Parkinson - Billy Connolly & Sir David Attenborough (1998)

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  • Billy Connolly & Sir David Attenborough interviewed by Michael Parkinson in 1998
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  • @pionelpessi1022
    @pionelpessi1022 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    RIP Sir Michael Parkinson. He was the ultimate chat show host

  • @jaytee8188
    @jaytee8188 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I never feel the warmth from any of the reality of life that I feel watching Billy and Sir David these days in June 2023. Both of these gentlemen have all the the respect I have to give and the respect they deserve.

  • @kitten6062
    @kitten6062 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Billy is such a gentleman, not once did he interrupt Sir David, never made the show all about him. Gorgeous person, love him

  • @iqueque
    @iqueque 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    How incredibly sad that this level of talk show has disappeared into the mists of memory.

  • @mikefroment8233
    @mikefroment8233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I remember Billy staying at a hotel I worked I was a very young chef and he gave me 2 tickets to see his show. Was the funniest thing ever and I have been a fan ever since thanks Billy.

  • @PapiJack
    @PapiJack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Many times TH-cam can be an awful place. But that is offset by the fact that Billy will live in here forever for some of us youngsters to enjoy.

    • @navelpicker
      @navelpicker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What a lovely thing to say. All the best to ‘ya, fair laddie.

    • @ivydickson7596
      @ivydickson7596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Too true Carlos. I came to watch this after just hearing an interview with Billy on Radio New Zealand National with Kim Hill. She's the best and Billy is wonderful.

    • @merfymac
      @merfymac 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok boomer

    • @navelpicker
      @navelpicker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@merfymac Got anything useful to say?

  • @martinconnor9840
    @martinconnor9840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Does it get any better than this. Proper entertainment. All the channels on TV now yet I'm on here watching a show from 24 years ago. Says it all

    • @lynnhubbard844
      @lynnhubbard844 ปีที่แล้ว

      I can honestly say that I was surprised it was him in "Mrs. Brown"???!!! How remarkable

  • @elizabethlinsay9193
    @elizabethlinsay9193 2 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Not only is Billy Connolly funny, he's a truly lovely person in every way. I'm so sorry he has Parkinson's but his positivity will help him through.

    • @kentxx12
      @kentxx12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sorry but the host of this show is Parkinson,Parkinson is a British television chat show that was presented by Michael Parkinson. It was first shown on BBC1 from 19 June 1971 to 10 April 1982 and from 9 January 1998 to 24 April 2004.

    • @Mark_B544
      @Mark_B544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@kentxx12 wtf are you talking about?

    • @andydixon2980
      @andydixon2980 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mark_B544 Parkinson and 'Parkinson's'.....K O needs to be KO'd.

    • @rumplestiltzkin5451
      @rumplestiltzkin5451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kentxx12 You have no idea what "Parkinson's disease" is do you? A wee hint - that's what Billy is living with. Go look it up. It might help you or others later.

    • @kimwilkins9371
      @kimwilkins9371 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Mark_B544 The name of the show was called Parkinson, hosted by Michael Parkinson. Although Billy now has Parkinson’s Disease, the title was referring to the show, not him having the disease.

  • @michaeltroster9059
    @michaeltroster9059 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My wife and I had the privilege of attending a live performance of Billy. We never laughed so hard in our lives. He put on a three hour show with no break. Amazing funny man.

  • @RG-ja34sep
    @RG-ja34sep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I don’t believe he could have chosen two better guests if he tried. Sir David is a national treasure and Billy is a comedy genius. I would move heaven and earth to spend some time with Sir David, he’s my ultimate hero!

  • @loisheuer8772
    @loisheuer8772 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Wonderful, wonderful Parky. I'm from the U.S. but have watched Mr. Parkinson for years. He was the best ever. Thank you TH-cam for showing them. Please continue to do so. This particular show with Billy Connolly and Sir David Attenborough is a GEM of all time. Thank you Parky. A life well lived.

  • @bobbydazzler1780
    @bobbydazzler1780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Three of the all time best entertainers and educators that British media has ever produced. Masters of their art. Their likes will not been seen again in a generation.

