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Tall Tales and Wee Stories by Billy Connolly (2019, Hardcover)

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'Coming from Glasgow, it's weird, I don't really tell jokes, like Irish jokes and all that. I tell wee stories. And some of them don't even have punchlines. But you'll get used to it as the night goes on, and on, and on, and on and on...' In December 2018, after 50-years of belly-laughs, energy, outrage and enjoyment, Billy Connolly announced his retirement from stand-up comedy. It had been an extraordinary career.When he first started out in the late Sixties, Billy played the banjo in the folk clubs of Glasgow. Between songs, he would improvise a bit, telling anecdotes from the Clyde shipyard where he worked. In the process, he made all kinds of discoveries about what audiences found funny, from his own exaggerated body movements to the power of speaking explicitly about sex. He began to understand the craft of great storytelling too. Soon the songs became shorter and the monologues longer, and Billy quickly became recognised as one of the most exciting comedians of his generation.Billy's routines always felt spontaneous. He improvised, embellished and digressed as he went: a two-minute anecdote could become a 20-minute routine by the next night of a tour. And he brought a beautiful sense of the absurd to his shows as he riffed on holidays, alcohol, the crucifixion, or naked bungee jumping.But Billy's comedy could be laced with anger too. He hated pretentiousness and called out hypocrisy where ever he saw it. He loved to shock, and his startling appearance gave him license to say anything he damn well pleased about sex, politics or religion. It was only because he was so likeable that he got it away. Billy had the popular touch. His comedy spanned generations and different social tribes in a way that few others have ever managed. TALL TALES AND WEE STORIES brings together the very best of Billy's storytelling for the first time and includes his most famous routines including, THE LAST SUPPER, JOJOBA SHAMPOO, INCONTINENCE PANTS and SHOUTING AT WILDEBEEST . With an introduction and original illustrations by Billy throughout, it is an inspirational, energetic and riotously funny read, and a fitting celebration of our greatest ever comedian.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-10
1529361338
ISBN-13
9781529361339
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6050396516

Product Key Features

Book Title
Tall Tales and Wee Stories
Author
Billy Connolly
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Form / Essays
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.4in
Item Weight
18.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pn6178.S4c76 2019
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A read that entirely fits the personality of the extreme personality who wrote it , Connolly's raucous run through his life is as furious, funny and foul-mouthed as you'd expect . His stand-up knack for easy storytelling shines through - Sunday TimesConnolly's writing is so much like his speech you can hear him as you read. - Evening Standard One of stand-up's great naturals. No one told a story better. - Guardian Wild and whirling . . . it reads like a talking book - Observer A glorious memoir full of insights into the funnyman's life and career. Hilarious. - Prima The Big Yin Bible - The List Raucous and side-splitting - Yours Bracingly sweary, robustly rude and brilliantly original , this is essential reading for fans of the Big Yin. - Daily Mail
Lccn
2019-286791
Dewey Decimal
828.91402
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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