I know this is silly, but I was reminded of a great Benny Hill line- "If I had to do it all over again, I'd do it all over you." (Usually to someone playing his nagging wife).
Maybe he didn't think of that line- but what delivery.
Another favorite line, in two different sketches, was, "That hand may one day find gold . . . and from the looks of the nails, they've started digging already!"
shareI love his reply to "Wouldn't you like to see your wife in something long and flowing?"
... "Yeah! A river!"
LOL! The whole story he told about his mom standing on train tracks as a train was bearing down on her, and we was begging her to move, over and over....the chick he was telling the story to asked, worried for Bennies mom, "What happened?" Benny says, as straight as possible "She moved"! That kills me everytime I see it.
"The only person to celebrate Valentines Day the right way was Al Capone!". John Becker, M.D.
I loved the Benny as the Chinese guy saying "Hello every BLOODY"...
shareThe one thing (among many) that cracked me up was the bit with Benny, Jackie Wright and Diana Darvey where Benny called her "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," and when she asked how it was spelled, Jackie jumped in and spelled(?) it:
S-U-P-E-R-P-I-C-C-A-D-I-double L-Y-S-O-U-S-E--liquorice stick--O-U-S.
Still another: "The pen is mightier than the sword - and much easier to write with."
And, though this was from a sketch on one of his 1955-68 BBC shows, I couldn't resist anyway: "The stars of today are truly the unknowns of tomorrow."
You have to see the scenes-
An actress-"What's this thing called, love?"
(Benny as a Director)- "No, no, no- it's What's this thing called LOVE"
My favorite line is when Benny comes home from the civil war and says to his girlfriend..."I've been out fighting for peace, now I wan't a piece of what I've been fighting for". They just don't write them like that anymore.
share...awwww, that was MY choice!
..OK ... The Murder on the Oregon Express sketch, where he's playing Frank Cannon, and he gets stuck in the corridor with Sgt. Pepper (Anderson - Policewoman), and he says (while looking at her low cut dress - "I really only wanted a bite, you know ..looks like I gonna either starve to death, or die of ecstasy." lol
she's a nice lil lass
she most certainly has
or
If you're a pirate, where are your buccaneers?
Under me buckin' hat
or
I'm from Russia
Bolshevik?
No, it's true!
This wasn't actually a line (because it was done during a patomine sketch with music) but it was one of the funniest things I have ever seen on television -- or any other medium for that matter.
It was the "Robin Hood" sketch. Benny (as Robin Hood) has sneaked into the Sheriff of Notingham's house and is posing for the sheriff's wife, who is making a clay statue of him. Although all the shots are done from discrete angles, there's no question that Benny is suppose to be "nude." Anyway, the sheriff's wife takes a big fat long piece of clay and begins molding it, and adding to it bit by bit. There can be no doubt in the minds of the viewers what that piece if clay represents, and Benny gets a big fat smirk on his face, as the sheriff's wife continues to work it, making it longer and longer. Suddenly, the sheriff's wife starts breaking off piece after piece of clay, making it shorter and shorter, with Benny getting more and more flustered every second. He even looks down at "it" a couple of times, and you'd swear he's just about ready to cry. Finally, the sheriff's wife takes a now very small piece of clay, and puts it on the statue's head, forming an ear. A look of relief passes across Benny's face which speaks volumes to the audience.
Yep, Benny was a comedic genius, and his like will never been seen again.
My favourite is when Bella Emburg says, "But I have the skin of a teenager" to which Benny replies, "Well you had better give it back to her then."
shareOne that I never forgot:
Do onto others before they do you!