Lamp-Posts of The Empire

7.25pm - 7th December 1975

"They don't call him elephant dick for nothing"

"Well they do actually"

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24 min Colour

The Stars
	Barbara Windsor Kenneth Connor Jack Douglas Bernard Bresslaw Peter Butterworth Oscar James Reuben Martin Wayne Browne Norman Chappell John Carlin Michael Nightingale	Lady Mary Airey-Fairey Stanley Elephant Dick Darcy Dr Pavingstone Lord Gropefinger Witchdoctor Mabel the Gorilla Native Man On Park Bench Old Man At Club Neighbouring Man At Club

The Crew
Screenplay Producer Director	Lew Schwarz Gerald Thomas Alan Tarrant

Synopsis

This is one of the better of the Carry On Laughing episodes and it takes the team back to the world of ‘Up The Jungle’ crossed with a Boy’s Own type of adventure. It’s all very entertaining with an excellent Carry On cast led by Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor and Jack Douglas.

Barbara plays her role with her usual lusty sexuality and gets the best gags which she delivers well. Kenneth Connor goes back to his earlier Carry On performances, playing more of the youthful hero type role as he did in many of the Norman Hudis scripts. He performs an excellent magic act accompanied by his own whistling and has another encounter with Mabel the Gorilla as he did in Carry On Up The Jungle. (Funnily enough the gorilla was played by Reuben Martin in this episode as in the film too.)

Jack Douglas plays his ‘Alf’ persona to great effect, bumbling and twitching his way through the Jungle and making the most of the gags around his character name, Elephant Dick. Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw provided excellent support as always and though it does perhaps lack the central power of Sid James, it works very well as a half hour short.