Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @eclecticx
    @eclecticx 8 месяцев назад +111

    Benny Hill was a quiet, private man with a beautiful soul and incredible sense of humor. Like Rodney Dangerfield, he gave the world far more joy than it gave him. Thank you, Benny. May you be resting and laughing in peace.

    • @ead9726
      @ead9726 7 месяцев назад +9

      I read his biography years ago, his cheques from the shows would still be sitting on his mantelpiece weeks later, his agent kept telling him to put them into the bank. He just loved his work and didn’t seemed too bothered about the money.

    • @eclecticx
      @eclecticx 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@ead9726 I read the same and admired him even more after.

    • @keithrich8373
      @keithrich8373 19 дней назад +1

      @@eclecticx Couldn't have put it better myself.

  • @andrewlorenz3139
    @andrewlorenz3139 8 месяцев назад +62

    I went to a funeral recently and this was played during the reflection. Really summed up a life well lived. RIP Dave and Benny.

  • @167johhny
    @167johhny 3 года назад +141

    The world was a better place with Benny Hill in it.

  • @stephenfoster5608
    @stephenfoster5608 11 месяцев назад +122

    Christmas no 1 in 1971. 52 years ago. Classic.

    • @stephenhowell5611
      @stephenhowell5611 10 месяцев назад +8

      And competing with the likes of T Rex and Slade

    • @AnthonyCroydon909
      @AnthonyCroydon909 8 месяцев назад

      @@stephenhowell5611 Competing with Rod Stewart, McCartney, and many, many more...

    • @martinthorogood6223
      @martinthorogood6223 8 месяцев назад +1

      Oh thanks for that ! ..I'm soo frkin old 😂😂

    • @GodsBackBaby
      @GodsBackBaby 4 месяца назад +2

      Same age as poor Ernie was when he bit the dust 😢

    • @see6052
      @see6052 4 месяца назад

      Year u was born

  • @ernestmccreight6188
    @ernestmccreight6188 Год назад +180

    I’m an Ernie and often when I introduced myself I would get, “Ah, the fastest milkman in the west.” I loved Benny Hill.

    • @kazleslie6334
      @kazleslie6334 Год назад +9

      Our milkman we had at the time it was in the charts was called Ernie 😂

    • @Jambaldorj-r6p
      @Jambaldorj-r6p Год назад +4

      it's cool name

    • @russellwilloughby14
      @russellwilloughby14 11 месяцев назад +4

      what a classic,

    • @sa4540
      @sa4540 2 месяца назад

      Brilliant 😂😂😂

  • @philipmahon3543
    @philipmahon3543 Год назад +81

    70s and 80s brittish comedy was the best.. grew up on it here in Ireland. Sad we now live in an age where harmless fun is a crime.

    • @johngraham5996
      @johngraham5996 5 месяцев назад +2

      people look for something to offend them now phillip instead of not watching, then they complain instead of scrolling past

    • @vanessaclapes2301
      @vanessaclapes2301 3 месяца назад +1

      Remember this from my schooldays 😂

    • @MeaHeaR
      @MeaHeaR 2 месяца назад

      Ohh Deeer
      Ow Sadd
      ............
      Nevver Minđ

  • @voiceofexperience
    @voiceofexperience 10 месяцев назад +8

    Benny, you are a LEGEND! 😂
    R.I.P.

  • @oztinato4099
    @oztinato4099 8 месяцев назад +15

    Brilliant humour. Its got everything: Benny's milkmans past, endearing flawed characters, tongue twisting poetry, and an enigmatic Benny's afterlife twist at the end. Gold.

  • @verkaforever
    @verkaforever 10 лет назад +1780

    One of the best novelty records ever- thumbs up if you agree!

  • @williamconnell6541
    @williamconnell6541 8 месяцев назад +24

    Times when the world was sane, Loved Benny Hill, and now we have what we have, i watch him whenever i feel like it.Long live Benny :)

  • @villaontheroad7596
    @villaontheroad7596 4 года назад +1161

    Who else thinks this song is just a classic

    • @edmiller2933
      @edmiller2933 4 года назад +23

      All of Benny Hill's songs were classics...

    • @rayturvey7967
      @rayturvey7967 4 года назад +28

      I honestly believe this has got to be one of the best comedy songs ever written. So funny a classic. but of course, it would never be allowed now, far too politically incorrect.

