The Benny Hill Sketch That Predicted The Future

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Thank you for joining us for a laugh while we react to Benny Hill's hilarious "Wife-Swap" sketch! Did this classic comedy sketch crack you up as much as it did us? If so, please give this video a thumbs up, subscribe to our channel, and don't hesitate to share your favorite Benny Hill moments in the comments below. Let's keep the laughter and good vibes flowing, friends!

[@josefschiltz2192]

The last entrant to the sketch - and greeted with rapturous applause - was Kathy Staff, very well known at the time for appearing in a soap opera called Crossroads and as Nora Batty in the classic comedy series Last Of The Summer Wine. The husband, Henry McGee, had appeared in several roles with Benny Hill and was in a commercial for Sugar Puffs breakfast cereal along with the Sugar Puffs 'Honey Monster' and appeared in many comedy movies.

[@makingthecoin3647]

There is one skit where they are giving out GANGSTER awards and Fred Scuttle (Benny Hill) plays a sheepish hustler interviewed and they show examples of his hustle. Prior to the awards a Police Bobby played by Fred Scuttle speaks about those Gang awards. It is piffle it is full of piff.

[@makingthecoin3647]

.....also "America reacts to Benny Hill Learning all the Time". 70s

[@makingthecoin3647]

Type in BENNY HILL FRED SCUTTLE. Get ready to salute LMAO

[@makingthecoin3647]

Type in "how to cook Chinese (benny hill) 😅😅😅

[@Tarkus_]

I used to watch this show religiously, and I still find it very funny. Benny was a great comedic actor.

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

And writer

[@MolnarG007]

True Benny Hill shows usually have multiple scenes, famous music, sped up funny chases, i can only recommend it.

[@paulmaxey6377]

The opening joke is maybe of it's time. Wurlitzer made organs and jukeboxes (the music players that were in pubs and clubs in the 50's onwards, you see them in all the old rock n roll movies of the time) and Xerox made the old fax machines and photo copiers. So reproductive organs? Do you get the joke now? lol.

[@SimonRobertElder]

Yes the Xerox photocopiers would be the reproductive part and the Wurlitzer would be the organ part.

[@sharonellis8776]

Benny was a very funny man. Please watch more of him. xx

[@odin741]

Benny was one of the greats!

[@ianroper2812]

Benny Hill played the toy maker in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang .

[@StewedFishProductions]

And the lecherous 'Professor Peach' in original "The Italian Job" film with Michael Caine.

[@barrygentry5364]

Benny Hill used to be a milkman (someone who would deliver milk from the dairy to the home every day) in Southampton. At his height he was one of the funniest comics around but was gradually cancelled by political correctness. Just north of Southampton is a town called Eastleigh and he is remembered there by having a street named after him - Benny Hill Close. His history as a milkman may have influenced his record, and show sketch, called Ernie, he drove the fastest milk cart in the west. You can probably find that to react to.

[@michaelkenny8540]

Seeing as you are such a Benny Hill fan can you tell us which is the funniest episode you watched after he ditched Hills Angels (note that it was Benny who stopped using them as his ratings were going down) and started featuring 'Hills Little Angels'? I am willing to bet 90% of what you know about Benny Hill revolves around Hills Angels sketches and you know (or care) little about his 1950s work at The Prince of Wales Theatre or his 1960s TV shows. Show me you are not T&A obsessed.

[@barrygentry5364]

@@michaelkenny8540 I don’t have a favourite Benny Hill sketch and the reason I know the above is because I come from Southampton. I don’t care what you think but you come across as an a..hole.

[@JackNap1er14]

... & he drove the fastest milk cart in the west

[@saintdon4461]

he also lived in a road that was a road that joined on to hill lane in southampton

[@jagjay8033]

the woman who was the neighbours wife is one of the best loved actresses of her time in the uk every one knew her for playing nora batty in the long running tv show last of the summer wine. with over 300 episodes in 15 years

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

Cathy Staff will always be ... Nora Batty!!

[@waynebrower5558]

Werlitzer was a well known producers of organs (musical that is) and Xerox is a copier maker, thus produce more organs.

[@mikekelly5491]

Or reproductive organs to be exact. So many great British comedies on TV. Another favorite is Are You Being Served.

