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Whenever one of the "On the Buses" films is broadcast the TV magazines seem to be universal in their condemnation of them with comments such as "Absolutely abysmal".
I confess that I thoroughly enjoy these films with their saucy seaside postcard type of humour; I'm even sad enough to collect the video series of the original TV broadcasts.
What do other people think of them?

Jim

I agree with you Albabson. There is something of the saucy seaside postcard about them, something a bit naughty, like the old Carry On films. I reckon that's why the newer C/O films never did any good. Sadly today's viewers want more cruder, explicit films; so there's nothing 'a littie bit risque' or 'forbidden' anymore.
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MrDrakesDuck

Agree.

Have the three films on video, good fun.

Unusually for sitcom spinoffs I find the films better than the TV series, which IMHO is poorly written/produced.

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David Brent

What do the critics know?
Ask anyone around my age what their favourite Brit sitcom/film was from the 70's & along with "Steptoe & Son" they all rate "On The Buses."
Who can forget luckless Stan,womeniser Jack,dopey Olive,'Dracula'Blakey,tight fisted Arthur & nagging Mom plus all those dolly birds?
Genuinely funny scripts,lots of slapstick & the never ending battle between the boys & Blakey make the sitcom/films watchable over & over again.
Humour that i think can be appreciated by any generation.
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Dave.

smudge

I have to go with Mr. Drake's here -

In the TV series a lot of the episodes had the family drawn as broadly vulgar as they could get away with then. That isn't to say that it wasn't funny - let's not forget that this was a huge show in it's time, and it did cater for the tastes of the time.

However, looking back, there are episodes which make you cringe a bit. It is probably to the credit of Hammer producer Roy Skeggs that the characters were somewhat toned down for the films. He was not happy when told he had to produce these movies, but he did his best and managed to turn the first film into the highest grossing British film of the year thumbs_u

But still - vulgar episodes or not - there was ne'ery a curse word in hearing on those shows, more than can be said for these days...

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ollie

Thanks albabson for starting the thread i've wanted to start but dare not,if you like on the buses and ive got all thats available on dvd,i'ts a bit like having an embarrassing relative.I can still remember the anticipation of the next episode when i was a kid,what scrapes the characters were going to get into next,obviously i didn't get the innuendo then but as a family we loved to watch it, quite a bit of social comment going on in there as well .For me it still stands up,yes the are some weaker episode's,but i still larf.My favourite of the films was holiday otb,perfectly cast after the first series when doris hare joined (a classical actress no less),i mean can you imagine anyone else in those roles? I dont always larf sometimes i just watch them and suck my (steady scold )thumb metaphorically of course thumbs_u
cheers Ollie.

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