised you didn't have time to mention that when Harry H. Corbett's character Detective Sgt Sidney Bung and Slobotham going in a cart to get the mannikin from the fashion shop there's the Steptoe Theme worked into the music score at that point. What a nice nod to the role he was most famous for, and a shame he didn't do more Carry Ons
I also liked Carry on Teacher. The most incredible line that got past the censors was in Don't Lose Your Head, where Joan Simms, a countess, said, pointing to Charles Hawtrey, "And, my brother, the Count". The Count being pronounced in such an extremely posh accent suggesting a certain 'letter' in Count was missing. Unforgettable. 😂😂 I seem to be the only one who liked Carry on Teacher, Leslie Philips and Miss Allcock! DING DONG! and Constable? Ah well, we all have our favourites.
@@johnhenry7972 HE PROBABLY DID A LOT OF LINE AND NAMES APPEAR IN MORE THAN ONE FILM I REMEMBER TWO FILMS HAVE ERNEST BRAGG( BEHIND AND OF THE HOSPITAL ONES). AND PETER POTTER,( GIRLS AND CAMPING)
My favorites are the early black and white ones with Leslie Howard and the nervous version of Kenneth Connor. Sid James was the straight man, also. "Constable Constable" 🤣
'Teacher' is a favourite of mine too, and I think it's one of the most underrated Carry Ons. All the cast were brilliant, and Leslie Philips was simply hilarious (as he was in Constable).
Great list My top 10: 1) carry on abroad 2) carry on doctor 3) carry on don’t lose your head 4) carry on camping 5) carry on cabby 6) carry on up the kyber 7) carry on constable 8) carry on matron 9) follow that camel 10) carry on Henry
My Mother used to love the "Carry on" films. As a kid, presumably in the early seventies, my parents took me to see their stage show in London. Just looked, "Carry On London"! Probably very late '73 for Christmas at the Victoria Palace theatre?
A very good list, and no glaring omissions. My top 10 would be, 1. Khyber 2. Screaming. 3. Camping. 4. Cabby 5. Cleo. 6. Abroad. 7. Behind (easily my favourite from the mainly poor later entries) 8. Cowboy 9. Teacher. 10. Matron.
I've always loved the Carry On Films (I'm a child of the 1960's) and take every chance I get to watch them. Unfortunately this isn't as often as I'd like as I don't currently live in the UK. I have however passed on my love of them to my two daughters and would struggle to pick my top ten as I love Khyber, Screaming, Cleo, Doctor and so many of the others! Screaming
In Carry on Screaming, it's also important to note that this featured an excellent, memorable cameo from Captain Peacock himself, Frank Thornton, as the shop owner whose store is broken into.
Carry on don’t lose your head is up there as a favourite. One of the best carry on lines between Sid James and Joan Sims: “Madam you look an absolute picture… …trifle overexposed”
I also have Carry On Admiral in my collection. Also the Gerald Thomas/Peter Rogers comedy films that didn't have the "Carry On" title ("Don't Lose Your Head" and "Follow That Camel" had "Carry On" added to them later) - including "Raising the Wind", "Watch Your Stern", "Twice Round the Daffodils" and "Please Turn Over".
The guy from Mind your language is Barry Evans and he died in the 90s. There's talk about the mysterious circumstances of his death and on Fb there's an author collecting bits and pieces of information about him to write about him and his death, but it's been a long time coming and I'm wondering if there's any progress on the book. It might be a good topic for a video if you're up for it. I'd always love to watch anything related to Barry Evans
Loved these growing up in the 1990s. They were always on at the weekend. Usually on ITV. Some of those one liners used to floor me. Charles Hawtrey probably made me laugh the most.
@dannyspelman1468 Yes, remember Charlie listening to the radio in bed in Carry on Hospital and laughing to himself. Also, people smoking in bed in hospital in the 60s!! True, of course. One scene that absolutely shocked me as a kid was when a male orderly came up to Leslie Phillips in bed to prepare him for 'down below' surgery. He had a shaving mug and a razor. Leslie said, "Oh, I done need that, I had a shave this morning." The orderly said, "I'm not here to shave your face!" I couldn't believe it.
That scene of Sid and Joan laughing in Abroad always cracks me up. They're clearly not just laughing for the camera. Cruising is a good one just to see Esma Cannon's dotty old lady
Carry on Cowboy? That is in my opinion a fantastic movie. The Rumpo Kid.... Sheriff P Knutt...Judge Birk. A sanitary inspector cleans up the town?! Brilliant.😃
Good timing. I picked up the dvd box set super cheap at Christmas, and I’m going through them sequentially. I’m only up to Screaming. Jack and Cabbie I don’t think were technically planned to be Carry On movies, but they got rebadged on release. I agree with your opinion about Cabbie, it’s really charming and has a genuine story. I personally would have found a place for Spying (rather than Jack)
THE BEST LINES IN IT "WHY DO THE GIRAFFES HAVE SUCH LONG NECKS"? "BECAUSE THEIR HEAD IS SO FAR AWAY FROM ITS BODY" AND "THE NOSHERS EAT PEOPLE, VERY BACKWARD", "THERE NOT EATING ME BACKWARD".
