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"Connolly proved how easily he forgets many great lines that other comedians could only hope to think of." Sheer bias.
I have removed yet more of the vandalism...may I suggest this page be locked? Gavin Scott 03:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
my understanding is that people who are awarded honorary doctorates are not allowed to be styled as "Dr." In the case of an honorary doctorate, the recipient is allowed to place the relevent suffix after their name, in this case it would be "D.Litt.(Hon)" Have a look at the wikipedia article on "doctorate" for clarification
After the recent edits, the reference to his CBE seems to have disappeared. 23skidoo 17:53, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
The reason I use the term "officially" regarding Whoopi Goldberg introducing Connolly to American audiences in 1990 (with the Brooklyn Academy of Music performance) is that this is time in which it is generally felt that Connolly's American career began. Connolly himself says this in Erect for 30 Years. Prior to this Connolly had made some attempts at making US appearances, including talk show appearances on Joan Rivers and Letterman, but to little success. I remember when many dates of his 1987 "Wreck on Tour" were cancelled for lack of ticket sales. As Erect for 30 Years indicates, it is Goldberg's efforts that resulted in Connolly coming to the attention of the general public in the US as well as contemporaries such as Robin Williams. Soon after that, he did Head of the Class and started to appear in major American productions. So I think it is accurate to use the term "officially" in this context, tough perhaps I should add more about why this is so. If the consensus is to remove the qualifier, it's no biggie. 23skidoo 15:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
The article says that "Big Yin" is a reference to his height, yet I was under the impression the nickname originated from the fact that he refers to Jesus as "Big Yin" in his famous Crucifixion monologue. Can anyone confirm the origin of the nickname? 23skidoo 08:01, 8 January 2006 (UTC) I heard in the semi-biographic video "Erect for 30 years" (or something along those lines) that he was known as 'Big Yin' simply because of the fame he has harvested during his career. 86.132.221.94 19:58, 8 April 2006 (UTC) Mr 86.132.221.94 is right. "Big Yin" is a formalisation of "Biggin", a perfectly common nickname in Scotland, used for anybody who could be considered 'big', either for physical reasons (height) or social ones (fame, popularity, general standing). I am going to make the edit accordingly. 83.19.18.138 00:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC) In the parts of Glasgow where Billy lived and grew up, any man above, say, six feet tall or in a position of authority, would be referred to as the "big yin" or the "big man". A small man, say 5 foot 6 inches would be called "wee man" or the "wee yin". An in-between man would be addressed as "Jimmy" and all women would be addressed as "hen". Connolly's nickname came from his height. Tiles 01:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
He is called the 'Big Yin' because he is 6'1". It is stated in the show he did for the BBC "Billy Connollys World Tour of Scotland". Billys father was shorter than him, but was still refered to as Big Billy. So Billys name was changed to the 'Big Yin'.
Does anyone have the definitive answer as to how many times Connolly has appeared on Parkinson? It's listed as six in the Television Guest Appearances section (to which I'm about to add his 1975 debut (year only)). Were there other appearances between his debut and the next one in 1978? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dudesleeper ( talk • contribs)
I found it strange to see that the discography only had one album listed, so I have added a bunch more. I'm pretty certain this list is not complete, so if anyone knows of other releases (not just greatest hits compilations, but original albums), please add them. 23skidoo 17:33, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
It's stated in the article that Connolly shaved his beard off for a 1990 film, but I'm pretty certain he actually shaved it off earlier, in like 1988 or 1989, not long before his HBO special with Whoopi Goldberg. I do know he was "beardless" for at least a year before joining Head of the Class. Does anyone know exactly when "The Shaving" occured? Also, what was the commercial Connolly made around this time when he wore a fake version of his beard and tore it off? I think it was for a beer but I can't remember which one. 23skidoo 05:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
There are several quotes attributed to Connolly in this article that need citations, such as his amusing comment regarding his physical for the Territorial Army. 23skidoo 18:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Both images show the older, more recent Connolly. There should also be an image of him in his younger days, perhaps a record cover or some such. 23skidoo 14:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Billy Connolly is well-known (infamous, even) for his profligate use of the word "fuck". However, I have seen videos of older performances (early-mid 80s) in which he does not use this word very often. "An Audience with Billy Connolly" is one example - I think he only said "fuck" once or twice during that appearance. "Billy Bites Yer Bum" (available on DVD) is another. Can anyone say whether Connolly has increased the "fuck quotient" in his more recent performances? Or did he simply tone down his act on those earlier occasions, knowing that they were being filmed for television? (20 or 25 years ago, the word "fuck" was rarely heard on British TV - needless to say, it is a lot more common now.) 217.34.39.123 10:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone here recorded the Connolly-featured The South Bank Show? It was recently shown on the Australian-made Ovation Channel in the States, and I'd recorded it but had to ditch my faulty DVR and get a new one, hence I lost the show. There was several pieces of information in it (and snippet of interviews with Danny Kyle) that could have been used in the article, but now I'll have to wait until it's repeated in order to take notes (unless anyone has it and is willing to do it instead). - Dudesleeper 10:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC) It has since been shown again, so I'll update accordingly at a later date. - Dudesleeper 21:38, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I've seen him wear it atleast twice, a black pair of pants and some tshirt with a tail? what is that?
