History Film / CarryOnLoving

''Loving'' tells the story of a dating agency that hopes to matchmake singletons successfully, whether wrong or right. This agency is run by the constantly feuding couple Sid Bliss and Sophie Plummet (James and Jacques), who put on a facade to their beaming customers as a successful matchup from a coupling computer that they own, which is secretly controlled by Sophie in a back-room. Numerous customers arrive, hoping to find the person of their dreams, but through Sid and Sophie's constant bickering over whom should go with whom, they seem to end up with people they would unlikely have chemistry with.

* InterruptedIntimacy: Most infamously, between Terry and Jenny, who are trying to be intimate in the living room, but are interrupted [[UpToEleven over and over]]. First Sally walks in looking for her blue sweater, then pops out again to tell them she found it, then Gaye comes out of her room to rant about Adrian, then Adrian himself comes over and starts banging on Gaye's door, then Bertram arrives to pick up Sally and makes awkward small talk, then finally Adrian storms out of Gaye's room with a gun and tries to kill himself.

* IncrediblyLamePun: After Mr. Dreery tells him he can't fit his arse on a chair his wife bought him, Mr. Snooper makes a joke about turning the other cheek.

-->'''Sophie''': I'll fix you Sidney Bliss!

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Richard O' Callaghan was cast with the intention of being a long-term replacement for Creator/JimDale. However he only appeared in one further production before leaving the series.

* ProductPlacement:
** When meeting Jenny for the first time, Terry accidentally smashes a ''Royal Crown Derby'' saucer.
** A Woolworths ad is visible in the newspaper Mr. Bedsop has at the Parkview Hotel Cocktail Bar.

** '''Roger'''ham Mansions. Lampshaded when Sid tries to get a taxi there.

* CoolOldLady: Aunt Beatrice, the only one of Jenny's relatives who doesn't hate Terry on sight.
-->'''Aunt Beatrice''': I like him!

** Terry, such as when encouraged to continue making out with Jenny as if they hadn't been interrupted by Bertram .

** Percival's boss named Mr. Robinson in cast lists.

* BeAWhoreToGetYourMan: Miss Dempsey flirts outrageously with Percival to try and win his affections instead of Sophie.

-->'''Percival''': Miss Dempsey, please!

** Bill Maynard as Mr. Dreery, the angry customer who yells at Percival during therapy.

** Recurring actor Creator/PatsyRowlands as Percival's housekeeper Miss Dempsey.

* ChastityCouple: Percival intends to marry, but says that his wife-to-be wouldn't need to share a bed with him, because his house is big enough for her to have her own room.
* ChristmasCake: Sophie and Miss Dempsey, who fight for Percival's affections.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Miss Dempsey becomes one after discovering Sophie intends to marry Percival and decides to break them up by any means necessary.

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Esme pulls Percival's trousers down accidentally when she's trying to embrace him, just as Sophie walks into the room to get a glimpse of his orange underwear.

** When Mr. Dreery tells Percival he and his wife never have relations or intercourse, Percival thinks he's talking about inviting family over and having conversations.
** When Sophie asks Percival if he wants to have a child, Percival thinks she's talking about what woman she'll set him up with and tells her he'd prefer one fully grown.
* ConfirmedBachelor: Percival is one, having no time in his life for a wife. He eventually ends up with his housekeeper, Miss Dempsey, much to her delight and his annoyance.

* CreatureOfHabit: Percival gives Sophie a speech about how he has to do his various leisure activities once a week.

* CueCardPause: Sid does so when reading Percival's details off his card.

** Gripper's fight with Miss Dempsey, who's protecting Percival; she throws him into a coffee table and then out of the window.

* GetOut: Percival kicks Mr. and Mrs. Dreery out of his office after Mr. Dreery starts shouting at him.

* GreenEyedMonster: Sid and Sophie's feuding has led to Sid secretly trying to compete with her, despite loathing every moment they share with each other. [[spoiler:When Sophie is told by Mr. Bedsop that Sid set up the Percival date sabotage, she goes back to apologise to him, but Sid quickly grabs her and claims that he wants to marry her. That way, she can never beat him in finding love.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: After Mr. Dreery tells him he can't fit his arse on a chair his wife bought him, Percival makes a joke about turning the other cheek.

