I am watching this in 2023 and I was introduced to the wonder that is Sir Billy Connolly in 1983 I bawled with laughter then and four decades later I am still bent in two! This gentleman is a total genius! Rock on William!🙏🏻👍🏻🤩🤣😂🤗! Px
Have been in hospital, bed ridden, since New Years eve. Lots of pain and depression. No end in site. This gets the lungs and ribs working wonderfully. Bless you Billy. And believe me, you can never have enough incontinence knickers.
G'day, Uh·oh Sandra, that LAST sentence sounds ..er.. "ominous..."..!! (meant with humour) 😘 I hope you can recover soon n be painfree... Best wishes. Maybe just keep on googling Billy Connolly stuff..! 🙋
Omg Sandra - I honestly don't want to have a conversation involving incontinence knickers. Having said that, I'm 67 and probably didn't do nearly enough pelvic floor exercises back in my childbearing years. So if any comedian could make me wet my pants from laughing it would definitely be Billy Connolly, the funniest man on the planet. Wishing you all the best - none of us are well, including Billy. I personally am just glad I grew up with the 70s music and the fabulous 70s comedian Billy Connolly. xx
I'm watching this in 2022, and after all this time I still have tears of laughter rolling down my face. I can't think of any other comedian who is still that good.
I'm watching this in 2024 I know Sir Billy has retired now I'm really crying with laughter he was a brilliant comedian they will never ever be the likes of him again😂😂😂❤❤❤
They should play this in psychiatric wards for the chronically depressed as a therapy. It cheers me up even if I have watched it 20 times. And don't drink at the same time as watching it!
@@markmcguinness6859 No Mark - Billy Connolly isn't just Scottish, he's one of Britain's funniest comedians. You're entitled to your opinion but it isn't shared by most of us who love him to bits.
That is so true Anne (I don't think we're related). Billy had a rotten childhood and so did I. I can't claim to be a world-class comedian like Billy but what we have in common is a sense of humour that probably saved both our lives.
Billy is the world’s greatest stand-up comedian. No-one else comes close. A fearless entertainer whose observational stories and jokes resonate with just about everyone. He’s also a great natural actor. Thank God he was doing his stuff when he did because if he was a fresh new talent today I doubt many theatres or TV shows would touch him, despite the fact that he is more worldly wise than most of the ‘woke’ generation. Thank you Big Yin!
Hear bloody hear. And so say all of us who fell in love with Billy's stand-up in the 70s. Not much to like about being old but I love the comedy and the music that I grew up with. xxxx
Like others, I recorded this when it first came out in 1985 and played it to death. I haven't seen the full version for many years so thanks for posting it. A work of genius.
I remember watching this with my hubby and we taped it on our new video recorder. We rewatched it over and over for years until the tape would no longer. Magic. All the dialogue is coming back. Absolutely hilarious. What a performance. God bless you Billy. 🙏🤣
Billy truly makes you laugh until you hurt. I grew up with Morecambe & Wise and Peter Cook & Dudley Moore plus the fabulous Dave Allen. All of these very funny men made me laugh. But the only one who makes me laugh until my whole body hurts is Billy Connolly. He's like the Queen - we need him to live forever. Happy Saturday one and all.
I was 15 when this came out and that’s when I first watched it. This is one of the rare occasions I love recognising old references and knowing everyone in the audience. What a classic.
One of the finest stand-up comedy performances, I've ever seen. Just brilliant. Clever, precise, loose and just brutally honest and warm. Billy, you sire are a true legend. I'm crying tears of pure joy.
First time I’ve seen this long version. I’ve seen the shorter one numerous times and roll about laughing every time,Billy is undoubtedly one of the funniest guys around sad to see him in his current state of health .. thanks for uploading this 👍🏼
He still seems to be keeping the humour, though. He was one of my heroes growing up, along with George Carlin and Bill Hicks and others like Frank Zappa. My Dad used to have all of Billy's early stuff on vinyl.
