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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Graeme Garden, Rory Bremner, Billy Connolly, Craig Ferguson, Alan Cumming, Rikki Fulton, Kev F. Sutherland, Armando Iannucci, Robbie Coltrane, Ivor Cutler, Jerry Sadowitz, Ronnie Corbett, Stanley Baxter, John Sessions, Jack Docherty, Sanjeev Kohli, Lynn Ferguson, Cecilia Loftus, James Finlayson, The Krankies, Daniel Sloss, Bill Fraser, Ford Kiernan, Kate Copstick, Scotland the What?, Kevin Bridges, Rhona Cameron, Craig Hill, Limmy, Eric Cullen, Greg Hemphill, Jimmy Logan, Tormod MacGill-Eain, Des Dillon, Chic Murray, Andy Cameron, Allan Stewart, Robert Florence, Gordon Kennedy, Gregor Fisher, Fred MacAulay, Siobhan Redmond, Peter Baikie, Duncan Macrae, Raymond Mearns, Renee Houston, Karen Dunbar, Janet Brown, Des Clarke, Denny Willis, Paul Riley, Francie and Josie, Lex McLean, Jimmy Gold, Phil Kay, Alan Francis, Tommy Lorne, Jack Milroy, Jonathan Watson, Alex Munro, Hector Nicol, Arnold Brown, Una McLean, Gavin Mitchell, Des McLean, Mark Cox, Dave Willis, Moray Hunter, G. S. Melvin, John Gavin, Charlie Naughton, Bill Dewar. Excerpt: William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin (The Big One). His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder (specifically a boilermaker) in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer in the Humblebums and subsequently as a soloist. In the early 1970s he made the transition from folk-singer with a comedic persona to full-fledged comedian, a role in which he continues. He also became an actor, and has appeared in such films as Indecent Proposal (1993); Mrs. Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA; The Boondock Saints (1999); The Man Who Sued God (2001); Wat...
