Billy Connolly - Wind in Scotland - Live at Usher Hall 1995

[@SoberOKMoments]

I never, ever, never ever ever tire of watching the old clips of Billy Connolly. There has never been anyone like him on stage and no one has brought the world more laughter. I wish him so very well and I thank him so much for all he has given us.

[@irbennett]

Having seen Billy live many times over the years, I don't often watch his videos. The videos are all well and good but don't compare at all with seeing a live Billy gig.

[@T--xk3hf]

Post goatee (the John Cleese years) Billy Connolly is his best.

[@heatchills4093]

There isn't enough applause in the world to do this man justice.

[@yehudimcewan5167]

We should replace the statue of William Wallace we have in Scotland with one of Billy. He's done more for Scotland and it's modern image than anyone.

[@annetteironside6043]

Qqw

[@yehudimcewan5167]

@@annetteironside6043 ???

[@bexsta7766]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@tcamphaug4106]

t6 and the rest is just fine

[@mairi2693]

I used to live in a small, wind battered island in the Outer Hebrides that had no trees growing on it either and, strangely enough, all of us had the same haircuts too... including the sheep! lol!! 💨

[@destinationunknown7857]

From what I understand, that island is where the men are men and the sheep are scared lol

[@AlOwens]

:-)

[@HighlandViking]

I used to live in Melvaig just north of Gairloch and man the wind was something to behold.. Lol

[@AlOwens]

@@HighlandViking I spent some time in Lerwick. The wind was rough. In addition, I was bitten by one of those nasty wee horses.

[@clungbungo2685]

Windswept and interesting friend

[@EdelweisSusie]

He did a joke once about a kid in the countryside with his father, calling the cows ‘f-ers’. When his dad asked why, the kid said he’d been told that’s what they were. (He meant ‘heifers’). That joke still cracks me up 40 years later. What a gem.

[@wightangel]

His handling of hecklers is legendary. He never fails to make me laugh and have my troubles drift away for a few minutes.

[@glennpowell3444]

Have you ever seen Jimmy Carr handle a heckler? Brutal stuff verbally but very clever.Any clever comedian has his/her heckler armory otherwise they face dying on stage.To heckle some of those guys you have to be either incredibly quick and sharp or very very stupid.Great to watch though.

[@scottw.3258]

@@glennpowell3444 Connolly just shuts them off and keeps going(which for me, is the right thing to do with hecklers). There's a guy i saw on KZbin(i think he's Canadian), a Jewish guy. All his videos are about him shutting down hecklers. The videos are all 10, maybe 15 minutes long. So he'll be going through his set - heckle - and off he goes, obsessed with shutting this heckler down for 15 minutes!! He's maybe got a 30 minute set, half of it is 'shutting down' a heckler. From what i've seen, personally, i think he's one of those idiots who has paid stooges in the audience and the heckle is his act. Worst of it is, the boy thinks he's hilarious and oh so clever for the way in which he shut's these hecklers up. he gives a 5 minute intro at the start of the video to give context to the situation. He's one of the worst comedians i've ever seen.

[@katesleuth1156]

@@scottw.3258 Is it Norm MacDonald?

[@Laura55sere]

That’s why I’m watching him, just a few minutes of smiling, great tonic.

[@glennpowell3444]

@@scottw.3258 I never thought about hiring hecklers as part of the act but very good point.Maybe?. The worst comedian I ever witnessed was in Blackpool on a caberet evening.He got so desperate for a laugh he insulted a guy over his balding haircut in the audience.The balding haircut chap thought about this insult full of beer and went to the stage after a few minutes and man handled the comedian backwards into the " house bands" drumkit at the back of the stage.The poor comics name was Junior Johnson and will never forget that poor sod for all the wrong reasons.

