As a young Englishman I was taken to see Billy Connolly by my Glaswegian girlfriend in her home town...!! I have never, ever laughed so hard. He is absolutely shameless and matchless. Truly born to be a funny man.
Best Comedian the Planet Earth has ever known. Billy is a one off never to be repeated. Love him now and when he's not here also ❤❤❤ Alan Parkhall Clydebank x
I love a comedian who can relate to us all with everyday stories. Non pretentious and awesome delivery. Billy has it all and more, one of the greatest by a country mile 😊
My favorite Connolly line came when he responded to a guy who had been been heckling him for a while " You should get yourself an agent pal, why sit there in the dark handling yourself,"
@@cheshirebowman4465 What point am I missing? The line is not Billy's. If your point was Billy's making people laugh, why didn't you say that in the first place, instead of crediting Billy with a line that wasn't his. As for parties, too late.
Many many years ago when I was in my late teens I temporarily lived in Adelaide - South Australia ( although I was born there, I grew up elsewhere in another South Australian town ) Am now 52 but I returned back to Adelaide for a while in my teenage years ). One very early morning I caught a public transport bus to the city, pretty sure it was a weekend morning in Adelaide, and I don't know what it's like early in the morning nowadays in Adelaide - but this particular morning I was there - it was totally deserted. Not a soul around. I wasn't too far from the Rundle Mall shopping area walking down King William Street when I noticed a very tall man walking in the distance towards my direction. At the time - we would have been the only two people about. As I got closer - I recognised the gentleman in this video clip. Mr Billy Connolly. I was a shy kind of teenager, but I glanced up at this man towering over me as he walked by. I wasn't really seeking his attention ( but a quick hello would have been nice ). But as he walked by, I noticed he just seemed too distracted and engrossed in taking in the sights of Adelaide as he was gazing UP at the city buildings. Don't blame him though, Adelaide does have a lot of fascinating big old buildings and structures around the city.
@@irbennett I was open to it. He might or he might not of. But I would have just politely said hello to him - passing by. Like I would to a stranger at times. No big deal.
@@runnyhunny786take no notice. He's a troll. Badmouths and calls everyone a liar. He comments on every Billy Connolly video and professes to hate him. Very sad to go out of way to watch what detests.
The world loves ya Sir Billy Connolly. Thanks for all those times you made us laugh so we had a chance to forget our troubles for a while. In the world of performance art/comedy there is none better.
He is an absolute genius.. went to watch him in Bournemouth some years ago. I have truly never laughed so much in all my life. My face was so sore after the show 🤣
Me too. I saw him years and years ago in Reading. He walked on (I think he was hammered ) and asked `How many Scotsman here ?' Six of us put our hands up. `Hear that the rest of you, you're completely outnumbered ?' It went on like that non stop for an hour. He lived near my Grannies place and he'd walk around Ballater like anybody else. The Royal Family were there too, but a'body was keen to see Billy. Lovely, genuine man
watched Billy in New Zealand twice as he visited us now and then ,broke two ribs laughing ,my man big yin proud too have shared my time and yours on the planet ,thank you Billy
first heard this genius whilst serving in the Royal Navy and one of my mess-mates brought the Album Big Yin and us English lad coud not understand a word owing to his accent. thank god I persevered absolute legend Sir Billy C
well, Jamie.... I read an autobiography of his many years ago...in the 70's.... It was hilarious.-.. I'm sure yours is a later continuation of that.... but be sure to check out a comment on another clip I made in that respect......"Just the other day" as Billy would say.... His Topless Bar experience in West Africa....
@@patagualianmostly7437 I don't think he's written an autobiography before. I know his wife has written two books on him. I've read both of them and enjoyed them both. Like I said the man is a comedy genius
I think that Billy is and has been the best thing in comedy that I have ever heard, followed him all my life and the only one anywhere near his level of talent was Jethro. Best in the world.
Billy Connolly during his " Moses " period . The Limo Driver came up with some OUTSTANDING Advice . Completely TRUE , what he said . I think Billy thought so too , by his reaction at the end there .
