A lot of people dismiss Benny Hill, as being one of the not so great comedians. They have that fixed image of many people running around and throw clothes behind the bushes. We all have the Benny Hill music stuck to our heads, for all our lives. But look beyond that. There are so much more to his comedy. Surely after you've seen a sketch so many times, not a Benny Hill one, anyone, it stops being funny anymore. And we've all seen more than enough times all the Benny Hill Shows. But isn't that indicative of something? People seem to forget how many barriers Benny Hill broke and how outrageous was he at his time. He was not only a politically incorrect comedian, he was a brilliant satirist. Who else could attack the freaks of the self indulgent so called "Artsy Movies"? He was uniquely methodic about his comedy, always caring with him a notebook where ever he went, when eating with a friend he would interrupt him and write ideas or the conversation he had with the waiter. He was one of the first entertainers when TV was still young and owned by few. His comedy had strong roots in variety theatre, revolving around comic songs, routines and sketches. He had his own show on the BBC as early as 1955. On so many shows he wrote all his own material! Under his contract with Thames Television, Benny Hill was given full control of his program such that he could undertake a program when, in his opinion, he had accumulated enough comic material. Benny Hill once told an interviewer that, like Van Gogh, he would be appreciated in 100 years time. The statement implied that he was not recognised as the great comedian that he was... That's a pity!Check him out! (Search, find, watch, buy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Hillhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Benny_Hill_Show
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/bennyhillsh/bennyhillsh.htm
