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The best of the rest a brand new feature compilation of the very best of billy connollys live performances. But the series was canceled and so connolly was hired to portray the same character in a new sitcom, billy, which was based on the film green card. I think we have no business at the beach at all, as a species. Here in two night stand, he allows us to enjoy some of the very best from his phenomenal career.
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