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Carry On Quizzing - Interactive DVD Game [Interactive DVD] [2006]


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Not perfect, but a reasonable DVD quiz for 'Carry On' fans
Review date: 2006-12-14 Rating: 6 out of 10

I have been a lifelong 'Carry On' fan (even thought I wasn't born until the year of the series' swansong, 'Carry On Emmanuel', in 1978). From the gentle early entries, to the very saucy later ones, I love them all. So when I saw the interactive DVD 'Carry On Quizzing', I quickly snapped it up, for the family (all 'Carry On' lovers) to play at Christmas.

The proceedings are hosted by Richard O'Brien, best known for 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and 'The Crystal Maze', who is also a 'Carry On' enthusiast (and also had a very small, uncredited role in 1965's 'Carry On Cowboy'). I couldn't make up my mind about the choice of Richard O'Brien to host the quiz. I don't dislike him, but I found him a bit hard to warm to here. He spends most of the time impersonating Kenneth Williams, to varying success. I would have preferred to have seen one of the actual 'Carry On' stars at the helm, but sadly, most of them have now passed away. Even so, surely one of the surviving secondary performers could have been used.

As for the quiz itself... You can play as a single player, or against others / as teams, with up to four teams allowed (each given a different name relating to various things from the films).

Rounds are made up of questions randomly picked from such categories as 'Carry On Guessing' (a straightforward question), 'Carry On Watching' (a question related to a clip), 'ohhh Matron' (a quote question), 'Have A Butchers' (a picture question), and 'quite an earful' (an audio clip question). Each question has four choices of answers, and you select your answer by pressing the corresponding arrow key on the DVD remote.

I found that there were a good mix of questions and categories; the only gripe that I have is that some of the questions seemed rather obscure - and that's coming from a lifelong 'Carry On' fan. For pure example, one of the questions that came up during my first play, was about an actor from one of the films, and the title of the 'Doctor Who' story that he also appeared in. Surely this would have been more at home in a 'Doctor Who' quiz than a 'Carry On' one! If the general answer had been 'Doctor Who' it would have been reasonable, but asking for the exact story title (considering that the original 'Doctor Who' ran for 26 years), I found a little too specific - and bearing in mind I am a 'Doctor Who' fan as well as a 'Carry On' one. That's just one random example of more than a couple of niggley questions I came across.

The multiple player option has a rather questionable system of play, as it asks the same question for each team. This means that, to avoid the following team scoring points off of your answer, you have to press the answer without saying it out loud before passing the DVD remote onto the next team. Especially as the game suggests that you play as teams, this means that you have little option to discuss the answer out loud with your team-mates. It would have been better, in my opinion, to ask a different question to each team.
Of course, this system does mean that you can cheat slightly, by playing the multiple player game on your own, giving you up to four chances to answer the question correctly (and as each question has four possible answers, you're bound to get the right one eventually!).

At the end of each round, you are given a total of the points you have scored. The higher you have scored, the further along the 'Hall of Fame' you progress. You get a different picture from this hall the further you progress; although I couldn't quite work out how the pictures were chosen, as the low ones, where you have only scored a couple of points, are obvious pictures, of Kenneth Williams, Hatty Jacques, etc., whereas the pictures further along are a little more obscure.

For all I've said against it, 'Carry On Quizzing' is an enjoyable little game. If nothing else, you get a nice selection of classic clips. I just feel there is the odd kink that could do with ironing out. Maybe we should hope for a second edition that will address these niggles.
If I had paid full price for it, I would probably have been a bit disappointed, but thanks to reductions on sites like Amazon.co.uk, it makes a fun and entertaining - if not quite perfect - quiz for 'Carry On' fans.


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Actor(s):
Peter Butterworth
Kenneth Connor
Richard O'Brien
Harry H. Corbett
Bernard Cribbins

Creators:
Richard O'Brien (Primary Contributor)
Peter Butterworth (Primary Contributor)
Dan Skinner (Producer)
Damian McConnell (Producer)
Dawn Wright (Producer)
Michelle Skinner (Producer)
Steve O'Pray (Producer)

Director(s):

Recording label: ITV DVD
Manufacturer: ITV DVD
EAN: 5037115223739
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-11-06
Audience rating: Exempt
Region code: 2
Theatrical release date: 2006-11-06
Language: English (Original Language)

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