I imagine that Connolly came from a Catholic family. I'm not sure though. In the context of the son of an Irish immigrant living in Scotland, this is important information and should be mentioned. At his London, Ontario show recently, he said religion should have been abandoned by the world a long time ago. Over here, it isn't your religion its your community background- wether he likes religion or not, he grew up in a catholic estate and supports a catholic team.-- 193.61.159.26 ( talk) 23:58, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
It seems to me that we need a couple of sentences about Connolly's political opinions, becaus ethey come out in his work. Johncmullen1960 08:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
"Although Connolly had performed in North America as early as the 1970s, and had appeared in several movies that played in American theatres, he nonetheless remained relatively unknown until 1990 when he was featured in the HBO special Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Connolly in Performance, produced by New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music. Goldberg introduced Connolly, and his performance has been cited as the moment that officially launched his career in the States." The above paragraph fudges Connolly's career in the USA with his career in North America as a whole. Was he well known in Canada prior to 1990? 217.155.20.163 00:08, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
When did Connolly grow back his beard? I want to say 1995 because it was around the time a bearded Connolly appeared on Pearl, but it might have been earlier. 23skidoo 18:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Due to persistent vandalism by anonymous IPs over the last few days, I've semi-protected the article page, which means new and anonymous editors cannot change it. 23skidoo 03:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Just to make the verification police happy, could someone add a citation from one of the Connolly biographies indicating his dad came from Ireland? I don't have easy access to my books right now. Thanks. 23skidoo 22:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
This article could be rated a B article if the [x] links were placed in citation form. In addition, more verability citations need to be added to this article. Real96 23:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
An unregistered user made a change claiming that Connolly is erroneously credited with recording Evil Scotsman. Having heard the recording, I'm 99% percent sure it's Connolly since I'm familiar with his singing. However, it's possible it could be an impersonator. Nonetheless the IP did not offer any source to indicate that Connolly did not record the song, so I removed the edit for now. So, let's get the facts straight -- did Connolly record "Evil Scotsman" or not, and if he didn't, then who did? 23skidoo 15:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
If genuine, wait until it appears in IMDB and restore. Otherwise: hoax. Tubusy 20:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I replaced the actor infobox with the comedian infobox, but it needs info added to it. Daisy-berkowitz 17:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
User:86.41.217.170 has added the category Scottish Roman Catholics to the article on the basis of this reference. While it's a fascinating article, the actual bit where they discuss religion goes: "ANDREW DENTON: You are Catholic. BILLY CONNOLLY: I was a Catholic." I'd say this is evidence against Connolly belonging to this category. -- John 19:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC) It's more to do with which community you come from than your actual religion... -- 193.61.159.26 ( talk) 23:56, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Why does this article say everything twice - once under 'background' and once under 'career'? 199.71.183.2 20:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello, is this the same Billy Conolly which is credited as a kind of narrator ("MC Billy Conolly") on Mike Oldfield's CD-Single called "The Bell" (a spin-off of "Tubular Bells II") ? Can anyone confirm or falsify this ? Alrik Fassbauer 17:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
There is no mention of his performance in The Boondock Saints - a great movie with Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Norman Redus. Questionable language but interesting revenge concept - made me want to organize other little old ladies to help out. Loved his performance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.179.104 ([[User talk:{[[User:24.8.179.104}|24.8.179.104}]] ([[User talk:24.8.179.104}|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/24.8.179.104}|contribs]] · [ https://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/gateway.py?lookup=true&ip=24.8.179.104}
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I wonder if a note shouldn't be added to the article about the fact Evil Scotsman isn't actually by Connolly, given the fact it is often cited as such and Wikipedia articles are often the first in line in the Google search engine, so if someone is looking for the particular song, they could see it isn't him. BTW in response to the edit summary, Connolly uses the word "c*ck" on occasion; I have a video of one of his shows in which he says the word, so the language in Evil Scotsman isn't too far removed from what Connolly actually does. Was the song intentionally a parody of Connolly or does the guy just happen to sound exactly like Billy in every way? 23skidoo 05:04, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Connolly is Scottish.However this is not his nationality. He is British for nationality purposes and that is a fact. Edits back to "Scottish" should be treated as vandalism from now on. Paul210 09:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Why is there any need to list his nationality anyway? Celebrities of a similar stature do not have their nationality listed. I propose the deletion of 'nationality' from the infobox on this basis Paul210 09:13, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Maybe so, but, for example, Barbra Streisand does not need to be labelled as American.Why this argument about Connolly in particular? It just seems like a childish edit war for no good reason.Surely there are more useful edits that could be done on this site. Paul210 18:16, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Why are you constantly changing this back to Scottish? And what do you mean it's not a fact it's an opinion he is British? Of course it is a fact he's British, that is the nationality of anyone from any constituent country of the United Kingdom! And looking at your page DudeSleeper you say you have scottish relatives so i'm sensing some bias here considering YOU are the one and only one who keeps reverting this back to Scottish. Now for god's sake grow up and keep this as British for nationality and stop being so childish and engaging in this tit-for-tat nonsense man. Levi.WhittenConnolly 00:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