@@irbennett . And........................... case in point , right here . The Driver says don't take and Idiot with you , because you can always find one Locally . I have just found " My Idiot " , locally sourced .
@@irbennett. Is there a problem with the way English translates into " Whatever you speak " ? Fairly plain I said I had found my " Locally Sourced " idiot , when you piped up specifying lack of understanding of my first comment . There , decipher that .
@@irbennett. What ? Is there a problem with the Translate App into " Whatever the hell you speak " ? Nothing VAGUE about my comment . But to make it clearer for you - - - The Video was about " Don't take an Idiot along when you travel " . Yes ? Then you chimed in , so I replied to the effect that I had NOW found my " Local Idiot " . That being Y O U . We all clear now ?
Actually that's so true about Irish . I decided to walk around Dublin first time ever in Ireland, was looking for different places. Every Irishman said it's only five minutes away ,just around the corner & further up about. I was exhausted & dehydrated & said to one Irishman it doesn't seem like five minutes away because I have been walking for so long, he said oh that's by tram I didn't even know they had one!
The videos are all well and good after a fashion, but a live performance is a different experience entirely. Which is why I don't watch the videos that much. They're just not the same.
@@irbennett Agree and disagree. A recording of a legendary event has substantial value as it would otherwise be completely ephemeral, transient, gone with the wind experience and exists only in the collective, fallible memory of a select few. I can enjoy it in optimal conditions. At a live event I might be uncomfortable, not have the best view, other factors like social anxiety, over inebriated, etc. Personally, I don’t get the thrill others seem to get from the knowledge that something is unfolding apparently spontaneously in front of their very eyes, like sports. I’m still just an observer, and 99% of it is rehearsed and honed responses anyway. Still appreciate it though, it wouldn’t exist were it not for the ‘live’ aspect which has to come first.
@@robertjones9598 That's the problem with the videos on TH-cam, a lot of them have been cut or edited in some way. One in particular where Billy is in the Arctic which is being reenacted on stage, which I was present at, the best part has been edited out for whatever reason. As you mentioned in your original post, with Billy it is about the build up throughout the entirety of the live performance, which is missing from edited video segments. Also being able to see Billy himself onstage performing his act is vital for me. I can guarantee that 99% of his act isn't rehearsed. When you see him onstage it is obvious he is working without a script.
Hi you all! I was listening to this clipp a couple of times and could not let it go. What was the name of the band Billy was talking about he tought was on the radio? Could not find it in any of the comments. And I havent heard it before and could not get it right at first. After som googling and miss spellings it came to me. So if you would like to listening sum. The band ought to be the Irich band __________ Planxty _________ have fun 🙂 And thank`s to Billy for sum nice music to.
Thought I would see what this episode was about, saw him in this show and immediately thought Charlton Heston in the movie The Ten Commandments brought back to life and somehow ended up with an Irish accent...
And shepherds we shall be. For thee, my Lord, for thee. Power hath descended forth from thy hand that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to thee and teeming with souls shall it ever be. E nomini patri, et Fili e spiritu sancti.
Years ago I was in a taxi going to a hotel in Glasgow as we pulled up Connolly was infront of us the driver shouted " Any free tickets?" he replied "Fuck off" the driver said "Is that what you told your wife when you hit the big time?" Connolly never replied.
As a young Englishman I was taken to see Billy Connolly by my Glaswegian girlfriend in her home town...!! I have never, ever laughed so hard. He is absolutely shameless and matchless. Truly born to be a funny man.
Fantastic so so funny. 🐕🌈💙🌚🌎🧠🦂
Best Comedian the Planet Earth has ever known. Billy is a one off never to be repeated. Love him now and when he's not here also ❤❤❤ Alan Parkhall Clydebank x
He doesn't give a shit and I love that😂
@@JamesForsyth-t2i I do wish people wouldn't say things like that.
A brilliant comedian who's stories are legendary ❤
Here we learn that Moses is Scottish and has a sense of humour.
We also learn Moses has a very peculiar fashion sense.
