Posted on 11/07/2009 4:18:36 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Britian's postal service has rejected "Benny Hill" for a stamp because his girl-chasing ways are no longer politically correct.
Royal Mail, as the post office is called there, had been considering a stamp to honor the famously naughty British comic as part of group of stamps to mark the 40th anniversary of his network, ITV, according to a report yesterday in London's Daily Telegraph.
But, according to the minutes of a committee making the decision, the PR arm of the Royal Mail raised an objection saying Hill's antics were "in direct opposition to [the] company's policies on harassment in the workplace."
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But if he chased boys, there wouldn’t be a problem.
Hill was funny back in the day, after too much wine or whatever. That said, I don’t think he belongs on a stamp.
Didn’t that PC crap get him thrown off the air? And didn’t he die soon afterward?
But he did chase boys! this is highly homophobic decision by the postal service.
He never married, although he did propose to three women—one the daughter of a British writer—but was rejected by all three
Those Brits have no sense of humor.
Really, I saw a documentary that he was quite non-straight and had a boyfriend when he passed away. Maybe it was all in the head of the alleged boyfriend.
No. He liked going to France and “socializing” with the French women.
Yes, It did.
Was (still is) some of the funniest (British) comedy on the Boob Tube.
He was scheduled to begin another series, when they found
him death couple weeks before production was to start.
This is a common misconception - in the overwhelming majority of cases, the women chased Benny, not the other way around.
On the other hand, Sharia law is just fine and dandy in the UK. Bring on the Qaaba stamps!
Benny Hill was a delight who brought joy to millions. He certainly is more deserving of a stamp in the UK than the race-baiting, America-hating Stalinist entertainer Paul Robeson was in getting one in the US.
My favorite Benny Hill joke..(at least the only one I can remember right now).
What is the difference between a vitamin and a hormone?
You can’t make a vitamin!
(Think on it);-D
My gosh, what’s happening to England? Benny Hill was the British Hee-Haw, and thus, crap, but still, the country that gave us BlackAdder, Monty Python, Keeping Up Appearances, AYBS?, Black Books, and all within recent memory, is letting its ultra-ULTRA-PC bureaucrats pretty much takeover the country.
I wouldn’t disqualify him for skirt-chasing, but I would leave him out for not being particularly funny.
I recall seeing a documentary on him where his female co-stars were interviewed and they all insisted that in reality he was a perfect gentleman to them. They had nothing but kind and gracious words and poo-poohed the notion of being ‘harassed’.
I miss Benny Hill. He was the clown prince of the sexual revolution. Whereas Jerry Lewis, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen proceeded him in that role, they never had the lovable charm of an impish child that let Benny Hill get away with antics and puns that no one else could have.
If they give him a stamp, they need to integrate into it a whoopie cushion sound device (raised air pocket with a paper reed in a narrow air slot exit.) Benny would have wanted it that way. ;)
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