[@93Current]

The funniest part was both of you not getting that joke.

[@duncanliath]

thank you for explaining this initial 'joke' to Mike and Jess - was dumbfounded they didn't 'get it' !

[@XDarkSyntaXOriginal]

The Benny Hill show was a variety show with tons of skits and entertainers, dancers, singers, etc. Benny was a genius. He also wrote the music and lyrics as well as the skits.

[@albertstevens4896]

He was the Christmas number one record in 1971 with 'Ernie'. 'The Halitosis Kid' was a good sketch of his.

[@jumperking368]

This predated Married With Children which ran from 1987 to 1997.

[@ianroper2812]

After I stopped laughing at you thinking this was a late night show, we’ll, back in the 80’s this was shown mid evening say 7:30 / 8:00 😂😂😂😂😂

[@leodurkin8539]

Benny hill went back further back than the 70’s

[@moorek1967]

Mid-evening? On our local PBS station it was 4:30 in the afternoon.

[@b3564]

This was on at peak times like seven or eight and also weekends!

[@Alberto-o5m]

Hello there mr. And mrs. Gd eve and thanks to all your reaction.... from philippines we love you.. and gd bless everyone ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dizastro5437]

I was one of the lucky ones. Saw this all the time.

[@martinwright6255]

Archie Bunker - i think was a US version of Alf Garnett (Till Death Us Do Part)

[@leodurkin8539]

Benny hill was out long before married with children, a long time before

[@paulmaxey6377]

Benny Hill was what would be thought of as risque seaside comedy. Lots of scantily dressed women and slapstick humour. A lot thought it was sexist (I never did) but the ladies on the show, even after it was cancelled and Billy died, said that he was always a gentleman and did his best to look after them and treated them right. In fact he was godfather to at least one of the dancers children. He had his own dancing ladies, The Hills Angels, who would do musical numbers during the show. The theme tune to the show became famous and was and still played a lot for comedy circumstances, the theme tune being Yakety-Axe or Yakety-Yak. A lot of the silent slapstick sketches are speeded up and there would normally be a chase at the end of the show. Another reason why I never thought it was sexist was that the men always in the end are the ones who end up looking like fools or losing. The Benny Hill Show was actually very popular in the States and a lot of Americans of the time would know about Benny. I would suggest you look at some more Benny Hill and maybe some of the silent slapstick stuff.

[@michaelkenny8540]

Hills Angels were introduced to try and increase his ratings and were a based on Kenny Everett's Hot Gossip. They did not help stop the slide in his popularity (his audience had halved in 10 years) and after a while they were dropped as they got him bad reviews. He introduced 'Hill's Little Angels' to replace them (children, some of them kids of the dancers) but it did not work. His audiences still declined and he was cancelled. Strangely no one EVER posts clips of the shows with Hills Little Angels and its nearly all 'Hills Angels' sketches. I wonder why that is? (cue endless rants about 'politically correct/woke' revisionism......

[@michaelkenny8540]

There are at least 2 women who say they were asked to 'look after him' to get to be a dancer. Hazel O'Connor also said he propositioned her when (as a young girl) she went to his flat to try and become a dancer.

[@paulmaxey6377]

@@michaelkenny8540 I personally have never heard of those rumours so I can't comment on them unless you have some evidence to back up your claims. He did propose to 2 women in his life time, both refused. One was Annette Andre who said he asked her in the early '60's (she was born in 1939, so would have been in her 20's). As far as I know there were never anybody come forward during the investigations after Jimmy Saville case when they looked for past sexual predators. He became Sue Upton's (Hill's Angel and later would have a hand in suggesting dancers suitable to become a Hill's Angel) children's Godparent and was close friends with Sue and her husband. There were also rumours that he was gay, as her was a lifelong batchelor but he always denied this.

[@michaelkenny8540]

@@paulmaxey6377 a simple Google will get the 2 women's names. Hazel O 'Connor is also available via Google. Its not 'rumour' its accounts from the women themselves. Also look up what Bob Monkhouse says about how Benny and his sex life. It was considered standard practice for stars to abuse their position and even well-known names for example Norman Wisdom, made no attempt to hide their abuse.

