My own Glasgow :) the only city in the world where fundamentalists tried to bomb, and got dragged from the jeep and got a kicking from the locals. wonderful.
@@corryjookit7818 Good. He was going to do that to innocent people, and children. Fire. What a horrible and cruel thing to do. I bet the beating he got didn't do those burns any good. Probably hurt worse. Sometimes there is justice in the world.
I was working there that day. Never have I been prouder to be a Glaswegian. The only city in the world where you can absolutely guarantee that the public would run towards it and batter them rather than run away.
It was a taxi driver who attacked the terrorist not John Smeaton. The taxi driver kicked the guy so hard he broke his leg. Smeaton was there but took no part, he was however the first to be interviewed on Sky News and was given credit for the actions of others.
I'm 69 years old and in all my years, Billy is the funniest man I've ever seen. Many times, watching his routines, I've had to pause him, so I could leave the room for a few minutes and try to catch my breath for laughing. God bless him in his retirement, we can never thank him enough for the amazing legacy of laughter he's left for many future generations to enjoy.
Not particularly. 1) Most people from Northern Ireland are just like people from everywhere else...they just want to get on with their lives 2) Laughing about our troubled past is and has always been a way of dealing with it
There was a newspaper headline about this with a photo of a cab driver, captioned "I kicked the burning terrorist in the balls so hard that I tore a tendon in my foot" 😂
The master story-teller and legend/father of modern British comedy right there. Billy Connolly, loved and respected by many/all across the UK. Worth checking out his 'Incontinence pants' routine. :D
Pretty sure the whole country had the same reaction: "Wait.... this was WHERE?!?!" Bringing terror to Glasgow is right up there with bring abstinence to Florida during Spring Break.
I just love the story about the filming of the first Highlander film, where they used Glaswegian men for the opening fight scene. Apparently, they carried on fighting after the director called cut!
@@RighAlban aye well we can be ye know tomahto tomato 🤷🏼♀️ and it all depends on the others persons attitude lol I know my husband would agree with you someone tried to punch him through a window ina road rage incident and he propped door ajar lowered window and snapped his arm, then he said sorry so you know what I mean. He said sorry look what you made me do…..😂🙈
The religious fundamentalism he’s talking about in Glasgow has to do with the cities two big clubs Celtic (catholic) and Rangers (Protestant) and they’re fucking serious about that shit.
An Audience With Billy Connolly was a 1985 tv show where he performed a stand up routine in front of a celebrity audience. It is comedy perfection from start to finish and still gets shown from time to time on the minor channels. I watched it not long ago and laughed all the way through even though I knew every line as Ive watched it so many times.
I met John at a charity football game he was invited to play at! Dude became a celebrity to everyone. Can confirm two things, 1. He kicked the guy so hard he actually injured himself. 2. He never had to pay for his pints.
You should do his 'old lady on a bus' story, it has me in stitches every time I listen to it. It's more of his outrageous and yet almost poetic storytelling.
Well done lads. You have sampled the very best and I hope you continue to sample more of the master of anecdotes. He will always leave you feeling good. That is so rare. So few have the gift. He just makes you feel he's talking to you personally. A very special man. We all love him in GB. Thanks boys🙂👍
Headline on front page of the Daily Record (Glasgow-based newspaper): "I kicked burning terrorist so hard in the balls that I tore a tendon in my foot" ... should be a song.
Rangers (protestant )and Celtic (catholic) generally, in Glasgow have a very religious history with these teams , Billy's a legend his older stuffs even better , you need subtitles boys lol our accent is strong 💪 lmao
Yes, the incontinence pants story always has me in tears no matter how many times I've seen it over the yearx. I was on 'an audience with billy connelly' tv program
We need an army of John Smeatons. His TV interview shown on the news was hilarious. Glasgow summed up in one person. Everything that Billy Connolly does is fantastic.
More than football being an outlet, Glasgow has two football teams, Celtic (Catholic) and Rangers (Protestant). There have been times in history when sectarianism has been as acute in Glasgow as it has in Belfast.
Yeah but in Belfast its about a political struggle against imperialism and in Glasgow its politically ignorant fuckwits hating and fighting people who love the same sport and Town as themselves.
@@martinvalentine9228 I'm sorry Martin but your wrong do some research into the whole thing before you post the Celtic and Ranger thing its not just about 2 teams its a lot more
I knew Billy Connolly when he was a Glasgow folk singer playing the banjo in groups such as the Humblebums. He started doing stories in between songs and as they got longer with more laughs he realised it would be better to do gigs as a comedian with occasional songs.
Think Jasper Carrot was similar. 2 legends of a bygone era. Carrot's story about being a Blues fan in the Man Utd end away is the funniest football story ever.
No, no, no… you’ve *still* missed the point. It’s nothing to do with football being considered ‘like a religion’. What Billy is referring to is the institutionalised inter-club sectarianism between particular football clubs’ fans. For example, Glasgow Celtic (Catholic) vs. Glasgow Rangers (Protestant).
It's not their culture to know it lol, of course they're not going to fully get it on a fundamental level, we've grown up with it. There's no need to be rude to them for not understanding, there's a lot of American jokes I don't get. I couldn't tell you about what it's like in Walmart or Applebee's or w.e I bet there's a lot of jokes there I won't understand at all. 🤷🏻♀️ It's humour and they found it funny :) it's all that matters.
Celtic are not and never have been exclusively Catholic. They are predominantly Catholic but have always encouraged all denominations. Rangers now Newco have always practised a sectarian elitist policy of signing only Protestants until the arrival of Graham Souness who was responsible for changing that Protocol. Until Rangers went bust and fell to sequestration in 2012.
