Benny Hill's spoof of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"

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  • Опубликовано: 18 июл 2012
  • Benny as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
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  • @carolmurray1927
    @carolmurray1927 3 года назад +73

    Often benny hill is remembered for only chasing around girls in bikinis, it’s easy to forget how clever he was. I think this clip is a great example of this. Hilarious, if you’ve seen the original film of course!!

    • @evelyncortez8643
      @evelyncortez8643 3 года назад +6

      I loved his show, he really was a funny guy. I lost count of how many times I've watched this sketch alone. 🤭

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 3 года назад +1

      Saw the original film, never got it...until I watched this. It all came together.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Год назад

      I heartily concur !

    • @Slammerworm1
      @Slammerworm1 7 месяцев назад +2

      And even the 'Benny Hill chasing the girls around' memory is actually a perfect example of the Mandela Effect. During every show-closing segment, Hill's character would accidentally annoy said scantily-clad women (by innocently entering their changing-room, for example) and then THEY chased HIM. Moreover, it was not because he was irresistible, but because they were angry at him. Otherwise, the skit-show's sleazy male characters were always the butt of the joke.

    • @Lyndanet
      @Lyndanet 5 месяцев назад

      My Opa loved this show it was so funny .

  • @jackieellabella3699
    @jackieellabella3699 4 года назад +119

    This is just hilarious OMG he is just fantastic LOL he nailed both roles. He is the best parody comedian ever!!

    • @vikkinicholson2300
      @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +6

      he almost could have done the Albee play by himself. Benny has Liz down and Richard too.

    • @carolmurray187
      @carolmurray187 2 года назад +2

      Brilliant

  • @lauraleigh5562
    @lauraleigh5562 3 года назад +64

    I can still remember all those years ago my dad laughing so hard watching Benny Hill. I miss them both.

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 Год назад +3

      That's very sweet. So sorry for your sad loss. God bless your dear dad, and the equally wonderful Benny Hill. Who knows, maybe they are having a few laughs together in Heaven!

    • @brightonbard
      @brightonbard Год назад +2

      Nice memory Laura, my mum wouldn't let me watch it 😔

  • @steliosstamatialis8169
    @steliosstamatialis8169 4 года назад +48

    "Men like me don't grow on trees, you know."
    "No, they SWING from them!!!"

  • @kyokogodai-ir6hy
    @kyokogodai-ir6hy 3 года назад +19

    "I use Ponds!"
    "So does a duck."
    Comedy gold!

  • @Sawrattan
    @Sawrattan 5 лет назад +269

    This guy is far superior to many of today's comedians.

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 5 лет назад +16

      Hmmm I'd say ALL!

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 5 лет назад +5

      BH has passed the ultimate test - the test cf TIME. Will 2day's feeble 'ccmediams'... I believe they will disappear, he had real gifts that made him memcrable.

    • @vikkinicholson2300
      @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +7

      and he was let go by morons

    • @shadowsfury1443
      @shadowsfury1443 4 года назад +4

      we not going to see one like that for centuries , so huge his talent was

    • @daviddd99
      @daviddd99 4 года назад +7

      In his heyday. A pastiche of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" was quite an entertainment feat. Nowadays, it'd have to be a pastiche of an already existing pastiche - i.e. the Kardashians. How low the bar has fallen!

  • @vikkinicholson2300
    @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +52

    Still the funniest skit I've ever seen on television. Benny was a genius. This entire skit was perfect in every way.

  • @DadInTaiwan
    @DadInTaiwan 5 лет назад +51

    When I was a teenager, my dad worked a shift that ended in the evening. He would arrive home a little before 11:00PM when Benny Hill came on in our area. My parents and I would hurry to the living room to watch Benny Hill before we all went to bed. Such wonderful memories of all of us laughing until our sides hurt.

  • @henridelagardere264
    @henridelagardere264 6 лет назад +268

    "You remember our wedding night? Gosh, you were so eager you didn't even give me time to take my stockings off."
    "Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair." LOL

    • @DavidBDavis-lz7bt
      @DavidBDavis-lz7bt 5 лет назад +17

      And then a dish goes flying past his head...(lol).

