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Am I Missing Something?

Absolutely amazing

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Months after the final 'On The Buses' series ended on television, the cast, including Michael Robbins ( who had left the series in 1972 ), were all reunited for one last cinematic outing - 'Holiday On The Buses' - which went out on release in December 1973. It did not do the same big business as the first two films, partly because of its lack of advertising, but was popular all the same. A new director, Bryan Izzard, who had also worked on the series, was brought in.It had to happen. Stan and Jack end up being sacked from the bus depot following Stan's negligent driving. A visit to the local labour exchange yields nothing. However, after responding to an advertisement requesting an experienced bus crew for a tour bus at Pontins holiday camp, North Wales, Stan and Jack's troubles look to be over. Well, not quite, as Blakey is working there too, as a security guard! And as if that is not bad enough, Stan's family arrive at the camp on holiday.Predictable mishaps ensue - Olive falls into the pool and loses the bottom half of her bathing costume ( was I the only one who thought she had a nice bum? ), Stan and Arthur have to redecorate the chalet after little Arthur coats the walls in Olive's make-up, Olive and Arthur join a ballroom dancing contest at the entertainment complex and make a right chump of themselves and Stan tries to seduce a sexy young woman on board a ferry and ends up coming down with seasickness. Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts appear here as Wally and Lil Briggs, the same characters who appeared in Wolfe & Chesney's 'Romany Jones' and later its sequel 'Yus, My Dear'. Kate Williams from 'Love Thy Neighbour' plays a sexy nurse who Blakey is besotted with while Wilfrid Brambell ( Albert Steptoe from 'Steptoe & Son' ) appears as a randy Irish pensioner, who ends up having a fling with Mrs. Butler. Henry McGee, who graced 'The Benny Hill Show' for many years, appears here as the camp site manager.'Holiday On The Buses' could easily have been a 'Carry On' film. Overall, it was good-natured saucy fun. Denis King provided a bouncy theme tune which wouldn't have sounded out of place on one of Peter Rodgers' aforementioned films. Unfortunately, as was the case with the film's predecessor 'Mutiny On The Buses', interest starts to wane towards the end ( it does for me anyway ). The scene where Stan is roughed up in the canteen kitchen does not work at all and the moment where the bus is submerged in the sand when the tide comes in is just plain unfunny. A year and a half after this went on release, Stephen Lewis' Blakey appeared in his own show - 'Don't Drink The Water' - in which he and his sister retired to Spain, but it never caught on in the way that 'On The Buses' had done.Definitely not a great example of the series but a good enough film to round off the trilogy. A fourth film 'Still At It On The Buses' ( in which Stan and co went on holiday abroad ) was planned but did not get made, probably not a bad thing to be honest.Funniest bit? Stan throwing his cigarette end down the toilet, unaware that Olive has poured petrol down it, cue massive explosion!

Its a 1970's British comedy - what you get is a slice of comedy history, typical of its time and place, nothing more nothing less. A bit of slapstick, plenty of innuendo, very loose plot line and full of sexism, ageism and any other -ism going around at the time. Quite simply it is Britain of the 1970's tied up in a 90 minute package. And if you are of a certain age it certainly brings a smile of nostalgia and sometimes incredulous horror. There are not many belly laughs but that's because comedy today is far more sophisticated and we like all our cinema highly polished.Enjoy it for what it is - don't put too much onto it. After all it's not meant to be a cinema classic just a bit of a laugh.

Has anyone realised that Blakey's " Doh!" noises have ripped off by Homer Simpson? This film is a classic slice of realism! Seriously. It is Ken Loach with slapstick. These characters are a true reflection of what it is to be British, not just in the seventies, but now also. Struggling to make ends meet, these characters are present in today's society. I won't have anyone knocking this film as it is not only hilarious but it is also, in an odd way, quite moving, especially with lines like, "We haven't got enough money for grub." People who scoff at this film are, in reality, the film's biggest fans, it's just that they refuse to admit it.

The film is a third film, after On The Buses, Muninty On The Buses. Story Line: Stan & Jack also Inspector Blake loose there jobs, when Stan its the manager's car also causes damages to the bus as the Inspector Blake gets in trouble for not telling him about the bus coming. but Inspector Blake gets a job, why Stan & Jack cannot get a job. Why Arthur as to figure away for to get money for the hole family, but Lucky Jack finds a job in the paper, when it says busmen wanted for Pontings holiday camp, in Wales.& they both get jobs as busmen at pontings, but Inspector Blake as got a new job there as well as security guard, they met as Stan tries to get out of through the gates.but at the time Inspector Blake his going out with the nurse, but Jack his sneaking the nurse room, & benting to have broken his leg. but Blake must not find out because he would kill Jack, also the butler family stay with Stan at Pontings as well oh no trouble.-but I don't understand I thought Stan had went to work in the midlands in a factory, Arthur had divorced Olive, & Olive in Munity was excepting a baby in that, but there was only little Arthur.