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Originally Posted by lonmol
Benny and Sue had a long term relationship...of sorts. He basically adopted her family, and she gave him blowjobs. Benny would spend part of the year with her and her children, and part of the year with another woman. Much has been made of how lonely and unhappy he was, but I don't believe either is true. He was all about his work, and that's what he loved doing. I think his show being cancelled was what killed him.
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Hi Lonmol! I agree with everything you said, but on one point you may be extrapolating a bit. It's another girl from the show, Cherri Gilham, quite an extroverted and eccentric personality, who said in her autobiography that she gave Benny blowjobs at the end of filming days in the early 70s. This link explains it well.
https://thekameraclub.co.uk/2015/05/...-original.html
Sue Upton, who later became a rather important protagonist of the show, always posed as a defender of Benny's memory and would never have said it publicly. I even learned, from someone close to Sue with whom I spoke on the internet, that the two girls were angry with each other, and I think that this revelation from Cherri is undoubtedly one of the causes of this discord.
Which doesn't mean there wasn't that kind of relationship between Benny and Sue, of course. It is true that on screen and in photos, there is a special chemistry between the two. Sue never seems shy, and always finds herself front and center in Benny's most risque sketches, where our beloved hero (or one of his accomplices) lifts her mini-skirt and fondles her lovely behind.
She was also a driving force in the sexy dance interludes of the Hill's Angels. She was certainly of all the characters on the show the one who brought me the most joy in front of the screen. Benny made me laugh, but his monologues were dubbed in my country and could bore me, and I longed to see Sue and the other girls again being the center of attention.