Our guest speaker today Andy French, was full of carry on humour telling us all about the fabulous collection of British comedy films, comprising of 31 films, 4 Christmas specials, a television series and stage shows produced between 1958 and 1992.
The Carry On series contains the largest number of films of any British film franchise, and is the second longest running, albeit with a 14-year gap (1978–1992) between the 30th and 31st entries. It’s so hard to think which carry on film was the best as they were all great and the cast were amazing, each playing their part brilliantly. Sid James Nicknamed “One Take James” because he nearly always did it right the first time. He was earning the highest daily rate of any character actor in the UK. For Carry On Dick (1974) Sid James was paid £5,000, with female co-stars only being paid about half that amount. The budget for Carry On Dick was £212,948. Sid was said to be the King of Carry On, which he definitely earned that name, also earned the reputation of having the dirtiest laugh on film. One of the most rememberable scenes from the Carry On films is from Carry On Camping with Barbara Windsor. Where a morning exercise class ends with Barbra’s bra catapulting off and hitting Kenneth in the face, leaving Barbara’s boobs exposed and a bunch of giggling girls. Andy French continued on talking about every actor and actress who played in the films and how much they got paid, hopefully he will be coming again next year, he has about 10 talks, he is informative and funny.