    • @nmiller5091
      @nmiller5091 4 года назад +2

      MAX MILLER JOKE ON LP

    • @vikkinicholson2300
      @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +8

      that is so classic comedy I laugh every single time...I can't stop watching it. before I turn off my computer for the night, I have to watch this king of comedy.

    • @shadowsfury1443
      @shadowsfury1443 4 года назад +3

      @@vikkinicholson2300 agree this one one of the best , he is such a huge genius we will not see another one for few centuries I am afraid

    • @DeviantMotives
      @DeviantMotives 4 года назад +3

      Henri de Lagardère I cried laughing at that 😂

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 9 лет назад +191

    Charlie Chaplin loved Benny Hill and watched him often in his home in Switzerland. Chaplin was a 'child of the music halls' and Benny was the last of a tradition.

    • @caulkins69
      @caulkins69 5 лет назад +10

      Except Benny Hill was actually funny. Chaplin elicits nothing from me but a desire to kick him in his baggy trousers. He exudes the kind of sentimentality that would have been best left in the Victorian era.

    • @jacquelinepaul9731
      @jacquelinepaul9731 5 лет назад +3

      Interesting..I didn't know that.

    • @nolopa20
      @nolopa20 4 года назад +8

      We Swiss also loved Benny!

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 3 года назад +5

      @@caulkins69 Well said, Chaplin's 'comedy' has not stood the ultimate test of time - Benny Hill's certainly has. The kings of comedy in Chaplins era were Laurel and Hardy no question. Again their humour hasn't dated and like Benny Hill, they still get belly laughs.

    • @foljs5858
      @foljs5858 3 года назад +9

      @@glamdolly30 "Chaplin's 'comedy' has not stood the ultimate test of time " LOL, says who? They're still classics...

  • @bkatbamna
    @bkatbamna 4 года назад +34

    "If any of your friends came around they'd think I was the cook."
    "Not if they came for dinner."

    • @bkatbamna
      @bkatbamna 3 года назад

      @e causey Ok good to know. Thanks.

  • @routeman680
    @routeman680 7 лет назад +225

    This is brilliant. Not only the mannerisms and appearance, but the sharp dialogue as well! Thanks for putting up this example of Benny's genius.

    • @monteceitomoocher
      @monteceitomoocher 9 месяцев назад +1

      You could cut yourself on that dialogue!, totally brilliant.

    • @user-jw5uw1vs5p
      @user-jw5uw1vs5p 7 месяцев назад

      Both the original movie and Benny Hill's parody here are both bloody good!🥰

  • @gillyjames9609
    @gillyjames9609 5 лет назад +200

    😂 I laughed all through that! It was brilliant in every respect! Those comedic insults and the whole sketch was priceless! How we miss you Benny x

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 5 лет назад +6

      I LUVED it - my but he is missed! He'd make a cat laugh!

    • @blueskye6372
      @blueskye6372 5 лет назад +2

      Agree now June 2019.

    • @daviddd99
      @daviddd99 4 года назад +5

      Shows how inventive and creative he was in his prime.

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 4 года назад +4

      @@daviddd99 I'm gonna sound like an old fart now, but what the hell - I wish today's comic were half as funny and charismatic as stars like Benny Hill, Ronnie Barker and Eric Morecambe. There, I've said it!

    • @daviddd99
      @daviddd99 4 года назад +2

      @@glamdolly30 Entering my old fart dotage of 55, I can mostly agree. Though there are a few sterling 'youngsters' - if Peter Kaye can be classified as such.

  • @dynjarren7523
    @dynjarren7523 5 лет назад +69

    This is a classic spoof! Benny Hill in Drag always made me laugh hard! And it was so clever and the one liners were hilarious! 😂🤣😅

    • @vikkinicholson2300
      @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +6

      this skit is a belly laugh off your chair comedy.....if this does not make you laugh, you don't have a sense of humor.

    • @latkagravas986
      @latkagravas986 3 года назад +1

      He's the ony Dude still today that well to Bust Up. Im 53 and feel the same.

