How did Red Skelton play in Britain? To my mind he was one of the very few truly great comedians -- and as far as I know the only "non-political" one to have a bridge named after him (over the Wabash River, seperating Illinois and Indian, outside of his home town of Versailles, Indiana).

Or Phil Silvers? How does Steve Martin translate?

To my mind, one of the greatest comediennes was Beatrice Lilly. What about Goldy Hawn? Lucille Ball? Let us not forget the ladies!

You can buy Benny Hill tapes -- retrospectives of his "greatest moments" -- here. They're advertised on late-night TV.