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Originally Posted by lonmol
I was shocked to learn that Benny Hill is now considered to be the anti-christ, and there's public outrage whenever a rerun of his show airs. So, they've basically banned Benny Hill. What's next, Bugs Bunny cartoons? Oh wait, episodes of that have already been banned. The Honeymooners isn't shown anymore, because it promotes violence towards women (I'm not kidding). Even Sesame Street and the Muppet Show have content disclaimers on them! People are f*cking insane, these days.
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Sad to say, Benny was practically banned upon his death in 1992, and he's not the only one over here in the UK. Now the Carry On's have scenes cut out of them, and Are You Being Served? is also a no go. Yet today's 'comics' like Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle can say far more offensive things than anything olden comedy ever did, and as long as they ride out a storm of criticism their bosses stick by them. It's hypocrisy and it stinks, but there you go.
Anyway, here's another saucy scene from The Benny Hill Show (Series 7, Episode 1, to be exact), and is a musical number that features the lad himself Benny Hill, little Jackie Wright and the beautiful voice of Eddie Buchanan, who died far too young at just 47 in 1987. It's a sketch called "Mexican Cabaret", and as well as having a great song, it features Dilys Watling dancing around in a sexy purple costume that really doesn't cover her bottom. Benny and Jackie play the bongos while she cavorts all around them, throwing out various quips, and when Dilys decides to dance by Jackie, Benny glances at her bum and says "That's what the public want - New Faces!" And he's right. In his heyday, Benny got 21 million viewers (yes, 21 million!), and a good number of them women, so he must of been doing something right. As Ernie Wise said upon Benny's death in April 1992 "I think if you just look at it as entertainment and if it makes you laugh, that's what matters." Wise words indeed.
Oh, and lonmol, you mentioned that you liked Jacki Piper from the Carry Ons, so you may be interested in this somewhat revealing scene from Carry on Up the Jungle that I've posted in the Carry On thread here:
https://forum.oneclickchicks.com/sho...9&postcount=58