@@SuzyQ334 that’s all?? Wow I really hope you don’t get such a mild illness that forces you to retire from the profession you love. And it’s not “had”. Its Has…. 🙄
Been feeling a little down lately and for some reason this popped up on my feed. Havent laughed so much in a long time, the mans an absolute legend... Just what I needed, cheers for uploading this.
This is the first time I have watched the full gig as it was originally intended. U remember seeing it on TV at the time........that was: and will always be, edgy comedy at it's absolute pinnacle. This man is the greatest living Scotsman🙌🙌
Billy in his prime was unstoppable. Absolutely hilarious. I think this and some of the bits he did when he was making that travel show are the funniest I've seen. An absolute legend. Also, kind of shows how much my attention span has shortened due to quickfire modern social media. I thought the show had been going for ages and surely he would run out of jokes soon. I checked the time and it was 30 mins into the 1.5 hour show.
Billy live was one of the few that could get me pissing my pants with real laughter..God Bless him..watching this now is to see HOW MANY famous faces in the audience I can pick out..there are plenty…
I remember watching thos with my husband and we had just bought a video recorder, so we taped it. We watched it over and over for years. Just watching it, I can still join in with the stories even now. Its just as funny as it was the first time I saw it. Its funny seeing so many faces that were famous then. Great stuff. Billy a rare talent. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🏴
For anyone who has never seen it, may I recommend Billy and Albert, probably the most hilarious comedy show I have ever seen. Billy Connolly at his very very best. This guy still makes me laugh watching this, stood the test of time perfectly.
Omg what a comic , I never get bored with his jokes. Watching this has made my day. Haven't laughed so much in a long time. 1 of the best . Excellent. 🤣😅😂❤️💯❤️💯❤️💯🤣😅😂
My all time favorite comedian and this is one of his best moments ever absolutely funny 😄 and I wish I could have seen him live on stage thank you for this amazing audience with show Sir Billy Connolly❤️
Legend... I was looking for the one about not needing Life Jackets in an aeroplane and watched this...he is the best ever. Watched him in Edinburgh when I lived there in the late 70's with his banana boots on.. genius.
I saw Billy in Vancouver around this time . I,'d never heard of him , but an English friend got me to go with him . I was rolling on the floor . Never seen him since , but I watch all the youtube and TV shows I can . And I loved Mrs. Brown
yes i thought the way he shoute fuck is so funny NOT, how anyone in their right minds finds swearing on stage funny, i will never know, even worse with that terrible accent
Theres nothing funnier than sitting in an audience filled mostly of English when listening to a fellow Scotsman doing standup. You can tell most get the joke but just like Robbie Coltrane, he gets it BIG time..I thank him for that..Proper Scotsman who will be sadly missed.
Billy at his best & the singing is spot on as i heard it in my Grans living room at New Year parties from my aunties & uncles. Billy at his absolute best, the best comedian ever at telling stories as you have no doubt came across someone or something in your life that has has spoke about.
I'd only watched the shorter version thanks so much for his extended one. I grew up in Scotland and Billy was part of the furniture. Boy does he stand the test of time! 1 1/2 hours of solid standup! I bet a lot of those well known celebrities will have that event forever cemented in their memory. Interesting to identify some in the audience - like Charles Dance for example, who always seems to play very serious parts now 40 years later - who clearly loved Billy's profane, scatological performance. Connolly would get quite a few grumblings back in the day because of the nature of his comedy but middle to older women seemed to just find the endearing in it.
I loved the story about switching the doors. Billy's stories are always brilliantly fantastic. Especially fun to visualize them. You can always tell the comedians that came up selling stand-up on radio records and tape because you could imagine while listening. It's becoming a rare artform.
