Max Miller was a rather risque comedian of the 30s, 40s and 50s. He was known for these bright, flowery plus-fours suits, and a brand of humour that was sometimes banned by the BBC (radio of course, he was not relaly of the TV era, but mostly a music hall star). My favourite joke of his (heard long after his death in 1963, when I was just 10, is this:I was walking along a narrow mountain path, too narrow for two people to pass, and this beautiful young woman comes towards me, stark naked she was. Well I didn't know whether to block her passage ot toss meself off.
They don't write them like that any more.
That picture brings to mind Benny Hill, who I always had an affection for.
ReplyDeleteOK, that was really poor English. That should read, "...for whom I always had affection." lol
ReplyDeleteEnding a sentence with a preposition is a liberty up with which I will not put.
ReplyDeleteMax was far funnier than Benny Hill. I actually bought a cd of a live recording of one of his shows at the weekend. His suggestiveness is far funnier than Hill's vulgarity (not a fan).
Yes, the days are long gone when you could have a good belly laugh without being afraid of not being 'pc'.
ReplyDeleteyou know I don't remember Max Miller, but Lucy's (my future daughter in law) grandmother was a Benny Hill girl.
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