Benny Hill

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About

Benny Hill was a English comedian and actor, best known for his performance in the long-running popular sketch show The Benny Hill Show (1955-1991) with the famous Yakety Sax theme, known for it's chase scenes and for it's stereotypical and slapstick comedy, which was broadcasted internationally, with 21 million viewers watched the show at the peak of it's run in 1977.^[1]

History

The Benny Hill Show (1955-1991)

The Benny Hill Show was a variety of sketches, gags and musical performances by different artists, similar to Saturday Night Live. Benny Hill often did impersonations and parodies of famous celebrities and films. Benny Hill sped up the footage and use the TV camera for visual comedy or often known as 'sight gags' for most of his sketches, resembling cartoon behaviour. With Hill calling it 'Live Animation'.

Sketches from the Show

The Yakety Yax Theme (Also known as "The Benny Hill Theme")

The song Yakety Sax was written by Homer "Boots" Randolph and James Q. “Spider” Rich in 1963. Randolph recorded the song and released it as a 7" single that same year.
The Benny Hill Show used the song as it's theme and has became a signature tune of the show. Best known for usage in chase themed sketches with slapstick humour.

Reception

His show is proven successful in revenues for Thames Television when it was broadcasted, and is considered a cult classic along with others such as Monty Python and is still popular in reruns and is influential today even after Hill's death.
He has been widely received by many celebrity fans, such as Charlie Chaplin, Johnny Carson, Michael Jackson and many others.