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With the second installment of Billy Connolly's Route 66 every bit as laid-back and nonchalant as the first, there were moments when the programme became so relaxed it almost ground to a halt. 
As Billy tucked into the lethargy-inducing soul food in the Deep South in the opening few minutes of the episode and the southern drawl of the locals droned on in the background, viewers may have found themselves within dangerous proximity of falling asleep.
Fortunately, the veteran comic soon recaptured our attention by striking up an interesting conversation with a septuagenarian chef, managing to move seamlessly from talk of fried chicken to talk of segregation in the 1950s. 
Billy's geniality doesn't just come from the sneaking sycophancy we so often see on TV travelogues; he's just an amiable chap who is able to draw out interesting conversation from those he meets. 
He also displays an astonishment at the mundane that appears to stem either from childlike enthusiasm or the onset of senility. Whether visiting wolf sanctuaries, re-enacting the Civil War, or eating cardiologically offensive food, Connolly threw himself into the task at hand


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