There is a strange thing. Individuals of extraordinary talent who genuinely don't seem to be able to acknowledge it within themselves. A true innovative icon! Lots of people try to project something they see as a selling point. Billy Connolly said in his masterclass on comedy...Just be funny. He had me balled up laughing in actual pain, working muscles in my abdomen I've never used in my life. Growing up in Glasgow, watching him perform...he makes you feel as if you've met him pub and its the best night of your life 🤣
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Best comedian ever , his look at life and picking out things and observing ppl is brilliant. My go to man when I need a laugh after a bad day , wish he was still touring but I think his health is more important 😔 good health billy and thanks for your comedy
God Bless your funny Talented Heart Billy Connolly, keeping you in my Prayers, stay safe and Healthy, l have watched you for years compliments of my eldest son, Healthy Laughter is good for the Soul. 🇱🇷☘️🇮🇪
@Ela167 I have seen Billy's latest gig he is into being an Artist, and it is Brilliant stuff, Don't know if any would be for Sale, l fancy the BOLOXES drawing, It is a great Name BILLY, it might do well in the White House after the Inauguration in January. I have watched your Artistic Videos, they are just so good And funny at the same time, But what else from the Man who is the funniest in the World, lm still praying for you Billy, last time l watched the Video you were in fine fettle. God Bless you, stay safe and Well. ☘️💚🙏 No thistle anywhere on this phone, you need to complain to U-Tube.
I just can't stop laughing, this man has a rare gift, an absolute talent which is not of this world, one of the funniest people ever, I only have to think about him saying and doing funny things in my head, and role in the chair laughing my head off. Much love to my Billy Connolly. 😅❤😅❤😅❤😅
Billy Connolly has to be the funniest man on the planet IMHO. And I'm old enough to have had many comedians make me laugh. But Billy is the best. He goes on stage and talks rubbish for 2 hours and cracks everyone up. Including the biggest bunch of celebs ever seen in one small space.There's no "stage management", no PR, no one telling him what to do or say. He just gets up on stage and does what comes naturally to him. Love you Billy. You are a freaking legend. xxx
I've seen this several times, including the very first one. It seems like only a few years ago that I watched this the first time, as a very young teenager, and how it immediately influenced everything I said or did at school. Billy and Terry Jones, idle Cleese and of course the great spike milligan shaped my childhood mind forever. This is the big yin in his prime, his pomp. If you weren't there first time, then thank the Tim etc for making it available now.
I've just endured a few minutes of Jim Davidson - to confirm how bad he was; simply dreadful - and my reward is this. As funny as I remember it; generous sprited hilarious a real social historian, articulate. Funniest person I've ever seen. Brilliant.
Billy is bloody brilliant ! Never watched much of him for some reason, even at the ripe old age of 58 . This is soooo funny, sad that he isnt a well man now.
Remember watching this with my cousin in the 80s it was hilarious one of my favorite an audience with this one and shirley bassey my 2 favorites I couldn't belive it when the PC brigade got their hands on it and buggered it beyond recognition good to see the original again love Billy Connelly always have fantastic man fantastic talent a great actor as well I wish him all the very best love you Billy
There's a longer uncut version. As a few gags were out. Especially the Bill Wyman part. no matter tho how many timea you watch this it still leaves ye in stitches 😅
The biggest genius of all the comedians that ever lived... just brilliant 🍌🍌 love the idea of the archers national anthem... he never fails to make me smile and laugh
Gut wrenchingy funny, when I first saw him live in Toronto..I'm English...I was startled by his language, I wasn't that familiar with his act. But he used it in such an appropriately funny way, I totally got it. I cried with laughter, been a fan ever since. This show was as funny.
I remember Billy in his earliest TV days, talking about toilets on a plane, and he called the contents, "A Jobbie Wheecher" flying out when the toilet was flushed, and the contents going everywhere, falling on pedestrians going about their business in the towns below! I was just HELPLESS with laughter, and if I feel a bit down in the dumps, watching Billy always does the trick and has me rolling around laughing!
Thank goodness for pause, otherwise I'd have missed half the show, my jaw, side's & rib's ache from laughing so much, as ever Billy delivers humour on a plane no one else can ever achieve, brilliant from start to finish bless you Billy xx
Omg Irena. You are so right. I grew with comedians like Morecambe & Wise, Dave Allen, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett. I swear none of these have left me laughing until my sides ache. Just gorgeous Billy. xxx
Thanks for this I'm laughing so much I'm crying. Met the Big Yin at Aberdeen airport and will never forget it.
