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The Naughty Early Years - Set 3

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Volume 2
(Episodes 5-8)

Benny Hill in 'Benny's Ballad: Jake'

Jump to an Episode: 5 6 7 8

Well, here we are with another excellent collection of programs from The Benny Hill Show. As with Set 2, there are 10 episodes spread over 3 DVDs. We are also entering the period of the show where Benny was using more sexuality in the program. We get to see more bare flesh on the ladies than in the previous years of the series, as well as the girls bending over and wearing the trademark black stockings! The comedy is also paced much faster here and we are entering those years where The Benny Hill Show probably had it's greatest success.

Benny sings Benny's Ballad: Jake with Lorna Nathan, Eddie Buchanan (gtr), Henry McGee (beard) and Jackie Wright (glasses)

Benny sings "Benny's Ballad: Jake" with Lorna Nathan, Eddie Buchanan (gtr), Henry McGee (beard) and Jackie Wright (glasses)

Benny (back turned) makes sheep's eyes with Moira Foot, who realizes the camera is on her in World Of Sport

Benny (back turned) makes sheep's eyes with Moira Foot, who realizes the camera is on her in "World Of Sport"

Left to Right: Benny, Jackie, Libby Roberts (in back) and Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in Some More Quickies on The Dance Floor

Left to Right: Benny, Jackie, Libby Roberts (in back) and Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in "Some More Quickies on The Dance Floor"

Left to Right: Jackie Wright, Moira Foot, Benny (in drag) and Henry McGee in Strangers In The Night

Left to Right: Jackie Wright, Moira Foot, Benny (in drag) and Henry McGee in "Strangers In The Night"

Left to Right: Benny, Jackie Wright and Moira Foot in Benny Quickie: Bus Stop

Left to Right: Benny, Jackie Wright and Moira Foot in "Benny Quickie: Bus Stop"

Left to Right: Teresa Lucas, Libby Roberts, Jane Eve (Colthorpe) and Claire Lutter in Benny Introduces Love Machine

Left to Right: Teresa Lucas, Libby Roberts, Jane Eve (Colthorpe) and Claire Lutter in "Benny Introduces Love Machine"

Teresa Lucas in Benny Introduces Love Machine

Teresa Lucas in "Benny Introduces Love Machine"

Left to Right: Teresa Lucas, Libby Roberts (in back), Claire Lutter and Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in Benny Introduces Love Machine

Left to Right: Teresa Lucas, Libby Roberts (in back), Claire Lutter and Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in "Benny Introduces Love Machine"

Libby Roberts (in back) and Claire Lutter in Benny Introduces Love Machine

Libby Roberts (in back) and Claire Lutter in "Benny Introduces Love Machine"

Left to Right: Teresa Lucas, Libby Roberts and Claire Lutter in Benny Introduces Love Machine

Left to Right: Teresa Lucas, Libby Roberts and Claire Lutter in "Benny Introduces Love Machine"

Benny ogles an unsuspecting Teresa Lucas in Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings

Benny ogles an unsuspecting Teresa Lucas in "Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings"

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine listens to a tasty recipe in Transistor Radio

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine listens to a tasty recipe in "Transistor Radio"

Bob Todd (left) as Benny's Wife in Domestic Bliss (The Handyman)

Bob Todd (left) as Benny's Wife in "Domestic Bliss (The Handyman)"

Benny does some touching up on Monika Ringwald in Domestic Bliss (The Handyman)

Benny does some touching up on Monika Ringwald in "Domestic Bliss' (The Handyman)"

Jenny Lee-Wright (left) is one sexy Space Hostess for Benny in Captain Fred Scuttle: Space Ace

Jenny Lee-Wright (left) is one sexy Space Hostess for Benny in "Captain Fred Scuttle: Space Ace"

Henry McGee (left) Bob Todd (center) and Benny in Henry McGee Cooks Chinese with Fanee and Jonee Claddock

Henry McGee (left) Bob Todd (center) and Benny in "Henry McGee Cooks Chinese with Fanee and Jonee Claddock"

Brenda Arnau sings Tell It Like It Is

Brenda Arnau sings "Tell It Like It Is"

Jenny Lee-Wright (as Sgt. Pepper) and Benny (as Cannon) get very close to one another in Murder On The Oregon Express

Jenny Lee-Wright (as Sgt. Pepper) and Benny (as Cannon) get very close to one another in "Murder On The Oregon Express"

Benny as Ironside in Murder On The Oregon Express

Benny as Ironside in "Murder On The Oregon Express"

Bennny as Hercule Poirot in Murder On The Oregon Express

Bennny as Hercule Poirot in "Murder On The Oregon Express"

Jenny Lee-Wright (left) as Sgt. Pepper and Benny (right) as Marshall McCloud in Murder On The Oregon Express

