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  • Re: Benny Hill considered better than Monty Python by TV stations WOR a

    From Reverend Ozone@1:396/4 to Reverend Ozone on Fri Apr 24 04:49:04 2009
    From: "Reverend Ozone" <CaptainOzone.1@netzero.ohnoyoudidnt.com>

    "peterpuck16w" <peterchuck@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:f7f3e49f-b492-47fc-bc74-6730973c576c@j18g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
    On Apr 23, 7:02 pm, BB <b_brando...@yahoo.com> wrote:

    This is according to the book The Benny Hill Story by John Smith (bio
    is avaialble at amazon.com)! Benny Hill Story also has a flattering
    forword by comic legend Bob Hope! Also, Hillw as rated the funniest
    man in the whole UK during the 1980's (this was shown in the 1983
    Current Biography book article on him)!

    Why can't I like both of them?

    Agreed, and even then, it's not really a matter of who's /better/ , it's simply

    a preference of differing comedic styles.

    --
    Reverend Ozone, Marxist.

    Groucho, that is.


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  • From cruciverbalist@1:396/4 to All on Fri Apr 24 07:09:29 2009
    From: cruciverbalist <readingnewsgroups@yahoo.com>

    On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:49:04 -0500, "Reverend Ozone" <CaptainOzone.1@netzero.ohnoyoudidnt.com> wrote:

    "peterpuck16w" <peterchuck@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:f7f3e49f-b492-47fc-bc74-6730973c576c@j18g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
    On Apr 23, 7:02 pm, BB <b_brando...@yahoo.com> wrote:

    This is according to the book The Benny Hill Story by John Smith (bio
    is avaialble at amazon.com)! Benny Hill Story also has a flattering
    forword by comic legend Bob Hope! Also, Hillw as rated the funniest
    man in the whole UK during the 1980's (this was shown in the 1983
    Current Biography book article on him)!

    Why can't I like both of them?

    Agreed, and even then, it's not really a matter of who's /better/ , it's simply
    a preference of differing comedic styles.

    Pete and Rev, I agree with both of you and the sentiments you
    expressed. However (there's always an however!), at the risk of
    getting flamed in a Monty Python group, I never thought of any of the
    Python troupe as geniuses. Very funny (silly!) guys, yes. But
    geniuses, no. Benny Hill, on the other hand, I've always considered a
    genius. As a comedian he was a one man wrecking crew. He could do it
    all and with an ease that was positively frightening. The only
    Pythoner that came close, imho, was Eric Idle.

    Jack
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