Billy Connolly
@Billy_Connolly
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The only official Billy Connolly Twitter page
Joined February 2011
I played at the Opera house in Cork last night.I had a great time.Great crowd,great theatre,great staff.Great to be back.
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I seem to have caused a little ripple on the Lakes of Killarney,by telling a photographer to get the Hell out of my eye line.No regrets.
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The photographer from Killarney seems to have run to the media weeping about the big bad comedian who gave her a hard time.Boo Hoo.
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Meeting Seamus Heaney is weird. It feels like meeting William Wordsworth and Bob Dylan at Dinner. It's nice to meet someone older than me.
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I met some lovely people after the gig in Killarney.We talked for ages,it was lovely.Some great fans of Boondocks Saints.In Killarney!,,.
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The gig I did tonight in Castlebar Co.Mayo,and the previous night in Galway,are the most satisfying gigs I have done in a long time.
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I had a meeting with Seamus Heaney in Dublin. He has translated some old Scottish fables,which I will read this week for animation on BBC.
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For the good of your immortal soul,go and see"The Book of Mormon"if you get half a chance.The funniest thing I've seen in years.
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Goodbye Sweet Riochard Griffiths,you we're a nice big Man.
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Just finished a week in Dublin. The Gaiety theatre is a real old jewellery box. What a great audience,I couldn't be happier.
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Thank you to everyone who wished me well on this,the forty-ninth anniversary of my 21st birthday.I love you all(one at a time).
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I had a great time at the Baftas Last night.Stephen Fry just gets better all the time.What a Host.
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I was interviewed by a journalist during the week,who told me sincerely that I should think about doing stand-up comedy!Standards are diving.
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I went to see The Waterboys at the Town Hall last night.They were amazing. The whole show was Yeats put to. Mike Scott's music.Happy me.
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I had my fourth Tango lesson today.My God it's more difficult than it looks! I'm loving it though.Can't be long now before the hair gel.
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@Billy_Connolly What a night in Belfast. I don't know what makes them so good,but they sure have it by the bucketload.
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How great to wake up this morning and find that it was true,CEltic beat the best team in the World last night!.
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About the Waterboys. The Lake Isle of Innisfree will never be the same again.Mike Scott did it as a blues and just blew me out of my seat.
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I just watched" Winter's Bone"with Jennifer Lawrence,and loved every second.The banjo seems to get better as the fim gets weirder.I love it.
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I travelled back to Ny on the train with Led Zepellin.If name droppiong is ever part of the Olympics I'll get a Gold Medal.I know Eric Idle.
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I've just tweeted for the first time!I think I'll go and lie down now.
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Does anybody know anything about the band who appeared on SNL last night?I thought the were beathtaking.Alabama something.
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How much was that Doggie in the window.Surely we have a right to know after all this time?statute of limitations and all that musy count?.
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I bought a new tuxedo today.It is very smart,but I can't help thinking that I look like a man with a head transplant.
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The Billy Connolly Special Best Bits podcast, from the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on 14th December, is now. http://t.co/jQfwdjkc.
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I must arise and go now,Bye Bye Dickheads everywhere!.
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Hello Joanna,I didn't even notice you following me!.
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@Anto00001 I didn't know it was a woman.I could only see the legs and the big lens of the camera.
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I had a fantastic gig last night in San Francisco,and I'm looking foreward to the next four,or is it five?Not only that,I met Carlos Santana.
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I juuist did Conan O'Brian's show tonight and hjad a lovely time.I'm so glad to se people survive.It makes my heart sing a lottle song.
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So far it looks as if I'm getting on my flight to London tonight.The snow seems to have calmed down to a blinding deluge.
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To anyone who attended my Bafta"Do".Thank you so much.You made me very happy.I am genuinely deeply grateful.
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@billy_connolly Wouldn't it be great if we could charge lying politicians with election fraud?.
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I just finished performing to to of the best udiences of my life,at the Beacon Theatre in New York.Thank you,you're the best.I was Flying.
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A secret service guy at the White House last night confessed to being a big fan of Route 66,and intends doing it next year on his Harley D!.
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Who discovered we could get milk from a cow? and come to think of it, what did they think they were doing at the time?.
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I seem to be incapable of composing a tweet without mistakes on my Blackberry.I think I'll stick to the Ipad in future.I look such a jerk,.
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Tonight I went to see Peter Asher's show and loved every second of it.The story telling is flawless,and the music is a joy.Oh happy me!.
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Iwas just thinking over a cu of tea this morning,did anyone find out Who wrote the Book of Love?.
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@billy_connolly The whole idea of the vote is to kid you that you have as much say in the system as the lobbyists and corporations.
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@katyroxaline I remember those nights in Bangor.I used to perform at the Tonic Cinema.Many a happy hour i spent there.
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Last night I performed at the Kennedy Awards.I've never met an American President before.What a buzz.I was paying tribute to Dustin Hoffman.
