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

We were at a party last night and Marshal was telling someone about introducing our kids to "Who's on First?" We had to play it over and over for them.

Tamar