History Film / CarryOnCabby

''Carry On Cabby'' is a 1963 black and white film, which is the seventh ''Film/CarryOn'' movie in the British series. It starred Creator/SidJames, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Creator/EsmaCannon, and Creator/LizFraser. It was also the first ''Film/CarryOn'' to feature a script by Creator/TalbotRothwell (the writer of the first six films, Norman Hudis, having been offered a job in Hollywood after the surprise American success of ''Film/CarryOnNurse''); he would write the scripts for twenty ''Film/CarryOn'' films to come, ending with ''Film/CarryOnDick'' in 1974.

* FreezeFrameBonus: While many of the Glamcabs driver's names aren't revealed, some can be spotted on their namebadges - the dumb driver who asks Flo what to do if a man passenger tries to start something is "Gloria" and the driver who steals away a bespectacled businessman from a Speedee Taxi is "Mitzi".

* MaleGaze: Glamcabs gets all their customers by their lovely drivers showing off their legs and busts.

->'''Peggy''': I haven't had a chance to talk to him since last Wednesday - and then it was only with his legs!

->'''Peggy''': Yes, sticking out from under a cab. It's not fair, 'e knows I can't get under one.
-->-- '''Peggy Hawkins''' complaining about her husband Charlie to '''Ted Watson'''.

''Cabby'' tells the story of Charlie Hawkins (James), a workaholic who is always in constant trouble with his wife Peggy (Jacques) because he is never home when she is awake or around. He is in charge of taxi company Speedee Taxis and works alongside Ted Watson (Connor) - who's having the same relationship problems with girlfriend Sally (Fraser) - and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} newcomer Terry "Pintpot" Tankard]] (Hawtrey), and his long hours at work make most of his conversations be on the topic of cabbing, even with his annoyed wife.

Upon forgetting their wedding anniversary and arriving hours late for their anniversary date night, Peggy hopes to avenge him the harshest way she can think off - by attacking his taxi business. So she does this by setting up her own, called [=GlamCabs=], by having young attractive women as the drivers, who use their assets to gain customers, which endangers Charlie's business and convinces him try and bite back twice as big.

This movie is notable for its full use of ValuesDissonance. The common theme in the movie is sexism, which is the reason why Peggy invents her own rival taxi company that only hires women. One of the women hired, Flo Sims (Cannon), was already discriminated against for being female by Speedee Taxis, and the workers telling Charlie that driving was "a man's job". Once [=GlamCabs=] starts earning more money, Charlie is threatened and tries everything to make them bankrupt.

Despite that, ''Carry On Cabby'' is full of the common themes of a ''Film/CarryOn'' film: a HurricaneOfPuns, Creator/SidJames' laugh and bawdy humour.

* ApronMatron: Peggy.
* BattleOfTheSexes: Peggy only starts this to hurt her husband in the same way that she has been, but it eventually turns into this when the men become very defensive and think that their manhood is being threatened.
* BerserkButton: Ted asks his girlfriend Sally whether he can cancel their date so that he can fill in for absent workers' taxi shifts. She responds by chasing him out of the cafe, armed with dinner plates.
* CareerVersusMan: Charlie is absolutely disgusted that Peggy considers getting a job.
* CensoredForComedy:
-->'''Allbright:''' All right, but I don't know what the union's gonna say about all this!\\
'''Sarge:''' ''[microphone feedback]'' the union![[note]]Creator/CyrilChamberlain's mouth does not actually move during the microphone feedback.[[/note]]\\
'''Allbright:''' Well, really!...
* CoolOldLady: Flo.
* DisguisedInDrag: Ted attempts to infiltrate Glam Cabs by dragging up. They see through it immediately.
* DistractedByTheSexy: The reason why Glam Cabs are getting so many male customers.
* DoorDumb: Granted that there's no sign on the cafe door, Terry rips the door handle off because he thinks it's a "pull" door.
* DramaticIrony: Charlie constantly bitches and tells his wife his methods on how to sabotage Glam Cabs, giving her enough time to find a way to stop them.
* DriverOfABlackCab: A couple of workaholic taxi drivers try to make a rival company go out of business.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Terry.

