This is just hilarious OMG he is just fantastic LOL he nailed both roles. He is the best parody comedian ever!!

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

he almost could have done the Albee play by himself. Benny has Liz down and Richard too.

@carolmurray187

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

Often benny hill is remembered for only chasing around girls in bikinis, it’s easy to forget how clever he was. I think this clip is a great example of this. Hilarious, if you’ve seen the original film of course!!

@evelyncortez8643

3 жыл бұрын

I loved his show, he really was a funny guy. I lost count of how many times I've watched this sketch alone. 🤭

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

3 жыл бұрын

Saw the original film, never got it...until I watched this. It all came together.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

I heartily concur !

@Slammerworm1

8 ай бұрын

And even the 'Benny Hill chasing the girls around' memory is actually a perfect example of the Mandela Effect. During every show-closing segment, Hill's character would accidentally annoy said scantily-clad women (by innocently entering their changing-room, for example) and then THEY chased HIM. Moreover, it was not because he was irresistible, but because they were angry at him. Otherwise, the skit-show's sleazy male characters were always the butt of the joke.

@Lyndanet

5 ай бұрын

My Opa loved this show it was so funny .

This guy is far superior to many of today's comedians.

@glamdolly30

5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm I'd say ALL!

@glamdolly30

5 жыл бұрын

BH has passed the ultimate test - the test cf TIME. Will 2day's feeble 'ccmediams'... I believe they will disappear, he had real gifts that made him memcrable.

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

and he was let go by morons

@shadowsfury1443

4 жыл бұрын

we not going to see one like that for centuries , so huge his talent was

@daviddd99

4 жыл бұрын

In his heyday. A pastiche of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" was quite an entertainment feat. Nowadays, it'd have to be a pastiche of an already existing pastiche - i.e. the Kardashians. How low the bar has fallen!

I can still remember all those years ago my dad laughing so hard watching Benny Hill. I miss them both.

@glamdolly30

Жыл бұрын

That's very sweet. So sorry for your sad loss. God bless your dear dad, and the equally wonderful Benny Hill. Who knows, maybe they are having a few laughs together in Heaven!

@brightonbard

Жыл бұрын

Nice memory Laura, my mum wouldn't let me watch it 😔

This is brilliant. Not only the mannerisms and appearance, but the sharp dialogue as well! Thanks for putting up this example of Benny's genius.

@monteceitomoocher

10 ай бұрын

You could cut yourself on that dialogue!, totally brilliant.

@user-jw5uw1vs5p

8 ай бұрын

Both the original movie and Benny Hill's parody here are both bloody good!🥰

😂 I laughed all through that! It was brilliant in every respect! Those comedic insults and the whole sketch was priceless! How we miss you Benny x

@glamdolly30

5 жыл бұрын

I LUVED it - my but he is missed! He'd make a cat laugh!

@blueskye6372

5 жыл бұрын

Agree now June 2019.

@daviddd99

4 жыл бұрын

Shows how inventive and creative he was in his prime.

@glamdolly30

4 жыл бұрын

@@daviddd99 I'm gonna sound like an old fart now, but what the hell - I wish today's comic were half as funny and charismatic as stars like Benny Hill, Ronnie Barker and Eric Morecambe. There, I've said it!

@daviddd99

4 жыл бұрын

@@glamdolly30 Entering my old fart dotage of 55, I can mostly agree. Though there are a few sterling 'youngsters' - if Peter Kaye can be classified as such.

Charlie Chaplin loved Benny Hill and watched him often in his home in Switzerland. Chaplin was a 'child of the music halls' and Benny was the last of a tradition.

@caulkins69

5 жыл бұрын

Except Benny Hill was actually funny. Chaplin elicits nothing from me but a desire to kick him in his baggy trousers. He exudes the kind of sentimentality that would have been best left in the Victorian era.

@jacquelinepaul9731

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting..I didn't know that.

@nolopa20

4 жыл бұрын

We Swiss also loved Benny!

@glamdolly30

3 жыл бұрын

@@caulkins69 Well said, Chaplin's 'comedy' has not stood the ultimate test of time - Benny Hill's certainly has. The kings of comedy in Chaplins era were Laurel and Hardy no question. Again their humour hasn't dated and like Benny Hill, they still get belly laughs.

