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Production[]

Episode: 47
Date: January 16, 1984
Time: 51:39
Musical Director: Ronnie Aldrich
Vocals: The Ladybirds
Choreography: Libby Roberts
Producer: Dennis Kirkland
Director: Dennis Kirkland
Writer: Benny Hill
Pro. No.: VTR 29154

Episode[]

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Highlights[]

  • Stupid Cupid
  • Cafe Bizarre
  • Fingers McNee

Cast[]

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Quotes[]

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  • Fred Scuttle - "Columbojack. It's a cross between Columbo and Kojak."
    Henry McGee - "Does he wear dirty rain coats or suck lollipops?"
    Fred Scuttle - "He sucks dirty rain coats."


  • Fred Scuttle - "He's invented the ultimate weapon. He says it destroys people without destroying the house. Fred says we've got that in England. It's called a mortgage."

  • Wall Graffiti - "Why do bees hum? - They don't know the words."

  • Wall Graffiti - "What's the difference between a nice girl and garbage? - Garbage gets taken out once a week - Not around here it doesn't."

  • Wall Signage - "Customers are respectfully requested not to ask for credit... As a smack in the mouth might offend."

Trivia[]

  • This episode was recorded on November 11, 1983.
  • This episode appears on the "Golden Laughs" VHS.
  • The Angels in the Home for the Summer opener are Noreen Bothan (yellow t-shirt), Debi Gaye (blue t-shirt), Lisa Mulidore (pink t-shirt), Lesley Woods (white blouse/orange skirt), Tracy Smith (orange dress?), Francesca Lacey (brunette blue dress?) and Fiona Sloman (blue plaid dress?)
  • The "Bending Telescope" in Home for the Summer is repeated from Casanova from March 23, 1977.
  • The television quickie is a repeat of a gag Benny did in The Statue.
  • Dave Prowse (Darth Vader from "Star Wars") makes a cameo as a body-builder in the "Stupid Cupid" sketch. By this point in his career, he had already finished filming "Return of the Jedi."
  • With this episode, the closing credits are generated by an Aston character generator (set in Optima with Bold). CG type will be used for closing credits in the series from here on out.

Sequence[]