[@kirstygunn9149]

This routine got me sent out of the room at the age of 15, by my great auntie Bridie .I was sat watching the TV with my 2nd cousin Billy ( who around 17 years older than me ) my auntie Bridie was reading a book sat next to me on the sofa, and I started laughing and making the sofa bounce ,my auntie tutted then I laughed again she said that all my bouncing had made her read the same line twice and if I didn't stop I'd have to go sit with the dogs out back, well, the bit with the kid asking for sweets made me gafaw so hard she just put her book down and said " out" so I had to leave the room .my 2nd cousin then started to laugh even harder at this and she said "you'll be out too if you dunny stop." It always makes me smile when I think of it . Sadly they have both passed away over the past few years both due to cancers ,my 2nd cousin Billy sadly passed earlier this year .they will both be missed but will aways be remembered for the joy they have brought to my life.

[@johntoffee2566]

Bless you Kirsty. Write a memoir. I'd read it.

[@uk4ss4ssin]

I feel ya and sorry for ur loss, I lost my Mum to Cancer in 2018. But the Big Yin gives us memorys eh?

[@louisereid1744]

Sweet memories, happy memories! They will always be with you! Bless them..

[@ISGTC]

So sweet memory, bless you. Thanks for sharing, I felt like I was there too with you laughing.

[@barryscotland250]

Bigger than Nessie Billy truly is the King of Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@susanfarley1332]

There is no one that can compare to Billy. His humor catches me off guard and that's the best kind. I adore and value this wonderful man.

[@susanfarley1332]

@@P3RSY ginger horror?

[@susanfarley1332]

@@P3RSY ok

[@thejaxter6384]

So here I am again, me and Billy, at midnight, laughing hysterically again 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@spanqueluv9er]

@thejaxter6384 Nope. It’s just you. Again.🤡🤦‍♂️

[@edoboleyn]

Best time for it. 😊

[@archiemustachie3693]

Same here

[@francesbaldwin2526]

If there is nothing else to talk about in Scotland the weather sure is. Whan god created Billy Connelly he created a master

[@theeaselrider4032]

" It's raining Dog Piss in Oslo". I always go to Billy for my weather updates.

[@orion5717]

I first saw Billy in 1982, at the Apollo Victoria in London. I’d heard of him but wasn’t too aware of his comedic style! Well, it only took ten minutes , or even less, for me to be holding my sides and almost peeing myself with laughter. The man’s a comedy genius and legend!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

And a grand promoter of random shocking incontinence!

[@scottbartley9730]

Oh man that was the first time I saw him too. Later in NY at Carnegie Hall.

[@missomurphy]

I saw him there too. There was a man behind me I thought was going to die and I knew I wouldn’t be able to help him because I was laughing too hard too 😂 Funniest man in the world

[@irbennett]

1981. Bites Yer Bum.

[@francesbaldwin2526]

I was there since the beginning with the banana skin boots. Aged ,78 now and he still makes me laugh. A legend in his own time and beyond.

[@Patchitt]

Thank you Billy. You never fail to make me laugh.

[@pata299]

Best Regards of the day Sir Yin!

[@JamesFaulds-g3g]

I first heard Billy Connolly in 975 live and he was pure brilliant. From then 'til now he's became world famous.

[@deandunn-q1o]

My mother-in-law's friend was his housekeeper at one time. What an awesome comic and talent. 😊😊😊

[@rachelsirett8809]

Wish I had seen him live , he's my childhood absolutely love him l am a 72 born baby

[@trueaussie9230]

I spent 2 1/2 years in the UK in the late 1990's. Scotland was by far my favourite location. The north-west in particular. I have wonderful memories of Xmas / New Year on Skye and at Loch Broom. If not for this damned pandemic Scotland would be my second home. I've Scots heritage and a current UK passport, I could be back there tomorrow.

[@amazinggrace5692]

Here’s hoping you can get back soon to the lovely country you are drawn to! 💕🐝💕🐞💕🇺🇸

[@trueaussie9230]

@@amazinggrace5692 Thank you very much for your kind wishes. With this current pandemic, and the world-wide shambolic approach to resolving the associated problems, I don't see international travel being viable for some considerable time.. At this stage of my life I suspect my only possibility of returning will be via 'the low road'.

