Anybody else recognize the Benny Hill song?

[Tomconroy]

Link to tweet

[MineralMan]

1. Sure. Yakety Sax - Below

Original played by Boots Randolph.

[Effete Snob]

2. Poor Boots Randolph

The song is "Yakety Sax" by American saxophonist Boots Randolph:



It's unfortunate that it became indelibly associated with the Benny Hill Show.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I suspect that, like Liberace, he cried all the way to the bank. NT

[ultralite001]

6. Yakety Sax redux...

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Sax|]

That is all...

[alphafemale]

7. At least nearly everyone knows his song.

Does it really matter why?

[Effete Snob]

8. I suppose not

Much like the Liberty Bell march by John Phillip Sousa, which is primarily recognized as the theme of a another British comedy television program.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Why, it received recognition in no less than DU's Music Appreciation group.

Fri Jun 3, 2022: On this day, June 3, 1927, Boots Randolph was born.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. V for Vendetta played it when the fascists were chasing after V.

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[House of Roberts]

9. Wonder what he would tweet if he was hearing the theme to

Red Dwarf?

[Dr. Strange]

10. Something along the lines of...

"when I tweet a smeggin' Johnson scandal crisis, it’s always the Red Dwarf theme…"