@@alanbbrady8196 Actually Celtic did have an anti Protestant policy at the start of the club's existence. In recent years Celtic fans, like Rangers fans have chanted religious bigotry. Celtic fans have literally hung effigies of Rangers fans siting violence. Along with ''kill all huns'' ''kill all Brits'' ''orange bastard'' ect ect. Celtic have always encouraged demoninations? What nonsense. Your club literally has demonized area's of their own support for daring to vote conservative, or support the Royal Family. Your club is far from inclusive! Oh sure i'll admit Rangers have had our own problems with bigotry, but to kid on it's just a Rangers problem? It's a myth. Both sides have problems with bigotry, and if there's anything worse than a villain it's a villain pretending to be the ''good guy'', which is what Celtic continue to paint themselves as. Also Rangers as a club didn't ''go bust'', and that ''Newco'' isn't the club, it's the company which operates the club. But again don't let facts get in the way of your bias. After all you already tried to deny your own bigotry, and claim it's only a ''Rangers problem''. This is why most folk hate Celtic because the tims cannot admit their own wrong doings. At least we're honest about our problems.
@@alanbbrady8196 Pat Lafferty 1886, Tom Dunbar 1891, Jay Tutty 1899, Archie Kyle 1904, Willie Kivlichan 1906, Colin Mainds 1906, Tom Murray 1907, William Brown 1912, Joe Donnachie 1914, John Jackson 1917 10 men that were confirmed Catholics and Rangers players.
@@peteradams5857 Please leave Billy alone. We love himnin Scotland. Yes we know what happened to Ken Bigley. You're surely not suggesting that Billy shouldn't do this stuff. When your looking back,on an episode of terrorism, you cushion the blow eventually. This could have resulted in hundreds of deaths at that Airport. John Smeaton and his bravery must not be forgotten. Humour is one way of telling his story that people will relate to.
@@corryjookit7818 as I said... I loved Billy until he made that stupid stupid joke. A few days after he said it Ken was murdered while trying to escape. Billy said in his joke that the terrorists should get on with it and kill him. That's not funny by any standard.......several people heckled him for saying it a and lot walked out of his show. He NEVER EVER said sorry it was a mistake. John Smeaton was one of 2 men that attacked the idiot in the jeep.
Billys "incontinence pants" skit had me literally pissing myself. every boy in Glasgow wanted to be Billy. but there can be only one.cheers boys great videos.
I remember laughing about the incident at the time, the Jeep contained about 50 gallons of petrol in containers. At UK fuel prices it was hundreds of pounds worth, quite clearly not any scotsmen involved....You guys should look for a video of John Smeaton...
I remember this vividly. My daughter, who is a nurse, worked alongside one of the terrorists who was employed as a doctor for a while at the Royal Alexandria hospital in Paisley. She didn't believe it could be him at the time.
Was most incredible piece of film I’ve ever seen on the news,will never forget it!! Just a guy on fire running from airport,then those that chased him dragged him outta the car,start kicking 10 shades of shite outta him!Madness!😂😂
I remember the day it happened, the disbelief that it was actually happening here in Scotland.
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Then the relief when you realised that the Old Firm had it handled. The conference league of religious extremism met the Champions League of religious violence.
I'm from Glasgow. Billy is ICONIC here. (Billy was from a place called Drumchapel, In Glasgow) There are murals all over (our) great city of Mr. Connolly.
True story, one of the taxi drivers who attacked the terrorists kicked one of them in the balls so hard he broke his own leg !!! lol The terrorists packed a jeep cherokee with bottles of gas and attempted to drive it into the airport building, it did'nt go well for them and when they jumped out the jeep on fire, the public, taxi drivers and airport workers attacked the terrorists, even though they were on fire !!! Imagine attacking someone on fire lol Glasgow forever !! Scotland the brave.
I believe that the guy that was on fire was hopped up on all sorts of drugs as well, so that while burning he was running around fighting back and making a good job of it. That makes his demise at the foot of a ball breaker all the more funny.
There's a famous meme which shows 4 comedians - Jimmy Carr, Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Billy Connolly and the question below is "who would you rather have as you best man?". The best response i've seen is that all the other comedians would choose Billy Connelly. This says it all. The greatest there has ever been. Sad to see his health decline but by god, what a legacy.
The first time I saw Billy Connolly was on the Michael Parkinson Show on British television in 1975. He told "The Wife" joke. I was with my father-in-law. He was a pretty serious guy, a retired, religious, British military police colonel, and I expected him to be disgusted. Ha! He almost fell out of his chair laughing.
Without doubt my comedy hero. I remember waiting for Christmas and hoping someone would get me his latest video. Only to have to crawl from the living room multiple times on my hands and knees, crying with laughter during the first few viewings. His bit on incontinence pants still kills me🤣🤣
You missed the point about the football joke, so here goes. Glasgow has 2 main teams - in the blue corner are Rangers, protestant team, supporters are generally all about a hatred of the catholic church and everything it stands for - even believe the pope is the anti christ. In the green corner are Celtic, anti protestant, hate the royal family, club was founded to support irish catholic immigrants........ connolly is a celtic supporter. This hatred goes back years, religious bigotry at it's very best. It would be suicide to go to certain parts of Glasgow wearing either teams shirts!!!!
There was a newspaper headline when this happened regarding John Smeaton "I kicked burning terrorist so hard in the balls that I tore a tendon in my foot" lol
We saw Billy in Southampton during the 1980s; he started a joke, the wandered off telling funny stories and maybe adding to the joke occasionally but didn’t finish the joke until the very end of the show! Just fantastic. I made sure we were in our seats before he started as I know he’d have a go at us otherwise. 😁
0:55 You got that wrong but i like your reasoning. He's talking about (Glasgow) Celtic and (Glasgow) Rangers, probably the most religiously fuelled rivalry in the English speaking world. Celtic is Catholic and Rangers is Protestant and they hate each other (even though 99% of the fans aren't religious now) It's still a big rivalry because they are the top 2 teams in Scotland by a mile!