[@amazinggrace5692]

@@trueaussie9230 Ah yes I see. I’m gonna apologize right now to the world for the disastrous way some of our citizens and leaders have behaved during the pandemic. It’s shameful and ridiculous. The rest of us are trying to change things, but it’s hard to convince someone with facts and logic when they operate on feelings and slavish devotion to a cult figure. You can extend this apology to other things like global warming too. 💕🐝🇺🇸

[@trueaussie9230]

@@amazinggrace5692 'Facts and logic' vs 'feelings and slavish devotion to a cult figure'. Sounds to me like science vs religion. Unfortunately indoctrination, from birth, in 'feelings and slavish devotion' in one area of life 'numbs the brain' and diminishes the likelihood of acceptance of 'facts and logic' in any / all other areas of life.

[@amazinggrace5692]

@@trueaussie9230 More. Critical thinking skills need to be taught very early in school so we can all think for ourselves.

[@yehudimcewan5167]

I was at that gig. Paster Jack glass was outside still protesting about the last supper. Brilliant.

[@irbennett]

Paster Jack Glass. Was he a painter and decorator?

[@irenehunter4736]

On yersel big yin, legend 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@estellawobker3568]

I saw him in Johannesburg and have never laughed so much. He is the best. An Old Girl in KZN SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦

[@deborahwatson5159]

Love You Big Yin, Take Care and Keep Safe, XX Keep Safe Everyone

[@jadesmith6823]

There will never be another Billy Connolly and how awesome is his mindset ❤️🤣🙏🙌

[@jimw6659]

If only these whole shows could be released :)

[@Westcountrynordic]

Isn't this part of the world tour of Scotland dvd

[@lawrence.porter]

@@Westcountrynordic it is. All of his gigs are available.

[@irbennett]

@@lawrence.porter That's nonsense. Billy has probably done hundreds of gigs, they're not all available.

[@lawrence.porter]

​@@irbennett I don't mean literally ALL. I mean each tour he's done has been filmed at some point or a compilation has been made from different nights. It would be stupid to think they film all nights with the same material.

[@irbennett]

@@lawrence.porter If it's Billy it won't be the same material. So why did you say all his gigs are available when you didn't mean it., literally or otherwise. Not all the tours he's done have been filmed.

[@gh103]

How can one man be so funny, right from the word go? 😂 My stomach aches for a week after watching him...

[@irbennett]

If it aches for a week, see a doctor.

[@legie6475]

One of the best comedians that ever graced the stage ! So funny and makes you feel happy and in these current tough time's, just watch the "big yin" ! What a hero and l wish him well in his battle with his health xx

[@TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC]

Love, love LOVE the big yin ⚡😎❤️😎⚡

[@TheBlueCaterpillarStudio]

He makes me so happy…

[@adamhutchison6723]

King of Scotland

[@TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC]

@@TheBlueCaterpillarStudio same

[@TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC]

@@adamhutchison6723 😎

[@trickers2269]

One of the funniest comedians to have graced this beautiful planet

[@gerhardtmuller7439]

great guy, Billy. met him on my kawasaki turbo, which he liked very much. gave me 5 mins of his time and was cool as you like.

[@martinmckay3241]

Two things I will never forget about Billy Connolly.. 1 was the whole creeping up on a Wildebeest thing and one looks across at the other and goes.. "Betty.."... And the second was the gurgling noises he did after drinking the water on holiday... Genuinely had to turn it off.. I thought I was going to die from laughing... Sometimes you have to go back over old videos, because first time round you're laughing that hard.. You become deaf.. briefly... And then you've missed part of the punchline you couldn't hear from the floor.

[@TessConnellan]

We had that dvd with the wildebeest story when i was a kid and god i remember being in pain from laughter... i think the other lion says "agnes" and oh my god it just slayed me

[@irbennett]

What gurgling noises?

