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Has just got us tickets for Billy Connolly.

I have wanted to see him for years (it was on my bucket list) Now just to find someone to stick a catheter into me at work!

Have now got the tickets in my clammy little hand so all is good!

We're seeing him next Wednesday.

I'll post some spoilers here ...

LMAO - If you could post spoilers with his timing and delivery I might be annoyed...

Who's Billy Connelly?

The worlds greatest living comedian.

Was there a plane crash I didn't hear about?

yrs,
rubato

Ah enjoyable. Rather like a paunchy version of similarly black-clothed, American philosopher, George Carlin;





...who's not yet dead.

Comparing Billy Connolly to George Carlin is like comparing the Mona Lisa to a 3 year olds finger painting!

OOpsy! It's Monday night we're seeing him

SisterMaryFellatio wrote:Comparing Billy Connolly to George Carlin is like comparing the Mona Lisa to a 3 year olds finger painting!

One is static still life, the other flowing creative expression?

SisterMaryFellatio wrote:Comparing Billy Connolly to George Carlin is like comparing the Mona Lisa to a 3 year olds finger painting!

C'mon Connolly isn't that bad.

Gob wrote:OOpsy! It's Monday night we're seeing him

How fucked off would you have been if you'd rocked up 48hrs late...

Gob wrote:The worlds greatest living comedian.

Anyone who thinks this honour should go to George Carlin doesn't really know a lot about the man...

On THIS side of the pond, I always objected to George Carlin being compared to Lenny Bruce.

Carlin obviously tried to copy Lenny's style and wit, but was a poor, pathetic imitation.

Parenthetically, one is hard-pressed to say which of Carlin or Bruce was the more fucked up individual, personally speaking.

Guess I'll have to look into this Connolly person.

I've never seen Connolly doing stand-up. Seen him act a few times, though - good stuff.

Now if Lenny Bruce was still alive...

I loved the hard edged "political" nature of his stuff.

Oh, if anyone's looking for a recommendation on a DVD of Billy Connolly to watch, get this one

An Audience with Billy Connolly.

His best in my books (recorded by the BBC so very little strong language.)

Creatively speaking, Lenny Bruce was the master. He broke so many barriers that there is just no comparison to any later comedian.

George Carlin is very good and more disciplined and literate in the construction of his material. But he had a lot of advantages starting with the fact that Bruce had blazed the trail and that Carlin had a longer career and worked often on US television.

What I've heard of Billy Connolly is mostly cheap laughs with nothing that challenges boundaries or is as well-crafted as either of the above. But maybe he has a better 'set' than has been shown here.

yrs,
rubato

loCAtek wrote:

SisterMaryFellatio wrote:Comparing Billy Connolly to George Carlin is like comparing the Mona Lisa to a 3 year olds finger painting!

One is static still life, the other flowing creative expression?

Still life = painting of an inanimate object eg. bowl of fruit, vase or flowers.

Mona Lisa = Portrait painting of a person!

Flowing creative expression = George Carlin.


Saw him in Vegas, many moons ago. His stage shows are really quite long and in depth. They edit them for the televised versions, including HBO who don't edit his language, just trim the length of his show.

He (Carlin) often gets quite philosophical, while Connolly is just ribald; funny grant you, but coarse. Fart jokes, not matter how elaborate, are fart jokes.