To settle the above dispute, I have actually found a quote, directly made by Billy that states: “I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.” http://thinkexist.com/quotes/billy_connolly/3.html << Stated on that page. We have a clear indication now to what Connolly regards himself as, so any further editing from here on should be classed as vandalism. I'm going to change nationality to British, although i'm also going to keep Scottish to make the distinction. Levi.WhittenConnolly ( talk) 23:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
His nationality is British. Scotland may have a devolved parliament, but it is not an independant country, well, not yet anyway. So anyone Scottish is still "British" in terms of nationality. They're stuck with it, like the rest of us poor sods. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.198.33.252 ( talk) 12:35, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm changing it back to Scottish. Nationality is based on an international level. The United Kingdom is a sovereign nation comprised of different countries. Our passport says we're British, international law says we're British. Anyone born in the UK is a British citizen. He's British. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kikadell ( talk • contribs) 05:09, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
I mean, we don't need a quote from Connolly. What his opinion on his own nationality is is irrelevant. He could call himself Peruvian, he's still a British citizen. The troll who keeps switching it back to Scottish needs to be IP banned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kikadell ( talk • contribs) 07:01, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
It says in the film index that "He believes himself to be the only man to ever die in a Muppet movie." Why is it phrased this way? Shouldn't it be fairly easy to verify if anyone else has died in a muppet movie, to date? bd2412 T 23:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
An editor rightly removed an unsourced reference to Connolly being abused as a youth, per WP:BLP. However I believe a source to support this can be found-- possibly in Pamela Stephenson's biography of her husband. I believe she makes the claim there but I have only heard this second hand as I have not read the book. If anyone can substantiate this, and provide a page number, then there's our source, satisfying BLP. 23skidoo ( talk) 00:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
pamela speaks about it in the book from page 46. she does not state exactly what his father did but only that he sexually abused billy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.89.83 ( talk) 00:32, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
While acknowledging that sexual abuse is an important and often life-changing event, is it really necessary to state it three times in this article? Especially with the entire statement repeated "... sexual abuse by his father, which began when he was ten and lasted until he was about fifteen..." or to this effect. It doesn't sound informative, it sounds repetitive.
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I was thinking about detailing Connolly's DVD and video releases with synopses of his anecdotes. I don't mean transcribing the anecdotes, just summarising them. Thoughts for or against? - 00:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I think it should be stated somewhere in the introduction that he is British, not just Scottish. He has refered to himself as British many times in interviews, he served with the British army and has activly criticised the SNP many times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.176.40 ( talk) 23:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Citation? He's also a Celtic supporter, so proof of this accusation? -- 193.61.159.26 ( talk) 23:57, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
The article says 'He is also a sometime actor'. Is 'sometime actor' an actual term, or does this just not make sense?-- 88.106.27.154 ( talk) 01:20, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
I just finished watching this and the end date reads MCMXCV, which makes it 1995 by my reckoning, not 1996. Change it? I'll see if i can find a better source than "i'm reading it off the screen right now", but that's a strong argument in my books :) 77.102.101.220 ( talk) 23:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
DumZiBoT ( talk) 00:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
I just reverted a bizarre category addition that placed Connolly as a naturalised citizen of Australia. Since when? Per WP:BLP I removed it due to lack of sourcing and the fact the article itself as far as I can see makes no reference to this, but if something has changed (last I looked he'd returned to his native Scotland to live after a decade or so living in America) then this should at least be mentioned in the article. The editor who added the information suggested that Pamela is also naturalised. I can't speak for her - maybe she is. 23skidoo ( talk) 12:25, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Note to self (or others): add information on Connolly's battle with alcohol in his early career. Michael Caine was apparently the catalyst for his eventually kicking the habit. - Dudesleeper / Talk 22:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
An IP changed Connolly's birthplace from Anderston to Partick. I reverted this as my understanding was his family moved to Partick at some point, but he was born in Anderston. If anyone has access to the biographies, perhaps they could double check and perhaps add a reference to which ever one is correct? 23skidoo ( talk) 05:52, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Connolly lived in Drumchapel for a period (he revisits his old estate in The South Bank Show, and it's also mentioned in the liner notes to Transatlantic Years), but I'm not sure at which point in his life this was. Any assistance would be appreciated. - Dudesleeper / Talk 20:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Why is there no section on his page titled Personal Life? There is a section on Personal Life on every other celebrity page I have visited. There is no mention of his marriages or his children. Shouldn't this be included? Also, Billy makes regular visits/tours to New Zealand with his wife (a New Zealand born citizen). Shouldn't this also be mentioned somewhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.239.201.100 ( talk) 09:06, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
"Glasgow was enjoying full employment, and what work, if any, existed at the shipyards." If there was full employment, the clause "and what work, if any" makes absolutely no sense. Full employment implies work was readily available. Can somebody who knows what the job market was like at that time please revise this sentence? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.121.151.174 ( talk) 21:38, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Well, your name appeared four times in that thread, so yea, next time belt up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.198.33.252 ( talk) 12:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