As well as the Carry on films, there was also a number of unofficial Carry on films or Carry on adjacent films that didn't have the Carry on title but were produced by Peter Rogers and starring the Carry on cast, such as Watch Your Stern, Raising the Wind, and Twice Round the Daffodils.
@@terrymurphy2032 that would be included among what I referred to as unofficial Carry on films or Carry on adjacent films, of which I only gave three examples of those that were produced. I know that there's more but these are just three examples of the series of films.
Thank you so much for this. Took me back to being a kid growing up in the Uk before coming to S.A in '76. Ive subscribed! Regards from South Africa Andrew 🇿🇦
For me i actually liked carry on england and would put that in my top 10. 10 carry on doctor 9 carry on jungle 8 carry on teacher 7 carry on cabby 6 carry on up the Khyber 5 carry on behind. 4 carry on England 3 carry on at your convenience 2 carry on abroad 1 carry on camping. Like anything in life we all have a difference of opinion. This is mine.
I guess because I love history, I always find myself going for the Western/Tudor/Roman/Khyber Pass films but Carry on Screaming will always be my favourite. But shout-outs for CO Cabby & CO at Your Convenience.
Personally I really think that ‘…Behind’ is an overlooked gem, Davis and Douglas really work well together. Although on screen Roy Castle is only in ‘…up the khyber’ he is on the soundtrack of ‘…Loving’, it’s his quintet in the background of the bar.
Good top ten. I watch every year the collection, usually in order too. It does show how subjective personal opinions are as my favourite 2 Carry On's didn't even feature in your top 10. I love the historical type ones, and the 2 I loved the most are Carry On Dick, and my all time fave Carry On Don't Lose Your Head. The black fingernail/Sir Rodney Ffing double personality of Sid James cracks me up all the time, never gets old.
My top 10 ‘Carry Ons’ would have been the following:- Cowboy, Loving, Constable, Spying, Cruising, Cleo, Cabby, Don’t Lose Your Head, At Your Convenience and Screaming, with Cowboy and Loving being numbers 1 and 2. 😂
YOU HAVE 4 OF MY TOP TEN CABBY (4), CAMPING(5), CLEO (6), ABROAD (7), MY TOP THREE ARE, 1 AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, 2 UP THE JUNGLE, 3 DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD. MY OTHER THREE ARE, ENGLAND (8), CRUSING (9), BEHIND (10)
I know most of those, thank you for the recommendations for the rest. 😊 Personally I have a soft spot for Carry on Spying, nonstop nonsense. The funny thing is, I kinda grew up with those films, too. In the late 80s, for whatever reasons, on of the private broadcasters in Germany used to air these films in their morning programme. And there was enough slapstick in them to entertain me over the holidays. I remember seeing Camping and Doctor back in those days.
The top Ten Carry on films 10. Carry on Constable. 9. Carry on Up the Khyber 8. Carry on Cleo 7. Carry on Nurse 6. Carry on Don’t Lose Your Head 5. Carry on at Your Convenience 4. Carry on Abroad 3. Carry on Cruising 2. Carry on Cabby 1. Carry On Camping
I can't believe Don't lose your head is not in your top 10 the Sid James and Kenneth Williams clashing characters and wild goose chasing is comedy gold 😅😂its my No1 Carry On film ❤
Up the khyber is my favourite too. Love the historical ones best.😂 2. Cleo. 3. Don't lose your head. 4. Henry. 5. Dick. 6. Sergeant. 7. Screaming. 8. Cowboy. 9. Spying. 10. Regardless.
Carry on Sergeant starred William Hartnell (Doctor Who #1) while Carry on Screaming had Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who #3)! Frankie Howerd was in a class of his own. Carry on Camping was probably my favorite overall. Peter Butterworth appeared as "possibly" the first incarnation of the Master in an early Doctor Who story during the Hartnell years.
The one thing that stands out for me in the Carry On films is just what great, but underrated, actors both Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw were.
PB walking gingerly towards toilet in hospital. PB to Jim Dale:You think it's haemorrhoids,well you're wrong. PB to Peter Gilmore:You think it's a slipped disc,well you're also wrong. JD to PB:Well what then? PB:I thought I was going to break wind....I was wrong.Shuffles off towards lav.Still makes me 😃
Good video and I hope after watching this people who have not seen the films start watching them . I love the dinner party scene in Up the Khyber , it always makes me laugh . I always think only the British upper classes would sit having a posh meal at a dining table while under attack . The film I really am not keen on at all is Carry on England
To be honest I can't do a top 10 because there all brilliant the cast the story telling you can sit down and watch them at any time and still be brought to tears by the carry on crew
Two of my favourites are Matron and Convenience, and I do also enjoy constable, of course camping and loving are both great as is Behind. Spying and regardless I also enjoy.
All of the 'Carry On' films were famous for their 'double-entendres' and puns - and some of them were pretty naughty ! My favourite line was from one of the Xmas spin-offs - I think from 1972 - when the cast were singing a spoof carol to Henry V111 - played by Sid James - 'When good King Harry got his Hampton Court '. For the unenlightened - 'Hampton Wick' near to the Palace of Hampton Court is London cockney rhyming slang for 'P**ck' !
