I'm 69 and I grew up watching Benny Hill and could not wait for the next weekly episode. I would just crack up with laughter. He is missed.

@gheorghegalsan5743

11 күн бұрын

I AM 85 YEARS OLD AND I ADORE BENNY ... FOREVER

@BlackStump172

7 күн бұрын

@@gheorghegalsan574370 years and I loved it . I don’t have any memory of anyone being offended . It was probably not the views but the stuffy woke suits .

@tazman8697

4 күн бұрын

@@BlackStump172 Yep, The PC brigade took over and now we are tormented with crappy reality and gay cooking shows on TV.....Even Top Gear got canned by the poofter brigade..

@BobAt101

2 күн бұрын

I am 61 years and watched all of Benny Hill shows that I could.

Benny was and still is much funnier than Ben Elton will ever be

@jerrywarren6959

12 күн бұрын

What and why did it supposedly go wrong . For me and many others he was a top entertainer and funny as hell nothin* wrong here at all

@jerrywarren6959

12 күн бұрын

Benny was simply full of fun and if he was homosexual so Fxxkxxg what. Jealousy,lefty wokiness comes to mind

@michaelmeenaghan8559

10 күн бұрын

I agree totally, Elton not in the same league as Benny.

@Weird.Dreams

7 күн бұрын

Ben Elton, famous for writing 'The Wright Way', one of the worst sitcoms in history.

@kevintraynor4508

5 күн бұрын

Can't understand why Ben Elton would disrespect such a genius

Grew up watching Benny Hill in Australia. By far one of the best comedians ever.

@Fuzcapp

14 күн бұрын

I'll ask an Aussie ... 24:40 to 24:42 ... Is that Marg Downey, far right? From Fast Forward and Full Frontal.

@mrjohntheo154

14 күн бұрын

@@Fuzcapp No I don't believe it is but I can see some similarity.

@Fuzcapp

14 күн бұрын

@@mrjohntheo154 I thought maybe she did some work with Benny when he came to Australia for a special.

@brewsterly2927

13 күн бұрын

@@Fuzcapp Could well be.

My grandfather and I watched Benny Hill every night. Laughed our heads off. Not PC today, but THANKS! Benny. RIP.

@tobybigham4196

12 күн бұрын

It isn't that he isn't PC. It is that culture has determined that free speech needs to be controlled.

We all begin life with nothing and try to make something out of nothing. His achievements are enormous. My mother used to say, "you are never really dead until you are forgotten". He will be remembered for many more years and be remembered with fondness.

@stuartmelville5684

28 күн бұрын

youtube will help him live on

@michaelwittmann2644

26 күн бұрын

@@stuartmelville5684 Piratebay, too.

Benny Hil was one of our greatest comedians and his shows are still watched worldwide

How could you not like benny hill. 30 years of benny. Just brilliant. Rip buddy.

@BrianVincent-gz2dq

21 күн бұрын

GOAT.

@tomc.2808

19 күн бұрын

Actually - Sleepy Joe is very close...

@Angel-Adramelech

14 күн бұрын

Some folk just have no sense of humour, while others are playing politically correct sheep game. As for Ben Elton, he should keep his mouth shut and stick to writing.

@tonym994

14 күн бұрын

@@tomc.2808 y' mean Joe Biden? who was the British politician that Biden stole a speech from?

@JOHNSMITH-vx5yz

12 күн бұрын

Of course. He was. A GREEEAAATT. Guy. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

I was born in 1963 and grew up watching Benny. I thought he was brilliant ! A very clever wordsmith. When Benny heard that Jackie Wright (the short bald man who Benny rythmically slapped on top of his head) was having financial troubles, Benny wrote him into sketches so that Jackie would keep receiving repeat fee payments.

@metalmike570

9 күн бұрын

Very cool, looks like the old man did alright, he was on the show for at least 15 years.

@chloelawes8175

7 күн бұрын

One more reason to love benny

Say what you will. Benny Hill IS the all time BOSS.

@natashajenkins-xh2xd

13 күн бұрын

I gtee the number of fans Benny has still exceeds by a factor of ten the number of people who think Ben Elton is funny.