[@bobsylvester88]

@@michaelkenny8540so 2 out of the hundreds of women on this show over 20+ years? Highly doubtful. More likely sour grapes.

[@denniseldridge2936]

Xerox - famous for copying machines (one of those brand names which is used as a verb - you Xerox a copy of a document); and Wurlitzer is, of course, the famous organ manufacturer.

[@StuartGrant-fm6ti]

Fun fact: Benny was was invited to stay at Charlie Chaplin's house in Switzerland, when he got there, Charlie showed him into a room that was dedicated to him with every reel of film that benny had ever done and begged him for an autograph leaving benny stunned,, charlie was his biggest fan...

[@b3564]

Used to watch this at a young age (less then ten years old) wouldn't get away with that nowadays!

[@mikekelly5491]

The correct name of the theme song is Yakety Sax.

[@bubamaranovichok4901]

Hey my young friends, just one subjection for your next level Benny Hill, “ the Billiard player “ thanks.

[@sgtjameslindsey2493]

I always absolutely loved watching the Benny Hill show, but a lot of Americans don't get into the British humor.

[@EPShockley]

Love Benny, & glad to see you younger folk enjoying this sketch. BTW… This routine actually predates Married With Children, & Benny had dine it, at least once before, in his early B&W shows. (Did you know that he also played the Toymaker in, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”?) Anyway… You might want to check out his full shows, but if you’re not into the entire experience, he has some really fun sketches like, “The Wishing Well” (Briefly featuring Dave “Darth Vader” Prowse!), “Bo Peep interpretations”, featuring “Naked Lust in Sinful Sweden”, Gavin Blod: The Man & His Music”, “Woodstick”, “Spot Black”, “The World of Sport”, & so many more! Enjoy!

[@donaldduck2139]

yeah his name is Benny Hill, was a great show back in the day, pretty sure this is from Bennie Hill in America, which came a few years after The Bennie Hill Show...he has some good songs as well...checkout his song 'Ernie' think it was around 70-71-72

[@williamronneywilliams2639]

Ernie he drove the fastest milk cart in the west is a character Benny Hill played.... If you love Benny you'll love Freddie Starr well worth a reaction.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

I used to have small peccadillos, but they gave me a shot. Cleared it right up.

[@abevillanueva1974]

Benny Hill...one of the most talented and funny entertainers ever. He did an All in the Family sketch that was hilarious and Benny was a PERFECT Archie Bunker! Ironically, there was a "swingers" episode on All in the Family too.

[@andywrong3247]

The benny hill show ran from1964 till 1988 it was a sketch show benny hill was cancelled almost overnight woke feminists mainly as a kid of the 70s&80s i loved his sketches especially when he pat the little man on his bald head,i believe benny hill had a big following in the states.benny was in a number of films,chitty chitty bang bang,the italian job 1969.check out the halitosis kid,&the bank robbers sketch.

[@PaulSchuster-yj4zb]

"Woke Feminists." Just goes to show you what a scourge the woke movement and cancel culture is.

[@jamesmcclain5005]

Benny Hill played in the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

[@Steve_P_B]

The show you were thinking of with Archie and Edith Bunker was All In The Family, which was actually an American remake of the British show Till Death Us Do Part.

[@bentley684]

I used to sing Ernie ( the fastest milkman in the west) to my daughter when she was just a toddler, she is all grown up now but she still loves it when I sing it. The b side to the record was ' Tingalingaloo ' such good memories we both hold dear.

[@krisa990]

Please do more Benny Hill...he is SO funny! And you did a good reaction on this...

[@johncollins8304]

So you don't want us to see the show otherwise you'd have made it visible instead of blending two screens. Brilliant.

[@richardgiles9547]

Benny Hill was aired at 7 or 8 pm and considered family viewing. Currently, he's considered sexist but ultimately he's the butt of all the jokes. In a business surrounded by scandel, there has never been any allegations of wrong doing and his female actors considered him a good family friend. His humour would create a lot anxiety among the fragile youth of the UK and the US,

[@markhellman-pn3hn]

Beeny Hill was a British variety show - they had singing - they had dancing - they had comedy skits

[@richardbrothwood5022]

Morecombe and wise making breakfast is an old but funny sketch

[@becksyno7]

National treasure

[@robmadaffari6270]

Now ya going down a rabbit hole. Very funny times growing up as a kid. Dont forget the Paul Hogan show from Australia. The Paul Hogan Show: "Modern Living" (with Hoges and Strop)

[@howstean]

You ought to react to two sketches from another UK comedian - Dick Emery 'The Driving Test' & 'The Milkman' - Jess should enjoy them, she's got a great laugh.

