Billy Connolly - Love Him or Hate Him.

Advantages: Hysterically Funny
Disadvantages: Lots of Bad Language - not suitable for family viewing.

...Billy Connolly is a comedian you either love or hate. I am one of those people who can go into hysterical laugher just looking at him. If you like things to be clean and politically correct, then this Billy Connolly DVD, like most of his other recordings, is not for you. I have kept it as clean as possible using "bleeps" where bad language is freely used on the DVD. I first became aware of Billy ("The Big 'Yin") back in the early seventies when a Glaswegian friend of mine played an LP of his. It took me a while to understand the thick Scottish accent and I was then in stitches of laughter all the way through as he rattled through anecdotes of his childhood in Glasgow, working in the shipyards and then on to toilets in aeroplanes and British Rail. I have loved to watch him ever since on his many television chat shows and I never...

derek-j-a 09.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Billy Connolly - Live 2002 (DVD)

Billy Connolly in stripes!

Advantages: A brilliant classic.
Disadvantages: No extras, play menu is a bit plain.

...●Introduction● I think Billy Connolly is possibly the best comedian of all time. In Scotland Billy is known as "The big Yin", meaning he's tall. In this review I'll be telling you a little about Billy Connolly and a lot about his DVD, Billy and Albert DVD. I'll give you a quick outline if your not too familiar with Billy, even though he's known worldwide. This is my first review on DVD's so please be patient, and sorry if I accidentally give away any spoilers, but I'll try my best not to. Warning! This may have a little bit of bad language in it as it accompanies Billy and Billy wouldn't quite be Billy if he didn't swear. Billy Connolly was born on the 24th of November 1942, in Glasgow. He was brought up in the Anderton and Patrick areas of Glasgow. If anyone reading this lives in these area's I'd be so jelous. When...

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Review of Billy And Albert - Billy Connolly Live At The Royal Albert Hall (DVD)

Billy Connolly

Advantages: Extremely funny, well written.
Disadvantages: You should read 'Billy' before reading this!

...'Bravemouth' is the sequel to the extremely popular 'Billy' also written by Pamela Stephenson. The first book detailed the life of the enigmatic comic and described his awful childhood where he faced abject poverty and abuse, both mental and physical from his family. 'Billy' was a fascinating read and captured the spirit of Billy Connolly by the only person that probably knows the real him, his wife. 'Bravemouth' is an extremely good follow up to 'Billy' as it describes a year in the life of Billy himself as he struggles to come to terms with his rapidly approachin 60th birthday. The reader is drawn into a world of international travel and high class comedy. We follow Billy as he takes part in blockbuster films, travels to Africa for Comic Relief and just comes to terms with his increasing years! This book is an extremely personal...

mr_christa 17.12.2004 · Read review
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Billy Connolly - Live - The Greatest Hits DVD

Advantages: All of Billys hits on one DVD
Disadvantages: Only 2 hours long

...The worlds greatest comedians' work on one DVD, yes its Billy Connolly. He has made people cry with laughter all over the world for over 40 years and he's still going strong. All of his greatest hits are on this DVD from when he started out in 1970's up until the modern day. There are over 2 hours of his best live shows from around the world on the DVD so what more do you want? In this DVD Billy performs in his usual comic manner telling his extremely funny stories and his side-splitting quick thinking making everyday things a classic moment of comedy. He's quite simply the most successful popular British stand-up comedian of modern times! This DVD sum's Mr Billy Connolly up write to the tee and will show any comedian what real comedy is really about. This DVD deserves a place on your DVD shelf!...

Chrishutchy 27.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Billy Connolly - Live - The Greatest Hits (DVD)

Billy Connolly's amazing World Tour Of Scotland!

Advantages: On of his best World tour
Disadvantages: No extras

...Billy Connolly has made 4 world tours in his time and this one may be the best of them all. This World tour of Scotland box set chronicles Billy's 40 date concert tour and his own appreciation of his home country through the eyes of this country's best comedian. Billy takes us all through his favourite parts of his home country showing us all the hidden gems of the historic country. We see the urban hustle and bustle of major cites such as Glasgow and Edinburgh. He also shows us the extraordinary beauty of Scotland and its highlands. Plus as he travels the length and breadth of his native country he re-visits old places and discovers new ones. I think this part of his tour may bore people and they might just want the comedy but I think if those people really listen and watch what's happening they will learn about the beauty...

