lor that matter. Think what an entertaining I’ur/v'y reunion with Mohammad Ali that would have made lor. Btit it's really not been going so well since he got rid ol' the banjo. ('uriously. when he brought the banjo back he was even worse.
The press
It‘s only natural to hate the Daily Record btit celebrities are like doggers. They‘re dying for you to look at them but they don't like it when
you ll)ll()\\' them home. Big Yin anecdote
I tell very sorry for him during all
the Ken Bigley stulll I agreed with him and I will never l'orget Blair attending that memorial service lor
The press
aiid rarely compromises: but when he does he regrets it completely. He treats his fans with the utmost respect and has never been la/y on stage like so many ‘top' comedians alter a couple of years of TV coddling.
His criticisms of Scottish life are the same as anyone on Sauchiehall Street. Being l'amous doesn‘t strip you of the right to an opinion. He
does. however. hate the Scottish press btit
WILLIAM 0F RANGE
then he regardless ol‘ nationality. They write btillsliit about him like:
liale all the press
‘He hates Scotland.‘ Big Yin anecdote
Word on the street
Stuart Soutter Age19
Student, Glasgow The joke about the tott who rides toboggan for a liVing still makes
used to write and perform were genius. 'The Welly Boot Song‘ was a ClaSSlC.
Leeane Munro
a tragic. sell—interested mercenary ' h _ Trying to retell a (‘oniiolly me laugh JUSt thmkmg gngsionist when he couldn't he arsed to L'ke everytone' the 8'9 Y'” anecdote is generally a mistake. arm” '1' But how on Fraserb h. has had his ups and ' earth does he get "'9
attend the ltiiierals of soldiers.
Stuart Cosqrove
downs. But not everyone scrawls their face purple.
()ne ol‘ten misses out all the bits that make it interesting. However. ‘the (‘rucil'ixion' iiitist be the ultimate anecdote.
away with a purple beard?
He is undoubtedly the most naturally funny guy this coontry has produced: he is
His - es eCiall worshi ed _ BROADCASTER Parkinsqn ,T , p V pp ” AND debm'" he . Brlan up nonh. 1975 which CrUCIfiXion , . COLUMNIST “opened a skit which Henniqan What does he him from “ad 705 AUTHOR AND h troubadour YOUl Up I“ mean to you? . ,m m COMEDY ' to national '3 '5 W' PROMOTER The most hero on the Srfi‘phinkh , . el W en . remarkable Scottish comic in saTneznf’c‘: he 3.0mm What does he Daytd Proudfoot history. Strangely. his lame really Emu the Last mean to you? A9? 60. kicked off when he was attacked aizaugte‘: ggfigjtgom With any 23' time; 3‘ . . . . e 05 . In ur by noting laiis at the Plough Inn in Gallowgate comedian there are two The mangls a national David Magner
l’erth. on the scheme I grew tip on.
The Ken
aspects: form and content. I
icon who promotes
Age 23
In those days. his album was more Bigiey would say Billy is. principally. Scotland 3” over the Student, Cork
im iortaiit than )lllll's'l it was secret moment: a an ex ionent of form. He is not world. It's a reat He '5 a legend bl" “Cl l .- . ve sha l - - ' g i If (S tland We
culture. I played ‘lhe (‘rucilix'ion gfireg a comic genius. btit then again achlevemem fOra lad NS 0 CO '
have adopted him in
a hundred times. It's still ground the media Jongleurs neither are most others to from the bale Sl'ee‘S Ireland as one ofour breaking, auci'ences whom the term is Of Glasgow I d love to own nationai .Cons
c . _ 9 voting him . . . I y I .‘ _ . . know how it feels ' Legend or disappomtment. Making the number indiscriminately applied. lzddie going from broke to He deserves to be everything — .jobbies. two stand- lzzard and Jack Dee aren t: multimillionaire.
lauded and laiiipooned. Some people l‘eel he has disappointed them because he has dril'ted
up ever in its 2lst anniversary poll
cool
‘lt it wisnae
Woody Allen and Richard Pryor are. Moreover. I would not imagine he claims to be.
