Billy Connolly Visits The Grand Canyon In Final Stretch Of His Route 66 Journey | Absolute Jokes

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  • Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
  • Billy completes the last leg of his motor-trike journey along the world-famous Route 66. He visits a massive meteorite crater in Arizona, before heading to the Grand Canyon. He meets a campaigner trying to keep the historic route alive, and bottle-feeds a lion cub in a sanctuary for unwanted exotic pets. Finally, he reflects on his 3,000-mile ride when he ends his travels in Santa Monica, California.
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Комментарии • 135

  • @Dallas-Nyberg
    @Dallas-Nyberg Год назад +40

    To view our World through Billy's eyes is an absolute treat... Thank you, Billy.

  • @mistyhefner3790
    @mistyhefner3790 Год назад +6

    Favorite line, "I seen it, done it and now I'm going to get the t-shirt." 🤣

  • @samg.8416
    @samg.8416 Год назад +25

    I am overjoyed to finally see this journey to its final destination. What a ride!! What a soundtrack! Thanks very much indeed to the Big Yin, an absolute treasure of a man!

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      The whole series has been available as a download for ages.

  • @meatdog
    @meatdog 5 месяцев назад +4

    In the 1950's and '60's my parents took us on many trips on the complete route 66 road. Such amazing memories.

  • @johnrockyryan
    @johnrockyryan Год назад +6

    Nothing can stop this man from loving life what a legend Billy is and very good person

  • @user-ti1hn3hp2o
    @user-ti1hn3hp2o Год назад +13

    I did the 66 as a truck driver. One of the best experiences of my life, but Billy put it into words that i could never do. Well done Billy, you brought back amazing memories for me mate

  • @darinclark1853
    @darinclark1853 Год назад +4

    Billy on 66 may be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen on the RUclips.
    I'm alternating between laughing and crying.

  • @marleybedford8628
    @marleybedford8628 5 месяцев назад +3

    We will always love you, Billy, I will always love you. Your spirit is in all of us who love you. Thank you for the joy XXX

  • @pseudonayme7717
    @pseudonayme7717 Год назад +11

    So nice that the Big Yin will live on through this and all of his other work, and that people will be able to enjoy it just like he enjoyed making it 🧡😎

  • @gabh278
    @gabh278 Год назад +5

    Billy Connolly is a National Treasure 💖

  • @thomasscullion9449
    @thomasscullion9449 Год назад +3

    . trillions of stars and planets inside galaxies.trillions of galaxies in our universe and trillions of universes inside a big cup of tea thanks billy

  • @cathycartier484
    @cathycartier484 Год назад +7

    Thank you for being part of this video Billy . I really enjoyed the trip .

  • @kathycarlson7947
    @kathycarlson7947 Год назад +5

    this is brilliant. I've loved Billy since we first saw him on TV when we lived in Scotland in the early 70s. His human take on the humanity on Route 66 moved me to tears more than once. I'm so grateful to have witnessed this amazing journey by a legendary Scot. Thanks, Billy!!

  • @mrstoner2udude799
    @mrstoner2udude799 Год назад +5

    I had my own Route 66 adventure years ago. It is a magical, American trail. And at the Grand Canyon I rode the donkeys to the bottom, camped, and back up the next day. Most thrilling thing I've done.

  • @roadstar92220
    @roadstar92220 11 месяцев назад +3

    Love the soundtrack used on these episodes. Thanks to the editors !

  • @heathergreenhalgh2289
    @heathergreenhalgh2289 Год назад +5

    I’m “ Holding on to my Hollyhocks,”😅 very Nice to be able to join this jokester on his holiday!

  • @llorablan9588
    @llorablan9588 Год назад +3

    Thanks, Billy. This was a treat for this American who will probably never be able to make the trip.

  • @8bitnitwit
    @8bitnitwit Год назад +4

    So good to see Billy looking happy and healthy, and on the trike again. Absolutely loved his World Tour of Australia series in the 1990s and this is great too. What a treasure this man is.

