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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 0733961775433
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: A&E HOME VIDEO
Manufacturer: A&E HOME VIDEO
Number Of Items: 18
Publisher: A&E HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Running Time: 2900 minutes
Sales Rank: 3441
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
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Product Description:
58 Full-Length Episodes. 585 classic sketches. On 18 DVDs.
The undisputed Funniest Man on Television Benny Hill pioneered a naughty new direction for the sketch-comedy variety show and pushed TV broadcasting to new levels of bawdiness as he electrified audiences all over the world with The Benny Hill Show. This show-stopping collection on 18 DVDs captures every classic comedic moment from the Merry Master of Mirth in his hey day!
BENNY HILL: COMPLETE AND UNADULTERATED: THE COMPLEAT COLLECTION contains Benny s raucous 20-year reign over television s-sketch variety genre, from the naughty early years to the debut of the nubile Hill s Angels through the final episodes. Witness to the birth of crazy caricatures like Fred Scuttle, Chow Mein, and Pierre de Terre. Laugh out loud as Benny and his bevy of buxom babes flaunt their racy rowdiness and tongue-in-cheek satire in characteristically outrageous sketches like The Little Dimpton Street Party and The Crook Report. These 58 vintage episodes originally aired from 1969 to 1989, contain nearly 600 memorable sketches and deliver a comedy high kick that is quintessentially Benny.
Never aired in the U.S. in full-length form, this complete collection of the Thames episodes of The Benny Hill Show presents a rare opportunity to view every saucy, unforgettable moment from one of the most uproarious and celebrated programs in television history.
DVD Features: Bonus Documentary: The World s Favorite Clown; The Benny Hill Cheeky Challenge Trivia Quiz # 1-6; Benny Hill: Laughter and Controversy Episode of A&E s Award-Winning Series BIOGRAPHY; Eddie in August; I Was A Hill s Angel Featurette; Hill s Angels: Off the Record Featurette; Hill s Angels: In Conversation Featurette
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Great fun!
This is a wonderful collection of the best work of one of TV's funniest. The set is a great source of entertainment and a lot of laughter. I'd recommend it to any Benny Hill fan.
Rating: - Laugh Out Loud Funny
A staple of late night TV in the 70s and 80s, these uncut Thames TV TBHS episodes are a treasure. You won't completely appreciate Benny without watching how he produced the show from start to finish, unlike the chopped half-hours syndicated here.
It's a shame that, after making Britain laugh for 2 decades, and at the pinnacle of his popularity in the USA, some Thames TV weasels in suits canceled the show after caving in to feminist groups that perhaps shouted louder to advertisers than the audience laughed. This probably helped to steal Benny's talent from us forever too prematurely.
If you know Benny's humour, he, or one of his none-too-attractive male co-stars, almost always ended up as the butt of the joke, while the women almost always won. Once you stop rolling on the floor laughing, read his bittersweet biography by Margaret Forwood (out of print, but available on the Internet used). Benny simply lived for his show and for entertaining us.
Rating: - Benny Hill Megaset
I have finished about half. I had never seen the originals. Best taken in small doses. I get DVDs mostly for the commentaries and this had an excellent life of Benny(Alfred). Sad. Insights into corporate management etc. Some slight activity in the upper corners occasionally but that may be the machine I am using and have seen them on others DVDs. However not exactly family fare by current US standards.
Rating: - It's the Benny Hill show!
I have fond memories of this show from my childhood, so when I saw this box set I had to grab it. And - what can I say? The Benny Hill Show is funny stuff. His songs are clever, and who can forget the trademark chase sequences to the tune of "Yakety Sax"?
Some have said that Hill's humor is sexist - however, it is not demeaning to women at all. Nearly every time Benny himself, in the form of the "dirty old man," randy doctor, et cetera, is the butt of the joke.
The video quality is not the best, and in fact some episodes are in black and white. I'm sure this is because of the quality of the original masters. In any case, this set is quite watchable. Also, note that it includes the complete run of shows he did for Thames TV, which are the ones that were repackaged for overseas markets, but not the preceding BBC shows.
Rating: - Fanbloodytastic!
Funny! Benny Hill Show is one of the best TV show of all time and it's super funny! I remember watching them on late night during weekends as a child. Then recently an old friend brought up the name and next thing leads to another and I found out this complete set exist!
If you like to laugh and I mean laugh out loud then get this! IMO it's better than 3 stooges and stuff.
Overall this is a MUST BUY for all! It's a shame that more people don't know or remember Benny Hill Show!
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