From
the pseudo working men's clubs insights of Peter Kay, to the knowing
tickle-yer-granny's funny bone 'off-the-cuff' sitcom sauciness of Mrs Brown's Boys .. the double entendre and innuendo laced humour of the Carry Ons are alive
and well and on a DVD shelf near you.
Julian Clary, who features in the forthcoming ebook, Intimate Insights (Wholepoint
Publications), starred in the ill-received Carry On Columbus, and, for his
sins, found himself in a recent run of Celebrity Big Brother.
But
ringing through the heart of Julian’s comedy persona are the infectious vowels
and delivery of Kenneth Williams.
Even
as far back as his days as The Joan Collins Fan Club, his modus operandi was to
shock through use of his vocabulary .. a technique so expertly mastered by
Williams.
Williams would also use song as part of his intellectual arsenal. Releasing two albums under his own name, Kenneth Williams on Pleasure Bent and The World of Kenneth Williams; he has been cited as a great influence on Tim Minchin.
Minchin
is an Australian-British comedian, actor, and musician who describes his act as
a ‘funny cabaret show’ and sees himself primarily as a musician and songwriter as
opposed to a comedian.
His
songs, he says: "just happen to be funny." His reasoning for combining the disciplines of
music and comedy was revealed in one interview when he said:
"I'm
a good musician for a comedian and I'm a good comedian for a musician but if I
had to do any of them in isolation I dunno."
The
Carry On regular wanted most of all to be taken seriously, but is best
remembered for his slapstick appearances in the long running comedy film
series.
From
the stadium-filling mainstream comedy of Michael McIntyre, to the sardonic
observational comedy of Dylan Moran, we have the likes of Sid James, Charles
Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Barbara Windsor et al to thank for coming
up with the ideas first!
A Write Carry On - The Untold Story Of A Man In The Shadows
by Mike Cobley
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