    • @williamtulett7773
      @williamtulett7773 4 года назад +6

      Oh yes

    • @ElvarMasson
      @ElvarMasson 4 года назад +4

      Why do you want to know that ?

    • @thegodlyplayer1546
      @thegodlyplayer1546 4 года назад +6

      I listen to it for the craic

  • @John_Pace
    @John_Pace 10 месяцев назад +157

    In the days of innocent innuendo. Sadly not applicable today. Benny Hill was basically a child that never grew up, nothing evil.

    • @garryharriman7349
      @garryharriman7349 8 месяцев назад +3

      He was much more than that$

    • @skyblazeeterno
      @skyblazeeterno 6 месяцев назад

      hmm he apparently insisted that his "Hills Angels" gave him blowjobs to get the work...but yeah the public comedy is just silly stuff really

    • @markcf83
      @markcf83 5 месяцев назад +6

      Let's be honest-we're all grown up kids......

    • @RogerRoger-bk1pi
      @RogerRoger-bk1pi 4 месяца назад +4

      Don’t “grow-up” it’s a trap.

    • @JillHarley-p8j
      @JillHarley-p8j 4 месяца назад +2

      You wouldn't be able to get away with saying things like that nowadays.

  • @tommyroberts4577
    @tommyroberts4577 Год назад +52

    It's 2023 and we havent forgotten ernie

    • @bridgetdoman1386
      @bridgetdoman1386 9 месяцев назад

      I remember it fondly and listen to it now and then.

    • @gregm6917
      @gregm6917 6 месяцев назад +1

      2024 now

    • @tommyroberts4577
      @tommyroberts4577 6 месяцев назад

      @@gregm6917 and we never will forget

  • @ChadQuick270W
    @ChadQuick270W 4 года назад +90

    God bless Benny Hill. I hope he’s looking down on us from heaven and seeing how many millions of people are still laughing at his hilarious antics. This was a big hit in the UK spending four weeks at number 1. Thanks so much for sharing this in its proper aspect ratio and with great sound. 👍

    • @Tony-H-Gos
      @Tony-H-Gos 4 года назад +7

      And hearing his ghostly gold tops, a rattlin' in their crate ! We'll never forget Benny Hill !

  • @PunSmoke
    @PunSmoke 11 лет назад +105

    "A stale pork pie hit him in the eye and Ernie bit the dust"
    Possibly the best line ever written in music history

  • @robertthomson1587
    @robertthomson1587 2 года назад +94

    I haven't heard this song in almost 50 years. Yet many of the lyrics leapt straight back into my mind.

    • @subbtopp
      @subbtopp Год назад +2

      ditto

    • @sandragray3951
      @sandragray3951 8 месяцев назад

      I've heard a different version of it, too rude to repeat!🤣🤣🤣👍

  • @Zeus-rq5wn
    @Zeus-rq5wn 9 месяцев назад +14

    I was 10 when this hit the charts. My Nana loved Benny Hill. Miss them both. Rip Nana and Benny.

  • @roydidlock1867
    @roydidlock1867 5 дней назад +1

    Here in Australia, it hit #1 the week of February 19, 1972. I distinctly remember hearing it on the radio in the morning before school.

  • @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214
    @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 2 года назад +57

    I bought the 7" single, still makes me smile watching this. RIP Benny & Ernie.

    • @leepresley2055
      @leepresley2055 2 года назад +2

      Benny Hill was Linda Snow😢

    • @MegaStig25
      @MegaStig25 21 день назад

      Ting a ling a koo is so much better

  • @daves6027
    @daves6027 9 лет назад +48

    This was no 1 in the charts on Christmas Day 1971 and stayed there for 4 weeks.

  • @keithrich8373
    @keithrich8373 7 месяцев назад +26

    The simple fact that people are watching this in 2024 and loving it is testament to how cherished Benny still is.Never be teplaced😂😂😂❤❤

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 19 дней назад +1

      Poor Ernie and e drove the fasted milk cart in the west. 😂

  • @rushyplatts
    @rushyplatts 9 лет назад +610

    A very talented comic who is irreplaceable. Very sad how he was treated in later years by the Television company who behaved very badly towards him.

    • @jvincent6548
      @jvincent6548 5 лет назад +44

      Indeed and he was loved in the US and around the world. Not many UK comics can say that !

