Confessions Of A Window Cleaner
 The
first of four saucy comedies adapted from the best-selling novels
of Timothy Lea (the pen name of Christopher Wood).
In addition to introducing us to Robin Askwith and his
shiftless brother-in-law (played by British Prime Minister Tony
Blair's father-in-law, Anthony Booth), the film also featured some
of Britain's finest comic talent.
Richard Wattis, John Le Mesurier, Joan Hickson and Dandy
Nichols were among those vainly trying to wring a laugh out of the
smutty situations and limp jokes.
It
also marked a career low for director Val Guest, who handled such
memorable movies as The Quatermass Experiment and The
Day the Earth Caught Fire.
 But the Confessions series of films are still
entertaining examples of 70's British high camp, and go to places
the Carry On films never dared to go (to quite ludicrous
effect).
View them as period pieces from the days when Window Cleaners
rode bicycles, driving instructors were expected to be lecherous
and any old crappy pub band would have a van full of groupies
wherever they went.
Even the theme songs were great; "Timmy,
Timmy give me some of your lovin', sweet sweet lovin' . . .".
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