[@martinmckay3241]

@@irbennett Basically the noise his arse makes when his insides wanted to be outsides ....its kind of like Donald Duck making fart noises ,coupled with the howls of him as a result of the sulphureic acid coming out his arse 🤣🤣🤣

[@irbennett]

@@martinmckay3241 Oh you mean the duck noises.

[@jendaly1]

There is now & will only ever be, ONE BIG YIN?!? 😍😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👊✊🏽✌🏿

[@irbennett]

That's going to be difficult because bigyin is quite a common term in Scotland.

[@DavidTaylorGo.Go.Go.]

I was there. Magical 😁

[@Scoosh-po4tx]

Only 2 words needed for this legend."fuckin amazing"

[@irbennett]

My two words would have been Billy Connolly.

[@Maya9396]

We got winds like that. I do not know why but i always loved Scotland and Billy is great! 😂🇳🇱❣️

[@williamrobinson7435]

You know its a testament to Billy Connoly's comic genius that you can see the same vid within 2 days twice, not be pissed on either occasion and enjoy it more the 2nd time round. This shows the gentler side of this Artist, because it's still hilarious but he clearly loves the people who live where he describes.. Brilliant and very warm and lovely! 👍

[@irbennett]

Bollocks.

[@neilr4867]

So glad I've seen this legend live. Bucket list item ✅

[@audioupgrades]

The wind is good for keeping the midges away, though.

[@barrymcguire5048]

There's no midge's in Scotland

[@audioupgrades]

@@barrymcguire5048 No midges? Wishful thinking there, my friend.

[@casaMariaPT]

@@barrymcguire5048 Ha ha! No midges in Scotland...that's a joke worthy of Billy himself.

[@jameswallace7091]

@@barrymcguire5048 maybe they just don’t like the taste of you. Because I’ve been to Scotland lots as a kid and they certainly liked the taste of me. Little bastards.

[@itookallthenames]

Why are they so small they get blown away?

[@shaundarling382]

Emotional.what a man proud to be scottish❤

[@Ralphieboy]

There is one tree on the Shetlands, it is growing in the courtyard of the church, where it is sheltered from the winds.

[@genokemp2433]

🤣

[@lindaj5492]

And claiming sanctuary 😂

[@musicmanstu4427]

I mind watching this on tv and being instantly a fan his jokes got me into trouble at school the teachers face when I talked about the rhythm method of contraception was priceless

[@yvonnejohnson3041]

I saw Billy in the 80s,Brilliant,very funny.Best comic out of Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@StuartCarruthers-w9g]

He makes me proud to be Scottish class act

[@susannahandrews3786]

Tears in my eyes ...laughing so much😂😅😂

[@darrenbowen3027]

Saw Billy in Brighton and he was amazing always found him funny ever since I was a kid and my dad playing his record.

[@Canalcoholic]

I’ve been to Orkney many times, it’s weird to watch sea birds flapping away like crazy but still actually going backwards.

[@22Phantasm]

Billy mentions the gig in Johannesburg in this clip. I was at that gig. I love him now as I loved him then.

[@wood1988]

It's 1995 and I think he's the first person to wear Crocs!

[@locoLocotrains]

billy taught me to laugh at life and myself

[@AndreasBergman]

I'm so glad this channel exists! 😄 Brings so much joy week in and week out.

[@roybennett9284]

Scotland is like Australia,ten big cities the rest a vast expanse of land of many colours.... wouldn't miss it for the world,it's home

[@bazza426]

From Dundee in Scotland and can agree lol

[@scottie2636]

I do miss it, as I'm in the states. Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world.

[@irbennett]

@@scottie2636 China is the most beautiful country in the world.

[@michaelsnow4735]

How have I missed this?,a legend

[@kerrydyer7155]

Seen him six times across his career & every time my sides & jaw would ache the next day. Noone has ever come close.

[@irbennett]

Funny, I've seen Billy's gigs over the years and my sides and jaw never ached the following day.

