Jack Yan on Vox Vox 2008-06-13T09:34:57Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2252293c4604a/tags/benny+hill/ NOW IN COLOUR Asians in the media, before political correctness 80 tag:vox.com,2008-06-10:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68f3ef10005 2008-06-10T12:27:42Z 2008-06-13T09:34:57Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Benny Hill - Cookie Boy

The politically correct camp will say this is racist toward Chinese. I find it bloody funny and, PC thugs, I don’t need you defending me and implying that I can’t do so myself. I am perfectly capable of doing so if I need to—and with Alf Hill, I d...

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Benny hill-opportunity knocks

Interesting commentary on ABC’s brand-new hit shows for 2008 in the American TV Week: Buzz projects: Game show “Opportunity Knocks,” which takes the game show out of the studio and into contestants’ front yards, is gaining steam. An adaptation of...

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]]> Call me Newt for short tag:vox.com,2008-05-09:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00e398f7ccf70004 2008-05-09T03:05:12Z 2008-05-09T03:28:56Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom You know how spammers regularly put a fake name next to your email address that’s somehow compiled from their database? It’s been a wonderful filtering tool because somewhere along the line, one spammer decided my name is Newton Singewald. Evi...

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]]> Benny Hill’s original gag 80 tag:vox.com,2008-02-02:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00f30f58011d0001 2008-02-02T23:15:19Z 2008-02-03T23:45:36Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

benny hill - gangsters

Among his later shows, Benny Hill claimed that he was inspired by other acts which he adapted to his programme, which probably led to his many parodies. This one, however, was considered to be fully original, so much so that the day they shot it, ...

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]]> The forgotten Nouvelle Vague director tag:vox.com,2007-06-01:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00cd972f5beb4cd5 2007-06-01T02:46:15Z 2007-06-01T03:17:08Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom We’ve run an article on the Lucire website about a Chanel campaign directed by Bettina Rheims, in the spirit of Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Mépris, a Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) film from 1963 starring Brigitte Bardot. I still rank Pierre de Terre as th...

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Benny Hill - Hospital Benny Hill's Answer to the Rabid Politically Correct

As we head toward the 15th anniversary of Alf ‘Benny’ Hill’s passing on April 20, here’s a little sketch from his show, with the whole regular cast of Benny Hill, Jackie Wright, Bob Todd and Henry McGee, sadly all deceased. At least they are all r...

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