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Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly
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'Connolly's raucous run through his life is as furious, funny and foul-mouthed as you'd expect' Sunday Times
In December 2018, after fifty years of belly-laughs, energy and outrage, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from live stand-up comedy. It had been an extraordinary career.
When he first started out in the late sixties, Billy played the banjo in the folk clubs of Scotland. Between songs, he would improvise a bit, telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he'd worked. In the process, he made all kinds of discoveries about what audiences found funny, from his own brilliant mimes to the power of speaking irreverently about politics or explicitly about sex. He began to understand the craft of great storytelling. Soon the songs became shorter and the monologues longer, and Billy quickly became recognised as
'Connolly's raucous run through his life is as furious, funny and foul-mouthed as you'd expect' Sunday Times
In December 2018, after fifty years of belly-laughs, energy and outrage, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from live stand-up comedy. It had been an extraordinary career.
When he first started out in the late sixties, Billy played the banjo in the folk clubs of Scotland. Between songs, he would improvise a bit, telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he'd worked. In the process, he made all kinds of discoveries about what audiences found funny, from his own brilliant mimes to the power of speaking irreverently about politics or explicitly about sex. He began to understand the craft of great storytelling. Soon the songs became shorter and the monologues longer, and Billy quickly became recognised as
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Publisher : Two Roads; Illustrated edition (17 Oct. 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1529361338
ISBN-13 : 978-1529361339
Dimensions : 15.24 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 64,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
12 in French Poetry (Books)
64 in Comedy Television
157 in Humour Collections & Anthologies
Customer reviews: 4.6
18,084 ratings
Publisher : Two Roads; Illustrated edition (17 Oct. 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1529361338
ISBN-13 : 978-1529361339
Dimensions : 15.24 x 3.18 x 22.86 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 64,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
12 in French Poetry (Books)
64 in Comedy Television
157 in Humour Collections & Anthologies
Customer reviews: 4.6
18,084 ratings
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