THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

You know what was an attraction of mine, to London, as a kid? It was to meet Benny Hill, right? Because Benny Hill was a bad motherf***er in California.  He was funny as f**k, too!  We loved him.  Like, I don’t even think y’all know how much he meant to the African-American community.  He meant the f**king world to us.  The shit he was doing on TV, they would never do in America.

Snoop Dogg in Ellis/Standard, 2024

You could hear the hoof beats pound as they raced across the ground

And the clatter of the wheels as they spun round and round

And he galloped into Market Street, his badge upon his chest

His name was Ernie, and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west

Benny Hill, “Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)”, 1971