Here in the US we always watched the Benny Hill show. I remember when my mother would laugh when the show came on and watched re-runs to get a chuckle in the final years of her life.

@stuarthynes6136

29 күн бұрын

In Australia, he and Dave Allen, Monty Python, the Goodies and more were, in the 60s and 70s, a staple diet of comedy.

@callydanielson3896

27 күн бұрын

thats just beautiful i so hope theres a heaven and benny is there too with your mum

@callydanielson3896

27 күн бұрын

@@stuarthynes6136 apparently you aussies are still watching the goodies still lol we brits loved cell block H CLASSIC

@stuarthynes6136

27 күн бұрын

@@callydanielson3896 my mums 96. I'm her carer. There's an old video called "The Plank" she still loves to watch... or Steptoe and Son..

@danielc2701

27 күн бұрын

I remember the intro of the show with all the signs, Stop, Walk, Push then the waitress with her nametag of Pat walks up. lol.

We would watch as a family Benny Hill all the time when I was a child ( I'm 54 now). Benny Hill will always have a place in my heart 😢 What a talented man

My late Aunt met Benny outside of the flats he lived in once, and got me he's autograph!!. She told me she felt he was a quiet, and sensative kind of man but plesent. I swear people like Ben Elton and some of the press were just plain jealous of him!! 🙄.. Benny paved the way for other comedians at the time, his humour was unique, he's songs hilarious. A big example "Ernie the fastest milkman in the west", a Number 1 in the UK charts!!.. Ben Elton never had that!😕.. Benny will never be forgotten, Unlike Ben Elton who you don't hear off anymore. Miss you Benny bet your giving the Angels a good laugh. Rip🙏❤️.......

@dougaldouglas8842

28 күн бұрын

Ben Elton a joke within himself, the little pretentious man, who never really made it in comedy, and his scripts would have failed had he not employed a greater talent than himself. As a stand up comedian he failed, the pretentiousness poured out of him

@michelguevara151

26 күн бұрын

ben elton was a little middleclass socialist who's chief subject was being a socialist. oh, and toilet humour. I found his stand up routines tedious and his politics infantile, mainly because his routine was infantile right on socialist nonsense. the only thing he did that was funny was 'the young ones', and I allways thought rick was modelled on himself.

@mickc7388

26 күн бұрын

Benny Hill = brilliant. Ben Elton = slimey creep.

@ianrkav

26 күн бұрын

@@michelguevara151 Ben Elton just wasn't funny. His so called leftist alternative stuff was just mildly disguised embittered nonsense. He claimed to be a socialist but also liked being a millionaire so he was of the champagne variety. Benny Hill on the other hand was a comedic genius who is gaining new fans even today. Something I doubt Ben Elton would ever manage.

@paulukjames7799

26 күн бұрын

@@dougaldouglas8842 So true

Benny Hill should be remembered as a pioneer of sketch comedy and I truly hope that future generations will be able to enjoy his timeless talent!!!

I reckon Ben Elton was jealous of bh

@medleydeluxe5298

Ай бұрын

Benny Hill will be remembered (Even the Hugh Grant Stunt) When Elton will be forgotten by most if not already,

@krashd

Ай бұрын

@@medleydeluxe5298 LMAO, Blackadder will still be on TV screens long after Benny is forgotten but whatever helps old dinosaurs sleep at night.

@Bpg5012trick

28 күн бұрын

​@@krashd Black Adder will always be connected to Rowan Atkinson not Ben Elton. Completely forgot about Ben Elton, many comic Actors were far better, Ben Elton one hit wonder. He wasn't even the main writer in the Young Ones Black Adder, so will not give him any credit for those shows only Rik Mayall and Rown Atkinson the main stars and writers of those shows. A bit of Fame was the same comic routine on the Friday Night Show...."Labour! Labour! Labour....Oh yes, Tory! Tory! Tory!, is about the way his jokes sounded every week, the same old routine, no wonder he disappeared off TV, after the Friday Night Show. Just known as Co-writter on other people's shows. Where Benny Hill was always the main man.

@catherinewilliams3850

28 күн бұрын

@@medleydeluxe5298 I have no idea what Ben Elton did anyway.