God I remember seeing this on the news. Shocking as I live 10 mins from Glasgow Airport and one of the terrorists was a doctor who lived in a nearby village. It was indeed hilarious and Billy Conelly makes it so much funnier. He really is the funniest comedian I'd say ever, well certainly in the UK. Check out an Audience with Billy Connelly you will piss yourself laughing . And also my personal favourite " wee woman on the bus" story
Good video. Glad people still loving Billy Connolly. Just one little correction about the football/religion part. Glasgow is famous for having two huge football clubs that have historical ties to different branches of Christianity. Rangers have a very protestant, pro uk leaning history, while Celtic have a Catholic, pro independence history. These religious and political differences have caused a lot of hatred amongst the clubs supporters over the years. So when Billy says the terrorists dont even have a football team, he is referring to the fact that the current intolerant, religious zealots in Glasgow do have a team.
Absolutely brilliant lads Billy's rabbit hole is truly amazing Check out his folk music I so Billy live in the early 90s at Hammersmith Apollo A great sketch is of Billy talking about his Dad 👍👍👏👏👏🏴🇬🇧
Glasgow is home probably the fiercest rivalry in all of football, Rangers (the Protestant club) and Celtic (the Catholic club). That’s what Billy was referring to when he was talking about religion. VICE did a documentary about it years ago called Football’s Most Dangerous Rivalry.
And to add it is one of only a handful of matches in the special C+ category (it goes from A low risk to B medium risk and C high risk. With C+ being the deploy all resources maximum risk one.) only other ones I know in C+ are my own city and club Birmingham City v Aston Villa and The Liverpool v Everton. I think the Manchester one might be as well. But out of all the C+ ones the Glasgow one is the most heavily policed by some margin.
@@lordomacron3719 Celtic and Rangers do not allow away fans on derby day now, it's just too dangerous. They obviously still have a massive police presence on the day.
Used to work on Stena Ferries travelling between Stranraer and Larne. The fans were put on different ferries to keep them apart. One day a Celtic fan bus was put on the wrong ferry. Luckily Rangers had won that day so the fans were in good moods but the call went out that all female staff to all stations and the men were moved to the trucker lounge or the kids areas because it was less likely trouble would start with female staff on duty.
Billy... He was voted best comedian of all time by other comedians... That's quite an achievement considering that 99.9% of his comedy isn't a joke. If you can find me any video where Billy tells a joke of his own then I'll eat my hat.
Just for some context the line ''i'm not sure about a religious fanatic without a football team'' is relating to Rangers, and Celtic. Two major football clubs in Glasgow with deep religious history. Rangers protestants, Celtic catholics.
As a native of Glasgow every word he says is true , Terrorist will never attack Glasgow ever again , i mean what were they thinking? lol of all the cities in the UK they had to pick the one that does fight back . Yes Billy is Glaswegian . So is Frankie Boyle & Kevin Bridges .
You think they didn't in London? One Millwall fan took on two machete-wielding terrorists with his bare hands and the London Bridge attacker was disarmed and pinned to the floor by members of the public.
I moved to a small village in 1974 and I was 4 my brother was 3 we had friends with lots of kids. My mother was visited by some mothers, they told her she had to stop us kids from being friends with some certain kids! My father was brought up as a FREE KIRKER a freaky bunch in the Highlands. So they ignored these ideas we continued being friends with kids of all religions, the amazing thing is we changed the attitude in the village and by the time I was 10 there was NO segregation.
It is sad that Billy no longer is the great Scottish story teller as he has retired but I bet he watches with delight that Kevin Bridges has taken the baton
Yeah, Glasgow ! Years ago I had a job installing computers in banks and call centres. We had a big job on in Glasgow, a 500 PC mortgage centre. We'd been on the road for 6 weeks with hardly a break doing the whole of the UK for a well known bank. I was sick of hotel life so decided to go into Glasgow centre and check out the lively club scene. No one out of 40 other guys on the team had the guts to come, and we'd just done Northern Ireland when the 'troubles' were still a thing. When my taxi arrived at the hotel in Renfrew I asked the driver to take me to a club, any club, as long as it was lively. (I've got an Englishman ! Hell aye... I'm going to fuck him up !). ' Aye, Pal, I'll take you to Bonkers on Sauchiehall Street, you'll love it'. The warning sign should have been the bouncers using metal detectors, even on the women. I get in, get a pint, there's some banging hardcore house playing, all good. Then the DJ comes on...'Is there any fuckin' English in here ?!' LOUD BOOS from EVERY SINGLE PUNTER !!! I have no where to hide, I think I've been rumbled. But no, after he winds up the crowd a bit more he puts on a hardcore version of 'Scotland The Brave' which must have been at least 160 bpm. The place went wild. People on tables, whooping like cowboys, drinks flying all over the place... I got out as fast as I could.
Bullshit, nothing in there was played at 160 bpm.There wasn't a stable table in the place, they could barely hold drinks let alone people. Also, it wasn't on sauchiehall street.
@@guffguffington2565 Nah, you're right. I've just looked it up and it was on Hope Street. Memories are a funny thing. But the banging hardhouse Scotland The Brave and the dancing on tables happened.
@@margaretnicol3423 Really? It was the 1990's, before peace and love had made it that far north. Read the article I just posted for you about Bonkers, it may give you an idea of the atmosphere. No Englishman in their right mind would have uttered a word in that situation. The taxi driver knew exactly what he was doing. Apology accepted by the way.
@@margaretnicol3423 Blah, blah, blah. Do you think it's just an internet thing when people, and especially old ladies, can't admit they may have made an error or wrong assumption? I forgive you.
