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Episode: 37
Date: February 6, 1980
Time: 50:54
Musical Director: Ronnie Aldrich
Vocals: The Ladybirds
Choreography: Linda Finch
Producer: Dennis Kirkland
Director: Dennis Kirkland
Writer: Benny Hill
Pro. N0.: VTR 21861

Episode[]

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Highlights[]

  • The Scarlet Pimple
  • Hollywood Grates
  • Women's Lib Television
  • Charlene's Angels

Cast[]

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Quotes[]


  • Barry Normal - "Here in Hollywood, where it is often said that they separate the men from the boys... with a crowbar... "

  • Studs Ramrod - "Her name was Victoria Vee; she was named after your Queen Victoria... and not so damn long after her, either...."


  • Mrs. Sol Duron - "My husband thought she was a pain in the neck. I had a much lower opinion of her than that...."

  • Mrs. Sol Duron - "If ever she gave birth, I wouldn't want one of the puppies."


  • Henrietta Jones - "After that, I left. I felt as if i was doing two horses out of a job."

  • P.J. Lovey - "He used to drink Bourbon laced with castor oil.... What they call a "Pile Driver.""



  • Nicola Parsons - "He does have a point... And I don't mean just the one on his head."


  • Benny Hill - "Well, they might as well let it finish eating it's apple before they killed the darn thing."

Trivia[]

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  • This episode was recorded on January 18, 1980.
  • First episode with the Hill's Angels
  • Bob Todd returns after a nine episode absence.
  • The opening quickie features a wife (Pat Ashton) telling her husband (Benny Hill) about the previous men in her life.
    • The HBO DVD set called this Quickie "The Other Men."
  • The second quickie for the episode features Benny as a milk man trying to fool around with one of his customers played by Pat Ashton.
  • The car Sue Upton almost wins in the Sale of the Century looks like the same one that chases Benny in the Charlene's Angels sketch.
  • "Charlene's Angels" is a spoof of the American 70s crime drama "Charlie's Angels." Benny also spoofed it as "Archie's Angels" in Benny Hill: Down Under.
  • During the filming of Charlene's Angels, Sue Upton plays a character whose halter top fires bullets. Apparently, someone used too much gun powder in the gag because she was seriously burned when the powder was activated.
  • Selected sketches from this episode appear in the "One Night Video Stand" and "Home Video Drive In" VHS tapes from HBO Home Video.

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