    • @araregoodguy
      @araregoodguy 5 лет назад +38

      They were probably green eyed because Benny had more brains than that shower put together.

    • @andrewwalker9421
      @andrewwalker9421 4 года назад +40

      yeah because the P C Brigade were starting up and THAMES Television gave into them ! Of what was a harmless T V comedy programme

    • @pauldashwood2897
      @pauldashwood2897 4 года назад +18

      Always the way he made them a fortune over the years .and that’s what he got for it ..absolute one of benny ..

    • @rayturvey7967
      @rayturvey7967 4 года назад +28

      Yes, his style of comedy fell out of favour, so he was just discarded like yesterdays newspaper. such a shame.

  • @digitalbroadcaster
    @digitalbroadcaster 8 лет назад +185

    I used to do work for Alf (Benny Hill) at his Southampton home, and even off-screen he was just as dry witted and hilarious. He was such a brilliant comic genius.

    • @MsBarcelona99
      @MsBarcelona99 7 лет назад +46

      Like a lot of people I loved Benny Hills work. I never saw it as intimidating towards women, the men were always pathetic examples of manliness and the women were the dominant characters. I say bring back postcard humour, we can all laugh at that!

    • @johnpiper3416
      @johnpiper3416 6 лет назад +18

      Second Unit Aerials such a shame the pricks at Thames / itv dropped such a talent.

  • @mikeball1862
    @mikeball1862 3 года назад +23

    I was at a Grammar School in Southampton when this came out, Our Maths Master had a fearsome reputation but his christian name was Ernest, affectionately know as Ernie. As a class we bought him the record, It must have touched him because we got on great after that !!!

    • @seancullen4743
      @seancullen4743 2 года назад +4

      And Benny Hill is buried in Southampton

  • @TheAlienFan
    @TheAlienFan 9 лет назад +194

    It was great being a kid when Benny Hill was on the box....loved him

    • @mickealrowe4843
      @mickealrowe4843 5 лет назад

      slap head

    • @lengerrard3810
      @lengerrard3810 4 года назад +4

      TheallenFan... before the world went stupid 👍

    • @TheManwithaview
      @TheManwithaview 2 года назад

      @@lengerrard3810 Too right, no Gary Glitter or Jimmy Savile on tv anymore.
      Luckily both wrote for The Sun...

  • @m17ndy
    @m17ndy 5 лет назад +180

    I grew up with Benny Hill, my sister and I would watch his shows and laugh our bloody heads off. So so funny and saucy great honour for adults and kids .... today the political do good brigade wouldn’t want this ‘what they call smut’ on the TV. But all the tv with violence, murders, rapes... etc is okay.... back in the 70’s there was some great stuff on TV.

    • @johnnyocal7454
      @johnnyocal7454 3 года назад +6

      How true u are my friend benny was there for good ol laugh not like the political left ponces today may benny rest in peace .

    • @theoriginalbluey
      @theoriginalbluey 3 года назад +2

      SO true. It's like we've been dragged back pre 70s, and it's such a shame.

    • @anthonycarter4487
      @anthonycarter4487 3 года назад +2

      @@theoriginalbluey they have all gone.
      Mary White House.
      She was the one who didn't like much on the television.

    • @theoriginalbluey
      @theoriginalbluey 3 года назад +2

      @@anthonycarter4487 Oh I remember her just about! Everything that was good she disliked!

    • @David-ci1vn
      @David-ci1vn 3 года назад

      Today, you can't have innocent smut that makes people laugh but must have the utter depravity of full sex taking place before your eyes and the thinly veiled BBH.

  • @DarkPantherChick
    @DarkPantherChick 9 лет назад +92

    I'm 24 years old, I know this song word for word thanks to my dad, I'm told that I'm sad knowing this but I grew up know this music, it may be before my time but this doesn't mean it's not a wicked song!!

    • @shaun5944
      @shaun5944 Год назад +2

      Well said mate. 👍

    • @gethin9896
      @gethin9896 10 месяцев назад +1

      Nope, in 25 same for me with my mother, I don't care who says what, old music is awesome

    • @eyeofsteiner7113
      @eyeofsteiner7113 2 месяца назад +1

      it’s insane that now you are 32 or 33

    • @Marina-uo8en
      @Marina-uo8en Месяц назад

      I'm now a 24 year old in *current year* this Linda slaps ngl

    • @DarkPantherChick
      @DarkPantherChick Месяц назад

      @@eyeofsteiner7113 Jesus Christ this is terrifying! And I still remember this word for word! 🤣🙈

  • @hughc023
    @hughc023 8 лет назад +337

    I Probably haven't heard this for at least 3 decades and yet I still know it word for word . . .

    • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
      @PetroicaRodinogaster264 4 года назад +2

      Hugh Fathers me also, especially the last bit from the fight onwards.

    • @rogersmith1032
      @rogersmith1032 3 года назад +3

      Me too

    • @mickytheo7728
      @mickytheo7728 2 года назад

      Ditto 🥳🥳🥳

    • @junestrickland1478
      @junestrickland1478 2 года назад

      I've loved this since the moment I saw it on TV in the 70's.. Great comedian..

    • @pierrelevasseur2701
      @pierrelevasseur2701 Год назад +1

      I know it all by heart too. I even sang it at karaoke. After I did, the DJ said, "Nobody sang Benny Hill before". Next time, I'll sing "Garden of Love".

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison5951 9 месяцев назад +15

    Let’s not forget Henry McGee playing Ted, probably one of the best straight men to a comedian. His accent was so clipped and precise.

  • @skpManiac
    @skpManiac 7 лет назад +61

    He was bloody brilliant, he brightened up my childhood :)

  • @rosssmith9492
    @rosssmith9492 9 лет назад +504

    Thumbs up for Trigger? Cause he PULLED the fastest mik cart in the west! What a legend lol

    • @hateUmankind
      @hateUmankind 5 лет назад +6

      in western England right lol

    • @araregoodguy
      @araregoodguy 5 лет назад +3

      The fastest loaned gypsy cart in the west! RIP Hill & Trigger!

    • @leemurphy8159
      @leemurphy8159 4 года назад +4

      And painted boycies house

    • @xanna957
      @xanna957 4 года назад

      Ross Smith he sung the part when i read this

    • @MegaStig25
      @MegaStig25 4 года назад +1

      AaaaaaaOoooooh

  • @terryross8515
    @terryross8515 4 года назад +78

    another loss,no bad language, just pure entertainment, thank you Benny R.I.P.

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 3 года назад +5

      Just a class act.

    • @TheLarryBrown
      @TheLarryBrown 2 года назад

      LOL. Low class maybe, yes.

    • @TheLarryBrown
      @TheLarryBrown 2 года назад

      No bad language? What about that cocoa?

    • @pierrelevasseur2701
      @pierrelevasseur2701 Год назад

      and hot meat pies. Not bad language, just innuendo.

  • @hotproductions959
    @hotproductions959 7 лет назад +6

    Utterly superb British comedy at its 1970s finest.
    They don't make em like Benny Hill anymore and thety never will again.
    Oh please please bring my Curly Wurly and the next series of 'The Benny Hill Show'.

  • @TheDanzomanzo
    @TheDanzomanzo 9 лет назад +62

    Just played this to my 52 year old dad. He was in tears!

    • @tonypate9174
      @tonypate9174 8 лет назад +5

      Play him some "CADBURY FLAKE GIRLS" on You Tube and watch the
      wide wide smile i guess he will be a "poppy " me i'm more "woman in
      canoe " it's a age thing now gone in a pc world

  • @philiprobinson2335
    @philiprobinson2335 10 лет назад +118

    Wonderful, wonderful. There'll never be another Benniy - nor Henry McGee, his perfect foil.

    • @richardbarclay7728
      @richardbarclay7728 3 года назад +3

      He was great as a guest character in Rising Damp too, wasn’t he? “Could you see your way to lending me a tenner, Rigsby, old chap?” 🤣

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 3 года назад +1

      This is magical ✨

    • @darrenjames4022
      @darrenjames4022 3 года назад +5

      Or Jackie Wright for that matter - who knew a bald head could create so much humour.

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 3 года назад +2

      And Jan Butlin, who was "the widow Sue" here. Probably the last thing she did for Hill.

  • @johnjones3208
    @johnjones3208 8 месяцев назад +2

    It's great to hear original music. I can't believe this was made in the last 20 minutes of a studio session, and Larry Verron was the studio janitor, and it was his voice that made him stand out.