Jenny Lee-Wright (left) as Sgt. Pepper and Benny (right) as Marshall McCloud in "Murder On The Oregon Express"

Jackie Wright, unknown, Eddie Buchanan, Jenny Lee-Wright, and Bob Todd in The Lower Tidmarsh Fire Brigade Glee Singers

Left to Right: Jackie Wright, unknown, Eddie Buchanan, Jenny Lee-Wright (singing a solo) and Bob Todd in "The Lower Tidmarsh Fire Brigade Glee Singers"

Benny in drag with Monika Ringwald (left) and Jenny Westbrook (center) in The Misadventures of Robin Hood

Benny in drag with Monika Ringwald (left) and Jenny Westbrook (center) in "The Misadventures of Robin Hood"

Benny sneezes the dress off of Jenny Westbrook (showing her stockings) in Closing: Benny's Snuff Box

Benny sneezes the dress off of Jenny Westbrook (showing her stockings) in "Closing: Benny's Snuff Box"

Ken Sedd and Eddie Buchanan get a good look at Susie Baker in Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls

Ken Sedd and Eddie Buchanan get a good look at Susie Baker in "Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls"

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in "Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls"

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine gets a lift in Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine gets a lift in "Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls"

Left to Right: Benny (as Elizabeth Taylor) with Susie Baker and Paul Eddington in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wool

Left to Right: Benny (as Elizabeth Taylor) with Susie Baker and Paul Eddington in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wool" from "Humphrey Bumphrey: Continuity Announcer"

Left to Right: Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine, Benny and Susie Baker in Sale Of The Half Century

Left to Right: Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine, Benny and Susie Baker in "Sale Of The Half Century"

Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude

"Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude"

Teresa Lucas in Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude

Teresa Lucas in "Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude"

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) and Libby Roberts in Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) and Libby Roberts in "Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude"

Teresa Lucas (top) and Claire Lutter (bottom) in Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude

Teresa Lucas (top) and Claire Lutter (bottom) in "Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude"

Claire Lutter, Jane Eve (Colthorpe), Teresa Lucas and Libby Roberts in Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude

Left to Right: Claire Lutter, Jane Eve (Colthorpe), Teresa Lucas and Libby Roberts in "Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude"

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude

Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in "Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude"

Eddie Buchanan, Claire Lutter, Libby Roberts, Teresa Lucas and Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in Dancing In The Nude

Left to Right: Eddie Buchanan, Claire Lutter, Libby Roberts, Teresa Lucas and Jane Eve (Colthorpe) in "Eddie Buchanan and Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude"

Benny impersonates Roy Orbison, sings You're The One and gets dumped with Spaghetti in Supersonic

Benny impersonates Roy Orbison, sings "You're The One" and gets dumped with Spaghetti in "Supersonic"

Susie Baker gets some extra exposure in Supersonic

Susie Baker gets some extra exposure in "Supersonic"

A brave and beautiful Jane Eve (Colthorpe) allows us to see a little more than we expect in Supersonic

A brave and beautiful Jane Eve (Colthorpe) allows us to see a little more than we expect in "Supersonic"

Libby Roberts feels a strong breeze in Supersonic

Libby Roberts feels a strong breeze in "Supersonic"

Diana Darvey and Benny as The New Avengers from The Sum Awards

Diana Darvey and Benny as The New Avengers from "The Sum Awards"

The whole cast gathers around Benny in The Sum Awards

The whole cast gathers around Benny in "The Sum Awards"

Left to Right: Diana Darvey, Linda Robinson, (?), Benny, (?) and Jenny-Lee Wright in I, Claudius from The Sum Awards

Left to Right: Diana Darvey, Linda Robinson, (?), Benny, (?) and Jenny-Lee Wright in I, Claudius from "The Sum Awards"

Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana Darvey kisses Jackie Wright with Benny expecting the same in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana Darvey kisses Jackie Wright with Benny expecting the same in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny never gets kissed in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny never gets kissed in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana calls Benny and Jackie Wright a pair of twits in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana calls Benny and Jackie Wright a pair of twits in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny asks A Pair of Twits? in Continetal Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny asks A Pair of Twits? in Continetal Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana says T-W-I-T-S... TWIIIIIITTS! in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana says T-W-I-T-S... TWIIIIIITTS! in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana laughs at Benny in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana laughs at Benny in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana looks on as Benny removes Jackie Wright's hat in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Diana looks on as Benny removes Jackie Wright's hat in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny polishes up Jackie Wright's bald head in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny polishes up Jackie Wright's bald head in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny lets Jackie have it with the tambourine in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Benny lets Jackie have it with the tambourine in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

The trio accepts the audience's applause in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

The trio accepts the audience's applause in Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey

Sue Upton in her first appearance on The Benny Hill Show in Nor Iron Bars A Cage

Sue Upton in her first appearance on The Benny Hill Show in "Nor Iron Bars A Cage"

Left to Right: Sue Upton, Jenny Westbrook, Suzy Mandel, and Ken Sedd in Nor Iron Bars A Cage

Left to Right: Sue Upton, Jenny Westbrook, Suzy Mandel, and Ken Sedd in "Nor Iron Bars A Cage"

Sue Upton in her first appearance on The Benny Hill Show with Benny retrieving her kite in The Bionic Boy

Sue Upton in her first appearance on The Benny Hill Show with Benny retrieving her kite in "The Bionic Boy"

Benny gets a closer look at Jenny Westbrook in The Bionic Boy

Benny gets a closer look at Jenny Westbrook in "The Bionic Boy"

Left to Right: Jenny Westbrook, Suzy Mandel and Benny tempt The Bionic Boy

Left to Right: Jenny Westbrook, Suzy Mandel and Benny tempt "The Bionic Boy"

Episode 5 (26)

(Feb. 18, 1976)

Color [49:58]

  1. Benny Quickie: Your Own Food!
  2. Guest Stars
    Benny's Ballad: Jake (not in the menu)
    World Of Sport (not in the menu)
  3. Benny & Jackie as Luke & Tinker
  4. Benny Quickie: Fly Spray?
  5. Fatricia & Feter: The Pinal Foem of Faul Pinch
  6. Benny Quickie: A Limerick
  7. Some More Quickies on The Dance Floor
  8. Strangers in The Night
  9. Benny Quickie: Bus Stop
  10. Benny Introduces Love Machine
  11. Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings!
  12. Transistor Radio
  13. Closing: Bill Poster (not in the menu)

Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Jack Wright, Eddie Buchanan, Moira Foot, The Love Machine: Libby Roberts, Teresa Lucas, Claire Lutter & Jane Eve (Colthorpe)

Produced and Directed by: Mark Stuart

Highlights: World Of Sport (not in the menu), Some More Quickies on The Dance Floor, Strangers in The Night, Benny Introduces Love Machine,Transistor Radio.

The second disc of this collection opens with Benny with whom appears to be an uncredited Lorna Nathan bringing their own food into a restaurant and Henry as the waiter telling them not to do so in Benny Quickie: Your Own Food!. Henry McGee introduces Guest Stars with Professor Marvo (a magician played by Benny) with the members of Love Machine (Claire Lutter, Teresa Lucas, Libby Robert & Jane Eve (Colthorpe)) and Benny & Jackie Wright as "The Musical Monks". And finally, Benny sings "Rubber Balloons" as Val Doonigoon (a send-up of TV Entertainer Val Doonican, host of a US TV series that featured Bob Todd as one of the regulars). An absolute scream!

Then in Benny's Ballad: Jake (not in the menu), Benny sings of the life of Jake, with Lorna Nathan, Eddie Buchanan (with the guitar), Henry McGee (in the beard) and Jackie Wright as his backup singers. This is a memorable song from Benny with hysterical dancing and great backup from his supporters. Benny then introduces World Of Sport with Benny as Dickie Davies, the host of a sports program. Look for Moira Foot as his love interest in the studio and members of Love Machine in the film clips shown throughout. Clips feature Benny as Eddie Mucks in a Cycling Marathon; in a Lawn-bowling tournament; a mixed track event with the ladies of Love Machine as participants and spectators. Watch Teresa Lucas doing a long jump.

The fishing competition features Benny as Col. Lutter competing alongside Claire Lutter; Libby Roberts come out of the woods with Eddie Buchanan. In the studio Dickie Davies covers his foot with an adult magazine (which wasn't cut from Syndication if I am not mistaken!). Then, Henry McGee interviews Benny as Mrs. Biscuit, a showjumper. Benny is hilarious in drag and even administers a pill to a horse with unexpected results! The final clip features Henry McGee as judge of a tennis match between "The Roberts Sister" (Libby Roberts & Teresa Lucas as her sister) against Benny & Jackie Wright in drag with plenty of great sight gags. I like when Henry McGee gets the tennis ball in his mouth! It all ends with everyone in the studio fighting and the girls revealing their undies! You'll never see skirts that short these days!

Benny and Jackie then walk out and sing a little vaudeville style tune in Benny & Jackie as Luke & Tinker. In Benny Quickie: Fly Spray? Henry, Eddie Buchanan & Jackie Wright contend with a fly in a restaurant, but Waiter Benny comes to their aid. Benny then recites a poem in Fatricia & Feter: The Pinal Foem of Faul Pinch which is another fine example of Benny's letter substitutions. Let your imagination have fun with this one. Benny Quickie: A Limerick is a short little limerick. As in the previous program, we are treated to Some More Quickies on The Dance Floor with plenty of great jokes and gags, this time in a discotheque instead of a ballroom. Look for the very tall and beautiful Moira Foot, members of Love Machine and the regulars. Listen for Benny's song "My Garden of Love" in the background which is actually part of a slower version of "Lonely Boy" from the Tex Cymbal sketch, (Episode #24).

