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The Hill's Angels Years - Set 5

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This collection of The Benny Hill Show from A&E and NewVideo marks a turning point in the series. There are some of the sexiest and most daring moments in these programs, particularly the presence of Corinne Russell and her appearances in the Holiday program and in the Superteech segments. Benny was pushing the envelope of what was acceptable on British Television at that time. Some of Benny's funniest moments are here as well. However, Benny's fortunes were about to change and the series would never be the same.

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Episode 1 (42)

(Jan. 6, 1982)

Color [50:46]

  1. Benny Quickie: My Kitty!
  2. Benny's Ballad: Paradise Island
  3. Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings
  4. Schoolteacher
    Hill's Angels: Hotel Splendide (Part 1)
    (not in the menu)
  5. Hill's Angels: Hotel Splendide (Part 2)
  6. Benny Quickie: Risky
  7. Cleaning Up Dimpton
  8. Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings II
  9. The Monte Carbolic Show
  10. Closing: The Park
  11. Park Chase (not in the menu)

Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jack Wright, Bella Emberg, Alison Bell, Jon Jon Keefe, Gerold Wells, Cyril Cross, Ken Sedd with Debra Hemmings, Terry Jones, Cheryl Mortimer, Samantha Spencer-Lane, Jo Thomas, Sue Upton, Lesley Young & Louise English as Hill's Angels.

Hill's Angels Choreographed by: Francesca Jaynes

Vocal Backing: The Ladybirds

Musical Director: Ronnie Aldrich

Producer and Directed by: Dennis Kirkland

Highlights: Benny's Ballad: Paradise Island, Hill's Angels: Hotel Splendide, Cleaning Up Dimpton & The Monte Carbolic Show.

This program begins with Benny Quickie: My Kitty!, with Benny opening what appears to be some cat food, but is it? It's actually for Debi Gaye in bed with Bob Todd, Henry McGee, Jon Jon Keefe and Jackie Wright with beards! (Jon Jon Keefe's first appearance on the show since 03/13/74; he will be in every remaining edition of TBHS that will be produced. - WB). Then we get the show opener with Benny's Ballad: Paradise Island and Benny sings of his life there. There are plenty of beautiful Angels, including Sue Upton, Jo Thomas, Alison Bell, Samantha Spencer Lane and many more in sexy tropical skirts. A great way to start the show! Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings has three short gags. "Well Shod" with Benny as Bob Todd's stable hand; "Duck Sauce" with Benny as Louise English and Henry McGee's waiter and "Missing Vehicle" with Henry McGee as a policeman helping Benny, Jackie and Bob Todd looking for their missing fire engine. All three of these bits were featured in the "Video Follies" program. The last quickie features Benny as famer Jake getting a visit from Dr. Bob Todd asking about his sick calf. Next up is Schoolteacher, with Benny as the long-suffering head master calling the roll with Benny's usual wordplay and double entendres throughout. Look for Benny's famouse "Assume" gag!

Within the same chapter, (but not in the menu), is the first part of another classic Hill's Angels extravaganza, Hotel Splendide. It all takes place during a whole day at a fashionable seaside resort. There are plenty of beautiful Angels in this classic and Benny, Jackie, Bob, Henry and Jon Jon Keefe are the usual gang of comic foils, looking like idiots compared to the sexy and sophisticated Angels. There is a good running gag with construction at the Hotel, a lineup for the washroom and a hilarious scene with Benny as Chow Mein serving lunch to Samantha Spencer Lane, (as a Nun), Jon Jon Keefe as a scotsman as well as Bob Todd and Henry McGee. Then the fun with Hill's Angels starts poolside as the song "I Love To Love" plays. This is really an excellent arrangement of the song and the scads of beautiful Angels in their bikinis will surely remind you of staying at a Hotel with the possibility of Romantic encounters. The gags continue with Benny and Henry poolside and a man drowning in the pool! There are also some classic gags in the Hotel bar as Benny gets picked up by divorcee, Jo Thomas. Bob Todd shows off his smile and Jon Jon Keefe serves drinks. Benny, Henry and Bob are a scream as the drunks in the bar! This runs into the next chapter Hill's Angels: Hotel Splendide (Part 2) which features the Angels dancing in the moonlight. (This song is "This Will Be," first made famous in 1975 by Natalie Cole - and now used in ads for the 'eHarmony.com' service. - WB). The Angels look fantastic and Samantha Spencer Lane, Alison Bell and Sue Upton look like they are really enjoying themselves. I would like to mention just how excellent the horns are in this tune and it really shows just how important the music was in these segments to set the proper mood and atmosphere. Just look for Alison Bell holding up a drink, almost as if asking to us to join her. In a way I wish the gags wouldn't interrupt the music and the dancing girls. The audio in this number is great so turn it up and enjoy!

