I've always been an infrequent fan (if that makes any sense?) of the cult British TV show "Are You Being Served?" When it was originally aired it was actually in black and white and then moved on to color as the years progressed. I thought the characters were likable and had good trademarks, the humor was well-established as was just about everything regarding the series. Overall it was just very well crafted.
However this spin-off movie from 1977 really lacks the spark, charisma and humor of the TV show and as a result is quite lame and not even very entertaining. Part of the reason, I think - believe it or not - is due to the awkwardness of the missing laugh track. We've become so accustomed to the use of a fake laugh track (you know - the people who always seem to laugh at even the lame jokes in "Friends" for no reason whatsoever) that watching a "film" playing like a full-length sitcom - minus the laughs - seems really bizarre.
Oh, that, plus the movie itself is a stinker and not very funny. That probably has something to do with my dislike for it as well.
Overall not horrible but hardly worth your time.
However this spin-off movie from 1977 really lacks the spark, charisma and humor of the TV show and as a result is quite lame and not even very entertaining. Part of the reason, I think - believe it or not - is due to the awkwardness of the missing laugh track. We've become so accustomed to the use of a fake laugh track (you know - the people who always seem to laugh at even the lame jokes in "Friends" for no reason whatsoever) that watching a "film" playing like a full-length sitcom - minus the laughs - seems really bizarre.
Oh, that, plus the movie itself is a stinker and not very funny. That probably has something to do with my dislike for it as well.
Overall not horrible but hardly worth your time.