Carry On Laughing which - by contrast - are broadcast regularly on British television. It is also considered much less successful at transferring the established formula to the small screen than the "Carry On Christmas specials". The series was conceived after the departures of two long-serving "Carry On" contributors: writer Talbot Rothwell and actor Charles Hawtrey. Furthermore, Kenneth Williams declined to appear in the series. Other "Carry On" regulars only appeared in a minority of episodes: Sid James in only the first four, Hattie Jacques in only one; and Bernard Bresslaw appeared only in the second series. In the absence of Rothwell, other
Julius Carry then became Brisco's best friend and sidekick. Carry also portrayed the main villain Sho'nuff in the film "The Last Dragon". Carry's final appearance as an actor was in the season one episode "Eating The Young" on the CBS series "The Unit" in 2006. He had also guest starred on three episodes of the ABC/Disney sitcom "Boy Meets World", once as a college professor and later as Sgt. Alvin Moore, father of series regular Angela Moore (Trina McGee). As a result of Carry's death, the character of Sgt. Moore is revealed to have died as well (off-screen) in the years between