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You either love it or hate it.
I love it, this Bing Crosby tune started getting me in a jolly mood and looking forward to Xmas at the end of November when it was 1st shown.
9 Days to go, the presents are all sorted, I made some mince pies at the weekend and my Guinness home brew is ready for supping.
Had a quick scan through the Xmas TV Times. Not sure what this says about Christmas TV, I spotted count 'em 7x Carry On films in 9 days, across 3x channels on terrestial TV. I would say its lazy and the schedulers are filling up airtime because when I started this blog in September, I am sure 3x of the films were screened then.
List of Carry On's over Xmas are:
Carry On Follow That Camel *
BBC1 Xmas Day/Night 1.40 am
Carry On Jack *
ITV Mon 29th 11.25 am
Carry On Behind *
CH4 Mon 29th 12.20pm
Carry On Cowboy *
ITV Tue 30th 12.55pm
Carry On Cleo *
ITV New Years Eve 11.25 am
Carry On Screaming
ITV Fri 2nd Jan '09 12.55 pm
Carry On Girls
BBC1 Fri 2nd Jan '09 12.10 am
*To Sky+
Carry On Behind Trailer
I will watch /Sky+ most of them, however I have seen them all bar a couple. Carry On Behind (1976) is lots of fun with Elke Sommer as a sexy Russian archaeologist chasing Kenneth William's Pofessor Crumpet around (another) campsite. Sommer who for some will be best remembered for her role alongside Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther's first sequel A Shot In The Dark (1964). There is some interesting stuff on her IMDB page, for example she guest starred on The Muppet Show in 1978. Peter Rogers must have really wanted her because she joined Phil Silvers (Carry On...Follow That Camel) (1967) as the highest paid performer with £30,000. To put her fee into to context Kenneth Williams was only paid £5,000. For Horror Hounds she will be best remembered for starring in Mario Bava's Baron Blood (1972) and Lisa And The Devil (1973).
If you need some more convincing here is a stylish picture of Elke Sommer in her prime posing for Playboy about 10 years before Carry On Behind.
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