  • @helenbmclean5100
    @helenbmclean5100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    What a fantastic programme.
    I’m watching this in February 2022.
    During lockdown, Billy Connolly, made me laugh until it hurt.
    David Attenborough, like Billy, a legend.
    Thank you so much for this. 🇬🇧💕

    • @SuzyQ334
      @SuzyQ334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Billy Connolly makes everyone laugh until they hurt. I think that is the point of Billy Connolly. He's the funniest man on the planet.

    • @SuzyQ334
      @SuzyQ334 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Billy Connolly makes everyone laugh until we hurt. Love you forever Bllly. And please keep making me laugh until I hurt. The day I stop laughing is when I know I've lost the plot. xxxxx

  • @BoutYoungAnnaLee
    @BoutYoungAnnaLee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Extraordinarily intelligent, well travelled men conversing, being charming and funny and, most importantly, not shrieking hysterically about politics or whatever.

  • @katinkiplinkyplonk4933
    @katinkiplinkyplonk4933 5 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    I absolutely love how David includes Billy in his section of the program, yet Billy sits back and respectfully awaits David's invitations.

    • @StanPCGaming
      @StanPCGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      So..much..respect between EVERYONE in this interview it's amazing... ZERO ego..

    • @M21L35
      @M21L35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Indeed, Mike! This is how gentlemen of class conduct themselves!

    • @tomcleland3422
      @tomcleland3422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's a pro...good man, Big Yin...

    • @stephanieboyce4860
      @stephanieboyce4860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Back when people had manners, not egos

    • @dannypriestley1978
      @dannypriestley1978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah me too. Total respect on both sides. All legends!

  • @SoulfulAde
    @SoulfulAde 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Bumped into Billy, when he was sat outside (on his own) at a corner cafe, drinking coffee at midnight, in Xlendi Bay Gozo in 2003. He told us he had just made a film with Tom Cruise, (Last Samurai) which is why he had got rid of the purple moustache and beard he had been sporting around that time. He graciously signed his autograph on a cafe receipt and posed for a photo. He must have spent 3-4 minutes chatting to us. Lovely bloke.

  • @fionahiggins6682
    @fionahiggins6682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Seriously....there are not enough words in the English dictionary to describe the wonder of this video ! !!!!! I watch it over and over again ...... awesome ... Legend....Epic ! Many thanks XXX

    • @whiteonggoy7009
      @whiteonggoy7009 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spot on

    • @bernadettespeakman355
      @bernadettespeakman355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I recall my husband video taping the Audience with billy conolly back in the 80s. We watched it over and over doing the narrative over and over. We knew the big slipper narrative and the priest visit which were just some we knew by heart. Classic.

  • @Keepingitrespectfulmostly.
    @Keepingitrespectfulmostly. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Approximate ages at this interview Billy 56, now 76. Parky 63, now 84. Sir David 72, now 92 wow.. What a great interview.. See how easy it is to have and show respect for each other. A rarity for me but I honestly think I could sit and listen to these fellas all night long..

    • @Nikita-jo4cl
      @Nikita-jo4cl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All three seem somewhat ageless and all able to hold conversation with the other and fascinating the other and having a great laugh along the way, love it

    • @Keepingitrespectfulmostly.
      @Keepingitrespectfulmostly. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Nikita-jo4cl Well said.. I can hold and carry a conversation about almost anything with almost anyone and yet I find myself probably one of the loneliest sods on the planet.. I hope you and others find this amusing, because it is a classic example of my sense of humour.. I am a total 50/50 clash and melting pot of both my parents.. Dad, was a meat eating loner, long distance truck driver and mum was a way OTT talk the hind legs of a Donkey sociable cleaner/cashier vegan.. How on earth am I suppose to cope? Oops did I just think that out loud.? Warning, brief trip down misery/memory lane: My earliest recollection there was going to be problems in my future life was when my nan gave me a chicken leg to eat she had cooked for me when I was very young. I looked at it and looked up at her and immediately burst into tears.. What's up she asked? I don't know I said it's a dead animal I am eating.. Uncle said just put salt on it.. Trouble is he was right. What a bloody fecked up life I have been living (mostly solo) since..

    • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
      @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, imagine having those three at a dinner party

    • @uptonic
      @uptonic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Paw X Paw There’s nothing wrong with that

    • @Mozart1220
      @Mozart1220 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So... Billy and david aged 20 years, but Parkinson aged 21? How did that sort out?