I did some cleaning up here, but there's still a lot of duplication and the structure is confusing. I encourage someone with the time and ability to be bold by reorganizing and rewriting more deeply. CarolineWH ( talk) 05:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone have any info about his work with Kenny Everett? I recall he was a bit of a regular on KE's groundbreaking programme. ( 79.190.69.142 ( talk) 10:53, 16 May 2010 (UTC))
Anybody see anything worth keeping in this external link? Please bear in mind WP:EL when answering. -- John ( talk) 15:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
If there's no good reason to retain this link, I'll remove it again. -- John ( talk) 18:10, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
why oh why is there a personal life section, yet half the personal info that should be in it, are dotted all around the preceding sections?? for example, his kids, and previous marriage. there is no mention of them in his personal life section. from that i would take it that he has no kids and no previous marriage, yet here i am watching his dvds and he's mentioned his daughter, kara/cara, and that he was previously married. i believe he also mentioned a brother, but according to this, he only has a sister. i have to read through the whole article to find that he was married before pamela, and has kids, but no mention of names/DoBs. i just think it needs to be expanded or rewritten. i daren't attempt it, in case some of the people 'debating' above, revert my work, or 'debate' about what i have changed!! 77.97.110.57 ( talk) 18:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
article says she and Connelly met in '79 and had three daughters in the 1980s. Connelly's page mentions they married in '89 and does not mention the daughters. Which page is correct and are there any sources (could only find one on IMBN). Polozooza ( talk) 19:11, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
The "little birds" anecdote in the "Early Life" section is diverting enough but, aside from the earlier part being an incident occurring when he was a child, doesn't actually appear to say anything significant about his early life. It quotes him as saying "My life had changed forever" but with no explanation of how or why. Why Brett Whiteley is another "bird" and what his significance is to Connolly is not clear either. Mutt Lunker ( talk) 20:38, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
Can't see any references to his recent illnesses. He's been diagnosed with Parkinson's and prostate cancer.
In my view these should be included. There is no shame in being ill. His growing old is mentioned briefly and these diseases could be regarded as part of that but specific mention of them should be made. Ditto Billy's recent on-stage memory difficulties. Fletcherbrian ( talk) 21:46, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Apologies to all, I take the above statements back. Just seen the refs to his illnesses. I respect the man for coming out with this info. Fletcherbrian ( talk) 21:50, 12 March 2014 (UTC) Fletcherbrian ( talk) 21:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC) 146.90.182.158 ( talk) 01:53, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
I just submitted 2 changes: I noted that In the Brownies also spoofs "YMCA" and I made the Discography header larger because it was a subhead of Standup comedy before, yet a) Discographies should be their own independent sections and b) the list doesn't just include his comedy recordings. 68.146.52.234 ( talk) 14:36, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
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I was concerned to see large parts of this article citing this source; http://www.tv.com/shows/the-south-bank-show/billy-connolly-270036/, which is nothing but a bare listing for a tv programme that verifies nothing except it was broadcast. There is nothing about what was said. Editors have then created what appears to be transcripts from a recording of the show, and used the source as a cite.
Even if there was content on the tv.com source, it appears to be a user-compiled web site, and therefore not a reliable source. This isn't good enough because the reader has nothing to verify anything about what was said, and the transcripts aren't far from original research.
I've therefore removed all but one of the cites using this source, and marked them with citation needed. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:27, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Regarding Billy's nationality, he is a British citizen. Someone had already pointed this out in an edit summary. Yet once again it has been changed back to Scottish and now reverted back to British. Scotland is not a sovereign country. British citizens all hold British citizenship thus the nationality status comes under British. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. Please stop changing the status. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:C823:9E00:C463:23F2:6B6F:58DC ( talk) 23:35, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Just watched this 6 year old two part show on BBC America; wonderful insight into Grizzly bears in Alaska ! Thought I recognized the distinctive voice of the narrator .... yup ..... it's Billy Connolly !! No reference to this in his television credits though and I was wondering why. I'm new to (editing) Wikipedia (entries) and probably need to research how to correct this myself.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2954642/
http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Great_Bear_Stakeout
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10015997/Great-Bear-Stakeout-BBC-One-review.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/apr/25/great-bear-stakeout-tv-review — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmsatch ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Why remove the part that says he sang that song? He did. -- 24.251.25.227 ( talk)
TV appearances bit needs addition of appearance on UK Ancestry series "Who Do You Think You Are?", Series 11 (2014) /info/en/?search=List_of_Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_episodes#Series_11_(2014)
Why are you trying to suppress this controversy? Is Connolly a protected species? 86.19.163.39 ( talk) 01:39, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Given that Connolly is primarily known as a stand-up comic, one would expect that an "Other ventures" section would contain pursuits unrelated to standup. Should the stand up content be given its own section or merged into another? 89.101.182.166 ( talk) 15:05, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
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"Connolly proved how easily he forgets many great lines that other comedians could only hope to think of." Sheer bias.