@foljs5858

3 жыл бұрын

@@glamdolly30 "Chaplin's 'comedy' has not stood the ultimate test of time " LOL, says who? They're still classics...

"You remember our wedding night? Gosh, you were so eager you didn't even give me time to take my stockings off." "Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair." LOL

@DavidBDavis-lz7bt

5 жыл бұрын

And then a dish goes flying past his head...(lol).

@nmiller5091

5 жыл бұрын

MAX MILLER JOKE ON LP

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

that is so classic comedy I laugh every single time...I can't stop watching it. before I turn off my computer for the night, I have to watch this king of comedy.

@shadowsfury1443

4 жыл бұрын

@@vikkinicholson2300 agree this one one of the best , he is such a huge genius we will not see another one for few centuries I am afraid

@DeviantMotives

4 жыл бұрын

Henri de Lagardère I cried laughing at that 😂

"Men like me don't grow on trees, you know." "No, they SWING from them!!!"

Still the funniest skit I've ever seen on television. Benny was a genius. This entire skit was perfect in every way.

This is a classic spoof! Benny Hill in Drag always made me laugh hard! And it was so clever and the one liners were hilarious! 😂🤣😅

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

this skit is a belly laugh off your chair comedy.....if this does not make you laugh, you don't have a sense of humor.

@latkagravas986

3 жыл бұрын

He's the ony Dude still today that well to Bust Up. Im 53 and feel the same.

@Dablkwid0w2008

8 ай бұрын

Hunty when he strutted in like Liz Taylor

"I use Ponds!" "So does a duck." Comedy gold!

When I was a teenager, my dad worked a shift that ended in the evening. He would arrive home a little before 11:00PM when Benny Hill came on in our area. My parents and I would hurry to the living room to watch Benny Hill before we all went to bed. Such wonderful memories of all of us laughing until our sides hurt.

What a guy 😀 utter genius , the Burton voice and Liz’s hair

"If any of your friends came around they'd think I was the cook." "Not if they came for dinner."

@bkatbamna

3 жыл бұрын

@e causey Ok good to know. Thanks.

Very funny, and he does the Burton voice so well. LOL.

wonder if Taylor or Burton got to see this.....they would have been rolling on the floor. Thank heaven we still have this to watch and he is not completely gone forever. I feel so badly that he did not get awards and kudos he so well deserved...why do we only appreciate them when the greats are gone?

"Honey, I have a dog that chases cars, but if if caught one he couldn't DRIVE THE DAMN THING!"

@saltab74

4 жыл бұрын

Of all the brilliant lines, this one is my absolute favorite.

“Did he say anything about that big fat ugly bum of yours”. “No! He never even mentioned your name” I was half watching this playing with my children, but stopped after I heard this. Loved it!.

Loved the Burton impression!

"Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair" LOL

@ladyrachel13

5 жыл бұрын

🤣

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

to this day I don't understand how anyone could have anything against his parodies or any of his work. Ranks up there with Mel Brooks and other comedic geniuses.

@wmbrown6

Жыл бұрын

@@vikkinicholson2300 - Most who judge Mr. Hill today do so by after Dennis Kirkland took over as producer/director in 1979 and turned the show into a Playboy magazine of the air. I first became a fan due to parodies like this. His show up to that point was equal parts "SCTV," Carol Burnett, early (first two seasons) "SNL," Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton - and even "The Electric Company" (in the blooper sketches where the director yells at an actor who messed up - reminded me of that show's recurring bits with Rita Moreno as a hot-tempered, jodhpur-wearing, megaphone wielding director who exploded any time an actor said a word or line wrong).

“Funny, I don’t remember breaking two mirrors” Gold!!!!

Tonight youll have time to knit urself a pair,lord i cant stop laughin,i am in tears over here!!!!!!!

as ususal, hilarious opening credits. and he's so good playing both you forget he's doing both.

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

7 жыл бұрын

Yes! Easy to forget, isn't it?

