The Benny Hill Show

Toufik Benedictus Hinn - from Israel. A very evil person.

Beautyschooldropout

The first time my mother came over to Canada for a holiday I had to nip out and pick up my oldest two from school while the youngest napped. She agreed to stay and look after him.

When we returned she was watching Benny Hinn, an American televangelist. She did not find him funny and when I pointed out it wasn't Benny Hill like she thought, I then got a point by point take down of why his views on Christianity were wrong.

Isnt Bennt Hinn from Iran? I heard he was banned from entering UK

TheSunRisesInTheEast

TV in the 70s was brilliant, so much funnier than the so-called comedy of today. Benny Hill, Dick Emery, Carry-Ons, Freddie Starr, The Comedians etc. I loved Miss World too, as a little girl I'd watch in awe at the beautiful women and aspire to look like them when I grew up!! Everything is about political correctness now, always worrying about who will be offended, personally I find all the effing and blinding on TV more offensive than anything that was said or done on TV in the 70s. Sometimes I'll catch On The Buses, Man About The House or Bless This House on the TV, and I love it!!

You should also have included 'Rising Damp', please.

The first time my mother came over to Canada for a holiday I had to nip out and pick up my oldest two from school while the youngest napped. She agreed to stay and look after him.

When we returned she was watching Benny Hinn, an American televangelist. She did not find him funny and when I pointed out it wasn't Benny Hill like she thought, I then got a point by point take down of why his views on Christianity were wrong.

TheSunRisesInTheEast

Does he still have a following? Only a handful of us said we found him funny in the 70s, you rarely hear him mentioned nowadays, and not usually in a good light. For me it was good while it lasted, but times have changed.

His shows have been repeated on That's TV and Benny does have a following abroad. I suppose it's the same with any comedian, they have their period of fame and then fade away.

Does he still have a following? Only a handful of us said we found him funny in the 70s, you rarely hear him mentioned nowadays, and not usually in a good light. For me it was good while it lasted, but times have changed.

I'm surprised 37 years after his career ended, how much of a following Benny Hill still has. You think of other comedians like Dick Emery who were popular at the same time as Hill, who seem to get a fraction of the interest.

Cumbrianmale56

AGAA4

That tune where the women are chasing him is in my head now.
Maybe I will finish my jobs in record time.

Yakkety Sax by Boots Randolph, probably one of the most recognisable theme tunes of the seventies and eighties. The show sometimes used Gimme Dat Ding and Me Na Na Na, joke songs that suited some of the sketches.

Haha yakkety sax of course, hard to hear that tune and not grin.😁

I've also heard that Benny Hill was a perfect gentleman and I'm sure that he was .
I hated his show and disliked the comedy of that misogynistic period .
I didn't used to be a feminist.
I am now .

AGAA4

That tune where the women are chasing him is in my head now.
Maybe I will finish my jobs in record time.

Yakkety Sax by Boots Randolph, probably one of the most recognisable theme tunes of the seventies and eighties. The show sometimes used Gimme Dat Ding and Me Na Na Na, joke songs that suited some of the sketches.

AGAA4

That tune where the women are chasing him is in my head now.
Maybe I will finish my jobs in record time.

Thank you for making me chuckle on a rotten day AGAA4.

I remember being a teenager at home when Benny Hill was on the Box. I have to say that as a young woman I found it embarrassing, especially if my father or brother were watching too.
Female semi-nudity was the norm then, alas!

AGAA4

That tune where the women are chasing him is in my head now.
Maybe I will finish my jobs in record time.

Ha ha I have it in my head now, and also the image of him slapping a little bald man on the head over and over again.
Not my thing at all but horses for courses.

That tune where the women are chasing him is in my head now.
Maybe I will finish my jobs in record time.

I remember years ago Ben Elton saying how inappropriate to have the opening scene with a middle aged man chasing young women.It was pointed out to him that it was the other way round, the women are the chasers! Ben did admit he'd not spotted that!

Ernie the fastest milkman in the West was always a favourite of my kids'. Although they probably didn't get any of the innuendos (at the time)

I can vaguely remember watching the show and certainly laughing at the speeded up scenes. Of course it wouldn’t be made today and that’s because we’re more aware of issues around that type of depiction of women . It’s not about ‘taking offence’ but about what’s appropriate and acceptable.

Aw gosh Jacksgrandma123 I was hoping for something more exciting!

Yes, predictive text: the bane of my life ( though I should have checked before posting! ). I meant to write that he at times could be a little too sexist , particularly towards the end of his career

TheSunRisesInTheEast

TV in the 70s was brilliant, so much funnier than the so-called comedy of today. Benny Hill, Dick Emery, Carry-Ons, Freddie Starr, The Comedians etc. I loved Miss World too, as a little girl I'd watch in awe at the beautiful women and aspire to look like them when I grew up!! Everything is about political correctness now, always worrying about who will be offended, personally I find all the effing and blinding on TV more offensive than anything that was said or done on TV in the 70s. Sometimes I'll catch On The Buses, Man About The House or Bless This House on the TV, and I love it!!

This. (Except for the Miss World bit) I enjoyed watching it but I never aspired to be in it).
There are so many people who are ready to take offence nowadays.
In the seventies, people watched these programmes, laughed at them and then got on with their lives.

RosiesMawagain

Jacksgrandma123

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

I don’t understand this. Am I missing something?

It’s likely predictive text 😂 we could have a guess?

Jacksgrandma123

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

I don’t understand this. Am I missing something?

Spot on, todays tele is filthy mouths and offensive shows, all near naked, yet they think benny hill was bad, it's a mad world we have created

He made my flesh creep and the programme was rarely watched. Carry On films never amused me either. Like my humour to be more subtle

WithNobsOnIt

Benny Hill.
Perv and a Creep

An unpleasant comment.
What evidence do you have for that, other than your opinion?