* ExiledToTheCouch: Peggy goes to bed drunk after waiting up really late for Charlie to come home, locking the bedroom door. Charlie has no choice to sleep on the sofa because she's too drunk and exhausted to react. Considering the circumstances, if she was sober he'd probably be sent there anyway.
* {{Fainting}}: The expectant father faints when he sees the taxi fare. Charlie faints when he finds out that Peggy's pregnant.
* {{Fanservice}}: The film [[DeconstructedTrope presents the argument]] that in a free market, no amount of quality can compete with blatant fanservice, as a rival cab company arrives out of nowhere providing only drivers with low-cut tops, large breasts and long legs. One sequence features a succession of customers happily fixing their own cabs as the drivers lean against them idly.
* FanserviceWithASmile: Sally.
* ForgottenAnniversary: The workaholic taxi driver Charlie Hawkins forgets his wedding anniversary, so his wife creates a rival taxi business to get back at him.
* FreudianExcuse: One of the workers are against Flo working alongside him in the taxi business, because he wouldn't be able to swear in the presence of a woman.
* GreaserDelinquents: The thieves that kidnap Peggy and Sally.
* HonourBeforeReason: Allbright when he was against Flo suggesting taking over the taxi shifts for her unwell husband, when the taxi business was running short of people on the job and could use some helping hands. If Allbright didn't follow this policy, this movie probably wouldn't have happened the way it turned out.
* IncrediblyConspicuousDrag: Ted drags up when trying to infiltrate [=GlamCabs=], and is caught out almost instantly.
* TheKlutz: Terry and his freshly-made tea.
* MaleGaze: The customers to the drivers of Glam Cabs.

* MsFanservice: All the taxi drivers of the company are easy on the eye.
* PanickyExpectantFather: Jeremy (Creator/JimDale), that Charlie and Ted pick up on the way to meet up with their spouses who makes them drive to the hospital and then apologizes saying that it was a false alarm and that they can drop the couple off back at their home. You think that's bad? It happens four times.
* PaperThinDisguise: Ted is made to dress up as a woman to spy on Glam Cabs as a new recruit, but none of the women are fooled and purposely stick him in the changing rooms.

** The damage done to the main gates disappears the same day it is caused.

** The police somehow know which cabs have the robbers and which cabs have the actual cabbies without being told.
* PrettyInMink: Charlie gets Peggy a fur coat as an anniversary gift:

* RunningGag: Terry ordering a drink at the cafe and either accidentally pouring it over someone or spilling it.
* SeriousBusiness: Charlie never had a sexist mindset like Allbright and most of the men that worked for him, until the Glam Cabs started becoming popular...
* SmugSnake: Allbright always wants to follow the rules of the working laws and loves finding people breaking the laws. When Flo offers to drive for the company, he immediately starts making up excuses against her and trying to convince everyone to agree with him.
* StayInTheKitchen: One of the reasons that many of the men at Charlie's company don't want women working with them.

* ThisMeansWar: Charlie declares war with Glam Cabs after talking with (unbeknownst to him) Peggy.

* VehicularSabotage: What Charlie's workers try to do to Glam Cab's cars, but the smitten male customers willingly fix them free of charge.
* {{Workaholic}}: Ted and Charlie. Their spouses accuse them of being MarriedToTheJob.

* PanickyExpectantFather: The man (Jim Dale) that Charlie and Ted pick up on the way to meet up with their spouses who makes them drive to the hospital and then apologizes to say that it was a false alarm and that they can drop the couple off back at their home. You think that's bad? It happens four times.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ShesGotLegs: The workers of Glam Cabs.

'''Sarge:''' ''[microphone feedback]'' the union![[note]]Cyril Chamberlain's mouth does not actually move during the microphone feedback.[[/note]]\\

''Carry On Cabby'' is a 1963 black and white film, which is the seventh ''Film/CarryOn'' movie in the British series. It starred Creator/SidJames, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Esma Cannon, and Creator/LizFraser. It was also the first ''Film/CarryOn'' to feature a script by Creator/TalbotRothwell (the writer of the first six films, Norman Hudis, having been offered a job in Hollywood after the surprise American success of ''Film/CarryOnNurse''); he would write the scripts for twenty ''Film/CarryOn'' films to come, ending with ''Film/CarryOnDick'' in 1974.

''Carry On Cabby'' is a 1963 black and white film, which is the seventh ''Film/CarryOn'' movie in the British series. It starred Creator/SidJames, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Esma Cannon, and Liz Frazer. It was also the first ''Film/CarryOn'' to feature a script by Creator/TalbotRothwell (the writer of the first six films, Norman Hudis, having been offered a job in Hollywood after the surprise American success of ''Film/CarryOnNurse''); he would write the scripts for twenty ''Film/CarryOn'' films to come, ending with ''Film/CarryOnDick'' in 1974.

''Cabby'' tells the story of Charlie Hawkins (James), a workaholic who is always in constant trouble with his wife Peggy (Jacques) because he is never home when she is awake or around. He is in charge of taxi company ''Speedee Taxis'' and works alongside Ted Watson (Connor) - who's having the same relationship problems with girlfriend Sally (Fraser) - and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} newcomer Terry "Pintpot" Tankard]] (Hawtrey), and his long hours at work make most of his conversations be on the topic of cabbing, even with his annoyed wife.