I have removed yet more of the vandalism...may I suggest this page be locked? Gavin Scott 03:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
my understanding is that people who are awarded honorary doctorates are not allowed to be styled as "Dr." In the case of an honorary doctorate, the recipient is allowed to place the relevent suffix after their name, in this case it would be "D.Litt.(Hon)" Have a look at the wikipedia article on "doctorate" for clarification
After the recent edits, the reference to his CBE seems to have disappeared. 23skidoo 17:53, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
The reason I use the term "officially" regarding Whoopi Goldberg introducing Connolly to American audiences in 1990 (with the Brooklyn Academy of Music performance) is that this is time in which it is generally felt that Connolly's American career began. Connolly himself says this in Erect for 30 Years. Prior to this Connolly had made some attempts at making US appearances, including talk show appearances on Joan Rivers and Letterman, but to little success. I remember when many dates of his 1987 "Wreck on Tour" were cancelled for lack of ticket sales. As Erect for 30 Years indicates, it is Goldberg's efforts that resulted in Connolly coming to the attention of the general public in the US as well as contemporaries such as Robin Williams. Soon after that, he did Head of the Class and started to appear in major American productions. So I think it is accurate to use the term "officially" in this context, tough perhaps I should add more about why this is so. If the consensus is to remove the qualifier, it's no biggie. 23skidoo 15:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
The article says that "Big Yin" is a reference to his height, yet I was under the impression the nickname originated from the fact that he refers to Jesus as "Big Yin" in his famous Crucifixion monologue. Can anyone confirm the origin of the nickname? 23skidoo 08:01, 8 January 2006 (UTC) I heard in the semi-biographic video "Erect for 30 years" (or something along those lines) that he was known as 'Big Yin' simply because of the fame he has harvested during his career. 86.132.221.94 19:58, 8 April 2006 (UTC) Mr 86.132.221.94 is right. "Big Yin" is a formalisation of "Biggin", a perfectly common nickname in Scotland, used for anybody who could be considered 'big', either for physical reasons (height) or social ones (fame, popularity, general standing). I am going to make the edit accordingly. 83.19.18.138 00:03, 15 April 2006 (UTC) In the parts of Glasgow where Billy lived and grew up, any man above, say, six feet tall or in a position of authority, would be referred to as the "big yin" or the "big man". A small man, say 5 foot 6 inches would be called "wee man" or the "wee yin". An in-between man would be addressed as "Jimmy" and all women would be addressed as "hen". Connolly's nickname came from his height. Tiles 01:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
He is called the 'Big Yin' because he is 6'1". It is stated in the show he did for the BBC "Billy Connollys World Tour of Scotland". Billys father was shorter than him, but was still refered to as Big Billy. So Billys name was changed to the 'Big Yin'.
Does anyone have the definitive answer as to how many times Connolly has appeared on Parkinson? It's listed as six in the Television Guest Appearances section (to which I'm about to add his 1975 debut (year only)). Were there other appearances between his debut and the next one in 1978? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dudesleeper ( talk • contribs)
I found it strange to see that the discography only had one album listed, so I have added a bunch more. I'm pretty certain this list is not complete, so if anyone knows of other releases (not just greatest hits compilations, but original albums), please add them. 23skidoo 17:33, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
It's stated in the article that Connolly shaved his beard off for a 1990 film, but I'm pretty certain he actually shaved it off earlier, in like 1988 or 1989, not long before his HBO special with Whoopi Goldberg. I do know he was "beardless" for at least a year before joining Head of the Class. Does anyone know exactly when "The Shaving" occured? Also, what was the commercial Connolly made around this time when he wore a fake version of his beard and tore it off? I think it was for a beer but I can't remember which one. 23skidoo 05:47, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
There are several quotes attributed to Connolly in this article that need citations, such as his amusing comment regarding his physical for the Territorial Army. 23skidoo 18:07, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
Both images show the older, more recent Connolly. There should also be an image of him in his younger days, perhaps a record cover or some such. 23skidoo 14:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Billy Connolly is well-known (infamous, even) for his profligate use of the word "fuck". However, I have seen videos of older performances (early-mid 80s) in which he does not use this word very often. "An Audience with Billy Connolly" is one example - I think he only said "fuck" once or twice during that appearance. "Billy Bites Yer Bum" (available on DVD) is another. Can anyone say whether Connolly has increased the "fuck quotient" in his more recent performances? Or did he simply tone down his act on those earlier occasions, knowing that they were being filmed for television? (20 or 25 years ago, the word "fuck" was rarely heard on British TV - needless to say, it is a lot more common now.) 217.34.39.123 10:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone here recorded the Connolly-featured The South Bank Show? It was recently shown on the Australian-made Ovation Channel in the States, and I'd recorded it but had to ditch my faulty DVR and get a new one, hence I lost the show. There was several pieces of information in it (and snippet of interviews with Danny Kyle) that could have been used in the article, but now I'll have to wait until it's repeated in order to take notes (unless anyone has it and is willing to do it instead). - Dudesleeper 10:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC) It has since been shown again, so I'll update accordingly at a later date. - Dudesleeper 21:38, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I've seen him wear it atleast twice, a black pair of pants and some tshirt with a tail? what is that?