  • @triciairvine3385
    @triciairvine3385 3 года назад +7

    Remember this soo well, me and my lovely dad💖, set off 6 in the morning for Scotland, only 11 at the time🤫,who comes on radio only benny Hill.we'll worth it, do it all again if I could, thanks dad💖💯👌, rip

  • @edwardpowell4802
    @edwardpowell4802 9 лет назад +4

    eThanks youtube for having a site where I can enjoy the old gems

  • @gezman65
    @gezman65 2 года назад +11

    I bought his album in 1971 when I was 6 years old. This brings back so many memories ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

  • @Mark-ew1hn
    @Mark-ew1hn 4 месяца назад +3

    Probably my favourite novelty song of all time …Xmas number 1 in 1971 …absolute classic

  • @jennytalia226
    @jennytalia226 4 года назад +7

    She nearly swooned at his macaroon !!!!! Has to be the best line ever written in a song, genius.

  • @thebeatpoetuk
    @thebeatpoetuk Год назад +8

    Grew up on this man, from mid 80' to 90's amazing! Such great laughs as a kid. 😅 my dad loved him and got my bother and I into his humor. Classic!

  • @DamiensTrainsandTravels
    @DamiensTrainsandTravels 11 лет назад +266

    RIP Benny Hill, better than some these modern comedians

    • @wayneconn1079
      @wayneconn1079 4 года назад +14

      Nobody could touch him today . They are rubbish today . Benny was a class of his own

    • @DamiensTrainsandTravels
      @DamiensTrainsandTravels 4 года назад +1

      @@fulhambob1 True was trying not to be harsh some still tickle me

    • @owenJCC
      @owenJCC 4 года назад

      @@fulhambob1 not really there are many better comedians benny hill would be in my top 10 but not 5 .definitely prefer other older sketch artists and comedians like the two ronnies or bobby ball.I also like modern comedians like russel howard and romesh ranganathan.Maybe it's just cos the times change and I prefer new comedy and evolving humour or maybe its another reason either way I don't think modern comedy or older comedy is better than one another.

    • @andrewh5457
      @andrewh5457 3 года назад +2

      And a good actor as well.

    • @owenJCC
      @owenJCC 3 года назад

      @Lynchology101 calm down mate not everyone has to enjoy what you do.Peter Kay,Michael mcyintyre and Russel Howard are all hacks then? People spend millions to see hacks? Why would they do that ?

  • @GodsBackBaby
    @GodsBackBaby 4 месяца назад +2

    My dad used to sing this to me as a kid.
    Absolute comedic genius was Benny Hill,but like many of the true great comedians led a very private,often lonely & humble life. He lived to make others laugh & he sure did that.

  • @ericgeorge5483
    @ericgeorge5483 9 лет назад +49

    Not only light hearted fun, but a great song too. HAPPY MEMORIES.

    • @maccaM39
      @maccaM39 7 лет назад +2

      true right mate sat Tele no more with shitty xfactor

  • @AndyTongs
    @AndyTongs 9 месяцев назад +3

    Come back Benny Hill, I miss your good old days * sense of humour in the old 1970's .

  • @gremlinuk1968
    @gremlinuk1968 2 года назад +7

    Was a milkman back in 80s, 1984, a 16 year old back then, just lift school, for Dale farm, from northern Ireland UK

  • @patrickmclaughlin8424
    @patrickmclaughlin8424 2 года назад +6

    Havent seen this before and I'm in stitches lol bring back comedy

  • @pnsgroup1255
    @pnsgroup1255 11 лет назад +23

    As good today as its always been. They don't do it like this anymore. Benny you're a legend and never forgotten

  • @jonathanmorgan1793
    @jonathanmorgan1793 8 месяцев назад +2

    Utterly wonderful. One of earliest records my parents bought for me.....Robinson Crusoe. Dadada dada...White Horses....The Flashing Blade..Abba ...and Gareth Edwards...oh for the 70s once more!!

    • @rackpunch4026
      @rackpunch4026 5 месяцев назад

      ..... And the Singing Ringing Tree......

  • @alanlloyd1397
    @alanlloyd1397 8 лет назад +16

    Love Benny Hill.
    Grew up watching his classic tv shows.
    RIP.