@stuartmelville5684

28 күн бұрын

@@catherinewilliams3850 rides on the backs of others

i live in Southampton and my mum and me was at his funeral. he delivered milk to my nan back when he was a milkman.

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne

21 күн бұрын

Did two-ton-Ted from Teddington attend?

Still love Benny Hill, life back in the 70-80s was so much more simple ,uncomplicated, and so so so less politically correct

As a 72 year young I say Benny was GREAT🤩🤗

😂😅 Benny Hill, still much missed. One of the greatest comedy legends who ever lived RIP !...😢

@tomsenior7405

29 күн бұрын

Agreed. In his day, Benny Hill was the finest proponent of traditional British Picture Postcard Seaside Humour. Cleverly conducted with self effacing and impotent sexist gags. He was the dirty old man who couldn't get laid in a brothel. Benny was the butt of his jokes, not the iconic symbol of male dominance. There was more of the diabetic child trapped in a sweet shop, than the suave lounge lizard. I loathed his racist humour though, but criticism of racism never gets a mention... odd, don't you think?

@terry_willis

27 күн бұрын

@@HoolyDooly-si2zz Being horny all the time doesn't make you sexist. :)

@richardingamells7213

26 күн бұрын

​@@HoolyDooly-si2zz Some of the old skool guys I did not find funny at all. Ken Dodd especially. Little & Large were just pitiful. However Dave Allen & Dick Emery I loved

@lesliemackay7853

22 күн бұрын

​@@richardingamells7213I was the same with Alf Garnett, just left Me cold. Then The aged P's took Me to see Warren Mitchell doing His standup show which I thought was so good I forgave Him for sickness and health.

@richardingamells7213

21 күн бұрын

@@lesliemackay7853 Alf Garnett I found tiresome & monotonous. Especially with the updated series in the 80s. That one was embarrassing too

So, what was it that "went horribly wrong????" WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? You never told us. I hate that!

@owenmccall632

Ай бұрын

Classic clickbait.nust note who posted this and don't open anymore.

@WarDog793

Ай бұрын

@@owenmccall632 Got that right.

@lindascarborough5551

Ай бұрын

They did say luv...It was mostly due to innappropiate humour towards Women .

@WarDog793

Ай бұрын

@@lindascarborough5551 Oops! Well, that was what we Americans used to call "part and parcel" with the show for years. I got the impression from the video's subject line that it was a single thing, say, in one episode where they crossed the line. I don't know. Benny's bawdy humor never seemed that offensive to me, but I haven't seen all the episodes.

@Roses-lilac

29 күн бұрын

Thanks you saved me 25 mins.

Benny Hill was one of my Heroes & his humour was so special that he is still remember for ever.

Isn't it strange that the "comedians" who criticised Benny weren't as successful ?

@royfalzon3352

28 күн бұрын

And in the case of Ben Elton the most unfunny and irritating “comedian” of them all.

@stuartmelville5684

28 күн бұрын

@@royfalzon3352 i think richard ayoade is close second

@dougaldouglas8842

28 күн бұрын

@@royfalzon3352 Irritating little knob head who was so full of himself

@terry_willis

28 күн бұрын

I believe his detractors were simply jealous of Benny.

@dougaldouglas8842

27 күн бұрын

@@terry_willis They were, and Ben Elton was a waste of space as a stage comedian, and soon he left that circuit

One of the greatest comedy legends who ever lived. Respect all time

A comedian that paved the way, will always be remembered and loved, RIP Ernie

A true genius. My father worked a lot when I was a kid. When he got home from work, I would get out of bed to watch The Benny Hill Show (edited for American broadcast) with him while he ate his dinner. A shared moment we'd revisit for decades. Benny also introduced me to my long-time celebrity crush the lovely Jane Leeves. Thanks for the memories!😊

He was brilliant there is no modern comedy in 2024 it’s utter rubbish I mean we have politicians who cannot describe what a woman is we’re screwed!

Benny is a Star among the Stars

Part of the appeal was in the innuendo and double entendre.

So strange to hear an American do a video about a UK legend, but you did a superb job 🫡

@metalmike570

9 күн бұрын

Yeah because Benny was very popular in the US too.

Started watch his show back in the 70's with my parents. He is definitely one of the great ones.