    • @CeeJayDee94
      @CeeJayDee94 Год назад +2

      This is from 2011!

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      @@CeeJayDee94 So what.

    • @CeeJayDee94
      @CeeJayDee94 16 дней назад

      @@irbennett Simply saying that unfortunately this is not how Billy is currently (in 2024). His health has definitively declined since this was filmed. I grew up with him on the TV (my dad was born in Ayr). So it’s tough seeing him age

  • @mescko
    @mescko Год назад +2

    If Billy (or any one of us) had travelled this same route in 1955 the impressions would have been so different. I knew a guy who's family did just that. I wish I could. All those towns were still vibrant.

  • @lechat8533
    @lechat8533 2 месяца назад +1

    Billy is such a legend...
    Special personalities should have more children than us normies, and Billy and his wife saw to that :)
    God bless him, his wonderful wife, and his whole family.❤❤❤
    Thank you for uploading❣

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      That's creepy.

    • @lechat8533
      @lechat8533 Месяц назад

      @@irbennett
      What is? I don`t understand.

  • @cannyexplorer5357
    @cannyexplorer5357 10 месяцев назад +1

    Cannot believe it’s been 12 years since I saw this on tv. Loved all the travel shows Billy has done. Sorry he’s not able to do them anymore.

  • @dmc8552
    @dmc8552 Год назад +3

    We truly are all part of a big cup of tea in space

  • @joansando1943
    @joansando1943 Год назад +2

    THANK BILLY YOU SIR ARE A GIFT TO THE WORLD!

  • @timneufeld2700
    @timneufeld2700 Год назад

    This is what I love about people like those on Route 66 and billy. When they are genuine they are at their most beautiful. I will say it as well. Thank you Billy.

  • @larrylarry739
    @larrylarry739 10 месяцев назад +1

    I wish i had the child like joy that Billy Connolly has.😊

  • @barrygall2866
    @barrygall2866 Год назад +2

    Totally enjoyed this. Peace Billy.

  • @SurprisedElephant-dc5ul
    @SurprisedElephant-dc5ul 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you for everything

  • @bitchn_betty
    @bitchn_betty Год назад +4

    That crater is amazing! Being a woman who decided not to go into astronomy because I was told in college that I had to wait for an astronomer to die before I could get their job. I thought that was horrible as a 20 something , but as a fourty year old I could happily start thinking of ways to ease their way (passing) a few years faster.
    I'm adding this trip to my bucket list !

    • @beefcheeks9353
      @beefcheeks9353 Год назад

      wtf

    • @tomcarl8021
      @tomcarl8021 11 месяцев назад

      You can't spell 'forty' correctly, but you wanted to be an astronomer?

    • @bitchn_betty
      @bitchn_betty 11 месяцев назад

      @@tomcarl8021 I'm sorry I'm not perfect. I was just voicing regret for not fallowing a dream as a young person. Good fucking luck in your life.

    • @tomcarl8021
      @tomcarl8021 11 месяцев назад

      @@bitchn_betty Relax, I was just teasing.

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад +1

      So you want to kill astronomers.

  • @neonvandal8770
    @neonvandal8770 6 месяцев назад

    Billy's just such a great bloke

  • @daveinuk9845
    @daveinuk9845 11 месяцев назад +2

    Never ever in my life did I want to visit USA..... until I saw that hole!!!!!!

  • @TheGreatStKat
    @TheGreatStKat 11 месяцев назад

    Aaah, the humanity of the man! Great work Billy, perfect. I named my dug after yer, and my tortoise after his sister!

  • @moviewryter1985
    @moviewryter1985 Год назад +2

    This is a wonderful production. Enjoyed it immensely.

  • @carlosthebee3527
    @carlosthebee3527 Год назад

    "It's Art Deco, if you like that kind of thing" 🤣

  • @roadstar92220
    @roadstar92220 11 месяцев назад

    I’ve done the Route 66 & it should be on everyone’s bucket list.