Benny Quickie: Risky starts out with with Bob Todd getting arrested by Benny for being a Peeping Tom on Alison Bell, who is stripping down! This is usually the last gag in the Hotel Splendide, but on this disc it has been moved to this chapter, which also features Benny as a hunter who tells of how he bagged a tiger to Henry McGee. (This was called "The Tiger Hunter" in Video Follies. - WB)

What is probably the main sketch in this episode, Cleaning Up Dimpton is also known as "The Traffic Warden and The Street Cleaner". Benny plays the street cleaner and Bob Todd is the wicked Traffic Warden. Benny's job is to clean up the corruption in Dimpton. This sketch starts with innocent drivers getting tricked into erroneous parking tickets. The beautiful Alison Bell is the Meter Maid that Benny falls in love with at the end. In the middle is a war that erupts between the Police and the street cleaners. Watch Benny get a ticket from Alison and get mad, but just watch the guys blush when Alison lets off a string of swearing! This is also a silent segment with no dialogue, only Benny's narration and the music and sound effects. War erupts on both sides and Benny and company set up an entire underground network to fight the evil in the town. With music reminiscent of the second world war ("We'll Meet Again"), air raid sirens and sweethearts seeing their men off to battle, this is truly an inspired parody of war pictures. This is probably as big a statement Benny ever made on the subject of war. In the end love prevails. Watch for Benny kissing Alison Bell, they fall in love and Benny dances to the famous "Spring Song" by Mendelssohn and throws flowers! There also so many more brilliant gags and touches in this classic that I don't have the space to mention them all here.

Benny Quickies: Misunderstandings II features three gags, including a bunch of guys running from the Vasectomy Clinic, Jo Thomas ordering food at a posh restaurant with Henry McGee and Bob Todd as the uncouth waiter, Jackie Wright looking for help from Bob Todd to close his suitcase as he goes through customs and finally, Bob Todd is the keeper of the dungeon that has Benny and a girl who is pregnant hanging by chains! (Video Follies indexed these quickies individually as, respectively, "The Vasectomy Clinic," "The Waiter," "Customs II" and "The Dungeon." In the latter, the girl was Abigail Higgins. - WB)

