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354 sats \ 21 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
I used to watch Benny Hill when I was a young kid -- it was on public television late at night for some reason, much British stuff was. Last year I re-watched a couple of episodes w/ my wife. I was cackling, she was ... not amused. Doesn't age well I guess.
My father was convinced that Benny Hill was a genius. I never got the humor, but I enjoyed the breasts.
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I still dont get it unless it was just titillation. I preferred the Monty Python sketch ‘this man has chosen the manner of his own death’ from Meaning of Life lol
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For me, it's the silly stupidity / farcical aspect combined with titillation.
And yeah, that Monty Python skit was a classic. We rented the VHS around that same era. It was in "comedy." My mother was. Well, you can imagine.
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I had the same experience of only being able to find British comedy on PBS: Python, Benny Hill, Fawlty Towers. Obviously pre internet.
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Fawlty Towers is one of the great little-known (in the US) treasures in all of television history. God that show was genius. THanks for the reminder.
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It’s shown in Europe with a trigger warning for those who find it disrespectful to Germans, Spanish waiters etc.
The true genius was in pulling it after 2-seasons. The UK version of The Office did the same thing and is better than The Office US for that reason IMHO. It’s almost a ‘Bitcoin scarcity quality’ vs ‘printing fiat quantity’ argument.
I have to go find some episodes on YouTube now
Basil! 🥄