From: cruciverbalist 

On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:49:04 -0500, "Reverend Ozone"
 wrote:

>"peterpuck16w"  wrote in message 
>news:f7f3e49f-b492-47fc-bc74-6730973c576c{at}j18g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
>On Apr 23, 7:02 pm, BB  wrote:
>
>> This is according to the book The Benny Hill Story by John Smith (bio
>> is avaialble at amazon.com)! Benny Hill Story also has a flattering
>> forword by comic legend Bob Hope! Also, Hillw as rated the funniest
>> man in the whole UK during the 1980's (this was shown in the 1983
>> Current Biography book article on him)!
>
>Why can't I like both of them?
>
>Agreed, and even then, it's not really a matter of who's /better/ , it's simply 
>a preference of differing comedic styles.

Pete and Rev, I agree with both of you and the sentiments you
expressed. However (there's always an however!), at the risk of
getting flamed in a Monty Python group, I never thought of any of the
Python troupe as geniuses. Very funny (silly!) guys, yes. But
geniuses, no. Benny Hill, on the other hand, I've always considered a
genius. As a comedian he was a one man wrecking crew. He could do it
all and with an ease that was positively frightening. The only
Pythoner that came close, imho, was Eric Idle.

Jack 
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