    • @Dablkwid0w2008
      @Dablkwid0w2008 7 месяцев назад

      Hunty when he strutted in like Liz Taylor

  • @vikkinicholson2300
    @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +12

    wonder if Taylor or Burton got to see this.....they would have been rolling on the floor. Thank heaven we still have this to watch and he is not completely gone forever. I feel so badly that he did not get awards and kudos he so well deserved...why do we only appreciate them when the greats are gone?

  • @johndavidson7476
    @johndavidson7476 2 года назад +14

    “Did he say anything about that big fat ugly bum of yours”.
    “No! He never even mentioned your name”
    I was half watching this playing with my children, but stopped after I heard this. Loved it!.

  • @MrHairyNeck
    @MrHairyNeck 10 лет назад +41

    Very funny, and he does the Burton voice so well. LOL.

  • @soulsurvivor2001
    @soulsurvivor2001 5 лет назад +82

    "Honey, I have a dog that chases cars, but if if caught one he couldn't DRIVE THE DAMN THING!"

    • @saltab74
      @saltab74 4 года назад +2

      Of all the brilliant lines, this one is my absolute favorite.

  • @jedijackluther
    @jedijackluther 4 года назад +6

    “Funny, I don’t remember breaking two mirrors” Gold!!!!

  • @susanyork5089
    @susanyork5089 3 года назад +3

    What a guy 😀 utter genius , the Burton voice and Liz’s hair

  • @paperchain1239
    @paperchain1239 4 года назад +10

    This man wS a genius, far far underrated by many.

  • @jeffryder7371
    @jeffryder7371 3 года назад +6

    Who's Afraid Of Virgin Wool, Brilliant.

  • @davidlondon2810
    @davidlondon2810 8 лет назад +84

    "Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair" LOL

    • @ladyrachel13
      @ladyrachel13 5 лет назад +3

      🤣

    • @vikkinicholson2300
      @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +3

      to this day I don't understand how anyone could have anything against his parodies or any of his work. Ranks up there with Mel Brooks and other comedic geniuses.

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 Год назад

      @@vikkinicholson2300 - Most who judge Mr. Hill today do so by after Dennis Kirkland took over as producer/director in 1979 and turned the show into a Playboy magazine of the air. I first became a fan due to parodies like this. His show up to that point was equal parts "SCTV," Carol Burnett, early (first two seasons) "SNL," Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton - and even "The Electric Company" (in the blooper sketches where the director yells at an actor who messed up - reminded me of that show's recurring bits with Rita Moreno as a hot-tempered, jodhpur-wearing, megaphone wielding director who exploded any time an actor said a word or line wrong).

  • @jackiescanlon
    @jackiescanlon 8 лет назад +48

    "Not if they came to dinnah!" Great line!

    • @JohnSmith-kz8yo
      @JohnSmith-kz8yo 8 лет назад +10

      i like 'I'd hit him over the head with his white stick". lol

  • @SpaceCattttt
    @SpaceCattttt 4 года назад +8

    Benny has given me more joy than any other person. He doesn't have to do or say anything, and he's still the funniest thing ever.
    But when he does do and say things, it's almost too brilliant sometimes. Genius.

  • @MichelleReneDorsey
    @MichelleReneDorsey 10 лет назад +59

    Tonight youll have time to knit urself a pair,lord i cant stop laughin,i am in tears over here!!!!!!!

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy 7 лет назад +35

    Loved the Burton impression!

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube 10 лет назад +72

    as ususal, hilarious opening credits. and he's so good playing both you forget he's doing both.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 7 лет назад +4

      Yes! Easy to forget, isn't it?

    • @rickh3714
      @rickh3714 5 лет назад

      Your mind does a double take. I remember seeing the film Basquiat (which starred David Bowie as Warhol) and he was so convincing I remember thinking (briefly) how the heck did Andy Warhol feature in this film- he died some years ago didn't he? Face palm!

  • @ecavuto
    @ecavuto 9 лет назад +53

    My parents were rather staid people, but at 11PM every weeknight I would see them leaning toward the TV, watching Benny's show on the local channel. I could hear their peculiar-sounding laughs exploding regularly until midnight. When I was in elementary school there were kids who liked Benny's show!

  • @carolmurray187
    @carolmurray187 2 года назад +5

    He was much cleverer than people realised.

  • @SailorCallie
    @SailorCallie 4 года назад +19

    "I use ponds."
    "So does a duck."

