Product: Billy Connolly: Live in New York (2006)
Rating: 3.0
Not His Best But Still Worth It
As a big Billy Connolly fan I was looking forward to this. I owned a lot of his older stuff when I lived in Scotland but since moving to the US though, they seem to be unavailable in US format so seeing as this is one of the few that IS available I snapped it up.I was a wee bit disappointed with this one as it's not as funny as a lot of his other stand-up's and there is material in this one that has been done a lot before BUT that is really my only main disappointment with this one.The usual Billy traits are in this one as well from wether it's him addressing people in the audience or his unmistakable talent of going off on a tangent onto other stories and "jokes" then coming back to somehow remember what he was talking about in the first place! I've always loved the way he tells his stories from when he was growing up to talking about things that he does (and we all do) and manages to make us laugh at ourselves. He also manages to make everyday things that happen seem funny as well. For example, in this one watch out for one of his stories about a certain little old lady on a bus in Clydebank. I won't say any more than that as I don't want to ruin it for you, but it's just a classic example of what I mean about him making fun of everyday things.This is still pure vintage Billy Connolly and even though it does cover older things I would still recommend buying it!!