  • @doctorlolchicken7478
    @doctorlolchicken7478 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    His appearances on Parkinson catapulted Billy Connolly into the big time. He was a relatively little known Scottish folk singer before his first Parkinson appearance. Parkinson would have him on every year because it guaranteed about 1 million extra viewers.

  • @kathmandoo
    @kathmandoo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Wonderful 3 men. They come from different skills and background but get on SO well with mutual respect and laughter.
    What lives they have had.

  • @63Baggies
    @63Baggies 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Billy was Parkinson's 'go to guest' he never failed to entertain and had a seemingly inexhaustible stock of absolutely hilarious stories...

    • @ruthmackenzie1105
      @ruthmackenzie1105 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s the way he tells em !!

    • @davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207
      @davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I remember on the VHS 'erect for 30 years' Parkinson said in their original run there two people who would add two million to the viewing figures and they were Muhammad Ali and Billy Connolly.

  • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
    @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    David Attenborough was born in 1926, so 95 now. What an incredible life he has had and what an incredible gift he has given us

    • @douglasgillespie317
      @douglasgillespie317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U nailed it🇨🇦

    • @MrsBJPalmer
      @MrsBJPalmer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @CovidConQuitTheCensorship. It's 2023, he's 97, and still charging forward! A truly remarkable gentleman!

    • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
      @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MrsBJPalmer omg he's doing another planet earth series, wow, remarkable indeed

  • @M21L35
    @M21L35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A bloody spectacular combo w/Billy & Sir David! To use Billy's words......Just Brilliant!

  • @dawnashford3307
    @dawnashford3307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Billy and David. Two of my favourite people, both Amazing, warm, funny men. Hate to think about it but will be such a huge loss when they're gone 💜

  • @capslock4523
    @capslock4523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Surprisingly, this video with this trio turns out to be much much better and funnier than anticipated.

  • @rudymazar5266
    @rudymazar5266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love the man ! The best comedian ever ! From Australia big hug

  • @unforgivingsamurai6301
    @unforgivingsamurai6301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Old is truly gold.. 3 TV LEGENDS.. what a great show

  • @andyjohnson4907
    @andyjohnson4907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The collaboration you never knew you needed.

  • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
    @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'm almost halfway through this but need to take a break. I've been laughing so hard, an amazing interview with Billy Connolly and I love David Attenborough so need to catch my breath before he comes on. Parkinson is brilliant. Best interviewer ever. No-one will ever come close to him or his two guests here

  • @chopperhehehe
    @chopperhehehe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    What Sir Billy says 22 mins in is so true . Those 3 men have to be the most respected boys in the world
    🎩 off to yous all thanks for all
    👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🙂🤞✌😘

  • @shike67
    @shike67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wish i could give a "like" to this a few dozen times more, thanks

  • @ritaroberts1265
    @ritaroberts1265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    An absolutely brilliant interview between two gentlemen. both my favourite people Sir David Attenborough and Billy Connolly We know Billy Connolly is a wonderful comedienne and Sir David Attenborough more serious but I was also delighted with his humour I enjoyed every minute. Thank you.

  • @garrywolfe8111
    @garrywolfe8111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Ironic interview considering Billy's condition :(
    However, his personality and humanity is still the same. I was introduced to his comedy from my mum, I have loved his stand up (old and recent) through my whole life, I've also loved his films, his books and his ever amazing presence in my life. I now love watching and listening to billy with my son who rolls up with laughter and has also switched a lot of his friends on to Billy.
    Billy is unique, his genius , presence, incredible love for people and life will transcend time just as long as we pass it on xx

  • @richardjoyce2196
    @richardjoyce2196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    After 40 years watching Billy Connoly..and listening to him ..i am now a fan....

  • @slimblu1
    @slimblu1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was having a really crappy day...this cheered me up.😊

  • @juliekline9158
    @juliekline9158 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is beautiful in all ways.

  • @bradpetford7969
    @bradpetford7969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thankyou All three👌

  • @sofaoverlord7501
    @sofaoverlord7501 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I will be watching interviews like this for the rest of my life.

  • @robertgibson9619
    @robertgibson9619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This should have been titled three legends one stage!

  • @paddybarry9080
    @paddybarry9080 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could this be possible today,?, 2 Giants in one room, each speaking the truth of their Life experiences, So wonderful, Thanks, 😀

  • @YOYO-oj8sx
    @YOYO-oj8sx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Billy Connolly a stand up story telling LEGEND

  • @SuzyQ334
    @SuzyQ334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What is not to love about Michael Parkinson? And there is nothing not to love about the fabulous Billy Connolly.

