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SOURCE-Anchor Bay DVD
Yep that is my amazing dog Maggot Ass the Wonder Mutt in the above picture. Lots of the time in the early morning or late night she will chill and watch dvds with me.
First off I totally forgot that Anchor Bay released stuff like this. For most they are known for their many Horror DVD releases. Lots of classics got amazing releases from Anchor Bay.
Now Benny Hill,seems for us in the USA it was very much a late 70s thru early 80s thing. Airing in syndication,usually Fri/Sat/Sunday nights after the 10pm news.
I can't remember what channel I saw it on as a kid. Just know I got to stay up late Sundays. At 1030pm was Benny Hill for 30 minutes then 11pm was Battlestar Galactica reruns. Being a kid when Star Wars started BSG was the show I had to see. Even when it was just reruns I had seen before.
Also being a kid under 10 most of the humor in Benny Hill flew over my head. I had no clue the various UK cultural references he was making were. And all the sex humor I didn't get. To me it was a color verison of 3 Stooges. So I loved it. Looked forward to it and Battlestar. Getting to stay up see them made up for having to be up at 6am to get ready for 7am mass.
No clue if this DVD is 3 full episodes,it runs 1 hour and 26 minutes. Or if it is just almost 90 minutes worth of skits.
When I found this DVD it took me months to get it watched. Then early one morning I got a drink,grabbed Maggot Ass and watched it while the house was quiet. For that almost 90 minutes I was a kid again. But this time getting more of the jokes than I did 40 years ago.
Sure lots of the humor wouldn't fly in today's culture. But it is like that with so much stuff. LOok at early X-men comics,you got Prof X lusting after 16 year old Jean Grey.
If you remember this show I would say track down one of the dvds cheap and give it a rewatch. It made me laugh more than expected.
The Best of Benny Hill gets a C+