We then see Strangers in The Night with Benny and Jackie as Bonnie & Clyde, the legendary crime duo holding up Henry McGee and Moira Foot as Henry's daughter in their very own home. They want a place to stay for the night to evade the police. In Benny Quickie: Bus Stop the whole cast are waiting for the bus. Jackie Wright admires Moira Foot. Next up, Benny Introduces Love Machine. There are only four of them at this point, with Lorraine Doyle making her first appearance on February 23, 1977 (Episode 9 in this collection.) This is certainly not as wild or sexy as Hill's Angels which would come later, but this is certainly fun with all of the smoke, the alternating colors in the background and the music is a big band disco number. The choreography is interesting and the girls all return to the positions they started in at the end. My brother used to call this one "Space Chicks".

In Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings! we are treated to a series of Benny's fast jokes with Benny (in drag) pregnant and Henry McGee as "his" father; Benny buying a bra with a bag on his head from Lorna Nathan; a starving Benny stealing Henry McGee's food in a cafeteria; Henry looking for directions from Jackie Wright; Benny allowing himself to be distracted from counting (in the office) when Terry Lucas bends over the file cabinet and limerick from Benny about his dogs. All great little quickies.

In Transistor Radio we are treated to a short clip with one of the girls from Love Machine (Jane Eve (Colthorpe)), while she listens to Benny describe a recipe, all with appropriate shots of the girl. Then she walks to a construction site with Benny, Eddie Buchanan and Jackie Wright and featuring Teresa Lucas, Libby Roberts and Claire Lutter dressed as men. Their work is mimed along with the music from the radio. Jackie Wright is a street cleaner who gets taken to a police station where Eddie Buchanan plays a typewriter like an accordion and Benny dances with Claire Lutter (revealing her stockings through a slit in her skirt) and Jackie Wright dances with Teresa Lucas.

Next is a routine that Benny used in his short film "Eddie In August" (which is a bonus feature on this DVD). Benny is a doctor (mechanic) with Libby Roberts assisting him as a nurse to help a sick vehicle. Henry McGee then goes to a massage parlour. He's looking for sexy girls but gets slapped around by Benny and Eddie Buchanan. When Henry leaves, he looks like Jackie Wright! Libby and Teresa do a sexy can-can dance with Benny, Henry, Jackie and Eddie Buchanan as street musicians. The girls are not afraid to show their legs and panties! Benny says "goodnight" and in Closing: Bill Poster (not in the menu). Benny is a bill poster who puts up offensive posters. There are plenty of short gags followed by the usual chase to the credits.

Episode 6 (27)

(Mar. 24, 1976)

Color [50:58]

  1. More Guest Stars
    Benny & Brenda Arnau: Native Song of Luana (not in the menu)
  2. Domestic Bliss!
  3. Captain Fred Scuttle Space Ace
  4. Henry McGee Cooks Chinese With Fanee & Jonee Claddock
  5. Brenda Arnau: Tell It Like It Is
  6. Murder On The Oregon Express
  7. The Lower Tidmarsh Fire Brigade Glee Singers
  8. The Misadventures of Robin Hood
  9. Closing: Benny's Snuff Box (not in the menu)

Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jack Wright, Brenda Arnau, Eddie Buchanan, Jenny Lee-Wright, Jenny Westbrook, Monica Ringwald & Leanne Robinson.

Produced and Directed by: Mark Stuart

Highlights: Murder On The Oregon Express, Domestic Bliss! (The Handyman), The Misadventures of Robin Hood & Captain Fred Scuttle Space Ace.

As with the other programs in this collection, Henry McGee introduces special guests: More Guest Stars features Dennis Rousssos (Eddie Buchanan) & Mama Mouskouri (Benny); Roger Twitaker (Benny) singing a song which I am sure many will recognize from syndication. The melody is "Flying South" from Episode 7, Disc 2 of Set 1. This would later be reworked into Episode #46, previously available on VHS & DVD as "Golden Laughs" as "Home For The Summer". Then it's The Spatchelors (Jackie, Benny & Henry) which is a vaudevillian trio singing "Colleen" (used as one of Benny's Ballads in a previous show), a send-up of "The Bachelors", a popular 1960's British Vocal Group, also spoofed in the B&W Sketch, "Top of The Tops".

