happiest days life showcases britains greatest comedy talents time traditionally farcical upperclasstwit like fashion generally whistlestop tour stuffy english behaviour girlsonly school providing great setting dotty goingson margaret rutherford alastair sim  especially  joyce grenfell fantastic giving us lot laughs express utter horror deal with film moves on things get sillier sillier tour around school parents suitably crackers high pointbr br at point give special mention again joyce grenfell wonderful character miss gossage extraordinarily innocent silly apologetic ineffectual seems steal whole film provides greatest laugh film flirts male teacher call sausagebr br whilst film slow dated always involving still maintains sparkle barely pauses romance good silly harmless gigglebr br 