I am watching this in 2023 and I was introduced to the wonder that is Sir Billy Connolly in 1983 I bawled with laughter then and four decades later I am still bent in two! This gentleman is a total genius! Rock on William!🙏🏻👍🏻🤩🤣😂🤗! Px
Have been in hospital, bed ridden, since New Years eve. Lots of pain and depression. No end in site.
This gets the lungs and ribs working wonderfully. Bless you Billy.
And believe me, you can never have enough incontinence knickers.
G'day,
Uh·oh Sandra, that LAST sentence sounds ..er..
"ominous..."..!!
(meant with humour) 😘
I hope you can recover soon n be painfree...
Best wishes. Maybe just keep on googling Billy Connolly stuff..! 🙋
Omg Sandra - I honestly don't want to have a conversation involving incontinence knickers. Having said that, I'm 67 and probably didn't do nearly enough pelvic floor exercises back in my childbearing years. So if any comedian could make me wet my pants from laughing it would definitely be Billy Connolly, the funniest man on the planet. Wishing you all the best - none of us are well, including Billy. I personally am just glad I grew up with the 70s music and the fabulous 70s comedian Billy Connolly. xx
November 2022...hope you are well sweetheart.....
No end in 'site'. Would that be a 'building 'site' perhaps? SIGHT is the word!
Billy telling jokes or Bob Mortimer on WILTY telling stories about his youth can take you out of depression every single time.
Bless them.
He did so many of the things we now take for granted for the first time, and changed stand-up comedy for us all. An absolute gem.
April 2024, rewatching again, so many people gone, thank you thank you for a life of laughter amongst the lunacy. Blessings from Belfast.
I'm watching this in 2022, and after all this time I still have tears of laughter rolling down my face. I can't think of any other comedian who is still that good.
You're not allowed to be funny anymore, you risk offending someone.
God I miss Billy...what a great visit tonight watching this 😍
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I was 12 when this came out. We had it recorded on VHS, and I swear I used to watch it every single weekend. And it *still* has me crying 😂
Oh to be 17 again . What a crack up . Thanks for the precious gift of laughter .
I'm watching this in 2024 I know Sir Billy has retired now I'm really crying with laughter he was a brilliant comedian they will never ever be the likes of him again😂😂😂❤❤❤
I agree magic!
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He's still alive my dear ..
They should play this in psychiatric wards for the chronically depressed as a therapy. It cheers me up even if I have watched it 20 times.
And don't drink at the same time as watching it!
Depressed ppl get together in psychiatric WARDS
Omg
and they only need to watch Billy Connolly
Yeh ok .....
No one has ever made me laugh as hard. Had the privilege of seeing him. Thought it would take weeks for my ribs to recover. He is still the best.
Doesn't matter how many times I watch this, the incontinent pants routine gets me every time.
Saddle up and ride your pony...😂😂😂
Giddy·up there..🤠
(sploosh..)🤪
Hi,, what so funny,,he's not funny,,just Scottish..
@@markmcguinness6859 No Mark - Billy Connolly isn't just Scottish, he's one of Britain's funniest comedians. You're entitled to your opinion but it isn't shared by most of us who love him to bits.
Billy is my hero, he has the ability to make me laugh even when I’m down! His humour has stood the test of time xx
That is so true Anne (I don't think we're related). Billy had a rotten childhood and so did I. I can't claim to be a world-class comedian like Billy but what we have in common is a sense of humour that probably saved both our lives.
@@SuzyQ334 me to, most good comedians seem to have had it rough as a kid, that is why they are so funny 😂
Billy is the world’s greatest stand-up comedian. No-one else comes close. A fearless entertainer whose observational stories and jokes resonate with just about everyone. He’s also a great natural actor. Thank God he was doing his stuff when he did because if he was a fresh new talent today I doubt many theatres or TV shows would touch him, despite the fact that he is more worldly wise than most of the ‘woke’ generation. Thank you Big Yin!
