Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill was an English comedian. He is remembered for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show, an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque and double entendre in a format that included live comedy and filmed segments, with Hill at the focus of almost every segment.
Benny Hill
Waxwork of Hill in character as Fred Scuttle on The Benny Hill Show
Blue plaque commemorating Benny Hill, at his former residence in Kensington, London
Hill's grave at Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton
Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity that exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy. Slapstick may involve both intentional violence and violence by mishap, often resulting from inept use of props such as saws and ladders.
A slapstick scene from the 1915 Charlie Chaplin film His New Job. Chaplin started his film career as a physical comedian, and his later work continued to contain elements of slapstick.
A slap stick
Advertisement for Punch and Judy showing Punch with his slapstick (1910)
Fred Karno, music hall impresario and pioneer of slapstick comedy