, , fir yer , _ towards eccentric aristocracy btit weiiies, Legend or disappomtment? that‘s because l'ake working-class where wid He is the funniest and most Y9 be? Mrs Brown:
culture has a paralysing grip on
popular Scottish entertainer
, . . . . . You'd be in he can act!! , V ' Scotland. lle s still massive btit il the hospital since Sir Harry Lauder. who Paul Paterson it all went wrong it was when he . °."""“3 St, km died in l‘)5(). To place him on A99 21 . ~ infirmary. ea 9 . - Music director guw up drmk mass. Fground the same shell as Lauder (who Graeme McMillan Glasgow ’ iccadilly s- - . . - , ‘. , A e18 The press . ~ ‘ Circusfor Sir Winston Churchill rclcrrcd Stgudem Glasgow Iwould like to know if [he press can he uiilorgiving and Comic Relief to as Scotland s greatest ever He deser’ved the Srck he has really Slept with it can ptiiiisli people that don I do 'n 200‘ ambassador ) is no small hetook over Ken so many fat girls, what they want. thing. There are probably Just Bigley' but i normally Big Yin anecdote An Audience the two ol them there. wouldn't associate him He once said he loved the radio 2”"7 B’I’I’Y The press with bad press. . , . , . . . . onno .' . , . . show I do with lam (owan; it s Admitting “15mm; Being Scottish is an great to see he‘s so committed to many times inescapable part of Billy's has that - - gay cultuic. backslappm. Idellllly‘dnd humour. and yct «Donvuivea g-fest been being Scottish means he is sandy lir'e: live: ’epea‘ed? continuallv open to attack lroin and an , ., '. ' .. .. . . .. . Rosie Moland "also" thatdamed Attempting a not very Ulll\LrSdll)-d\\drt, A 622 COMEmAN purple to breéach countrv. A large country would 8? dent Aberdeen th U ' - ‘ - ' - “ What does he beard mzrket m have other international figures The man's a Scottish mean to YOU? The Ken i992 with to celebrate and pick on. We figgogacoggane legend. He deserves A man who Bigley 09mm? don I. When thev reopened to be preserved fora ' [kg rk ‘ . moment: “com Fd, b I ,y I. i I Th Student, Inverness f f dad. who insensitive 5.. off erIJlm the they did so with the Krankies. iegend status after his generatlo’ns- lWOU'd brought much laughter to my ttowardtsg Carol Smillie is a celebrity. stupid Bigley outburst. Eveapa'goltmse ' - - o m . . . . I lamin s household as a child and r 3 Head of the These are our tailings. not his. but if he loves his anana s 095 teenager. And he still delivers. 0’3“ Billy Cimil Win. Wh)’ though. Count? so Euch VLVhy ian Daigieish Legend or disappointment? Viewers of should he care‘.’ He has ggezleggeg em 05 A9930 HL‘ 8 not Just a Scottish legend. llC l? Lit/e yroting achieved success on his terms, 9 ' Taxi driver, ' , . . .' ‘ ‘ ‘ , , ‘ lm e '3 . x ‘ a x v '3 . o . is a vvoildwidc lcgcnd and grand Nagging numberone “c are lonunatc to have him. paui Remy EdlflbU'Qh master ol stand-up comedy. He set ousggh stand-up Age 23 lwonder lf he mum at new standard for live comedy. He Ferguson 9"” SECC, Glasgow, Mon Barman. Glasgow 8"" tum ms hand to
The comedy songs he
welding?
appeals to all generations. crosses class boundaries and national borders
1 1-Wed 13 Apr; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Tue 26—Thu 28 Apr.
22 THE LIST '3" Mar—‘3. At"