Carry On Jerusalem

The other night my Dearly Beloved dug up a treasure from the past...

As part of 2nd Year lectures on the Deuteronomistic History the sainted George Athas asked the assembled class whether they thought the book of 2 Samuel was a Comedy or a Tragedy and, if such a book was to be made into a movie, to write the blurb for the DVD cover. I, clearly getting it wrong, opined that it was a Comedy. Not only that, but a comedy worthy of that great British institution, the Carry On team!

For those out there of a high cultural standard, the Carry On films were a key part of English comedy in the late 1960s, the purpose of which was to have as many sexist jokes in 90 minutes for as little money as possible while still retaining something resembling a plot-line. The Dearly Beloved and I are devotees. For me, I consider them to be an medium conveying considerable existential angst at the impending nuclear disintegration of existence through farcical whimsy. And Barbara Windsor was the sexiest woman ever (apart from the Dearly Beloved of course).

For the benefit (or otherwise) of My Public, I here reprint my DVD blurb for...

Carry On Jerusalem

Reprising his role of the manly shepherd boy from Carry On Goliath, this hilarious masterpiece of British cinema finds Kenneth Williams as King David as he begins his reign over the nation of Israel. Having dispensed of old king Saul, David was hoping for a quiet life but is thwarted at every turn. His eye is caught by voluptuous neighbour Bathsheba (Barbara Windsor – BAFTA nominated: ‘Best Nude Bath Scene’), wife of the nice-but-dim Uriah (Bernard Breslaw). However, David’s romantic adventures do not escape the notice of his beloved wife Abigail (Hattie Jacques), who is determined to catch him in the act. David also has to face the remonstrations of the holy prophet Nathan (Sid James), who wants all the pleasures of the palace for himself, as well as the stress of his son Absolom (Charles Hawtrey) suffering from an inferiority complex. How did it all go so wrong?