One of the staples of my childhood was watching “The Benny Hill Show” on ITV and if you aren’t familiar with that particular show, it always ended in a Keystone Cops-style chase with Benny being pursued by various characters to the inimitable saxophone track. Well the player and composer of that song was a musician called Boots Randolph and he died this week after slipping into a coma. When he was alive, he said that not many people could play his tune and that he was proud that it was his trademark. Well, for some of us it was a cultural watermark and there’s always a wry smile whenever I hear that piece of music.

And here’s evidence that this song can make just about anything funny…

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