The Benny Hill Show was a British sketch comedy series created by and starring Benny Hill, running in various formats from 1955 to 1989. Its closing sped-up chase sequences were set to Yakety Sax, a 1963 instrumental by Boots Randolph and James Rich built around a playful saxophone riff. Those chases became the show's signature gag, and the pairing spread far beyond television through reruns, parodies and later internet memes, where the tune alone now signals a goofy pursuit.