9.12.10

Billy Connolly takes to Route 66 for ITV

Comedian Billy Connolly is to film another travelogue for ITV1, this time driving along America's most famous highway, Route 66.


Following the success of his Arctic journey last year in Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, the star is making a four-part peaktime series, Billy Connolly's Route 66.


The comedian will take his banjo with him as he explores US history and music along the famous trail from Chicago and St Louis, through Oklahoma and Texas to Los Angeles.


Connolly said: "Travelling Route 66 has always been a lifelong ambition. It brings together some of my favourite things – my trike, my banjo and America. The ultimate road trip."


The series will be filmed in May and is produced by Maverick Television, the makers of Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies.


Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/09/billy-connolly-route-66-itv

Billy Connolly takes to Route 66 for ITV

Comedian Billy Connolly is to film another travelogue for ITV1, this time driving along America's most famous highway, Route 66.


Following the success of his Arctic journey last year in Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, the star is making a four-part peaktime series, Billy Connolly's Route 66.


The comedian will take his banjo with him as he explores US history and music along the famous trail from Chicago and St Louis, through Oklahoma and Texas to Los Angeles.


Connolly said: "Travelling Route 66 has always been a lifelong ambition. It brings together some of my favourite things – my trike, my banjo and America. The ultimate road trip."


The series will be filmed in May and is produced by Maverick Television, the makers of Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies.


Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/09/billy-connolly-route-66-itv

5.12.10

Comedian Mistakenly Told He'd Die, Spent Life Savings

Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) on MSNBC speaks with British comedian Dave Ismay who was told by doctors that he only had a three months to live. He spent his life savings and acted on his own 'bucket list' only to find out he wasn't dying.

Comedian Mistakenly Told He'd Die, Spent Life Savings

Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) on MSNBC speaks with British comedian Dave Ismay who was told by doctors that he only had a three months to live. He spent his life savings and acted on his own 'bucket list' only to find out he wasn't dying.

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