Follow a Star

Norman goes to the theatre to see singing star Vernon Carew and causes chaos when he tries to join in the performance.

Norman Wisdom had a falling out with his regular director John Paddy Carstairs so was replaced on this by Bob Asher.

The comedian is permitted to indulge his taste for mawkish sentimentality and for 'shame-dream' situations which involve him in unfunny humiliations.

The reassuring professionalism of Jerry Desmonde, Hattie Jacques and Richard Wattis, and beguiling glimpses of Ron Moody and Fenella Fielding, are not compensation enough for the rest.

...Norman's humour knows no restraint or timing, which makes him schmaltzily tedious, especially as he can only sing in the presence of his wheelchair-bound girlfriend June Laverick.