Hear bloody hear. And so say all of us who fell in love with Billy's stand-up in the 70s. Not much to like about being old but I love the comedy and the music that I grew up with. xxxx
BILLY IS THE BEST. THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE BILLY CONNOLLY. 😊
He's a reasonable actor, but the films I saw him in he died very early on.
This is great, thanks! I had never seen anything other than the 50 min TV version my Mum had on tape in the late 80's!
Like others, I recorded this when it first came out in 1985 and played it to death.
I haven't seen the full version for many years so thanks for posting it. A work of genius.
Once again I wanted to watch a few minutes and stayed for the lot!! Cheers Billy.
I remember watching this with my hubby and we taped it on our new video recorder. We rewatched it over and over for years until the tape would no longer. Magic. All the dialogue is coming back. Absolutely hilarious. What a performance. God bless you Billy. 🙏🤣
I’ve never actually felt I was going to die laughing at any other shows than Billy’s this man is a true comedy legend!
What spoiled it for me was seeing that horrible Esther Ranzi nm or as I call her Esther Rancid.
✓ I agree.
GUARANTEED laughs!
(Glad you're still WITH
us then, Steve!!)
@@anneexcell4881 lol 😂
Billy truly makes you laugh until you hurt. I grew up with Morecambe & Wise and Peter Cook & Dudley Moore plus the fabulous Dave Allen. All of these very funny men made me laugh. But the only one who makes me laugh until my whole body hurts is Billy Connolly. He's like the Queen - we need him to live forever. Happy Saturday one and all.
@@SuzyQ334 agree with that all apart from Goat legs Queenie as she is the worst stand up comic I’ve ever seen 😂👍🇬🇧👍
Brilliant watching this rerun, l personally love how he starts to laugh at his own jokes. Sad to see so much of the audience no longer here
I was 15 when this came out and that’s when I first watched it. This is one of the rare occasions I love recognising old references and knowing everyone in the audience. What a classic.
Me too. 17 I was. And most of them are dead. It’s an audience of dead people 🥹
Probably the funniest 90mins I've ever seen, absolute comedy perfection
One of the finest stand-up comedy performances, I've ever seen. Just brilliant. Clever, precise, loose and just brutally honest and warm. Billy, you sire are a true legend. I'm crying tears of pure joy.
Billy...I want you.....!
Best stand-up performance ever recorded. Sad just how many of the celeb audience no longer with us.
just thinking that.....make me feeling old
is that foul mouthed prick supposed to be funny
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I thought he was still alive?
An absolute god of observation, What a great way to start a Saturday morning. A laugh out loud, cheeks hurting, eyes watering hour and a half...TY
Not seen this full unedited version before, excellent stuff.
2024...still THE BEST 👆👌🤣🤣🤣🤣
First time I’ve seen this long version. I’ve seen the shorter one numerous times and roll about laughing every time,Billy is undoubtedly one of the funniest guys around sad to see him in his current state of health .. thanks for uploading this 👍🏼
He still seems to be keeping the humour, though. He was one of my heroes growing up, along with George Carlin and Bill Hicks and others like Frank Zappa. My Dad used to have all of Billy's early stuff on vinyl.
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Same!
Some BRILLIANT albums
out there of him;
great memories!
@@SuzyQ334 that’s all?? Wow I really hope you don’t get such a mild illness that forces you to retire from the profession you love. And it’s not “had”. Its Has…. 🙄
Yes it's very sad, hes had a really good though
Absolute legend is sir billy, thanks for putting this on UA-cam, just so much love watching this genius at work
Always come back to this. Can't remember a comedian ever making an audience laugh quite like Billy Connolly
Crying with joy, and I mean tears rolling down my cheeks, at his observational humour. One of the best!
The full unedited version....amazing!
What a brilliant man! So naturally funny... you can't help but feel gratitude towards him.
Been feeling a little down lately and for some reason this popped up on my feed. Havent laughed so much in a long time, the mans an absolute legend... Just what I needed, cheers for uploading this.
