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>Benny Hill reminded me of an even less funny Three Stooges. Never appreciated either one.
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>Tamar

That might have something to do with your generation (you youngster!)
The Stooges were at the tail end of the slapstick era.
I could giggle at them, but they weren't really good examples of slapstick.
Chaplin and Keaton were masters at it.
Slapstick - pies slamming into faces, people walking into doors etc. was a hangover from silent films where action was more important than dialogue.
By the time The Stooges came along, there were people like Abbot and Costello or Jack Benny who could make you roar without all the physical activity.
Now and then I sneak on to You Tube to catch Abbot and Costello.
They still can get me roaring.