Billy Connolly - Wildebeest - Two Night Stand 1997

[@GeorgeShepherd-c1l]

If anybody is a wee bit fed up or needing a pick me up just watch this you will never be the same again.Brilliant

[@irbennett]

As if people don't have other things to do.

[@pifflepockle]

@@irbennett You are a very weird tit. Wee silly comments. GTF

[@hugoagogo9435]

That Agnes bit gets me every time. Just one word but the timing and delivery makes it one of the finest comedy moments ever

[@robwalker9555]

don't forget Betty!

[@irbennett]

Agnes is what does it for me. As you say one of the finest comedy moments ever.

[@richardpaxford5792]

"That wee shoulder number..." always puts a smile on my face 🙂

[@kookycat9663]

How brilliant would wildlife programmes be with Billy doing a voice over! Lol!

[@irbennett]

Billy has done voice overs for wildlife programmes.

[@scottlondon8382]

​@@irbennettlink please

[@keepgoing1973]

I feel his hair made this joke even better.

[@brigittewilkinson870]

W

[@brigittewilkinson870]

0 M Wrestlnj

[@Lozzyjayne]

I think this is my all time favourite of Billy's sketches; I can remember very vividly the first time my parents allowed me to stay up past 9PM and they were watching this; I think I nearly died laughing 😂

[@davinastanton3865]

Mine too. I am always laughing at this one. Brilliant sketch. 🌹

[@billlaws6130]

@@davinastanton3865 and

[@renaecorrie5675]

Fuck I’m old

[@keri117]

Same here! His hair made the wildebeest joke even funnier! God I love him so much!! I hope he lives forever ❤️

[@samreid991]

Exactly the same for me 🤣🤣🤣 brings back fond memories! Glad I got to see him live at least once!

[@scottmawhinnie6129]

His story telling is on another planet altogether , what a Legend of a man the greatest Scottish entertainer ever .

[@paulchisholm3305]

Greatest comedian ever! When I was at college they showed us this with the sound turned off to highlight communication through body language and actions. Superb!

[@irbennett]

@@paulchisholm3305 But more than half of it has language.

[@alexandrabooth8938]

I agree, the first time I saw this I nearly died laughing, I fell off the couch. It never ceases to make me laugh and I have watched it thousands of times since

[@irbennett]

@alexandrabooth8938. Billy has said that he only ever did this routine live twice. But Agnes the lion has had a huge effect on people as he was always being stopped on the street by people asking how she was. So he watched the video of the routine, probably this one, and said it was his favourite routine of all the things he has done.

[@irbennett]

I've seen Billy live many times over the years, but I've never seen this routine. I would have loved to have seen it live, for me it's Billy's finest achievement. It's so damn clever. I believe it was only done twice live, which is a shame. The videos are OK up to a point, but just don't measure up compared to a live performance. Billy can feel justifiably proud of what he achieved here, it's that good. At the end of his career, Billy can point to this and say, I did that and smile inwardly. Outstanding. I salute you.

[@girlfromthedwarf]

Ten days before xmas; outside my house is a steep hill covered in sheet ice, I'm up to my eyes with stuff to do and I'm knackered. Billy is the only cure right now!

[@barbarauridge1575]

Billy is the best comedian in history. I hope he’s doing ok, life is so cruel

[@irbennett]

Billy is my favourite living comedian. But of the comedians I've seen, he lies in fourth place.

[@lyndsaycrawford]

This is just typical of the big yin. He is the David Attenborough of people. Our national treasure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@irbennett]

I thought David Attenborough was the David Attenborough of people.

[@paulclarkson9343]

I watched this with my mum when I first got this on DVD/video (can't remember which) . My mum rarely stopped working/moving, but she sat down and watched this with me. She laughed her head off, which she rarely did. It's one of the few memories I have of just me and my mum enjoying something together.

[@Tyrannimarja]

Careful with the head tho. Repeat a few times and it gets dizzy real fast. 😂❤

[@markdziadulewicz6160]

The timing of "Agnes" was to die for and so unexpected you couldn't fail to spit out anything you were stupid enough to try and consume during a Billy Connolly diatribe.... Eat then view but NEVER simultaneously 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@daphnethurlow5388]

Correct..or your food will be decorating the wall across the room

[@philt5782]

Billy nearly killed me. I was laughing so much whilst eating a curry with my mates I choked. Badly. I love Billy Connolly.

[@philt5782]

Billy nearly killed me. I was laughing so much whilst eating a curry with my mates I choked. Badly. I love Billy Connolly.

[@irbennett]

That's common sense.

