Well, it was ridiculous. All Childhood of the Benny Hill show was watching the TV6 Moscow channel. It is interesting to look at his sketches today, in our times of the winning feminism. In today's world, all this would most likely be called misiciousness, sexism, racism, homophobia, transfobia.
Real Name - Alfred Hallorn Hill (his stage name I took in honor of the American comedian Jack Benny). He was a middle baby in the family. Father worked in a pharmacy, in which in addition, contraceptives were sold. On this occasion, Benni was successful at school. I had to be missed. Apparently, his comedy talent began to manifest itself.
He served in the army during World War II mechanic-driver truck in Normandy. There and debuted as an actor with the play "Stars in Uniform".
After the end of the war, London went to conquer. In 1949 he began working on television from the show "Hello!" (English "Hi There!"). The legendary "show Benny Hill" first published on television screens on January 15, 1955 (total turned out to be 89 episodes - one per month).
Benny was not married and had no children. They say, he was in love twice and both times were rejected. Despite the disassembled roles, it was modest in life and compacted, with women he was not particularly lucky.
His show, who was 35 years in a row, was closed in 1991. The final series of "show Benny Hill" looked at 9.58 million spectators - that is, it was clearly not the absence of popularity.
To the closure put the hand of the "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher after the release of an episode with "participation": how so, the whole world is laughing at her with the filing of some comic!
Like, the show is too free, skipping, vulgar, not precipitated, and Benny Hill himself is a pervert. In addition, it is in some issues in some remedies ridiculed other Aristocrats of Great Britain. Too dangerous, high-ranking enemies appeared at the comic. Now the show was attributed to the disrespect for power, old age, women, churches and other things. Censorship went with the submission of the most tops, the country's parliament.
It was necessary to come so!
Although Benny was the favorite of the Queen of Elizabeth's favorite ... From the show, 150 hours of incomplete humor cut out from the show (though, after the arrival of the Laborians in 1997, the records were partially restored). And then generally forced the studio to close the project.
I wonder how the opposite version of the TV6 was shown to us? Now we look at the U-Tyube original entries, and we understand that in the original text is faster.
In December 2006, in England, the experiment "Benny Hill is still funny?" Shaw showed an audience consisting of young people who did not know Hill at all. It turned out that for the young audience show seemed very funny. Skatch "Well Desire" turned out to be the most popular:
Two months after the suffered Hill died from the coronary vein thrombosis. Just at this point, after numerous applications of the audience, the TV company decided to resume the show, and Hill was supposed to sign a new contract, but did not have time ... It's a sorry.
Thanks for the childhood, Benny Hill!