  • @pf5658
    @pf5658 3 года назад +10

    Greatest comedian of all time. A true comic genius he was.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Год назад

      He was no Soupy Sales but the late great Mr Hill was indeed one truly gifted comedian.

  • @WorldOfBURTONpodcast
    @WorldOfBURTONpodcast  11 лет назад +48

    Nice to know SOME people still have a sense of humor! I've been a BIG fan of Burton's for years and I can still appreciate the humor in this! Some people are just ridiculous PRUDES! Thanks for the comment mate.

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 Год назад

      Did you get Benny's little dig at how TV stations used to cut off both sides of CinemaScope opening and closing credits? He was way ahead of the curve in criticizing them (not only for that, but also wobbly pitch from warped 16mm films and cutting them to ribbons in such a way that in the end they made no sense in any context), long before Siskel & Ebert and Leonard Maltin and Martin Scorsese, and the film preservationist movement that emerged therefrom. There was an everyday, street-smarts intellectualism in Benny Hill that unfortunately was buried after producer/director Dennis Kirkland turned the program into a de facto Playboy magazine of the air. (How would he have commented in the '80's, but for Kirkland's nefarious influence, on the colorization of old black-and-white movies?)

  • @mittenstherealest
    @mittenstherealest 5 лет назад +13

    When I first watched this years ago, I had no idea what it was spoofing, but Benny is so great, you don't even need to. It's just that good.

  • @smoothjazzandmore
    @smoothjazzandmore 11 лет назад +22

    My all time favorite line, "I use Ponds. So does a duck." Classic!

  • @jennifersman7990
    @jennifersman7990 5 лет назад +14

    LMAO I never knew Benny did a Virginia Woolf sendup, and with Paul Edington from “Yes, Prime Minister” too. This is hilarious!!

    • @bheast86
      @bheast86 5 лет назад

      TWILIGHT ZONE: In 1981, Eddington played George in WAOVW at the Festival Hall (not altogether reminiscent here of George Segal)

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 10 месяцев назад

      @@bheast86 - Wasn't Segal's character in the original film, Nick (whom Eddington played in this spoof)?

  • @Realpoweronearth
    @Realpoweronearth 9 лет назад +370

    when benny was alive britain was a much happier place

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 7 лет назад +46

      And, ironically, a more intelligent place.

    • @kimkhamis6420
      @kimkhamis6420 6 лет назад +18

      America too...!!!

    • @jeffmissinne3866
      @jeffmissinne3866 5 лет назад +20

      So was the world.

    • @MzuMzu-nx1em
      @MzuMzu-nx1em 5 лет назад +10

      The world keeping laugh thanks to benny, his comicality turn 60 next year .

    • @sandyotelli8886
      @sandyotelli8886 5 лет назад +1

      Celtic magic power!👘🎸🙅😄👍💜🎼🎸🐴⛪🗿⚓Benny is like Peter Burns so inrockuptible irresistible!🌝🌻😀😻😢💪👽

  • @vikkinicholson2300
    @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +5

    this is the funniest thing I have seen since I don't know when. Benny can literally do justice to anyone....this is GOLD. i will watch this over and over. Wheat a great Taylor and Burton. I wil never stop laughing at this, never. Forget it SNL, MADtv, LIVING COLOR, etc. ,etc........

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 Год назад

      Benny at this point was equal parts early "SNL," "SCTV," Carol Burnett, Jackie Gleason and Red Skelton.

  • @michellePBrainBubblybutt
    @michellePBrainBubblybutt 4 года назад +9

    "...No. He never even mentioned your name!"

  • @MichelleReneDorsey
    @MichelleReneDorsey 10 лет назад +46

    Im rollin on the floor,god this man is funny,I cant stop laughing●●●●●●

    • @bigal3617
      @bigal3617 4 года назад +1

      he his the best

  • @vikkinicholson2300
    @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +4

    I could watch this forever....it never tires.....and I lol every single time. This is comedy at its best!

  • @65tosspowertrapl36
    @65tosspowertrapl36 5 лет назад +9

    Excellent parody, one of Benny's best skits🎭

  • @stevenfernandez8979
    @stevenfernandez8979 2 года назад +3

    I think it's hilarious as well.Benny Hill was brilliant . He was always capable of bringing me out of a depressed state when I was a child.

