Limmy: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], United KingdomScotland

| followers = 452472 thousand

| follower_date = MarchFebruary 2024 2023

| subscribers = 512523 thousand

| views = 96107.93 million

| stats_update = 3006 March 20232024

Brian Limond was born on 20 October 1974 to Jessie and Billy Limond in [[Glasgow]], and grew up in the [[Carnwadric]] area of the city.<ref name=":3" /> He studied multimedia technology at [[Glasgow Caledonian University]], graduating in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1996-11-15|title=Degrees day at Glasgow Caledonian University|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12078613.degrees-day-at-glasgow-caledonian-university/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Herald Scotland|language=en}}</ref> He found success as a website designer and [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] developer after starting work at Glasgow-based new media company Black ID.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2010-01-20|title=Brian Limond: How I got there and where to next|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2010/01/20/brian-limond-how-i-got-there-and-where-next|access-date=2020-06-15|website=The Drum|language=en}}</ref> In the summer of 2000, employees of Black ID created a rival company called Flammable Jam, where Limmy was a director.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=ltd|first=company check|title=FLAMMABLE JAM LIMITED. Free business summary taken from official companies house information. Free alerts. Registered as SC207350|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/SC207350/FLAMMABLE-JAM-LIMITED/companies-house-data|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Company Check|language=en}}</ref> During his time there, he was asked to contribute to the book ''New Masters of Flash: The 2002 Annual'', a resource for [[Adobe Flash|Macromedia Flash]] developers.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/newmastersofflas00pete|title=New Masters of Flash: The 2002 Annual|publisher=Friends of ED|others=Gay, Jonathan|year=2001|isbn=1903450365|location=Birmingham|oclc=47439878|url-access=registration}}</ref> In 2001, he co-founded the company Chunk Ideas, selling his stake in the company to co-founder Donnie Kerrigan in 2006, so he could concentrate on his comedy career.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-11-28|title=Flammable Jam directors split but agency goes on|url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2001/11/28/flammable-jam-directors-split-agency-goes|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212014847/https://www.thedrum.com/news/2001/11/28/flammable-jam-directors-split-agency-goes|archive-date=2019-12-12|access-date=2019-06-25|website=The Drum|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=ltd|first=company check|title=CHUNK IDEAS LIMITED. Free business summary taken from official companies house information. Free alerts. Registered as SC220894|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/company/sc220894/CHUNK-IDEAS-LIMITED/companies-house-data|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Company Check|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ranscombe|first=Peter|date=2011-12-11|title=Game maker cracks combination with tie-in for Bank Job TV show|work=The Scotsman|url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/game-maker-cracks-combination-tie-bank-job-tv-show-1651085|access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref>

Limmy appeared on ''[[Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast]]'' in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: RHLSTP 80 - Limmy|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/episode_80_limmy/|website=British Comedy Guide|date=30 September 2015|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref> 2017,<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: RHLSTP 146 - Limmy|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/rhlstp_146_limmy/|website=British Comedy Guide|date=22 September 2020|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref> and 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast: RHLSTP 274 - Limmy|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/rhlstp_274_limmy/|website=British Comedy Guide|date=6 May 2020|access-date=18 October 2020}}</ref> He also appeared on the ''[[The Blindboy Podcast]]'' in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/245fcbb1-435d-4bfd-b62c-02cda3236a7f|title=Limmy {{!}} The Blindboy Podcast|website=acast|language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref>

Limmy has been noted for the parody tributes he often [[Twitter|tweets]] on the announcement of a celebrity's death; he invariably posts that he "had the pleasure of meeting [them] at a charity do once. [They were] surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny". Following the death of nightclub owner [[Peter Stringfellow]], his tweet was mistakenly reported as a genuine tribute by ''[[Sky News]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/limmys-parody-tribute-finally-makes-onto-sky-news-peter-stringfellow-segment-2334463|title=Limmy's parody tribute makes it onto Sky News' Peter Stringfellow segment - NME|date=2018-06-07|work=NME|access-date=2018-08-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017, the BBC commissioned what was then a one-off special of ''Limmy's Homemade Show'', which was broadcast in April 2018.<ref name=":2" /> Originally intended to be a web series before being picked up by the BBC, the show is produced, performed, directed, filmed, and edited by Limmy alone, and takes place in or around his home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/12/01/38585/limmy_returns_to_the_bbc|title=Limmy returns to the BBC : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|last=Bennett|first=Steve|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref> A follow-up series was commissioned by the BBC and began airing in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5460/limmys_homemade_show_series/|title=Limmy's Homemade Show gets series|last=Guide|first=British Comedy|date=2019-08-21|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18373373.limmys-homemade-show-series-one-episode-one-review/ |title=Limmy's Homemade Show, series one, episode one, review |first=Alison |last=Rowat |work=[[Herald (Scotland)|Herald]] |date=11 April 2020 |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> After the airing of his one-off commentary ''Limmy's hasOther statedStuff'' thein specialOctober is2020, Limmy announced his finalretirement televisionfrom programtelevision, citing his mental health, as doing TV work made him "fucking suicidal".<ref name="British Comedy Guide">{{cite news|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5920/limmy-quitting-tv/ |title=Limmy to quit TV with final special – News – British Comedy Guide |work=British Comedy Guide |last=Richardson |first=Jay |date=5 September 2020 |accessdate=1 May 2021}}</ref> Since 2018, Limmy has been [[livestreaming]] almost daily on the website [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]], where he plays video games, chats to fans and tells [[Improvisational theatre|improvised]] comedy stories.<ref name="Twitch">{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Jay |title=Limmy's Homemade Show is back - and he is living his dream |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/limmys-homemade-show-is-back-and-he-is-living-his-dream-2529131 |website=[[The Scotsman]] |access-date=4 October 2023 |date=3 April 2020}}</ref>

