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Billy Connolly – Live Greatest Hits [DVD]

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A compendium of the legendary Scottish stand-up’s finest live moments, Billy Connolly’s Greatest Hits takes us on an odyssey of ridiculous facial hair and fart gags that spans almost 25 years. We start in 1975 with the Big Yin sporting his famous outsize banana boots and follow our man as he matures from an endearing gag merchant into a skilful observational master. Connolly’s appeal has always been that of the engaging bloke down the pub: you don’t so much laugh along with the material as get caught up in the hysteria as tangents follow tangents and the plot is lost in a fit of giggles. Almost uniquely in the dark days of the mid 70s, Connolly always had a sense of decorum in his stage act, even when his material was predominantly about swearing, shagging and "jobbies". He was never hateful or motivated by prejudice, preferring instead to cast a bemused child’s eye upon the stupidity of the world. The highlights are gentle if occasionally crude: Billy’s guide to "more fulfilling masturbation", thoughts on plastic surgery and the evil of Toblerone. Billy even muses about ageing which is interesting as this video proves he’s been a gloriously overgrown teenager all along. --Ian Watson

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Billy Connolly – An Audience With [DVD]

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An Audience with Billy Connolly is a mid-1980s recording of one of Britain’s finest live comedians, captured in front of a celebrity audience. While always good value as a stand-up, the rather stilted format of the TV show doesn't suit Connolly as well as it might. One of the main elements of the comedian's appeal has always been his full-flight school of delivery, something that the editing and style of the programme severely undermines. Despite that, there are still enough moments of classic Connolly humour to keep fans entertained. Much of his material here is autobiographical, dealing especially with his Glaswegian childhood. Although hindsight is an uncommon luxury, it is impossible to watch his act without thinking of the revelations in wife Patricia Stephenson's biography, Billy. Not only is it hard to equate the manic comic viewed here with the depressed alcoholic of the time, but the (admittedly very funny) material concerning his relationship with his father has been given incredible added pathos by the book's admissions. There may be extra fun from spotting the awful haircuts and fashion crimes of those who passed for celebrities in 1985 but, in comparison with the countless other Connolly videos on the market (particularly the superb world tours of Scotland and Australia), An Audience with is far from essential. --Phil Udell

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