Sculptor's centenary hope for Benny Hill statue

BBA - Yahoo ^ | 1/21/24

[Borges]

A sculptor has expressed renewed hope for a large-scale memorial to Benny Hill, on the centenary of the comedian's birth.

The Benny Hill Show ran on BBC and ITV from 1955 to 1989, making the Southampton-born star a household name.

Barnsley sculptor Graham Ibbeson was commissioned to make a fibreglass mould of the late comedian in 2004, but it has remained in storage ever since.

He said a public statue would be a fitting tribute to Hill's talent.

Mr Ibbeson said: "He was a comic genius. His stage was everybody's living room.

[DAC21]

Jane Leeves from TV shows Frasier and Hot in Cleveland got her start in large part in Entertainment as one of Benny’s “Hills Angel” dancers on Benny’s show. 4 episodes 1983-85

[gundog]

🎼The biggest parakeets ya ever seen....

[Dr. Franklin]

BUXOM BLONDE: I give tit for tat.
BENNY: Alr-i-i-i-i-ight! Tat!!

I didn't get the Cockney rhyming scheme at first. Things like, "Look at those Bristol cities" needed some time to understand.

[Organic Panic]

The Muslim conquerors will tear it down