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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 333362" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Dentist On The Job</span></strong> (1961)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Falchetron.com%2Fcdn%2FDentist-on-the-Job-images-1b6c616a-102b-4b03-955c-f2575b80ff0.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 594px" /></p><p></p><p>Somehow I've gone my entire life without watching this. At least I think I have. It feels familiar, but that could be entirely due to its <em>Carry On</em> vibes.</p><p></p><p>It looks, sounds and feels exactly like a Carry On film of the era, and has a number of familiar faces from that series: Bob Monkhouse woos Shirley Eaton again. Kenneth Connor mugs away wonderfully. Eric Barker throws his authority around in a dual role. Richard Wattis simpers and sneers snootily. Even Charles Hawtrey has a cameo (surprisingly, it's the film's very first scene).</p><p></p><p>The theme and score sounds very familiar to those familiar with Bruce Montgomery's <em>Carry On</em> scores. Except this isn't Bruce Montgomery. It's not even Eric Rogers. I was shocked to get to the credit and discover it's composer Ken Jones (unrelated to the Liverpudlian actor of the same name). And the film isn't from the producer/director team of Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas. Even so, it feels very much like <em>Carry On Drilling</em>.</p><p></p><p>With this in mind, the humour is exactly what you'd expect. It clicked with me after a particular groaner Monkhouse gave when Barker's character questioned his integrity:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Perhaps because of my lack of familiarity with this film, Hawtrey's usually predictable schtick seems a little fresher and funnier than usual here and I was able to appreciate him all over again as the little pharmacist, overwhelmed by displays of the toothpaste brand a big organisation forces him to peddle. He clearly does a bit of physical comedy, getting knocked into counters by a giant toothpaste tube. There's a really funny line to a customer who has refused to buy the toothpaste he's desperately trying to get rid of, where there's a close up of his dour face as he grimly sends his regards for the departing customer's wife's speedy recovery, with it very apparent that he's thinking just the opposite.</p><p></p><p>It's one of those perfect rainy Sunday afternoon films, but the fact I watched it on a Saturday evening didn't spoil my enjoyment one bit.</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]2XUHdRICJOM[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 333362, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Dentist On The Job[/SIZE][/B] (1961) [IMG width="594px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Falchetron.com%2Fcdn%2FDentist-on-the-Job-images-1b6c616a-102b-4b03-955c-f2575b80ff0.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG][/CENTER] Somehow I've gone my entire life without watching this. At least I think I have. It feels familiar, but that could be entirely due to its [I]Carry On[/I] vibes. It looks, sounds and feels exactly like a Carry On film of the era, and has a number of familiar faces from that series: Bob Monkhouse woos Shirley Eaton again. Kenneth Connor mugs away wonderfully. Eric Barker throws his authority around in a dual role. Richard Wattis simpers and sneers snootily. Even Charles Hawtrey has a cameo (surprisingly, it's the film's very first scene). The theme and score sounds very familiar to those familiar with Bruce Montgomery's [I]Carry On[/I] scores. Except this isn't Bruce Montgomery. It's not even Eric Rogers. I was shocked to get to the credit and discover it's composer Ken Jones (unrelated to the Liverpudlian actor of the same name). And the film isn't from the producer/director team of Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas. Even so, it feels very much like [I]Carry On Drilling[/I]. With this in mind, the humour is exactly what you'd expect. It clicked with me after a particular groaner Monkhouse gave when Barker's character questioned his integrity: Perhaps because of my lack of familiarity with this film, Hawtrey's usually predictable schtick seems a little fresher and funnier than usual here and I was able to appreciate him all over again as the little pharmacist, overwhelmed by displays of the toothpaste brand a big organisation forces him to peddle. He clearly does a bit of physical comedy, getting knocked into counters by a giant toothpaste tube. There's a really funny line to a customer who has refused to buy the toothpaste he's desperately trying to get rid of, where there's a close up of his dour face as he grimly sends his regards for the departing customer's wife's speedy recovery, with it very apparent that he's thinking just the opposite. It's one of those perfect rainy Sunday afternoon films, but the fact I watched it on a Saturday evening didn't spoil my enjoyment one bit. [CENTER] [MEDIA=youtube]2XUHdRICJOM[/MEDIA][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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