They didn't make me laugh either. So the question is are they bad comedy or bad porn?
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Quote: Timbo @ February 9 2012, 2:59 PM GMTThey didn't make me laugh either. So the question is are they bad comedy or bad porn?
Both - although they do have a certain charm to them.
They are bad films when you look back at them, but that's because you are looking back at them. At the time, they were of their time....
We are talking the early 70s here; the British Film industry was on its knees, oo er. Hammer Films had gone from Queens Award to Industry to faltering failure; trying boobs, lesbian vampires with boobs and lesbian vampire twins with boobs to get the punters through the door. Nobody was going to the pictures unless it was to see something they already knew and loved like TV sitcoms, only with the additional chance of seeing more boobs.
On top of this, as the actress said to the bishop, us Brits don't do sex without comedy. From seaside postcards onwards to Brian Rix, we just can't do giggle free sex. That's for them dodgy foreigners who even give their words sex. In the early 70s, at least in Bristol, you could only see Real Sex Films (even the arty ones with Vaseline smeared on the lens) by going to a private members cinema club in your Mac. For most of us, Carry On was all there was, which degenerated into Confessions and the copy cat Adventures. The comedy was not just a cover for the chance to see boobs, it's really how we had grown up to see sex, there has to be some giggle with the jiggle.
I would highly recommend The Confessions of Robin Askwith for getting the feel of the time. He really kind of spans this transition, starting in the background of worthy films like If...and ending up with his pants round his knees. In some quarters his bum is in fact credited with saving the British Film Industry.
Here's an example, classic sitcom taking it just that bit further when unleashed on the wide screen, not a sex comedy but a sexed up comedy, making sure the punters knew that some would be in here too:
Repto
Quote: repto @ March 8 2012, 6:08 PM GMTsome giggle with the jiggle.
Is that Barbara Windsor's autobiography?
Quote: repto @ March 8 2012, 6:08 PM GMT
I think it was probably only the poster that was sexed up. The film was traditional Steptoe & Son fare (though I'm think I right that it was the first use in cinema of the word 'wanker'). Also the baby in the poster is the wrong colour (or would that be too much of a giveaway?)
Quote: Tim Azure @ March 12 2012, 1:07 PM GMTI think it was probably only the poster that was sexed up. The film was traditional Steptoe & Son fare
Up to a point, there was a stripper and we saw her boobs (since we are doing spoilers). Although there were dolly birds in the TV Show, I don't remember any unfettered boobs...
It seemed like the British film industry had gone from Ballerina to stripping in Soho for a living (almost literally).
Robin Askwith also starred as Gordon Laid with Fiona Richmond in Let's get Laid.
Perhaps someone can assist me. I am looking for a title. This old movie concerns students who are given the assignment of discussing their sex fantasies with the other students in their class. At the end of the movie, the teacher has a breakdown. I do not remember the title, but have been trying to find it for some time. Will someone please assist me?
I think Paul Raymond might have produced some dirty comedy films in the 70s (I'm not certain though). If so, this may be covered in the new Michael Winterbottom/Steve Coogan film 'King of Soho' when it comes out. Perhaps it will spark an interest in those films?
To me it seems like if it's a British film, made in the 1970s and not aimed at children, it will proabably have some nudity in it. The only difference is the nudity stays on screen a little longer (pun intended) in the softcore comedies.
Fun fact you probably already know: Tony Blair's father-in-law Antony Booth co-starred in all the Robin Askwith 'Confessions' films.
I too am looking for a title:
I saw a film on British late night TV a few years back and am trying to get the title. Very vague plot goes like this:
Man gets an inheritance/money of some kind, but for some reason he has to find a code/number, which happens to be tattooed on the behind of a beautiful woman. He spends the whole film getting into various romps trying to find the woman and the code.
Does anybody know the name of this film?!
Thanks in advance....
That'll be Dick Emery's Ooh... You Are Awful!.
See Amazon product listing
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Quote: Kenneth @ February 6 2012, 4:22 AM GMTHere's the guidebook you need: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903111927/comedyguide-21/
I got this from The works a few weeks ago for a fiver. And very good it is too.
Were you a tiny bit embarrassed to buy it? (If it had that cover.)
Quote: zooo @ May 30 2012, 10:25 PM BSTWere you a tiny bit embarrassed to buy it?
I was actually a little bit turned on buying it from the young lady assistant, zooo.
Aw, you little future sex offender.