The Big Yin Set for Big Night in NYC
Billy Connolly will receive the Great Scot Award Thursday April 9.
How the heck did Billy Connolly get the nickname The Big Yin?
It’s a question that will be asked many times on this side of the Atlantic between now and April 9, when the 72-year-old stand-up master will receive the Great Scot Award as part of the annual Tartan Week celebrations in New York. Here’s the answer to the nickname question, courtesy Scottish newspaper the Daily Record:
Cartoonist Malky McCormick has been documenting the funny side of Scottish life for decades… With Connolly, he created the cartoon strip The Big Yin for the Sunday Mail newspaper back in in 1973.
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