[@missomurphy]

I saw Billy when he was playing a week at at the Usher Hall in 1990. My niece saw him on a different night the same week and he did a completely different act. A genius 😅

[@sarakirk9542]

Thank you thank you thank you for showing this clip! Absolutely adore this vIdeo Billy does of the wind in Scotland. Was rolling on floor laughing at this when it first aired in 1995! Still laugh at this even now. Children on bits of string so bloody hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@shropsiberian]

Raining dog piss in Oslo 🤣🤣🤣 I remember watching this as part of the World Tour of Scotland broadcast & thinking I might die on the floor of my bedroom from laughing so hard 😆😆🤦🏻‍♂️

[@carolynmaclennan1299]

What a way to go though eh 😉

[@irbennett]

We can but hope.

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

When he was talking about Scotland being empty I thought he was talking about New Zealand. Our country is empty too. Maybe that's why I liked Scotland so much.

[@irbennett]

He's said the same about New Zealand. He recommended people to go as there's no bugger there.

[@markjeffers4663]

Legend the big yin is just so fckn funny saw him years ago at the waterfront hall in Belfast could not stop lol

[@rosie0970]

I was blown off a clifftop in Scotland when I was 17, and fell 60 ft. I landed on a tent where a couple were blowing up an airbed, at least that what they said to my rescuers.

[@yehudimcewan5167]

Just started reading his new autobiography yesterday and it's really enjoyable.

[@andersdottir1111]

I’ve got it on order at the library- looking forward to reading it.

[@yehudimcewan5167]

@@andersdottir1111 you'll enjoy it. There's a few jokes you'll have already heard but still a good read.

[@lawrence.porter]

I went to see Billy in Greenock. He came out and said before the tour started he had a look at the itinerary when he noticed Greenock on it. He shouted out, 'who the fuck put Greenock on there?' we all knew what you meant Billy but we're glad you braved the weather, the weirdos, the pot holes and the jaikeys. 😂

[@paulchisholm3305]

Have met Billy but unfortunately never saw him perform. My loss

[@irbennett]

Your loss indeed. The videos are OK up to a point, but his live gigs are something to behold.

[@KermitFrogThe]

Every region has it's unique weather. I remember moving to Manchester years ago rand ealising rain could come downwards. In my home town it was more polite, if you faced it, rain came straight to meet you. Atlantic and channel winds would mean you could walk one direction home and have a dry front and soaked back.

[@irbennett]

Billy has always said that there is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes.

[@kenycharles8600]

Thank you for sharing this story !

[@beefriendlypainter]

Just absolutely spot on.. Billy's the best 😂

[@uksolider]

I live on Unst and the wind is savage, but its the weather that sculpt the islands...

[@sallybuchan6166]

God bless you Billy. Thanks for the laughs 😂❤

[@lynmcnorton9627]

Bloody brilliant the man’s a genius 🤩

[@susanmason6476]

Love Billy god bless you Bill , you are my sunshine .I watch all your shows on utube. It’s my chocolate .Take care Bill xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@irbennett]

That is such bollocks.

[@introspectivedreamer3864]

Thanks Billy for more amazing laughter you're my hero always👍😂

[@finnmcool2]

Reminds me of a description I once heard of the middle of the US. "It's just miles and miles of miles and miles."

[@SamuelBlack84]

I once visited Inverness and he's right about the weather, every season in one moment and very bloody cold! Fun, though 🙂

[@irbennett]

It depends when you go. I've been to Inverness in the summer and it was lovely. It was also the first and last time somebody came up to me in the street and wanted to sell me drugs. I said no as I had very little money on me.

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@irbennett Why the hell would you want that repugnant crap in your system? I'd be more interested in discovering Nessie That's far more important than surrendering my existence to somewhat "just feels good"

[@irbennett]

He was talking about Edinburgh.

[@irbennett]

@@SamuelBlack84 As I Said, I said no.

[@NyanCatbug]

I love how this man wore this black hi-lo shirt for actual decades xD

[@irbennett]

Not the same one.

