What A Whopper! (1961)

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When Adam Faith and chums decide to make a fake Loch Ness monster they set off a chain of events too hilarious to describe.

With a script by Terry Nation, What A Whopper! is a serviceable British comedy film of the early sixties slightly let down by rather colourless leads but lending solid support are the likes of Sid James, Wilfred Bramble, Charles Hawtrey and - you guessed it - Spike Milligan, who plays a tramp fishing on the bank of the Serpentine.

Returning guests Tilt Araiza and Gary Rodger from The Sitcom Club mull over Scottish stereotypes, Terry Scott's potty mouth and rubber salmon. Also:

Recasting Adam Faith as Harold Steptoe?
Is Sid James the Paul Eddington of dirty old men?
How does the film compare to Psycho?
Is Terence Longdon a young Tommy Cockles?
Who thought casting Freddie Frinton was a good idea?
Is it a sort of sequel to What A Carve Up?
And who brought along Eccles cakes?

Tune in to find out the answers to all this and more!

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