Benny Hill, yes or no

[Blue Mist]

Nah, wasn't funy then.
Not funny now

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I laughed as a kid laughed at him and I laughed again at different things as a young adult.

He was superb for his time but like the Bernard Mannings these days he'd be deemed unacceptable.

 

[Saddleworth2]

No, No and thrice No.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Why is EVERYTHING a binary vote?

 

[Barcon]

Why is EVERYTHING a binary vote?

Ask the O.P to add, "maybe" to the title question.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Infantile shit then.
Infantile shit now.

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]

It's a yes from me, always had a good laugh at Benny

 

[deano ou812]

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Hugely popular and can't be judged by todays standards by people who weren't alive then. People today prefer nasty gossip in the jungle don't they?

It's a yes from me.

Nailed it.
80s comedy and telly was another level, but sadly all of the soft cunts who need to be offended today would have it cancelled in no time.

So, so fucking glad I experienced it.

 

[Barcon]

Liked it when I was a kid. Not seen it since. So that's a Yes from me.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I loved it at the time. I was a young kid and found it hilarious. Not going to retrospectively change my opinion.

Good answer. I found it hilarious too, and i was far too young to possibly think Benny Hill was misausaginistic; )

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Infantile shit then.
Infantile shit now.

You're infantile, even though you're a proper miserable FOC.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Good answer. I found it hilarious too, and i was far too young to possibly think Benny Hill was misausaginistic; )

Didn’t know he didn’t like sausages.

 

[ancoats]

You're infantile, even though you're a proper miserable FOC.

less of the miserable ? and yes to the rest

 

[ancoats]

Why wouldn't a modern woman say the same thing about a woman up a tree wearing a mini skirt ?

 

[Kinkybyname]

not his biggest fan but nobody died, but funnier than russell fkn Howard, rosie jones, mcintyre, nish fkn kumar, miranda hart etc, and that twatface ayodade

 

[Herbert Andrews]

He is, or was, very popular in France

 

[tweety]

Benny was a comic genius. Comedy ended with Lenny Henry coming on the scene.

 

[peter.evans]

It was a NO then and same today.

"Ernie" was a fun song but the creep's tv shows were among the most cringe-inducing things ever put out.

Truly funny & comic genius from that time? Tommy Cooper.

Agree re Benny and Tommy was great but a little bit samey for me, surely the only British comedy genius of the 70s was Eric Morecambe !?

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Agree re Benny and Tommy was great but a little bit samey for me, surely the only British comedy genius of the 70s was Eric Morecambe !?

Saw an off-Broadway play last year that was over from London, "The Last Laugh" written and directed by Paul Hendy. Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse meet in a theatre's dressing-room before a show. All three actors got their comedian just right and the play moved from laughter to tears as they revealed the struggles and sadness they each dealt with in their personal lives.

In Tommy's case it turns out that the show he's about to perform really was the last laugh he'd get on earth (though I bet he's made God fall about a bit since.)