I doubt if Phil Silvers was brought in to launch Carry on in America? Carry on was never for America. I think he brought in because he was available doing the Europe tour like many American actors
at the time,and most of all, simply because Britain loved him.
Kenneth Williams despised Silvers during the shooting of this film, and claimed in his diaries to have actually told him to "get fucked" at one point......
@MacJaxonManOfAction From the Kenneth Williams diaries. He loathed Silvers more long winded attempts at off camera humour, evidenced by a riddle that Silvers set him, which Williams instantly guessed.
The quote below refers to an incident where Silvers was being touched up by the director, Peter Rogers, and on reaching the groin area, Silvers said, "If you find anything there, let me know."
Also in the cast of"Follow That Camel"..the role of the rich boy..who joins the Legion to forget being disgraced by the family is Jim Dale.
TheStanbabe 10 months ago
.....this pik-chuh
BARRIEMOREBARLOW 1 year ago
I doubt if Phil Silvers was brought in to launch Carry on in America? Carry on was never for America. I think he brought in because he was available doing the Europe tour like many American actors
at the time,and most of all, simply because Britain loved him.
Witheredgoogie 2 years ago
Kenneth Williams despised Silvers during the shooting of this film, and claimed in his diaries to have actually told him to "get fucked" at one point......
25thNovember1970 2 years ago
"If he stuck to the contempoaraneous and the extempereaneous he'd be wonderful. The sudden involuntary crack...this he does wonderfully."
kokamoa 2 years ago
Was that a quote from Williams, kokamoa?
MacJaxonManOfAction 2 years ago
@MacJaxonManOfAction From the Kenneth Williams diaries. He loathed Silvers more long winded attempts at off camera humour, evidenced by a riddle that Silvers set him, which Williams instantly guessed.
The quote below refers to an incident where Silvers was being touched up by the director, Peter Rogers, and on reaching the groin area, Silvers said, "If you find anything there, let me know."
kokamoa 1 year ago
If I was Phil I would have laid him out!
westy406 2 years ago
Excellent clip
simonellson 3 years ago
cool! I love Phil Silvers!
weeweemonsieur 3 years ago 3
Definitely one of the best
Yefra707 3 years ago