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Billy Connolly
Erect For 30 Years
I saw Billy Connolly on the 13th Febuary, and I had been waiting for it since November. I've seen him once before, in 1995, and knew exactly what I was in for. Although I must admit I was having some doubt leading up to the night that he may not be as funny as he used to be. He is getting older, and has past his prime of the late 80s, so I was worried that he may not have what he used to. Well I was wrong.
Even thought he is 56 he still a great comedian. For the 2 hours and 40 minutes he was fantastic, there was not one bit that I wasn't laughing. Some of the stuff he had spoken about before such as going to Wyalla, South Australia and the usual on how great Australia is. But pretty much all of it was new. He tackled his usual stuff about life. Including sex (I know, he never goes on about that), lesbianism, his family, terrets syndrome, etc. about 2 hours into the perfomance I was becoming worried, Billy had not spoken once about masturbation. I attempted imagined a performace where he did not talk about wanking, but found I couldn't, it was impossible. Luckily it wasn't long before he moved into his most loved sports.
The things he spoke about included (this is what I can remember) watching a very informative show for deaf and dumb lesbians, showing actions and sign language. He pondered that if AIDS had come from chimpanzees then how did we get it. He talked about the 'liar suit' and explain that whenever you are going to lie you put on a suit, for example politicians, when you're in court and when you try to borrow money. He explained differences between men and women. But my favorite part was when he was making fun of the Swiss saying a Toblerone is probably used as a vibrator for men over there and that is where yodeling comes from.
For pretty much the second half he was talking about humour, how it can be cruel and about his friend Chick Murray and his funeral. He also explained that humour was the difference between the bastards and the non-bastards. If Germany had a sense of humour they would have just laughed at Hitler.
I realise that there is no chance that the dickhead it reading this, but the guy that yelled out a couple of time, once making Billy totally forget where he was and he had to talk about something else, you nearly fucked up the entire show.
It was really weird seeing people in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s all there. I am 18 and my friends and I were probably the youngest there. I don't know how much longer he'll be doing this, but he doesn't seem to want to stop. And I'm not going to make him. As he said of his love for Gabrielle Sabatini "I would crawl over miles of broken glass just to have the chance to kiss the tyres of the van that takes her knickers to the laundromat." Well I don't really feel that way, but he is funny.
