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Do we start at the beginning? Aye
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Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland

Do we start at the beginning? Aye. There were three of us, me,John, and Gerry Rafferty....

Do we start at the beginning? Aye. There were three of us, me,
John, and Gerry Rafferty. Gerry was to go on to become one
of Scotland's finest songwriters. But at the time, we were
all just kind of making it up
as we were going along. It was Gerry Rafferty
who I'd known since he was eight. He was on the bus,
we got the bus together, and he said, "I was at a party
in Paisley," and he said, "I met
the funniest guy in the world. "Funniest guy ever met in my life." And that was in 1968

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Do we start at the beginning? Aye.
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There were three of us, me, John, and Gerry Rafferty.
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Gerry was to go on to become one of Scotland's finest songwriters.
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But at the time, we were all just kind of making it up as we were going along.
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It was Gerry Rafferty who I'd known since he was eight.
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He was on the bus, we got the bus together,
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and he said, "I was at a party in Paisley,"
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and he said, "I met the funniest guy in the world.
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"Funniest guy ever met in my life."
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And that was in 1968.
Duration
37 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:02
Uploaded
Jun 23, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
Production
Gorky Film Studios

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Movie Summary

A uniquely 'Billy' approach to biography - part shaggy dog tale, part self-portrait, with a lot of jokes, personal archive and a few famous faces thrown in between.