I imagine that Connolly came from a Catholic family. I'm not sure though. In the context of the son of an Irish immigrant living in Scotland, this is important information and should be mentioned. At his London, Ontario show recently, he said religion should have been abandoned by the world a long time ago. Over here, it isn't your religion its your community background- wether he likes religion or not, he grew up in a catholic estate and supports a catholic team.-- 193.61.159.26 ( talk) 23:58, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
It seems to me that we need a couple of sentences about Connolly's political opinions, becaus ethey come out in his work. Johncmullen1960 08:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
"Although Connolly had performed in North America as early as the 1970s, and had appeared in several movies that played in American theatres, he nonetheless remained relatively unknown until 1990 when he was featured in the HBO special Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Connolly in Performance, produced by New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music. Goldberg introduced Connolly, and his performance has been cited as the moment that officially launched his career in the States." The above paragraph fudges Connolly's career in the USA with his career in North America as a whole. Was he well known in Canada prior to 1990? 217.155.20.163 00:08, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
When did Connolly grow back his beard? I want to say 1995 because it was around the time a bearded Connolly appeared on Pearl, but it might have been earlier. 23skidoo 18:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Due to persistent vandalism by anonymous IPs over the last few days, I've semi-protected the article page, which means new and anonymous editors cannot change it. 23skidoo 03:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Just to make the verification police happy, could someone add a citation from one of the Connolly biographies indicating his dad came from Ireland? I don't have easy access to my books right now. Thanks. 23skidoo 22:56, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
This article could be rated a B article if the [x] links were placed in citation form. In addition, more verability citations need to be added to this article. Real96 23:30, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
An unregistered user made a change claiming that Connolly is erroneously credited with recording Evil Scotsman. Having heard the recording, I'm 99% percent sure it's Connolly since I'm familiar with his singing. However, it's possible it could be an impersonator. Nonetheless the IP did not offer any source to indicate that Connolly did not record the song, so I removed the edit for now. So, let's get the facts straight -- did Connolly record "Evil Scotsman" or not, and if he didn't, then who did? 23skidoo 15:02, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
If genuine, wait until it appears in IMDB and restore. Otherwise: hoax. Tubusy 20:29, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
I replaced the actor infobox with the comedian infobox, but it needs info added to it. Daisy-berkowitz 17:44, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
User:86.41.217.170 has added the category Scottish Roman Catholics to the article on the basis of this reference. While it's a fascinating article, the actual bit where they discuss religion goes: "ANDREW DENTON: You are Catholic. BILLY CONNOLLY: I was a Catholic." I'd say this is evidence against Connolly belonging to this category. -- John 19:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC) It's more to do with which community you come from than your actual religion... -- 193.61.159.26 ( talk) 23:56, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Why does this article say everything twice - once under 'background' and once under 'career'? 199.71.183.2 20:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello, is this the same Billy Conolly which is credited as a kind of narrator ("MC Billy Conolly") on Mike Oldfield's CD-Single called "The Bell" (a spin-off of "Tubular Bells II") ? Can anyone confirm or falsify this ? Alrik Fassbauer 17:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
There is no mention of his performance in The Boondock Saints - a great movie with Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, and Norman Redus. Questionable language but interesting revenge concept - made me want to organize other little old ladies to help out. Loved his performance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.179.104 ([[User talk:{[[User:24.8.179.104}|24.8.179.104}]] ([[User talk:24.8.179.104}|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/24.8.179.104}|contribs]] · [ https://tools.wmflabs.org/whois/gateway.py?lookup=true&ip=24.8.179.104}
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I wonder if a note shouldn't be added to the article about the fact Evil Scotsman isn't actually by Connolly, given the fact it is often cited as such and Wikipedia articles are often the first in line in the Google search engine, so if someone is looking for the particular song, they could see it isn't him. BTW in response to the edit summary, Connolly uses the word "c*ck" on occasion; I have a video of one of his shows in which he says the word, so the language in Evil Scotsman isn't too far removed from what Connolly actually does. Was the song intentionally a parody of Connolly or does the guy just happen to sound exactly like Billy in every way? 23skidoo 05:04, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Connolly is Scottish.However this is not his nationality. He is British for nationality purposes and that is a fact. Edits back to "Scottish" should be treated as vandalism from now on. Paul210 09:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Why is there any need to list his nationality anyway? Celebrities of a similar stature do not have their nationality listed. I propose the deletion of 'nationality' from the infobox on this basis Paul210 09:13, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Maybe so, but, for example, Barbra Streisand does not need to be labelled as American.Why this argument about Connolly in particular? It just seems like a childish edit war for no good reason.Surely there are more useful edits that could be done on this site. Paul210 18:16, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
Why are you constantly changing this back to Scottish? And what do you mean it's not a fact it's an opinion he is British? Of course it is a fact he's British, that is the nationality of anyone from any constituent country of the United Kingdom! And looking at your page DudeSleeper you say you have scottish relatives so i'm sensing some bias here considering YOU are the one and only one who keeps reverting this back to Scottish. Now for god's sake grow up and keep this as British for nationality and stop being so childish and engaging in this tit-for-tat nonsense man. Levi.WhittenConnolly 00:22, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