This is the first time I have watched the full gig as it was originally intended. U remember seeing it on TV at the time........that was: and will always be, edgy comedy at it's absolute pinnacle.
This man is the greatest living Scotsman🙌🙌
There's actually a longer version. This cut didn't show the Bill Wyman gag. 😉
Billy in his prime was unstoppable. Absolutely hilarious. I think this and some of the bits he did when he was making that travel show are the funniest I've seen. An absolute legend.
Also, kind of shows how much my attention span has shortened due to quickfire modern social media. I thought the show had been going for ages and surely he would run out of jokes soon. I checked the time and it was 30 mins into the 1.5 hour show.
I've never seen the full, uncut version. Thank you so much for this upload. Absolutely brilliant!
He is perfect to watch whilst stoned or sober,I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe!!!! Love it !!!
Billy live was one of the few that could get me pissing my pants with real laughter..God Bless him..watching this now is to see HOW MANY famous faces in the audience I can pick out..there are plenty…
Glynis Barber, lovely!
Oh, boy, I really needed those belly laughs. I now need to lie down for a while. I'm exhausted.😂
The best "audience with " in history.
I remember it being the first, and it drew in a record number of viewers and so they made more, with ever decreasing success.
Aye.The best!👌💚🏴
I remember watching thos with my husband and we had just bought a video recorder, so we taped it. We watched it over and over for years. Just watching it, I can still join in with the stories even now. Its just as funny as it was the first time I saw it. Its funny seeing so many faces that were famous then. Great stuff. Billy a rare talent. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🏴
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Whenever i feel stressed ,confused and down.I watch the news and what is happening today.I Know i can go straight to Billy.He is my poor mans guru.
I saw this in Scotland in 89 and loved it
For anyone who has never seen it, may I recommend Billy and Albert, probably the most hilarious comedy show I have ever seen. Billy Connolly at his very very best. This guy still makes me laugh watching this, stood the test of time perfectly.
Who's Albert?
@@SuzyQ334 The Royal Albert Hall.
Omg what a comic , I never get bored with his jokes. Watching this has made my day. Haven't laughed so much in a long time. 1 of the best . Excellent. 🤣😅😂❤️💯❤️💯❤️💯🤣😅😂
You know you are funny when you even get the comedians in the audience in tears of laughter!
Thank you for posting the entire performance. Cheers from Canada
I don't know how many times I've seen this since the eighties and it's still absolutely cracking
Timeless hilarity, such a unique talent, as good now as decades ago, loved by so many folk worldwide, pure genius xx 💖
My all time favorite comedian and this is one of his best moments ever absolutely funny 😄 and I wish I could have seen him live on stage thank you for this amazing audience with show Sir Billy Connolly❤️
Legend... I was looking for the one about not needing Life Jackets in an aeroplane and watched this...he is the best ever. Watched him in Edinburgh when I lived there in the late 70's with his banana boots on.. genius.
I saw Billy in Vancouver around this time . I,'d never heard of him , but an English friend got me to go with him . I was rolling on the floor . Never seen him since , but I watch all the youtube and TV shows I can . And I loved Mrs. Brown
First time in my life I can, hand on heart, say my sides hurt from laughing. What a genius!!! A global phenomenon.
yes i thought the way he shoute fuck is so funny NOT, how anyone in their right minds finds swearing on stage funny, i will never know, even worse with that terrible accent
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@@jackflash743 yeah I'll bet you don't swear huh
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Try being so aggravated by someone you want them to leave.@@jackflash743
Theres nothing funnier than sitting in an audience filled mostly of English when listening to a fellow Scotsman doing standup. You can tell most get the joke but just like Robbie Coltrane, he gets it BIG time..I thank him for that..Proper Scotsman who will be sadly missed.
I can't think of another person, who the majority of us have never met, that we genuinely love.
OMG bloody love this, i do notice many of the audience no longer with us, sad.
Billy at his best & the singing is spot on as i heard it in my Grans living room at New Year parties from my aunties & uncles. Billy at his absolute best, the best comedian ever at telling stories as you have no doubt came across someone or something in your life that has has spoke about.