I heard he used to catch the bus to the studio despite being offered a chauffeur, he said a bus is simply more convenient since his flat was in central London and buses went past every couple of minutes.

@thomasalexand

29 күн бұрын

Benny's flat wasn't in central London. It was close to Teddington studios next to the river Thames.

@stephenhowell5611

29 күн бұрын

@@thomasalexand Exactly. This is what happens when people " heard " things down the pub.

@boadiccea1

28 күн бұрын

Yes, he really did ... I often got on the same bus, no.52, Notting Hill to Oxford Circus, we hot off together and walked to Chandos Street where I worked, and Benny's BBC studio was a street away ... he was never harassed or bothered by others ..

@boadiccea1

28 күн бұрын

​@@thomasalexandYes, he really did ... I often got on the same bus, no.52, Notting Hill to Oxford Circus, we hot off together and walked to Chandos Street where I worked, and Benny's BBC studio was a street away ... he was never harassed or bothered by others ..

@stephenhowell5611

28 күн бұрын

@@boadiccea1 Well that must have been in the 60s as he moved to Thames Television in Teddington in 69

Benny was a true comic genius and a legend. He should have never been cancelled xx

@marinka424

27 күн бұрын

The internet will kill Ben Elton,and raise Benny Hill to eternal life.

Ben Elton killed Benny Hill. As with the new comedians Elton brought coarse humour , swearing and snide comments to British comedy. It’s always the sad case that the university comedians are only funny in their world and all others are not. Amazing how the whole family could watch and laugh but not so with the likes of Elton. Watch him go on the attack at the very idea he started the end of Benny Hill. What a generous thing for him to do .👎🏻

@kevinmorgan8534

21 күн бұрын

I never heard of Ben Elton till I saw this video. Long live Benny!

@greatgruff1442

20 күн бұрын

Elton always was and always will be extremely impressed with himself

@juancarlosmateo8453

20 күн бұрын

Ben Elton can rot!!

@danawilkes8322

19 күн бұрын

@@kevinmorgan8534 Neither did I!

@VJ-Lowe

16 күн бұрын

@m.... I remember when Ben Elton started his assassination attempts on Benny Hill. Elton went way too over the top. He criticised Benny Hill in a way that the woke people do today. He did, however, say he was wrong and apologised at one time if i'm right? In my opinion, Ben Elton was a crashing bore. He had Benny Hill Derangement Syndrome. Jealousy is a disease. Ben, you need treatment sir.

Benny Hill is a true comic genius known all over the world and remembered today

@JohnFletcher-hz1mp

26 күн бұрын

Yup,I've lived in South Africa for 25 years,all these people got videos of him back in the day seemingly,they still talk about him here.

I was told that it was too bawdy. In the 1970s he was hugely popular in America. Far more popular than Monty Python.

Benny Hill had some beautiful girls on his show.

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne

21 күн бұрын

Daphne from Frasier...yum yum.

From here in the States, Benny was brilliant and we always greatly appreciated his genius! Thanks so much for sharing and the best of luck to you!

I used to watch late night Benny Hill when I was a teenager and just loved the comedy

Benny Hill is one of the greatest of all time RIP 🪦

Ben Elton....Who the Fk is he?? Benny Hill, I will always love his fun and games. THE BEST comedian ever. RIP. Sadly missed.

@metalmike570

9 күн бұрын

Ben Elton had about 1% the success that Benny has. Ben was and is probably still jealous like that.

Wish we had proper comedians like him today, rather than these so called comedians these days !

Benny Hills made silly inoffensive comedy. All the women who worked with him had nothing but praise for him

@DaveS1969

21 күн бұрын

Did you also know that was a jumping point for those women, most boosted their careers because of being on his show even if they weren't known

@juancarlosmateo8453

20 күн бұрын

Bravo!!!

Agreed. Benny humour reflected a time when men were not afraid to be men and women could be feminine. We are now obsessed with stifling correctness.

@dougaldouglas8842

28 күн бұрын

We lost a great comedian, and this generation is so obsessed with self, and restricting what is naturally funny, We had a far different generation then this weak, fascicle generation that has come up

@1BIGFROGGY

28 күн бұрын

I'd say that the world has now gone beyond just correctness and that the world needs a good dose of Benny Hill in order to truly correct itself! Now it's ok for men to call themselves women despite their XY chromosones saying otherwise!