* ItsForABook: Percival works as a marriage counsellor, [[{{Irony}} but is not married]], so he hopes to find a wife so he can get his clients' experiences.
* KindlyHousekeeper: Percival's housekeeper, Miss Dempsey, who secretly has feelings for him and will do anything to keep him.

* LowClearance: Gripper knocks his head on a low-hanging light when he rushes out to get Esme from Percival's house.

* MarriageOfConvenience: Percival is a marriage counselor but has never actually been married, being a ConfirmedBachelor. Being told he needs some hands-on experience, he goes to Sid and Sophie's, where he catches her eye. After some misunderstandings, he ends up with his housekeeper Miss Dempsey, who's had feelings for him for years, and looks miserable at the prospect of marrying her.

** The angry Miss Dempsey trying to scare Sophie away with false claims of a physical relationship with her master, and Percival's obvious looks of confusion.
** Esme trying to launch herself onto Percival, and managing to pull his trousers down as he tries to escape, just as the already-annoyed Sophie wanders through the door.
* ObliviousToLove: Percival never noticed Miss Dempsey's ready-to-please behaviour as a sign that she is interested in him, even though she's lived under his roof for years.

** Likewise, Sophie's first name is Sophia, but only Percival calls her so.

** The dowdy Miss Dempsey dons a purple dress and restyles her hair to try and win Percival back from Sophie.

* SleepingSingle: Percival tells Sophie on their "date" that there's no need to be sleeping together because his mansion has enough room for them to be anywhere they want to when they're married, slightly annoying Sophie.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Although being the boyfriend of Sid, Sophie is suspicious of his antics with female clients and shows no interest in him. When the shy Percival shows up, claiming that he isn't used to dating and commitments, Sophie is immediately sold.

* SuddenlyShouting: The Dreery's marriage counseling session with Percival devolves into Mr. Dreery and Percival yelling and ranting at each other.

** The end caption mentions that [[spoiler:all the couples (Esme and Gripper, Bertram and Sally, Terry and Jenny, Percival and Miss Dempsey and Gaye and Adrian) got married and fought happily ever after]].
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Sort of happens in a way, but is mostly {{invoked}} by Sid. Learning that Sophie's going to meet up with Percival, he makes Esme show up at the house and pretend to be a horny woman that Percival had a fling with, while he phones Esme's fiancé Gripper to attack Percival for "stealing his woman", which he does, before being attacked by Miss Dempsey and thrown out of the building. It works like a charm, and Sophie storms out of the house in a huff.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Henry and Emily, a couple who Percival advises to get a pair of steps to help their marriage.

* UglyGuyHotWife: Mr. and Mrs. Dreery, the fat man in the flat cap that yells at Percival and his long-legged younger-looking wife.

Shy undertaker's assistant Bert Muffet (O'Callaghan) is matched with model Sally Martin (Piper), whilst the constantly-trialed Terry Philpot (Scott) is partnered with the traditionally-raised Jenny Grubb (Hassall), who lives with her [[TheClan really large family]]. Meanwhile, Percival Snooper (Williams) the marriage counselor hopes to try out a relationship, becoming the secret object of Sophie's affections, unaware that his housekeeper Miss Dempsey (Creator/PatsyRowlands) has been in love with him for years. However, Sophie's apparent "cheating" on Sid is justified by the movie because of her large suspicion over her boyfriend's infatuation with client Esme Crowfoot (Sims), eventually hiring James Bedsop (Hawtrey), a private detective, to investigate further. As for Esme, she is already involved with wrestler Gripper Burke (Bresslaw), who is prone to fits of violent jealousy against men he thinks are pursuing Esme...

* AccidentalMisnaming: When Bert Muffet gives his name to Sid Bliss, Sid mishears his surname as "Muffin" and makes jokes about finding him some crumpet to go with that. He refers to Bert as "Mr. Muffin" several further times during the scene, and though he does acknowledge Bert's corrections each time, he never quite seems to take them on board.

