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Title: Don't buy if you're a fan of Benny Hill!
Review: I was so pleased to find a biography of Benny Hill. I became a fan in the 80's when his show was televised by BBC. After 150+ pages, I can hardly bear to turn another. The author had no admiration for Mr. Hill; I would go so far as to say Mr. Lewisohn holds him in total contempt. The author also spends far too much time pontificating about Variety, radio and other topics in such minutiae that it detracts from the subject and makes this book a ponderous read with little enjoyment at best - excruciating at worst.Criticism is one thing but the way this author writes of Benny Hill, his life and comedy, is just shameful. I'm willing to bet he spared all of the Beatles his poison-pen treatment. What a disappointment.
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