Must be him cause you could smell some burning bush
Don't forget, he's got Malcom X's sense of ill-timed epiphanys...fueled by ironic hindsight.
Aye
hahaha😂
Billy' storytelling is unmatched Greatest Comedian to ever come out of Great Britain
Yes!❤
Scotland
Just wonderful. Impossible to watch Billy without him making your day a tiny bit better.
Unless you don't like him.
I love a comedian who can relate to us all with everyday stories. Non pretentious and awesome delivery. Billy has it all and more, one of the greatest by a country mile 😊
In your opinion and sense of humour, yes!
He’s an absolute legend. My favourite stand up comedian yes. But as a man one of my heroes.
He’s the only stand up comedian… the rest are just following behind
You carry on giving the Big yin the big up ,i will follow you Colla concerning the great man any day of the week ❤️
Hero ? how's that ?
There's a thing where you rub your head and pat your tummy. Try drinking lager and holding a bladder while watching Billy.
Impossible!
@@TheVideoLounge hey. Hero is a good way of putting it when someone takes you from pissed off to smiling in a minute. Good work Bill.
Love Billy he's a true Scots man
Billy was the first comedian I ever watched as a kid and iv never laughed so much. My stomach felt like I had done a thousand sit ups.
Yes, me too. Him and Eddie Murphy. They've made me laugh all my life!
My absolute favourite comedian since i was 13 im 59 now
Of course it diid.
with Billy, it's the gestures that amplify the wonderful stories...
My favorite Connolly line came when he responded to a guy who had been been heckling him for a while " You should get yourself an agent pal, why sit there in the dark handling yourself,"
Billy Connolly never said that. If he did he stole it off Scott Walker.
@@irbennettya missing the point. He's making people laugh. That's the only thing that matters. Please stay away from parties.
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@@cheshirebowman4465 What point am I missing? The line is not Billy's. If your point was Billy's making people laugh, why didn't you say that in the first place, instead of crediting Billy with a line that wasn't his. As for parties, too late.
Bringing smiles to people is truly noble work. Thank you, Sir.
Brilliant human being
You do realise Billy doesn't read the comments. I've wondered why people post such rubbish on the message boards, the reason is obvious.
He’s the story teller of all time.
After Charles Dickens, among others.
He looks like the storyteller of all time with that beard
Many many years ago when I was in my late teens I temporarily lived in Adelaide - South Australia ( although I was born there, I grew up elsewhere in another South Australian town ) Am now 52 but I returned back to Adelaide for a while in my teenage years ). One very early morning I caught a public transport bus to the city, pretty sure it was a weekend morning in Adelaide, and I don't know what it's like early in the morning nowadays in Adelaide - but this particular morning I was there - it was totally deserted. Not a soul around. I wasn't too far from the Rundle Mall shopping area walking down King William Street when I noticed a very tall man walking in the distance towards my direction. At the time - we would have been the only two people about. As I got closer - I recognised the gentleman in this video clip. Mr Billy Connolly. I was a shy kind of teenager, but I glanced up at this man towering over me as he walked by. I wasn't really seeking his attention ( but a quick hello would have been nice ). But as he walked by, I noticed he just seemed too distracted and engrossed in taking in the sights of Adelaide as he was gazing UP at the city buildings. Don't blame him though, Adelaide does have a lot of fascinating big old buildings and structures around the city.
You didn't really think he would acknowledge you.
@@irbennett I was open to it. He might or he might not of. But I would have just politely said hello to him - passing by. Like I would to a stranger at times. No big deal.
@@runnyhunny786take no notice. He's a troll. Badmouths and calls everyone a liar. He comments on every Billy Connolly video and professes to hate him. Very sad to go out of way to watch what detests.
Two Night Stand is probably my fave Billy special. Must've wore the VHS of this down to nothing back in the day! Brilliant stuff.
Totally agree...by far his greatest special. I have the vhs and I've just got it put onto dvd
That Christmas dinner story nails me to the flipping wall
@@ajs5018 Isn't Norway a strange shape?
@@neilomac I know you...
