There aren't many like Billy Connelly, he just tells the truth, no matter what it's about he says it exactly how it is. No one is immune, nothing is taboo, life is life. God Luvya Billy, hang in there! ❤️
God doesn't exist, and Billy knows it! Billy Connolly is a legend! And an Atheist like all great comedian's, Ricky Gervais, George Carlin etc. etc. etc.
Clive has finally left us. He managed to cheat the law of averages for such a long time. Died at 80. A beautiful human being, always kind, always funny, never a threat, never malevolent. A dying breed of great specimens...
I enjoy the fact he sees everyday things as funny. I was blessed to have a Grandma who was the same.She found something comical in everything. I could write a book about the funny things she did whilst being stunningly attractive great fashion sense.
great clip. so much mutual respect , and genuinely finding each other very funny. that last 2 and a half minutes has got to be some of the best TV ever......great story from Clive about the Turtle neck and Pscyho, then the line from Billy about a 24 hr drive in taxidermist (!) , and then the Drive-thru Mcdonalds communications issues. sensational. thanks for the upload. :)
Get Billy on for a chat and end up in stitches, no script, just natural talent, his own unique take on any subject is second to none. ....he doesn't try to be funny. ......he is funny. .....oor Billy. ...THE BIG YIN
There is only one Billy Connolly. No one else has every person in pain with laughter. He is just relentless. Once he gets going he gets quicker and quicker and you cant draw breath. Him with Tom Cruise on Parkinson is so funny and Tom cruise is in tears. Michael Parkinson is the most experienced talk show host on the planet and even he gives up asking questions and just lets him go.
@@bungodancereadie8018 Totally agree, he lives this kinda double life. I'm a believer in each to their own, but I don't suffer fake bastards like Cruise. Scientologist, isn't he .?
Bloody brilliant - Billy on top form. And Clive was very nearly as good an interviewer as Michael Parkinson - the highest praise I can give - like Michael, he actually allowed his guests to talk.
Spot on; CJ allowed Billy's blinding talent the space it deserves - see him on one of the background monitors mirroring Billy when he talks about the 'auld' Scottish folk song. Delighted to find this uploaded; had it on an old VHS, now long gone. Haven't watched it in years but remembered so much of it. Two geniuses at work.
@@rich.e very much so. Two guys from very different backgrounds, but so talented. Clive James is a great loss. If you haven't read any of his books, please do. Especially the autobiographies.
HUGE because it was the first PUBLIC gig without the beard. The beard had been his physical facial defense against the emotional pain he had felt all his life.......That was a massive emotional turning point in his life!!!!! He was at his most publicly exposed...Out there and no beard to hide behind..... I love Billy because he is not only the greatest story telling comedian that I have either watched or even heard of........he is also an incredibly brave man coming up from the hell that was his childhood and then self destructive addictions!
My daughter and I met Billy in a Edmonton Alberta Canada hotel hallway approx 8pm. We couldn't get over how tall he was very friendly instantly before we realized who he was. He said very cheerfully 'Good evening pretty lasses how are we this evening'. We stood there rather dumbfounded my young daughter said 'that was Billy Connolly'. His wife says he flirts with everyone and I say yes in a very innocent way which is how she meant it as well.
absolutely brilliant, heralded in a new era of success for billy in the '90s. of course, being old friends with the wonderful mr. james, it was always going to be good (beard or no beard), but it doesn't surprise me he chose clive's show to reveal the 'sleek' new look. that last bit at the drive-in mcdonalds, so simple but fecking hilarious
This aired on Saturday 27th October 1990 on BBC Two - as Billy mentioned he had to shave for the film "The Big Man" where he said "last December" which meant December 1989, as the film was released in August 1990.
Michael Parkinson was the same with Billy. In fact both Billy and Kenneth Williams were superb on Michael's shows, as Michael said he never really had to do much work, both men could talk and be funny for hours without a question ever being asked.
