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king of comedy · 11-11-2012, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Best Man

I repeat this message.

Both shows were funny in their own way. I laughed at them both equally.

cleverfun3000 · 11-11-2012, 09:14 PM

I absolutely, positively LOVED Benny Hill's Humor. His Limerick - songs were outrageously smooth and Hysterical. His impish naughty boy style was refreshing and original. The show had an energy that made you laugh hard and long. It was risqué comedy with a touch of bawdy vaudeville. I ordered he Un-edited Benny Hill Series of VHS cassttes and haven't stop laughing yet.

Best Man · 11-13-2012, 06:57 PM

Benny simply the best comic.

Best Man · 11-17-2012, 03:32 PM

It is great to come from a show biz family if you are in the biz yourself. Benny did.

Best Man · 12-04-2012, 08:00 PM

Show biz is one field it helps to grow up in to excel at it.

Best Man · 12-05-2012, 02:50 PM

Benny Hill was one in a billion of a great comic.

The Flying Dutchmans · 12-05-2012, 09:15 PM

Funnier or funniest is only a matter of opinion. The opinion of the individual. IMO Python was funnier than Hill It seemed to me that . Benny Hill was more for sexual comedy than Python.

Best Man · 12-28-2012, 06:35 PM

Good thing for Current Biography of 1983.

Best Man · 01-03-2013, 02:03 AM

I do believe very strongly that those who grow up in show biz families (like Hill) make the most gifted performers.

1960'sTVfan · 02-01-2013, 05:55 PM

Benny Hill is mostly low comedy, Monty Python is more cerebral, a thinking persons type of comedy. Both shows do a good job with the type of comedy they display, if I would have to pick one I'd say I like Monty Python a little more. Are You Being Served has some funny episodes also.

Best Man · 03-15-2013, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Best Man

Proof is the 1983 Current Biography on Hill showing he was considered the funniest man in the UK. TV stations like WOR considered Hill funnier too. This is mentioned in the bio The Benny Hill Story by John Smith.

Thank God Himself for that CB article of 1983 showing the truth about Benny!

Tweety · 03-17-2013, 12:12 PM

As pointed out earlier, there never was a "Benny Hill Show". He did a series of one-hour specials which were later edited into 30 minute TV Shows, and that's what we in the U.S.A. saw (I first saw T.B.H.S. in the late 70s and early 80s).

Monty Python's Flying Circus was a weekly series, which is totally different. Also (as pointed out earlier) Hill was an individual, Python was a group of several very talented writers and performers.

I loved both shows in different ways. Hill could indeed get laughs with his facial expressions alone... we loved the guy.

But I would have to say that MPFC was definitely a more sophisticated brand of humor. The things those guys did with the English language was mind-boggling. So funny because much of it was absurd, yet it made sense ("The Argument Clinic").

Hill would use sexual situations in a sophomoric kind of way (ladies' skirts blown up in the wind, etc), but because of the slapstick manner of those films, it was funny (I was also in H.S. and college at the time, so lots of silly things were funnier then). Python actually showed a nude lady during one sketch ("The Dull Life of a Stockbroker"). This boring stockbroker guy went to the newsstand to buy a paper, and the girl working at the stand was naked. The dull stockbroker bought the paper and showed no reaction to the naked lady...just so we could all see how dull he was. Later, during that same sketch, the stockbroker was standing in the front of a line to get on a bus... while everyone was waiting for the bus, a Frankenstein-like monster started killing all of the people who were standing in line behind the broker, one by one, starting at the back of the line. And just when the monster is about to kill the stockbroker, the bus shows up and he boards it, having no idea what just happened behind him.

While Hill may well have been the funniest individual, I think MPFC was a better show...but I loved them both.

But it's also true that Hill had a great way with the language, and performed some hilarious songs during the run of his "show"

Dr. Thong · 03-17-2013, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MrCleveland

I prefer Monty Python over Benny Hill anyday, It's like saying The Three Stooges are funnier than The Marx Brothers!