Find the bit about going to a shop in America to buy his daughters some mood bracelets and meeting the healing crystals and card reading crowd. Love that bit.. 😎
I am sitting, right now, about 10 mins drive from Glasgow Airport, and I can assure you that this actually happened lol [I see Rangers were beaten 1:0 today and Celtic currently 2:0 down. Not a great day for Glasgow teams lol]
He was specifically referring to Celtic and Rangers who are traditionally supported by catholics and Protestants respectively ,and yes he’s from Glasgow ,Patrick to be more specific , love the reactions guys 👍🏴
Hes an absolute genius. He doesn’t write anything down. Just had a vague purling of what he wants to speak about. No two shows are the exact same. We’ll all be in mourning for a long time when he passes. He’s from a place in Glasgow called Anderston. Worked on the shop building yards along the Clyde. And btw, it’s GlassGO not GlassCow. And also for further references incase you need it. It’s not EdinBORROW, it’s EdinBra.
I worked in Glasgow airport the day before this happened and I told everyone we are getting a terror attack I just felt it. just a shame I was off work that day
Hey guys, glad you enjoy Billy. Just for the record for everyone reading this .....For the love of God, don't pronounce it GLASS COW. I'm from there and we laugh at that. It has always been pronounced GLASS GO. Thanks all.
Yes he is from Glasgow he is also Glasgow Celtic die hard supporter and has a chair in Celtic Park Stadium which name on it. My Grandfather took me on our tour when I was younger.
I'm 66yrs living in New Zealand but I am Glaswegian and yes this 52kg pensioner will be there. And yes as Billy says Yesssssss that's where I came from 😂😂😂😂😂😂
My own Glasgow :) the only city in the world where fundamentalists tried to bomb, and got dragged from the jeep and got a kicking from the locals. wonderful.
He will think twice about trying that again
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@@susanfarley1332 He died later from the Burns all over his body, and the bruising kicking he deservedly got from John Smeaton.
@@corryjookit7818 Good. He was going to do that to innocent people, and children. Fire. What a horrible and cruel thing to do. I bet the beating he got didn't do those burns any good. Probably hurt worse. Sometimes there is justice in the world.
Except the terrorist, the only injury was a taxi driver who ripped tendons in his foot from kicking aforementioned terrorist in the nuts
I am a proud Glaswegian and same reaction as Billy when I saw this on the news,just love this clip he's a legend
I was working there that day. Never have I been prouder to be a Glaswegian. The only city in the world where you can absolutely guarantee that the public would run towards it and batter them rather than run away.
Without guns too. We don't need that sh*t. We're hard enough without any weapons.
Newcastle might also qualify. But still a great comment!
I think the Scottish guy kicked the terrorist so hard he actually injured himself with the force of the kick. Brings a proud tear to your eye….
that was a taxi driver, kicked him in the nuts so hard he tore the ligaments in his foot
Indeed, never fails when I watch Billy doing it on his Belfast show.
pretty sure the guy hurt or broke his foot kicking the terrorist so hard in the crotch.
Probably lacked technique but you can’t argue with his results.
It was a taxi driver who attacked the terrorist not John Smeaton. The taxi driver kicked the guy so hard he broke his leg. Smeaton was there but took no part, he was however the first to be interviewed on Sky News and was given credit for the actions of others.
I'm 69 years old and in all my years, Billy is the funniest man I've ever seen. Many times, watching his routines, I've had to pause him, so I could leave the room for a few minutes and try to catch my breath for laughing. God bless him in his retirement, we can never thank him enough for the amazing legacy of laughter he's left for many future generations to enjoy.
🌞👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😂
Totally agree . Brilliant man
Yes. Billy Connolly is one of those few comedians who hurt your sides he makes you laugh so much. It's adorable the way he makes himself laugh.
80s before billy gave up the drink he was on telly my dad turn that bum off 5 min later both of us lol so hard we were crying
Makes me proud to be Scottish and the funny thing is 99% of the population would have done the same thing as well
mmm not so sure
Aye, me, my maw, granny and the dug.
There will be a period of national mourning when Billy leaves us. He truly is the nation's favourite comedian, a true comedy genius.
*international
Oh I am dreading this.
It’s impressive that Billy was in Belfast making a mixed audience laugh out loud about terrorism.
Not particularly. 1) Most people from Northern Ireland are just like people from everywhere else...they just want to get on with their lives 2) Laughing about our troubled past is and has always been a way of dealing with it
@@neilanderson6280 Well said and true
Now you know why we Scots love Billy. He's a Patriotic genius.
The best thing about John Smeaton was the amount of money raised online by the British public to buy him a pint
I should imagine the total was enough to buy him a brewery!
He donated the money to charity. 👍
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There was a newspaper headline about this with a photo of a cab driver, captioned "I kicked the burning terrorist in the balls so hard that I tore a tendon in my foot" 😂
LMAO..........Can it be found on RUclips?
@@goldenlabradorskye he has an episode of "absolute mad lads" dedicated to him, give it a watch its brilliant
The master story-teller and legend/father of modern British comedy right there. Billy Connolly, loved and respected by many/all across the UK. Worth checking out his 'Incontinence pants' routine. :D
I think the whole country laughed when it was all on the news. Smeaton interview was hilarious 😂
Pretty sure the whole country had the same reaction: "Wait.... this was WHERE?!?!" Bringing terror to Glasgow is right up there with bring abstinence to Florida during Spring Break.
If a Scot says he's going to "Set aboot ye" prepare to defend yourself.
I just love the story about the filming of the first Highlander film, where they used Glaswegian men for the opening fight scene. Apparently, they carried on fighting after the director called cut!
@@David-sk9vv Hahaha, superb!
