How My Childhood Shaped My Comedy | Billy And Us | BBC Scotland

[@geraldcoffey3303]

I love this man Makes me laugh and cry and throws in some magic wisdom. Thank you Billy

[@mixmmick]

What a legend, got to meet him once after a show he did in Adelaide (where I lived at the time) back in 1995. Didn't know it at the time but he was filming the "World tour of australia" series. Remember it well him saying, "Jesus Christ you're a big boy, remind me not to get on the wrong side of you." Then he did this funny sort of mock cowering thing and said "Please sir, don't hurt me, I swear on my mother I didn't eat the last sausage roll", I was pissing myself laughing (For context, I'm 6'3, product of a maori mum and italian dad and at that time had just stepped away from A grade rugby, so I was somewhere around 115-120kg). Didnt get to see another of his shows again for a decade or so, he was still great. he is and will always be the greatest ever.

[@janiem.roberts732]

No one better at comedy than Billy. The ultimate BEST!!!!!!!!!

[@lifelong5425]

To laugh at ourselves...to endure the affronts that so many of us lived through in a class, on the street.....and belly laugh at them....Billy "Cuddles" has served up a never ending list of seeing ourselves in a differing light.... no matter the pain, or suffering we may have felt at the time.....Moved to Glasgow when I was 9..left for Canada at 24....I will always............. belong to GLASGOW.....

[@michaelrawson6261]

As I read, I could hear in my mind, a swelling of the unmistakable sound of: ... ... ... The Misty Blue Hills Of Tyree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@angelwingz892]

I remember watching Billy on TV one evening with my Mum. We had never watched him before

[@christinehobson4825]

Life-giving, life-changing, life-liberating

[@darthwrath4236]

A legend. Without Billy, I won't have Craig Ferguson. Thanks to both of em forever.

[@olisdad1]

Billy being reflective on his life, is as wonderful as his comedy. To me sometimes better.

[@KermitFrogThe]

I find one of the most positive parts of this video the reaction to the child about getting the belt at school. It is so alien that he completely missed it. Primary school I was at still had corporal punishment and refused to adopt phonetic spelling. Headmaster was sacked shortly after I left for failing to comply with the spelling side. So beating young children with bamboo canes was fine, but teaching them to spell properly, not allowed. I do find the morons declaring corporal punishment should be brought back need to actually look at how useless it was. was the nerdy little kid, universally loathed and knew getting the cane just before a break time would gain me a bit of celebrity in the playground. So rather than being scared of it, I actively sought the cane and spent time thinking about what I could do to get just enough that I could take it without reacting. When very young the local secondary school allowed corporal punishment too. One of the boys attending this was bragging how he got his own back by slicing the teacher's car tyres. A child can't fight back against an adult so they will find another way. I get my loathing of rose tinted glasses about the good old days from my grandfather. He hated stupid people too and defined for me the difference between illiterate and stupid by being able to see truth before he learned to read. One tale he told me was of a fellow farm hand in the pub being told by the local police man his son had misbehaved, but that the cop had given him a clip around the ear and sent him on his way. The farm hand flushed with rage and told him it was not his place to choose if his son needed to be hit and knocked out the cop. At that time there was too much work needing to be done for the cop to arrest him and take him in, so he just got up and left when he could. I certainly don't consider a time when police abuse was considered acceptable as good times. It is bad enough that the USA are demonstrating how uncivilised their law enforcement is now.

[@JacobiteBhoy]

Cuddles 😂

[@MiriamForrester]

Have they been deleting every other comment, or was the literal only comment here at 10K views ‘Cuddles😂’ 🤣

[@scotchwhisky6094]

You're fit.

[@irbennett]

Considering the amount of rubbish on here they should have been.

[@petermartyn9509]

Getting the cane did me no harm...six of the best on the finger tips

[@irbennett]

I've had several people say that to me, but you can see where it's done them harm. Caning breeds hatred in children.

[@Io-Io-Io]

Listen to old People and learn l say

[@irbennett]

No, listen to old people who converse regularly with their inner child, and then listen. You will learn a lot more. A lot more.

[@db5823]

Legen .... Dary.

[@jamesconnolly9591]

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