To me, Benny Hill was like The Three Stooges. Low-brow and a lot of slapstick. The Marx Bros. are more wittier and sarcastic (Groucho was more sarcastic, Chico had some wits, and Harpo was The Quiet One).

Best Man · 03-18-2013, 03:43 PM

Not in a trillion years will there be another quite like Benny Hill!

Best Man · 03-23-2013, 11:36 AM

Hill was king among comedians the world over!

12-05-2012, 09:15 PM	#22
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03-17-2013, 12:12 PM	#27
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	As pointed out earlier, there never was a "Benny Hill Show". He did a series of one-hour specials which were later edited into 30 minute TV Shows, and that's what we in the U.S.A. saw (I first saw T.B.H.S. in the late 70s and early 80s). Monty Python's Flying Circus was a weekly series, which is totally different. Also (as pointed out earlier) Hill was an individual, Python was a group of several very talented writers and performers. I loved both shows in different ways. Hill could indeed get laughs with his facial expressions alone... we loved the guy. But I would have to say that MPFC was definitely a more sophisticated brand of humor. The things those guys did with the English language was mind-boggling. So funny because much of it was absurd, yet it made sense ("The Argument Clinic"). Hill would use sexual situations in a sophomoric kind of way (ladies' skirts blown up in the wind, etc), but because of the slapstick manner of those films, it was funny (I was also in H.S. and college at the time, so lots of silly things were funnier then). Python actually showed a nude lady during one sketch ("The Dull Life of a Stockbroker"). This boring stockbroker guy went to the newsstand to buy a paper, and the girl working at the stand was naked. The dull stockbroker bought the paper and showed no reaction to the naked lady...just so we could all see how dull he was. Later, during that same sketch, the stockbroker was standing in the front of a line to get on a bus... while everyone was waiting for the bus, a Frankenstein-like monster started killing all of the people who were standing in line behind the broker, one by one, starting at the back of the line. And just when the monster is about to kill the stockbroker, the bus shows up and he boards it, having no idea what just happened behind him. While Hill may well have been the funniest individual, I think MPFC was a better show...but I loved them both. But it's also true that Hill had a great way with the language, and performed some hilarious songs during the run of his "show"
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11-11-2012, 09:14 PM	#17
cleverfun3000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 18, 2008 Location: Manhattan Posts: 1,685	I absolutely, positively LOVED Benny Hill's Humor. His Limerick - songs were outrageously smooth and Hysterical. His impish naughty boy style was refreshing and original. The show had an energy that made you laugh hard and long. It was risqué comedy with a touch of bawdy vaudeville. I ordered he Un-edited Benny Hill Series of VHS cassttes and haven't stop laughing yet.

11-13-2012, 06:57 PM	#18
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	Benny simply the best comic.

11-17-2012, 03:32 PM	#19
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	It is great to come from a show biz family if you are in the biz yourself. Benny did.

12-04-2012, 08:00 PM	#20
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	Show biz is one field it helps to grow up in to excel at it.

12-05-2012, 02:50 PM	#21
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	Benny Hill was one in a billion of a great comic.

12-28-2012, 06:35 PM	#23
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	Good thing for Current Biography of 1983.

01-03-2013, 02:03 AM	#24
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	I do believe very strongly that those who grow up in show biz families (like Hill) make the most gifted performers.

02-01-2013, 05:55 PM	#25
1960'sTVfan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 30, 2009 Posts: 6,122	Benny Hill is mostly low comedy, Monty Python is more cerebral, a thinking persons type of comedy. Both shows do a good job with the type of comedy they display, if I would have to pick one I'd say I like Monty Python a little more. Are You Being Served has some funny episodes also.

03-18-2013, 03:43 PM	#29
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	Not in a trillion years will there be another quite like Benny Hill!

03-23-2013, 11:36 AM	#30
Best Man Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 15, 2006 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 594	Hill was king among comedians the world over!