History YMMV / TheBennyHillShow

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/DerekRoyle, who would later be best known for playing the second [=LeClerc=] in ''Series/AlloAllo'', appeared in two episodes of 1985.

* WeirdAlEffect: "Yakety Sax" will forever be known as "The Benny Hill Theme".

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Much to the puzzlement of the British (at least at first), many of whom regard Creator/BennyHill with a reaction somewhere between discomfort and disgust, ''The Benny Hill Show'' was (and, in some cases, still is) very popular in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, France, Italy, Finland, and Romania, among other countries. The show has [[ValuesDissonance not aged well]] in its native Britain, but remains popular overseas.

* MemeticMutation: Setting a chase scene ([[SoundtrackDissonance or anything, really]]) to the show's theme song by Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax".

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Much to the puzzlement of the British, many of whom regard Creator/BennyHill with a reaction somewhere between discomfort and disgust, ''The Benny Hill Show'' was (and, in some cases, still is) very popular in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, France, Italy, Finland, and Romania, among other countries. The show has [[ValuesDissonance not aged well]] in its native Britain, but remains popular overseas.

* NeverLiveItDown: Many Americans still associate British humor primarily with Benny Hill. The Brits definitely do ''not''; his programmes have not been re-run on terrestrial television since 1992, or on cable or satellite since 1999. However, that's not to say he's entirely despised:

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Much to the puzzlement of the British, many of whom regard Benny Hill with a reaction somewhere between discomfort and disgust, ''The Benny Hill Show'' was (and, in some cases, still is) very popular in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, France, Italy, Finland, and Romania, among other countries. The show has [[ValuesDissonance not aged well]] in its native Britain, but remains popular overseas.

** In 2006, Channel 4 aired a documentary called ''Is Benny Hill Still Funny?'' in which a cross-section of adults too young to remember the series when it was still on the air watched a half-hour compilation of sketches. Not only did they find them funny (the "Wishing Well" sketch featuring an appearance by Creator/DavidProwse was the group's favourite), they didn't find them particularly offensive.

** Hill's Asian characters (often wearing thick glasses, and always speaking in a comically exaggerated Chinese accent) were controversial even at the time, and completely cringe-inducing now. [[note]] Although it should be pointed out that Hill's asian characters were never shown to be inferior or dumber to the British characters. [[/note]]

** Hill's Asian characters (often wearing thick glasses, and always speaking in a comically exaggerated Chinese accent) were controversial even at the time, and completely cringe-inducing now. [[note]] Although it should be pointed out that Hill's asian characters were never shown to be inferior or dumber to the British characters. [[/note]]]

** Hill's Asian characters (often wearing thick glasses, and always speaking in a comically exaggerated Chinese accent) were controversial even at the time, and completely cringe-inducing now.

** In 2006, Channel 4 aired a documentary called ''Is Benny Hill Still Funny?'' in which a cross-section of adults too young to remember the series when it was still on the air watched a half-hour compilation of sketches. Not only did they find them funny (the "Wishing Well" sketch featuring an appearance by David Prowse was the group's favourite), they didn't find them particularly offensive.

** Many of the jokes that are judged as sexist today were considered much more acceptable in the seventies.

** In the "France" episode of ''Series/{{QI}}'' (which originally aired in January 2009), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCTjL9zlaWA Phill Jupitus notes]] that Creator/StephenFry's beret and glasses make him look like Hill, and Fry segues into a brief, appreciative retrospective.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Much to the puzzlement of the British, many of whom regard Benny Hill with a reaction somewhere between discomfort and disgust, ''The Benny Hill Show'' was very popular in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, France, and Romania, among other countries. The show has [[ValuesDissonance not aged well]] in its native Britain, but remains popular overseas.

* NeverLiveItDown: Many Americans still associate British humor primarily with Benny Hill. The Brits definitely do ''not''. That's not to say he's entirely despised; in the "France" episode of ''Series/{{QI}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCTjL9zlaWA Phill Jupitus notes]] that StephenFry's beret makes him look like Hill, and Fry segues into a brief, appreciative retrospective.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
** The French Love Benny Hill, as well as Americans and Romanians, much to the British's puzzlement. The show has [[ValuesDissonance not aged well]] in its native Britain, but remains popular overseas.
** Chileans and some Argentinians also remember it kinda fondly.
*** The show was very popular in Mexico as well.

* NeverLiveItDown: Many Americans still associate British humor primarily with Benny Hill. The Brits definitely do ''not''.
** That's not to say he's entirely despised. In the "France" episode of ''{{QI}}'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCTjL9zlaWA Phill Jupitus notes]] that StephenFry's beret makes him look like Hill, and Fry segues into a brief, appreciative retrospective.

* ValuesDissonance: Hill's Asian character was controversial even at the time, and completely cringe-inducing now.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff French Love Benny Hill]]: As well as Americans and Romanians, much to the British's puzzlement. The show has [[ValuesDissonance not aged well]] in its native Britain, but remains popular overseas.

* HilarityEnsues: Presumably mixed with a little real hilarity.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff French Love Benny Hill]]: As well as Americans and Romanians, much to the British's puzzlement. The show has [[ValuesDissonance not aged well]] in its native Britain, but remains popular overseas.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff French Love Benny Hill]]: As well as Americans and Romanians, much to the British's puzzlement.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Usually quite intentional. The most common of it is replacing falling character with a dummy.

* MemeticMutation: Setting a chase scene (or anything, really) to the show's theme song by Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax".

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Toward the end of his career Benny's show was much more popular in America and Australia than in the UK.
* HilarityEnsues: Presumably mixed with a little real hilarity.