I remember a movie called Up Pompey. Had many of the carry on actors in it. Not sure if it was a Carry on move or not, even though it was in the Carry on style
It's actually 'Up Pompeii' starring Frankie Howerd which was released in 1971 and it was a spin-off from the television series in which he played the Roman slave Lurcio as a 'spoof' on historical Roman times. Frankie Howerd did play one of the main characters in Carry On Doctor released in 1967. Pompeii is in Italy and was abandoned as a city when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. 'Pompey' is the nickname for Portsmouth, UK - and its football club - and also a famous Roman general who was a contemporary of Julius Caesar.
Personally, I think the earlier films tend to have stories that hold together better. I would include Sergeant, Nurse, Teacher, Cabby in my top ten. But the best in my opinion is Camping.
Cool list. Similar to you, i'm English, i've loved these films for about 40 yeard (i'm 44). My personal favourite top films are: 10 Camping 9 Sergeant 8 Again Doctor 7 Cruising 6 Dick 5 Loving 4 Girls 3 Behind 2 At Your Convenience 1 Abroad
Definitely a list for you…. I’ve come across some of those movies as part of my film studies. I’m yet to make a list as I haven’t seen many and I prefer the early movies they had a certain kinda charm. I find a lot of the lines and scenes dated and cringe. From the top of my head my list would be 8 Carry on again Doctor - I like a sequel and I like Jim Dale 7 Carry on Follow that Camel - As an American it’s the first one I ever came across (3 years ago) 6 Carry on Regardless - perfectly written and an insight on the British way of living, compared to us Americans 5 Carry on screaming - I love old black n white scary movies. I think Harry H. Corbett is the movie 4 Carry on Doctor - The greatest movie to watch while sick. The back story’s behind the characters should not be taken laying down 3 Carry on Cleo - The British do these Roman classics better than any one else and that’s “big of me” to say (hint - life of Brian) 2 Carry On... Up The Khyber - The funniest dinner seen I’ve ever scene. Btw what is tiffing ? 1st Carry on Cruising - I would write a whole page on this but I won’t, for me it’s perfection. You have some good comedic scenes/farces tossed about on a ship mixed in with some delightful characters. It even has a believable romance narrative. Just a great heart warming ending to feast upon for those that like their meals unusual. It features the adorable Esma Cannon (1st movie was in 1937) what a great character actor! For me this was when the Franchise were starting to reach its peak and was yet slip down the cringe fest that would appear in the 1970’s. What makes this movie is Sid James and the fear and respect the crew has around him throughout the whole movie it’s my favorite role I’ve seen him in as he plays it almost straight and it works, it just works. And at the end the movie his scenes actually got me a little emotional. So carry on cruising just warms me up the right way and is my number 1 So that’s my list
Very much agree.. Tiffin is lunch or brunch I think, Camel was a very good Phil Silvers movie, I think he worked very well in it, and I've always felt Cruising had a very different feeling about it to the other films, kind of closer to the Doctor films, which were a similar series to the Carry On films, I guess a bit of a rival, and a very different Sid James in the early films, far more serious, great film..
@@thegoodthebadtheuglyshow Do you guys know Phil Silvers? That’s surprising that’s my Grand Pa’s era. I’m not completely up to date with British comedy it’s gonna take more than a retro minute to get thru em. I’ve seen parts of the early ones like the Sargent and The police one can’t remember the name I remember Sid was a straight man in the cop one. I intend to look into the Ealing comedy’s I hear they’re quite smart. I’m hoping they have players like Shirley Eaton and Peter Sellers in them. From what I’ve heard, don’t they do heist style comedy’s Like oceans eleven? On cruising yeah it struck me a a whole different kinda movie - it still has the charm of that post war boom of a nostalgic memory of better times. As we know movies finally starting expressing themselves with a new kinda freedom. (Rock was more exciting than going to church kinda vibes) I seem to take Sid James more serious roles more seriously. Like a Truman show kind of effect. I think it’s the difference in that movie that makes Crusing not really a carry on movie but a great example of what an amazing explosion of film had become. Kenneth Connor performing Bella Marie always makes me think of Under the Mango Tree by Diana Coupland in Dr No also made in 1962. In fact 62 was a great year for film Birdman of Alcatraz, cape fear, Lawrence of Arabia, to kill a mockingbird what a great year and then there’s this sweet little British comedy that prolly got overlooked by the world. Anyways thanks for the reply it’s gd to talk film
@jaymurray6051 Always ready to talk film... Bilko was great, watched it on TV growing up, a great character, also raised on Laurel and Hardy and The Marx Brothers... Definitely worth watching the Ealing comedys, Lavender Hill Mob is a great heist movie with Alec Guinness and I believe Sid James had a small role in that... My personal favourite is The Lady Killers, that film has a perfect charm of it's own, and Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, and Guinness again, make it perfect... Also worth checking out their horror film Dead Of Night from 1945, pretty much the only British horror from that era 👍
Eyyy Carry on Doctor 🤙 I always liked that one. Carry on Camping is probably my favourite - Mr. Muggins is just hilarious "get yer stinkin' carcass out of our bloody tent!". Rewatched Screaming a few months ago and while good, I felt went on a bit and lacked some of the laughs for me (yeah, unpopular opinion). Enjoyed your ranking 👍
Now you see... As someone actually old enough to have watched a Carry On film at the cinema at it's time of release, my own #1 would be your #4. BUT.. Having said that, my #2 would be your #1. And I sort of assumed yourr #1 would be between my top 2, even from the first few minutes of watching. Excellent video. Keep up the good work! Oh.. and fwiw.. My surname is VERY similar to the name 'Howerd.' Can you guess yet why I have spent my life being referred to as Frank or Frankie? Despite my real first name being nothing like that.