@henryfitch8710

28 күн бұрын

@@dougaldouglas8842 Agreed Dougal. Time to reverse the 'woke' and correctness culture. I see nothing wrong with a silly old man running after dolly birds, speeded up and silent with a silly tune being played. Silly harmless fun and Benny should have been chased by the dolly birds!! He was a humble bloke from Southampton, I believe. Can you believe viewers are now warned with a message on screen about the content when it's repeated!!!! Thames TV of ITV are as bad as the BBC who never repeat 'It aint half hot mum'!!

@dougaldouglas8842

27 күн бұрын

@@henryfitch8710 Just incredible that you say warning notices put up. We have nanny telling us children to be careful. Yes, and if we go to war will nanny tell us that rifles are harmful, along with grenades, etc? Harmless fun we used to have in the past with the likes of Benny, and such freedom was amazing. But decadence had not then taken over society, the air was still of the old days, good days, bad days, and the bad you put up with and worked through, made you stronger. Now all that has gone for that of sentimentality

@tubester4567

27 күн бұрын

Women are worse off today, Now we have Cardi B and WAP and twerking asses.

Love me some Benny Hill. Miss him and his comedy.

I am swiss and loved Benny very much.

Bunny Hill always has a place in my heart ❤ I was a child of the 80s UK he was a genius l a culture of his own.. on free view UK we do get it here in the UK again now.. Ben was a terrible not funny sick bitter talentless ass.. God bless bennny hill❤❤❤

I've always loved The Benny Hill Show.

Ben Elton will not be missed Particularly when he drops of his perch.

@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII

29 күн бұрын

Who's Elton? Jhon?

@stephenhowell5611

29 күн бұрын

@@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII Ben Elton

@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII

29 күн бұрын

@@stephenhowell5611 I presume you do not grasp the shade in that question I proposed? Silly Silly man

@stephenhowell5611

29 күн бұрын

@@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII Well lets face it, this is youtube

@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII

29 күн бұрын

@@stephenhowell5611 so what's you point

Benny Hill was a genius and it brought me great sadness when he died. Few understand his great comedy.

loved watching that in the 80's

Benny Hill was big Down Under.

@boadiccea1

28 күн бұрын

😂😅😅

@metalmike570

9 күн бұрын

Didn't he say something like that about the old man? "He's very big down under"!

Mum an dad emigrated to Australia from Yugoslavia in 1969 spoke broken English,I remember the laughter and joy Benny brought to our family. Thank you .Sir Benny Hill.

the benny hill show never had bad ratings.at the time of cancellation hed made thames over 40 million quid in overseas sales which rose to 150 million over the years.the sacking was a reason the channel lost its franchise,they were thought financially irresponsible for letting their biggest star and cash cow go!

@wheels2fun526

Ай бұрын

Actually the last 6 specials he did in the 80. The program was getting less than 8 million viewers, unlike a few years earlier. In the 70s his audience was between 20 to 25 million for each of his specials. but, by the early 80s it started to drop dramatically. Sacking him was not the reason why Thames lost their ITV franchise. Carlton Television has just out bid them. Carliton had wanted to take then over starting in 1985, after Thorn EMI sold off their Thames shares. They were just waiting for changes to the IBA broadcasting act.

@krashd

Ай бұрын

He was also not cancelled, he retired having decided that his style of comedy had had it's day.

@wheels2fun526

Ай бұрын

@@krashd he did not retire. Thames Television canceled his series. Central Television was planning a new series with his and the contracts had already been drawn up, but he died. As Central had already committed to a series they had to go ahead without Hill. It was offered to Freddie Starr and it ran from 1993 to 1998.

@mikekemp9877

29 күн бұрын

@@krashd he was famously sacked from thames by producer john howard davies.

@mikekemp9877

29 күн бұрын

@@wheels2fun526 i said it was one of the reasons was cited in the authorities decision. viewership declined generally in the 80s.hill was however never outside the top 5 or 6 programmes on thames .only the soaps or international football got higher ratings.