To settle the above dispute, I have actually found a quote, directly made by Billy that states: “I think that you'll find that Billy Connolly is British.” http://thinkexist.com/quotes/billy_connolly/3.html << Stated on that page. We have a clear indication now to what Connolly regards himself as, so any further editing from here on should be classed as vandalism. I'm going to change nationality to British, although i'm also going to keep Scottish to make the distinction. Levi.WhittenConnolly ( talk) 23:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
His nationality is British. Scotland may have a devolved parliament, but it is not an independant country, well, not yet anyway. So anyone Scottish is still "British" in terms of nationality. They're stuck with it, like the rest of us poor sods. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.198.33.252 ( talk) 12:35, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
I'm changing it back to Scottish. Nationality is based on an international level. The United Kingdom is a sovereign nation comprised of different countries. Our passport says we're British, international law says we're British. Anyone born in the UK is a British citizen. He's British. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kikadell ( talk • contribs) 05:09, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
I mean, we don't need a quote from Connolly. What his opinion on his own nationality is is irrelevant. He could call himself Peruvian, he's still a British citizen. The troll who keeps switching it back to Scottish needs to be IP banned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kikadell ( talk • contribs) 07:01, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
It says in the film index that "He believes himself to be the only man to ever die in a Muppet movie." Why is it phrased this way? Shouldn't it be fairly easy to verify if anyone else has died in a muppet movie, to date? bd2412 T 23:54, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
An editor rightly removed an unsourced reference to Connolly being abused as a youth, per WP:BLP. However I believe a source to support this can be found-- possibly in Pamela Stephenson's biography of her husband. I believe she makes the claim there but I have only heard this second hand as I have not read the book. If anyone can substantiate this, and provide a page number, then there's our source, satisfying BLP. 23skidoo ( talk) 00:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
pamela speaks about it in the book from page 46. she does not state exactly what his father did but only that he sexually abused billy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.89.83 ( talk) 00:32, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
While acknowledging that sexual abuse is an important and often life-changing event, is it really necessary to state it three times in this article? Especially with the entire statement repeated "... sexual abuse by his father, which began when he was ten and lasted until he was about fifteen..." or to this effect. It doesn't sound informative, it sounds repetitive.
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I was thinking about detailing Connolly's DVD and video releases with synopses of his anecdotes. I don't mean transcribing the anecdotes, just summarising them. Thoughts for or against? - 00:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I think it should be stated somewhere in the introduction that he is British, not just Scottish. He has refered to himself as British many times in interviews, he served with the British army and has activly criticised the SNP many times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.176.40 ( talk) 23:00, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Citation? He's also a Celtic supporter, so proof of this accusation? -- 193.61.159.26 ( talk) 23:57, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
The article says 'He is also a sometime actor'. Is 'sometime actor' an actual term, or does this just not make sense?-- 88.106.27.154 ( talk) 01:20, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
I just finished watching this and the end date reads MCMXCV, which makes it 1995 by my reckoning, not 1996. Change it? I'll see if i can find a better source than "i'm reading it off the screen right now", but that's a strong argument in my books :) 77.102.101.220 ( talk) 23:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)
DumZiBoT ( talk) 00:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
I just reverted a bizarre category addition that placed Connolly as a naturalised citizen of Australia. Since when? Per WP:BLP I removed it due to lack of sourcing and the fact the article itself as far as I can see makes no reference to this, but if something has changed (last I looked he'd returned to his native Scotland to live after a decade or so living in America) then this should at least be mentioned in the article. The editor who added the information suggested that Pamela is also naturalised. I can't speak for her - maybe she is. 23skidoo ( talk) 12:25, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
Note to self (or others): add information on Connolly's battle with alcohol in his early career. Michael Caine was apparently the catalyst for his eventually kicking the habit. - Dudesleeper / Talk 22:49, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
An IP changed Connolly's birthplace from Anderston to Partick. I reverted this as my understanding was his family moved to Partick at some point, but he was born in Anderston. If anyone has access to the biographies, perhaps they could double check and perhaps add a reference to which ever one is correct? 23skidoo ( talk) 05:52, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Connolly lived in Drumchapel for a period (he revisits his old estate in The South Bank Show, and it's also mentioned in the liner notes to Transatlantic Years), but I'm not sure at which point in his life this was. Any assistance would be appreciated. - Dudesleeper / Talk 20:46, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Why is there no section on his page titled Personal Life? There is a section on Personal Life on every other celebrity page I have visited. There is no mention of his marriages or his children. Shouldn't this be included? Also, Billy makes regular visits/tours to New Zealand with his wife (a New Zealand born citizen). Shouldn't this also be mentioned somewhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.239.201.100 ( talk) 09:06, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
"Glasgow was enjoying full employment, and what work, if any, existed at the shipyards." If there was full employment, the clause "and what work, if any" makes absolutely no sense. Full employment implies work was readily available. Can somebody who knows what the job market was like at that time please revise this sentence? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.121.151.174 ( talk) 21:38, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
