On the subject of bang for your buck from investment in space travel: "So can someone tell me if Teflon is one of the few inventions to come out our billions and billions of tax payer investment, why the hell would the astronaunts not want a fried egg to stick in a gravity free environment anyway?" Forget the modern predictable repetitive stand-up routines, Billy Connelly is/was a master....
Comic genius and legend, think the guy has Parkinson's disease, would love to see him on stage again!
He said he was at a Rangers match and in the toilet eating a meat pie whilst having a piss, and I said to the guy next to me "Wonder how the animals are getting on?"
Yes he has, it was strange how he found out, he was walking through a hotel lounge and a doctor who recognised him called him over, and said that the way he was walking, he might have the onset of Parkinson's, and to get it checked out. Sure enough he was right.
There are two of his gags that I always remember, the one about the bum sticking out of the ground and somewhere to park my bike but this one sums up the simplicity of his gags and the visual image it creates for the listener. [video=youtube;7DcDzJmW6Qg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DcDzJmW6Qg[/video]
I really like Connolly, but mussies multiple threads harking back to the good old days still get on my tits a bit. Everyone thinks everything was better in their day. In 30 years todays teenagers will hark back to their good old days, ie now.
The Oxford English Dictionary according to Billy........ http://www.theladbible.com/videos/billy-connolly-s-favourite-phrase http://www.theladbible.com/videos/billy-connolly-s-favourite-phrase