  • @VictoriaSaunders-rq7qw
    @VictoriaSaunders-rq7qw 9 месяцев назад +4

    Benny Hill another all time Legend,’ fantastic humour,’ always had full audiences,’ very BIG RESPECT ✊

  • @MichaelShearer-j8d
    @MichaelShearer-j8d Год назад +4

    RIP Benny Hill 1 of the best & funniest comedians ever 😂

  • @purpleplump6650
    @purpleplump6650 8 месяцев назад +2

    How worrying that I remember every word !!! RIP Benny x ❤

  • @stevefraser8071
    @stevefraser8071 7 лет назад +241

    Benny made the whole world laugh
    He was a comedy genius

    • @patrick45sue
      @patrick45sue 5 лет назад +10

      steve fraser We loved Benny here in Australia also ..

    • @annething5046
      @annething5046 4 года назад +2

      Not just Britain. Australia loved him too,

    • @dasboot5903
      @dasboot5903 4 года назад +4

      Benny Hill .... thankfully, he also made communist that time POLAND laughing all the way, when his show was from time to time, appearing on national Polish Television Network !!!!

    • @pawel115
      @pawel115 2 года назад +1

      I remember watching him in Poland towards the end of Communism.

    • @patrickkelly3928
      @patrickkelly3928 Год назад

      Absobloodylutely!!! He was awesome and unsensored God bless Benny and for making our boring wet Sunday afternoon's more enjoyable thank you sir you were a gent nobody ever seemed to have a bad word to say about him either I'm thankful for being there the first time he was on TV absolute compulsory viewing ❤️🇬🇧

  • @jackcaven9614
    @jackcaven9614 4 года назад +1

    That brought back memories

  • @timeyre9985
    @timeyre9985 11 лет назад +33

    what a masterpiece, absolutely fantastic

  • @keithrich8373
    @keithrich8373 4 года назад +4

    Great memories from a comedy legend. Putting Benny together with Bob Todd and Jackie Wright was a masterstroke. I can still cry with laughing now RIP BENNY

  • @MikhailKondratyev1966
    @MikhailKondratyev1966 3 месяца назад +4

    UK Singles Chart #1 - 4 wks (11 Dec 1971) | the Best Music Video!

  • @user-swanjubilee
    @user-swanjubilee Месяц назад +1

    ❤ People used to call me Benny. But I was exceptionally pleased when this song was in the Top of the Pops charts. The street that is in the song is in Eastleigh. Where I used to spend my pocket money in the local shops (Market Street)

  • @davidfarmer2193
    @davidfarmer2193 10 месяцев назад +5

    21st January 2024 - Today would've marked Benny Hill's 100th birthday (may he rest in peace).

  • @RasikRajguru
    @RasikRajguru 8 месяцев назад +3

    Brings back some of memories of the good old days. Especially if you were up for a laugh. Wish he never aged beyond 51. So he'd still be with us now with brand of naughty, but nice sense of humor.

  • @lisaknox4113
    @lisaknox4113 2 года назад +3

    So sad we lost this gifted comedian with a heart of gold!
    Still miss you Benny.
    Therel never be another like you.

  • @joannefalkinder393
    @joannefalkinder393 Год назад +9

    So brilliant. So beautiful . The guy was a genius 👌👌

  • @kevinmoore7255
    @kevinmoore7255 Год назад +3

    Ahh!
    Memories of youth come flashing back when I hear this song!
    Good old Benny Hill!

  • @djangiebaby
    @djangiebaby 9 месяцев назад +2

    Loved this song i thought it went straight to number one nice to know it was Christmas No 1 in 1971 .. 💝

  • @rupturedguts7328
    @rupturedguts7328 8 лет назад +58

    Oh what a legendary song! still tickles me :D

  • @MarkMiller-zm2th
    @MarkMiller-zm2th 6 лет назад +1

    Funny as hell, and the writing is brilliant

  • @Roger.Coleman1949
    @Roger.Coleman1949 9 лет назад +18

    No1 the day we first got a colour TV, remember this actual film shown on Top Of The Tops.Ernie rushed out into the street with his gold top in his hand !.Brilliant , witty lyrics, you'll never forget !.

  • @scouseronthewirral
    @scouseronthewirral 2 года назад

    Peaked at #1 in U.K. on 5 December 1971
    It hit #29 also on 24 May 1992

  • @GaryTroughton
    @GaryTroughton 13 лет назад +12

    I loved this as a child -we were allowed to stay up and watch this on Top of the Pops! My grandfather had his own milk business at the time, so it really connected with us!

