Benny Hill/Kenny Everett. - Page 3

john_s · February 22nd, 2009, 01:04 AM

You will remember Benny Hill if you were born in the 70's like me!!!

This guy was one of the main reasons why I grew up expecting women to dress in sexy underwear and tease

He gave me hours of fun but I think did damage to my beliefs...

God bless him

Thunderhorse-k240 · May 27th, 2009, 12:54 PM

Benny Hill, giving us all years of laughter, and me a fetish for speeded-up sex...

**Oswald** · September 19th, 2009, 01:36 PM

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[I]I no longer watch TV an do not buy a licence, its disconnected from the socket, I know I am illegal but **** em , I aint payin for what I don't watch and they CAN NOT detect you

You are not an illegal. You can use a TV set for watching DVD's/videos and games but as long as it's not connected to a aerial socket which has been disconnected (which you mentioned) you are not NOT committing any offence.

With the analogue signal being gradually switched off region by region, the only way that some will be able to access TV signals is via a FreeSat dish and decoder. Therefore, if you do not have this equipment installed you can rightly tell the TV Licensing Authority to bog off.

Re: Benny Hill.

The late Bob Monkhouse, who knew Benny very well, tells the story that Benny had no appreciation or understanding about money and would often shove his pay cheques from Thames TV behind a tea caddy on the mantelpiece and leave them there for months. Apparently some of these cheques would be for £100,000.

DrFishnets · September 20th, 2009, 10:49 AM

Me being a fan of women in stockings and suspenders was the only reason I watched Benny Hill's shows. I really got off to the sketches that featured women losing their skirts and chasing Benny in their underwear, stockings and suspenders. Also the dance routines were sexy too.

DrFishnets

**Office Boy** · September 26th, 2009, 12:47 PM

I remember watching benny hill on a wednesday night I think it was, my dad used to look forward to watching it mainly because of the girls. When you look back, he got away with quite a lot and I'm not sure if it would be tolerated these days. I used to love the chases at the end, and the adverts he used to do. Nothing it seemed, was safe from him then.

As for kenny everett, I first heard him on pirate radio, and when he moved onto tv, his creations and wackiness was more appreciated. Again like benny, some things were never safe. The afore mentioned cupid stunt, stormin' norman and his tank, marcel wave, and perhaps his most famous or well known, his do it yourself bee gees kit. Absolutely superb!

**sydney1** · September 26th, 2009, 05:25 PM

I don't suppose anyone knows of a website that stocks the completeworks of Kenny, because I've tried, lord knows I've tried to track down his 'canon' of works from the eighties and it seems that you can only get a compilation on one DVD. Pah!

I want the lot, I wonder if there's a site, can you help?

**tabler** · September 26th, 2009, 10:37 PM

Well I enjoyed Kenny Everett, I thought it was 'clever' humour but (this will not be popular with my fellow Brits) I thought Benny Hill comedy was rather peurile.

**sydney1** · September 26th, 2009, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by tabler

Well I enjoyed Kenny Everett, I thought it was 'clever' humour but (this will not be popular with my fellow Brits) I thought Benny Hill comedy was rather peurile.

Maybe Scoundrel ol' son, but he had some tasty 'birds' in his programmes.

Does that mean that I'm shallow, I hope so..

**eelcat** · September 26th, 2009, 11:55 PM

I enjoyed both Benny and Kenny but at the time Kenny Everett seemed "new wave"...riding in on the current punk trend that was the new dawn. Come the 80's and I honestly felt embarrassed for Benny Hill as his humour became unfunny. He had those French clown inspired sketches and from memory didn't he introduced a kids version of Hills Angels? This in my opinion was bottom of the barrel stuff. I believe at around this time or slightly earlier he was trying to break into the American market.
Benny Hill was a fantastic actor/artiste and I loved his shows up until the late 70's, but unfortunately after 20 odd years he quite simply ran out of ideas and times were changing in a world that could no longer afford to carry him any more.