[@etniesdub1]

Billy Connolly gets a lot of praise and none of it is anywhere near enough to justify his brilliance. Me and my family still regularly reference his jokes without every mentioning exactly what we're talking about. I know you, I do, I know you, I know your face.

[@JC-sd3vh]

I wouldn't know I'm a tobbganist

[@TheKaiTetley]

@@JC-sd3vh He means Tobacconist

[@Bohowanderer]

Yep, we do that too lol

[@Ptownmarc]

Hands down, greatest comedian of all time.

[@markdziadulewicz6160]

How brilliant is that 🤣

[@Bravo-30]

I’d love to have Billy narrate a David Attenborough documentary in that style 😂😂😂

[@blucat4]

That is a superb idea!! 😄

[@irbennett]

Nobody narrates a David Attenborough documentary better than David himself.

[@gailmitchell1381]

@@Bravo-30 Imagine if they did one together...it would probably be the most brilliant documentary ever done...

[@irbennett]

@@gailmitchell1381 What's the word I'm looking for? Oh yes, bollocks

[@samhunter8215]

Deserves way more views by far one of Connolly’s most iconic sketches

[@markdziadulewicz6160]

Agnes... Betty.... It's so funny and his mannerisms are perfect especially the attack plan ...tears always roll no matter how many times I watch it.....

[@keri117]

I Love him!!!❤️

[@heardashot]

I agree, a comical genius. Wonderful imagination. One just jumps onboard and he literally sweeps you off your feet with laughter. A great man & dearly loved.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

@@markdziadulewicz6160 ...And didn't you just love all those "commando-sign-language" bits..... the attack plan....So beloved of Hollywood! What a cracking piss-take...... The man is one of life's greatest observationists ..... Ever.

[@markdziadulewicz6160]

@@patagualianmostly7437 and his facial expressions were so funny...

[@ComboMuster]

He's in the World Comedy Hall of Fame. A Legend.

[@chrisb1682]

Never fails..... Tears of laughter.... « Agnes... ».... Wonderful... Thank you Billy 💕🌿

[@garymahony2844]

Pure platinum…you can picture the animal characters 😆.. Billy’s hair does add to this story … love ya Billy ❤

[@kc9602]

My Dad and I used to love watching/listening to the Big Yin!! We'd watch his "World Tour of Scotland" together. Thank you, Dad 😢

[@danw1374]

First time I ever heard Billy was on a cassette id brought in the early 80s. It was a story about the fan who went in the wrong end at the Old firm derby. Just too funny I was crying. Loved him ever since😂

[@NowFunStarts]

love your dad..

[@reecelock5131]

genuinely one of the best bits of standup Ive seen

[@jasonnewell7036]

I had to fill in last minute for a stand up commedian who didn't show in a sketch review I was part of in the very late 90s. I swiped this whole joke to cover the slot and it went down an absolute treat. I am so grateful to Billy for being as funny as he is that even done second hand by an Australian not yet in his 20s can still have a crowd in hysterics.

[@johnfeeney6713]

I have fond memories of my dad and I literally crying while laughing at this sketch. Billy Connolly, the GOAT of stand-up.

[@michiveritas1420]

Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin😆

[@brianevans6423]

Absolutely love this gem of a guy and his unique observance of life. There's humor in everything...thats what he teaches us.

[@irbennett]

I doubt there was humour in his sisters' funeral.

[@pennylaneaidan7087]

Your having a shit day, it's time to put Billy Connolly on.

[@DinoNut88]

So true

[@patagualianmostly7437]

Shit! I was carefully pouring a beer...watching the screen ... when he said ...."Agnes!" Spilt the bugger....... Bloody hell!...... Billy!...you owe me a beer! 🤣

[@irbennett]

I don't understand why people eat or drink or both while watching Billy. Though it does give them an opportunity to lie.

[@5orgen51]

"Do you see a lion?" "I've never seen a lion. What are they like?"

[@BuzzyB101]

There's a kind of liony feel about the place... Excuse me for being fucking born... I actually fell off the sofa, crying with laughter

[@TheScientist43]

"You ask a question about a lion you get a mouthful of fucking abuse." 🤣🤣🤣

[@kumasenlac5504]

I've never seen a lion...

[@gretebremseth1622]

@@kumasenlac5504 Is it beige?

[@irbennett]

No you didn't.

[@roolaing]

Alongside the dinner party, this is the greatest sketch ever. I know it word for word. Great memories watching this with my brother.

[@irbennett]

It's not a sketch.

[@Phyllis1956]

The funniest man on the planet. I have watched this so many times and still get hysterical when he tells Agnes and Betty what to do. An amazing man. ❤❤❤

[@Oxter]

this is just pure comedy, i can';t help but laugh every time. " Agnes!"