[@billpimentel-vm6cu]

Best British comedy ever

[@jimwalter480]

It is hard to choose the best from Benny Hill, Monty Python, or Are You Being Served.

[@tonybennett9964]

I met Benny once I was tricked into sitting in on a production meeting once in the 80s ,just went along with the flow

[@ianjones2187]

Hi guys I love jess’s reactions you’ve got an addictive laugh . And both got a great sense of humour . As one off watch mick Miller the noddy sketch (booze related)and Sean lock my favourite comedian ever there’s heaps of stuff on utube and will get your subscriptions up by a mile

[@Lilly8Listens]

Watch Benny Hill wishing well, it's only about a minute long but it's hilarious.

[@bobsylvester88]

Benny Hill got his start as a teenager entertaining people who were hiding in the London subways during Hitler’s WWII bombing campaign.

[@timholder6825]

Xerox made photocopying and printing machines. Wurlitzer used to make old school electric organs, the type you used to find in cinemas and music halls back in the day.

[@charlescarter9600]

you should check benny hills the birds and bees poem

[@sjs260563]

aah the almighty Nora Batty, actress Kathy Staff, great character actress, which brings us to a recommendation, "Last of the Summer Wine"

[@momikai2829]

All In The Family; Archie & Edith Bunker.

[@MarjorieStoker-oj8fh]

What now you get Our sence of humour in England cheers

[@watchreadplayretro]

How was his accent for you guys, I mean I know he played an OTT New Yorker (and a OTT sitcom style one a that) but for back then and on UK TV that was a pretty epic American accent!

[@jomac2046]

Fun Fact: Benny's wife was played by Helen Horton, she was the voice of the ships computer (Mother) in the movie Alien.

[@davidreavely487]

You should also check out another British comedian; Dick Emery! His driving instructor sketch is hilarious!

[@themoderntemplar1567]

Both Benny & Henry McGhee had a bit record in Britain with "Ernie the fastest milkman in the west", defo worth a watch.😂 The actress at the end was famous in her own right , Kathy Staff(I could be wrong with the surname. Aye thing 😂). She was in a programme that ran for aaaaages called Last of the summer wine and I'm pretty sure that was a cameo appearance as her character Nora Batty. And it's understandable thinking it was the 70's as that's when Benny was absolutely huge in the UK. Keep an coming guys, this is like regression therapy for me.😂👍

[@Zent-80]

Watch Harry Enfield the South African pharmacist you will be in tears with laughter

[@bobgoodall1603]

The two male characters were regulars and appeared on the comic hit single "Ernie - the fastest milkman in the west" Henry McGee playing the caddish rival in the comic love triangle tragedy.

[@barrybarnes1169]

benny was the best he could play every type of comedy

[@jilldiable8119]

Love ur reactions to comedy,check out Catherine Tates,Angry Nan anger management.hilarious & the offensive translater.

[@Erulin68]

The opening joke "Wurlitzer and Xerox Merge / Reproductive Organs" refers to Xerox being the inventor of the photocopier (just new back then) and Wurlitzer being a musical organ and jukebox company.

[@chrisnagle2902]

😂 brilliant 😂

[@bearkiti9974]

I loved this show it was on public tv in the US. Hard to explain but he was a really creepy guy(by todays standards) but was funny as hell at the same time. The supporting cast was awesome too.

[@hawkmaster381]

Benny Hill has tons of great skits! Lot's of cheesecake. Also, Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee) had a similar show in Australia about the same time.

[@CRAIG5835]

All in the Family was the show you meant with Archie and Edith Bunker, played by Carrol O'Connor and Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers and The Meathead.

[@bexbugoutsurvivor]

British comedy don't use laugh tracks (ever). It's recorded in a studio and shown to a live theater audience.

[@larrywelchko6136]

I used to watch Bennie Hill religesly and I never saw this one. Any of the skits he does are hilarious

[@unklefrank319]

Benny the great in great British comedy 🎭

[@christopherlucas6209]

The best!