Up the Khyber is also my no.1 with Cleo as no.2 ❤ Edit: my 3rd is the hospital one where Sid James's gang tries to steal a consignment of the contraceptive pill so Sid coerces his son into disguising himself as a nurse. It also contains my favourite Carry On line, describing Sid James: "his face looks like a relief map of the Himalayas" 😂
Think i would have found room for Carry on at Your Convenience and Carry on Don't Lose Your Head in that list but have to admit they are all great movies if you need a good laugh
(IMHO) The period ones are head and shoulders above the ones set in 'modern times' which just seem to rely on shoehorning in slapstick, smut and slide whistles, having said that tho aside from looking good Henry was pretty empty considering the great cast, Screaming, Khyber, Cleo, Camel (yes even Camel) have to occupy somewhere in the top 5 in any list, the cinematography on some alone is worth their placing, as you say tho it's all subjective and about your connection to whichever
Carry On Screaming is amongst my top five favourite films of all times. Fenella was an icon.
Nice to see Carry on Cabby get some love. The black and white films tend to get overlooked these days, but Cabby was where the series started to find its own identity away from the influence of the earlier (wonderful) Ealing comedies. Great list, btw. For what it's worth, my top ten would be:
1. Carry on Cowboy
2. Carry on Screaming
3. Carry on Cleo
4. Carry on Up the Khyber
5. Carry on Cabby
6. Carry on Constable
7. Don't Lose Your Head
8. Carry on at Your Convenience
9. Carry on Doctor
10. Carry on Abroad
Excellent list 👍
"Friends! Romans!" and is then interrupted by people who think he's forgotten the rest of the introduction with "Countrymen?", to which Julius replies angrily "I KNOW!!"
Great roundup and I pretty much agree with not only your selection but the order too. I'm surprised you didn't have time to mention that when Harry H. Corbett's character Detective Sgt Sidney Bung and Slobotham going in a cart to get the mannikin from the fashion shop there's the Steptoe Theme worked into the music score at that point. What a nice nod to the role he was most famous for, and a shame he didn't do more Carry Ons
Ahr yes, I should've mentioned that.... That was a great nod!
I also liked Carry on Teacher. The most incredible line that got past the censors was in Don't Lose Your Head, where Joan Simms, a countess, said, pointing to Charles Hawtrey, "And, my brother, the Count". The Count being pronounced in such an extremely posh accent suggesting a certain 'letter' in Count was missing. Unforgettable. 😂😂 I seem to be the only one who liked Carry on Teacher, Leslie Philips and Miss Allcock! DING DONG! and Constable? Ah well, we all have our favourites.
Ha ha yes, I remember as a kid watching this, thinking it was definitely pretty risky..
I thought it was Terry Scott saying this in Carry on Henry
@@johnhenry7972 HE PROBABLY DID A LOT OF LINE AND NAMES APPEAR IN MORE THAN ONE FILM I REMEMBER TWO FILMS HAVE ERNEST BRAGG( BEHIND AND OF THE HOSPITAL ONES). AND PETER POTTER,( GIRLS AND CAMPING)
My favorites are the early black and white ones with Leslie Howard and the nervous version of Kenneth Connor. Sid James was the straight man, also. "Constable Constable" 🤣
'Teacher' is a favourite of mine too, and I think it's one of the most underrated Carry Ons. All the cast were brilliant, and Leslie Philips was simply hilarious (as he was in Constable).
“Matron,I was once a weak man”
“Once a week is enough for any man”
Brother Belcher:I've never been on a cart pulled by cows.
Capt Keen:Bullocks.
Brother Belcher:It's true,I'm telling you!😅
My granddad's favourite line from a film 😆
My favourite ever Carry On gag!
Great list
My top 10:
1) carry on abroad
2) carry on doctor
3) carry on don’t lose your head
4) carry on camping
5) carry on cabby
6) carry on up the kyber
7) carry on constable
8) carry on matron
9) follow that camel
10) carry on Henry
My Mother used to love the "Carry on" films. As a kid, presumably in the early seventies, my parents took me to see their stage show in London.
Just looked, "Carry On London"! Probably very late '73 for Christmas at the Victoria Palace theatre?
A very good list, and no glaring omissions. My top 10 would be, 1. Khyber 2. Screaming. 3. Camping. 4. Cabby 5. Cleo. 6. Abroad. 7. Behind (easily my favourite from the mainly poor later entries) 8. Cowboy 9. Teacher. 10. Matron.
I've always loved the Carry On Films (I'm a child of the 1960's) and take every chance I get to watch them. Unfortunately this isn't as often as I'd like as I don't currently live in the UK. I have however passed on my love of them to my two daughters and would struggle to pick my top ten as I love Khyber, Screaming, Cleo, Doctor and so many of the others!