Henry then does his usual introduction of Benny, who comes out to a jungle set in Benny & Brenda Arnau: Native Song of Luana (not in the menu), with Benny first giving a great monologue about his trip to Luana. He then announces that he has brought back a beautiful native girl, Brenda Arnau in a leopard skin outfit. Brenda sings a native song with Benny providing the translations. Next is Benny as "The Handyman" in Domestic Bliss!. I'm not sure why A&E named this chapter differently than the program indicates. At any rate, this is an hysterical sketch with Bob Todd (in his first appearance since Episode 2 (Mar. 12, 1975) of this collection. He plays Benny's unbearably homely wife. Watch Bob snap Benny's hand in a mousetrap at the breakfast table. Benny is Jackie Wright's handyman and fools around with Jackie's two maids. Watch one of the maids lose the back of her dress, revealing her sexy stockings! I think one is Jenny Westbrook (in a wig) and the other is Monika Ringwald. Benny ultimately finds a simple solution for eliminating his wife and gets the two sexy maids at the end.

Captain Fred Scuttle Space Ace features Henry McGee once again interviewing Mr. Fred Scuttle who is about to go into space, proving that "Britain leads the world in scientific endeavour and precision engineering". Jackie Wright is his second in command, naturally. Jenny Lee-Wright & Brenda Arnau also appear with Jenny getting a bit speaking part, reminding Benny that he promised them he would hire them as "Space Hostesses". Listen for Benny say "Ground Control To Major Tom", quoting from David Bowie's song "Space Oddity".

For those who want to learn to make their own chinese food, Henry McGee Cooks Chinese With Fanee & Jonee Claddock. Benny is in drag with Bob Todd as "her" drunken assistant. Even though this is Benny performing his "Chow Mein" shtick yet again, it's always fun to see Henry trying to get a decent interview and it's always a crowd pleaser. There are plenty of great word gags and jokes in this one. Benny then introduces Brenda Arnau: Tell It Like It Is, (not the same song made famous by Aaron Neville in the 1960's). She is a strong singer with a soulful style and is one of the better musical performances in this series. Again, an unusual set highlights another musical number.

Murder On The Oregon Express is another Benny tour-de-force parodying famous American TV Detectives who were so popular at the time. Benny plays several of these all at once and I always enjoy this approach to a sketch. Benny plays Hercule Poirot, Kojak & his partner Stavros, as well as Ironside. Look for two scenes with the lovely Jenny-Lee Wright as Sgt. Pepper with Benny as Cannon (they get "very close" to one another) and another with Benny as Marshal McCloud and Jenny as a woman who can't say no to a man in uniform! The opening sequence with Bob Todd as Barnaby Jones and Jackie Wright playing Columbo alongside Brenda Arnau was cut from this sketch in the "Benny Hill's Video Revue" HBO Video compilation, originally released as The Best Of Benny Hill, Vol. 1. That sequence was a parody of all of those Quinn Martin produced TV Series with Benny impersonating their announcer Henry "Hank" Simms.

The Lower Tidmarsh Fire Brigade Glee Singers features Benny leading the cast in a song-driven sketch with Jackie Wright, Henry McGee, Bob Todd (who would not appear on The Benny Hill show again until Feb. 6, 1980 Episode #36), Eddie Buchanan, Jenny Lee-Wright (singing a short solo in her black nylons!) with a girl I'm not sure of and someone on piano I have never seen before! This leads seamlessly into the next chapter The Misadventures of Robin Hood with Eddie Buchanan singing a quick intro to another silent film segment. Benny is Robin Hood, Bob Todd as Friar Tuck, Jackie Wright as his sidekick with Jenny Lee-Wright (in a wig) as Maid Marian. Benny attempts to rob Henry McGee (The Sheriff) & Leanne Robinson (His Lady) without succes. Looking for a way to rob them, he winds up taking a job as Leanne Robinson's model! He also gets into drag and goes as a Maid and winds up sleeping with Monika Ringwald and Jenny Westbrook, but only after knocking some fruit to the floor as a distraction (so they don't realise he's a man!). A gag that Benny would use more than once in the series. Look for Leanne Robinson smacking Benny on the head the way Benny slaps Jackie. Eddie Buchanan does a bit part as a Knight. It all ends with a surprise twist!

Benny then says goodnight and we see the Closing: Benny's Snuff Box (not in the menu). Benny buys a Snuff Box from Eddie Buchanan and sneezes the dress off of Jenny Westbrook (which reveals her sexy nylons and garter belt), sneezes a tent off of Leanne Robinson & Monika Ringwald and their is the usual credit chase closing this excellent program.

