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Billy Connolly, born 24th November 1942 in Glasgow, is a Scottish folk musician, actor and [[Stand Up Comedy|stand-up]]. Commonly known as "The Big Yin", he has a large fanbase and was voted Number One on [[Channel 4]]'s One Hundred Greatest Stand-Ups in both 2007 and 2010.
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* [[Bits of Me Keep Passing Out]]: A gag about drinking, and "zombie" cocktails that he tried which "get you drunk from the feet up", remaining lucid until you try to move:
{{quote|So I said to her, and she said to me-- back in a minute. [Tries to walk and falls over].}}
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* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in a sketch on ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' where he barges into a dingy looking pub and in a gruff accent asks for a list of tough sounding men. When he is told that none of them are there, he orders a "campari and soda" in a camp accent.
* ''[[The Boondock Saints]]''
* ''[[Brave]]''
* ''[[The Hobbit (film)|The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies]]''
* ''[[The Last Samurai]]''
* ''[[Mrs. Brown]]''
* Small cameo as himself in ''[[Indecent Proposal]]''
* ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]''
* ''[[Open Season]]''
* ''[[Still Crazy]]''
* ''[[The X
* ''[[Head of the Class]]''
* ''[[Lemony Snicket]]'s [[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''
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