  • @wright427
    @wright427 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    What a brilliant interview, Parky let's the guest do the talking and there is nobody finer to listen too.
    Two legends.

  • @donnabancroft7726
    @donnabancroft7726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    We are about to lose in the next ten years probably the greatest two people in the world and the most respected ever / better to have seen and laughed than never

  • @renatacantore-gross8842
    @renatacantore-gross8842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This Masterful interview with my idol Sir David Attenborough was Everything !!!

  • @paulmanson253
    @paulmanson253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Three men. Absolutely professional. Very able. Very bright. Very quick witted. Attenborough and Connoly both aware how difficult filming moments can be. Incongruous moments. All able to have a laugh,respecting the other individuals. Not competing. I do wish Gerald Durrell and Attenborough had program time together. This recorded moment is a brilliant one. Thanks for sharing it with us.

  • @dionlindsay2
    @dionlindsay2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    When Parky is enjoying his guests it's wonderful - it warms my heart and lightens my life

  • @michaelcapponi2
    @michaelcapponi2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    and look at the following 20 years of david attenborough's 'still standing and being pushed in front of things'. great interview

  • @Del-yv1qy
    @Del-yv1qy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    What a wonderful man Sir David Attenborough is.

  • @whocares2001
    @whocares2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    i've watched david attenborough whenever i could find him. i miss his shows on pbs very much. plus i can't afford cable tv anymore only antenna.
    so i'me using youtube to catch up on everything. without youtube i would never have found billy. what a wonderfulll discovery! he makes me feel like living.

    • @huguette1705
      @huguette1705 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The best is rarely free and it is a pity - Sir Attenborough has no equal to this date so here again THANKS TO YOU TUBE. Dear Bee Jay a small part is better than none is not it? I am in the same predicament....cheers

  • @camv3236
    @camv3236 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love that watching a clip with two TV personalities whom I've loved watching for decades didn't disappoint me in either of them. Thank the gods. Love both these guys, for both very different, but oddly similar, reasons.

  • @nataliemccabe3290
    @nataliemccabe3290 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Awwww I could watch this 4 days! 👌👍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @IntombiPictures1
    @IntombiPictures1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Just plain bloody brilliant. 49 mins of the best TV almost ever.

  • @jillolearyhepburn5202
    @jillolearyhepburn5202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He is indeed my hero. Authentic and naturally wonderfully wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing.

  • @Lornajane2
    @Lornajane2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I could listen to them all day

  • @scattycat7271
    @scattycat7271 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    brilliant, cheers for sharing. can still remember the howls of laughter, true ha ha belly laughs from my mother who seldom swore, very religious and in the grip of a very aggressive type of dementia, Whack on a Billy Connolly dvd and she would be deleriously happy for days.

  • @Skullthomson
    @Skullthomson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I had the pleasure of Billy Connolly's company in a garage after his Usher Hall gig in Edinburgh and he's a good guy just what you would expect. The girl on the till invited him in for a coffee and he never missed a beat. Two minutes in the door he was one of the lads. There's a certain irony when they say art depicts life ... it's spot on. Good luck Billy...

  • @jodavies1136
    @jodavies1136 6 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    This interview is, and will always be, my favourite.
    The best interviewer of his time, with the ability to bring the best out in everyone, get to the roots of the person.
    The best comedian to come from his time, this being the only time I have ever seen him shut up and let others have their say.
    The best naturalist to ever, past, present and future, to bless us with his interpretation of life.
    Their time is almost over, but they will always be trasured and thought of as champions of their fields.

    • @SneakyShark
      @SneakyShark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Great comment and I fully concur..

    • @Nikita-jo4cl
      @Nikita-jo4cl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SneakyShark I concur with your concurring

    • @Thepourdeuxchanson
      @Thepourdeuxchanson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely concur.

    • @CovidConQuitTheCensorship
      @CovidConQuitTheCensorship 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes nicely put, all three are brilliant

    • @davidgault5838
      @davidgault5838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One concurs with all five of you , one Doe's.

  • @renatacantore-gross8842
    @renatacantore-gross8842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    MRS. BROWN was a beautiful movie. I really Love Billy Connolly. Mr. Parkinson was a Master interviewer.