A proper one will not give you a warning, they’ll just do it 😬 but we are also extremely friendly
@@Theartkid244 No we're no 😂
@@RighAlban aye well we can be ye know tomahto tomato 🤷🏼♀️ and it all depends on the others persons attitude lol I know my husband would agree with you someone tried to punch him through a window ina road rage incident and he propped door ajar lowered window and snapped his arm, then he said sorry so you know what I mean. He said sorry look what you made me do…..😂🙈
The religious fundamentalism he’s talking about in Glasgow has to do with the cities two big clubs Celtic (catholic) and Rangers (Protestant) and they’re fucking serious about that shit.
Yip…I know I’m one of them. Fuck Rangers…..god save Ireland 🇮🇪🍀❤️
Nowhere near as bad as was
@@gregorydocherty2730 - boo hiss.
@MrAbletospeak there is it’s just mans definition that distorts it.
@@gregorydocherty2730 toicfaidh ar la.
The Billy Connolly sketch set on the Serengeti with the lions and wildebeest . Priceless . Hysterical . You have got to watch it !
An Audience With Billy Connolly was a 1985 tv show where he performed a stand up routine in front of a celebrity audience. It is comedy perfection from start to finish and still gets shown from time to time on the minor channels. I watched it not long ago and laughed all the way through even though I knew every line as Ive watched it so many times.
Especially the incontinence pants part.
@@elvisquiff I can still picture Robbie Coltrane pissing himself at the walk - no pun intended 😬
The funniest show i ever seen incontinence pants.
Ah, but the most memorable thing from that series of shows was Father Dougal's response when Bishop Brennan said he "had an audience with the Pope"...
I met John at a charity football game he was invited to play at! Dude became a celebrity to everyone. Can confirm two things, 1. He kicked the guy so hard he actually injured himself. 2. He never had to pay for his pints.
Good man
You should do his 'old lady on a bus' story, it has me in stitches every time I listen to it. It's more of his outrageous and yet almost poetic storytelling.
Billy is one of my all time faves! He’s not only hilarious but he’s such a genuine man 🏴
Well done lads. You have sampled the very best and I hope you continue to sample more of the master of anecdotes.
He will always leave you feeling good. That is so rare. So few have the gift. He just makes you feel he's talking to you personally. A very special man. We all love him in GB.
Thanks boys🙂👍
Headline on front page of the Daily Record (Glasgow-based newspaper): "I kicked burning terrorist so hard in the balls that I tore a tendon in my foot" ... should be a song.
Yes Billy was brought up in Glasgow.....grew up listening to him..and saw him live when he first started out doing a bit of comedy and singing x
I am very surprised that you two good lads could understand him as well as you did!! well done.
Rangers (protestant )and Celtic (catholic) generally, in Glasgow have a very religious history with these teams , Billy's a legend his older stuffs even better , you need subtitles boys lol our accent is strong 💪 lmao
One day, the circus came tae Glasgow...
@@gwaptiva 😂😂 that's one of the best one's I've heard from far off gibarovia
Yes, the incontinence pants story always has me in tears no matter how many times I've seen it over the yearx. I was on 'an audience with billy connelly' tv program
We need an army of John Smeatons. His TV interview shown on the news was hilarious. Glasgow summed up in one person.
Everything that Billy Connolly does is fantastic.
More than football being an outlet, Glasgow has two football teams, Celtic (Catholic) and Rangers (Protestant). There have been times in history when sectarianism has been as acute in Glasgow as it has in Belfast.
Yeah but in Belfast its about a political struggle against imperialism and in Glasgow its politically ignorant fuckwits hating and fighting people who love the same sport and Town as themselves.
@@martinvalentine9228 I'm sorry Martin but your wrong do some research into the whole thing before you post the Celtic and Ranger thing its not just about 2 teams its a lot more
@@johnmcphee6098 I think my 50yrs of experience of the hard of thinking's Celtic Rangers rivalry is spot on.
Hibs and Hearts have large religious orientated followings too
@@martinvalentine9228 - but do they love the same town. I think Celtic flying the tricolour puts another dimension to it.
Billy is THE best, wonderfully talented and brought so much laughter and joy to so many. Love ya Billy 👍❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
Lots of comedians tell jokes about Glasgow because the stereotype is that it's the roughest, toughest City in the UK .....
Billy’s telling of “The Crucifixion” where Jesus & the Apostles were from Glasgow, is an absolute masterpiece!!
I love the one about the Cardinal coming to visit the school he used to be a pupil at; Billy is the cure for feeling like shit
My dad loved this so much that instead of music at his funeral we had them play this.
"You don't even have your own football team " - I am literally dying.
Yes they do. Halal bion Rovers.
I knew Billy Connolly when he was a Glasgow folk singer playing the banjo in groups such as the Humblebums. He started doing stories in between songs and as they got longer with more laughs he realised it would be better to do gigs as a comedian with occasional songs.
Think Jasper Carrot was similar. 2 legends of a bygone era. Carrot's story about being a Blues fan in the Man Utd end away is the funniest football story ever.
@@BassRapPaz his Australian Durex story is hilarious 😂
No, no, no… you’ve *still* missed the point. It’s nothing to do with football being considered ‘like a religion’. What Billy is referring to is the institutionalised inter-club sectarianism between particular football clubs’ fans. For example, Glasgow Celtic (Catholic) vs. Glasgow Rangers (Protestant).
It's not their culture to know it lol, of course they're not going to fully get it on a fundamental level, we've grown up with it. There's no need to be rude to them for not understanding, there's a lot of American jokes I don't get. I couldn't tell you about what it's like in Walmart or Applebee's or w.e I bet there's a lot of jokes there I won't understand at all. 🤷🏻♀️ It's humour and they found it funny :) it's all that matters.
Celtic are not and never have been exclusively Catholic. They are predominantly Catholic but have always encouraged all denominations. Rangers now Newco have always practised a sectarian elitist policy of signing only Protestants until the arrival of Graham Souness who was responsible for changing that Protocol. Until Rangers went bust and fell to sequestration in 2012.