Limmy has struggled with depression, suicidal thoughts and alcoholism, and has discussed this on social media and in interviews.<ref name="nothing">{{cite web|last=Ross|first=Peter|title=Limmy on how nothing is funnier than unhappiness|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/limmy-how-nothing-funnier-unhappiness-2463104 |date=12 November 2012|access-date=29 December 2021|work=[[The Scotsman]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Comedian Limmy opens up about depression|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/limmy-comedian-fighting-depression |first=Alex |last=Godfrey |website=www.gq-magazine.co.uk|publisher=[[GQ]]|date=19 May 2014|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> He has been [[Teetotalism|teetotal]] since 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crooks|first=Lauren|url=http://www.theglaswegian.co.uk/glasgow-news/news/2010/04/08/limmy-drink-fight-was-no-joke-102692-22170548/ |title=Limmy: Drink fight was no joke |publisherwork=theThe Glaswegian |access-date=2012-12-128 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623014128/http://www.theglaswegian.co.uk/glasgow-news/news/2010/04/08/limmy-drink-fight-was-no-joke-102692-22170548/ |archive-date=23 June 2013}}</ref> Limmy was in a relationship with Lynn McGowan from 2000;<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-07-17|title=Limmy on taking Daft Wee Stories to Edinburgh Fringe and why marriage isn't for him|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tv/limmy-taking-daft-wee-stories-8435208|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref> In January 2022, she announced they had separated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lynn_mcgoo/status/1477242343346655232|title="Myself & @DaftLimmy thought it was about time we let everyone know that we have separated, we separated quite a long time ago & have just been getting used to it, ourselves, before saying anything. We remain best of pals and still live together with our brilliant wee boy, Daniel."|access-date=2022-01-01|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> They have a son.<ref>{{cite web |urldate=2019-12-24 https://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/1209599036275253248|title=twitch.tv/Limmy on Twitter: "By Daniel McGowan Limond, aged 9." |publisherurl=Twitterhttps://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/1209599036275253248 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224222549/https://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/1209599036275253248 |archive-date=2019-12-24 |access-date=2019-12-28 |publisher=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=English|first=Paul|date=2010-11-17|title=Limmy: Fatherhood's made me more responsible - but it won't change my dark style of comedy|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/limmy-fatherhoods-made-me-more-responsible-1076056|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref> Limmy is an [[atheist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/09/confessions-of-an-internet-troll|title=Limmy's Show: Confessions of an internet troll|date=November 9, 2012|access-date=December 24, 2020|work=[[TheGuardian.com]]|author=Limond, Brian|quote=For example, I enjoy trolling atheists. I'm an atheist myself, but arguing with the religious is infuriating, draining and it actually hurts my head. Atheists always seem to come out of religious arguments worse, in terms of how much it ruins their day.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/DaftLimmy/status/558702283845009410|title=I'm an atheist, but I've no doubt they'd let me in upstairs. I never sold oot. God will say "WAIT. I like this kid. He's got balls"|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=December 24, 2020|work=Limmy on Twitter}}</ref> and supports [[Scottish independence]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=English|first=Paul|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/limmy-i-think-self-destructive-scots-will-vote-no-vzpbvfkzm|title=Limmy: I think self-destructive Scots will vote no|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=2020-04-05|language=en|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

! class = "unsortable"| Notes

| 2007

| 2007

* ''Daft Wee Stories'' (2015) {{ISBN|978-1780893754}}

* ''That's Your Lot'' (2017) {{ISBN|978-0008172602}}

* ''Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny'' (2019) {{ISBN|978-0008294663}}

{{reflistReflist}}

* [https://www.twitch.tv/limmy Limmy on Twitch]

[[Category:TwitchScottish (service) streamersYouTubers]]