REVEL – The Night Comedy Great Janey Godley Finally Met Comedy Great Billy Connolly.

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The Night Billy Connolly came to see me do comedy

I never thought I would ever write those words down in a blog but here I am. Let me take you back a bit, when I was growing up in Glasgow in the 70s and my dad let me hear an LP vinyl recording of Glasgow comic Billy Connolly- I have been hooked and love the man ever since. His story telling style hooked me and made me really interested in comedy.

When I went into comedy at the age of 35, the first press reaction was “Janey Godley is like discovering an early Billy Connolly” I was touched but a tad embarrassed in case the great man ever read that and was annoyed, as if he ever read about me? What a dick I am.

Anyway I have followed his career and been totally in love with his style and always regarded him as the best comic I have ever known. So I land in Wellington New Zealand for the Comedy festival to learn that the Big Man is in town and was staying in the same hotel as me and Ashley.

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I adore this story from Janey. I also find it strange two such funny fucks, both from Scotland had never meet before. I suppose I thought Scotland was like the gay community and they all knew each other. Anyhoo, janey hits Auckland now at the Comedy Festival so go and see her. She is the bees knees in honest, funny as a fit comedy. True class.

JANEY AT A RECENT APPEARANCE IN BOSTON.