And yet your earlier post STATED that he led a grubby and seedy life instead of saying that there was talk of him leading a grubby lifestyle. Stating things based on hearsay can damage someone's reputation. If he did, fair enough. But it's better to find out for sure first.
If you went to blame anyone for his shows no longer being on TV then look no further than that unfunny pretentious pillock Ben Elton.
I don't recall Ben Elton being commissioning editor at ITV. Benny became unfashionable, but thats down to public taste rather than the individuals who were replacing Benny's style.
Something that puzzles me though is that if Benny was so popular abroad why did he not make his own shows for the foreign market?
Benny Hill had moments of verbal and visual comic genius....
One of my favourite visual gags was the view of the old man from the back who appeared to be looking up at something. Interspersed with other sketches would be more and more people gathering round the man and also looking up to see what he might be looking at. Then at the end when there is quite a crowd, the original bloke turns round and walks off, revealing that he is in fact wearing a medical neck brace holding his head in that position. Very funny.
I know Sue Upton, one of the Angels. According to Sue he was a perfect gentleman. He used to spend time with Sue and her husband and children at her home in Hornchurch. Sue's children appeared in a couple of shows.
When the biography came out after Benny's death Sue was furious about what had been written. She alway's maintains the book couldn't have been further from the truth.
Something creepy about him. Had my radar going even when I was a child. And Stanley Baxter and Dick Emery. His humour did not appeal to me, just a sad old lecherous man chasing women around trees. But then I don't like Ben Elton either. Psuedo working class, unfunny and fake.
I know Sue Upton, one of the Angels. According to Sue he was a perfect gentleman. He used to spend time with Sue and her husband and children at her home in Hornchurch. Sue's children appeared in a couple of shows.
When the biography came out after Benny's death Sue was furious about what had been written. She alway's maintains the book couldn't have been further from the truth.
Can't say I liked much of his comedy, but some of it was funny. I think that he was "of his time". That said, there were other comedians (such as Charlie Chaplin, of all people) who rated his comedic talent very highly. I am as funny as a dose of the clap, so who am I to judge?
There have been nasty rumours circulating for years, but I think they are really based on two or three reports that have been repeated and recirculated, creating an echo chamber. On the other hand, there have been many people, male and female, including those who worked closely with him, who have publicly declared him to have been unfailingly polite and respectful. I saw an interview on Youtube once (a clip from a tv documentary), with a prostitute who listed Hill as one of her clients. She said that their meetings occasionally involved sex, but more often than not he just wanted to enjoy a woman's company and they would watch tv together or just chat about mundane things like the weather.
Like many comedians, whatever else he was, he does seem to have been a desperately lonely man.
Erm, I googled Benny Hill. Is it not blindingly obvious?
It's not Google's site though. Google only has the site in its search results. Are you seriously suggesting that Google should go visiting every single site in their search results just to check to see if there's any claims that could damage a living/dead celebrity's reputation? Seriously? Google can't help what sites in their search results have in their webpages.
It's not Google's site though. Google only has the site in its search results. Are you seriously suggesting that Google should go visiting every single site in their search results just to check to see if there's any claims that could damage a living/dead celebrity's reputation? Seriously? Google can't help what sites in their search results have in their webpages.
Yes, yes I am,
That's exactly what I was suggesting with an offhand remark about google and using it to search for news on the internet.
Google are SOLELY responsible for Benny Hill's tarnished reputation.
Or maybe I was simply trying to make the point that some stories are out there and 'finding out for sure' if something is true or not can be a minefield.
"Now there’s a rose for the way my spirits rose when we met
A forget-me-not to remind me to remember not to forget
A pine tree for the way I pined over you
And an ash for the day I ashed you to be true"
That's exactly what I was suggesting with an offhand remark about google and using it to search for news on the internet.
Google are SOLELY responsible for Benny Hill's tarnished reputation.
Or maybe I was simply trying to make the point that some stories are out there and 'finding out for sure' if something is true or not can be a minefield.
Jeez. This is hard work.