Chrishutchy 28.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Billy Connolly - World Tour Of Scotland (DVD)

BILLY BOMBS

Advantages: Mostly new material
Disadvantages: Not the standard you would expect

...Billy Connolly Live in New York . " Too Old To Die Young " 2005 Tour Certificate 15 Running time 1 hour 32 minutes Produced by Universal , filmed at the Town Hall New York Format DVD THIS IS A REVIEW OF THE SHOW FEATURED ON THE DVD ONLY , AND NOT THE EXTRAS " After three decades of touring the USA this is Billy Connolly's first concert filmed in America in February 2005 " I received this DVD as a Christmas gift from my daughter after much hinting and hoping , and sure enough there it was , under the Christmas tree , wrapped and ready to go . Despite my impatience I deliberately didn't watch it on that day as we were so busy , and I wanted to set aside some time when I could sit uninterrupted and just enjoy Billy's unique style of philosophy based humour . I have every video and DVD that he has ever released...

Janej47 29.12.2005 · Read review
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Review of Billy Connolly - Live In New York (DVD)

The Real Billy Connolly!

Advantages: Funny and informative read
Disadvantages: None

...This is the biography of Billy Connolly {The Big Yin} and is written by his 2nd wife Pamela Stephenson, better know from ?Not the nine o?clock news? who is now a doctor of psychology which makes it easier for her to explain some of his insecurities due to a tough upbringing. Billy and his sister Florence were brought up in Glasgow a tenement his father left to work overseas with the RAF and during this time their mother left them both to be look after by their 2 single aunts Billy suffered Mental, physical, and sexual abuse during his childhood by members of his own family And was mistreated by teachers at his school. He still suffers from the abuse he received as a young child. He started his working life as a welder in Clydebank Shipyards then moved on to touring Scotland working on the folk scene after taking lessons in...

noosie 20.09.2004 (28.09.2004) · Read review
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Review of Billy - Pamela Stephenson

Billy's back.....and in the buff!

Advantages: Really funny and packed full of interesting places.
Disadvantages: None

...I love this man! If you are already a fan of Billy Connolly then you will love this 2 disc DVD of his 'too old to die young' tour which was actually the first leg of his tour filmed in 2004 and the fourth part of his World tour. (The other 3 parts of his world tour are of Scotland, which was the first and filmed in 1994 with a 6 episodes. The second was a fabulous tour of Australia, with 8 episodes and was filmed in 1996. And the third was England, Ireland and Wales - filmed in 2001 with 8 episodes.) The disc also contains 3 bonus audio tracks: 1.Billy's Bobby, 2.Wandering Soul, and 3.Billy's Fast Waltz. The running time is 312 mins and rated 15 but if you're not used to Billy's personality, you should know that he swears ?a lot! (His wife Pamela actually thought he had tourette's when she met him because he swore so much...

chilipepper27 22.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Billy Connolly - World Tour Of New Zealand (DVD)

Billy by Pamsy - cashing in on life with a comic!

Advantages: Some moments of Connolly's wit and wisdom
Disadvantages: A rather cobbled together affair and somewhat patronising at times.

...Like many other potential readers I had previously read Billy, Pamela Stephenson's first account of the life of Billy Connolly. But I must admit to approaching the second book, Bravemouth with a degree more caution. It was a case of once bitten, twice shy I have always been a great fan of Billy Connolly's irreverant humour, so much so that I made the pilgrimage down to the Albert Hall a few years ago to see the 'Big Yin' live. I actually appear on the DVD for a millisecond, peeing myself laughing. If you have not yet caught one of the re-runs of 'An Audience with...' on SKY or cable then I urge you to keep an eye on the schedules. I guarantee that the 'incontinence pants' and 'Archer's theme as a national anthem' sequences will leave you helpless with laughter. So of course, I was naturally drawn to Bravemouth, hoping that the rather...

britum2000 25.09.2006 (10.10.2006) · Read review
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Review of Bravemouth: Living With Billy Connolly - Pamela Stephenson

Billy's Back As Good As Ever

Advantages: Excellent DVD, very funny and contains a lot of new material
Disadvantages: Lack of DVD extra's, not really suitable for everyone

...One of my favourite comedians for as long as I can remember has to be Billy Connolly. I think I was about 13 the first time I saw one of his live videos and instantly thought he was funny. Of course that was probably more to do with the fact that my mum and dad didn?t like him. As time has gone by and I?ve seen a few more of his live shows, I?ve become more and more determined to one day get to see him. Of all my DVD?s this one has to be my favourite of the lot. This show is taken from his tour in 2002, which also coincided with the BBC show ?World tour of England, Wales and Ireland?. The main feature of this DVD is taken from the opening night of the tour in Dublin and gives us an hour of the Big Yin live on stage. He?s one of those comedians who tries to make every show different and rarely returns to the same material in any of his...

Andy.mack 28.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Billy Connolly - Live In Dublin (DVD)