Same! I just had a quick look at purchasing the DVD but it seems to have held it's value pretty well.
The world loves ya Sir Billy Connolly. Thanks for all those times you made us laugh so we had a chance to forget our troubles for a while. In the world of performance art/comedy there is none better.
Billy is a comedian not a performance artist. Marina Abramovic is a performance artist.
Omg this man is a comedic genius
God has never looked better
😂😂😂😂😂brilliant!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Here we learn who the king of comedy is
He is an absolute genius.. went to watch him in Bournemouth some years ago. I have truly never laughed so much in all my life. My face was so sore after the show 🤣
Me too. I saw him years and years ago in Reading. He walked on (I think he was hammered ) and asked `How many Scotsman here ?' Six of us put our hands up. `Hear that the rest of you, you're completely outnumbered ?' It went on like that non stop for an hour.
He lived near my Grannies place and he'd walk around Ballater like anybody else. The Royal Family were there too, but a'body was keen to see Billy. Lovely, genuine man
watched Billy in New Zealand twice as he visited us now and then ,broke two ribs laughing ,my man big yin proud too have shared my time and yours on the planet ,thank you Billy
You broke two ribs laughing?? That I don't believe.
first heard this genius whilst serving in the Royal Navy and one of my mess-mates brought the Album Big Yin and us English lad coud not understand a word owing to his accent. thank god I persevered absolute legend Sir Billy C
Billy and Dave Chappelle are two of the only people to make me stop breathing from laughing so hard....love you Billy!
Absolutely! What they have in common is that they are both astute observers, and storytellers much more than joke-tellers.
@@geraint8989I completely agree with you both! Best comedians out there but shame not more new stuff
Stop breathing? If only.
Oh I absolutely love Billy Connolly. The man is a genius. I've recently bought his autobiography, I'm looking forward to getting stuck in to it
I wish they could translate it to swedish
well, Jamie.... I read an autobiography of his many years ago...in the 70's.... It was hilarious.-.. I'm sure yours is a later continuation of that.... but be sure to check out a comment on another clip I made in that respect......"Just the other day" as Billy would say....
His Topless Bar experience in West Africa....
@@patagualianmostly7437 I don't think he's written an autobiography before. I know his wife has written two books on him. I've read both of them and enjoyed them both. Like I said the man is a comedy genius
He is the only comedian I’ve ever watched (both live and recorded) that could make we weep with tears of laughter - sheer genius!
@@patagualianmostly7437 He wrote an autobiography in the 70s???? He was very young then.
He makes the ordinary extraordinary!!
You mean he makes the ordinary funny.
"hey miss you left your engine running" I almost pissed myself!!! I love you Big Yin!
We always say "missus". We're not that polite, but blunt and to the point in Scotland.
Please explain this to me, it's over my head. :D
Wow, you referenced the video.
@@TJMack- So you're not Scottish then.
The King of Scotland😄👑
I can still remember the night he did the "fart in a spacesuit" joke on Parkinson, the whole family was in stitches.
So was Angie Dickinson. My whole family was in Kettering
Me too! I'll bet Angie Dickinson does too. She was in bits laughing at it. 😂
A character never to be forgotten ! His charisma just draws us right in ….Fantastic 💯💖💖💖
very true, thank you i am also Scottish
@@bazza426
Being a Scot is a blessing, I’m a Geordie [ a Scotsman wi his brains kicked oot ] 😵💫 👍🏼
Love You Big Yin, Take Care and Keep Safe, XX Keep Safe Everyone
Just bought Billy's autobiography "Windswept & interesting." Rush yourselves two copies now, along with a giant slipper & hair cutter.
🤣🤣🤣
Won't want to put it down, so be sure to order your incontinence knickers. You'll care not a jot.
😂😂😂😂
@@Mr_Gray_Sky Damn, someone else said it first.....
And giant Toblerone
You sir are my inspiration in the battle against the beige. 🤘🏻❤️
God bless you Billy over the years you are the only person never to change
Made people laugh all around the world. Thank you Billy.