@rickh3714

5 жыл бұрын

Your mind does a double take. I remember seeing the film Basquiat (which starred David Bowie as Warhol) and he was so convincing I remember thinking (briefly) how the heck did Andy Warhol feature in this film- he died some years ago didn't he? Face palm!

"Not if they came to dinnah!" Great line!

@JohnSmith-kz8yo

8 жыл бұрын

i like 'I'd hit him over the head with his white stick". lol

Benny has given me more joy than any other person. He doesn't have to do or say anything, and he's still the funniest thing ever. But when he does do and say things, it's almost too brilliant sometimes. Genius.

My parents were rather staid people, but at 11PM every weeknight I would see them leaning toward the TV, watching Benny's show on the local channel. I could hear their peculiar-sounding laughs exploding regularly until midnight. When I was in elementary school there were kids who liked Benny's show!

This man wS a genius, far far underrated by many.

when benny was alive britain was a much happier place

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

7 жыл бұрын

And, ironically, a more intelligent place.

@kimkhamis6420

6 жыл бұрын

America too...!!!

@jeffmissinne3866

5 жыл бұрын

So was the world.

@MzuMzu-nx1em

5 жыл бұрын

The world keeping laugh thanks to benny, his comicality turn 60 next year .

@sandyotelli8886

5 жыл бұрын

Celtic magic power!👘🎸🙅😄👍💜🎼🎸🐴⛪🗿⚓Benny is like Peter Burns so inrockuptible irresistible!🌝🌻😀😻😢💪👽

LMAO I never knew Benny did a Virginia Woolf sendup, and with Paul Edington from “Yes, Prime Minister” too. This is hilarious!!

@bheast86

5 жыл бұрын

TWILIGHT ZONE: In 1981, Eddington played George in WAOVW at the Festival Hall (not altogether reminiscent here of George Segal)

@wmbrown6

11 ай бұрын

@@bheast86 - Wasn't Segal's character in the original film, Nick (whom Eddington played in this spoof)?

When I first watched this years ago, I had no idea what it was spoofing, but Benny is so great, you don't even need to. It's just that good.

Nice to know SOME people still have a sense of humor! I've been a BIG fan of Burton's for years and I can still appreciate the humor in this! Some people are just ridiculous PRUDES! Thanks for the comment mate.

@wmbrown6

Жыл бұрын

Did you get Benny's little dig at how TV stations used to cut off both sides of CinemaScope opening and closing credits? He was way ahead of the curve in criticizing them (not only for that, but also wobbly pitch from warped 16mm films and cutting them to ribbons in such a way that in the end they made no sense in any context), long before Siskel & Ebert and Leonard Maltin and Martin Scorsese, and the film preservationist movement that emerged therefrom. There was an everyday, street-smarts intellectualism in Benny Hill that unfortunately was buried after producer/director Dennis Kirkland turned the program into a de facto Playboy magazine of the air. (How would he have commented in the '80's, but for Kirkland's nefarious influence, on the colorization of old black-and-white movies?)

"I use ponds." "So does a duck."

Im rollin on the floor,god this man is funny,I cant stop laughing●●●●●●

@bigal3617

4 жыл бұрын

he his the best

this is the funniest thing I have seen since I don't know when. Benny can literally do justice to anyone....this is GOLD. i will watch this over and over. Wheat a great Taylor and Burton. I wil never stop laughing at this, never. Forget it SNL, MADtv, LIVING COLOR, etc. ,etc........

@wmbrown6

Жыл бұрын

Benny at this point was equal parts early "SNL," "SCTV," Carol Burnett, Jackie Gleason and Red Skelton.

Excellent parody, one of Benny's best skits🎭

I was never a big Benny Hill fan - but this was really funny - and very clever too. Made me laugh loads. Good upload. Rx

Greatest comedian of all time. A true comic genius he was.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

He was no Soupy Sales but the late great Mr Hill was indeed one truly gifted comedian.

I use to record his shows years ago (late 70's, yes VCR's) and write down some of his limericks and tell them at parties. Benny was a master of so many things funny! Loved him

Who's Afraid Of Virgin Wool, Brilliant.

I could watch this forever....it never tires.....and I lol every single time. This is comedy at its best!