Interesting fact….Reg Varney was the first person to use an ATM officially opening the first one he’s in the Guinness book of records

@justacotin

27 күн бұрын

I hate you Butler 😂😂..

Absolute. Comic legend

One of the funniest comedians ever, he made me laugh as much as any ever did. Some of his critics were self loathing people that were ashamed that they that thought his adult brand of humor funny and it made them feel guilty because they were raised that it was wrong.

I grew up watching him starting in the mid 70's & still watch his shows and videos today & always will, he's a favorite of mine and most people I know as well & for those who don't know him need to see for themselves & not to listen to some unknown comics still behind a mic in a bar that are filled with jealousy and hate.

ive never cared for the simple basic sophomoric humor of english comedy but benny was different he was legit funny.

@danielc2701

27 күн бұрын

I loved the "implications" type humor of his. Remember the intro where he walks past all the signs telling him what to do? Stop, Walk, Push, then a waitress with a nametag of Pat walks up. lol. Then the scene cuts off but you know what he's implying.

Fabulous documentary about one of the very best comedians ever! These shows that Benny performed were, and still are loved by so very many, people used to rush home from work to see his shows and the comedy was amazing. Benny will be remembered long after many so called "comedians" have been forgotten and is still, as said here, loved by so many. Well done on this. RIP Benny.

I am 70 years old and just loved the Benny Hill show. So sad that it was cancelled by those who were jealous of his achievements. His slapstick was wonderful, and it never went too far. Rest in peace Benny and I hope you really did go to that milk round in the sky.

I still find him and his show funny as hell 🤣

Saying Benny Hill was "of his time" is like saying The Three Stooges were of their time. Of course they are all timeless, and will always be funny.

He would be 100 this year

I couldn't watch this show if my parents were around, lol

He was hilarious and was only criticized by starchy people and do-gooders who weren't. Benny Hill will never be forgotten

Benny Hill had more talent in his farts than Ben Elton ever had! Jealous envy. It was at a time when this humour was acceptable. Get a life Elton and all those who have taken political correctness to an absurd level 😡😡😡

@MarkStevens8899

Ай бұрын

Ben Elton was never funny and his musicals were crap.

@georgehuffert1800

29 күн бұрын

Whose ever even heard of Ben Elton he rode on the coattails of even Elton John thankfully he's forgotten

@darrangodfrey1748

27 күн бұрын

The thing with people like Ben Elton is that they don't seem to realise they have controls on their tvs, enabling them to switch something off that they don't like.

The chase scene. Receptionist with her name badge,"Pat" on her chest... so he did...

I hadn’t even heard of Benny Hill until the 1980s and then I never missed a show. He was a comic genius. And all of those comedians that put him down haven’t got a clue about genuine comedy. RIP Benny. You are missed by countless millions.

A true legend of comedy who was uniquel in the business and what he did. A genius who came up with an original brand of comedy all of his own. Sadly missed today by the people who remember him from the past. I did find some of his old shows that were being repeated on TV. It was like a classic trip down memory lane.

❤❤❤❤ man love this show love this show she said come out you're my first time I ever saw it I love this show everybody so thin skin there's no way you get away with the show like this today Benny Hill you was a man

Everything at home STOPPED when Benny Hill Show came on the TV! My whole family loved him and his humor! Kids today don't know what humor is...

@tazman8697

4 күн бұрын

When The Simpsons and Family Guy are the highest rated comedy you know humanity is really fucked

The milkman wasn't an acting job. It was a piece of film footage he performed once to match the song recording he sung. It was a massive hit ......

I couldn't get enough of "The Benny Hill Show", truly missing it after it went off the air. I don't believe anything has caused me laughter as Benny Hill did. Still miss this man.

That two bit dude Ben Elton, could only wish he had one quarter of the audience that Benny Hill had. Envy knows no bounds.

@metalmike570

9 күн бұрын

💯

As ever, our best comedians (never to be seen or heard again due to the lack of humour in the audience) will have to wait for another generation!

I'm an American and I never even HEARD of Ben Elton until I watched this piece. It's totally obvious that this Elton person was jealous with a capital J.

