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Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography

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Due to this, Connolly has a "deep distrust and dislike of the Catholic church and any other organization that brainwashes people". Not in the literal sense, you understand, but I remember being very small, in the back of my parent's car and excitedly asking if we could listen to him on the 8-track. His delight in visiting new places, meeting new people, and performing is evident throughout the book. I had seen a few bits and pieces and loved what I saw but I didn't have access to see anything else. You’ll learn “wee interesting things” about Billy here, some you’ll already know as if it’s your own autobiography, but you won’t care because it’s Billy.

Barnum was not only one of the founders of modern day circus performance, he was also the author of the second most printed book of the 19th century.Unlike other celeb books, this book doesn’t come across as a vanity project although it is indeed Billy’s story, but he intercepts it with jokes and anecdotes, much the way he does on stage. He discovers he has a gift for making people laugh through his storytelling, a skill he gets to practice on stage before and in between gigs as a banjo and guitar player. In the last few chapters of the book we are told the titles of the films and tours he took part in and the notable people he, and Pamela, have met and associated with, even become friends with, in the world of film, comedy and rock and roll.

In the early 1970s he made the transition from folk-singer with a comedic persona to fully-fledged comedian, a role in which he continues. The darling, hilarious, flamboyant Billy Connolly, first seen by me as the "new teacher" on Head of the Class, later giving life to favorites like King Fergus of Dunbroch, John Brown, and of course Billy Bones- the only person to die in a Muppet movie! That’s just me though, and I’m glad other fans are enjoying the opportunity to get to know him on a deeper level. While William was fighting in Burma, their mother, Mary, would leave the children alone in the house with the fire open and blazing, Florence once falling into burning ashes and permanently damaging an eye.It is something that had taken many, many years for him to come to terms with and also to understand. I read his wife's book many years ago, so I knew of some of the elements he spoke of but it was a totally different experience hearing it from his own point of view.

The true definition of how well life can turn out when you just go with the flow and don't give a flying f*ck. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. By turns heartbreaking, shocking, hilarious and moving I fell a little bit more in love with Billy with every minute I listened to.

Having said that, it is a good read with an insight into the comedian's early life among the tenements of Glasgow and plenty of pithy quotes from the man himself along the way.

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