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Episode Summary
Benny sings about being married, Australian detective "Digger Blue", Benny and Jackie are two Irishmen being interviewed by Henry McGee, Benny plays a hapless hotel waiter who gets caught up between a cheating husband, his mistress, their spouses and the waiter's own wife. Henry also interviews Fred Scuttle, who has worked on a lot of TV programmes; musical guests The Cotton Mill Boys perform "Orange Blossom Special"; and a parody of "The South Bank Show."moreless
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Jack Wright
Regular Performer (1970-85)
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Henry McGee
Regular Performer (1969-1970, 1971-1989)
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ADD TRIVIA- In the "Mr. Mayor" subsketch within "The South Blank Show" sketch, a U.S. flag with 50 stars is displayed on the wall. At the time of W.C. Fields' death in 1946, as well as the point at which the sketch was supposed to take place, the U.S. flag had 48 stars. Edit
- At the beginning of the song by The Cotton Mill Boys, keyboardist Des Wilson mentions the Orange Blossom Special train running between Michigan and Arkansas. The Orange Blossom Special was actually a premier passenger train run by Seaboard Air Line from New York City down the Atlantic Coast to southern Florida, going nowhere near Michigan or Arkansas. Edit
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Notes
ADD NOTES- This was the earliest Benny Hill Show to be repeated by the U.S. cable channel Comedy Central during the mid-1990's. Sketches and numbers cut from this edition by Comedy Central included The Cotton Mill Boys' "Orange Blossom Special" number, and "The Deputy" and "Mr. Mayor" subsketches within "The South Blank Show" sketch. Edit
- This episode was taped on March 3, 1978. Edit
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At the time of their appearance on this show, The Cotton Mill Boys consisted of (from left to right as they were positioned during their musical number:) Gerry Madigan (steel guitar/banjo), Tony Hughes (guitar), Bobby McGawley (bass), Gene Berrill (drums), Charlie Arkin (fiddle), Francie Lenehan (guitar) and Des Wilson (keyboards).
Their big musical number, "Orange Blossom Special," which spotlighted Charlie Arkin's fiddle playing, had been released as a single on the Irish-based Hawk label (cat. # HASP 396) in 1976 as the B-side to "Raining In My Heart," and the record made it to #2 on the Irish charts. Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- Des Wilson: [during one of Charlie Arkin's fiddle solos in the "Orange Blossom Special" number] Charlie's a bird watcher - so's Alfred Hitchcock. Edit
- W.C. Fields (Benny): My great-uncle Clarence never drank, never smoked, only chewed toothpicks all his life. Died at the age of 45. Tavern Owner (Charles Stapley): How'd he die? W.C. Fields: Dutch Elm disease. Edit
- MELVYN DRAGG (Benny): Hello, and tonight we'll be visiting the Moscow film studios where, already this year, they've shot four feature films, six documentaries, and eight directors. Edit
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