I’m 80 and discovered Benny Hill in the 1970’s. I thought Benny Hill was comedy gold. I still have so many of his CDs and love to occasionally play them over again. You are gone but certainly not forgotten. RIP BH

to all the critics of benny hill , NOBODY knows you ! everybody knows benny hill !

@catherinewilliams3850

28 күн бұрын

Exactly.

There’s no way that Benny was gay if he was there would be more guys in his shows than girls

I met Benny a few times. Always polite, friendly and so down to earth. I called him Sir once and with a twinkle in his eye he looked at me and said I haven’t had that phone call yet.

I loved watching Benny Hill show whm i was a kid on the 70s..still do now

The horribleness of this over emphasized incident completely blew me away!! Why so much overkill about this incident? This was shocking and utterly unbelievably cathartic in the revelation given. I may never be the same after this.

Ben Elton? Who the fuck is Ben Elton? 30 years on he is famous for criticising benny Hill? His only claim to fame and is remembered for that and has nothing to offer in his own regard or career, if Elton was any good he would be remembered for what he done, not some one else.

@snafubar5491

28 күн бұрын

Elton is not known outside England. Benny Hill is known World Wide. I was today years old before I ever heard the name of Elton. As an American, beg pardon for asking, but is that Elton fella supposed to be funny or somebody??? Well, he never had his tv show broadcast in the USA and Benny did. Imagine that.

@stuartmelville5684

28 күн бұрын

@@snafubar5491 his comedy is bland flat and pretty much unfunny he just does well on the coat-tails of others

@boadiccea1

28 күн бұрын

Ben Elton has written & published 17 novels and penned the following : "Television shows written by Ben Elton" Bambi (The Young Ones) Beer (Blackadder) Bells (Blackadder) Ben Elton Live from Planet Earth Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie The Best Bits of Mr. Bean Blackadder: The Cavalier Years Blackadder's Christmas Carol Blessed (TV series) Bomb (The Young Ones) Boring (The Young Ones) C Captain Cook (Blackadder) Cash (The Young Ones) Chains (Blackadder) Corporal Punishment (Blackadder) D Demolition (The Young Ones) F Flood (The Young Ones) G General Hospital (Blackadder) Goodbyeee H Happy Families (1985 TV series) Head (Blackadder) M Major Star Mr. Bean (Mr. Bean episode) Money (Blackadder) N Nasty (The Young Ones) O Oil (The Young Ones) P Potato (Blackadder) Private Plane S Sick (The Young Ones) Stark (TV series) Summer Holiday (The Young Ones) T The Thin Blue Line (British TV series) Time (The Young Ones) U Upstart Crow W The Wright Way

@snafubar5491

28 күн бұрын

@@stuartmelville5684.......Ahhhhhh, okay. Thanks. Kinda like Howard Stern over here then. Got it.

@snafubar5491

28 күн бұрын

@@boadiccea1.......I can confidentially say I've never seen any of them. Are any of them as funny as Benny is World Wide??? Now Benny Hill on the other hand, I've watched his show many, many, many times and will hopefully be able to watch them many, many, many more times. Seeing how this other fella has never had a long-running TV show and can only find work here and there......well, we have a saying over here, "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut ever so often.".........let me know if you need help with translating that.

I'm Canadian and my family would always sit together and watch Benny! We never missed him. His show was always hilarious. A great comedic giant! Those that mislabel his show as misogynist don't understand comedy. Just like men in real life his characters were excited by beautiful women. Through situations in the skits things would happen that were funny even though they were sexual connotations. They were never degrading

I absolutely miss this man and his humor..he was a legend

As a straight guy, I have never said this about another man. He may or may not have been gay, But I Loved him anyway!

@stuartmelville5684

28 күн бұрын

what people dont know people make up

We share the same Birthday.

Long live 'Benny Hill', the only one to save me during so many dull times. "LONG LIVE BENNY HILL!!!!!!!!"

He was one of the worlds funniest comedians ever, l still watch his shows today what an artist.

I can still laugh at Benny Hill now but I'm from the generation that grew up watching On the Buses, Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language and Till Death Us Do Part. I've never found Ben Elton funny in front of the camera, his stage performances seemed *to me anyway), to consist of dropping the F Bomb for no reason and having a go at pretty much everyone in a patronising way. His humour can be just as racist or sexist , just wrapped up in a different accent. Each has made their mark on comedy and the stuff Ben Elton did with Blackadder is up there with some of the best comedy available but that to me is where he excels, and not in front of the camera.

