Buy this book on-line HILL, LEONARD: : SAUCY BOY - THE LIFE STORY OF BENNY HILLLONDON.GRAFTON,1990. ISBN 0246134275.
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Crisp,bright,glossy laminated,subject colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges.A small closed tear, sellotape repaired internally,to foot of dw/dj's spine/backstrip - no other nicks or tears present.Top edge lightly dust- soiled and minimally aged,fore-edge clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. Bright,clean,orange/tan paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 10-370pp includes half-title+title pages, contents list,21 chapters,24pp b/w contemporary photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp,between pp98/9,pp194/95 and pp322/23
respectively,and an index.
'Benny Hill has made more people laugh longer than any entertainer in history,' his elder brother Leonard asserts in this witty,lively biography of the world's most popular comedian.For forty years Benny Hill has been to television what Charlie Chaplin was to silent movies.Today the Benny Hill Show is broadcast regularly
in over 100 countries,including the USSR and China,and may be seen every night in the USA.Yet,though his comic genius is universally recognized,few people know the
real Benny Hill.Why is the man behind the clown's makeup such a mystery? And what are the sources of his comic art? To answer these - and many other - questions,
Leonard Hill tells for the first time the full,intimate story of Benny's life and career.Fascinating anecdotes reveal the extraordinary character and bizarre lifestyle of the man voted by Variety magazine 'Global TV's Top Banana'.Every aspect of Benny's development is described
- from his difficult relationship with his
father to his turbulent love-life.
From Benny's birth in 1924 above a lamp shop in Southampton into a family with a circus tradition,Leonard shared his brother's upbringing and many of his experiences.He has performed onstage with Benny (who was christened Alfred), entertained in bomb-shelters with him during the Blitz,written scripts and songs with him,and given him his stage name, Benny.He has also spoken with relatives, friends,associates and famous fans, including Michael Bentine, Anthony Burgess, Michael Caine, Phil Collins, Lord
Delfont, Phyllis Diller, Dick van Dyke, Jack Lemmon, Bob Monkhouse, Burt Reynolds,
Joan Rivers, Twiggy, and Reg Varney.With humour and insight, he traces Benny's rise
to fame via radio and television and describes his addiction to work (forever observing, forever inventing),his versatile caricatures and love of burlesque,as well as his deeply felt need
for privacy,attitude to money and possessions - and,of course,his girlfriends.
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