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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 357105" data-attributes="member: 23">I probably only really saw any Xrds from the early Eighties onwards, so I&#039;m not sure if this is after things changed, but yes - I too also assumed the character had a learning disability. I suppose me being young meant that I didn&#039;t really think too deeply about it (anymore than I realised a kid up the road from me had special needs) until I grew up. At the time he was simply Benny and I suppose I accepted him just as he was. Part of the reason I wasn&#039;t overly looking forward to his arrival was that I feared that he might be horribly one-note or too caricature. The image of Benny is one that seems bigger than many other characters... everyone remembers the wool beanie and the dungarees. So far he&#039;s far more watchable than I&#039;d been expecting. Around the time I started watching Xrds, I stumbled upon the little nugget that during the Falklands conflict the UK armed forces disparagingly <a href="https://80sactual.blogspot.com/2009/04/crossroads-benny-hawkins-1980s-birdie.html" target="_blank">named Falkland Islanders &quot;Bennies&quot; after the character. </a>Oh wow. That puts a whole new spin on things. Yes... it&#039;s made my list as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 357105, member: 23"] I probably only really saw any [I]Xrds[/I] from the early Eighties onwards, so I'm not sure if this is after things changed, but yes - I too also assumed the character had a learning disability. I suppose me being young meant that I didn't really think too deeply about it (anymore than I realised a kid up the road from me had special needs) until I grew up. At the time he was simply Benny and I suppose I accepted him just as he was. Part of the reason I wasn't overly looking forward to his arrival was that I feared that he might be horribly one-note or too caricature. The image of Benny is one that seems bigger than many other characters... everyone remembers the wool beanie and the dungarees. So far he's far more watchable than I'd been expecting. Around the time I started watching Xrds, I stumbled upon the little nugget that during the Falklands conflict the UK armed forces disparagingly [url=https://80sactual.blogspot.com/2009/04/crossroads-benny-hawkins-1980s-birdie.html]named Falkland Islanders "Bennies" after the character. [/url] Oh wow. That puts a whole new spin on things. Yes... it's made my list as well. [/QUOTE]

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