[@NowFunStarts]

me to, Betty

[@andyberridge6455]

Billy Connolly, the king of comedy sketches.

[@irbennett]

He does stories not sketches. He's done sketches with Kenny Everett.

[@trishlangford5773]

Billy is an absolute LEGEND. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@stellajennings2265]

No words just brilliant Billy i love you.👏👏👏👏👏

[@irbennett]

There were lots and lots of words.

[@ivyhope660]

Priceless! Makes me laugh out loud every time I watch it. Mr Connolly is a comedy genius. I dread the day when he is no longer here.

[@claudevieaul1465]

Out of all sketches Billy's done over the decades, this one stand out to me - absolutely brill!!! But there's an old recording floating around somewhere where he's telling about parties at homes where he put cling film over the toilet bowl. If you've ever heard it you'll never ever going to forget it! That was totally mind-blowing! 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@britishsteel666dc]

First time I saw this I laughed for weeks every time I thought about it, funniest routine ever

[@williamanderson9915]

Anytime I hear the name Agnes I just remembered this one 😂 like now when storm Agnes is coming I just think of lions haha

[@irbennett]

@@williamanderson9915 Lies.

[@derrickboscombe2385]

Fooking brilliant and the lioness names are classic. 😀👌

[@murdoch691]

Let's be totally honest here we are talking about a legend that all comics say that without Billy they would not be famous and rich the guy is a true fucking legend the greatest comic this world has produced and he has very really told a joke his observations of life are connectable because we all have been there a true legend

[@irbennett]

He was hugely influential and changed the direction of comedy. But a lot of your post is bollocks. Also Billy told a lot of jokes. when he was younger, and occasionally during the rest of his career.

[@kerrpy24vim]

the way he told this so excellent. love it. liony feel to it..

[@traceylouisebutterworth6022]

I LOVE THIS MAN.My father introduced his comedy at tender age of 10/ish. My da used to fall over laughing .so did I.I miss you dad😅😅😂🎤

[@mrs.b.5864]

Best comedian ever!

[@graemewatson1106]

The way he tells the story plus the tone of his voice makes 😂 as comedians go Billy is the GOAT

[@scottyjoe21]

Best comedian in the world by far.

[@irbennett]

How many oof the world's comedians have you actually seen.

[@NewPhone-pm5pf]

Billy just can tell a story like no-one else. It's like your there with him watchingl listening he just doesn't tell a joke he tells a story. Would have loved to see one of his shows. But life got in the way but still can enjoy his stories on here. Love you Billy along with half the population of Earth I guess.

[@wanderingsotherthings-hy4dy]

Hilarious. The World`s a better place with Billy in it.

[@alvacunningham9018]

This joke had me crying with laughter...he is so special

[@irbennett]

It's a story, not a joke.

[@rexsolomon9407]

I had the great luck to be in the UK and saw this show.

[@irbennett]

Luck indeed, as the Wildebeest routine was only ever done live twice. If this video is one of them, the one you were at its the other.

[@fionaphillips3458]

All aspiring stand ups, this is how it's done, watch and learn, kept us in stitches for years. Thanks for the laughter, Gallus dancer !

[@LocusFelix]

Holy shit 😂😂😂 I almost coughed a lung up

[@davidtillson729]

Brilliant Billy We love you

[@candycane61]

Hysterical. Always

[@irbennett]

I bet you are.

[@lordcarnorjax8599]

No matter how many times I watch this sketches it still has me laughing hard. Agnes and Betty are hilarious names for the lions as they are names of little old ladies like your grandmother these days.

[@irbennett]

He doesn't do sketches. Why. do people think he does sketches.

[@timford6277]

When I have a bad day and feel like utter shit This man brings my soul back with laughter ❤️

[@irbennett]

Don't you know other people.

[@samreid991]

Top tier billy right here 🤣🤣

[@baldyconnolly8577]

I saw this leg of the tour when it came to the Liverpool Empire, one of The Big Yin's favourite venues to play. He did almost three hours and not a minute wasted. Legend.

[@lieutenantdan839]

He did the same in Glasgow for 4 hour's, honestly I had to take painkillers for my aching sides after.