-->'''Bert''': Muffet.

** While Bert is thoroughly embarrassed about picking up Sally thinking she was Esme, Sally finds it hilarious and wants to meet up with Bert again.

** Sally calls Bert "Bertie".

** The bus Bert travels on has a bus conductor, which was discontinued in Britain in (at least) the 1980's when buses gained electrical technology to take passenger tickets at the driver's seat.

** The lovers openly make out on the bus, much to Bert's amazement.

** Adrian tries to shoot himself in the head, but Bert forces the gun away at the last moment.

* ButtMonkey: Bert, who seems to be the only character that gets seriously injured.

* {{Catfight}}: During the FoodFight, Esme and Sally target each other and pull the others' hair after Bert (Sally's boyfriend) laughs at Gripper (Esme's fiancé).

** Sid is furious when Sophie gives Bert the card of Esme, because he wants her to himself.
** Pro-wrestler Gripper Burke is this towards Esme. When Bert shows up for a date, Gripper immediately goes to ''kill'' him.

** Gripper's fight with Bert, who he thinks is Esme is cheating on him with; Gripper throws him around the room and he ends up in hopsital with a broken hand and bandaged head.

* DatingServiceDisaster: The movie in a nutshell. The "sophisticated computer" Sid and Sophie use to match their clients is purely decorative; Sophie herself chooses the matches seemingly at random, and the couples are almost invariably complete mismatches (The only happy couple in the film are Bert and Sally, and even then they met by accident). In the final scene, the many ill-matched couples who used Sid and Sophie's services are gathered in one room, giving each other (and Sid and Sophie, themselves) {{death glare}}s.

** Sid has a scene's worth of this when taking down Bert's personal details to feed into the "computer".

'''Bert''': (Nervous laughter) Same as most chaps like to do, I suppose.\\

'''Bert''': Well, I don't know, I've never done it yet.\\

'''Bert''': Oh, yes, I ''would'' like a girl who likes it too.\\

'''Bert''': Oh. Well, my main one is making model aeroplanes.\\

'''Bert''': Yes, out of milk bottle tops.\\

'''Bert''': Yes, they're not flying models, of course.\\

'''Bert''': I rather like collecting book matches. You know, all the different packets.\\

** Terry, such as when encouraged to continue making out with Jenny as if they hadn't been interrupted by Bert.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: We first see Bert when he is awestruck by the lovers making out on the bus, which lets us know he is inexperienced with love, but isn't put off by it.

** In the hospital, Bert reads ''The Art of Self Defense''.

* FoodSlap: At the wedding, Sophie finally has enough of Sid's cheating and gives him a cake to the face. Then Esme takes out Gripper with a champagne bottle and hits Bert with a cake of her own and it all [[FoodFight escalates from there]].

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Sally states that she's been a lingerie model for so long, she is used to being in a room with a man in her underwear. Through a large misunderstanding, she finds out this way that Bert, who has just turned up to her house, ''isn't'' the modeling photographer she's expecting.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Most infamously, between Terry and Jenny, who are trying to be intimate in the living room, but are interrupted [[UpToEleven over and over]]. First Sally walks in looking for her blue sweater, then pops out again to tell them she found it, then Gaye comes out of her room to rant about Adrian, then Adrian himself comes over and starts banging on Gaye's door, then Bert arrives to pick up Sally and makes awkward small talk, then finally Adrian storms out of Gaye's room with a gun and tries to kill himself.

* MistakenIdentity: When they first meet, Bert mistakes Sally for his date as prescribed by Sid and Sophie's dating agency; Sally mistakes Bert for the photographer who is due to shoot her latest modelling job. When the misunderstandings are cleared up, they find they actually get on very well with each other.

* NiceGuy: Bert is always kind and polite to everyone, even after getting put in hospital by Gripper.

** Gripper meets up with Esme to court her in her apartment just as Sid sneaks out of the bedroom window. When Gripper spots Sid's clothes, he becomes angry and threatens to kill any man that might want to become friendly with Esme. Then the doorbell rings and the oblivious Bert walks in to meet up with her, making Gripper wrestle him and throw him across the room.