[@NyanCatbug]

@irbennett same style. My comment still stands. Not sure if you're a buzzkill or just neurodivergent, but let people enjoy things. The point was I like his signature hi-lo shirt. Extra iconic when paired with the black and white striped pants. The man had wardrobe staples, and kept the same looks for quite some time. You're overcorrecting something that never needed correcting to begin with, but in the case you're autistic or something, thanks for the input?

[@Stefan-dr2yd]

The BEST! I'VE EVER SEEN ! I love him. 😂

[@declanshanahan3888]

Brilliant Brilliant story teller, gutted I never saw him.

[@lindaj5492]

2:50 ‘hanglide in the main street’ - reminds me of doing that in between the high-rise blocks of Moss Heights in Glasgow, holding open our navy school trenchcoats (remember those in the 1960s?) and taking giant leaps with the wind behind us. First residential multi-storey (10 storeys) development in Europe: three blocks, the central one really wide, and all built on top of a hill. Windows on the narrow sides were regularly blown out 😳

[@Moira-lr5bp]

When there's a gale blowing, the Scottish women are delighted to get their washing pegged up with the famous call "a rare day for the drying ."

[@FLYINGTHOR]

It was clothing lottery in my estate in Ireland, wind would whip clothes off the lines, end up in other people's gardens. People were sick of trying to locate owners, so it was an unspoken agreement that you just kept (and wore) what ended up in your garden. Or up on your roof. Or in one instance, hanging from the TV aerial....the biggest bra I have ever seen in my life. My auld lad got a clip around the ear when he said he knew who owned that 😂

[@irbennett]

@@FLYINGTHOR If I remember correctly, if there was a wind blowing on Shetland the washing wasn't put out to dry. If you put your washing out, you would never see it again.

[@blindsquirrel7802]

Fear the mullet. Scotland forever!

[@healgrowlovecommunity8397]

I live in the Outer Hebrides and this is true 😂😂😂

[@paulhirst4791]

God Bless you Billy Connolly! 🇺🇸✌️😎

[@fatwalletboy2]

Youre watching peak era billy here

[@louisereid1744]

Billy in the 90’s so so good!

[@orkneyskylark751]

I live in Orkney and I know what he means. I can't open my garden gate often in the winter because of the wind blowing against it. So I have to climb over my fence to get out. And you must be careful to park your vehicle into the wind, so it don't take your doors off when you open them. But it's all good fun and I love it up here.

[@SolracFS]

Absolutely brilliant

[@Hailstonepie]

Great stuff.

[@thecaledoniansleeper2648]

Scotland is like basically like Canada of the UK. There were people who live in major cities, but with the rest of that vast open land there’s hardly anybody else out there at all.

[@ericthompson3982]

Such a genius.

[@welshaccenttutorials3104]

I needed that thank you

[@davidbull7210]

This was filmed in 1994 and released on VHS in 1995.

[@Ian-if2lf]

Been to Lewis and Harris while on archology digs, grew up in Shetland, Look.. all of the west coast of Scotland gets battered by high winds and storms , But Shetland gets it worse than all of them, I seem to remember wind speed testing equipment breaking early in a storm just after recording a record breaking gust in Shetland (not considered a record because the equipment broke, and the storm got worse that night), and growing up we as kids would play with the waives and wind that came to our shores in a very dangerous way, it was our play station.

[@irbennett]

Shetland has wind coming from the arctic.

[@alegnalowe3679]

Sounds like the perfect place to live.noone is there to give you any trouble!

[@aileensmith6806]

Love this

[@rayallan8481]

He has and always will be the man 😂

[@circomnia9984]

I can relate. Lots of wind under my duvet.

[@downtongabby]

Genius

[@pata299]

The greatest!

[@medievalladybird394]

"Shetland's trees are in Norway" 😂

[@georgepiddington6563]

The greatest the funniest ever

[@edwardharris9810]

I love how Billy destroys the helkeler in seconds

[@chrisautrey5051]

I had a day in germany the weather changed all 4 seasons in about an hours time.