Just watching this on Talking Pictures TV Channel, only because of the plethora of people who I like appearing on it, as I'm not normally an Arthur Askey fan.
It's a fun slightly knock about film with Arthur Askey and Sid James, making a fine comedy pairing working very well together.
It's also really a blast from the past for me in the ensemble cast, it was nice seeing a young Bernard Cribbins working well. An all too brief cameo appearance of Kenneth Connor, as an anxious daddy in waiting. The popular crooner Dennis Lotis appears briefly, even the well known media broadcaster Raymond Glendenning made a brief appearance.
For someone my age it was funny seeing Arthur Ashton (Arthur Askey character) trying to prove how well known he was, with a list of some of the most popular entertainers. Tommy Trinder and Dickie Henderson among others, none of whom knew who he was.
How times change this film was given the old U Film Certificate on its release, but the trailer on Talking Pictures was of a PG with the comments precis of 'Some scenes may cause offence to current viewers'. How barmy can you get the form of puriency from the days of, Mary Whitehouse and her Viewers and Listeners Association. They styled themselves as the conscience of the nation being more like nosey parker busey bodies, getting aerated over the slightest matter. I would be interested to know who makes the classification decision for the films broadcast on Talking Pictures TV. Because there is nothing in this film that should possibly cause offence to anyone, so I can't see what all the fuss is about. There is a brief cameo appearance of Sabrina one of the top models of the day, which barely caused any fuss when the film was released as it was only deemed worthy of a U Certificate.
It's a fun slightly knock about film with Arthur Askey and Sid James, making a fine comedy pairing working very well together.
It's also really a blast from the past for me in the ensemble cast, it was nice seeing a young Bernard Cribbins working well. An all too brief cameo appearance of Kenneth Connor, as an anxious daddy in waiting. The popular crooner Dennis Lotis appears briefly, even the well known media broadcaster Raymond Glendenning made a brief appearance.
For someone my age it was funny seeing Arthur Ashton (Arthur Askey character) trying to prove how well known he was, with a list of some of the most popular entertainers. Tommy Trinder and Dickie Henderson among others, none of whom knew who he was.
How times change this film was given the old U Film Certificate on its release, but the trailer on Talking Pictures was of a PG with the comments precis of 'Some scenes may cause offence to current viewers'. How barmy can you get the form of puriency from the days of, Mary Whitehouse and her Viewers and Listeners Association. They styled themselves as the conscience of the nation being more like nosey parker busey bodies, getting aerated over the slightest matter. I would be interested to know who makes the classification decision for the films broadcast on Talking Pictures TV. Because there is nothing in this film that should possibly cause offence to anyone, so I can't see what all the fuss is about. There is a brief cameo appearance of Sabrina one of the top models of the day, which barely caused any fuss when the film was released as it was only deemed worthy of a U Certificate.