I think Billy is a fantastic guy i
Love everything he does i have seen all of his videos iam 80 years ago 😅
Classic Billy, more please.
There is something so right in the fact that Billy loves Planxty.
What?
@@irbennett Planxty, a famous if old Irish folk group.
@@Pablo668 Well he is old and famous.
you know when u click on a billy conolly clip ur going to be entertained.
I think that Billy is and has been the best thing in comedy that I have ever heard, followed him all my life and the only one anywhere near his level of talent was Jethro. Best in the world.
Hicks, Carlin, Connolly, Burr, Pryor, Chappelle... Too many legends...
These things are sent to try us.
To the great king of comedy and king of Scotland
Billy Connolly during his " Moses " period .
The Limo Driver came up with some OUTSTANDING Advice . Completely TRUE , what he said .
I think Billy thought so too , by his reaction at the end there .
That makes no sense whatsoever.
@@irbennett . And........................... case in point , right here .
The Driver says don't take and Idiot with you , because you can always find one Locally .
I have just found " My Idiot " , locally sourced .
@@johncunningham4820 That's gibberish.
@@irbennett. Is there a problem with the way English translates into " Whatever you speak " ?
Fairly plain I said I had found my " Locally Sourced " idiot , when you piped up specifying lack of understanding of my first comment .
There , decipher that .
@@irbennett. What ? Is there a problem with the Translate App into " Whatever the hell you speak " ?
Nothing VAGUE about my comment .
But to make it clearer for you - - -
The Video was about " Don't take an Idiot along when you travel " . Yes ?
Then you chimed in , so I replied to the effect that I had NOW found my " Local Idiot " . That being Y O U .
We all clear now ?
“He’s walking tell him it’s 6!” 😂
he was deaf, that and "YES" have been my standard answers for years.
Ha ha ha, I pissed myself with his f...jokes! A trully master. Greetings from Perú!
I miss billy and the stuff he used to do, sad he's not doing it anymore.
He's not.
@@irbennett no he's not, he has Parkinson's
Hard to say at his best coz he was always at his best..but I do love this time of his comedy x
Merry Christmas Billy Connolly ❤️🙏
GOLD, John, Australia.
Bless you Billy, you're a true champ
I can relate to this being an Northern Irish man 😀😅🤣😂
An Irishman never lies if he can tell you a good story instead.
That purple shirt is from next 💜...I had the same one circa 93
Should listen to radio city liverpool you can set your watch to what song is coming on next
Brilliant felt like I was there Jimmy 😂
Yep thats the Irish for you, as my family are both Northern and Southern it makes for quite an intersting life. No sorry laugh....
That laugh at 3:35 is priceless.
Good old Billy... Always a laugh.
Genius of a comedic man
If anyone watching this hasn't heard Planxty, do check them out. They were AWESOME!
Indeed they were.
Luv ya billy. One of histories greatest men!
There are many many great men of history.
Like his driver, I never know when Billy's making it up.....not that it matters.......a good story's a good story for all that.....
LOL!!! Howdy from Texas! 🇺🇸
Actually that's so true about Irish . I decided to walk around Dublin first time ever in Ireland, was looking for different places. Every Irishman said it's only five minutes away ,just around the corner & further up about. I was exhausted & dehydrated & said to one Irishman it doesn't seem like five minutes away because I have been walking for so long, he said oh that's by tram I didn't even know they had one!
💯 B.c and our family frm across the River 🏴
I tried to turn on the auto-generated subtitles. It auto-detected as Dutch. That made me smile ^^
The greatest storey telling comic, 😆♥️😆
The greatest.
One of the funniest people, ever.
You are one beautiful man.
Make me proud to belong to Glasgow most people from Glasgow are funny and always telling jokes
Love ❤️ Love ❤️ this man ❤️
That's creepy.
3:35 "Heh Missus, you left yer engine runnin'..." 😂😂
These clips are great, but I feel it's all about the build up throughout the entirety of the performance with Billy!
The videos are all well and good after a fashion, but a live performance is a different experience entirely. Which is why I don't watch the videos that much. They're just not the same.