Upon forgetting their wedding anniversary and arriving hours late for their anniversary date night, Peggy hopes to avenge him the harshest way she can think off - by attacking his taxi business. So she does this by setting up her own, called ''[=GlamCabs=]'', by having young attractive women as the drivers, who use their assets to gain customers, which endangers Charlie's business and convinces him try and bite back twice as big.

This movie is notable for its full use of ValuesDissonance. The common theme in the movie is sexism, which is the reason why Peggy invents her own rival taxi company that only hires women. One of the women hired, Flo Sims (Cannon), was already discriminated against for being female by ''Speedee Taxis'', and the workers telling Charlie that driving was "a man's job". Once ''[=GlamCabs=]'' starts earning more money, Charlie is threatened and tries everything to make them bankrupt.

* PanickyExpectantFather: The man (Jim Dale) that Charlie and Ted pick up on the way to meet up with their spouses who makes them drive to the hospital and then apologizes to say that it was a false alarm and that they can drop the couple off back at their home. You think that's bad? [[UpToEleven It happens four times]].

This movie is notable for its full use of ValuesDissonance. The common theme in the movie is sexism, which is the reason why Peggy invents her own rival taxi company that only hires women. One of the women that are hired, Flo Sims (Cannon), was already discriminated against for being female by ''Speedee Taxis'', and the workers telling Charlie that driving was "a man's job". Once ''[=GlamCabs=]'' starts earning more money, Charlie is threatened and tries everything to make them bankrupt.

''Carry On Cabby'' is a 1963 black and white film, which is the seventh ''Film/CarryOn'' movie in the British series. It starred regulars Creator/SidJames, Creator/HattieJacques, Creator/CharlesHawtrey, Liz Frazer, Esma Cannon and Creator/KennethConnor, and a cameo from Creator/JimDale. It was also the first ''Carry On'' to feature a script by Creator/TalbotRothwell (the writer of the first six films, Creator/NormanHudis, having been offered a job in Hollywood after the surprise American success of ''Film/CarryOnNurse''); he would write the scripts for twenty ''Carry On'' films, ending with ''Film/CarryOnDick''.

''Carry On Cabby'' tells the story of Charlie Hawkins (James), a workaholic who is always in constant trouble with his wife Peggy (Jacques) because he is never home when she is awake or around. He is in charge of a taxi company and works alongside Ted Watson (Connor) -- who's having the same relationship problems with girlfriend Sally (Fraser) -- and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} newcomer Terry "Pintpot" Tankard]] (Hawtrey), and his long hours at work make most of his conversations be on the topic of cabbing, even with his annoyed wife.

Upon forgetting their wedding anniversary and arriving hours late for their anniversary date night, Peggy hopes to avenge him the harshest way she can think off -- by attacking his taxi business. So she does this by setting up her own by having young attractive women as the drivers, who use their assets to gain customers, which endangers Charlie's business and convinces him try and bite back twice as big.

This movie is notable for its full use of ValuesDissonance. The common theme in the movie is sexism, which is the reason why Peggy invents her own rival taxi company that only hires women. One of the women that are hired, named Flo (Cannon), was already discriminated against because she was a female by Charlie's taxi company, and the workers telling Charlie that driving was "a man's job"; when Peggy's company earns much more money than them, they are threatened and try everything to make them bankrupt.

Despite that, ''Carry On Cabby'' is full of the common themes of a ''Carry On'' film: a HurricaneOfPuns, Sid James' laugh and bawdy humour.

* RecycledScript: The end sequence came from an unsold script by Sid Colin called ''The Streets of Town''.

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: The workers of Glam Cabs. Some of the male customers pretend to drop things under the cars so they can get on their hands and knees to get a better look.

Despite that, ''Carry On Cabby'' is full of the common themes of a ''Carry On'' film: a HurricaneOfPuns, Sid James' laugh and GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Surprisingly has much less of this, despite being a ''Carry On'' film, but some moments stick out.
** Such as this one:
--->'''Peggy''': I haven't had much time to talk to [Charlie] since last Wednesday, it was only with his legs!\\
'''Ted''': ''[raised eyebrow]'' "His legs"?\\
'''Peggy''': Yes! Sticking out from under the cab.
** And this:
--->'''Sally''': ''[aggressively about boyfriend Ted]'' Put me and a taxi side-by-side and see which one he starts to strip down!

* {{Adorkable}}: Ted trying (and failing) to flirt with his girlfriend Sally in the driver's cafe, only for her to chase him out with plates when he tries to rearrange the time of their date.

* {{Adorkable}}: Terry and Ted.

* {{Fanservice}}: What Peggy's rival taxi company use to gain customers.

* DriverOfABlackCab

* ForgottenAnniversary: How the trouble started.