Perfect timing and editing of the two characters. It was hard to imagine them as only one Benny. Hilarious.

He was much cleverer than people realised.

His Richard Burton impersonation of George is rather good. My favourite film WAOVW.

Among all his great sketches, this one rang the bell for me, just great. I worshiped him and his style of humor

I remember this. I never laughed so hard! I wish his show would come back. He was hilarious!! He is missed!

Growing up watching the Benny Hills show in the US, I missed his show very much. I remember my Dad laughing so hard at his acting and he didn't understand any English! Now THAT is comedic genius. Thank you letting me/ us relive these precious moments.

"...No. He never even mentioned your name!"

My all time favorite line, "I use Ponds. So does a duck." Classic!

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

2 жыл бұрын

For those who may not know 'Ponds' was a popular ladies face cream in Britain.

@mikezylstra7514

Жыл бұрын

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 and in the US

"Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair" Hi-larious!

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

talk about comic timing.....this man is unrivaled.

Rolls on floor laughing~ Love Benny always~ :)

@kevcatnip7589

5 жыл бұрын

Quite a bonnie face,,for a fellah

he sounds just like richard burton!

I think it's hilarious as well.Benny Hill was brilliant . He was always capable of bringing me out of a depressed state when I was a child.

A classic. Thank you for uploading this gem.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

I have a notion to second THAT emotion !

When Benny Hill was at the top.of his game like here he was as good as anyone I've ever seen. Funny and clever at the same time.

@wmbrown6

11 ай бұрын

He also seemed to have a crystal ball - the real-life Burton and Taylor's second marriage ended in divorce the year this originally aired.

My Dad and I used to watch the Benny Hill Show and laugh through the whole show. He was a talented Comedian and his fellow Comedians. I am glad I can see these clips on KZread. Thank you

when I need a good laugh, I play this vid. Never fails to make me lmao

Had me laughing out loud! The play/film very much deserves lampooning. Wonderful to see Paul Edington looking so young and healthy in this too!

After watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London, this is my medicine. Love the play by the way.

It’s 2020, and this is still hilarious.

I was a kid when this was first aired and I Still remember ‘Who’s afraid of virgin wool’......Benny Hill was the funniest thing on TV at the time.

Glorious ! 😂 I think I've quoted more from this particular skit than any other ! Superb ! 😊

This is brilliant. People forget how clever benny hill was. ❤️

@wmbrown6

Жыл бұрын

Before Dennis Kirkland got a hold of him and his show. 👎

He really looks like Liz.

@jaytotheell

9 жыл бұрын

and he really sounded like Burton!

@jeffryder7371

3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather & I watched this show a lot. He said Benny was very good at playing women.

@kenpudsey6435

3 жыл бұрын

Yes,his Richard Burton impression was spot on!

@walkawaycat431

3 жыл бұрын

His voice as Liz, sounds like Bea Arthur. Lol

@JoeKaye-hn5dt

3 жыл бұрын

@@walkawaycat431 Same difference.

About as funny as they come. Pure genius on Benny Hill's part.

opening credits were great! my favorite benny clip!

He does an amazing impression of both Liz and Dick in that movie. Bravo Benny!

Seems to be a common comment that people remember their Dad loving Benny Hill. My family lived in England for a couple of years and my Dad loved Benny too. When we returned to Canada Benny Hill came on TV here, one of my friends said that they used to go over to another friend's house to watch his Dad watch Benny Hill. I knew what he meant.

Benny Bill was absolutely pure comedic genius.

@jubalcalif9100

Жыл бұрын

And Benny Hill was no slouch either !

This was actually VERY good.

Really clever script! Very clever and funny use of 'CinemaScope' titles at the beginning 😂. Benny's cadences and mannerisms of Burton and Taylor were spot on!👍

And a cameo from Paul Eddington pre The Good Life and Yes (Prime) Minister.

@ACcountryFan

4 жыл бұрын

Paul was on the 1976 Benny Hill special from which this sketch came from. In that special Paul was filling in the role of straight man for Henry McGee. I remember Paul from those sitcoms you mentioned because they used to air on PBS in the 1980s and 1990s. Even though I think Paul was talented and I liked those sitcoms he appeared in I was disappointed to discover years later that he jumped onto the bandwagon of Benny-bashing and refused to allow his appearances on Benny's 1976 television special to re-air.

