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The series is hardly considered vintage Carry On, coming as it did after the departures from the film series of long-serving Carry On writer Talbot Rothwell and popular actor Charles Hawtrey. Furthermore, Kenneth Williams declined to appear, and of the Carry On regulars who did appear, Bernard Bresslaw did not feature in the first series, Sid James only appeared in four episodes and Hattie Jacques only appeared in one. The series is thought to be a far less successful attempt at transferring the Carry On formula to the small screen than the Carry On Christmas specials.

In the absence of Rothwell, other writers were brought in to script the episodes. Len Schwarz and experienced Carry On scribe Dave Freeman wrote six apiece, and Barry Cryer and Dick Vosburgh penned Orgy and Bess.

The series provided an opportunity for David Lodge, little more than a bit-part player in some of the later Carry On films, to play leading characters.

Confusingly, Carry On Laughing was also the name of a Carry On stage play performed in Scarborough in 1976 and featuring series regulars Jack Douglas, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth and Liz Fraser.

Carry On Laughing was also the title of a series of television programmes shown by Thames Television from 1981 to 1983, featuring classic clips from the Carry On film series. In 1983 a Christmas special of this series was made, entitled Carry On Laughing's Christmas Classics. This episode, as well as featuring classic film clips, also featured newly filmed introductions featuring Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor.

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