[@AyodejiAjayi-p4e]

Hi

[@somecuriosities]

Potentially the best bit by the best comedian of all time..! 🏆

[@daphnethurlow5388]

One of the very best from Billy..genius..nobody like him..not even close

[@Jason-md2fn]

A COULD quite happilly sit and watch this guy for ever ,honestly ,what a laugh,and he's so in touch with everyday humananity,,it's ,well a free up in Drumchapel and Govan,so he brings back so many happy memories ,Brilliant stuff

[@joankhan99]

The funniest man alive, ever 🤣

[@ss-cl9bz]

Pure genius. This never gets old or stops being funny

[@jamesodonnell6399]

Absolutely BRILL

[@dozysplot]

It’s “Agnes” & “Betty” for me. Tears of laughter 😂

[@aldorfc220]

😁😃🤭😂🤣😭😭😂🤣 Was in Kenya in 2007 and I thought of this when I was on my 4day safari 😂

[@stellajennings2265]

Omg this so brilliant watch regularly cry laughing every time.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@skyekite101]

A truly amazing comedian! Never fails to make me laugh 😂

[@alanrobb2974]

One of the funniest sketches ever composed

[@irbennett]

This is a story not a sketch.

[@TicoStudio90]

That is the funniest thing Billy has ever done. I literally hurt my stomach muscles laughing every time l watch that. Absolutely hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@allanwhiteley9723]

The goat of stand up !! The king !

[@michaelsnow4735]

I'm surprised that I haven't seen this, brilliant thanks

[@grahamwarford5452]

He had me at agness 🤣🤣🤣

[@gailmitchell1381]

Bicycle Connolly should be a mandatory university course

[@irbennett]

Oh FFS.

[@RexfromIslaNublar]

“Pssst. Agnes.” 😂😂😂

[@Roheryn100]

My late husband and I would repeat this in the car and die laffing…

[@peterdylanfreeman7700]

The only guy to make me fall outa my seat laughing 😂

[@halleron656]

did you know farts have colours? billy's set made me die laughing as a 10yo kid tho.. #never grow up

[@poida66]

Yes! I saw him in Perth about 15 years ago. Slid right out of my seat onto the floor at one stage. Best night ever! “Every time God appears to a prophet, there’s no witnesses. How convenient” Plenty of witnesses to his Billy’s god-like work though

[@irbennett]

@@halleron656 He said farts should have colours.

[@CMenzy]

There's a fair few wildebeest in Glasgow and there's also a few lionesses called Agnes, and Betty there may even be one called senga but she's more like a water buffalo

[@irbennett]

Jibber jabber.

[@md4159]

Lined up from word go. Brilliant.

[@thehistorybard6333]

The lioness names got me. "Agnes" xD

[@NickJohnCoop]

“Betty” is the perfect accompaniment.

[@AnaLuizaHella]

Yes! 😂

[@Hossak]

Me too, that was a masterstroke. Agnes LOL!

[@RexfromIslaNublar]

“RAAAAAAAGH!” “FUCKING LIOOOOON!” 😂😂😂

[@b2bconnectnow]

One of the funniest pieces! My mum loves this :-)

[@Io-Io-Io]

Perfect in every way. Great guy :)

[@aldorfc7287]

When I watch safari programmes I think about this and can't help but burst into laughing 😂😂

[@damenwhelan3236]

Always my favourite bit of his. Brilliant.

[@declanhealy4575]

Billy is a genius

[@dragoncomber]

Love this. 🦁 Doing that shoulder number 😂

[@irbennett]

Here is where people get desperate.

[@synl8847]

This always gets me laughing out loud 🤣 😂

[@stefanvanrensburg6096]

I so wish I could have seen Billy live

[@arlenemcmurdo953]

My all time favourite

[@kalebhermann8097]

Love it!

[@ciaranburke3243]

That shit is beyond funny, pissing myself here 🤣😂

[@irbennett]

And still typing that must be messy.

[@ciaranburke3243]

@@irbennett forget to put laughing in 😂

[@sevebolton8732]

Ohh will there ever be another !!

[@irbennett]

You never know.

[@emmetwalsh2097]

Try this with no sound. Still very funny, a mark of the man's genius. Best ever? I laugh just remembering it.

[@TheGrandOracle]

I’m wheezing

[@uranitemare]

Am bucklt...still has me roarin after all these years😅😅

[@craigmuncie2634]

Genius

[@pauladavies4984]

Love you Billy ❤ Fabulous ❤

[@davidstone-haigh4880]

My wife's fave skit.

[@gemmahelliwell8302]

Agnes just floored me lol

[@DieFlabbergast]

There are two bushy trees in the field opposite our bedroom window. I've named them Agnes and Ethel.

[@irbennett]

@@DieFlabbergast You're insane.

[@emilyrobbins3238]

Great, great fun.

[@KB-dk6px]

A genius.

[@franceshicks5337]

Yes love the names lol Betty, Agnes so funny lol

[@patagualianmostly7437]

That cracked me....."Psst...Agnes...."

[@MrKaywyn]

A master class in mime.

[@irbennett]

A lot of the routine was spoken. For me it was the naming of the lions, and the wildebeest not realising they were wildebeest.