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Benny was one of many entertainers who found fame in the 50s, with the growth of television. There was him, Morecambe and Wise, Bruce Forsyth, Tommy Cooper, and the great Ken Dodd, who died recently at the age of 90.
They were all stage trained entertainers, who found a home in television, and entertained us for decades.
Benny was a solitary man in real life. He liked to travel, and even though he had a very nice apartment in London, never made it into a real home. It was convenient for the tv studios, where he created his comedy.
The powers that be, decided that Benny's style of comedy was old hat, and cancelled his show in the 80s. They somehow made their way to American television, and Benny had massive fame there, as his career here in England came to an end.
He was offered a fortune to appear in Las Vegas, but he declined. He had done a lot of work on the stage in his earlier career, but maybe thought recreating what he did on tv, would have been very difficult in such a setting as Las Vegas.
He is much missed by us of a certain age, along with his fellow entertainers from his time. We have nothing like them any more. The theatres that they spent years travelling round, learning their craft, are no more. I retain fond memories of them all.
Benny died alone in his very modest apartment with a pile of cheques that had never been cashed... he thought nothing of money it seems and worked for the love of it..
Benny was one of many entertainers who found fame in the 50s, with the growth of television. There was him, Morecambe and Wise, Bruce Forsyth, Tommy Cooper, and the great Ken Dodd, who died recently at the age of 90.
They were all stage trained entertainers, who found a home in television, and entertained us for decades.
Benny was a solitary man in real life. He liked to travel, and even though he had a very nice apartment in London, never made it into a real home. It was convenient for the tv studios, where he created his comedy.
The powers that be, decided that Benny's style of comedy was old hat, and cancelled his show in the 80s. They somehow made their way to American television, and Benny had massive fame there, as his career here in England came to an end.
He was offered a fortune to appear in Las Vegas, but he declined. He had done a lot of work on the stage in his earlier career, but maybe thought recreating what he did on tv, would have been very difficult in such a setting as Las Vegas.
He is much missed by us of a certain age, along with his fellow entertainers from his time. We have nothing like them any more. The theatres that they spent years travelling round, learning their craft, are no more. I retain fond memories of them all.
Like much British comedy, especially of old, BH likely wouldn't have worked in Las Vegas or anywhere else. Middle America and so forth wouldn't have liked or maybe even gotten much of the physical aspects of BH. That and his ogling, side glances, and so forth of the female sex would have drove feminists and others up the wall.
Even greats such as Dean Martin, Don Rickles and so forth who did Vegas back in the day (who were also no strangers to showgirls/women), toned things down/kept it clean.
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