How can that be? Google is a search engine, you could search on Yahoo or Bing and it may bring up the same pages.
i am sure i read bob monkhouse saying BH used prositutes but who knows.
I think if we started to measure a person (man) on whether they have ever been with a prostitute you would find that it is a lot lot more than you think. There must be 1000's of prostitutes working in the UK, someone is using them, you would be very surprised at just who does, I know I was!
That's exactly what I was suggesting with an offhand remark about google and using it to search for news on the internet.
Google are SOLELY responsible for Benny Hill's tarnished reputation.
Or maybe I was simply trying to make the point that some stories are out there and 'finding out for sure' if something is true or not can be a minefield.
Jeez. This is hard work.
Which is why stated comments that could harm a dead celebrity's reputation should only be put in posts when there's evidence to back it up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MSfEYltKA8
They were called Hill's Angels.
I also vaguely remember watching a documentary many years ago where this seemed to be confirmed and that occasionally he would get blow jobs too.
All allegedly of course as he's not here to confirm or deny.
You might like to tell Google too:
http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/the-truth-about-benny-hill/#_
I don't recall Ben Elton being commissioning editor at ITV. Benny became unfashionable, but thats down to public taste rather than the individuals who were replacing Benny's style.
Something that puzzles me though is that if Benny was so popular abroad why did he not make his own shows for the foreign market?
One of my favourite visual gags was the view of the old man from the back who appeared to be looking up at something. Interspersed with other sketches would be more and more people gathering round the man and also looking up to see what he might be looking at. Then at the end when there is quite a crowd, the original bloke turns round and walks off, revealing that he is in fact wearing a medical neck brace holding his head in that position. Very funny.
How is that anything to do with Google?
Erm, I googled Benny Hill. Is it not blindingly obvious?
When the biography came out after Benny's death Sue was furious about what had been written. She alway's maintains the book couldn't have been further from the truth.
That's what I've always heard.
There have been nasty rumours circulating for years, but I think they are really based on two or three reports that have been repeated and recirculated, creating an echo chamber. On the other hand, there have been many people, male and female, including those who worked closely with him, who have publicly declared him to have been unfailingly polite and respectful. I saw an interview on Youtube once (a clip from a tv documentary), with a prostitute who listed Hill as one of her clients. She said that their meetings occasionally involved sex, but more often than not he just wanted to enjoy a woman's company and they would watch tv together or just chat about mundane things like the weather.
Like many comedians, whatever else he was, he does seem to have been a desperately lonely man.
He'd be sat in the back bar, minding his own business.
The back bar was full of old Thames Studio props, including a stuffed camel.
It's not Google's site though. Google only has the site in its search results. Are you seriously suggesting that Google should go visiting every single site in their search results just to check to see if there's any claims that could damage a living/dead celebrity's reputation? Seriously? Google can't help what sites in their search results have in their webpages.
Yes, yes I am,
That's exactly what I was suggesting with an offhand remark about google and using it to search for news on the internet.
Google are SOLELY responsible for Benny Hill's tarnished reputation.
Or maybe I was simply trying to make the point that some stories are out there and 'finding out for sure' if something is true or not can be a minefield.
Jeez. This is hard work.
His songs are class . .
"Now there’s a rose for the way my spirits rose when we met
A forget-me-not to remind me to remember not to forget
A pine tree for the way I pined over you
And an ash for the day I ashed you to be true"
My Garden of Love
How can that be? Google is a search engine, you could search on Yahoo or Bing and it may bring up the same pages.
no need to stop there's plenty more....
Why not a Dick Emery TV Biog ?
I think if we started to measure a person (man) on whether they have ever been with a prostitute you would find that it is a lot lot more than you think. There must be 1000's of prostitutes working in the UK, someone is using them, you would be very surprised at just who does, I know I was!
The kings head
Which is why stated comments that could harm a dead celebrity's reputation should only be put in posts when there's evidence to back it up.
I think they were using sarcasm in the first half of their post.
*whoosh*