Benny Hill

Eurosceptics threaten main parties in key vote

The young couple cry as they tell the UK Independence Party candidate that they face losing heir home. Diane James replies comfortingly: "Well the first thing I can do is look after the cat."
 

Bikini beach party comes to Downing Street

Bikini-clad women served up a shocker in more ways than one outside the back window of British Prime Minister David Cameron to open London Olympic beach volleyball competition on Saturday.
 

Drag Star Sherry Vine's 'She's Living For This' Premieres Friday

Drag superstar Sherry Vine's 30-minute variety show 'She's Living for This' premieres on all-gay cabler here! TV on Friday, February 24. ?Drag superstar Sherry Vine's 30-minute variety show She's Living for This premieres on all-gay cabler here! TV on Friday, February 24. According to a press release, She's Living for This is being billed as a gay version of classic TV variety shows which starred Sonny & Cher, Carol Burnett and Benny Hill. ?We wanted to develop something fun but also wildly different from what was already on the air,? said Josh Rosenzweig, senior vice president of original programming and development at here! TV. ?Having grown up on shows like 'The Sonny & Cher Show' and 'The Carol Burnett Show,' I thought it would be great to bring back the classic TV variety show with a modern twist. Creating the show around Sherry Vine was hands-down the best choice. She sings, she acts, she is hysterically funny, and a consummate professional.? Guests stars scheduled to appear on t
 

Ryanair shows students 'how to pack a suitcase'

Irish budget airline Ryanair, which last week threw Belgian students off a flight following a heated argument over a luggage fee, on Thursday offered a tongue-in-cheek video demonstrating how to pack a suitcase.
 

UEFA should throw rule book at Real Madrid

As in life, there are no 'small' violations in soccer: UEFA must throw rule book at Madrid. What would happen if the police suddenly declared that petty criminals ? small-time shoplifters and tax-dodgers, drunk drivers and the like ? would no longer be caught and punished? It's a safe bet there would be public outrage and fears that the foundations of law and order were being eroded.
 

Wear wristwatch? Use e-mail? Not for Class of '14

Mindset List: Class of '14 has little use for e-mail, wristwatches, cursive; Dirty Harry who?. Every year, Beloit College in Beloit, Wis., releases its Mindset List to give a snapshot of the world view of the incoming freshmen class. The list for the Class of 2014:
 

'Muppet Show' bandleader Jack Parnell dies at 87

British jazz drummer and 'Muppet Show' bandleader Jack Parnell dies at 87. British jazz drummer Jack Parnell, who served as bandleader on "The Muppet Show," has died aged 87, his family said Monday.
 

World Cup: Maradona neither genius nor clown

Don't cry for Maradona: Argentina coach no World Cup genius but no clown, either. The World Cup proved that Diego Maradona is no coaching genius. Nor was he the clown that some expected.
 

World Cup: Maradona neither genius nor clown

Don't cry for Maradona: Argentina coach no World Cup genius but no clown, either. The World Cup proved that Diego Maradona is no coaching genius. Nor was he the clown that some expected.
 

'Rude Britannia' looks at 300 years of comic art

Tate's 'Rude Britannia' exhibition revels in 300 years of saucy, satirical British art. Some countries overthrow their politicians. Some endure them. In Britain, they just laugh at them.
 

Poehler, Applegate squeak for laughs in "Chipmunks"

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two years ago, a big screen adaptation of "Alvin and Chipmunks" became a surprise hit at box offices grossing $360 million worldwide. The movie was based on the animated music group created in 1958 about three singing chipmunks and their exasperated manager/father.
 

Hallelujah or Highway to Hell? Songs to die for

Frank Sinatra's "My Way" is the most popular song played at funeral services, but other more arresting death-bed choices were revealed in a poll published in Britain Thursday.
 

Hallelujah or Highway to Hell? Songs to die for

Frank Sinatra's "My Way" is the most popular song played at funeral services, but other more arresting death-bed choices were revealed in a poll published in Britain Thursday.
 

Hallelujah or Highway to Hell? Songs to die for

Frank Sinatra's "My Way" is the most popular song played at funeral services, but other more arresting death-bed choices were revealed in a poll published in Britain Thursday.
 

Facts from the Wikipedia page:

Benny Hill

A scene from The Benny Hill Show
BornAlfred Hawthorne Hill
21 January 1924(1924-01-21)
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died19 April 1992 (aged 68)
Teddington, Greater London, England
OccupationActor, singer & comedian
Years active1955–1992