[@nileshvyas3380]

I grew up with Benny Hill, Love thy neighbour, mind you language, the dick emery show, man about the house, carry on films, dads army, it aint half hot mum, and other such great British comedies 😂

[@toffeeman100]

Please Please review Freddie Starr doing his vincent routine. Classic comedy

[@regd.2263]

He made a record called Ernie he drove the fastest milk cart in the west

[@iddjutt]

xerox is a photocopy machine and wurlitzer make musical organs

[@markgomez3688]

In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Benny Hill was the toy maker...

[@BalrajTakhar-u7u]

Benny Hill was unceremoniously thrown off television in the wave of political correctness which broke him. As a private person he was a lovely, very generous individual who lived very modestly for someone of his fame. His comedy was firmly in the long tradition of British comedy of innuendo, sauciness & Punch & Judy.

[@edcliffe2988]

Ah Benny Hill... her "I've never been so insulted in all my life!" him "That's 'cuz you don't get around enough!"

[@MrRondonmon]

Basically Benny was from the 70s, this was not quite like his 70s stuff, which was usually quick hits, 3 minutes, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, an sometime no words just music and a sped up film.

[@kyotocoversjimanderson782]

So crazy and funny!

[@binaway]

The Wurlitzer, musical instrument company was most famous for making electrical organs Xerox was the original and biggest maker of photo copy machines ( ie reproducing documents ).

[@alanhogg9939]

Kathy Kathy Kathy Kathy Kathy 😍🤩😍🤩😍

[@nobodysbusiness566]

The Benny Hill Show was on in Australia as a weekly TV show in the 70's I believe I used to watch it, maybe it was the 80's but that doesn't sound right to me I'm sure most of his work was before 1980

[@Krebs-Danmark]

Have you seen any of: Keeping Up Appearances or Fawlty Towers?? It's definitely two of the funniest series I've seen

[@mikeyitfc]

Xerox make copying machines there's your reproductive part and Wurlitzer make organs so put them together and you have reproductive organs.

[@jwenneberg]

Can't see the fun clearly enough.

[@johnrobinson8230]

Try Morecombe and wise ,with Andre previn in the piano sketch.

[@adriancarlos6534]

❤👍

[@drummist6212]

Come on guys, love your reactions but if you're reacting to British comedy then please take a look at Lee Evans. One of the funniest and most energetic stand up comedians you'll ever see. Dave Allan is also a good watch too.

[@DaddyBaggio]

That is Nora Batty from #LastOfTheSummerWine a brilliant family series from my youth.

[@garyhills2336]

Benny did loads of funny shows, but he also made the charts, check out Ernie the Fastest Milkman in the West

[@stephenwright8103]

Never say never😉

[@richardmiller3839]

Looks don't matter if booze and cakes are on offer!😂

[@philmordecai]

Though his style of humour eventually fell out of favour (the irony being that those who called his material out as being sexist failed to realise that, more often than not, the male character in the sketch would be the one made to be or feel inferior) he was a dedicated professional and used a number of groundbreaking TV camera effects in his show. He was an excellent mime and cited Charlie Chaplin as one of his primary influences. In a documentary shown in the UK around the time of his death in the early 90s he spoke of having the opportunity to visit the Chaplin residence and the family allowed him to go into Charlie's private study. Sitting at Chaplin's desk he said that he looked up to shelves of video cassettes and on one all he could see was Benny Hill, Benny Hill, Benny Hill...

[@DexFlett]

Married With Children was the American take of a British show called Til Death Us Do Part. Basically another idea you stole from us, like The Office.🤣😂

[@ericguillerm5152]

Have you watched the British show called Faulty Towers

[@davidwalker1800]

You should checkout Benny Hills songs Ernie the Fastest Milkman in the West and others he was a comic genius.....

[@PaulTillson]

Kathy Staff aka Nora Batty wife at the end.

[@johnritter6864]

Daphne from Frazier was actually a Benny Hill girl

[@pauldawes9094]

i am from the uk i am sure benny hill was from the 70,s and the shown again in the 80,s

[@carltonivory1989]

How about Faultey Towers what a great series❤