  • @whocares2001
    @whocares2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love david and billy too. so happy to know that billy who is my age has been watching david all his live and enjoying all his shows.

  • @MelodyMan69
    @MelodyMan69 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ironic, talking about Parkinsons with Parky.
    Now he has it.
    I love Billy, so it hurts to see this, but I know he is very Happy.
    He made us so very Happy for many years....❤

  • @BoiledOctopus
    @BoiledOctopus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    An awesome man. Love him to bits.

  • @damienk5011
    @damienk5011 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    I have actually watched a crow crack a walnut in exactly this manner!RIP. Sir Machael Parkinson- pity that there's no such marvellous programs as this nowadays,and impeccable guests!😊❤J.I.M.K Mrs. Brisbane, Australia.🇦🇺 ❤ 😀 🪃

  • @TheSlashfan85
    @TheSlashfan85 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love Billy so much. Heart broke a little bit when he spoke about Flo. Love you Bill keep on keeping on

  • @YOYO-mx6ie
    @YOYO-mx6ie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Sir billy connolly. UK greatest standup and there shall never be another. LEGEND

    • @user-uu1et3fk4c
      @user-uu1et3fk4c 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “Sir”🤢🤮

    •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who absolutely true Yo Yo. Thankfully his legacy will never fade....

    • @Sabouma28
      @Sabouma28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@user-uu1et3fk4c you can puke all you want, but he actually has that title...

  • @desgleson9427
    @desgleson9427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What great two men to see together great interview.

  • @internalpowers3823
    @internalpowers3823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    21.55 is just a great speech and an example of what most parents should be telling their kids!

  • @BillConk
    @BillConk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    There's another from about ten years earlier, with these two being interviewed by Clive James and getting on like a house on fire. Always good to see people whose mutual admiration comes from both being good at their work and enjoying it.

    • @MsMesem
      @MsMesem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Atlantic Whistling Shark?

  • @lois1677
    @lois1677 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is one of the best content in a talk show I've ever seen. Laughing and learning is a great combination here.

  • @garyfelton2987
    @garyfelton2987 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Does it get better than this, two extraordinary individuals but funny in their own way & also very rounded people under the spell of the legend Parkinson. When entertainment was just that!!

  • @gengisdhen4691
    @gengisdhen4691 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love the way Sir Billy 'Fuck Off' Connolly reserves himself when someone else is talking... A Gent until he's introduced or even hinted at.

  • @biggerthanacadillac
    @biggerthanacadillac 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Three brilliant men,,,,privileged to have such are we.

    • @rusko123
      @rusko123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      are you Yoda ?

  • @loopyjohn2109
    @loopyjohn2109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Simply thank you for sharing.

  • @sheenatropea7123
    @sheenatropea7123 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤😂 Billy and Sir David Attenborough What an enjoyable 👏 😀 evening

  • @MichaelNorman-cf9os
    @MichaelNorman-cf9os 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Billy was awesome and Sir David! The word legends doesn't go far enough - I love Parkinson too best interviewer! I miss British Television?

  • @jratcliffe91
    @jratcliffe91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    such great television, Attenborough's passion is absolutely magnetic, it was wonderful to see him not interrupted by interviewer or guest providing comic relief...or the audience clapping something he said like it might today on a talk show,... they don't seem to be a platform for this kind of content anymore

    • @huguette1705
      @huguette1705 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sharing your point of view and from where I am, your point of vue.....

  • @1951GL
    @1951GL 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Good show - David Attenborough was able to rub along with Billy and ultimately their similar outlook came to the fore.
    Thanks for posting.

    • @MsSusanmary
      @MsSusanmary 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Billy was a major intellect of his own making, and Sir David is ... SIr David !

    • @BoingBB
      @BoingBB 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The best Parkie ever! My two favourite TV personalities together with the UK's best chat show host! The world is a better place for having those three in it. :)

    • @michaelharrison3602
      @michaelharrison3602 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Parkinsonism was the last great talk show host today's chat shows are all about the hosts worst Allan Carr etc think they are more interesting than their guests

  • @dominangel23
    @dominangel23 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I love the way that Michael Attenborough speaks to the guest as well as the interviewer. Most "STARS" are only interested in themselves. An educated man we should be proud of. Actually both of them because Billy Connolly is without doubt the best psychologist on earth. Forget Freud, Connolly doesn't need to write books to make a person feel better.

