Comments on: Adding the Benny Hill Theme to Anything Makes it Funny http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Browntown http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303874 Browntown Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303874 I have always agreed with this sentiment. I've always wanted to stage a production of Hamlet where all the dead people get up and start chasing Hamlet around to "Yakety Sax". That or every one gets up and starts partying to Journey's "Any Way You Want It" like ending of the "Burns, Baby Burns" episode of The Simpsons. Either one would make me happy. I have always agreed with this sentiment. I’ve always wanted to stage a production of Hamlet where all the dead people get up and start chasing Hamlet around to “Yakety Sax”. That or every one gets up and starts partying to Journey’s “Any Way You Want It” like ending of the “Burns, Baby Burns” episode of The Simpsons. Either one would make me happy.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303619 Miss Cellania Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303619 Yakety Sax goes a long way, but to get the full effect of the Benny Hill treatment, you must also speed up at least part of the video. Here are some more: http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2006/08/lunch_hour_veg_4.html Yakety Sax goes a long way, but to get the full effect of the Benny Hill treatment, you must also speed up at least part of the video. Here are some more:

http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2006/08/lunch_hour_veg_4.html

]]> By: phillamb168 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303620 phillamb168 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303620 So, yeah, most of these are funny, but the 9/11 riff, and to a lesser extent the landmine one, are -way- out of line. Some of us lost friends when those buildings went down. It's not something to laugh at. So, yeah, most of these are funny, but the 9/11 riff, and to a lesser extent the landmine one, are -way- out of line. Some of us lost friends when those buildings went down. It’s not something to laugh at.

]]> By: FourFiveFire http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303622 FourFiveFire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303622 The landmine one would work a whole lot better if there kept being Monty Pythonesque explosions after the initial one. And also, if everybody were suddenly in bikinis. ESPECIALLY the victims. The landmine one would work a whole lot better if there kept being Monty Pythonesque explosions after the initial one. And also, if everybody were suddenly in bikinis. ESPECIALLY the victims.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303878 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303878 the Benny Hill Apocalypse the Benny Hill Apocalypse

]]> By: brutalpootle http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-304396 brutalpootle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-304396 Here's a video of some goons stealing a motorbike. Someone caught them on their cameraphone and I <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzGp0-3Aatg">added the soundtrack</a>. Here’s a video of some goons stealing a motorbike. Someone caught them on their cameraphone and I added the soundtrack.

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303633 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303633 #6: It's the first thing I thought of. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QJO6zC3r5I">Passion of the Benny Hill</a>, for those wondering. #6: It’s the first thing I thought of. Passion of the Benny Hill, for those wondering.

]]> By: Enry Iggins http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303638 Enry Iggins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303638 Maybe its the financial crisis that makes us turn to the absurd. I just saw an identical posting on Coilhouse.net earlier this week! Shrimp, Yakety Sax and all! Seems we need a little Benny Hill to make things a bit lighter! http://coilhouse.net/2008/10/06/better-than-coffee-yakety-sax-mashups/ Maybe its the financial crisis that makes us turn to the absurd.

I just saw an identical posting on Coilhouse.net earlier this week! Shrimp, Yakety Sax and all! Seems we need a little Benny Hill to make things a bit lighter!

http://coilhouse.net/2008/10/06/better-than-coffee-yakety-sax-mashups/

]]> By: pstarr http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303643 pstarr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303643 hmmm. not to be a killjoy but landmines? not so much. hmmm. not to be a killjoy but landmines? not so much.

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-304667 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-304667 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VAiu3vlrYc">Night-vision cats</a> and Yakety Sax is pretty good too. Man that guy rolls around a lot in his sleep! Night-vision cats and Yakety Sax is pretty good too. Man that guy rolls around a lot in his sleep!

]]> By: Bloo http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303647 Bloo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303647 Please update the original post to reference "Yakety Sax"; Boots Randolph should get some credit. Please update the original post to reference “Yakety Sax”; Boots Randolph should get some credit.

]]> By: mhlaxp http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303651 mhlaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303651 As long as we're hitting these internet phenomena at the height of their popularity, I thought I'd make a hamster dance joke. And there it was. As long as we’re hitting these internet phenomena at the height of their popularity, I thought I’d make a hamster dance joke. And there it was.

]]> By: Pjotor http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303911 Pjotor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303911 Immortal + Yakety Sax: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLXp0_NzF4w This almost made me piss my pants. Immortal + Yakety Sax:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLXp0_NzF4w

This almost made me piss my pants.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303662 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303662 Bloo, done! Bloo, done!

]]> By: imipak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303669 imipak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303669 Anyone ever noticed that the degree of humour that can be extracted from an awful tragedy of human misery pain and suffering is inversely proportional to the likely degrees of separation of the social group from the victims of said misery pain & suffering? So... there are these three James Blunts, see, walking down the street, when they see a bar... Anyone ever noticed that the degree of humour that can be extracted from an awful tragedy of human misery pain and suffering is inversely proportional to the likely degrees of separation of the social group from the victims of said misery pain & suffering?

So… there are these three James Blunts, see, walking down the street, when they see a bar…

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303671 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303671 the trading floor guys link is frigging hilarious. Well, I mean I feel bad for them and all, but comedy GOLD. the trading floor guys link is frigging hilarious. Well, I mean I feel bad for them and all, but comedy GOLD.