  • @kevinstephenson4674
    @kevinstephenson4674 4 года назад +3

    And a cameo from Paul Eddington pre The Good Life and Yes (Prime) Minister.

    • @ACcountryFan
      @ACcountryFan 4 года назад

      Paul was on the 1976 Benny Hill special from which this sketch came from. In that special Paul was filling in the role of straight man for Henry McGee. I remember Paul from those sitcoms you mentioned because they used to air on PBS in the 1980s and 1990s. Even though I think Paul was talented and I liked those sitcoms he appeared in I was disappointed to discover years later that he jumped onto the bandwagon of Benny-bashing and refused to allow his appearances on Benny's 1976 television special to re-air.

  • @InCountry6970
    @InCountry6970 3 года назад +3

    Among all his great sketches, this one rang the bell for me, just great.
    I worshiped him and his style of humor

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue 3 года назад +2

    HE WAS ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL

  • @InCountry6970
    @InCountry6970 4 года назад +8

    I use to record his shows years ago (late 70's, yes VCR's) and write down some of his limericks and tell them at parties.
    Benny was a master of so many things funny!
    Loved him

  • @rgrace6609
    @rgrace6609 7 лет назад +11

    His Richard Burton impersonation of George is rather good. My favourite film WAOVW.

  • @limeykl
    @limeykl 3 года назад +3

    Benny Bill was absolutely pure comedic genius.

  • @billybronco4223
    @billybronco4223 4 года назад +5

    When Benny Hill was at the top.of his game like here he was as good as anyone I've ever seen. Funny and clever at the same time.

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 10 месяцев назад

      He also seemed to have a crystal ball - the real-life Burton and Taylor's second marriage ended in divorce the year this originally aired.

  • @thecinematicmind
    @thecinematicmind 7 лет назад +15

    After watching Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London, this is my medicine. Love the play by the way.

  • @lilamydogscruffy8842
    @lilamydogscruffy8842 4 года назад +5

    I remember this. I never laughed so hard! I wish his show would come back. He was hilarious!! He is missed!

  • @carolmurray187
    @carolmurray187 2 года назад +3

    This is brilliant. People forget how clever benny hill was. ❤️

    • @wmbrown6
      @wmbrown6 Год назад

      Before Dennis Kirkland got a hold of him and his show. 👎

  • @TheSaltydog07
    @TheSaltydog07 3 года назад +2

    I'm screaming and still in the credits.

  • @kojikicklighter371
    @kojikicklighter371 5 лет назад +10

    "Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair" Hi-larious!

    • @vikkinicholson2300
      @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +1

      talk about comic timing.....this man is unrivaled.

  • @tsopmocful1958
    @tsopmocful1958 3 года назад +6

    Perfect timing and editing of the two characters.
    It was hard to imagine them as only one Benny.
    Hilarious.

  • @meichisiu5119
    @meichisiu5119 3 года назад +3

    Growing up watching the Benny Hills show in the US, I missed his show very much. I remember my Dad laughing so hard at his acting and he didn't understand any English! Now THAT is comedic genius. Thank you letting me/ us relive these precious moments.

  • @DeviantMotives
    @DeviantMotives 4 года назад +2

    I loved Benny Hill 😊💜

  • @jaytotheell
    @jaytotheell 11 лет назад +15

    he sounds just like richard burton!

  • @carlh.h.2242
    @carlh.h.2242 3 года назад +4

    It’s 2020, and this is still hilarious.

  • @cw1294
    @cw1294 3 года назад +4

    He does an amazing impression of both Liz and Dick in that movie. Bravo Benny!

  • @vikkinicholson2300
    @vikkinicholson2300 4 года назад +10

    when I need a good laugh, I play this vid. Never fails to make me lmao

  • @spockboy
    @spockboy 3 года назад +3

    This was actually VERY good.

  • @RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter
    @RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter 5 лет назад +18

    I was never a big Benny Hill fan - but this was really funny - and very clever too. Made me laugh loads. Good upload. Rx

  •  5 лет назад +2

    I remember watching Benny Hill on television when I was young. As much as I loved Benny, the short old man ruled the stage.