@@alanbbrady8196 Actually Celtic did have an anti Protestant policy at the start of the club's existence. In recent years Celtic fans, like Rangers fans have chanted religious bigotry. Celtic fans have literally hung effigies of Rangers fans siting violence. Along with ''kill all huns'' ''kill all Brits'' ''orange bastard'' ect ect. Celtic have always encouraged demoninations? What nonsense. Your club literally has demonized area's of their own support for daring to vote conservative, or support the Royal Family. Your club is far from inclusive! Oh sure i'll admit Rangers have had our own problems with bigotry, but to kid on it's just a Rangers problem? It's a myth. Both sides have problems with bigotry, and if there's anything worse than a villain it's a villain pretending to be the ''good guy'', which is what Celtic continue to paint themselves as. Also Rangers as a club didn't ''go bust'', and that ''Newco'' isn't the club, it's the company which operates the club. But again don't let facts get in the way of your bias. After all you already tried to deny your own bigotry, and claim it's only a ''Rangers problem''. This is why most folk hate Celtic because the tims cannot admit their own wrong doings. At least we're honest about our problems.
@@alanbbrady8196 Pat Lafferty 1886, Tom Dunbar 1891, Jay Tutty 1899, Archie Kyle 1904, Willie Kivlichan 1906, Colin Mainds 1906, Tom Murray 1907, William Brown 1912, Joe Donnachie 1914, John Jackson 1917
10 men that were confirmed Catholics and Rangers players.
Billy doesn't need jokes to be the greatest comedian ever. He could read the weather forecast and make it sound hilarious
I loved Billy until he made that stupid error. I will remind you, (Ken Bigley held by terrorists and executed.)
@@peteradams5857 Please leave Billy alone. We love himnin Scotland. Yes we know what happened to Ken Bigley. You're surely not suggesting that Billy shouldn't do this stuff. When your looking back,on an episode of terrorism, you cushion the blow eventually. This could have resulted in hundreds of deaths at that Airport. John Smeaton and his bravery must not be forgotten. Humour is one way of telling his story that people will relate to.
@@corryjookit7818 as I said... I loved Billy until he made that stupid stupid joke. A few days after he said it Ken was murdered while trying to escape. Billy said in his joke that the terrorists should get on with it and kill him. That's not funny by any standard.......several people heckled him for saying it a and lot walked out of his show. He NEVER EVER said sorry it was a mistake.
John Smeaton was one of 2 men that attacked the idiot in the jeep.
Comedy grows from tragedy.
Billys "incontinence pants" skit had me literally pissing myself. every boy in Glasgow wanted to be Billy. but there can be only one.cheers boys great videos.
The Incontinence Pants joke is absolutely one of his funniest!
@@AdeleD79 oh my day’s,first time I heard that,I needed those in continence knickers 💯😂😂✌🏾
If any skit was lethal, ie it could cause you to laugh to death, the incontinence pants was it. It slayed me, and it still does.
I remember laughing about the incident at the time, the Jeep contained about 50 gallons of petrol in containers. At UK fuel prices it was hundreds of pounds worth, quite clearly not any scotsmen involved....You guys should look for a video of John Smeaton...
His story about Liam Nesson and the cats is another great one.
I remember this vividly. My daughter, who is a nurse, worked alongside one of the terrorists who was employed as a doctor for a while at the Royal Alexandria hospital in Paisley. She didn't believe it could be him at the time.
Yes yes yes born in Glasgow and very proud x
Another great clip of Billy, I'm really hoping you do much more of his work, but I cannot stress enough you have to do "Old lady on the bus"
Absolutely hilarious 😂
Well done lads. Nice show he and Dave Allen told wonderful stories
Billy is the best of the lot, each time I have seen him live, it has hurts because I was laughing so much.
Was most incredible piece of film I’ve ever seen on the news,will never forget it!!
Just a guy on fire running from airport,then those that chased him dragged him outta the car,start kicking 10 shades of shite outta him!Madness!😂😂
I remember the day it happened, the disbelief that it was actually happening here in Scotland.
Then the relief when you realised that the Old Firm had it handled.
The conference league of religious extremism met the Champions League of religious violence.
I know the feeling! I wish John Smeaton had been at our arena in Manchester that night, it might have ended very differently!! 🐝
He was originally a welder in the Glasgow shipyards.
A “Glasgow kiss” is a head butt. Enough said.
I'm from Glasgow. Billy is ICONIC here. (Billy was from a place called Drumchapel, In Glasgow)
There are murals all over (our) great city of Mr. Connolly.
Billy is from Partick...James McAvoy is from the Drum
He is from Anderston
One of my all time favourite stories. The buffalo and lions comes a very close second! Respect to Sir Billy Connolly 🏴
True story, one of the taxi drivers who attacked the terrorists kicked one of them in the balls so hard he broke his own leg !!! lol
The terrorists packed a jeep cherokee with bottles of gas and attempted to drive it into the airport building, it did'nt go well for them and when they jumped out the jeep on fire, the public, taxi drivers and airport workers attacked the terrorists, even though they were on fire !!! Imagine attacking someone on fire lol
Glasgow forever !! Scotland the brave.
or dont fk with the Scots when they have a holiday booked
I believe that the guy that was on fire was hopped up on all sorts of drugs as well, so that while burning he was running around fighting back and making a good job of it. That makes his demise at the foot of a ball breaker all the more funny.
@@celticguy197531 lol, true, very very true :) and especially if they have not had time yet to get to duty free :)
There's a famous meme which shows 4 comedians - Jimmy Carr, Dave Chappelle, Ricky Gervais and Billy Connolly and the question below is "who would you rather have as you best man?". The best response i've seen is that all the other comedians would choose Billy Connelly. This says it all. The greatest there has ever been. Sad to see his health decline but by god, what a legacy.
