Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography

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Flammable Jam directors split but agency goes on". The Drum. 28 November 2001. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019 . Retrieved 25 June 2019. Limond describes the teenage years he spent drinking and getting into trouble, on one occasion stealing a car, with disarming honesty in his autobiography, Surprisingly Down to Earth and Very Funny. “I don’t like hiding things. If I can expose the weaknesses in myself, they can’t be uncovered,” he says. “But I didn’t write about my life with the aim of then saying, ‘This is how you can get better’. I just wanted to get it out and it turns out that being open can be a big help in showing people they are not alone.” It's about being strange in a normal, subclinical* way: intrusive thoughts, groundless anxiety, reduced affect display, auditory hallucination, mild paranoia, misanthropy, hysteroid dysphoria.

Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography

a b "British Academy Scotland Awards Winners in 2011". BAFTA Scotland. 13 November 2011. Archived frae the original on 6 October 2014 . Retrieved 13 Juin 2020. English, Paul. "Limmy: I think self-destructive Scots will vote no". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460 . Retrieved 5 April 2020. Because, as well as being a compelling first-person account of living with mental health issues, Surprisingly Down to Earth is, as the title promises, very funny. Uproariously, even. Limmy’s chatty, seemingly off-the-cuff patter marks him out as a natural storyteller, and the humour is easy and unforced, allowed to grow organically out of his skewed outlook on the world. And it’s genuinely interesting to see how Limmy’s varied talents, obsessions, hang-ups and life experiences coalesced into a successful career achieved on his own terms.

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Welcome to the world of Limmy". The Scotsman. 13 November 2006. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013 . Retrieved 13 June 2020.

Book review: Surprisingly Down to Earth and Very Funny – My

In that Lloyd Cole review, which you can see Limmy talking about on his youtube channel, Lloyd Cole said maybe one reason he didn't get into the book was because he didn't know Limmy's work when he read it, and that much makes sense. If you are a fan of Limmy you will get much more from this than someone who doesn't know him. Personally, I am a huge fan of "Limmy's Show", so when he starts talking about the "Millport" sketch or the "Yoker" sketch I know exactly what he is talking about and found it fascinating to see the genesis of the ideas behind these sketches and how they came to be made. If you are not a fan, that may be less interesting, though you can always watch the sketches on youtube as you are reading.

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Taking observational comedy to its core of simply looking, Limond’s sketches are known for deftly walking the knife’s edge between tragedy and laughter, often incorporating themes of trauma, suicide and violence. “When I’m making something, I prefer it to be darker and maybe that just comes from my experiences growing up in Glasgow,” he says. “I like stuff that isn’t particularly funny, too, just observations we drag out, or making stupid faces and then being serious again.” Limmy on taking Daft Wee Stories to Edinburgh Fringe and why marriage isn't for him". Daily Record. 17 Julie 2016 . Retrieved 28 December 2019. Auto theft, fanny fright, incompetent but dogged self-harm, raving and tripping as self-medication, dole stupor, bail skipping, the death drive, pretend machismo, pretend homosexuality, alcoholism, Flash animation, BBC showrunner. Not very funny but very entertaining. ( His shows are funny.)