I saw this on UK TV today for the first time in many years and was reminded of the great enjoyment that Norman Wisdom has always provided. This movie now seems very dated and full of the flavour of early 50's Britain.
I'll always remember the 'pill swallowing' sequence and we always used it as a joke with our own kids when they had to take pills and struggled.
Seeing it again I became aware of a number of throw-away lines with sexual connotations that now seem quite modern.
The movie is firmly rooted in the British class system - but here the 'common' working man takes the p*** out of all the establishment figures and institiutions AND wins good in the end AND gets his girl.
No wonder Norman Wisdom was such a hero in Russia and Albania (apparently)!
See this movie if you haven't already .. enjoy it for what it is and what it represented.
I'll always remember the 'pill swallowing' sequence and we always used it as a joke with our own kids when they had to take pills and struggled.
Seeing it again I became aware of a number of throw-away lines with sexual connotations that now seem quite modern.
The movie is firmly rooted in the British class system - but here the 'common' working man takes the p*** out of all the establishment figures and institiutions AND wins good in the end AND gets his girl.
No wonder Norman Wisdom was such a hero in Russia and Albania (apparently)!
See this movie if you haven't already .. enjoy it for what it is and what it represented.