The Benny Hill Show

Jockytaff

Mibsxx- I remember many years ago watching a tv interview with one of his regular "girls" who said she had to perform a sex act on Hill to ensure a role on his next series. Sadly, her name escapes me.

This was a story from 50 years ago that seemingly was the only one that suggested Hill behaved inappropriately and came out long after he died. All the other women on the show have said what a gentleman Hill was and they always felt safe around him. In real life, he was scared of women and only had a couple of short relationships.

Mibsxx- I remember many years ago watching a tv interview with one of his regular "girls" who said she had to perform a sex act on Hill to ensure a role on his next series. Sadly, her name escapes me.

It was innocent humour of its time. Prefer that to the endless scenes these days of couples copulating.
So many people these days must be voyeurs. Now that is creepy.

pennyg

He did yes. Yootha Joyce was so good too.

If you watch Benny's shows up to 1984, a lot of the humour and the sketches are very good, and the semi silent sketches with the sped up camerawork remind me of the greats of silent comedy. Then came a decline, where you could tell Benny was running short of matetial and by the late eighties, his humour was weak and dated. Also the shows were becoming expensive fot Thames to make and losing viewers.

We traveled a lot on business in Germany in the 80’s, it seemed that every hotel and bar would be showing Benny Hill, to much laughter and joshing! We thought it was funny watching what people made of him. But at the same time hoping they didn’t think all Englishmen were the same.

Kandinsky

Used to love George & Mildred.

I sometimes watch it now (on one of the obscure channels), and find it funnier than I used to back in the day - Brian Murphy had great comic timing

I liked Benny Hill though sometimes he felt Alitalia stood sexist. However, despite all today’s virtue signalling I think there is far more sexism now

Loved Benny Hill and Dick Emery...oh you are awful lol. Still funny today

MibsXX

A friend of mine was a floor manager for the Benny Hill shows, and always said he was a gentleman, the girls were often staff on set ( including my friend) who were in the scenes and it was always good fun on set. She never heard of anything untoward and no-one had a bad word to say about him! Suspect it was just of it's time at the time, and times change

Your perfectly correct, it was of it’s time just like many tv programs/ films.

I found him creepy but it was his on screen persona not the actual man, whom by all accounts was not at all like his on screen persona, thank goodness.
I think is ok to find the way someone portrays themselves on screen as being unpleasant as long as we know that is not the real person.

Couldn;t stand the man, he was not funny at all, just a grubby minded schoolboy who never grew up.

I couldn’t agree more,I found him rather sleazy

Just because you don't like someone does not give you the right to say they are pervs snd creeps.
People who knew him, as stated on here, said he was quiet and respectful. His comedy was of a different era, it would not be tolerated today.
I saw last of the summer wine one day when I was in, and before the programme started they apologised for some of the things seen in the episode that would be unacceptable by today's standards.

I suppose Benny ended up like Sid James, a middle aged man chasing after young girls, in carry on films I found it absurd that any nubile young woman would find a grizzled older man like Sid attractive.

My fav. was the sketch with BH as a Teddy boy with his girl enjoying some chips to the music "feed the birds, tuppence a bag, tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag".

WithNobsOnIt

Benny Hill.
Perv and a Creep

Can you substantiate that?

He gave me the creeps to be honest. Pervy.

RosiesMawagain

Why waste a nanosecond on a TV prog from years ago which was frequently cringey, misogynistic, crude and not actually even funny.
What next? The Black and White Minstrels?

In ‘your’ opinion.

WithNobsOnIt

Benny Hill.
Perv and a Creep

Evidently not, if you read the last couple of posts.

Benny Hill.
Perv and a Creep

MibsXX

A friend of mine was a floor manager for the Benny Hill shows, and always said he was a gentleman, the girls were often staff on set ( including my friend) who were in the scenes and it was always good fun on set. She never heard of anything untoward and no-one had a bad word to say about him! Suspect it was just of it's time at the time, and times change

Yes, I have heard there was never any inappropriate behaviour on set and Benny did leave money in his will to some of the women on his show.
Actually, his private life is quite interesting. Benny never had a long term female partner and was very shy towards women. He also, despite the millions he made from his television show, had a very modest life, not owning a car and living in a modest flat in Teddington. I think the only luxuries Benny enjoyed were foreign holidays to counties where he was little known and fine wine.

All the Hill's Angels adored him. Rheyvall agreed that he was quiet, polite and respectful of them and many attended his funeral to pay their respects. He was a very clever wordsmith

A friend of mine was a floor manager for the Benny Hill shows, and always said he was a gentleman, the girls were often staff on set ( including my friend) who were in the scenes and it was always good fun on set. She never heard of anything untoward and no-one had a bad word to say about him! Suspect it was just of it's time at the time, and times change

Creepy as hell.