    • @blinksstayfresh2524
      @blinksstayfresh2524 5 лет назад

      He was my fav.

    • @rickh3714
      @rickh3714 5 лет назад

      Plus the chase scene music. Could be wrong but I believe that was composed by Benny himself. Willing to be corrected on that one.

    • @chrisparkes2179
      @chrisparkes2179 5 лет назад +1

      @@rickh3714 Benny recorded a version but it was an old sing called yakkety sax.

  • @supermash1
    @supermash1 Год назад +1

    Seems to be a common comment that people remember their Dad loving Benny Hill. My family lived in England for a couple of years and my Dad loved Benny too. When we returned to Canada Benny Hill came on TV here, one of my friends said that they used to go over to another friend's house to watch his Dad watch Benny Hill. I knew what he meant.

  • @aintthatsomeshit2920
    @aintthatsomeshit2920 6 лет назад +5

    Funny - I loved Benny Hill as a kid - loved it when he did the super fast scalp slap on the old guy - haha

  • @stevegagen
    @stevegagen 5 лет назад +4

    Had me laughing out loud! The play/film very much deserves lampooning. Wonderful to see Paul Edington looking so young and healthy in this too!

  • @loriannedc
    @loriannedc 10 лет назад +14

    Rolls on floor laughing~ Love Benny always~ :)

  • @larshansson9442
    @larshansson9442 5 лет назад +1

    What a great dialogue.

  • @charmawow
    @charmawow 5 лет назад +5

    I was a kid when this was first aired and I Still remember ‘Who’s afraid of virgin wool’......Benny Hill was the funniest thing on TV at the time.

  • @itgetseasierlessitry
    @itgetseasierlessitry 10 лет назад +4

    Classic Hill, and the opening credits is genius.

  • @OldJackProduction
    @OldJackProduction 6 месяцев назад

    I am watching this in mute. The magick of hi mimic is astounding! Oh I'll turn the volume on, but my goodness! Benny is delivering in every way!

  • @Panda-fp8tv
    @Panda-fp8tv 3 года назад +1

    Classic and wonderful he is. 🌷

  • @purrmeowutah5501
    @purrmeowutah5501 4 года назад +2

    This is a classic. I'll never forget the first time I saw this.

  • @vcaus
    @vcaus 10 лет назад +9

    "Tonight you'll have time to knit yourself a pair!"
    What a comedy genius!

  • @TheTonyFigueroa
    @TheTonyFigueroa 7 лет назад +9

    A classic. Thank you for uploading this gem.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 Год назад +1

      I have a notion to second THAT emotion !

  • @BebeLush2
    @BebeLush2 10 лет назад +51

    He really looks like Liz.

    • @jaytotheell
      @jaytotheell 9 лет назад +16

      and he really sounded like Burton!

    • @jeffryder7371
      @jeffryder7371 3 года назад +3

      My grandfather & I watched this show a lot. He said Benny was very good at playing women.

    • @kenpudsey6435
      @kenpudsey6435 3 года назад +3

      Yes,his Richard Burton impression was spot on!

    • @walkawaycat431
      @walkawaycat431 3 года назад +2

      His voice as Liz, sounds like Bea Arthur. Lol

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 3 года назад

      @@walkawaycat431 Same difference.

  • @jslasher1
    @jslasher1 6 лет назад +17

    About as funny as they come. Pure genius on Benny Hill's part.

  • @amac5455
    @amac5455 4 года назад +2

    How not to love Benny! 'Come along, my dear. Time for your bed.' Haaa hahahahaha!

  • @cymro6537
    @cymro6537 Год назад +1

    Really clever script! Very clever and funny use of 'CinemaScope' titles at the beginning 😂. Benny's cadences and mannerisms of Burton and Taylor were spot on!👍

  • @thehobbster6367
    @thehobbster6367 4 года назад +4

    Miss the genius that was Benny Hill, what a superior comedian.

  • @madproducer
    @madproducer 11 лет назад +5

    I love Benny Hill

  • @VivienLadyO
    @VivienLadyO 6 лет назад +133

    A wonderfully rumbly, grumbly Burton-esque voice from BH. In the UK he was later pilloried for being un-PC, by half-wits who called themselves Alternative Comedians. Well, few of them were remotely funny but BH's best bits were clever, inventive and innovative, as well as being hilarious.