Screaming
In Carry on Screaming, it's also important to note that this featured an excellent, memorable cameo from Captain Peacock himself, Frank Thornton, as the shop owner whose store is broken into.
Carry on don’t lose your head is up there as a favourite. One of the best carry on lines between Sid James and Joan Sims:
“Madam you look an absolute picture…
…trifle overexposed”
'Carry On Up The Khyber' was the best one by far, full of great gags and the cast were brilliant! God Bless them all 😂
“The Duc de Pomme Frites is going to have his chips” Kenneth Williams (Don’t lose your head)
And a Happy Birthday to the late, great Kenneth Williams!
No Carry On Cowboy or Don’t Lose Your Head? I agree with you re Screaming and Kyber
I also have Carry On Admiral in my collection. Also the Gerald Thomas/Peter Rogers comedy films that didn't have the "Carry On" title ("Don't Lose Your Head" and "Follow That Camel" had "Carry On" added to them later) - including "Raising the Wind", "Watch Your Stern", "Twice Round the Daffodils" and "Please Turn Over".
The guy from Mind your language is Barry Evans and he died in the 90s. There's talk about the mysterious circumstances of his death and on Fb there's an author collecting bits and pieces of information about him to write about him and his death, but it's been a long time coming and I'm wondering if there's any progress on the book. It might be a good topic for a video if you're up for it. I'd always love to watch anything related to Barry Evans
I'll definitely look into this, could make a very interesting video 🤔
Loved these growing up in the 1990s. They were always on at the weekend. Usually on ITV. Some of those one liners used to floor me. Charles Hawtrey probably made me laugh the most.
"Ohh hello" Charles was a legend. 🙌
@@WesleyScottOfficial "Not an ounce of a bounce!" 🤣🤣🤣
@dannyspelman1468 Yes, remember Charlie listening to the radio in bed in Carry on Hospital and laughing to himself. Also, people smoking in bed in hospital in the 60s!! True, of course.
One scene that absolutely shocked me as a kid was when a male orderly came up to Leslie Phillips in bed to prepare him for 'down below' surgery. He had a shaving mug and a razor. Leslie said, "Oh, I done need that, I had a shave this morning." The orderly said, "I'm not here to shave your face!" I couldn't believe it.
That scene of Sid and Joan laughing in Abroad always cracks me up. They're clearly not just laughing for the camera. Cruising is a good one just to see Esma Cannon's dotty old lady
IT IS JOAN SIMS SAME AS IN CARRY ON ENGLAND, WHEN THEY ALL START LAUGHING, SOME OF THEM WERE JUST GIGGLING UNTIL, SHE STARTED THEN THEY GO ONE BY ONE.
It was a treat when a carry on film came on telly especially at xmas time, campings me fave!
Carry on Cowboy? That is in my opinion a fantastic movie.
The Rumpo Kid.... Sheriff P Knutt...Judge Birk. A sanitary inspector cleans up the town?! Brilliant.😃
Definitely in my top 20
Good timing. I picked up the dvd box set super cheap at Christmas, and I’m going through them sequentially. I’m only up to Screaming. Jack and Cabbie I don’t think were technically planned to be Carry On movies, but they got rebadged on release. I agree with your opinion about Cabbie, it’s really charming and has a genuine story.
I personally would have found a place for Spying (rather than Jack)
Quite a good top ten. Although I think I’d always have to find room for Carry On Up The Jungle in my top 10. Great video though. Cheers.
THE BEST LINES IN IT "WHY DO THE GIRAFFES HAVE SUCH LONG NECKS"? "BECAUSE THEIR HEAD IS SO FAR AWAY FROM ITS BODY" AND "THE NOSHERS EAT PEOPLE, VERY BACKWARD", "THERE NOT EATING ME BACKWARD".
@michaelsullivan1631 The only really good line in Columbus - The sharks "would they eat me whole? "I think they spit that bit out"
I grew up in Africa with English roots. My parents would show Carry On movies to me so I would understand where I came from.
As well as the Carry on films, there was also a number of unofficial Carry on films or Carry on adjacent films that didn't have the Carry on title but were produced by Peter Rogers and starring the Carry on cast, such as Watch Your Stern, Raising the Wind, and Twice Round the Daffodils.
awww... Twice Around the Daffodils... That is very high on my list of my favourite films of all time
@@terrymurphy2032 that would be included among what I referred to as unofficial Carry on films or Carry on adjacent films, of which I only gave three examples of those that were produced. I know that there's more but these are just three examples of the series of films.
"Ere, nurse, I dreamed about you last night."
"Did you?"
"Nah, you wouldn't let me."
(Carry On Doctor)
Nice video. Maybe you could do a top 10 worst Carry on Films (Guessing Columbus would be number one).
Awsome list. Besides carry on camping, my favourite would probably be carrying on up the jungle. I get why its not the most popular, but i love it.
also in screaming with the hawtry shot there's the screen logo pic on the wall for bless this house starring sid james and hattie jaques... :)
Thank you so much for this.
Took me back to being a kid growing up in the Uk before coming to S.A in '76.
Ive subscribed!
Regards from South Africa
Andrew
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Excellent! And thank you for subscribing 🙏👍
Gathering clues in carry on screaming. Peter Butterworth and Harry H Corbett come up with "foul feet smell.....something horrible! "
For me i actually liked carry on england and would put that in my top 10.