    • @mikdavies5027
      @mikdavies5027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      William Wallace. Did you mean David Attenborough?

    • @gentlemanjosh5903
      @gentlemanjosh5903 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah he did but he got his name mixed up with the television presenter guy's name cos his name is actually Michael, easy mistake to make.

    • @michaelharrison3602
      @michaelharrison3602 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just shows you that the best psychologist never went to college and studied psychology

    • @kaylaireland3494
      @kaylaireland3494 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gentlemanjosh5903 no it’s not an ‘easy’ mistake. They don’t even start with the same letter.

  • @paulperfect226
    @paulperfect226 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Imagine sitting in a pub having a pint with this three great men .

    • @sratus
      @sratus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Paul Perfect I've just imagined it, I told Parkinson, the tedious old fucker, to get a taxi home

    • @TheBruceyoull
      @TheBruceyoull 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Harry

    • @gordonm7038
      @gordonm7038 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Billy doesn't drink.

    • @gordonm7038
      @gordonm7038 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TrainInVain
      Yorkshire people are boring. They can't take a joke bit they love to dish it out.

    • @KbcBerlin
      @KbcBerlin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      TrainInVain You´re missing the value of the straight man in comedy,

  • @cheeselewoo4825
    @cheeselewoo4825 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    These 2 are my most favourite men on the Planet. Thanks for the upload.

  • @elloco1996
    @elloco1996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    That good old time, very long ago, when chat show guests actually had something worthwhile to say.

    • @hoopertoop
      @hoopertoop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hope u r well EL when you get a comedian, who does not know, what he is going to say 5 mins before his stand up shows begin, i call it genius..Parkinson was asked which guests , would increase audience figures, he answered Billy Connolly & Mohammed Ali and would add 2 million extra viewers ...when you think about it, they are very similar , their input was not Rehearsed, and when they let loose, parkinson just crossed his fingers ,,stay safe El Loco

    • @peterlewis3540
      @peterlewis3540 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just watch Parky's interview with Orson Welles, totally mesmerising

    • @elainejones8636
      @elainejones8636 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And an interviewer who knows how to ask a question and allow his guests to answer

  • @juangris2935
    @juangris2935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is a perfect indicator and example of how dumbed-down the world we live in is.
    Only 422, 515 views for these brilliant interviews, yet some dross gets 50,000,000 plus views.

  • @cmac7188
    @cmac7188 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Without question , Billy Connolly is the funniest man of them all. Absolutely side splittingly funny. I have been lucky enough to see him a few times and every time i was in tears of laughter. Anyone who does not think he is funny (see poolworld1 below) is either missing the part of the brain that deals with laughter, has had a full lobotomy or there is something else wrong with them. His travel docs are a great watch also. A shame that he now has Parkinson's disease, and will unlikely ever be the same again, but the memories and the jokes and the stories will live on forever and a day. Almost everybody will know one of his stories or jokes. Absolute legend who has inspired many modern, less funny, comedians to take it up. David Attenborough is also really enjoyable to watch, and takes a subject he is passionate about and brings it to the masses in a way few others could

    • @williammccarthy1669
      @williammccarthy1669 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      cmac71 sissel

    • @marksmith516
      @marksmith516 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "A shame that he now has Parkinson's disease", I think he'd find humor in that comment especially on the back of this clip being interviewed by PARKINSON :)
      but agreed very sad .

    • @DarylMT
      @DarylMT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Couldn't agree more! Never had the pleasure of seeing him live but what an immensely funny man! No-one gets close to him!

    • @mikdavies5027
      @mikdavies5027 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      cmac71. Totally agree! what a fantastic human being. (Without detracting from David Attenborough, whom I also find extremely entertaining)

    • @solangoose8372
      @solangoose8372 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Agreed, the best ever by a country mile.

  • @francaperotti5934
    @francaperotti5934 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Billy connelly is just so funny. Im crying

  • @michellecopeland5409
    @michellecopeland5409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just love billy I started in Glasgow all my life you st to watch him wen I was young cxx

  • @lorraineydays57
    @lorraineydays57 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now they all have the title Sir, and well deserved.
    In 1985 Sir David received his knighthood.
    In honour of his services to broadcasting, Sir Michael received a CBE from Prince Charles in 2000, before being Knighted by the Queen in 2008 in the New Year's Honours list.
    Billy was awarded a knighthood back in 2017, a few weeks before his 75th birthday. The honour was given to him by Prince William in a special ceremony.
    All honored in their own right, never to be copied, each one, one of a kind.