The first time I saw Billy Connolly was on the Michael Parkinson Show on British television in 1975. He told "The Wife" joke. I was with my father-in-law. He was a pretty serious guy, a retired, religious, British military police colonel, and I expected him to be disgusted. Ha! He almost fell out of his chair laughing.
Without doubt my comedy hero. I remember waiting for Christmas and hoping someone would get me his latest video. Only to have to crawl from the living room multiple times on my hands and knees, crying with laughter during the first few viewings. His bit on incontinence pants still kills me🤣🤣
You missed the point about the football joke, so here goes. Glasgow has 2 main teams - in the blue corner are Rangers, protestant team, supporters are generally all about a hatred of the catholic church and everything it stands for - even believe the pope is the anti christ. In the green corner are Celtic, anti protestant, hate the royal family, club was founded to support irish catholic immigrants........ connolly is a celtic supporter.
This hatred goes back years, religious bigotry at it's very best. It would be suicide to go to certain parts of Glasgow wearing either teams shirts!!!!
"But I'm a Muslim!" "Sure, but are you a catholic or a protestant muslim?"
Absolutely hilarious and a true story
'Dwarf on the bus' is well worth a look, it's hilarious.
Great reaction, another very funny Scottish comedian is Kevin Bridges. The bus stop scene would be a good place to start 😉
Greatest storyteller ever✌️great reaction guys👏👍🇬🇧👍🇺🇸🍻
Every time Billy comes to Belfast he kills. The best comedian of all time.
There was a newspaper headline when this happened regarding John Smeaton "I kicked burning terrorist so hard in the balls that I tore a tendon in my foot" lol
We saw Billy in Southampton during the 1980s; he started a joke, the wandered off telling funny stories and maybe adding to the joke occasionally but didn’t finish the joke until the very end of the show! Just fantastic. I made sure we were in our seats before he started as I know he’d have a go at us otherwise. 😁
Billy on lions chasing wildebeest has been my fav (just by a touch) for years.
I've never seen a lion. What're they like ?
0:55 You got that wrong but i like your reasoning.
He's talking about (Glasgow) Celtic and (Glasgow) Rangers, probably the most religiously fuelled rivalry in the English speaking world. Celtic is Catholic and Rangers is Protestant and they hate each other (even though 99% of the fans aren't religious now) It's still a big rivalry because they are the top 2 teams in Scotland by a mile!
God I remember seeing this on the news. Shocking as I live 10 mins from Glasgow Airport and one of the terrorists was a doctor who lived in a nearby village. It was indeed hilarious and Billy Conelly makes it so much funnier. He really is the funniest comedian I'd say ever, well certainly in the UK. Check out an Audience with Billy Connelly you will piss yourself laughing . And also my personal favourite " wee woman on the bus" story
I had to google this to see if it was true and it is. Well done Glasgow.
Scots are great storytellers, most of the time you don't understand them, but they are great. 😁❤️👍
Good video. Glad people still loving Billy Connolly.
Just one little correction about the football/religion part. Glasgow is famous for having two huge football clubs that have historical ties to different branches of Christianity. Rangers have a very protestant, pro uk leaning history, while Celtic have a Catholic, pro independence history. These religious and political differences have caused a lot of hatred amongst the clubs supporters over the years. So when Billy says the terrorists dont even have a football team, he is referring to the fact that the current intolerant, religious zealots in Glasgow do have a team.
The Big Yin. Scotlands finest.
Billy's ruled my life since the 70s and he is still just Billy, the big yin....
I'm 34 it was my Dad that showed me about Billy when I was a kid ....still to this day is the funniest guy ....nobody has nearly killed me more 🤣🤣
Absolutely brilliant lads Billy's rabbit hole is truly amazing Check out his folk music I so Billy live in the early 90s at Hammersmith Apollo A great sketch is of Billy talking about his Dad 👍👍👏👏👏🏴🇬🇧
Glasgow is home probably the fiercest rivalry in all of football, Rangers (the Protestant club) and Celtic (the Catholic club). That’s what Billy was referring to when he was talking about religion. VICE did a documentary about it years ago called Football’s Most Dangerous Rivalry.
And to add it is one of only a handful of matches in the special C+ category (it goes from A low risk to B medium risk and C high risk. With C+ being the deploy all resources maximum risk one.) only other ones I know in C+ are my own city and club Birmingham City v Aston Villa and The Liverpool v Everton.
I think the Manchester one might be as well.
But out of all the C+ ones the Glasgow one is the most heavily policed by some margin.
@@lordomacron3719 Celtic and Rangers do not allow away fans on derby day now, it's just too dangerous. They obviously still have a massive police presence on the day.
Used to work on Stena Ferries travelling between Stranraer and Larne. The fans were put on different ferries to keep them apart. One day a Celtic fan bus was put on the wrong ferry. Luckily Rangers had won that day so the fans were in good moods but the call went out that all female staff to all stations and the men were moved to the trucker lounge or the kids areas because it was less likely trouble would start with female staff on duty.
Billy"the big yin"Connolly what a legend and very funny story teller 🏴
The wonderful Mr Connolly is indeed a Glaswegian born and bred.
Billy... He was voted best comedian of all time by other comedians... That's quite an achievement considering that 99.9% of his comedy isn't a joke. If you can find me any video where Billy tells a joke of his own then I'll eat my hat.
Just for some context the line ''i'm not sure about a religious fanatic without a football team'' is relating to Rangers, and Celtic. Two major football clubs in Glasgow with deep religious history. Rangers protestants, Celtic catholics.
As a native of Glasgow every word he says is true , Terrorist will never attack Glasgow ever again , i mean what were they thinking? lol of all the cities in the UK they had to pick the one that does fight back . Yes Billy is Glaswegian . So is Frankie Boyle & Kevin Bridges .