10 carry on doctor
9 carry on jungle
8 carry on teacher
7 carry on cabby
6 carry on up the Khyber
5 carry on behind.
4 carry on England
3 carry on at your convenience
2 carry on abroad
1 carry on camping.
Like anything in life we all have a difference of opinion. This is mine.
IN UP THE JUNGLE, IT WAS YEARS BEFORE I HEARD HIM SAY ABOUT THE WINDSCREEN VIPER LINE, I SOMEHOW NEVER HEARD HIM RIGHT.
I guess because I love history, I always find myself going for the Western/Tudor/Roman/Khyber Pass films but Carry on Screaming will always be my favourite. But shout-outs for CO Cabby & CO at Your Convenience.
A small fact for you, Bernard Bresslaw was in a film called hawk the slayer
If you havnt seen it ,its a great film
I have it, been meaning to watch it for a while, now I know Bernard Bresslaw is in it, I'll check it out soon 👍
@@thegoodthebadtheuglyshow your welcome,he plays a big man called gort,its epic and sad
Up the Khyber is definitely the best. Carry On Cowboy, Follow That Camel, and Don’t Lose Your Head were excellent too.
Great video! I love these films too. My favourites would have to be Don't Lose your Head, Carry on Screaming and Carry on up the Khyber.
Personally I really think that ‘…Behind’ is an overlooked gem, Davis and Douglas really work well together.
Although on screen Roy Castle is only in ‘…up the khyber’ he is on the soundtrack of ‘…Loving’, it’s his quintet in the background of the bar.
Well Kenneth Williams as the Khasi is sublime, but Hattie Jacques steals the show as the matron in Carry on Camping.
I only watch those WITHOUT Barbara Windsor.
Good top ten. I watch every year the collection, usually in order too. It does show how subjective personal opinions are as my favourite 2 Carry On's didn't even feature in your top 10. I love the historical type ones, and the 2 I loved the most are Carry On Dick, and my all time fave Carry On Don't Lose Your Head. The black fingernail/Sir Rodney Ffing double personality of Sid James cracks me up all the time, never gets old.
My top 10 ‘Carry Ons’ would have been the following:-
Cowboy, Loving, Constable, Spying, Cruising, Cleo, Cabby, Don’t Lose Your Head, At Your Convenience and Screaming, with Cowboy and Loving being numbers 1 and 2. 😂
YOU HAVE 4 OF MY TOP TEN CABBY (4), CAMPING(5), CLEO (6), ABROAD (7), MY TOP THREE ARE, 1 AT YOUR CONVENIENCE, 2 UP THE JUNGLE, 3 DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD.
MY OTHER THREE ARE, ENGLAND (8), CRUSING (9), BEHIND (10)
I love the Carry On movies. My father loved them too. Britain at its best!!!
I know most of those, thank you for the recommendations for the rest. 😊 Personally I have a soft spot for Carry on Spying, nonstop nonsense.
The funny thing is, I kinda grew up with those films, too. In the late 80s, for whatever reasons, on of the private broadcasters in Germany used to air these films in their morning programme. And there was enough slapstick in them to entertain me over the holidays. I remember seeing Camping and Doctor back in those days.
The top Ten Carry on films
10. Carry on Constable.
9. Carry on Up the Khyber
8. Carry on Cleo
7. Carry on Nurse
6. Carry on Don’t Lose Your Head
5. Carry on at Your Convenience
4. Carry on Abroad
3. Carry on Cruising
2. Carry on Cabby
1. Carry On Camping
Carry on Screaming was my favorite I could watch it again an again
I can't believe Don't lose your head is not in your top 10 the Sid James and Kenneth Williams clashing characters and wild goose chasing is comedy gold 😅😂its my No1 Carry On film ❤
It's always a tough call, it's definitely interchangeable with Jack on certain days...
Screaming
"We've only got Gas"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Up the khyber is my favourite too. Love the historical ones best.😂 2. Cleo. 3. Don't lose your head. 4. Henry. 5. Dick. 6. Sergeant. 7. Screaming. 8. Cowboy. 9. Spying. 10. Regardless.
Carry on Colombus '92 was the final nail!
Carry on Sergeant starred William Hartnell (Doctor Who #1) while Carry on Screaming had Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who #3)! Frankie Howerd was in a class of his own. Carry on Camping was probably my favorite overall. Peter Butterworth appeared as "possibly" the first incarnation of the Master in an early Doctor Who story during the Hartnell years.
Could make a whole video on the Dr Who connections....
And Bernard Cribbins of course.
Most of the films are pretty good. Personally I've always had a soft spot for Cruising and Don't Loose Your Head. Rodney Effing, with 2 FFs
The early Carry On films were probably better written than the more popular Rank ones.
Love all the Carry On movies except Emmanuel and Columbus.
Hi, just subscribed! Can you offer one on top 10 hammer horror films? Carry on screaming 😂🎥
That's a very good idea, might have to 👍
My late wife said she met the cast years ago and she said thay where all lovely
The one thing that stands out for me in the Carry On films is just what great, but underrated, actors both Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw were.
PB walking gingerly towards toilet in hospital.
PB to Jim Dale:You think it's haemorrhoids,well you're wrong.
