As the late Seventies drew to its inevitable conclusion, Benny Hill found himself up against some rather tough competition, particularly from Messrs Barker & Corbett, alias The Two Ronnies. Overwhelmingly popular during their decade-spanning career, the Ronnies' humor was largely based on word play and spoonerisms, though they weren't above "borrowing" from Benny's tried-and-true blend of smutty innuendo and gratuitous lingerie shots. On a few occasions, the two programs seemed to share the same blackout gags, all the way down to the color of the starlets' underwear:
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