]]> By: shhexycorin http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303929 shhexycorin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303929 I've made a couple... http://flickr.com/photos/upyerbum/2350098298/ And we have a Benny Hill Video group on Flickr http://flickr.com/groups/yakety-sax/ It's good to know I'm not alone. I’ve made a couple…
http://flickr.com/photos/upyerbum/2350098298/

And we have a Benny Hill Video group on Flickr
http://flickr.com/groups/yakety-sax/

It’s good to know I’m not alone.

]]> By: giantnegro http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303676 giantnegro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303676 I put yakety sax over a sounding rocket launch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZRxnBZ8RLg I put yakety sax over a sounding rocket launch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZRxnBZ8RLg

]]> By: bobolikebeer http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303937 bobolikebeer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303937 Personal Fav... meme gold! National Socialists + Yakety Sax http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRLpFl4al-Q&feature=related Personal Fav… meme gold! National Socialists + Yakety Sax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRLpFl4al-Q&feature=related

]]> By: technobee http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-304196 technobee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-304196 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYooZOEWo0Y" rel="nofollow">Dog licking peanut butter off nose to Yakety Sax</a> Dog licking peanut butter off nose to Yakety Sax

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303692 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303692 My brother wanted to play Bioshock, but was terrified by the ambient noise and the cries of the Splicers. So, he put Yakety Sax on repeat as he played it. For a full hour. My brother wanted to play Bioshock, but was terrified by the ambient noise and the cries of the Splicers. So, he put Yakety Sax on repeat as he played it.
For a full hour.

]]> By: KthulhuKultist http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303694 KthulhuKultist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303694 Coilhouse beat you to the punch on this one Monday... http://coilhouse.net/2008/10/06/better-than-coffee-yakety-sax-mashups/#comments Coilhouse beat you to the punch on this one Monday…
http://coilhouse.net/2008/10/06/better-than-coffee-yakety-sax-mashups/#comments

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303951 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303951 #22 h n phllmb168 thnks ths r -wy- t f ln! Dd, dn't thnk tht th ntrnt s th rght plc fr y t b hngng t. Nt f y r tht sly ffndd. #22 h n phllmb168 thnks ths r -wy- t f ln! Dd, dn’t thnk tht th ntrnt s th rght plc fr y t b hngng t. Nt f y r tht sly ffndd.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-311375 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311375 It's true! http://animaldetector.blogspot.com/2008/10/possum-running-fast.html It’s true!
http://animaldetector.blogspot.com/2008/10/possum-running-fast.html

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303702 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303702 As an aside, the shrimp on a treadmill video has many musical variations. Its apparently a bit viral. <a href="http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=1bf6fwwuh2" rel="nofollow"> this one</a> is my personal favorite. There is also: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnxsn8UQ4R0" rel="nofollow">Willishrimp Tell's Overture</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wShfp6QGvZo" rel="nofollow">color changing gangsta shrimp</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Dd5DJe2Xk" rel="nofollow"> Ok GoShrimp</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy1AonPdL6o" rel="nofollow">Remixed Daft Punk shrimp</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vE5iT7Igxo" rel="nofollow">dragonforce shrimp</a> and ok, this one is pretty funny too <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQOiGO_4Czg" rel="nofollow">they see him rollin', they hatin</a> As an aside, the shrimp on a treadmill video has many musical variations. Its apparently a bit viral.

this one is my personal favorite.

There is also:

Willishrimp Tell’s Overture

color changing gangsta shrimp

Ok GoShrimp

Remixed Daft Punk shrimp

dragonforce shrimp

and ok, this one is pretty funny too

they see him rollin’, they hatin

]]> By: feelinglstless http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303975 feelinglstless Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303975 With Eminem and Doctor Who: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW0H_rprV-g "This feels like a job for me..." With Eminem and Doctor Who:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW0H_rprV-g

“This feels like a job for me…”

]]> By: brainologist http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-303983 brainologist Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303983 @#44 -- Oh man, even a discussion of Yakety Sax videos obeys Godwin's law. I think we've bumped into an analogue of <a href=http://xkcd.com/305/>Rule 34</a>: If you can imagine it, and imagine it sped up, somewhere on the internet someone has put it to the Benny Hill music. @#44 — Oh man, even a discussion of Yakety Sax videos obeys Godwin’s law.

I think we’ve bumped into an analogue of Rule 34: If you can imagine it, and imagine it sped up, somewhere on the internet someone has put it to the Benny Hill music.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-305040 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-305040 You forgot about the footage of Benny Hill's funeral: <a href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b93_1172256138" target="_new">Link</a> You forgot about the footage of Benny Hill’s funeral:
Link

]]> By: jbang http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-304024 jbang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-304024 So funny you can't even prepare for it. yakety Sax + Shrimp + coffee = dirty LCD! So funny you can’t even prepare for it.

yakety Sax + Shrimp + coffee = dirty LCD!

]]> By: jrtom http://boingboing.net/2008/10/08/adding-the-benny-hil.html#comment-305817 jrtom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-305817 A sort of inversion of the theme: http://dooku.net Click on the text below the clip to see what this cycles (heh) through when you click on it. (It's an inversion in the sense that it's a single clip that allows the visitor to pick a soundtrack from a set of options. It's really amazing how it changes one's interpretation of the scene and the characters.) A sort of inversion of the theme:

http://dooku.net

Click on the text below the clip to see what this cycles (heh) through when you click on it.

(It’s an inversion in the sense that it’s a single clip that allows the visitor to pick a soundtrack from a set of options. It’s really amazing how it changes one’s interpretation of the scene and the characters.)

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