Benny Hill

[saraburioz]

I bought a Benny Hill DVD from big C - I'd forgotten how funny he was. I wonder why he's so big in Thailand. anyone know?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d0mh_benny-hill-chinaman_fun#from=embed

[Soutpeel]

Dont know that he is that big in Thailand....as regards the humour...it would fit in well with the Thai concept of humour, same as Mr Bean

[californiabeachboy]

Stupid, stupid, stupid... and SO FUNNY!!! Isn't it fun to be a kid again!!!

[jaiyenyen]

I remember a while back, the kids bought a couple of Charlie Chaplin VCD's from Big C. They had been dubbed in Issan dialect even though the originals were silent.

The family were pi55ing themselves laughing.

[afarang]

Had exactly the same reaction , from my kids. About 10 years ago , bought Charlie Chaplin dubbed in Lao. Although they speak Isarn , they understand Lao. and said Lao is an excellent language for comedy. Much better for comedy than Thai. It was really strange that we bought this dvd in Cambodia, at O'smach, opposite Chong Com -Surin Province

[sarahsbloke]

Laughing at racial stereotypes ..... always loads of fun for all the family!

Edited May 18, 2011 by sarahsbloke

[mogoso]

Dont know that he is that big in Thailand....as regards the humour...it would fit in well with the Thai concept of humour, same as Mr Bean

Benny Hill was funny, Mr Bean is mildly amusing to stupid IMHO

[metisdead]

I think this belongs in the pub.

Moved to pub.

[Thaddeus]

Benny Hill was funny when I was five years old.

[craigt3365]

My father loved Benny Hill...he was pretty funny.

[happyrobert]

Benny Hill is greatly missed and likely irreplaceable.

If you want to see laughter, have your TG/TW/inlaws watch the 1963 movie, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Even the language is unecessary, give everyone a quick synopsis, turn down the sound and laugh away. Buddy Hacket's face would crack up Charles Manson.

Edited May 18, 2011 by happyrobert

[StreetCowboy]

My father loved Benny Hill...he was pretty funny.

But that was Thaddeus was five years old.

Presumably fashions have changed since then

SC

My son loves the chase scene at the end of the Benny Hill shows, with the stop-gap animation, and he's never even seen it, only heard about it!

[Thaddeus]

My father loved Benny Hill...he was pretty funny.

But that was when Thaddeus was five years old.

Presumably fashions have changed since then

SC

My son loves the chase scene at the end of the Benny Hill shows, with the stop-gap animation, and he's never even seen it, only heard about it!

To be honest, and living in that era, the interest in the end sequence of Mr Hill became more a matter of the very tight skirts and tops with some slap-stick thrown in, kids found it funny, adolescence's found it stirring and grown men had something to look at that their wives couldn't complain about as it was allegedly funny.

Kenny Everett used the same technique, but was way funnier.

[craigt3365]

To be honest, and living in that era, the interest in the end sequence of Mr Hill became more a matter of the very tight skirts and tops with some slap-stick thrown in, kids found it funny, adolescence's found it stirring and grown men had something to look at that their wives couldn't complain about as it was allegedly funny.

Not much different from most of the movies and TV shows now...eh?

[Thaddeus]

To be honest, and living in that era, the interest in the end sequence of Mr Hill became more a matter of the very tight skirts and tops with some slap-stick thrown in, kids found it funny, adolescence's found it stirring and grown men had something to look at that their wives couldn't complain about as it was allegedly funny.

Not much different from most of the movies and TV shows now...eh?

Nope.

Quite possibly the reason why I don't own a TV.

[phutoie2]

Decades ago now but I can still remember the lyrics from "Ernie the fastest milkman in the west" and funnily enough Benny Hill was a milkman once.

That bloke going on about racial stereotypes - give it a rest.

Hill passed away in 1992, Britain was a much different place in the 60's/70's.

Half the stuff on TV would'nt be allowed now.

Till Death do us Part

Love thy Neighbour

On The Bus's

Steptoe & Son

[StreetCowboy]

Decades ago now but I can still remember the lyrics from "Ernie the fastest milkman in the west" and funnily enough Benny Hill was a milkman once.

That bloke going on about racial stereotypes - give it a rest.

Hill passed away in 1992, Britain was a much different place in the 60's/70's.

Half the stuff on TV would'nt be allowed now.

Till Death do us Part

Love thy Neighbour

On The Bus's

Steptoe & Son

"... and the rock hard iron crust

of a cold meat pie

caught him in the eye

and Ernie bit the dust" - surely amongst the greatest lines ever!

Sarahsbloke was the only reference to racial stereotyping; as he said - if you can't laugh at old codgers calling them darkies, what can you laugh at?

GHAWB