  • @patricialynn5852
    @patricialynn5852 Год назад

    I remember the 66 route travelling with my parents across country & back to California, thanks for the memories ❤😊

  • @mcee6193
    @mcee6193 Год назад +3

    thanks for billy great show

  • @andrewpetrie5395
    @andrewpetrie5395 Год назад +1

    Oh! Billy! Love ya!!

  • @LychaonGaming
    @LychaonGaming 9 месяцев назад

    This was an amazing journey 👏 ❤️ 🙌 ✨️

  • @lizbet1063
    @lizbet1063 3 месяца назад

    Love it all but especially love Elmers place......would LOVE to see that in real life and meet the man and his wife who've made this spectacular glass forest ✌️😊💚💚 thanks Billy boy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      Elmer's bottle tree ranch is closed. Elmer himself died in 2019.

  • @Bix21-z3f
    @Bix21-z3f Год назад +1

    I visited Seligman ..a great place and great people bought a shirt in a store and asked the guy where was the changing room? Your standing in it he said ..haha💚☘

  • @Redmenace96
    @Redmenace96 11 месяцев назад

    Visited just about everything in this series, and enjoyed it. Billy kept me interested with his enthusiasm and unique point of view. Special little travel series!

  • @InWithBothFeet
    @InWithBothFeet 7 месяцев назад

    Seligman has a nice German restaurant, a couple gas stations, a KOA RV park, and some Route 66 tourist trap places selling trinkets and T-shirts. It also has a small airport in the area for private planes. If you pass by, the German restaurant is definitely worth the stop.

  • @earlslick4361
    @earlslick4361 7 месяцев назад

    If all of us as Americans could see thing the way Billy does we would be a much happier nation !

  • @mightay6672
    @mightay6672 Год назад

    Billy Connelly inspired me to go to and visit Australia 🇦🇺. But that was 20 year's ago....I would love to do route 66 ...

  • @JaiPotts-gh9jo
    @JaiPotts-gh9jo Год назад +1

    Love it sir Billy xxxxxx what a adventure

  • @rexochroy2
    @rexochroy2 Год назад

    Sir Billy I do love you with all my heart and if it is true a laugh prolongs one’s life I will live to be 150 years old

  • @russelltofts3673
    @russelltofts3673 Год назад +1

    Didn't have much on the Grand Canyon though. "Here's the Grand Canyon. Isn't it nice,. Now I'm off to buy the T-shirt."

  • @carlosthebee3527
    @carlosthebee3527 Год назад

    Just seeing your face in that train makes my day!

  • @tinovanderzwanphonocave544
    @tinovanderzwanphonocave544 6 месяцев назад

    I just love the bottle collector I'm a bit of a bottle collector myself in a collection there's always a favorite mine is a 1860s early wood mold bottle and I love it because you can see the wood chisel scoop marks in the glass when you hold the bottle in the light that screams human action someone made that mold by hand the magic is that the bottle looks smooth outside the light.
    a great second is a 17th-century bottle its neck is slightly bent and the top is crooked someone made that bottle by blowing into a glob of molten glass and forming it into a bottle and it didn't go perfectly instead it slanted and drooped a bit I love that! and it survived 4 centuries! which is a feat in itself!

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      Elmer the bottle collector died in 2019.

  • @Alienbikers-in-India
    @Alienbikers-in-India Год назад +1

    Jene's Addiction Ocean Size rulz!

  • @spacecardinal
    @spacecardinal Год назад

    Bills, I am of the opinion that you absolutely rock! I’ve always loved you, and this was so much fun. Great soundtrack!