Episode 7 (28)

(April 21, 1976)

Color [50:01]

  1. Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls
  2. Humphrey Bumphrey: Continuity Announcer
    Sale Of The Half Century (not in the menu)
  3. Getting To Know You
  4. Eddie Buchanan & Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude
  5. Paul Eddington Asks: "Is There Anything In It?"
    Benny Quickie: This Just Ain't Your Day (not in the menu)
  6. Biology With Bellamy
  7. Supersonic
  8. Closing: German Department Store

Cast: Benny Hill with Paul Eddington, Jack Wright, Eddie Buchanan, Susie Baker, Bella Emberg, Ken Sedd, The Love Machine: Libby Roberts, Teresa Lucas, Claire Lutter & Jane Eve (Colthorpe)

Produced and Directed by: Mark Stuart.

Highlights: Supersonic, Eddie Buchanan & Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude, Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls, Humphrey Bumphrey: Continuity Announcer.

This program opens with Paul Eddington (instead of Henry McGee, whose name does not appear in the credits) introducing Benny in one of my favorite tunes from the series Benny's Ballad: So Many Girls (a.k.a. "Time Is Running Out For Me"), a great up-tempo number with members of the cast on stage with Benny. It's a really whimsical, fun tune that also contains a film clip with Benny (as an old man) walking along with his wife (Bella Emberg) in the park and seeing all of the young girls go by, including the members of Love Machine and a tall blonde, Susie Baker.

Benny plays a middle-aged man who gives chase on bicycle and a very old man who has Jackie Wright push him in his wheelchair to chase the girls. Bella Emberg also plays a woman with packages and Benny stealing her bike. Ken Sedd talks to Susie Baker on a construction site. Benny then jumps over a wall, landing on a board which seesaws Jackie Wright right into Teresa Lucas's window and Eddie Buchanan throwing him back out again! Benny follows Susie Baker home, returning her laundry that she dropped to her. Benny thinks he'll get lucky, but he gets another surprise! Eddie Buchanan sells Lucky Charms on the street to Benny, then a hook lifts Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine's dress, proving that the charms work, revealing her stockings! Teresa Lucas is the cop that drags him to the police station. Benny helps Libby Roberts escape in a gag that would be remade later in the series. Teresa and Eddie Buchanan give chase, with Benny returning to his wife, then we cut back to the stage with Benny and company, ending this great tune!

Paul Eddington is the announcer in Humphrey Bumphrey: Continuity Announcer introducing upcoming programs. First it's "Movin' On" with Benny playing two characters opposite each other with one of them explaining how he injured his head. Benny plays both Frank Converse (who played Will) and Claude Akins (who played Sonny, the one who injured his head). Libby Roberts & Susie Baker appear briefly. Then it's the brilliant "Who's Afraid of Virgin Wool" with Benny playing both Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor as a married couple. I always like it when Benny plays more than one character and the insults really fly in this one. Susie Baker and Paul Eddington appear briefly as visitors. A highlight from this episode.

Then it's "This Is Your Life" with Paul Eddington, parodying host Eamonn Andrews and Benny as the man being honored. Bella Emberg is his wife and Jackie Wright & Eddie Buchanan come out as old friends. Then they introduce his old secretary Miss Susie Freelove (Susie Baker) and her and Benny get a little more than friendly with each other! Look for Libby Roberts, as well as the other Love Machinists in the background. Paul Eddington later demanded that this clip be cut from repeats in the 1980's when the politically correct began to lean on the Benny Hill Show. Then it's "The Sale Of The Half Century" (not in the menu), with the wackiest credits you've ever seen, with stock footage, clips of Benny in drag and even a brief clip with Claire Lutter and Libby Roberts. It's a game show with Bella Emberg, Libby Roberts & Jackie Wright as the contestants. Benny is the host (Nicholas Parcels) an obvious pun on Nicholas Parsons, who actually was the host of "The Sale of The Century" Game Show. Naturally, Benny favours the lovely Libby ("Melonie"), but Jackie Wright is the winner. The two hostesses were Jane Eve (Colthorpe) of Love Machine & Susie Baker, the beauty mark on her right cheek being the tipoff!

Getting To Know You features Benny's talent for dialects as a German instructor from a German University discussing the British way of life. Benny uses his strange dialect to lead your mind wayward. Next is the classic Eddie Buchanan & Love Machine: Dancing In The Nude with Eddie singing about his love for women and the girls doing some sexy dancing. It's a great tune with the girls in skimpy bikinis. This may seem a little dated by today's standards, but this is innocent fun and Buchanan has a good voice. Paul Eddington Asks: "Is There Anything In It?" features Paul interviewing Benny (in drag) as Miss Emily Grimley on the subject of Palmistry & Phrenology. Jackie Wright is brought out by the sexy Susie Baker and Benny inspects his hands and head.

Then in Benny Quickie: This Just Ain't Your Day (not in the menu) Susie Baker looks for sympathy from Cowboy Benny after being raped by several comanches, but gets something else instead! Biology With Bellamy is a send-up of animal shows with Benny impersonating David Bellamy a well known nature show host in Britain, which he would impersonate again in the March 25, 1981 Hill's Angels: Street Dance" segment. There are some interesting puppets in this one and some cute gags.

