Granada's 1976 themed single play anthology
series Victorian Scandals is one of the more obscure contemporary
television sources that Benny Hill drew upon.
I am intrigued by comely five-girl dance troupe Love Machine, choreographed by Arlene Phillips on an off day. Their song (listed as 'The Best Is Yet To Come', but going by the chorus really ought to be called 'Think Of The Boys') appears to have only ever been heard on this programme. Its lyrics are hard to make out on first hearing, but appear to offer life lessons to other women. The song and routine invites a feminist ideological reading... It seems to say that hopeful young women are wishing for the day when they have "got a home and family and all the little things a girl should want", but then goes into some detail about how men will ignore or mistreat their women ("the game of love it can't be cheated"). But - leaping into the soaring chorus, if you "think of the b-o-o-o-ys" then that explains the pleasures of the game, even if (I think they sing this) "their manly jokes/ are not for woman folks". This is unconvincingly mimed through tremendous grins, the lead dancer more than once winking at the viewer. For no obvious reason, they are dressed as Red Indian squaws.
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