HE WAS ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL

Classic Hill, and the opening credits is genius.

I am watching this in mute. The magick of hi mimic is astounding! Oh I'll turn the volume on, but my goodness! Benny is delivering in every way!

Too good👌 Benny Hill is brilliant 💯🙏 Especially as Liz 🤣🤣🤣 Wonder if she ever commented on his performance. 🤔 lol

This is a classic. I'll never forget the first time I saw this.

"Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair!" LOL

I remember watching Benny Hill on television when I was young. As much as I loved Benny, the short old man ruled the stage.

@blinksstayfresh2524

5 жыл бұрын

He was my fav.

@rickh3714

5 жыл бұрын

Plus the chase scene music. Could be wrong but I believe that was composed by Benny himself. Willing to be corrected on that one.

@chrisparkes2179

5 жыл бұрын

@@rickh3714 Benny recorded a version but it was an old sing called yakkety sax.

I'm screaming and still in the credits.

I loved Benny Hill 😊💜

A wonderfully rumbly, grumbly Burton-esque voice from BH. In the UK he was later pilloried for being un-PC, by half-wits who called themselves Alternative Comedians. Well, few of them were remotely funny but BH's best bits were clever, inventive and innovative, as well as being hilarious.

@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately too much of his material was sexist slapstick low grade nonsense - and that’s what went against him. This was tremendous tho. Pity he didn’t stick with this really clever stuff all the time - he’d be right up there with the best had that been the case.

@l.salisbury1253

5 жыл бұрын

England does not have the monopoly on PC comics. We got WAAAAY too many Stateside...

5 жыл бұрын

British comedy is far different than American comedy. Benny Hill, & Monty Python were gems, provided you understand British humor. Once you do, it's completely addictive.

@glamdolly30

5 жыл бұрын

@@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter Yes, sadly the quality of Benny Hill's material did plummet mid eighties, with all the tits & ass stuff. I think he (or more likely, his producers/ITV), were unduly influenced by another, very popular ITV comedy show of the time, 'The Kenny Everett Video Show' which exploited the sex appeal of young women for populist, cheap laughs. But Benny Hill was such a gifted guy. Better scripts & Benny Hill's legacy would be right up there with the best of the best. Though it likely still is regardless of these duff scripts, because he is practically a one-off among British comedians who became a superstar in the US (the only others I can think of are Stan Laurel of the legendary 'Laurel and Hardy', and Dudley Moore). This sketch was hilarious - Benny IS Liz & Dick! I loved his Fannie & Johnny Cradocks piss take too, really clever! Like his similarly gifted British comic compatriot Stanley Baxter, Benny did comedy characterisations (some in drag) brilliantly!

@Sawrattan

5 жыл бұрын

Why can't British TV just have everything - PC and non-PC alike. There were some gems and bigots on both sides.

How not to love Benny! 'Come along, my dear. Time for your bed.' Haaa hahahahaha!

I love Benny Hill

I can't stop watching this , love it xx

One of his best clip

"Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair!" What a comedy genius!

Come on itv start re showing these give us a laugh during these very sad times !!

Funny - I loved Benny Hill as a kid - loved it when he did the super fast scalp slap on the old guy - haha

Absolutely wetting myself watching this!! God he was funny!!!

What a great dialogue.

Who’s Afraid of Virgin Wool? Benny Hill’s comic genius!

Absolutely brilliant. I laughed so much, that I cried 😂😂😂😂

Tonight, you'll will have time to knit your self a pair 😂😂

Great sketch...and very good Burton.

Benny Hill was a comical genius and this is one of my favourites!😅

Classic and wonderful he is. 🌷

Very funny...for some reason it reminded me of _"The Ropers (US)"._

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

then you havent seen Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff.....the Ropers pale in comparison.

@vikkinicholson2300

4 жыл бұрын

Also, you lost the idea when you don't see he is doing Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

thanx for posting! one of my all time favorites!!

This is laugh a second stuff. A genius in comedy!