  • @ghostfox148
    @ghostfox148 5 дней назад

    magic

  • @user-dd3oj7bn1m
    @user-dd3oj7bn1m 11 месяцев назад

    Loved to see u alive and well and to this day I can’t look at a sheep with out u in my head saying push them to the edge of a cliff

  • @kckazcoll1
    @kckazcoll1 11 месяцев назад

    this was a great episode and I love the soundtrack, too :)

  • @anthonyrushton3495
    @anthonyrushton3495 5 месяцев назад

    What a man legend

  • @theprecipiceofreason
    @theprecipiceofreason Год назад +5

    It's true. A local investment is often bifarcated by a train yard or train tracks in the US towns. It's not just a phrase. Poor people on one side, rich on the other.

    • @thecricketbatguitar4413
      @thecricketbatguitar4413 Год назад +4

      It comes from the days of steam trains and the prevailing winds, those with means bought the land up wind whilst the others had to suffer the smoke and soot deposited on the wrong side of the tracks

  • @westerleighwerek1493
    @westerleighwerek1493 Месяц назад

    Popped in Angel's store today, pleasure to have spent some $ in there

  • @bt9816
    @bt9816 Год назад +1

    Billy keep it happening!

  • @slw0599
    @slw0599 11 месяцев назад

    A legend on a legendary road

  • @paulclark723
    @paulclark723 Год назад +1

    Hey man, thanks for posting this video. Big thumbs up.

  • @Jason-md2fn
    @Jason-md2fn Год назад

    Amazing ,thanks very much ,what a journey😁

  • @tonnywildweasel8138
    @tonnywildweasel8138 11 месяцев назад

    Fantastic series, enjoyed 'm a LOT 👍 Billy is a great guy.
    Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands ✌, T.

  • @luminousfractal420
    @luminousfractal420 Год назад +3

    Takes a scottish comedian to set straight the worlds egotistical scientists 👍 nailed it. Were still space dust.

  • @darinclark1853
    @darinclark1853 Год назад

    Thank you Billy.

  • @christate590
    @christate590 Год назад +1

    How come there are stars in front of the moon? CGI?? Freeze frame 6m 24s. LOL

    • @bevmc5061
      @bevmc5061 Год назад

      Maybe they’re satellites

    • @christate590
      @christate590 Год назад

      @@bevmc5061 satellites are on the move, very quickly!

  • @JPREEDY77
    @JPREEDY77 Год назад

    I want to see an orchestrated argument between Billy Connolly and Ozzy Osbourne. Moderated by a drunk Ricky Gervais that has also had too much coffee to drink. lol

  • @rs4028
    @rs4028 2 месяца назад

    I think Billy is the illegitimate love child of John Cleese.

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      Billy is 81 or 82 and John Cleese is 84. That makes you a halfwit.

  • @a.j.carter8975
    @a.j.carter8975 Год назад +1

  • @sidscrote7570
    @sidscrote7570 Год назад +2

    Brilliant vid, Billy at his best , how about doing the A38 ? LOL.

    • @brianmyers4444
      @brianmyers4444 Год назад +1

      This 12 years old at least and his Parkinson’s won’t allow anymore like this

  • @Io-Io-Io
    @Io-Io-Io 10 месяцев назад +1

    It's not divided by race but culture

  • @wendygerrish4964
    @wendygerrish4964 Год назад

    A few bloopers for historical accuracy but who cares when Sir Billly is the narrator.

  • @joereedmusic9853
    @joereedmusic9853 Год назад +1

    May I correct you, the "True West" runs from Oklahoma City, and Fort Worth, Texas to the middle of the Arizona badlands. Anything beyond that is just West or East.

  • @thomengel9720
    @thomengel9720 11 месяцев назад +7

    Angel nailed it with the "We The People" statement. The governments of the world have forgotten who put them where they are. We CAN take them out of their positions of power.

    • @k.f.3282
      @k.f.3282 Месяц назад

      Well said

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      People can take them out of their positions of power, but they don't. For many there are more important things than Route 66.

    • @Somerfieldcomedy
      @Somerfieldcomedy Месяц назад +1

      If voting made I difference we wouldn’t be able to vote

    • @thomengel9720
      @thomengel9720 Месяц назад

      @@Somerfieldcomedy We can at least try.

