Billy - Pamela Stephenson

~ ~ This is an autobiography of arguably the greatest comedy talent to emerge from Scotland in the last 40 years. Billy Connolly, or as he is more affectionately known the world over, “The Big Yin”. It’s written by his second wife, Pamela Stephenson, herself a comedienne in her own right, and probably best known for her part in the comedy spoof show from the late 1970’s period, “Not The Nine O’clock News”. These days though she is a Doctor of Psychology, having got tired of life on the boards, and going on at a late stage of life to obtain her doctorate. You might be forgiven for thinking that the book is therefore going ...

Question: You are sitting in the A&E Department of your local hospital watching your wife writhing in agony on the doctor's couch and knowing that she is about to be rushed by ambulance to the county hospital. You are told that you have sufficient time before the arrival of said ambulance to dash home and collect some essential items. Do you bring: a) Nighties, Dressing Gown and Slippers? b) Toothbrush, toothpaste and other toiletries? c) Loose change for telephones, newspapers etc? d) Cigarettes and a large bar of chocolate? e) An enormous cardboard box containing an unopened delivery from amazon? Well, in our case, it was items d ...

I have always laughed my socks off at the Big Yin. I have always had a bit of a crush on him if truth be told, with his wild hair and his wit and I even watched the very dubious Debt Collector because I think he's shaping up to be a rather fabulous actor. So to sum it up my impressions of Billy Connolly before this book were that he is a very funny talented man with a strange taste in clothes and the ability to swear more than me,(which is an accomplishment by itself!) And so when I saw 'Billy' by Pamela Stephenson on sale as part of the two books for a tenner promotion at WH Smith I thought it would be the ideal travelling companion during ...