The Benny Hill Show DVD
The show also featured occasional extravagant musical performances by top artists of the time. Hill appeared in many different costumes and portrayed a vast array of characters. Slapstick, burlesque, and double entendre were his hallmark. Some critics accused the show of sexism, but Hill claimed that female characters kept their dignity while the men chasing them were portrayed as buffoons. Hill often made fun of himself, which endeared him to many.
Hill often used sped-up film - also known as 'Undercranking' - and sight gags to create what he called 'live animation' and he employed techniques like mime and parody. The show typically closed with a sped-up chase scene involving himself and a crew of scantily-clad women, a takeoff on the stereotypical Keystone Cops chase scenes. These segments are among the most popular of Hill's work.
In many comedy sketches, Benny looks for an opportunity to spy on a gorgeous woman in a state of undress, and on occasion, 'cop a feel'. Hill sometimes pats the bottoms of young women in his shows from the early 80s. In one sketch, Hill pretends to be a man doing weight training by hoisting girls clad in bikinis above him. He then lowers the girls so that their behinds rest on his face. In another sketch, Hill plays the passenger of a bus which gets stuck in the mud. The passengers get out and push, including the inevitable pretty girl clad in the shortest and tightest of shorts. Hill leers at her derriere and then chooses to push her bottom instead of the bus. In numerous sketches, women have their dresses accidentally torn off in a public place, leaving them wearing only frilly panties, bra and stockings. A multitude of men are often included in these scenes to leer comically at the women.
Benny Hill also composed and sang patter songs and often entertained his audience with lengthy high-speed double-entendre rhymes/songs which he would recite/sing in a single take.
- The Benny Hill Show DVD collection also includes custom special artwork and episode guides so you can find your favorite episode at anytime.
- The Benny Hill Show DVD collection are formatted region free so they will play on any DVD player, DVD-ROM X-Box or PS2 Worldwide
- All DVDs are presented in full screen, commercial free and unedited. Exactly the same as it was shown in American television.
- Presented in English
- This item has not been rated
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