PB to Peter Gilmore:You think it's a slipped disc,well you're also wrong.
JD to PB:Well what then?
PB:I thought I was going to break wind....I was wrong.Shuffles off towards lav.Still makes me 😃
Most of the Carry On films were great - I still love 'Carry On - Don't Lose Your Head'
YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ABOUT ALL OF THAT!
Good video and I hope after watching this people who have not seen the films start watching them . I love the dinner party scene in Up the Khyber , it always makes me laugh . I always think only the British upper classes would sit having a posh meal at a dining table while under attack . The film I really am not keen on at all is Carry on England
To be honest I can't do a top 10 because there all brilliant the cast the story telling you can sit down and watch them at any time and still be brought to tears by the carry on crew
Peter Butterworth was a war hero. Look him up.
Two of my favourites are Matron and Convenience, and I do also enjoy constable, of course camping and loving are both great as is Behind. Spying and regardless I also enjoy.
All of the 'Carry On' films were famous for their 'double-entendres' and puns - and some of them were pretty naughty !
My favourite line was from one of the Xmas spin-offs - I think from 1972 - when the cast were singing a spoof carol to Henry V111 - played by Sid James - 'When good King Harry got his Hampton Court '.
For the unenlightened - 'Hampton Wick' near to the Palace of Hampton Court is London cockney rhyming slang for 'P**ck' !
Not far from there, in Sunbury, there's a block of flats called Prince Albert Court, which sounds even more painful.
I remember a movie called Up Pompey. Had many of the carry on actors in it. Not sure if it was a Carry on move or not, even though it was in the Carry on style
That was great, it's a spin off from a tv series, also definitely worth checking out 👍
It's actually 'Up Pompeii' starring Frankie Howerd which was released in 1971 and it was a spin-off from the television series in which he played the Roman slave Lurcio as a 'spoof' on historical Roman times. Frankie Howerd did play one of the main characters in Carry On Doctor released in 1967.
Pompeii is in Italy and was abandoned as a city when the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.
'Pompey' is the nickname for Portsmouth, UK - and its football club - and also a famous Roman general who was a contemporary of Julius Caesar.
The last carry on film was in 1992 called carry on Columbus
I NOTICED ONE FILM NOBODY SEEMS TO LIKE CARRY ON LOVING NOT GETTING MUCH MENTIONS.
So glad you got Khyber as number one, there's no other choice really.
Don't lose your head Carry On Dick are fun, but Kyber is Premier League to the best of the others being League 1.
Exactly, the others can Fakir off!
Follow that camel is my favourite, followed by Up the Kyber and then Screaming.👍
khyber....... not kyber
@@chloedevereaux1801 oops my bad. Thanks for correcting me.🙂👍
Follow that camel is in my list of worst. But that is mainly because I don’t like Phil silvers.
I would substitute Convenience for Henry. Otherwise I completely agree with your selections and the order. Really good video.
Personally, I think the earlier films tend to have stories that hold together better. I would include Sergeant, Nurse, Teacher, Cabby in my top ten. But the best in my opinion is Camping.
Cool list. Similar to you, i'm English, i've loved these films for about 40 yeard (i'm 44). My personal favourite top films are:
10 Camping
9 Sergeant
8 Again Doctor
7 Cruising
6 Dick
5 Loving
4 Girls
3 Behind
2 At Your Convenience
1 Abroad
Surprisingly i love Carry On England, and forgot to include it, that should go at 7th place.
@jonbolton3376 I really liked it as a teenager, especially the extended vhs version 😆
Khyber, Screaming, Cleo, Cabby, and most of the black and white doctors and nurses.
Definitely a list for you…. I’ve come across some of those movies as part of my film studies. I’m yet to make a list as I haven’t seen many and I prefer the early movies they had a certain kinda charm. I find a lot of the lines and scenes dated and cringe. From the top of my head my list would be
8 Carry on again Doctor - I like a sequel and I like Jim Dale
7 Carry on Follow that Camel - As an American it’s the first one I ever came across (3 years ago)
6 Carry on Regardless - perfectly written and an insight on the British way of living, compared to us Americans
5 Carry on screaming - I love old black n white scary movies. I think Harry H. Corbett is the movie
4 Carry on Doctor - The greatest movie to watch while sick. The back story’s behind the characters should not be taken laying down
3 Carry on Cleo - The British do these Roman classics better than any one else and that’s “big of me” to say (hint - life of Brian)
2 Carry On... Up The Khyber - The funniest dinner seen I’ve ever scene. Btw what is tiffing ?
1st Carry on Cruising - I would write a whole page on this but I won’t, for me it’s perfection.
You have some good comedic scenes/farces tossed about on a ship mixed in with some delightful characters. It even has a believable romance narrative. Just a great heart warming ending to feast upon for those that like their meals unusual. It features the adorable Esma Cannon (1st movie was in 1937) what a great character actor!
For me this was when the Franchise were starting to reach its peak and was yet slip down the cringe fest that would appear in the 1970’s.