I'd only watched the shorter version thanks so much for his extended one. I grew up in Scotland and Billy was part of the furniture. Boy does he stand the test of time! 1 1/2 hours of solid standup! I bet a lot of those well known celebrities will have that event forever cemented in their memory.
Interesting to identify some in the audience - like Charles Dance for example, who always seems to play very serious parts now 40 years later - who clearly loved Billy's profane, scatological performance. Connolly would get quite a few grumblings back in the day because of the nature of his comedy but middle to older women seemed to just find the endearing in it.
A lot of those celebrities are dead.
I loved the story about switching the doors. Billy's stories are always brilliantly fantastic. Especially fun to visualize them. You can always tell the comedians that came up selling stand-up on radio records and tape because you could imagine while listening. It's becoming a rare artform.
There is a strange thing. Individuals of extraordinary talent who genuinely don't seem to be able to acknowledge it within themselves. A true innovative icon!
Lots of people try to project something they see as a selling point. Billy Connolly said in his masterclass on comedy...Just be funny. He had me balled up laughing in actual pain, working muscles in my abdomen I've never used in my life. Growing up in Glasgow, watching him perform...he makes you feel as if you've met him pub and its the best night of your life 🤣
I just howled for an hour and a half. Still superb.😂❤️😂
I Love to see Robbie Coltrane laughing in this - so sad he’s no longer with us
Oh, was he family or a coworker?
@@batsnackattack no just like to see him enjoying it - must of watched this 20 times and always notice him laughing 👍
He always looked a bit peely wally for many years. From Cracker onwards.
@@batsnackattack A cow orker... and friend...
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Best comedian ever , his look at life and picking out things and observing ppl is brilliant. My go to man when I need a laugh after a bad day , wish he was still touring but I think his health is more important 😔 good health billy and thanks for your comedy
Thanks for uploading this - been a good while since I’ve seen the uncut version. Much appreciated.
God Bless your funny Talented Heart Billy Connolly, keeping you in my Prayers, stay safe and Healthy, l have watched you for years compliments of my eldest son, Healthy
Laughter is good for the Soul. 🇱🇷☘️🇮🇪
I wholeheartedly agree ❤
@Ela167 I have seen Billy's latest gig he is into being an Artist, and it is Brilliant stuff,
Don't know if any would be for Sale, l fancy the BOLOXES drawing, It is a great Name BILLY, it might do well in the White House after the Inauguration in January.
I have watched your Artistic Videos, they are just so good
And funny at the same time,
But what else from the Man who is the funniest in the World, lm still praying for you Billy, last time l watched the Video you were in fine fettle.
God Bless you, stay safe and Well. ☘️💚🙏 No thistle anywhere on this phone, you need to complain to U-Tube.
Have loved Billy ever since listening to my Dad's LP, which included the Crucifixion. He's an absolute genius.
I just can't stop laughing, this man has a rare gift, an absolute talent which is not of this world, one of the funniest people ever, I only have to think about him saying and doing funny things in my head, and role in the chair laughing my head off. Much love to my Billy Connolly. 😅❤😅❤😅❤😅
Billy Connolly has to be the funniest man on the planet IMHO. And I'm old enough to have had many comedians make me laugh. But Billy is the best. He goes on stage and talks rubbish for 2 hours and cracks everyone up. Including the biggest bunch of celebs ever seen in one small space.There's no "stage management", no PR, no one telling him what to do or say. He just gets up on stage and does what comes naturally to him. Love you Billy. You are a freaking legend. xxx
He is was voted number 1 on top 100 comedians
I've seen this several times, including the very first one. It seems like only a few years ago that I watched this the first time, as a very young teenager, and how it immediately influenced everything I said or did at school. Billy and Terry Jones, idle Cleese and of course the great spike milligan shaped my childhood mind forever. This is the big yin in his prime, his pomp. If you weren't there first time, then thank the Tim etc for making it available now.
I wasn’t even born when this was made, I love billy Connelly my parents always watched him.