Watching clips like this makes me realise how professional The Interviewers are because I just know if that was me I'd be laughing so hard I wouldn't be capable of asking Billy Connolly one single question. Thats how funny Billy Connolly is. ""The Big Yin"" 🙏 GODBLESS Him ❤
Thank you SO much for uploading this! I have all Billy’s Clive James interviews, but on VHS. I don’t have a video recorder any more so haven’t seen them in years. I also have the whole series of “Billy” (the sitcom that they’re talking about in the interview) with no way to transfer it to DVD or even watch it 😫
@@aderynmawr Are you able to upload the sitcom Billy to youtube? It's a very rate nowdays and only one eposide on here I believe.It shows a great other side to billy.
richard small I would love to but as I said before, just about everything I have from that time is on VHS. I’d love to see it again and have also hunted for it online with very little luck. Unfortunately, if/when I find someone to transfer my VHS onto DVD, there will be a fair few tapes that will be ahead of Billy in the queue. I certainly will continue to try to find someone though and will definitely upload them to TH-cam ASAP.
@@aderynmawr Ok try and get a boyfriend who knows how to upload online,lol.I do hope you can find someone to do it,as I have only seen the one episode and Billy was great!
And the sheer genius of Clive James is that he was wise enough to just shut up and let Billy go, only facilitating where necessary instead of trying to "interview" him.
TY Bill. Beannacht leat a leanbh mo chroí. Become again or not it's up to you. I remember a story told where you were dropped on your head like Leonardo.
Bill connolly is like samson, he is not the same without all his hair. When he is not bearded up, and long hair, he comes over as quite feeble in a way. Not the same confidence. Clive james and billy connolly were both very funny, and its nice we can see these shows from all those years ago.
"You have to join the Masons to get the order right". LOL even just throwaway 1 liners from a guy with a working class Glasgow sense of humour are brilliant.
There aren't many like Billy Connelly, he just tells the truth, no matter what it's about he says it exactly how it is. No one is immune, nothing is taboo, life is life. God Luvya Billy, hang in there! ❤️
God doesn't exist, and Billy knows it! Billy Connolly is a legend! And an Atheist like all great comedian's, Ricky Gervais, George Carlin etc. etc. etc.
Clive has finally left us. He managed to cheat the law of averages for such a long time.
Died at 80. A beautiful human being, always kind, always funny, never a threat, never malevolent. A dying breed of great specimens...
Amen bro.
Methinks Billy loved his wee chats with Clive,he did quite a few..Clive was so easy to like
Always loved him
So long Clive James. You we're always my favourite in the 80s.
😊
May rest in peace...
It ruined my day knowing that he left us.
I was going to meet him on my next visit to the UK.
We will miss you, Clive.
I so miss those Christmas Specials...there's been nothing nearly so good since...take care Clive...
is there any other comedian in the world that can solicit such constant hysterical laughter???? funniest man ever
I enjoy the fact he sees everyday things as funny. I was blessed to have a Grandma who was the same.She found something comical in everything. I could write a book about the funny things she did whilst being stunningly attractive great fashion sense.
Sir Billy Connolly The Best Comedian Ever,
What a complete legend he is, the world will be a beiger place when he goes
There will still be a flash of tartan to colour it all in.
We really do need every filmed concert of his remastered and released. He changed comedy forever.
Poet, sage, teacher, artist, genius. The greatest most beautiful man alive
two of the most loveable wittiest men right there. thanks for the upload Tourmaline1973
What a combination! The wisest and funniest met the cleverest and most erudite.
I have a tear in my eye
great clip. so much mutual respect , and genuinely finding each other very funny. that last 2 and a half minutes has got to be some of the best TV ever......great story from Clive about the Turtle neck and Pscyho, then the line from Billy about a 24 hr drive in taxidermist (!) , and then the Drive-thru Mcdonalds communications issues. sensational. thanks for the upload. :)
Timeless! Brilliant! Love them both...
Two complete legends in wonderful, hilarious conversation. RIP Clive James, one of nature’s greatest ever specimens
Two of the my most favourite people - enjoy them while we still have them
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Absolute legend billy Connolly. R.i.p Clive james
Get Billy on for a chat and end up in stitches, no script, just natural talent, his own unique take on any subject is second to none. ....he doesn't try to be funny. ......he is funny. .....oor Billy. ...THE BIG YIN
There is only one Billy Connolly. No one else has every person in pain with laughter. He is just relentless. Once he gets going he gets quicker and quicker and you cant draw breath. Him with Tom Cruise on Parkinson is so funny and Tom cruise is in tears. Michael Parkinson is the most experienced talk show host on the planet and even he gives up asking questions and just lets him go.