**tabler** · September 27th, 2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by eelcat

I enjoyed both Benny and Kenny but at the time Kenny Everett seemed "new wave"...riding in on the current punk trend that was the new dawn. Come the 80's and I honestly felt embarrassed for Benny Hill as his humour became unfunny. He had those French clown inspired sketches and from memory didn't he introduced a kids version of Hills Angels? This in my opinion was bottom of the barrel stuff. I believe at around this time or slightly earlier he was trying to break into the American market.
Benny Hill was a fantastic actor/artiste and I loved his shows up until the late 70's, but unfortunately after 20 odd years he quite simply ran out of ideas and times were changing in a world that could no longer afford to carry him any more.

Absolutely Bang on the mark eely!

February 22nd, 2009, 01:04 AM	#21
john_s Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 14 Thanks: 65 Thanked 307 Times in 13 Posts	70s/80s You will remember Benny Hill if you were born in the 70's like me!!! This guy was one of the main reasons why I grew up expecting women to dress in sexy underwear and tease He gave me hours of fun but I think did damage to my beliefs... God bless him

May 27th, 2009, 12:54 PM	#22
Thunderhorse-k240 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 84 Thanks: 92 Thanked 611 Times in 80 Posts	Benny Hill, giving us all years of laughter, and me a fetish for speeded-up sex... __________________ "All porn seems like a rip-off when you've just shot your load" - Bellsmyre49, A wiser man than I.

September 26th, 2009, 12:47 PM	#25
Office Boy Former Staff Join Date: May 2008 Location: in the office upstairs Posts: 1,415 Thanks: 6,048 Thanked 40,273 Times in 1,357 Posts	I remember watching benny hill on a wednesday night I think it was, my dad used to look forward to watching it mainly because of the girls. When you look back, he got away with quite a lot and I'm not sure if it would be tolerated these days. I used to love the chases at the end, and the adverts he used to do. Nothing it seemed, was safe from him then. As for kenny everett, I first heard him on pirate radio, and when he moved onto tv, his creations and wackiness was more appreciated. Again like benny, some things were never safe. The afore mentioned cupid stunt, stormin' norman and his tank, marcel wave, and perhaps his most famous or well known, his do it yourself bee gees kit. Absolutely superb! __________________ DON'T TREAD ON ME.

September 26th, 2009, 05:25 PM	#26
sydney1 Vintage Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,378 Thanks: 10,562 Thanked 27,979 Times in 1,357 Posts	Kenny Everett video's/DVDs. I don't suppose anyone knows of a website that stocks the completeworks of Kenny, because I've tried, lord knows I've tried to track down his 'canon' of works from the eighties and it seems that you can only get a compilation on one DVD. Pah! I want the lot, I wonder if there's a site, can you help?

September 26th, 2009, 10:37 PM	#27
tabler Comfortably Numb Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: St James Park Posts: 7,030 Thanks: 112,570 Thanked 146,060 Times in 8,009 Posts	Well I enjoyed Kenny Everett, I thought it was 'clever' humour but (this will not be popular with my fellow Brits) I thought Benny Hill comedy was rather peurile. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. *Velcome to zee Forum. You must obey zee rules!*

September 20th, 2009, 10:49 AM	#24
DrFishnets Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 167 Thanks: 117 Thanked 1,977 Times in 160 Posts	Me being a fan of women in stockings and suspenders was the only reason I watched Benny Hill's shows. I really got off to the sketches that featured women losing their skirts and chasing Benny in their underwear, stockings and suspenders. Also the dance routines were sexy too. DrFishnets

September 26th, 2009, 11:55 PM	#29
eelcat Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 660 Thanks: 2,389 Thanked 6,300 Times in 648 Posts	I enjoyed both Benny and Kenny but at the time Kenny Everett seemed "new wave"...riding in on the current punk trend that was the new dawn. Come the 80's and I honestly felt embarrassed for Benny Hill as his humour became unfunny. He had those French clown inspired sketches and from memory didn't he introduced a kids version of Hills Angels? This in my opinion was bottom of the barrel stuff. I believe at around this time or slightly earlier he was trying to break into the American market. Benny Hill was a fantastic actor/artiste and I loved his shows up until the late 70's, but unfortunately after 20 odd years he quite simply ran out of ideas and times were changing in a world that could no longer afford to carry him any more. Last edited by eelcat; September 26th, 2009 at 11:57 PM..