Should Benny Hill stay cancelled? What happened when Gen Z were introduced to the 1970s comedian

Daily Mail ^ | April 15, 2025 | Maria Chiorando

[Angelino97]

[pgyanke]

Oh no! Comedy! Run!!!!

[Carry_Okie]

He’s boring.

Monty Python was much better.

[sit-rep]

funny af but lost 70% of the attraction with me when I found out he was a fluffer...

[econjack]

Today's audiences are too uptight about almost everything to enjoy a good laugh. A couple of days ago, I saw a T-shirt that said:

Jesus Christ's name was going to be Fred, until Mary stubbed her toe.

The person I was with said the man who was wearing the shirt should be put in jail. I don't know...I look around and see things that tell me God has a sense of humor.

[hal ogen]

Benny Hill was funny. Woke BS and the inability to laugh at life’s foiables drains humor out of society. Bring it back 24/7 to help people see that laughter is often the “best medicine”. Society needs to have a sense of humor about everything in order to remain sane.

So-called progressives thrive in anger and negativity. Their perspective is destructive of civil society and a generally good time.

[FreedomPoster]

Attitudes like the ones this DM writer brought to the article are why I bought a Blazing Saddles DVD. I figure eventually it will go down the memory hold of Leftist cancellation.

[FreedomPoster]

Memory hole

[escapefromboston]

I like Ben Elton’s work but he’s a big reason Benny Hill got canned. I can watch Benny Hill clips on YouTube and I still get a laugh out of them so they mostly hold up today

[Red Badger]

There is hope for GEN Z...............

[mewzilla]

Coming from the UK that just did this...

🚨BREAKING🚨 Gab, social media has been blocked in the UK. But Two Tier Kier promises there is still freedom of speech.

It's a two-fer for the UK's Deep State since Gab's founder is a devout Christian.

[Red Badger]

Liberals are always angry.

They are not happy unless they are angry.

They will not be happy until everybody else is angry , too...........

[caddie]

Benny Hill. Stone genius. He would have these songs that went on for 20 minutes with very tight, funny verses. Don’t know if he wrote them or not. But the quantity of funny stuff he put out was amazing.

[BBQToadRibs2]

“He’s boring.
Monty Python was much better.”

I enjoyed him as a pre-teen, and early teen. But I agree he was pretty low level comedy.

Monty Python on the otherhand has stood the test of time for a reason.

[Red Badger]

[bk1000]

“ Monty Python was much better.”

Apples and oranges.

[mewzilla]

Do you mean low-brow?

If so, that’s a fair cop.

But it’s still funny. :-)

[Red Badger]

[HYPOCRACY]

Ask some simp named Pradeep about 70s British humour and get the results expected. Pradeep is wanting no more humour. Only dancing of the whole village is needful enetertainment.