Sadly, Tom Cruise is a weird and sinister person........he is not worthy of hanging with The Big Yin.......just sayin'
@@bungodancereadie8018 Totally agree, he lives this kinda double life. I'm a believer in each to their own, but I don't suffer fake bastards like Cruise.
Scientologist, isn't he .?
@@bungodancereadie8018 Yeah but was the interview around the time they did the last samurai?
@@RandomPlaceHolderName yes.
@@Johnniebhoy83 I'm a scientconnollyist
Clive James and Billy are the funniest blokes ever
I love him so much ! I really needed the laugh . what a sweetie ~ THAnk you ~~~~~~
Billy and Clive. Both utterly brilliant.
Bloody brilliant - Billy on top form. And Clive was very nearly as good an interviewer as Michael Parkinson - the highest praise I can give - like Michael, he actually allowed his guests to talk.
Spot on; CJ allowed Billy's blinding talent the space it deserves - see him on one of the background monitors mirroring Billy when he talks about the 'auld' Scottish folk song. Delighted to find this uploaded; had it on an old VHS, now long gone. Haven't watched it in years but remembered so much of it. Two geniuses at work.
@@rich.e very much so. Two guys from very different backgrounds, but so talented. Clive James is a great loss. If you haven't read any of his books, please do. Especially the autobiographies.
HUGE because it was the first PUBLIC gig without the beard.
The beard had been his physical facial defense against the emotional pain he had felt all his life.......That was a massive emotional turning point in his life!!!!!
He was at his most publicly exposed...Out there and no beard to hide behind.....
I love Billy because he is not only the greatest story telling comedian that I have either watched or even heard of........he is also an incredibly brave man coming up from the hell that was his childhood and then self destructive addictions!
My daughter and I met Billy in a Edmonton Alberta Canada hotel hallway approx 8pm. We couldn't get over how tall he was very friendly instantly before we realized who he was. He said very cheerfully 'Good evening pretty lasses how are we this evening'. We stood there rather dumbfounded my young daughter said 'that was Billy Connolly'. His wife says he flirts with everyone and I say yes in a very innocent way which is how she meant it as well.
Well, Australia's the perfect place to come out without the beard, a very supportive people down there 😄
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absolutely brilliant, heralded in a new era of success for billy in the '90s. of course, being old friends with the wonderful mr. james, it was always going to be good (beard or no beard), but it doesn't surprise me he chose clive's show to reveal the 'sleek' new look. that last bit at the drive-in mcdonalds, so simple but fecking hilarious
this is brilliant.
Clive just let's him talk.
American chat show hosts won't shut the fuck up.
american hosts cant help but patronise, i find also
Craig Ferguson was the only one that would let his guests speak, and Craig was Scottish/American.
Two great people, they dont make them like they used too....
This aired on Saturday 27th October 1990 on BBC Two - as Billy mentioned he had to shave for the film "The Big Man" where he said "last December" which meant December 1989, as the film was released in August 1990.
Great clip from Saturday Night Clive. Billy and Clive at the height of their powers. So sad to see both Clive and Billy nowadays looking so frail.
Clive has gone this week. I dont feel too happy today.
He is just the coolest, most hilariously funny man.
Perfect interviewer. On the pauses he asks a simple question and let’s Billy Go
Michael Parkinson was the same with Billy. In fact both Billy and Kenneth Williams were superb on Michael's shows, as Michael said he never really had to do much work, both men could talk and be funny for hours without a question ever being asked.
Best looking potato I've ever seen. I have a wee crush on him I do.
Shelly,when he dances around naked,he only has a wee willy,would that be ok for you Shelly?Would his humour compensate for such a shortcuming?lol.