  • @colinbaker4702
    @colinbaker4702 4 года назад +6

    Nobody will ever be better than Benny Hill & his gang ..... 😁

  • @KeithFraser82
    @KeithFraser82 11 лет назад +172

    Still a better love story than Twilight.

  • @sheilawhite8314
    @sheilawhite8314 5 лет назад +2

    well what can you say it is the best funny stuff thumbs up love it xxxxxxxx

  • @BoadiceanTruth
    @BoadiceanTruth 11 месяцев назад +3

    While i was never a big fan of Benny Hill i always enjoyed this song! X😊

  • @GumbootZone
    @GumbootZone 9 лет назад +85

    But Ernie got his cocoa there. THREE times every week!

    • @SteveBZ69
      @SteveBZ69 8 лет назад +12

      The dirty bastard

    • @graemed3012
      @graemed3012 7 лет назад +6

      The lucky bastard

    • @dhalsim-1
      @dhalsim-1 7 лет назад

      +SteveBZ69
      dyeeeh.... dirty ol swine.

  • @chrisboyle7994
    @chrisboyle7994 Год назад +9

    The UK Christmas No.1 of 1971.

  • @m.f.m.67
    @m.f.m.67 3 года назад +19

    Over 4.5 million views. God Bless Bennie Hill, he makes me laugh, he does.

  • @gwangi64
    @gwangi64 8 лет назад +364

    "And he looked up in pained surprise and the concrete hardened crust
    Of a stale pork pie caught him in the eye, and Ernie bit the dust."
    Eat you heart out Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, those are great lyrics!

    • @michelalbert4232
      @michelalbert4232 6 лет назад

      gwangi64 y

    • @reic0002
      @reic0002 5 лет назад +3

      those lyrics will go down in 'istory as subliminal prose!

    • @halloween5703
      @halloween5703 5 лет назад +2

      absolutely brilliant lyrics

    • @johnfernley1855
      @johnfernley1855 5 лет назад +2

      It is "And he looked up in pained surprise AS the concrete hardened crust
      Of a stale pork pie caught him in the eye, and Ernie bit the dust." A bit pedantic but the best lyrics ever!

    • @xmfclick
      @xmfclick 3 года назад +1

      Just listened to it again and it sounds to me like it actually is "AND the concrete-hardened crust". I have a feeling this one will run and run.

  • @Ethericrose
    @Ethericrose Год назад +2

    My father loved this man! Rest in humorous peace to both! 💐

  • @richardwillis7166
    @richardwillis7166 6 лет назад +10

    Just a Timeless track keep the faith alive with Benny Hill

  • @Jasper9000-wd5sm
    @Jasper9000-wd5sm Месяц назад +1

    Comedy gold, Benny peaked with this and never topped it, still just as funny in 2024

  • @ferraridinoman
    @ferraridinoman 13 лет назад +12

    Truely a lovely guy Benny Hill!, funny and sometimes a very very lonely guy that people didnt understand, but a true lovely guy! RIP Benny X

  • @jansommer504
    @jansommer504 7 лет назад +13

    Always a favourite for good old fashioned comic. Benny Hill was a genius. His inguendos were first class !

    • @neddyseagoon9601
      @neddyseagoon9601 6 лет назад +1

      'Tits like coconuts'. …….. It's true they wolf them down around here. 'E like-swimmin' ….. Don't we all... well some of us still do.

  • @footscorn
    @footscorn 8 лет назад +21

    Remember recovering from Hep A in 73 at a Sydney hospital when the nurse noticed I was doubled over laughing while watching Benny in a "top of the pops" skit on the TV; he was playing Roy Orbison. She then told me she was his sister and we became good friends. Sadly she died of breast cancer 10 years later.

  • @Dunbardoddy
    @Dunbardoddy 2 года назад

    Happy memories of horse and cart milk delivery from the Co-op in the 70s Sciennes Road, Edinburgh.