Well, your name appeared four times in that thread, so yea, next time belt up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.198.33.252 ( talk) 12:38, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
I did some cleaning up here, but there's still a lot of duplication and the structure is confusing. I encourage someone with the time and ability to be bold by reorganizing and rewriting more deeply. CarolineWH ( talk) 05:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone have any info about his work with Kenny Everett? I recall he was a bit of a regular on KE's groundbreaking programme. ( 79.190.69.142 ( talk) 10:53, 16 May 2010 (UTC))
Anybody see anything worth keeping in this external link? Please bear in mind WP:EL when answering. -- John ( talk) 15:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
If there's no good reason to retain this link, I'll remove it again. -- John ( talk) 18:10, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
why oh why is there a personal life section, yet half the personal info that should be in it, are dotted all around the preceding sections?? for example, his kids, and previous marriage. there is no mention of them in his personal life section. from that i would take it that he has no kids and no previous marriage, yet here i am watching his dvds and he's mentioned his daughter, kara/cara, and that he was previously married. i believe he also mentioned a brother, but according to this, he only has a sister. i have to read through the whole article to find that he was married before pamela, and has kids, but no mention of names/DoBs. i just think it needs to be expanded or rewritten. i daren't attempt it, in case some of the people 'debating' above, revert my work, or 'debate' about what i have changed!! 77.97.110.57 ( talk) 18:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
article says she and Connelly met in '79 and had three daughters in the 1980s. Connelly's page mentions they married in '89 and does not mention the daughters. Which page is correct and are there any sources (could only find one on IMBN). Polozooza ( talk) 19:11, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
The "little birds" anecdote in the "Early Life" section is diverting enough but, aside from the earlier part being an incident occurring when he was a child, doesn't actually appear to say anything significant about his early life. It quotes him as saying "My life had changed forever" but with no explanation of how or why. Why Brett Whiteley is another "bird" and what his significance is to Connolly is not clear either. Mutt Lunker ( talk) 20:38, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
Can't see any references to his recent illnesses. He's been diagnosed with Parkinson's and prostate cancer.
In my view these should be included. There is no shame in being ill. His growing old is mentioned briefly and these diseases could be regarded as part of that but specific mention of them should be made. Ditto Billy's recent on-stage memory difficulties. Fletcherbrian ( talk) 21:46, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
Apologies to all, I take the above statements back. Just seen the refs to his illnesses. I respect the man for coming out with this info. Fletcherbrian ( talk) 21:50, 12 March 2014 (UTC) Fletcherbrian ( talk) 21:52, 12 March 2014 (UTC) 146.90.182.158 ( talk) 01:53, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
I just submitted 2 changes: I noted that In the Brownies also spoofs "YMCA" and I made the Discography header larger because it was a subhead of Standup comedy before, yet a) Discographies should be their own independent sections and b) the list doesn't just include his comedy recordings. 68.146.52.234 ( talk) 14:36, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
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I was concerned to see large parts of this article citing this source; http://www.tv.com/shows/the-south-bank-show/billy-connolly-270036/, which is nothing but a bare listing for a tv programme that verifies nothing except it was broadcast. There is nothing about what was said. Editors have then created what appears to be transcripts from a recording of the show, and used the source as a cite.
Even if there was content on the tv.com source, it appears to be a user-compiled web site, and therefore not a reliable source. This isn't good enough because the reader has nothing to verify anything about what was said, and the transcripts aren't far from original research.
I've therefore removed all but one of the cites using this source, and marked them with citation needed. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:27, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
Regarding Billy's nationality, he is a British citizen. Someone had already pointed this out in an edit summary. Yet once again it has been changed back to Scottish and now reverted back to British. Scotland is not a sovereign country. British citizens all hold British citizenship thus the nationality status comes under British. Scotland is part of the United Kingdom. Please stop changing the status. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:C823:9E00:C463:23F2:6B6F:58DC ( talk) 23:35, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
Just watched this 6 year old two part show on BBC America; wonderful insight into Grizzly bears in Alaska ! Thought I recognized the distinctive voice of the narrator .... yup ..... it's Billy Connolly !! No reference to this in his television credits though and I was wondering why. I'm new to (editing) Wikipedia (entries) and probably need to research how to correct this myself.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2954642/
http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Great_Bear_Stakeout
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10015997/Great-Bear-Stakeout-BBC-One-review.html
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/apr/25/great-bear-stakeout-tv-review — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmsatch ( talk • contribs) 17:28, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
Why remove the part that says he sang that song? He did. -- 24.251.25.227 ( talk)
TV appearances bit needs addition of appearance on UK Ancestry series "Who Do You Think You Are?", Series 11 (2014) /info/en/?search=List_of_Who_Do_You_Think_You_Are%3F_episodes#Series_11_(2014)
Why are you trying to suppress this controversy? Is Connolly a protected species? 86.19.163.39 ( talk) 01:39, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
Given that Connolly is primarily known as a stand-up comic, one would expect that an "Other ventures" section would contain pursuits unrelated to standup. Should the stand up content be given its own section or merged into another? 89.101.182.166 ( talk) 15:05, 18 December 2022 (UTC)