Next up is the brilliant parody of the Monte Carlo show, The Monte Carbolic Show. A Variety program which features several unusual and odd acts. Benny is the host Patrick Wayne and he is always surrounded by the Hill's Angels as the sexy and beautiful "Les Girls". The first act is "The Nolan Sisters" who bomb after they finish their act, but get outstanding applause when they reveal their stockings and garters! (The opening sequence, with clips from older shows of various personalities impersonated by Benny and others, was cut from the previous Video Spotlight compilation, going from the title to "with Patrick Wayne"; in addition, on the syndicated shows, the opening goes from the title to "Les Girls." The Nolan Sisters (later known as The Nolans) were a popular British music act in the 1980's; the audience response gag was a re-do of the curtain call of 'Peter Long and Partner' towards the end of the "Opportunity's Knocking" sketch of 12/23/70. - WB). Then it's Benny, Cheryl Mortimer, Alison Bell and Lesley Young sitting with Benny as he talks to a puppet named "Pen". (The name of the puppet "Pen," in French is "Plume" - the name of the puppet on the original Monte Carlo Show. - WB). The first time I saw that puppet I broke down laughing. Then it's the Hamburg Black Theatre Company with several acts. First, Benny does some magic tricks with Alison Bell as his lovely assistant. Jackie Wright spoils the act. Then Benny is a snake charmer. Next, several girls in Harem costumes fly on their magic carpets until Jackie Wright spoils that act, too! Finally, we have Sue Upton in a school girl dress standing in front of a blackcloth background. She perfoms a simple mime with someone in black moving objects through the air. Everything is fine until someone feels her bottom. (A remake of the "Black Theatre" blooper of 12/22/71, with Sue in the role previously played by Kay Frazer and Jerold Wells, (whose first name is misspelled "Gerold" in the end credits) in Bob Todd's role. - WB). Next, the sexy "Les Girls" introduce Benny as Kenny Rogers. The makeup is brilliant and he really looks like Rogers who was at the most popular point in his career at the time of this episode. Benny sings "I Just Want To Be In Your Band" and the lyrics are hilarious. There are also plenty of great sight gags with Henry McGee playing violin with boxing gloves, Jackie Wright on trumpet, Jon Jon Keefe on piano and a very shaky Bob Todd on mandolin. Finally, Benny says goodnight with the lovely Alison Bell and Jo Thomas who uncork him and place him in a suitcase! (And the "audience", seen in one of the angles turns out to be a gobo (an image set on a piece of glass or clear plastic), with a notice that was a variation of the ending gag of "The Underworld Water of Jacques Custard" from 10/28/70. - WB).

This program concludes with Closing: The Park (Which was called "The Park Bench" in Video Follies. - WB), and Benny, Jon Jon Keefe and Jackie Wright going behind the bushes, one at a time with the lovely Alison Bell (in a dark wig), who turns out to be a vampire! Finally, its the standard chase in Park Chase (not in the menu), with Alison leading a whole group in a fast-paced chase rounding out this classic program.

Note: This entire episode, complete with original adcaps and VT countdown slates (with pertinent VTR number displayed) and original "Thames Colour Production" endcap, is in the collection of the Museum of Television & Radio (MT&R) in New York, the only TBHS edition with such a distinction. - WB.

Episode 2 (43)

(Feb. 10, 1982)

Color [50:38]

  1. Benny Quickie: The Early Bird!
  2. Benny's Ballad: Unlucky Luke
  3. Benny Quickie: Girl Power!
  4. Learning All the Time!
  5. Benny Quickie: Get Some Glasses Ref!
  6. Talking Point
  7. The Little Dimpton Street Party
    Benny Quickie: Winning on the Pools
    (not in the menu)
  8. Ambrosia the Scots Schoolgirl
  9. Benny Quickie: Girl Power 2!
  10. The Video Machine
  11. Benny Quickie: Caught!
  12. In the Wrong Place
  13. Mimed Striptease
  14. Benny Quickie: Shopping List
  15. Cops and Robbers
  16. Cops and Robbers Chase
    (not in the menu)

Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jack Wright, Bella Emberg, Jon Jon Keefe, Alison Bell, Cyril Cross, Ken Sedd, Jenny Lee-Wright and Denise Gymgell, Tee Jay, Samantha Spencer-Lane, Cheryl Mortimer, Lisa Price, Sue Upton & Lesley Young as Hill's Angels.

Hill's Angels Choreographed by: Linda Finch

Vocal Backing: The Ladybirds

Musical Director: Ronnie Aldrich

Producer and Directed by: Dennis Kirkland

Highlights: Learning All the Time!, The Little Dimpton Street Party, The Video Machine, Mimed Striptease & Cops and Robbers Chase.

