PRIMITIVE SCREWHEADS

That's Your Funeral 1972

That's Your Funeral 1972 Written by series creator Peter Lewis and directed by John Robins. A Hammer film based on the British sitcom of the same name.

A comedy with rival funeral homes and drug smuggling villains. There's some coppers involved and the confused staff at the train station to keep everyone mixed up. There's plenty of running about and a bit of pass the parcel with a dead body.

It's only about average, there's a few laughs and I enjoyed it for the most part. I bought the DVD and I'll keep it. Who knows when I'll get around to watching it again.

The Cherry Picker 1972

The Cherry Picker 1972 Based on the novel Pick Up Sticks by Mickey Phillips, screenplay by Peter Curran, directed by Peter Curran. The was released in the US in 1974.

A creepy son, Bobby Sherman, of a millionaire just wants to screw off and not work. His father doesn't care for his layabout son and me neither. The father hires hires a motivational person, played by LuLu, to trick the son into getting a job. Lulu winds up marrying the son and she has a miserable time with his running about with other women including Lulu's father's mistress. What did she expect, marrying a guy like that. Lulu disappears for a bit and returns pregnant. That makes the son act more and more like a dick making me wonder what the hell Lulu sees in him. As the movie ends the son is trapped in a working situation. Ha ha.

The script was fair but I've heard most of those plot points before. There aren't enough jokes but occasionally something would make me snicker. The son is a despicable guy who doesn't seem to be punished enough for being a bastard. Some of the rest of the cast are more interesting: Terry-Thomas, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Patrick Cargill, Robert Hutton, Jack Hulbert and Fiona Curzon. Spike Milligan plays an Indian man in a role that would be considered rather racist today. You can check it out on YouTube. link provided.

Jumping For Joy 1956

Jumping For Joy 1956 Written by Henry Blyth and Jack Davies, directed by John Paddy Carstairs. A Frankie Howerd film with Stanley Holloway, Alfie Bass, Richard Wattis, Charles Hawtry, Joan Hickson and Lionel Jeffries.

Frankie works at the local greyhound race track, he get fired for his clumsiness. He buys a poorly preforming racing dog on the way out and his land lady kicks him out of his flat. He forms a plan with Stanley Holloway to make some money from the dog. They race the dog, it does better than it had and the old owner wants to buy it back. Frankie wants to keep the dog and there's trouble ahead for him. Eventually it's all sorted out and there's a bit of a happy ending.

Frankie is a favorite of mine and I find his silly antics amusing. I've seen most of his films and TV shows and there aren't many unseen left items for me to find. I need to watch some of them over again.

Keeping Mum 2005

Keeping Mum 2005 Written by Niall Johnson and Richard Russo, directed  by Niall Johnson.

Maggie Smith comes to work for Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas as their new housekeeper. She fails to mention that twenty five years ago she killed her husband and his mistress, went to jail and has just been released. She handles some of the family problems swift blinding violence.

It's rather droll and amusing. I got a few laughs from it but it might be a while before I'd need to see it again.

Ben Elton Great Railway Disaster 2023

Ben Elton Great Railway Disaster 2023

Ben takes a look at the state of the railways in the UK. They pretty much suck since they privatized the rail system. Doesn't surprise me any. An entertaining program despite the poor situation. It just reminds me we need someone to invent a machine that sends slaps back in time.

I wish we had a good rail system here in the US. As kids we used to ride the train pretty frequently. You could take the train from downtown Winnipeg to many of the small towns where relatives lived. We even took the train from Winnipeg to Churchill. Thirty six hour trip, enjoyable when you're a kid.

The Avengers Series 5

The Avengers Series 5

The series starts to film in color with this series. They produced 2 dozen episodes with Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg as John Steed and Emma Peel. I enjoyed them and I've seen them several times in the past.There's a good variety of stories and plenty of action and murder. I'll be happy to watch these again in a while.

Lesbian Vampire KIllers 2009

Lesbian Vampire Killers 2009 Written by Stewart Williams and Paul Hupfield, directed by Phil Claydon.

James Corden and Matthew Horne are pals. James got fired from his clown job for punching a child and Matthew just got dumped by his girlfriend. They decide to get away from their lives by hiking through a forest in Norfolk. They meet some young ladies who are heading for a cottage in the area, they go off to party with them. They soon learn of the local village's curse. On their 18th birthday all the young women of the village turn into lesbian vampires. Now our two dopes have to try to stay alive until the end of the movie. They do get some help from a crazy vicar and a lady called Lotte.

It was fairly good fun and there were enough good jokes to give me a laugh or two. I picked up a DVD somewhere cheap so I can rewatch it when I want.

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Series 2

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Series 2 Just as dumb as the first series. I had to speed it up and fast forward through some scenes to get to the end of the series, then there were two longer specials to wade through. I don't know why I bother. I'm not sure why it's so popular? I watched the special Some Mothers Do 'ave 'Em 50 Years Of Laughs a couple of weeks ago and a lot of comedians and actors I respect seem to like the series. It's just not making me laugh. I did like that they copied an early VHS cover for the DVD release.

The Smoking Room Series 1-2

The Smoking Room Series 1-2 Created and written by Brian Dooley. The show aired from June 29 2004 and September 13 2005 there were 8 episodes in each series and a Christmas Special between them.

A British sitcom set in a companies smoking room. People come and go but there's usually 5 or so people there much of the time. It's the type of conversation you have with co-workers. Some is just natter, some is rather meaningful, usually it's pretty funny. The cast includes Robert Webb, Debbie Chazen, Jeremy Swift, Frazer Ayers, Mike Wailing, Emma Kennedy, Selina Griffiths, Leslie Schofield, Paula Wilcox, Nadine Marshall, Siobhan Redmond and Sunetra Sarker.

I enjoyed most of the episodes quite a bit, there's a lot of funny gags. I laughed several times each episode. I found the set on Dailymotion or you can buy the DVD.

 

Wonders Of The World I Can't See S1

Wonders Of The World I Can't See S1 Blind British comedian Chris McCausland takes trips with sighted comedians to places around the world. He wants them to convince him it was worth going despite him being unable to see anything. They have various levels of success.

Harry Hill takes Chris to The Acropolis. He makes Chris laugh but doesn't do so well on the descriptions.

Tom Allen takes Chris to The Colosseum. Chris was surprised to find out the Colosseum was round. Tom used a model to show him what it looked like. Clever, Tom, clever.

Guz Kahn takes Chris to Petra. Guz makes Chris float in the Dead Sea and ride a camel.

Liza Tarbuck takes Chris to Niagara Falls. She makes Chris ride in a boat and take a zip line right near the falls.

All in all it was generally entertaining but I wouldn't need to see them again.