    • @RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter
      @RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter 5 лет назад +6

      Unfortunately too much of his material was sexist slapstick low grade nonsense - and that’s what went against him. This was tremendous tho. Pity he didn’t stick with this really clever stuff all the time - he’d be right up there with the best had that been the case.

    • @l.salisbury1253
      @l.salisbury1253 5 лет назад +11

      England does not have the monopoly on PC comics. We got WAAAAY too many Stateside...

    •  5 лет назад +7

      British comedy is far different than American comedy. Benny Hill, & Monty Python were gems, provided you understand British humor. Once you do, it's completely addictive.

    • @glamdolly30
      @glamdolly30 5 лет назад +8

      @@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter Yes, sadly the quality of Benny Hill's material did plummet mid eighties, with all the tits & ass stuff. I think he (or more likely, his producers/ITV), were unduly influenced by another, very popular ITV comedy show of the time, 'The Kenny Everett Video Show' which exploited the sex appeal of young women for populist, cheap laughs.
      But Benny Hill was such a gifted guy. Better scripts & Benny Hill's legacy would be right up there with the best of the best. Though it likely still is regardless of these duff scripts, because he is practically a one-off among British comedians who became a superstar in the US (the only others I can think of are Stan Laurel of the legendary 'Laurel and Hardy', and Dudley Moore).
      This sketch was hilarious - Benny IS Liz & Dick! I loved his Fannie & Johnny Cradocks piss take too, really clever! Like his similarly gifted British comic compatriot Stanley Baxter, Benny did comedy characterisations (some in drag) brilliantly!

    • @Sawrattan
      @Sawrattan 5 лет назад

      Why can't British TV just have everything - PC and non-PC alike. There were some gems and bigots on both sides.

  • @mxbig8167
    @mxbig8167 2 года назад +2

    Too good👌 Benny Hill is brilliant 💯🙏 Especially as Liz 🤣🤣🤣 Wonder if she ever commented on his performance. 🤔 lol

  • @alipilio2814
    @alipilio2814 3 года назад +1

    After watching Benny Hill show for many many years I realize that he was a great fan of Red Skelton in America especially when he skits about mime

  • @jaytotheell
    @jaytotheell 9 лет назад +9

    opening credits were great! my favorite benny clip!

  • @jacquelinepaul9731
    @jacquelinepaul9731 5 лет назад +1

    Great sketch...and very good Burton.

  • @MrBunnymaan
    @MrBunnymaan 5 лет назад +2

    Benny was a genius

  • @Meatcity-sf8fm
    @Meatcity-sf8fm 5 лет назад +1

    This is the first Benny hill skit I liked

  • @bkatbamna
    @bkatbamna 5 лет назад +5

    "What would you do if you came home and found a man in bed with me?"
    "I'd beat him over his head with his white stick"
    ROFL

  • @thomascassidy8347
    @thomascassidy8347 3 года назад +1

    I can't stop watching this , love it xx

  • @PlacidDragon
    @PlacidDragon 10 лет назад +30

    Benny was absolutely hilarious :)

  • @georgevella8234
    @georgevella8234 4 года назад +3

    Best comic ever

  • @markjolley3768
    @markjolley3768 4 года назад +2

    Absolutely wetting myself watching this!! God he was funny!!!

  • @golden.lights.twinkle2329
    @golden.lights.twinkle2329 2 года назад

    Most people don't appreciate Benny Hill's brilliance.

  • @somethingbright4268
    @somethingbright4268 5 лет назад +1

    This is laugh a second stuff. A genius in comedy!

  • @bradleyscarton3931
    @bradleyscarton3931 5 лет назад +4

    "Honey, I've got a dog that chases after cars. But he if caught one he COULDN'T DRIVE THE DAMN THING!"

  • @tomwilson5968
    @tomwilson5968 8 лет назад +5

    One of his best clip

  • @cookaboorra
    @cookaboorra 3 года назад +1

    oh my goodness. i fell down from my chair at the first ten seconds AMAZING