This program begins with Benny attempting to capture a bird in Benny Quickie: The Early Bird!. Then it's that familiar voice of Henry McGee introducing Benny, who steps out and sings the story of Benny's Ballad: Unlucky Luke with several members of the cast in western costumes. Benny Quickie: Girl Power! is actually a few quickies, including Benny leading an execution of Jo Thomas. He blindfolds her with her bra and the execution doesn't go quite as planned! Next, Debi Gaye, while on the beach with Benny, bags herself a gorilla fur coat. Then, Benny is in bed with his wife (Bella Emberg), while reading Playboy and finally Bob Todd is the Doctor offering advice to Jackie Wright's wife on how to pass along bad news. (These quickies were individually indexed on Video Spotlight as "The Execution," "On The Beach," "Playboy," and "House Call." - WB). Next is a remake of the classic Learning All the Time! with Benny meeting the lovely Jenny Lee-Wright in the park. He speaks with a German accent and mixes up the names of parts of the human anatomy. Jenny Lee is embarassed at his grammar and shows him the proper names, but not without Benny pouting or leading us wayward. There is plenty of double entendre and innuendo in this one! A highlight! (The only difference in casting being in the end, when Henry McGee appears in the role played in the 02/24/71 B&W original by Bob Todd. - WB). Benny Quickie: Get Some Glasses Ref! features Jackie Wright getting an eye test with Benny, (called "The Eye Doctor" in Video Follies. - WB). Talking Point is a talk show with Benny interviewing Henry McGee as a medical expert on a serious topic.

The Little Dimpton Street Party is next and is another extended number with Hill's Angels appearing in two different dance segments. This one is also known as "Street Party". There are plenty of beauties in this one, with Alison Bell appearing at the first in a red dress finding her puppy. It's a day on Dimpton Street with people rushing around in the rain, Henry McGee as a traffic officer who catches Bob Todd's turban and Henry McGee getting instructions from Benny. Jackie Wright also offers someone directions as the newsman. Then, we are treated to the Angels in their "Red Hot Outfits", (a phrase coined by Tony Frederick). Angels include Samantha Spencer Lane, Sue Upton, Cheryl Mortimer and others. Look for Benny, Jackie and Bob as sailors and Alison Bell giving the newspapers some "extra exposure"! Then the sun goes down and the Angels appear as Meter Maids and perform a rousing dance in their black stockings, heels and uniforms. They twirl, sommersault and end on the splits! Then it's Benny Quickie: Winning on the Pools (not in the menu) with Bella Emberg concerned about her husband Jackie learning he's won in the pools as he has a bad heart. Bob Todd, as the Doctor, steps in to deal with it.

Ambrosia the Scots Schoolgirl features Benny performing a monologue, dressed as a schoolgirl. He talks about life at school and "her" favorite teacher Miss Brody, the spinster. However, he really hates Mrs. Potts. There are plenty of wise-cracks, puns and double entendres in this one. It all ends with the death of Miss Brody and a new favorite teacher! Benny Quickie: Girl Power 2! features two quickies. First, with Louise English answering the phone of a heavy breather and then Louise English in the bath tub. She offers Benny the window cleaner the chance to rinse his chamois out in her bath water. (The Video Spotlight compilation indexed these individually as "Heavy Breather" and "The Window Washer." - WB). Next, it's the brilliant, The Video Machine, which features Benny as the husband to Bella Emberg, who is always on his back to exercise. There is a particularly comic moment with Benny eating in front of the TV, with the voice of Henry McGee describing his eating habits! (Remade from the opening scene in "Who's Afraid of Virgin Wool?" from 04/21/76 where Paul Eddington describes "Rich Burt's" eating habits. - WB). Bella nags him to walk the dog and he gets the idea to get a Video Machine from a newspaper. He learns he can control the entire world with the remote control and uses it to shut up his nagging wife and travel to a deserted island and find some young, beautiful native girls! In the end he winds back up with his wife. This sketch could also be seen as a commentary on automation and modernization. Bella Emberg must have been a real sport to play the nagging wife. Just watch Benny mock her as she reflects on another man she might have married. Benny spent a lot of time watching TV and using Video Machines himself and that must have been the influence for this classic. There is probably more special camera effects in this sketch than any other that Benny did. (And in this set, it is in one piece as it should be. On Video Spotlight, only the intro was indexed as "The Video Machine," while the story which followed was called "Henry's Remote Control." In any form, the basic story would be variated in the recent Adam Sandler movie Click. - WB).

