Funny, peculiar : the true story of Benny Hill / Mark Lewisohn
- Bib ID:
- 2411536
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lewisohn, Mark
- Description:
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- London : Sidgwick & Jackson, c2002
- xi, 515 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0283063696
- Summary:
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"Acclaimed in the 1950s as the first British TV comedy superstar, applauded for his pioneering ideas, Benny Hill's career went on to blossom internationally - as did his building society account - in the 1980s, just at the time he was becoming increasingly reviled at home. Though he was suddenly a smash hit in over 100 countries, in Britain his innuendo-strewn humour was branded sexist, a charge he did not foresee and could not comprehend. His fall from grace was exacerbated by the rapidly diminishing quality of his increasingly anachronistic comedy. This prompted the sudden ending of his long-running TV show, which was swiftly followed by a self-inflicted terminal decline in his health.".
"Funny, Peculiar is a full account of Benny Hill's life and work. Tenaciously researched yet sensitively reported, it charts the highs, lows and many paradoxes of a decent man whose professional strengths - observation, impression and mime - brought him unimagined success, and whose weaknesses, especially an inability to change, fashioned his ultimate downfall."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2002
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