  • @mysticgacha8746
    @mysticgacha8746 4 года назад +4

    R.I.P Ernie

  • @emilywhitfield4131
    @emilywhitfield4131 6 лет назад +1

    The horse is adorable 🐎🐴

  • @sophieburch7076
    @sophieburch7076 Год назад +3

    It’s just not Christmas without Ernie

  • @wayneconn1079
    @wayneconn1079 4 года назад +6

    One word LEGEND !!!! What a sad day when Benny died . I miss seeing him on tv etc . He is so funny . What a lovely guy he was . Ben Elton etc could even polish his shoes . Benny was incredible . What a great comic up there with laurel and hardy . God bless you Benny

    • @Tony-H-Gos
      @Tony-H-Gos 4 года назад

      Very few comeduians could match Laurel and Hardy - only really Benny Hill, Eric & Ernie (the other one!) and The Two Ronnies 0 indeed they can, in many packed programmes !

  • @ESJ593
    @ESJ593 8 лет назад +35

    Couple of facts about Benny Hill.He wrote this when he was 16.He wrote his own part for The Italian Job.

    • @Tony-H-Gos
      @Tony-H-Gos 4 года назад +2

      Well, you only had to blow the bloody doors off !

  • @gordonray1556
    @gordonray1556 9 лет назад +35

    Always thought this was good-Thanks Benny rest in peace

  • @rjjcms1
    @rjjcms1 10 лет назад +11

    Driving down Benny Hill Way and Benny Hill Close in Eastleigh last week brought me here.

  • @theoriginalbluey
    @theoriginalbluey 3 года назад

    First video to a song I can remember! Probably from Top of the Pops. Still love it.

  • @angelacole3299
    @angelacole3299 9 лет назад +34

    Unforgettable and totally unique - I too love this song as much now as I did as a child - never fails to make me smile :-)!

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba 9 лет назад +3

      +Angela Cole Same with me, since the 90s. I don't care if some people consider this sexist.

  • @brianmichaelrichards6941
    @brianmichaelrichards6941 9 лет назад +43

    Benny hill used to be my nans and granddads milkman in Eastleigh Southampton old like to know who the person is who puts on fresh flowers on his grave. whoever you are thank you

    • @VHKDK
      @VHKDK 8 лет назад +20

      +Brian Michael Richards Round 37 at Fair Oak was Benny Hill's round. I did the adjoining round #42 for 2 years from 1980 when I worked for Unigate. I did about 15 houses at the top of the old Fair Oak Road that were once on his round. One 90 yo lady showed me a photo of her and Benny Hill, one of the national papers did an article on him when he became famous and they visited her house for the story. Only one man at the dairy in Factory Road was left from when Benny Hill worked there but he spoke of what an incredibly funny and top bloke he was.A great comedian, yes dated now but still enjoyable to watch.

    • @vrossi2596
      @vrossi2596 5 лет назад +7

      @@VHKDK nice story.. Thanks

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 3 года назад

      God bless him.

  • @mikelewis7155
    @mikelewis7155 9 лет назад +10

    What an absolute legend! Loved his shows.

  • @garybradley1
    @garybradley1 4 года назад +53

    "Do you want it pasteurised, 'cos pasteurised is best?" She says "Ernie, I'll be happy if it comes up to my chest". Priceless!!!

    • @mistamethylbrot2187
      @mistamethylbrot2187 3 года назад +1

      care to elaborate?

    • @garybradley1
      @garybradley1 3 года назад

      @@mistamethylbrot2187 It's a line from the song...........don't you understand the humor?

    • @mistamethylbrot2187
      @mistamethylbrot2187 3 года назад +2

      @@garybradley1 i don't get the joke in her answer, english is not my mother tongue

    • @garybradley1
      @garybradley1 3 года назад +2

      @@mistamethylbrot2187 Its what is called double entendre. Pasteurized is used as "past your eyes", the song is referring to the Male sex organ. Therefore Ernie is saying" would you like it past your eyes", and her reply is "I'll be happy if it comes up to my chest!!".

    • @mistamethylbrot2187
      @mistamethylbrot2187 3 года назад

      @@garybradley1 damn, that's a lewd joke. for me that didn't really match with the mildly suggestive rest of the song.

  • @milizastankovic2489
    @milizastankovic2489 2 года назад +3

    I just heard this on the radio 📻 today and googled it and laughed so much!!🤣🤣🤣
    Absolutely 💯 loved Benny Hill ...what a classic show still in 2021!!!.
    ❤Long live Benny Hill in our hearts❤.

  • @Tom.Jackson.
    @Tom.Jackson. Год назад +1

    Came up on the chase today but they were to young, Brad knew and of course me at my age lol so had to have a reminder of Ernie, one of my fav songs from back in the day 😂