I never knew this unedited version existed, brilliant.
@Steve's True Stereo What's a DVD? 🙃
Billy must be one of the funniest men on the planet, 96 minutes of pure joy.
I've just endured a few minutes of Jim Davidson - to confirm how bad he was; simply dreadful - and my reward is this.
As funny as I remember it; generous sprited hilarious a real social historian, articulate.
Funniest person I've ever seen. Brilliant.
I really think what you seen was what you got. that was Billy.
Billy told stories about people ( and jokes ) and he was a Master at it.
Billy is bloody brilliant ! Never watched much of him for some reason, even at the ripe old age of 58 . This is soooo funny, sad that he isnt a well man now.
The one man in the world that can make me fully laugh. Thanks a mill Billy🙏🏻💫✨
Remember watching this with my cousin in the 80s it was hilarious one of my favorite an audience with this one and shirley bassey my 2 favorites I couldn't belive it when the PC brigade got their hands on it and buggered it beyond recognition good to see the original again love Billy Connelly always have fantastic man fantastic talent a great actor as well I wish him all the very best love you Billy
Always knew this was longer, thank you so much for sharing this
I have a very rare copy of the DVD perfect visual and full length all the swearing.
Loved this when I first saw it ,still awesome now. Love Billy 👍
I remember watching the TV one with my Dad. Crying with laughter, 8 years old. Fantastic.
38+ years later and seen it 100x plus and it's as funny now as it was then and that's mega fantastic brilliant funny ..Thank you Billy
Just love Billy Connelly, haven't had such a good laugh in ages.
keep laughing,,,,we Scots just have to
There's a longer uncut version. As a few gags were out. Especially the Bill Wyman part. no matter tho how many timea you watch this it still leaves ye in stitches 😅
The only man who can make me laugh, Thanks Billy
there is nobody now who could have a celebrity audiance laughing like billy could
Bob Mortimer could do it
That's because it's post 2020 and half of them would be offended by something
Its hard to believe this was filmed back in 1985 😯
Thank for sharing this.
The biggest genius of all the comedians that ever lived... just brilliant 🍌🍌 love the idea of the archers national anthem... he never fails to make me smile and laugh
What a legend. Funniest comedian ever. Got the CD of this , watch it every now and again and always makes me laugh. 🤣🤣
I watched this when it came out and pmsl. Every time I’ve watched it since, I pmsl because Billy is the best ❤
TY for the upload!! Billy has been my favorite stand up comedian since I saw the HBO special on 1990(?) with Whoopi
Gut wrenchingy funny, when I first saw him live in Toronto..I'm English...I was startled by his language, I wasn't that familiar with his act. But he used it in such an appropriately funny way, I totally got it. I cried with laughter, been a fan ever since. This show was as funny.
fkin ell I've been looking to download the full performance and now i can 😊 thank you very much Ian B 👍
I remember Billy in his earliest TV days, talking about toilets on a plane, and he called the contents, "A Jobbie Wheecher" flying out when the toilet was flushed, and the contents going everywhere, falling on pedestrians going about their business in the towns below! I was just HELPLESS with laughter, and if I feel a bit down in the dumps, watching Billy always does the trick and has me rolling around laughing!
I know the Incontinence Pants is the most famous sketch from this show but I think the "doors" bit from 09:14 onwards is very underrated.
This was the funniest thing I ever watched him do. 😂 BRILLIANT ❤️
I love this man. Reminds me of Dad
A legend totally brilliant and irreplaceable
I miss those days, thanks for a nostalgic laugh 😂 xx
Many thanks for this, I had never seen the full version 😂
Thank goodness for pause, otherwise I'd have missed half the show, my jaw, side's & rib's ache from laughing so much, as ever Billy delivers humour on a plane no one else can ever achieve, brilliant from start to finish bless you Billy xx
Omg Irena. You are so right. I grew with comedians like Morecambe & Wise, Dave Allen, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett. I swear none of these have left me laughing until my sides ache. Just gorgeous Billy. xxx