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Sally and Bert's first meeting is full of this trope. Sally talks about all the situations that photographers have wanted her to pose in (such as in the bathroom or lying across the floor), and Bert just assumes that she's either flirting or ReallyGetsAround.

* OutOfContextEavesdropping: Sally visits Bert in hospital to apologize for the misunderstanding during their first meeting. While they talk about what happened and laugh about how silly the event had been, Bert's bed neighbour overhears them talking about Sally stripping to her underwear and lying around the room, and asks Bert whether the story is true after she leaves - especially the part when Bert ran out in embarrassment. When Bert confirms that the story's true, the bed neighbour glares at him in worry, mumbles to himself.

** How is the Wedded Bliss Agency able to tell Sally what hospital Bert's in? It's possible Sid may have stuck around to see Bert go in the ambulance after Gripper's attack, but judging by how he left himself it's unlikely.

** When a light in Sally, Gaye and Jenny's apartment is shot loose by Adrian, it comes falling to the floor and hits Bert on the head, knocking him unconscious. However, Bert seems to suffer no ill effects from this.
** During the FoodFight finale, Esme knocks Gripper out by smashing a champagne bottle on his head, although he recovers quick enough to shove Bert through a table and try to rip Sid apart.

** The end caption mentions that [[spoiler:all the couples (Esme and Gripper, Bert and Sally, Terry and Jenny, Percival and Miss Dempsey and Gaye and Adrian) got married and fought happily ever after]].

* TimeSkip: After Gripper attacks Bert, the film skips ahead by one week.

** When Gripper swings Bert around Esme's apartment.

** We don't find out what happened to the photographer Sally was supposed to meet when she met Bert.

->''AND SO THEY WERE ALL MARRIED AND FOUGHT HAPPILY EVER AFTER.''

* AlliterativeName: After seeing James disguised as an Indian, Sid calls him '''Bo'''mbay '''Bo'''nd.

* AmateurSleuth: James is definitely this, although he seems to be a proper one, which might play up to [[Creator/CharlesHawtrey Charles Hawtrey's]] common [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} common character type]].

* {{Brownface}}: James follows Sid disguised as an Indian, complete with turban. When caught, he tries speaking in YouNoTakeCandle.

* CampingACrapper: Sid hides out in a toilet cubical to avoid James.

* CurseCutShort: Sophie calls James on the phone and asks him to track Sid, so James asks her to describe him:
-->'''James''': "Rotten. Cheating. Lying bas-"... no! No, Mrs. Bliss, a physical description if you please.

* {{Fauxreigner}}: James wears a turban and {{Brownface}} to disguise himself as an Indian and follow Sid around.

* GreenEyedMonster: Sid and Sophie's feuding has led to Sid secretly trying to compete with her, despite loathing every moment they share with each other. [[spoiler:When Sophie is told by James that Sid set up the Percival date sabotage, she goes back to apologise to him, but Sid quickly grabs her and claims that he wants to marry her. That way, she can never beat him in finding love.]]

* NewspaperThinDisguise: James hides behind a newspaper with two eye-holes cut out when waiting for Sid to arrive at the Parkview Hotel Cocktail Bar.

** Sophie and James mention they met at a wedding, although all we find out about said wedding is that James guarded the presents and the bride went missing and still hasn't been found.

* PaperThinDisguise: When James follows Sid, he changes his hat to a beret and sticks a large fake beard on. The confused policeman and Sid are not fooled and James is taken away for suspicious behaviour.

* PoliceAreUseless: Well, James is more of a private investigator, and he is not really incompetent, but he makes no attempt to hide the fact that he's following Sid (keeping a close distance behind him instead of waiting at every corner). And when he follows Sid into a public restroom, he decides to check all the cubicles to find him (which Sid had apparently anticipated).

** A Woolworths ad is visible in the newspaper James has at the Parkview Hotel Cocktail Bar.

** The theme from ''Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents'' plays when James tracks Sid.

** Sid calls James' Indian disguise a "Bombay [[Franchise/JamesBond Bond]]".

** After staking out and spying on Sid for days, Sophie's hired PI James Bedsop disappears out of the movie. [[spoiler:He doesn't show up for the forced wedding of Sophie and Sid, although considering what James had been doing for most of the film, his absence is understandable.]]

