Last week, Ildi and I joined Mark, Andy, and James in seeing Billy Connolly at the Arts Theater on West 37th. You may remember Billy as Dr. Johnny Fever’s replacement on Head of the Class (which then spun off to the very short-lived Billy). He also has done a world of stuff on the BBC and is one of the UK’s biggest comedians.
He appeared on stage, took off his glasses (see pic), and then went on about a hundred different tears and delightful tangents, all in thick Scottish brogue. He brushed against cheesey once or twice, but all in all a very successful show.
My favorite line from the set:
(On smoking) “Young people the age of seven or so, are always coming up to me and saying, ‘Don’t you know that that could kill ya?’ I look down at them and reply, ‘Don’t you know that I could kill you?'”
He also did a great bit on how eating white bread vs. wheat only adds two weeks to your life. These weeks are at the end when you are pissing yourself and you friends have all happily gone two weeks ahead of you.
I recommend the show if you can get tickets, or setting the DVR if it makes HBO.
Links:
Billy Connolly Official Site
Get tickets at Ticketbastards.