Benny Quickie: Caught! features several short gags with people getting "caught". Benny is a Mexican bandit fingered in a Police line-up. Then, Jackie Wright informs officer Henry McGee that his wife has come home while he is hobbling on crutches! (In the former, (indexed in Video Follies as "The Masked Bandit"), Abigail Higgins was the girl who fingered Benny; the latter was called "Missing Persons" in the same compilation. - WB). In the Wrong Place features more quickies with Benny as a watch smuggler in an airport; Benny smoking in a non-smoking lounge with Debi Gaye telling him to put out his cigarette; a Gorilla locked up in the Zoo and finally Benny as a hobo finding a spot for his nap too close to the horses at the race track! (The quickies were indexed in Video Follies as, respectively, "Customs," "No Smoking," "The Zoo," and "The Hedge." - WB). We are then treated to another memorable Hill's Angels routine with Mimed Striptease, sometimes known as "Strip Tease". Cheryl Mortimer is helped by Lesley Young in the "removal" of her stockings. They are joined by Sue Upton, Samantha Spencer Lane and other Angels in a routine set to the classic "stripper" song which is so commonly associated with burlesque. Then Benny joins in as a clown who parodies stripping himself, eventually stripping down to a skeleton and then until there is nothing left of him! (The last music, as Benny the clown was stripping down to a mere skeleton, was David Rose's "The Stripper." That song was also heard in the "Mahala, Balloon Dancer" segment of the March 16, 1983 runoff. - William Brown)

Benny Quickie: Shopping List features Benny as a Tattoo artist getting called by his wife to pick up his groceries. How does a Tattoo artist write a grocery list? Then it's Cops and Robbers with Benny, Bob and Jackie as theives who try to evade the police. Look for Alison Bell getting a ride by holding a sign up in the air with her feet! Henry McGee is picking up packages with his bike and Bob Todd is a driving instructor. The boys attempt to rob a jewellery store. The last chapter is a classic scene with the policewomen losing their uniforms on a barb wire fence in Cops and Robbers Chase (not in the menu), during the closing credits. The guys chase them across a green meadow, the girls only wearing their bras, panties, stockings and heels, and all in slo-mo. A sexy and funny close to this great episode! (This runoff, which also ended Video Follies, had a total of five indices in the latter: "Police Chase," "The Hitchhikers," "The Cyclist," "Student Driver," and "Wanted." Only the cast and crew credits weren't on Video Follies. - WB).

Note: This episode also had the distinction of being the very last TBHS to list individual Hill's Angels by name. While "Tee Jay" (so named because her name, as on the prior show, was exactly the same as that of one of the Monty Python writer/actors) was named in the end credits, she did not appear in the dance segments; conversely, Trudy Miller, who did dance on this show, wasn't credited. And oddly, on this show Louise English wasn't even credited, though she figured prominently in the two quickies she appeared in. In the future, only those Angels who figured most prominently - Louise, Sue Upton and (later) Lorraine Doyle - would be credited amongst the regular cast. It was also during the making of this 1982 series, that "The Lover" (which would air on 05/27/85) was produced; the Feb. 6-12, 1982 edition of TV Times magazine featured a still from that sketch in an article on Jackie Wright. More in the pertinent section. - WB.

Episode 3 (44)

(Jan. 5, 1983)

Color [50:47]

  1. Benny Quickies: Girls Uncovered!
  2. Benny's Ballad: The Lifeguard
  3. Benny Quickies: Mummies!
  4. Me and My Shadow
  5. Friends to Tead With Henry McGee: Chow Mein
  6. Benny Quickie: Deadpan Humour
  7. Television Censors
  8. Hill's Angels: Cruise Liner
  9. Benny Quickies
  10. Superteech
  11. Superteech Chase (not in the menu)

Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Jack Wright, Kathy Staff, Bob Todd, Jenny Lee-Wright, Louise English, Alison Bell, Jon Jon Keefe, Ken Sedd & Hill's Angels.

Hill's Angels Choreographed by: Linda Finch

Vocal Backing: The Ladybirds

Musical Director: Ronnie Aldrich

Produced and Directed by: Dennis Kirkland

Highlights: Benny's Ballad: The Lifeguard, Me and My Shadow, Television Censors, Hill's Angels: Cruise Liner, Superteech and Superteech Chase.

