unique brit humour

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is anybody a fan of old british comedy films? which ones bring back great memories?

[rossobantam]

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is anybody a fan of old british comedy films? which ones bring back great memories?

for this Xmas bought my mum & dad a 2-film DVD of Old Mother Riley

I love the old Ealing capers

I esp love Will Hay films..Ask a Policeman etc
This is just about my fav clip:
YouTube - Will Hay "Ask A Policeman"

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for this Xmas bought my mum & dad a 2-film DVD of Old Mother Riley

I love the old Ealing capers

I esp love Will Hay films..Ask a Policeman etc
This is just about my fav clip:
YouTube - Will Hay "Ask A Policeman"

the same three who are in oh mr porter which i picked up in a charity shop at xmas

[john]

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I love the old British Comedy films from the fifties and early sixties, the Ealing comedies plus the Carry On films as well.

[Danny]

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Always liked the old original St Trinians films wiv George Cole as Flash Harry.

Classic lines such as the eunuchs being 'completely cut off in the desert'

( Dunno if I spelled the eun.... word right )

[Flash Gordon]

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loved the St Trinians films (bit un-PC these days!) and the Carry on films - favourites: Up the Kyber and The Black Fingernail - does anyone remember the "Doctor" films? Dirk Bogart wasn't it? And that big fella - what was his name?

[joybee]

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loved the St Trinians films (bit un-PC these days!) and the Carry on films - favourites: Up the Kyber and The Black Fingernail - does anyone remember the "Doctor" films? Dirk Bogart wasn't it? And that big fella - what was his name?

James Robertson Justice !! Yes, I remember them well. I think you lot have covered all the ones I remember. Don't make 'em like they used to !

[suzannewozere2]

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What about the Pink Panther and the Confessions of series ?

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I bought double bill pink panther films from a charity shop for my son and I to veiw,still very watchable. I still find myself watching carry on films when they come on, (most of them)

[suzannewozere2]

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Me too.

[BULLET MAN]

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I loved the norman wisdom films,my favourite was when he played the milk man,using that old horse,and that "milk war" with the corporate milk company..great stuff.

[sixtyten]

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I find Norman Wisdom about as funny as Piles

[suzannewozere2]

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I loved the norman wisdom films,my favourite was when he played the milk man,using that old horse,and that "milk war" with the corporate milk company..great stuff.

Although when I watched it last I could see the set up for stunts before they happened and it wasn't from memory.

[curmudgeon]

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Never saw what it was with Norman, myself, or Will Hay for that matter. I prefer the late 40s onwards through to the early 70s, before the Carry Ons became too silly even by their standards.
I'll go anything with Margaret Rutherford in, many of the Ealing Comedies (The Ladykillers is a favourite), Carry Ons until about 1970 (especially Cabbie, Cleo and Up the Khyber), The Doctor films ("What's the bleeding time?"), the Boulting Brothers (I'm Alright Jack, Prvate's Progress, Carlton Browne of the FO). Any time Terry-Thomas says "Ebsolute Shaar" or "Good show", I curl up.

[airfix]

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Watching Carry On Doctor right now! An all-star caper this one, including (as well as the Carry-On usuals) Frankie Howerd, Hattie Jacques, Anita Harris (what a corker!) and many others. Timeless stuff