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Originally Posted by akane
Funny how in england if you say you love Benny Hill your looked upon as an old sexist dinosaur ,they never show his stuff on tv anymore ,the last time i saw him was in "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" yet in europe it seems every country have show's based on his type of humour ,women in short skirts on surf boards (like those mech bulls) trying to stay on , women running over assault coarses with strapless bathing suites ,girl's having their skirt's ripped off , check out SEXY CAM on paramount 2 in europe all members of the family love it ,in the UK they would be protesting in the street's.
Great posts keep them coming.
P.s when i was younger i thought there was more nudity than that but i guess i was wrong.
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You may have a point, but as I remember, Benny was ousted by the BBC because he was considering working for ITV ("how dare he !"). Then ITV went through a political correctness phase and, without warning, just dropped him (he never forgave them, or the BBC for that matter). Ironically this happened about the same time as Channel 5 was getting a name for being more risque.
It has been noted that for many years, his talents (and repeats) have been more appreciated overseas, than in his home country.
RIP Benny, it'll be a long time before you are forgotten.