History Music / BillBailey

* GenreShift: "The Lego of Time" is prog-rock, but also has a Cockney bit.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: His "Scale of evil" included [[AdolfHitler Hitler]], [[JosefStalin Stalin]] and ChrisDeBurgh.

* TheWestCountry: Bill is from Bath, Somerset. Every time the music of The Wurzels is played on ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (and when they appeared), he stands and salutes them as heroes.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: He explains the lacklustre conclusion of the ''{{Countdown}}'' theme music as the result of the performer being distracted by a bee.

** He is also known to wear anime paraphernalia, appearing in ''DragonBall'' and ''{{Naruto}}'' t-shirts in separate episodes of ''{{QI}}''.

Not to be confused with [[Series/CashCab Ben Bailey]]. Or [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]] (who was called Bill Bailey in childhood). Or [[Series/TheBobNewhartShow Bill]] [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Daily]]. Or [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus]]. Or the man referred to in the song, "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won%27t_You_Come_Home_Bill_Bailey Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey]]".

Not to be confused with [[Series/CashCab Ben Bailey]]. Or [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]] (who was called Bill Bailey in childhood). Or [[Series/TheBobNewhartShow Bill]] [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Daily]]. Or [[Theatre/{{Cats}} Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus]].

* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain}}: Early in his stand-up career, Bill used to tell a joke encouraging the audience to use their untapped brain potential, otherwise Mother Nature would step in and use evolution to erode it away.

* {{90% Of Your Brain}}: Early in his stand-up career, Bill used to tell a joke encouraging the audience to use their untapped brain potential, otherwise Mother Nature would step in and use evolution to erode it away.

* 90%OfYourBrain: Early in his stand-up career, Bill used to tell a joke encouraging the audience to use their untapped brain potential, otherwise Mother Nature would step in and use evolution to erode it away.

** ''{{Panorama}}'', played backwards by an orchestra.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: As part of his ''Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra'', Bill quotes a passage from ''The Sprightly Companion'' which describes the sound of an oboe as 'not much inferior to the trumpet'.

[[strike: Bill Bailey]] [[strike: [[AngelinaJolie Angelina]] [[TopGear Jolie]]]] Bill Bailey is a popular British stand-up comedian and musician. He is known for his role on ''BlackBooks'' and appearances on ''{{QI}}'', ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (where he was a team captain for quite some time, replacing Sean Hughes), ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' and ''{{Spaced}}''. He has also had small parts in movies such as ''Film/HotFuzz''; ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' movie adaptation (as a falling sperm whale); ''Film/RunFatBoyRun'', and a few others. He also can be seen appearing as a trick dog obsessed father in Series 2 of ''{{Skins}}'', and as some kind of paramlitary lumberjack in a single episode of DoctorWho.

* CreatorBacklash: [[InUniverse during his stand-up]], Bill says that he quit Series/NeverMindTheBuzzcocks to preserve his dignity, after finding himself (not for the first time) humming "Toxic" by Creator/BritneySpears to "some gormless indie halfwit".

* {{Cargo Cult}}: The crowd at the Dublin O2 began worshipping Bill's Oud. ''"Ooooooouuuuuuuuuuddd."''

[[strike: Bill Bailey]] [[strike: [[AngelinaJolie Angelina]] [[TopGear Jolie]]]] Bill Bailey is a popular British stand-up comedian and musician. He is known for his role on ''BlackBooks'' and appearances on ''{{QI}}'', ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (where he was a team captain for quite some time, replacing Sean Hughes), ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' and ''{{Spaced}}''. He has also had small parts in movies such as ''Film/HotFuzz''; ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' movie adaptation (as a falling sperm whale); ''Film/RunFatBoyRun'', and a few others. He also can be seen appearing as a trick dog obsessed father in Series 2 of ''{{Skins}}''.

[[strike: Bill Bailey]] [[strike: [[AngelinaJolie Angelina]] [[TopGear Jolie]]]] Bill Bailey is a popular British stand-up comedian and musician. He is known for his role on ''BlackBooks'' and appearances on ''{{QI}}'', ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (where he was a team captain for quite some time, replacing Sean Hughes), ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' and ''{{Spaced}}''. He has also had small parts in movies such as ''Film/HotFuzz''; ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' movie adaptation (as a falling sperm whale); ''Run, Fat Boy, Run'', and a few others. He also can be seen appearing as a trick dog obsessed father in Series 2 of ''{{Skins}}''.

** ''TheMagicRoundabout'' with the hidden demonic section after ~30 minutes of the normal theme-tune.

** Also, the 'hidden middle section' of the magic roundabout theme.

* WithLyrics: He has done this for a number of instrumental TV theme tunes, perhaps most notably ''{{Mastermind}}'': "You're ALL GOING TO DIEEEEEEEEE...DAH-DAH!"

[[strike: Bill Bailey]] [[strike: [[AngelinaJolie Angelina]] [[TopGear Jolie]]]] Bill Bailey is a popular British stand-up comedian and musician. He is known for his role on ''BlackBooks'' and appearances on ''{{QI}}'', ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (where he was a team captain for quite some time, replacing Sean Hughes), ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' and ''{{Spaced}}''. He has also had small parts in movies such as ''HotFuzz''; ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' movie adaptation (as a falling sperm whale); ''Run, Fat Boy, Run'', and a few others. He also can be seen appearing as a trick dog obsessed father in Series 2 of ''{{Skins}}''.

Not to be confused with [[Series/CashCab Ben Bailey]]. Or [[Music/GunsNRoses Axl Rose]] (who was called Bill Bailey in childhood). Or [[TheBobNewhartShow Bill]] [[IDreamOfJeannie Daily]]. Or [[{{Cats}} Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus]].

** Can cross over the lines of AbsentMindedProfessor cross DitzyGenius at sometimes, though. There are a few tangents that come from nowhere and go somewhere, but not somewhere within the orbital perimeter of Jupiter. They just take flight and [[CloudCuckooLander keep on going...]]

** He also seems to be a big fan of TheLordOfTheRings.

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[[strike: Bill Bailey]] [[strike: [[AngelinaJolie Angelina]] [[TopGear Jolie]]]] Bill Bailey is a popular British stand-up comedian and musician. He is known for his role on ''BlackBooks'' and appearances on ''{{QI}}'', ''NeverMindTheBuzzcocks'' (where he was a team captain for quite some time, replacing Sean Hughes), ''HaveIGotNewsForYou'' and ''{{Spaced}}''. He has also had small parts in movies such as ''HotFuzz''; ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' movie adaptation (as a falling sperm whale); ''Run, Fat Boy, Run'', and a few others. He also can be seen appearing as a trick dog obsessed father in Series 2 of ''{{Skins}}''.