the Carry On series seems to have led a parallel life to the
fortunes of Hammer Films
They both started up in the 1950s
Their hey day was in the 1960s
and they both hit the buffers in the mid 1970s
Maybe that spoof of horror films with Kenny Williams
and Fenella Fielding helped put the wooden stake into Hammer Films too.
(a bit like Blazing Saddles finished off the cowboy movies )
Sid James sadly died in the mid 70s and the Carry Ons seemed to die with him.
It was all getting a bit sleazy in the sleazy 70s too and actresses like
Babs Windsor just turned them down.
I think I heard on the net that there's another Hammer film in the offing
not sure wots happening on the Carry On front, you d think they d have
another go, theres so many guys and gals around to take over
Julian Clary........a new Kenny Williams
Paul Merton... a new Sid James
Sam Fox.... a new Babs Windsor
Samantha Janus....... could provide the love interest
the talents all there, ready and waiting
Im sure Rikky Gervais would be up for it too
all they need is a good script and they re off and running
(Ben Elton and Richard Curtis (black adder fame ) could
probably do a good job on the script.)
(Carry on Columbus was a dire script and a badly thought out
movie, it died a death ....somewhere in the mid Atlantic.)
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