  • @johntaylor4809
    @johntaylor4809 Год назад +2

    We must have crossed paths somewhere in AZ, we just returned from LA, Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater. Great trip glad you posted it.

  • @zivabrogan5807
    @zivabrogan5807 3 месяца назад

    Just a note, Billy, the first trains in America were built in Glasgow, and, shipped to New Jersey in sections. They were ordered by the American government, who immediately set about copying them and producing their own...a copy of this one in the vid'. Glasgow is still waiting for America to pay for the three they ordered originally! The only modifications made were a tall stack, and a buffalo grill, up front!!!

  • @easyboy1950
    @easyboy1950 Год назад

    Hey Billy, was there an IRN-BRU bottle in that garden?😃

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      Why ask Billy he doesn't read the messages.

  • @nickacoutin2505
    @nickacoutin2505 Год назад

    Great video 👍

  • @seamuspurcell5065
    @seamuspurcell5065 Год назад

    good stuff ❤

  • @sid7088
    @sid7088 Год назад

    Do Canada next, Billy. 🇺🇸🇨🇦

    • @brianmyers4444
      @brianmyers4444 Год назад +2

      This is 12 years old and his Parkinson’s won’t allow any more like it

  • @ignatiusjk
    @ignatiusjk Год назад +1

    it's a shame it takes someone from Glasow Scotland to show us Americans where we came from and what we have in our own backyard.

  • @ashilino
    @ashilino Год назад

    hey, just a well done to your editor

  • @rick1622
    @rick1622 3 месяца назад

    Thanks for the majic Billy blessings to you and yours

  • @dismith73
    @dismith73 Год назад

    From 2011

  • @ToxicDust13
    @ToxicDust13 Год назад +1

    Is this Billy's channel?

  • @wecreatezone8940
    @wecreatezone8940 Год назад

    This show's been released in 2011...

  • @TheAsif5182
    @TheAsif5182 Год назад

    i wish to do the same adventure like the way u did
    but
    its not at ease to goto america .
    especially if pakistani applies for it .

  • @bobiator1
    @bobiator1 5 месяцев назад

    Anyone know the name of the song at 36.35 ?

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      Knees Up Mother Brown.

  • @barbroericson6415
    @barbroericson6415 11 месяцев назад +1

    Still, I have been all over the world, seen ugly, wonderful and all in between, but LA is the UGLIEST places I' v EVER visited,
    California, or the US, never. I'd rather go to Africa, cause that's just BEAUTIFUL, no matter what country, people är wonderful, not mentioning the nature. The USA, NEVER AGAIN. Been there, done that. Africa is the best.😊

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      Go to Africa and stay there.

  • @EddieScottable
    @EddieScottable Год назад

    shit, Big Yin, I pass that bottle farm every day on my way to the bar - wish I knew you were passing through,. I could have explained why you're so wrong about football teams ;-)

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      Firstly this is from 2011, and also IF you do pass the bottle farm you would know it's been shut for some time because the owner is dead.

  • @AidaJof
    @AidaJof Год назад +1

    When did Billy do this tour??? It must be a few years ago as I understand he is now suffering from Alzheimer's ...

    • @dismith73
      @dismith73 Год назад

      2011

    • @irbennett
      @irbennett Месяц назад

      @@dismith73 He has Parkinsons, not Alzheimers.

  • @laurieedeburn2449
    @laurieedeburn2449 Год назад

    share

  • @tinovanderzwanphonocave544
    @tinovanderzwanphonocave544 6 месяцев назад

    damn! That car is a whorehouse on wheels in all the good ways possible!

  • @ArtHelm
    @ArtHelm Год назад +1

    Northern AZ is my secret spot. Please keep passing through.😠 Californians keep out!!

  • @user3378e
    @user3378e Год назад

    I like Billy Connolly but that Volkswagen trike isn’t very Route 66....