Benny Quickies: Girls Uncovered! starts with Benny in bed with Jenny Lee-Wright. He's just had a dream that he was back at the Sheep Shearing plant. Jenny, however, isn't too amused. Then it's Jane Leeves as the maid to Benny and Jenny Lee-Wright. Jane has to serve dinner, but can't seem to find her oven mitts, thanks to Benny! She does however, come up with a very revealing way to serve a hot tray and reveal her stockings and garters at the same time. (These routines were indexed individually at the start of Video Spotlight as "Sheep Shearer" and "Oven Mitts." - WB). Then the show opener begins with the voice of Henry McGee introducing Benny who steps out with several Angels on a beach setting. Benny's Ballad: The Lifeguard features Benny singing with the Angels in sexy bathing suits. You'll see Louise English, Sue Upton, Jane Conaway and the first appearance of Corinne Russell. It's a fun opener with the girls whipping around boat oars and supplying backing vocals to Benny.

Benny Quickies: Mummies! features two short bits all revolving around Mothers. First, it's Benny with Louise English as his date and Bob Todd as her mother! Then, Jane Leeves gets some news from Dr. Benny that she has "Egyptian Flu". (A bawdier remake of the 12/23/70 B&W quickie, with Ms. Leeves in Sue Bond's old role - and with less clothing than Ms. Bond. - WB). Me and My Shadow is a clever and unique bit with Benny as a man who has the incredible power to touch and manipulate reality with only the shadow of his hands! (This bit was called "The Shadow" in Video Follies.- WB). He pinches Sue Upton's bottom at the bus stop and supports Corinne Russell's back until he is distracted. She falls over and the shot of her is pretty revealing! He plays chess with Henry McGee and uses his unusal power to cheat. Finally, he can endure his nagging wife no longer and uses his "Shadow" to finish her off. When the police investigate, they prove that they can use this kind of power on Benny! Look for Corinne Russell in her police uniform. A highlight in this episode.

The next sketch is the return of Chow Mein and his wife, played by Louise English in Friends to Tea With Henry McGee: Chow Mein. Henry gives them an interview about his Chinese Opera Company with plenty of the usual misunderstandings and wordplay. The Opera Company give a performance, featuring several unusual stunts and acts for the audience. There are plenty of great sight gags in this sketch, and a particularly dark one with Jackie Wright getting a knife in the head! Next, there is quickie with nurse Louise English bringing old-man Benny his bedpan in Benny Quickie: Deadpan Humour

Television Censors features Benny in drag as Emily Grimley, the chairperson of a Televsion Censor Board, with Henry McGee and Jackie Wright as her associates. Benny plays the conservative and judgemental woman who says she hates any kind of smut, but deep down she really loves it. Just watch him get excited at words like "whips" or "foreplay". At the end she says that men and women should be equal, but then commences to berate Henry and Jackie on how to treat women. A classic, which I've never seen before, but also illustrates some of the double standards that human beings sometimes put forth.