Billy I've been in that swimming pool you're spot on
I remember this! Thanks for sharing
he looked so nervous at the end lol. but he was as hilarious as ever
Watching clips like this makes me realise how professional The Interviewers are because I just know if that was me I'd be laughing so hard I wouldn't be capable of asking Billy Connolly one single question.
Thats how funny Billy Connolly is.
""The Big Yin"" 🙏 GODBLESS Him ❤
Thank you SO much for uploading this! I have all Billy’s Clive James interviews, but on VHS. I don’t have a video recorder any more so haven’t seen them in years. I also have the whole series of “Billy” (the sitcom that they’re talking about in the interview) with no way to transfer it to DVD or even watch it 😫
you can have vhf changed to dvd now
william brown oh I know, it’s just a matter of finding someone to do it! 😄
@@aderynmawr Are you able to upload the sitcom Billy to youtube? It's a very rate nowdays and only one eposide on here I believe.It shows a great other side to billy.
richard small I would love to but as I said before, just about everything I have from that time is on VHS. I’d love to see it again and have also hunted for it online with very little luck. Unfortunately, if/when I find someone to transfer my VHS onto DVD, there will be a fair few tapes that will be ahead of Billy in the queue. I certainly will continue to try to find someone though and will definitely upload them to TH-cam ASAP.
@@aderynmawr Ok try and get a boyfriend who knows how to upload online,lol.I do hope you can find someone to do it,as I have only seen the one episode and Billy was great!
And the sheer genius of Clive James is that he was wise enough to just shut up and let Billy go, only facilitating where necessary instead of trying to "interview" him.
Superb.
Thank you. ❤
70 years old, and this guy makes me wet my pants everytime I watch him! soooo funny..
Shaving behind the ears! Brilliant Bill
My Brother, Billy, since 1999.
I've never heard of a Millichip of a second as a period of time ! Such a funny man !
I'm sure I've seen this before, as Clive James was on channel 2, but it's great to watch it again like I've never seen it.
Channel 2? What is that? Clive's shows in the early 1990s were produced and aired by the BBC here in the UK.
4:33 - Well the famous man who Billy hit with a potato turned out to be Sir John Gielgud, according to Billy's 2010 stand up tour on DVD.
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THANKS BILLY WHOES LIKE US
I belong to Glasgow thanks Billy for exspressing us thanks for being you
Well said mate
Billy Connolly=Comedy Legend
clive knew his stuff - who else could seamlessly reference the mighty hillman imp? hahaha
Legend,
One word legendary
I wish Billy and Robin Williams would have made a film together, unscripted of course.
Very handsome without the beard Billy
Thank you
Rothesay The Kyle's of Bute that's where the asaid swimming pool was
brilliant
They just need to turn on the camera and he's off haha! Quality big yin 👍
And there was always " THIS GUUUY" to carry the story further than the mind can deal with.
Proper!
THE chat show host dream come true
Total genius.
"The world had a profound effect on me"...ah Billy,I wish it had affected me the same way...
Legend!
One of the nine I can think of perhaps >
Legend
so many comments since I've last been here
I'm in tears laughing !
Legend's both
Fucking LEGEND YOU BEAUTY
7:06, love that shirt !! looks like sea creatures ???
He looks a bit like Johnny Clegg without a beard.
Nic 485
You're so right! I love Johnny Clegg and Savuka
I literally just peed my pants.,
Water h2o for the speakers thanks
TY Bill. Beannacht leat a leanbh mo chroí. Become again or not it's up to you. I remember a story told where you were dropped on your head like Leonardo.
Bill connolly is like samson, he is not the same without all his hair.
When he is not bearded up, and long hair, he comes over as quite feeble in a way. Not the same confidence.
Clive james and billy connolly were both very funny, and its nice we can see these shows from all those years ago.
"Not the same confidence" my arse! :-)
Billy is always scratching his scalp on interviews. He must have dry scalp.
3:05 good to be from rothesay
I wonder who the celebrity was that Billy hit with a potato?
Sean Connery
@@firsttahelia Is Sean Connery 'posh'?
Are we sure it's not John Cleese?
"You have to join the Masons to get the order right". LOL even just throwaway 1 liners from a guy with a working class Glasgow sense of humour are brilliant.