What makes this movie is Sid James and the fear and respect the crew has around him throughout the whole movie it’s my favorite role I’ve seen him in as he plays it almost straight and it works, it just works. And at the end the movie his scenes actually got me a little emotional. So carry on cruising just warms me up the right way and is my number 1
So that’s my list
Very much agree.. Tiffin is lunch or brunch I think, Camel was a very good Phil Silvers movie, I think he worked very well in it, and I've always felt Cruising had a very different feeling about it to the other films, kind of closer to the Doctor films, which were a similar series to the Carry On films, I guess a bit of a rival, and a very different Sid James in the early films, far more serious, great film..
@@thegoodthebadtheuglyshow Do you guys know Phil Silvers? That’s surprising that’s my Grand Pa’s era. I’m not completely up to date with British comedy it’s gonna take more than a retro minute to get thru em. I’ve seen parts of the early ones like the Sargent and The police one can’t remember the name I remember Sid was a straight man in the cop one. I intend to look into the Ealing comedy’s I hear they’re quite smart. I’m hoping they have players like Shirley Eaton and Peter Sellers in them. From what I’ve heard, don’t they do heist style comedy’s Like oceans eleven? On cruising yeah it struck me a a whole different kinda movie - it still has the charm of that post war boom of a nostalgic memory of better times. As we know movies finally starting expressing themselves with a new kinda freedom. (Rock was more exciting than going to church kinda vibes) I seem to take Sid James more serious roles more seriously. Like a Truman show kind of effect. I think it’s the difference in that movie that makes Crusing not really a carry on movie but a great example of what an amazing explosion of film had become. Kenneth Connor performing Bella Marie always makes me think of Under the Mango Tree by Diana Coupland in Dr No also made in 1962. In fact 62 was a great year for film Birdman of Alcatraz, cape fear, Lawrence of Arabia, to kill a mockingbird what a great year and then there’s this sweet little British comedy that prolly got overlooked by the world. Anyways thanks for the reply it’s gd to talk film
@jaymurray6051 Always ready to talk film... Bilko was great, watched it on TV growing up, a great character, also raised on Laurel and Hardy and The Marx Brothers... Definitely worth watching the Ealing comedys, Lavender Hill Mob is a great heist movie with Alec Guinness and I believe Sid James had a small role in that... My personal favourite is The Lady Killers, that film has a perfect charm of it's own, and Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, and Guinness again, make it perfect... Also worth checking out their horror film Dead Of Night from 1945, pretty much the only British horror from that era 👍
carry on cleo,camping,spying,screaming
I dare them to make another Carry On film.
Complete unwokery.
Favourite was camping followed by convenience then jungle. Worst was follow that camel, Emmanuel, up the Khyber and Columbus
I agree that Carry On Khyber was the best ever Carry On Film ever made
Enjoyed this. Thanks.
Eyyy Carry on Doctor 🤙 I always liked that one. Carry on Camping is probably my favourite - Mr. Muggins is just hilarious "get yer stinkin' carcass out of our bloody tent!". Rewatched Screaming a few months ago and while good, I felt went on a bit and lacked some of the laughs for me (yeah, unpopular opinion). Enjoyed your ranking 👍
Follow that Camel is one of my favourites. Mustafa Leak!
'Don't Lose Your Head' and 'Carry on Spying' are up there with the best!
Jack Douglas first appeared in 'Matron'.
A great video, very interesting, you obviously love the Carry On films.
Thank you 🙏
Now you see... As someone actually old enough to have watched a Carry On film at the cinema at it's time of release, my own #1 would be your #4.
BUT.. Having said that, my #2 would be your #1. And I sort of assumed yourr #1 would be between my top 2, even from the first few minutes of watching.
Excellent video. Keep up the good work!
Oh.. and fwiw.. My surname is VERY similar to the name 'Howerd.' Can you guess yet why I have spent my life being referred to as Frank or Frankie? Despite my real first name being nothing like that.
Great video, am in total agreement with your choices. Your video popped up on a suggestion by YT. New subscriber now. Good lad.
Excellent, thank you 👍
Up the Khyber is also my no.1 with Cleo as no.2 ❤
Edit: my 3rd is the hospital one where Sid James's gang tries to steal a consignment of the contraceptive pill so Sid coerces his son into disguising himself as a nurse. It also contains my favourite Carry On line, describing Sid James: "his face looks like a relief map of the Himalayas" 😂
did think the very rarely shown carry on Cowboy. there is always something in each one that was funny.
A good top 10 ✔️
Love the carry on films I have a carry on Sunday every Sunday
My top 5 is 1 don’t lose ur head 2 Cleo 3 screaming 4 jungle 5 doctor
At your convenience is my fav.
Think i would have found room for Carry on at Your Convenience and Carry on Don't Lose Your Head in that list but have to admit they are all great movies if you need a good laugh
Indeed, and At Your Convenience would be my 11 or 12 probably 👍
(IMHO) The period ones are head and shoulders above the ones set in 'modern times' which just seem to rely on shoehorning in slapstick, smut and slide whistles, having said that tho aside from looking good Henry was pretty empty considering the great cast, Screaming, Khyber, Cleo, Camel (yes even Camel) have to occupy somewhere in the top 5 in any list, the cinematography on some alone is worth their placing, as you say tho it's all subjective and about your connection to whichever
1. Carry On Screaming
2. Carry On Doctor
3. Carry On Cleo
4. Carry On Cowboy.
So many great films I personally liked carry on up the jungle