Next, it's another classic with Hill's Angels: Cruise Liner, featuring the cast on a large cruise ship on a holiday. (Called "The Cruise" in Video Follies. - WB). It all begins with Jackie Wright and Jenny Lee-Wright being shown to their room by Benny. Look for the nude picture of Corinne Russell on the wall! Then we are shown to the deck and some keep fit classes with Hill's Angels who dance to "The Hottest Girls". Look for Gilian Adams, Sue Upton, Louise English and Corinne Russell performing some of her incredible contortions! As I have mentioned before, these dance routines really tap into male fantasies about picking a mate and Corinne Russell must have made quite an impact on many males as they were growing up. Look for Benny, Bob, Jackie and Jon Jon Keefe supplying the humor. There is also a good gag with Gilian Adams getting slapped on the bottom by Benny and Jackie. (The last named gag was a remake of a vignette from the 11/24/71 "Cruising on the S.S. Rumpo" sketch, with Ms. Adams in place of Carol Mills who was in the earlier version. Speaking of which, another "Cruising on the S.S. Rumpo" gag, the "seasick" bit, was also rehashed. While Benny and Jackie played the same roles as in the earlier version, Benny's fellow crew-member who "rocked" with him was now Bob Todd in place of Jerold Wells. - WB). Then, a quick segment with Benny as the leader of the ship's entertainment. The sun sets and Louise English leads the Angels in a song called "Paradise" which is a fan favorite. The girls are absolutely bewitching in their simple bikinis with flowers on each breast. The mood is soft and romantic and makes you wish you could spend a night on a cruise like that. Look for Benny as the clutzy waiter serving Jackie and Jenny Lee-Wright and ogling the girls. Then it's Louise and the girls in boustiers, stockings and heels while she sings "Pour un flirt avec toi". Look for several beauties in this one, including Sue Upton, Corinne Russell and Elfrida Ashworth. They all wear very colorful costumes and exude poise, elegance and sexuality all at the same time. Finally, Louise steps out and sings a quick Spanish number, "Casanova" which everyone dances to as we leave behind a night of excitement.

We're treated to more Benny Quickies, starting with Benny not going to school and Jenny Lee-Wright telling him he has to go! (The woman was an unrecognizable (sans makeup) Jenny Lee-Wright, in what was called "You've Got to Go to School" in Video Follies. - WB). Next, Benny prescribes pills to take before bed to Jenny Lee-Wright. Then, Benny and Jackie are two inept theives at an art gallery. Next, Jackie Wright is the foreman to a group of construction workers discussing their wages. Finally, Bob Todd is the man standing next to a painting of himself in a museum and finds out a little more about his origins than he might want to hear from Jackie Wright! (These were called "Take These Pills," "The Art Thief," "Pay Cut" and "The Resemblance" in Video Follies. - WB).

Finally, we close with a Benny Hill classic, Superteech, featuring Benny as Professor Arnold McFudpucker, alias "Superteech". The episode is called "Superteech meets Wanda, The Wicked West Wickham Whip Woman", who is played by Alison Bell in a sexy leather dominatrix outfit. Louise English is Princess Jasmine who is kidnapped by Wanda and Jackie Wright is Benny's inept sidekick "Prefect", who helps him try to rescue the Princess. Bob Todd is the Princess's father. It's up to Wanda's evil henchman to prevent the rescue of the princess. Alison Bell steals the show as the sexy "Wanda", who uses her whip to kidnap the Princess or whip Jackie Wright while he is tied up. Look for the way that Benny and Jackie transform into their superhero alter egos! The Angels are very sexy in this one as they wear sheer black nylon costumes and march outside the castle. There are plenty of great sight gags throughout this one as well, and naturally, the rescue of the princess is completely botched. This of course leads into the Superteech Chase (not in the menu) closing sequence, with Benny and Jackie being chased by Wanda and the whole cast. Look for Corinne Russell running and jiggling at the end of this episode... in slow motion!

Note: The "S&M / bondage" angle of this sketch also had the effect of pouring kerosene over the burning fire that was the uproar over what was increasingly seen in certain corners in Britain as the "sexist" bent of his show, and to those groups "Superteech" in particular reinforced the notion that the Hill show was "soft porn." In other words, one straw among many (such as "Runaway" from two years earlier) that would eventually break the proverbial camel's back, and lead to further scrutiny of the program's content and a total revamping of the direction of TBHS within a year of the original airing of this show. Also, look for a young Robert Falk as the schoolboy who writes a graffiti message on a statue in the opening title sequence. He was probably the last "stage" child actor to appear on the show, as Benny in the future would include children of key cast and crew members in his shows in later years. - WB.

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Benny Hill, The Hill's Angels Years - Set 5
Complete And Unadulterated:
The Hill's Angels Years Set 5
Details:
Studio: A&E Home Video
Release Date: 09/26/2006
No. of Discs: 3 (Box Set)
Running Time: 7 Hours, 30 Mins. + extras
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Color
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
DVD Features:
Hill's Angels: Off The Record Featurette
The Benny Hill Cheeky Challenge Trivia Quiz #5 Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
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