* YouNoTakeCandle: James talks like this when disguised as an Indian.
-->'''James''': Excuse, gentle Saab. Me no spoking very good the English.

** The end caption mentions that [[spoiler:all the couples (Esme and Gripper, Bert and Sally, Terry and Jenny, Pervical and Miss Dempsey and Gaye and Adrian) got married and fought happily ever after]].

** Percival's boss in named Mr. Robinson in cast lists.

** Philip Stone's character is named "Robinson" on cast lists.

''Carry On Loving'' is a 1970 movie that marks the 20th ''Film/CarryOn'' in the British film series. It stars regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/JoanSims, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/TerryScott, and Creator/BernardBresslaw, and was the introduction movie of Richard O'Callaghan, the second for Jacki Piper, and the only ''Film/CarryOn'' for Imogen Hassall.

* AllThereInTheScript: Aside from Jenny, none of the Grubbs get named in the film, however the script reveals several of their names, such as Aunt Victoria, Uncle Ernest, Aunt Beatrice and Wilberforce.

-->'''Hospital Patient''': Blimey, and you say there's nothing wrong with ya...

''Carry On Loving'' is a 1970 movie that marks the 20th ''Film/CarryOn'' in the British film series. It stars regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/JoanSims, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/TerryScott, Creator/BernardBresslaw and Creator/HattieJacques, was the introduction movie of Richard O'Callaghan, the second for Jacki Piper, and the only ''Film/CarryOn'' for Imogen Hassall.

-->'''Sid''': Eh? Oh, oh yes. Well, I went in feet-first, didn't I?

''Loving'' tells the story of a dating agency that hopes to matchmake singletons successfully, whether wrong or right. This agency is run by the constantly feuding couple Sid Bliss (James) and Sophie Plummet (Jacques), who put on a facade to their beaming customers as a successful matchup from a coupling computer that they own, which is secretly controlled by Sophie in a back-room. Numerous customers arrive, hoping to find the person of their dreams, but through Sid and Sophie's constant bickering over whom should go with whom, they seem to end up with people they would unlikely have chemistry with.

Shy undertaker's assistant Bert Muffet (O'Callaghan) is matched with model Sally Martin (Piper), whilst the constantly-trialed Terry Philpot (Scott) is partnered with the traditionally-raised Jenny Grubb (Hassall), who lives with her [[TheClan really large family]]. Meanwhile, Percival Snooper the marriage counselor (Williams) hopes to try out a relationship, becoming the secret object of Sophie's affections, unaware that his housekeeper Miss Dempsey (Creator/PatsyRowlands) has been in love with him for years. However, Sophie's apparent "cheating" on Sid is justified by the movie because of her large suspicion over her boyfriend's infatuation with client Esme Crowfoot (Sims), eventually hiring James Bedsop (Hawtrey), a private detective, to investigate further. As for Esme, she is already involved with wrestler Gripper Burke (Bresslaw), who is prone to fits of violent jealousy against men he thinks are pursuing Esme...

'''Bert''': (Nervous Laughter) Same as most chaps like to do, I suppose.\\

* NoodleIncident: Sophie and James mention they met at a wedding, although all we find out about said wedding is that James guarded the presents and the bride went missing and still hasn't been found.

-->'''Sid''': And what are you interested in?\\

-->'''Terry''': Chance would be a fine thing.

-->'''Taxi Driver''': Watch it! Don't use language like that to me mate.

* InterruptedIntimacy: Most infamously, between Terry and Jenny, who are trying to be intimate in the living room, but are interrupted [[UpToEleven over and over]]. First Sally walks in looking for her blue jumper, then pops out again to tell them she found it, then Gaye comes out of her room to rant about Adrian, then Adrian himself comes over and starts banging on Gaye's door, then Bert arrives to pick up Sally and makes awkward small talk, then finally Adrian storms out of Gaye's room with a gun and tries to kill himself.