Perhaps the finest item in this episode is the brilliant Rock Concert send-up Supersonic with Benny as the director, Mike Mansfield, the real-life director of the actual Supersonic show (London Weekend Television), starting with Jackie Wright in drag (as Lynsey DePaul), Benny as Roy Wood (with long beard & hair, singing "Rose", a song Benny had previously recorded on LP) with Teresa Lucas & Susie Baker as his backup singers. Eddie Buchanan (impersonating Dennis Roussos, given the accent & beard) introduces Roy Orbison (Benny in costume and makeup) singing "You're The One". The irony is that Benny was 52 at the time of this impersonation, the same age that Orbison was when he died. Benny and Orbison also had heart trouble. Then Benny steps out and sings "I'll Never Know" (also a Benny original previously recorded) with several cast members including Eddie Buchanan (who provides additional vocals), Libby Roberts (her skirt gets blown up), Susie Baker (her dress gets blown off with nothing but her bikini & tights left), Jackie Wright (on guitar), a shot up one girl's skirt (not sure who she is) and the whole set is finally engulfed in smoke. I remember this one vividly and still think it's one of Benny's best in the tradition of "Top Of The Tops" and "Tex Cymbal: Golden Boy".

Finally we see the Closing: German Department Store with Benny and his wife (Bella Emberg) in a German Dept. Store. Paul Eddington, Jackie Wright, Libby Roberts, Claire Lutter, Susie Baker & Teresa Lucas are all here with the usual chase ending this fine program. Don't miss it!

Episode 8 (29)

(Jan. 26, 1977)

Color [49:09]

  1. Benny's Ballad: Bianca Malone
  2. The Sum Awards
  3. Benny's Commercial Bloopers
  4. Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey
  5. Pets: A Poem by Pam Ayres
  6. Nor Iron Bars A Cage...!
  7. Peter Seymour: New Political Correspondent
  8. Reflections: Your Love Lifts Me Higher
  9. Bionic Baby
  10. Closing: Jackie Wright Goes Body-Building (not in the menu)

Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Rita Webb, Jack Wright, Jenny Lee-Wright, Eddie Buchanan, Diana Darvey, Reflections, Sue Upton, Eddie Connor, John Gallant, Jenny Westbrook & Suzy Mandel.

Produced and Directed by: Mark Stuart

Highlights: Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey, Bionic Baby, Nor Iron Bars A Cage...!, The Sum Awards.

Benny steps out on stage with the introduction of Henry McGee to sing Benny's Ballad: Bianca Malone about a very large tattooed woman he falls in love with. Benny has support from a large group behind him including Eddie Buchanan, Diana Darvey, Jenny Lee-Wright & the members of Pop Singing group "Reflections". We then are introduced to The Sum Awards with host Dickie Davis with Jenny Lee-Wright as his lovely assistant.

First there is some interviews on the street with the public who give their opinions on who should be the winners including Benny (in and out of drag), Henry McGee & Eddie Buchanan. When Benny is interviewed as the housewife who mistakes commercials for TV programming you can spot John Gallant on the left, wearing the same suit Benny wears in "The New Avengers", since he was Benny's stunt double! The first winner is Patrick McNee as best actor in "The New Avengers". We're then treated to a send-up of the famous british spy series. I wonder who the nice set of legs at the beginning of the clip belong to? Benny is Patrick McNee with Linda Robinson (of "Reflections") as Purdy.

We then move from a brief hospital scene to a library. We get a nice upskirt shot of seemed stockings (Linda Robinson?... she is wearing the green dress) and a chest shot of Jenny Lee-Wright (she is wearing a red shirt in this one). Jenny is Benny's contact and Eddie Buchanan is the communist enemy that Jackie, Purdy and Benny fight. John Gallant plays Benny's double, as Nosher Powell did in the B&W "Undercover Sanitary Inspector". Henry McGee appears at the end when the battle is over. Next is a clip of Game Show "Mastermind" with Benny impersonating host Magnus Magnusson and Jackie Wright as the contestant in a game show that requires witty and snappy answers. Benny did another parody of this kind of Game Show with "Master Brain", the Irish version, with Jackie Wright again as the contestant. Always lots of fun.