@catherinewilliams3850

28 күн бұрын

All great comedies, nothing produced these days can compair, we were lucky we enjoyed the greatest entertainers.

Legend

An unparalleled genius.

Benny Hill has been the funniest comedian that I’ve ever seen. His humor is timeless. I will always enjoy watching and never get tired of watching it over and over 😊

I can't stand Ben Elton. The joke was always on Hill based on his inept attempts to impress women. At the end of each show they, the women chased after him, not him after them. Elton deliberately got it wrong, and some say it was Elton who started political correctness. Unlike Elton, Hill is a giant of comedy. Those new young comedians who criticised Hill and his peers were all left-wing. Look where we are now with comedians having to self censor.

@asumazilla

18 күн бұрын

It was called alternative comedy, because it wasn't funny.

@thomasalexand

18 күн бұрын

@@asumazilla I wholly agree.

@aidanknox122

15 күн бұрын

Boys of a certain age eh...

Screw Ben Elton. Seems pretty obvious He's bitter and jealous, or at least he was and never let go of it. If any of you guys ever run into him I would appreciate it if you rearrange his nose.. thanks in advance

@lsmoulton

Ай бұрын

Benny would give him a "head slap" ! 😄

@johnbxtrp31

29 күн бұрын

I would happily beat the shit out of Ben Elton to the tune of the Benny Hill show ( yakety sax) Johnny lol

@brettsairgent577

29 күн бұрын

Could not of agreed with you more exactly what I was thinking he is a Pratt.

@psychoprosthetic

28 күн бұрын

Stupid comment.

@dougaldouglas8842

28 күн бұрын

Egotistical, egocentric knob head who failed as a comedian, and would have failed as a comedic writer but for the greater talent of the actors that were engaged, and no doubt those actors adding and taking away from his scripts.

Benny Hill in 2024 is still one of my favourite comedians. R.I.P Benny you were one of a kind

I loved the Benny Hill Show. I also used to love Dick Emery until he performed on stage in Albury NSW and all he wanted to do was sing instead of being his different characters. Benny was truly a star.

A comic genius, unlike the humour-free zone known as Ben Elton.

Apart from the clickbait there are a few good bits, I think his humour was simple and I don't think he was too serious about anything, the sexual jokes were pretty innocent in my opinion, he was a sad and lonely man but not evil in any way.

@davidlamb7524

22 күн бұрын

You are not familiar with most of his work. He did many very clever sketches involving convoluted word play and double-entendre. His head teacher character his amazing talent as a mime and his comedic acting were all considered to be above the heads of the American audience ...so they only got the simple stuff and the slapstick the rest was cut...plus they got him nearly 20 years late.

@MrMick560

22 күн бұрын

Hi, I am from the U.K. and I only meant his humour came over as simple I know he was a very intelligent man ( if not a genius) I loved his work and grew up with it, he was a very complex man but I think like a lot of comedians he was quite sad, I have read quite a bit about him and know about the relationship he had with one of his ladies from the shows, he used to stay with her at times and doted on her children. I don't think he ever had a sexual relationship with anybody.

@davidlamb7524

22 күн бұрын

@@MrMick560 OK 👍

Yakety Sax is best known as The Benny Hill song! I'm a 54 year old American and watched The Benny Hill Show with my dad as a kid, and loved it! I believe that Benny Hill is one of those comedians that will be known forever, show his comedy to kids and chances are that they will love it, just like The 3 Stooges!

I absolutely adore Benny Hill. I'm a child of the 70's, who grew up in the 80's and came of age in the 90's. When I was a kid we would get CH-CH T.V. II that broadcast his show out of Hamilton Ontario (I lived in the states on the New York, Pennsylvania border) around 10 p.m. My mother would let me stay up late so I could watch Benny Hill. He had a genuine sweetness in his character. I loved the silliness of the slapstick, his exaggerated mannerisms and his style was a huge influence on my sense of humor even to this day. RIP Benny...