Live In Concert - Billy Connolly

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... Read review

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

...fail to have tears of laughter running down my cheeks. This is not quite the case with some of the other members of my family. That's why I say you either love him or hate him. The DVD Billy Connolly Live 2002 is just as hilarious as his many other recordings. In fact when I first watched it, I did my usual trick of sliding out of my armchair and then rolling about the floor laughing. It opens in Dublin to a packed house of cheering punters and that's before he's even said a word. Then he opens by going into a funny story of what it was like crossing the road in the city with hysterical impersonations of dodging the traffic. Then he talks about one of his pet hates? shopping. He sarcastically tells his audience that there's nothing he "enjoys" more than shopping for "bleeping" cardigans. Just the look on his face gets everybody... Read review

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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... Read review

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