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Never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn't try it on!!.
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@ArranTrust The Isle of Arran is the true Gem of the Clyde. Loved by the residents,and adored by visitors,it is truly a miniature Scotland.
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I rose from my rest in a hurry.Happily,my face broke my fall.I await your tweetings with breathless interest!.
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How did you come across this man's medals,and what progress have you made in finding his family.
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@EricIdle Thanks Eric, I was blown away by the band Alabama Shakes.Thanks for tracking them down for me.You're such a rocker! BC.
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@kevinbridges86 Lo! I had a wee gaze at my twitters,and there was a photo of you,with the headline" similar to Billy Connolly!" I LOL'd.
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@djhenshall are you the actual Doug Henshall or someone pretending to be him?What was the last thing we did together?(A wee test!).
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I could gut a Moose with one hand tied behind It's back.
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@JamesHawers What an unhappy little shit you must be. How pleasant my life is without you.May your next shit be a burning hedgehog.
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Don’t miss Billy Connolly performing live at The Beacon Theatre, New York, on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th. http://t.co/yyK8YyRZ.
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To the kid in Leicester Sq.at the Quartet opening who thought I had been in Harry Potter,sorry,I'll try harder to be in one you've seen!.
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@billy_connolly If you really want a good and fair and democratic system,change the locks on the lobby.
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I think my securities outweigh my insecurities. I'm not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.
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How nice to hear from you. Are you still down in Dunoon?.
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You pass this way but once. There’s no such thing as normal. There’s you and there’s the rest. There’s now and. http://t.co/LBO5PQQd.
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I am on the side of Rio Ferdinand,when he refuses to wear the FA sponsored T--shirt.The punishments were not enough. For the racists.
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MY fihing guide in Mexico came out with this beauty,"Shits Happen"You know what to say if Mitt Romney gets even close to winning!.
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Billy Connolly will be performing at San Francisco’s Marines Memorial Theatre from 27th November until 1st. http://t.co/01ckR8hv.
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@ericidleThank you Eric.I've always been a great believer in the old saying,The more you know,the less the better!.
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While we're on the subject of who did what:Who's Sorry Now?.
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There's no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes!.
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@EricIdle The new Moon in the old Moon's arms?My God,I'm nearly in tears with the poetry of it.Can I put that in a song?No,You do it.BC.
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@EricIdle I've been in court lots of times but never once in a sketch about it.I have also been to Twickenham.Is there a prize involved?.
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Debut collection of art by Billy Connolly! Available from Washington Green galleries around the country this. http://t.co/68rb6Evb.
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@jimmyphenry Deeply sorry That I didn't entertain you,your Majesty.I now can't wait for your molten bronze droplets of humour.Like fuck.
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@BSunofficial So glad you were moved by somebody's Darling. I carried that idea around after seeing it in a magazine years ago. How nice.
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@jenidunn I have four tattoos.A Maori one on my upper arm,a banjo on my left hand,and flowers on both feet.I 'm about to get another one.
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@ rustyrockets I still can't believe Russell Brand is a Hammer Man.Along with Ray Winstone you make a fine Pair of Bubble blowers.
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The guy who thinks I'm a fake should think twice before speaking for eric Idle who is very capAble of speaking for himself.Are you jealous?.
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@EricIdle @craizeegurl @eddieizzard @rustyrockets Dont you think #DickDay would work better if we had a Dick to wear? Like Red Nose Day?.
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@camanachd I once heard a comedian called Morton in Glasgow describe Shinty as "Drunk people in a puddle with sticks" National Game? Yes!.
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Debut collection of art by Billy Connolly! Available at @castlegalleries this Saturday 17th!.
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Billy Connolly will be appearing at the legendary Beacon Theatre in New York for one night only on Friday 7th. http://t.co/q16TJYDr.
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The QuadRophonic sound Balaklava is th next big thing,tereust me.
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@rongord Yes, I did a version of Everybody Knows That on TV with Barbara Dickson.It felt good,singing with Babs the Great.
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@EricIdle Sctsmen may wear underwear as long as it is jaggedly and terrifyingly uncomfortable.
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Fifties driver people send cars to get me to the gig because they don't trust me to get there on my own.Don't let it get you down.
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Billy will be performing in Eric Idle’s comedy event, WHAT ABOUT DICK? in LA 4/26-29. Pre-sale now! Code: DICK12 go to http://t.co/wZDX5vzi.
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@eddieizzard I think perhaps Eric has become one of those guys who thinks he has a"Good side" I've seen him walking that way.
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How pleasant to be followed by Phoebe Grigor,lucky me.
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Marriage is a wonderful invention. Then again, so is a bicycle repair kit!.
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@EricIdle If you had any taste you would follow me! I could be varying sweeties.I also give off an odor that folk find attractive!.
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