Benny Hill

[Greyy]

What do you think of those who say Benny Hill? In the video below the testimony talks about him.

 

[SeventyOne]

I think the music was appropriate for the chase. The only thing missing was the distraction by a woman standing next to a fruit cart.

 

[Greyy]

I think the music was appropriate for the chase. The only thing missing was the distraction by a woman standing next to a fruit cart.

Sir, this is a Christian forum.

 

[SeventyOne]

Sir, this is a Christian forum.

You're the one who brought up Benny Hill. What exactly were you expecting people to visualize?

 

[Greyy]

Not sexy parties.

 

[SeventyOne]

Not sexy parties.

Bad decision on your part then. It's kind of like conjuring up the name of Napoleon then getting upset when people associate short men, France, and war to the image.

 

[Greyy]

Napoleon was actually not short for his time.

 

[miamited]

Hey greyy,

I like Benny Hill's humor. It was clean, but used a lot of double entendre and sexual expression. John Cleese got his start with the Benny Hill crew and he's always been a very funny guy. I enjoy humor without raw vulgarity. Many of today's stand up comedy is so full of just plain in your face expletives. Like the humor is in the vulgarity and not so much the subject matter.

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

 

[brinny]

What do you think of those who say Benny Hill? In the video below the testimony talks about him.

say what about Benny Hill?

 

[brinny]

Hey greyy,

I like Benny Hill's humor. It was clean, but used a lot of double entendre and sexual expression. John Cleese got his start with the Benny Hill crew and he's always been a very funny guy. I enjoy humor without raw vulgarity. Many of today's stand up comedy is so full of just plain in your face expletives. Like the humor is in the vulgarity and not so much the subject matter.

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

but used a lot of double entendre and sexual expression

And that is "clean" humor?

Seriously?

There's a verse that comes to mind, Tim.......

 

[miamited]

Hi brinny,

And.... that verse is?

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

 

[SeventyOne]

Napoleon was actually not short for his time.

I realize his height is said to be more normal for his time. I was more referencing current connotations.

 

[miknik5]

What do you think of those who say Benny Hill? In the video below the testimony talks about him.

LOL!
Glad after all that everyone was safe

 

[look4hope]

Ooh
I couldn't help it. I chuckled!


I'm also glad no one got hurt.

 

[GeorgeJ]

What do you think of those who say Benny Hill?

Is there something wrong with saying "Benny Hill"?

 

[brinny]

Hi brinny,

And.... that verse is?

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

This one (amongst others) come to mind, Ted (pardon me...did i say "Tim" previously?):

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." ~Ephesians 4:29

 

[brinny]

Is there something wrong with saying "Benny Hill"?

LOL!

 

[GeorgeJ]

Video was funny set to the that theme song. The only thing missing was a little bald guy getting out and getting repeatedly slapped on top of the head......

 

[miamited]

This one (amongst others) come to mind, Ted (pardon me...did i say "Tim" previously?):

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." ~Ephesians 4:29

Hi brinny,

I can understand your feelings about it and I do agree that it's a fine line, but...

The verse does say unwholesome 'talk'. Benny Hill's comedy routines use surprise facial expressions and super imposed imaging and such to stimulate comedy, and while I agree that it can be questionable at times, I don't think it necessarily is applicable to this verse. Talk, however, is another matter. I don't recall any of his routines that used cursing or what are considered expletives, although there may have been a few 'bloodies' that is considered an expletive in Great Britain.

Anyway, as worldly comedy goes, I found his to certainly be much less offensive than listening to a George Carlin comedy routine or some of the many routines found today on comedy central. As I said, it just seems to me that the use of profanity has somehow become the comedy rather than the actual subject being discussed. This then, causes to desensitize us to hearing and using it in our everyday conversations and the pot just boils and boils until it just becomes the norm for everyone to use expletives as standard adverbs and adjectives. Everything becomes that '''''''''' color and that '''''''' car and that '''''''''running. I've talked to people who use expletives like salt. Every sentence must have some to flavor the conversation or to drive home the point and then suddenly it just becomes every other word in every sentence.

That sort of comedy disgusts me.

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

 

[brinny]

Hi brinny,

I can understand your feelings about it and I do agree that it's a fine line, but...

The verse does say unwholesome 'talk'. Benny Hill's comedy routines use surprise facial expressions and super imposed imaging and such to stimulate comedy, and while I agree that it can be questionable at times, I don't think it necessarily is applicable to this verse. Talk, however, is another matter. I don't recall any of his routines that used cursing or what are considered expletives, although there may have been a few 'bloodies' that is considered an expletive in Great Britain.

Anyway, as worldly comedy goes, I found his to certainly be much less offensive than listening to a George Carlin comedy routine or some of the many routines found today on comedy central. As I said, it just seems to me that the use of profanity has somehow become the comedy rather than the actual subject being discussed. This then, causes to desensitize us to hearing and using it in our everyday conversations and the pot just boils and boils until it just becomes the norm for everyone to use expletives as standard adverbs and adjectives. Everything becomes that '''''''''' color and that '''''''' car and that '''''''''running. I've talked to people who use expletives like salt. Every sentence must have some to flavor the conversation or to drive home the point and then suddenly it just becomes every other word in every sentence.

That sort of comedy disgusts me.

God bless you,
In Christ, ted

Words generate from thoughts, and thoughts from what is in the heart.

Is that not true, Ted?