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Benny Hill
Big up to ITV for the Tommy Cooper biog,
I think it was a success and quality TV that can be kept and rebroadcast again down the line.
But don't stop there guys ..... get working on the Benny Hill TV biog ...... it will definitely be more sensational and controversial that Tommy's life story..... cant wait !
I think it was a success and quality TV that can be kept and rebroadcast again down the line.
But don't stop there guys ..... get working on the Benny Hill TV biog ...... it will definitely be more sensational and controversial that Tommy's life story..... cant wait !
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Are they going to do one on Benny Hill?
sure to be a lot more glamour on view with the Hills Angels.....
The Tommy Cooper biog was ok but I think he slurred
the voice a bit too much and 2 hours was a touch too long, they should have cut it to 90 mins.
Benny- can I go wee now? WEEEEEEE!! Lmao
His comedy did not appeal to me in any way whatsoever, but I think it would be a very interesting biopic.
Grotty and seedy? In what way?
I agree with the second part and could imagine the first (although I really don't know him well enough to know). He's an interesting character for sure. He was huge when I was a kid and then basically disappeared when he went out of fashion.
I'm not sure that his personal life is of much interest, in comparison to Cooper. He was never married, and seemed to always go for shop girls and then propose in such a way they either missed what he was asking totally or thought he was joking.
I'd certainly watch a Hill biography if one were made though!
It was only 1 hour 40 mins without the ad breaks, I watched it but recorded it and cut the adverts out.
That's the problem with ITV, even a decent drama like Broadchurch is a bit tedious with ad breaks.
It was more of an impression of Tommy Cooper rather than a portrayal, but very good considering.
I'd be up for a Benny Hill one, thought he was a bit crap when I was younger, but he was cleverer than I realised.
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.
All that nonsense written about him being sexist, is a load of balderdash. I agree that it was the starting of excessive PC crap that did for him. And as for him being 'grubby' or odd, unless he did something like Savile got up to, then it had no bearing on his talent.
He was a comedy genius.
Benny Hill was never my cup of tea - maybe I was a bit young - but he makes an excellent point about political correctness yet how really disgusting "comedy" full of vile language and nasty attitudes is absolutely fine. I don't watch modern sitcoms because of these aspects.
There is no denying that Benny Hill is an icon and he should be treated with more respect. Broadcasters are such a ridiculous bunch of people it makes my head hurt.
According to a documentary I watched a while ago, Benny lived a simple life and refused to splash out on things like other celebrities did.
Not just the US. I was in Mexico not long after he died, and one of the locals said to me 'You English?? God save the Queen! Why God not save Benny Hill?'
He left all his money to a couple of ladies who had cerebral palsy if I remember correctly. I never knew he was so painfully shy until I saw a doc about him over the weekend. Such a shame that people call him "grubby and seedy", I presume because he never married,and turn it into something sinister. Such a shame.
Well apparently it was expected of some of 'Benny's Girls' or whatever they were called that they should give him a 'hand' now and again, so to speak.
I don't know if this is 100% true, but I vaguely recall one of the women stating that this was the case.
While the times they were a changin, it was the cost to ratings ratio that spurred Thames decision, similar to Stanley Baxters axing.
Benny Hill had moments of verbal and visual comic genius....
Yes, I heard that too.
Nothing to do with him being unmarried or a Jimmy Savile type figure; more to do with the fact that he expected intimacy from his 'angels' and I heard that he also liked to use 'ladies of the night'. I also heard (and no, I don't know if any of this is true, but how many of any showbiz rumours do we know as true) that some of the angels used to give him 'sympathy bl*w jobs'.
This is all alleged before anyone jumps down my throat.
Can't join in the cries of 'genius' I'm afraid - it was pathetic, lazy nonsense comedy IMHO that just wasn't funny.
But hey. that's just my opinion and I'm clearly in the minority.
I sometimes found him quite funny. He was a bit like Bruce Forsythe in the way that he gave them looks to the camera.
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.