You think they didn't in London? One Millwall fan took on two machete-wielding terrorists with his bare hands and the London Bridge attacker was disarmed and pinned to the floor by members of the public.
Great reaction lads, so glad you like Guy, he's my hero! I was lucky enough to see him race at TT and Scarborough 😊
I moved to a small village in 1974 and I was 4 my brother was 3 we had friends with lots of kids. My mother was visited by some mothers, they told her she had to stop us kids from being friends with some certain kids! My father was brought up as a FREE KIRKER a freaky bunch in the Highlands. So they ignored these ideas we continued being friends with kids of all religions, the amazing thing is we changed the attitude in the village and by the time I was 10 there was NO segregation.
Thing is the same guys tried to blow up a car outside a nightclub London and that failed too. This was 2007.
One of the funniest things I've ever seen or heard absolute genius 🤣 😂.
Watching 2 Americans pretending to understand Billy's accent was almost as funny as the Big Yin himself. :)
It is sad that Billy no longer is the great Scottish story teller as he has retired but I bet he watches with delight that Kevin Bridges has taken the baton
Listen to “The Crucifixion” to hear vintage Billy!
Yes, legendary billy!!!
Yeah, Glasgow !
Years ago I had a job installing computers in banks and call centres. We had a big job on in Glasgow, a 500 PC mortgage centre. We'd been on the road for 6 weeks with hardly a break doing the whole of the UK for a well known bank. I was sick of hotel life so decided to go into Glasgow centre and check out the lively club scene. No one out of 40 other guys on the team had the guts to come, and we'd just done Northern Ireland when the 'troubles' were still a thing. When my taxi arrived at the hotel in Renfrew I asked the driver to take me to a club, any club, as long as it was lively. (I've got an Englishman ! Hell aye... I'm going to fuck him up !). ' Aye, Pal, I'll take you to Bonkers on Sauchiehall Street, you'll love it'.
The warning sign should have been the bouncers using metal detectors, even on the women.
I get in, get a pint, there's some banging hardcore house playing, all good. Then the DJ comes on...'Is there any fuckin' English in here ?!' LOUD BOOS from EVERY SINGLE PUNTER !!! I have no where to hide, I think I've been rumbled. But no, after he winds up the crowd a bit more he puts on a hardcore version of 'Scotland The Brave' which must have been at least 160 bpm. The place went wild. People on tables, whooping like cowboys, drinks flying all over the place...
I got out as fast as I could.
Bullshit, nothing in there was played at 160 bpm.There wasn't a stable table in the place, they could barely hold drinks let alone people. Also, it wasn't on sauchiehall street.
@@margaretnicol3423 Margaret. This happened. I was there. Deal with it. And the next time you call someone a liar? Think before you speak.
@@guffguffington2565 Nah, you're right. I've just looked it up and it was on Hope Street. Memories are a funny thing. But the banging hardhouse Scotland The Brave and the dancing on tables happened.
@@margaretnicol3423 Really? It was the 1990's, before peace and love had made it that far north. Read the article I just posted for you about Bonkers, it may give you an idea of the atmosphere. No Englishman in their right mind would have uttered a word in that situation. The taxi driver knew exactly what he was doing.
Apology accepted by the way.
@@margaretnicol3423 Blah, blah, blah. Do you think it's just an internet thing when people, and especially old ladies, can't admit they may have made an error or wrong assumption? I forgive you.
Gotta have a watch of billy Connolly, dwarf on a bus
Wee Auld Woman on a Bus.
Saw that again the other day and STILL cry with laughter.
“I never saw her again”
😂
@@TheCornishCockney different story although both funny
Ayy new fan here, love from Glasgow 👍🏻
You guys MUST do the one where he talks about the dwarf on the bus! PLEASE!!!!!!
Find the bit about going to a shop in America to buy his daughters some mood bracelets and meeting the healing crystals and card reading crowd. Love that bit.. 😎
I am sitting, right now, about 10 mins drive from Glasgow Airport, and I can assure you that this actually happened lol
[I see Rangers were beaten 1:0 today and Celtic currently 2:0 down. Not a great day for Glasgow teams lol]
Of course he's fae glesga big fella.. Its awe in the twang.. Superb as usual lads.. Awe the best fae a wet windy glesga 👍
BILLY CONNOLLY.... please do ..there's one in every town it's brill
Definitely! It's hilarious 🤣
He was specifically referring to Celtic and Rangers who are traditionally supported by catholics and Protestants respectively ,and yes he’s from Glasgow ,Patrick to be more specific , love the reactions guys 👍🏴
Hes an absolute genius. He doesn’t write anything down. Just had a vague purling of what he wants to speak about. No two shows are the exact same. We’ll all be in mourning for a long time when he passes. He’s from a place in Glasgow called Anderston. Worked on the shop building yards along the Clyde. And btw, it’s GlassGO not GlassCow. And also for further references incase you need it. It’s not EdinBORROW, it’s EdinBra.
I worked in Glasgow airport the day before this happened and I told everyone we are getting a terror attack I just felt it. just a shame I was off work that day
That, right there, is one of the reasons why Billy Connolly was one of Robin Williams' favorite people....
Hey guys, glad you enjoy Billy. Just for the record for everyone reading this .....For the love of God, don't pronounce it GLASS COW. I'm from there and we laugh at that. It has always been pronounced GLASS GO. Thanks all.
Yes he is from Glasgow he is also Glasgow Celtic die hard supporter and has a chair in Celtic Park Stadium which name on it. My Grandfather took me on our tour when I was younger.
I'm 66yrs living in New Zealand but I am Glaswegian and yes this 52kg pensioner will be there. And yes as Billy says Yesssssss that's where I came from 😂😂😂😂😂😂