@@irbennett Agree and disagree. A recording of a legendary event has substantial value as it would otherwise be completely ephemeral, transient, gone with the wind experience and exists only in the collective, fallible memory of a select few. I can enjoy it in optimal conditions. At a live event I might be uncomfortable, not have the best view, other factors like social anxiety, over inebriated, etc. Personally, I don’t get the thrill others seem to get from the knowledge that something is unfolding apparently spontaneously in front of their very eyes, like sports. I’m still just an observer, and 99% of it is rehearsed and honed responses anyway. Still appreciate it though, it wouldn’t exist were it not for the ‘live’ aspect which has to come first.
@@robertjones9598 That's the problem with the videos on TH-cam, a lot of them have been cut or edited in some way. One in particular where Billy is in the Arctic which is being reenacted on stage, which I was present at, the best part has been edited out for whatever reason. As you mentioned in your original post, with Billy it is about the build up throughout the entirety of the live performance, which is missing from edited video segments. Also being able to see Billy himself onstage performing his act is vital for me. I can guarantee that 99% of his act isn't rehearsed. When you see him onstage it is obvious he is working without a script.
God bless you billy
How the hell does the Big Yin only have a few thousand subs?
Who cares.
This man gives you so many belly laughs you end up with a 6 pack.
😄😅
I love you sheogorath!!!!!! Just kidding. You’re one of the best mate!
Noah telling glaswiegan jokes. Whatever will they think of next. Big love to the big yin.
He is right up there with George Carlin.
Billy looks more like Jesus every time I see him.
How do you know what Jesus looked like?
@@irbennett
'LOOKS like' - not 'lookED like' SMH
You'll learn. 😉😊
Mr. Connolly morphs into God...
BRILLIANT
I love this moses look on Billy ....
Love his Wilbery Billy beast
The Scottish Kenny Rodgers Yer a big Sweetheart🏴🔥
Golden 👍
😄🤣😃😭🤣😂😄What a lovely man.
The Best Comedian Ever And Richard Pryor 2
Richard Prior was a junkie and a serial wife beater.
Hi you all! I was listening to this clipp a couple of times and could not let it go. What was the name of the band Billy was talking about he tought was on the radio? Could not find it in any of the comments. And I havent heard it before and could not get it right at first. After som googling and miss spellings it came to me. So if you would like to listening sum.
The band ought to be the Irich band __________ Planxty _________ have fun 🙂 And thank`s to Billy for sum nice music to.
Planxty has been mentioned several times.
His driver didn't make that Irish saying up. We do say that 😂
You just made that up 😁
Thought I would see what this episode was about, saw him in this show and immediately thought Charlton Heston in the movie The Ten Commandments brought back to life and somehow ended up with an Irish accent...
Ffs, he's Scottish!
He looks like Tim The Enchanter out of Monty Python And The Holy Grail.
Omg Simon you've hit the nail on the head with comment. Hilarious 😂.
The look is for one of the Boondock Saints movies.
And shepherds we shall be. For thee, my Lord, for thee.
Power hath descended forth from thy hand that our feet may swiftly carry out thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth to thee and teeming with souls shall it ever be.
E nomini patri, et Fili e spiritu sancti.
Caveat emptor
Every time I see this I think of Robin Williams describing getting off the plane in Scotland.
..free to deny it!
Och Billy I love you so much! You are such a cack! (Australian for laugh)
Fckn hilarious 😂
Years ago I was in a taxi going to a hotel in Glasgow as we pulled up Connolly was infront of us the driver shouted " Any free tickets?" he replied "Fuck off" the driver said "Is that what you told your wife when you hit the big time?" Connolly never replied.
I find it pretty amazing that people in this comment section squeal about how great this guy is... I failed to see the humor. 🤔
Then find a comedian who appeals to you.
Get a better pair of specs
So many many many many people, and you on your lonesome. I think the problem is yours.
Admittedly most people on here post rubbish, but if you don't like Billy that's fine. I'm sure there is a comedian you do like. All the best.
What band did he mention?
Planxty