I absolutly love some of.......

Well we say all of those things pappy as well as the comparison words on the list too..and it's not just in London either..:D

Benny Hill died over 20 years ago..and just as aside he wasn't a Londoner
 
Pappy said:
Whatever happened to the Benny Hill show? Anyone know?
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Quote from Wikipedia:
The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show that starred Benny Hill and aired in variousincarnations between 15 January 1955 and 30 May 1991 in over 140 countries. The show focused on sketches that were full of slapstick, mime, parody, and double-entendre. Thames Television cancelled production of the show in 1989 due to declining ratings and large production costs at £450,000 per show.
 
Bonnie said:
Quote from Wikipedia:
The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show that starred Benny Hill and aired in variousincarnations between 15 January 1955 and 30 May 1991 in over 140 countries. The show focused on sketches that were full of slapstick, mime, parody, and double-entendre. Thames Television cancelled production of the show in 1989 due to declining ratings and large production costs at £450,000 per show.
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We still get re-runs Bonnie. Let's see if I can get the station.

Here's some info, not schedule: http://thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=75673

Hmm, can't find it and sis is watching in the living room so I can't check the TV guide. Someone will know;)
 
One of the funniest (to my mind, anyway) British expressions is "knock you up", as in -

"I'll come 'round and knock you up in the morning".

Gee, thanks. :pepper:
 
I think I first heard "knock you up" in one of the Sherlock Holmes stories, so it's been around for quite a while. I would guess that "ring you up" only came into use after telephones were installed in homes.

I wonder if anyone ever said "I'll text you up in the morning"?
 
Pappy, you're makin that up!! I love Sherlock, Poirot (I guess he's French/Belgium, is Belgium Belsh?) I like all the BBC Mysteries. Fell in love with Midsomer Murders, and watched all of them I believe, then when it ended I damn near cried, LOL!!
 
We had a funny thing happen with the Benny Hill Show that aired on our local tv station about 20-25 years ago. Apparently, there were two versions of several of the episodes, with the British one being "racier" that the ones shown in the US. This particular episode actually showed a brief glimpse of bare breasts, while the American version had a "covered-up" scene. The station somehow got the British version by mistake and aired it. Apparently, it earned them a fine from the FCC. I couldn't believe what I was seeing......remember, you just didn't see that kind of thing on regular TV back then.
 
jujube said:
We had a funny thing happen with the Benny Hill Show that aired on our local tv station about 20-25 years ago. Apparently, there were two versions of several of the episodes, with the British one being "racier" that the ones shown in the US. This particular episode actually showed a brief glimpse of bare breasts, while the American version had a "covered-up" scene. The station somehow got the British version by mistake and aired it. Apparently, it earned them a fine from the FCC. I couldn't believe what I was seeing......remember, you just didn't see that kind of thing on regular TV back then.
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LOL, oh yes, I remember the day. My sis and I were watching something the other night, a commercial, and we both looked at eachother in shock. Then we decided our Victorian Grandmother would have had a heart attack if she'd seen/heard anything like that.
 
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