    • @christinescarff4920
      @christinescarff4920 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, but sadly though very well deserved by these 3, they got the same title as SIR Jimmy Savile (🤮) and SIR Tony Blair ( 🤮) . We’ll probably have Lord Rishi Sunak next !!! And don’t start name on LORD Paul. Met him, know all about him and see his connections to Wolverhampton ‘ university ‘. Maybe we should have more scrutiny of this ludicrous ‘ honours ‘ system with a public vote every couple of years on who is TRULY deserving ! These 3 clearly are - love them all.

    • @lorraineydays57
      @lorraineydays57 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@christinescarff4920
      Sa-vile is no longer a SIR although I wish he'd lived to have it stripped from him instead of losing it because he died.

    • @christinescarff4920
      @christinescarff4920 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lorraineydays57 Oh, glad to hear that was done posthumously anyway. You do seriously wonder at the intelligence ( or lack of ) of the royal family though, cos wasn’t he a personal friend of Prince Charles, and Charlie Boy’s been in trouble again for getting titles for rich dubious Arabs who contribute to his charities. Funnily enough, my cousin worked as a nurse at ‘ Jimmy’s ‘ the hospital in Leeds where Savile volunteered , and though she didn’t know what was really going on always said there was something really creepy about him ( which is obvious when you look back at his interviews etc ) and that the way he had virtually free reign unsupervised in the hospital was really bad . I’m a catholic, but loathe the institution of the Catholic Church and most Catholics I’ve ever known who have been bigoted hypocrites , but Savile was a supposedly ‘ good catholic ‘ was he given the bene merente or similar by the Pope ? Some of the world’s worst dictators have been ‘ good practising Catholics ‘ - Pinochet, Marcos, Franco !
      I rest my case ! 😡😡😡😡😡

  • @simonsaxby7425
    @simonsaxby7425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    people really love Billy....this is a fine reason why

  • @wilkywilky7814
    @wilkywilky7814 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Billy Connolly & David Attenborough both legends, along with Parky who did great chat shows just letting his guests just talk without interrupting.

  • @petergilbert7106
    @petergilbert7106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Three absolute legends.

  • @eddierafferty3091
    @eddierafferty3091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is the best proud to meet him

  • @michaelharrison3602
    @michaelharrison3602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Back when chat shows actually had interesting and entertaining guests

  • @christinescarff4920
    @christinescarff4920 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’ve been to the Standing stones in Orkney and agree that in Orkney there’s very little to do !

  • @clarkyd2011
    @clarkyd2011 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Little did he know he’d get Parkinson’s 20 years later. Love you Billy

    • @soeffingwhat
      @soeffingwhat 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think he got his diagnosis in the early 00s and kept it hidden and kept working away.

    • @helenheeney2284
      @helenheeney2284 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah Billy a genius

  • @deniseg-hill1730
    @deniseg-hill1730 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Attenborough's shows are shown all over the world.

  • @AvertedVision
    @AvertedVision 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is so poetic to see. Him talking about Alzheimers yet hes going the same way with parkinsons. Why does this have to happen to our best celebraties? Scotland is losing a lot of amazing artists.

    • @michaelharrison3602
      @michaelharrison3602 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This should b be compulsory viewing for all chat show hosts. This is how it should be done let the guests do the talking. Back then we had Parkinsonism David Frost etc
      Interviewing interesting talented people about interesting things nowadays all you get is Alan Carr, Piers Morgan or loose women talking to Dlist celebrities about their sex life

  • @whocares2001
    @whocares2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Billy has parkinson's disease and he said he wish he (Parkinson) would have kept it.

  • @garethwilkinson3456
    @garethwilkinson3456 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes so sad that he has gone. But he hasn't fully from what I've seen. Such is life, and so sad that our Parkinson has died. God bless them.

  • @davidpritchard7174
    @davidpritchard7174 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ah golden tv ..interesting hosts with interesting captivating guests..wonderful

  • @brendanECS
    @brendanECS 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Perfect television. 😊
    Thanks for uploading 👍

  • @scaramonga
    @scaramonga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I miss Parky, what a great show that was.