YoungWillz 21,028 Posted January 20, 2016 Thanks all!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 20, 2016 I'm just watching it now - it's quite sad, actually. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted January 21, 2016 I was shocked by his appearance.walking very slowly, almost unable to move his arms or hands, talking very slowly and staring into space. very rapid decline. sadly it looks like he wil not last too much longer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 21, 2016 I was shocked by his appearance.walking very slowly, almost unable to move his arms or hands, talking very slowly and staring into space. very rapid decline. sadly it looks like he wil not last too much longer Fuck me - a guest post I actually agree with! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pedro67 232 Posted January 21, 2016 Saw him at Hammersmith on Tuesday night. Sad to see him being taken over by the Parkinsons, but still funny as hell. Cant be easy standing on the same spot for 2 hours when he used to be so active. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted January 21, 2016 There is a certain black comedic delight that Billy Connolly is dying from Parkinson's disease, when it was Parkinson's TV talk show that made his name and brought him to a wider audience. The universe does appear to have a sense of humour. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 21, 2016 I actually feel for his wife and the people that love him. Watching somebody you love dying is beyond horrific. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempus Fugit 214 Posted January 22, 2016 I actually feel for his wife and the people that love him. Watching somebody you love dying is beyond horrific. We're all dying, just some of us are heading for the exit more quickly than others. I don't love Billy Connolly, so all I feel is indifference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted January 22, 2016 He's dying in the same most folk on here are dying, by moving closer to the eventual day each twenty-four hours. Beyond the cancer coming back, and the admittedly terminal case of being Glaswegian, I don't see him being that close to the grave yet. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted March 31, 2016 Billy Connolly's Parkinson's almost killed him when he tried to shower in a train: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/billy-connolly-warns-parkinsons-disease-7664761 Also, he's on a US tour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,028 Posted April 22, 2016 He talks about suicidal thoughts, his current health and the fact his condition is incurable, etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3553716/Billy-Connolly-admits-Parkinson-s-disease-given-suicidal-thoughts-star-says-wouldn-t-talked-friend-Robin-Williams-killing-himself.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImNotHades 207 Posted April 22, 2016 He talks about suicidal thoughts, his current health and the fact his condition is incurable, etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3553716/Billy-Connolly-admits-Parkinson-s-disease-given-suicidal-thoughts-star-says-wouldn-t-talked-friend-Robin-Williams-killing-himself.html October-December depression suicide. Good thing I got him on the Shadow list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,642 Posted April 22, 2016 He talks about suicidal thoughts, his current health and the fact his condition is incurable, etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3553716/Billy-Connolly-admits-Parkinson-s-disease-given-suicidal-thoughts-star-says-wouldn-t-talked-friend-Robin-Williams-killing-himself.html October-December depression suicide. Good thing I got him on the Shadow list. Hmm, presumtious IMHO - it's the ones that don't talk who end up under trains. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted April 22, 2016 He talks about suicidal thoughts, his current health and the fact his condition is incurable, etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3553716/Billy-Connolly-admits-Parkinson-s-disease-given-suicidal-thoughts-star-says-wouldn-t-talked-friend-Robin-Williams-killing-himself.html October-December depression suicide. Good thing I got him on the Shadow list. Hmm, presumtious IMHO - it's the ones that don't talk who end up under trains. Aye, because it's not so much bottled up or something. He's married to a psychologist too. Unfortunately, its Pamela Stephenson, but they seem to get on! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,642 Posted April 22, 2016 He talks about suicidal thoughts, his current health and the fact his condition is incurable, etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3553716/Billy-Connolly-admits-Parkinson-s-disease-given-suicidal-thoughts-star-says-wouldn-t-talked-friend-Robin-Williams-killing-himself.html October-December depression suicide. Good thing I got him on the Shadow list. Hmm, presumtious IMHO - it's the ones that don't talk who end up under trains. Aye, because it's not so much bottled up or something. He's married to a psychologist too. Unfortunately, its Pamela Stephenson, but they seem to get on! She's a psychotherapist, which also has the added irony of breaking down into psycho-the-rapist; but there's a difference between them and psychologists. Stephenson uses psychology and an understanding of cognitive behaviour to change lives for the better; sounds easy but it's usually hard, lengthy and fucking expensive. From the point of our interest that means she's more likely to be able to help him. Mind, given my positive and totally wrong outlook on Prince a few days back Connolly's probs already cooling in his own bathroom with a belly full of pills! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImNotHades 207 Posted April 22, 2016 He talks about suicidal thoughts, his current health and the fact his condition is incurable, etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3553716/Billy-Connolly-admits-Parkinson-s-disease-given-suicidal-thoughts-star-says-wouldn-t-talked-friend-Robin-Williams-killing-himself.html October-December depression suicide. Good thing I got him on the Shadow list. Hmm, presumtious IMHO - it's the ones that don't talk who end up under trains. Aye, because it's not so much bottled up or something. He's married to a psychologist too. Unfortunately, its Pamela Stephenson, but they seem to get on! One moment of loneliness is enough to do it. Robin was alone with his belt. If we follow the January pattern, Connolly could be "the actor" who dies 4 days after "the musician". But if he's got Parkinson's, she can drill his brain and she still won't be able to help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted April 22, 2016 He talks about suicidal thoughts, his current health and the fact his condition is incurable, etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3553716/Billy-Connolly-admits-Parkinson-s-disease-given-suicidal-thoughts-star-says-wouldn-t-talked-friend-Robin-Williams-killing-himself.html October-December depression suicide. Good thing I got him on the Shadow list. Hmm, presumtious IMHO - it's the ones that don't talk who end up under trains. Aye, because it's not so much bottled up or something. He's married to a psychologist too. Unfortunately, its Pamela Stephenson, but they seem to get on! She's a psychotherapist, which also has the added irony of breaking down into psycho-the-rapist; but there's a difference between them and psychologists. Stephenson uses psychology and an understanding of cognitive behaviour to change lives for the better; sounds easy but it's usually hard, lengthy and fucking expensive. From the point of our interest that means she's more likely to be able to help him. Mind, given my positive and totally wrong outlook on Prince a few days back Connolly's probs already cooling in his own bathroom with a belly full of pills! Ah, I was going off a cursory look at Google. I know CBT well myself. Anyhow, I maintain my earlier view that the Big Yin has too much of a zest for stuff in general to be going gently into that dark night. (Who else goes "Oh I can't use my left arm anymore, I better go learn to play the fucking harmonica?" The mental bastard) Short of a cancer relapse, he'll be around for years yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest James dalton Posted April 23, 2016 As an admirer of someone who was abused as a child in a rat pit like Glasgow yet manages to both be hilarious in a really British way and a damn good actor when given a good script I hope he does get granted a few more years. He was always on my dream list of dinner party guests and still is. This new generation of pathetic untalented new "comics" given status way beyond their abilities will be forgotten in a few years. It is those who live on in our memories whether they are alive or not who are truly immortal. What a bloody miserable site this is..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted April 23, 2016 As an admirer of someone who was abused as a child in a rat pit like Glasgow yet manages to both be hilarious in a really British way and a damn good actor when given a good script I hope he does get granted a few more years. He was always on my dream list of dinner party guests and still is. This new generation of pathetic untalented new "comics" given status way beyond their abilities will be forgotten in a few years. It is those who live on in our memories whether they are alive or not who are truly immortal. What a bloody miserable site this is..... Thank you James. Nothing to see here, move along. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 23, 2016 Apparently he was here in Minneapolis doing some filming for a new series. I had no idea until my dad sent me a text about it. So if he's well enough to be traveling and filming, he's probably got a couple more years left in him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted April 23, 2016 Anybody wondering if dead hostage Ken Bigleys family is now saying '....Arent you the same as us? Don't you wish he would get on with it?' 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,642 Posted April 23, 2016 Apparently he was here in Minneapolis doing some filming for a new series. I had no idea until my dad sent me a text about it. So if he's well enough to be traveling and filming, he's probably got a couple more years left in him. Hell yeah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImNotHades 207 Posted April 23, 2016 Apparently he was here in Minneapolis doing some filming for a new series. I had no idea until my dad sent me a text about it. So if he's well enough to be traveling and filming, he's probably got a couple more years left in him. Hell yeah Parkinson's is a slow progressing disease. He could end up like Robin but he said that he has dark thoughts. Cancer is not ruled out, of course. It'll be fun to watch where he's going. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted April 23, 2016 Apparently he was here in Minneapolis doing some filming for a new series. I had no idea until my dad sent me a text about it. So if he's well enough to be traveling and filming, he's probably got a couple more years left in him. Hell yeah That show is recommended for folk who like watching Billy rambling around the place telling stories and eating food. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,437 Posted March 16, 2017 Billy Connolly does bit for Comic Relief looking... ok actually, imo, for a near 75 year old man with Parkinsons. The wife points out he says he "has cancer" when he was publicly in remission, though. Could be a figure of speech, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