Eddie Buchanan then comes out as Dennis Roussos to announce the Critic's Award which goes to "I, Claudius", which we then get to see a clip of. Benny is the leader Claudius who refuses to abdicate his leadership of Rome, with Henry McGee insisting to Rita Webb that poison is the only way to rid him of his leadership. Benny plays Claudius as a stuttering fool. Jenny Lee-Wright and Diana Darvey play two beautiful servant girls. Eddie Buchanan (as a soldier) brings Jackie Wright in as a slave. In the end Benny opts for suicide with Linda Robinson, Diana Darvey, Jenny Lee-Wright & two other girls: Jenny Westbrook & Suzy Mandel? Next, Rita Webb needs a little help from Benny (as the director) in a commercial for dog food in Benny's Commercial Bloopers.

This leads straight into Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey featuring Benny & Jackie Wright as brothers who accompany Diana as she sings a beautiful Spanish Song. Diana gives kisses and attention to little Jackie Wright but Benny gets none no matter how hard he tries. Benny makes many insinuations about Jackie (bald, false teeth, etc.) with Jackie halting the music and telling Benny that "you are MAD!" Diana insists that they are a pair of "TWITS!" This is really a classic moment from the series with the audience getting a lot of laughs. You can see Diana and the guys trying not to laugh through this one and we get to laugh along with them.

Next, Benny gets into drag to read Pets: A Poem by Pam Ayres, a real-life british poet and entertainer who appeared in the mid-to-late 1970's sketch-comedy show "What's On Next", which also featured once-and/or-future Benny Hill Show players Bob Todd, Cheryl Gilham, Anna Dawson & Anne Bruzac. Ms. Ayres was also awarded an MBE (Member of The Order Of The British Empire) in 2004. This is really cute with Benny talking about various pets he has, including his cat, a goldfish, a badger, a water otter, an emu and a dog.

A silent sketch is next in Nor Iron Bars A Cage...! starting with Benny in bed with Jenny Lee-Wright, Jenny Westbrook and a girl who would later become a huge part of the Benny Hill Show, Sue Upton, making her first appearance! Jackie Wright gets over the wall without Benny. Benny eventually does escape (after a visit with his girl, Sue Upton in a wig?) with Eddie Connor (the first of three Benny Hill Show appearances) and they form a gang with Jackie Wright on the outside. Sue Upton accidentally winds up with their violin case! Jenny Lee-Wright is a policewoman who spots them panhandling on the outside and blows the whistle on them. The guys decide to split up. Benny becomes a busker blowing his kazoo and exposing himself to Rita Webb and another girl I'm not sure of. The trio regroup to rob a safe, but are caught by Jenny Lee-Wright and the cops; watch Jenny give Benny a lift-up into the police van! On the way back to prison the guys almost escape, except for the three sexy girls on the road: Sue Upton, Jenny Westbrook (the brunette) and Suzy Mandel (the dark red-haired one), who persuade them to get back into the police wagon with them!

Benny then rushes onto the set of a newscast with Jenny Lee-Wright as the makeup girl in Peter Seymour: New Political Correspondent. In the rush to be on the air, Benny knocks over his glasses with Jenny stepping on them. Naturally, Benny cannot read the roller-board correctly and messes up the newscast completely by mixing everything up. You'll see members of Reflections as members of the crew. A musical performance, Reflections: Your Love Lifts Me Higher is not one my favorite musical acts on the series. They perform with Chroma-Key backdrops on the wall behind them and on the floor.

Next, a highlight from this episode Bionic Baby features Benny and Jenny Lee-Wright as the Six-Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman "coming together for the first time". There is definitely a sexual reference there. The result is a bionic baby with red hair, a bionic big toe, a milk bottle to squirt his enemies and X-Ray vision so that he can see through Jenny Westbrook's dress and look at her underwear! Jackie Wright (looking like Fidel Castro) and Benny (looking like Idi Amin), play the "bad guys", sending the mafia (Eddie Connor, Eddie Buchanan & Jackie Wright) to kidnap him. When the Bionic Baby turns ten, Benny and Jackie realise he has the mind of a middle-aged man and try to catch him with two sexy girls in school girl outfits and black stockings! Instead he pursues Sue Upton, all in white and having lost her kite in a tree, he gets it back for her. Sue, unfortunately, goes for Eddie Buchanan and the Bionic Boy disappears. A brilliant parody and Sue Upton's first real part in the series! Benny then says Goodnight with the full cast behind him (and a knife in his back).

Finally, we end with the Closing: Jackie Wright Goes Body-Building (not in the menu) taking place on a seaside beach in front of a hotel with Benny kicking sand in Jackie Wright's face. The girls flock around Benny. Jackie Wright then sees an ad in a magazine for body-building with Fred Atlas. This is obviously a parody of all of those Charles Atlas ads seen in comic books for years of a young man getting pushed around and then building himself up for revenge. Eddie Buchanan plays Fred Atlas with Jenny Lee-Wright as his assistant who helps Jackie Wright out. Jackie returns to the beach (visibly larger) and Benny gets hit this time. In the end Jackie Wright is chased all around the seaside hotel closing this excellent program.

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