Before Limmy made it onto BBC Scotland with Limmy's Show, he became known through his own rough-and-ready, funny homemade videos. When Limmy's Show stopped, Limmy took to Vine and YouTube, racking up millions of views for videos made on nothing more than his phone. Limmy's Homemade Show takes the DIY style of his homemade videos - the cast of one, the staying at home and losing his marbles, the going out and about and speaking his mind - and puts it on the telly. Limmy jumps from sketch to observation to nonsense. He takes you down to the Clydeside for a tour of Glasgow, and gets into an argument with himself. He plays some techno nursery rhymes on his synth. He shows you his toilet, and a particular tile that has been bothering him.
Limmy is thankful to be on TV and worries about what it would be like if he ever had to go back to having a real job. He spots something terrifying in his mirror that he accidentally recorded on his camera, something he claims actually happened and isn’t at all special effects. And he gives advice to all budding DJs about how to work a crowd, advice that might result in being hit by a flying bottle.
Limmy reveals his secret life as an assassin, a businessman has a crisis of confidence when he accidentally goes to put his kettle in the fridge and Limmy explains why he is paranoid about hanging his dirty towel on the washing line.
Limmy feels guilty about leaving his phone’s stopwatch running when he was no longer using it, and he is unhappy about the placement of the letter Q in the alphabet and thinks it should be moved. And he has a life-saving idea that he would like to proudly present to the world on behalf of Scotland.
Limmy introduces a chronological compilation of his non-TV stuff, from his early pre-YouTube sketches, to his Vines, to his present-day livestreaming. He recalls his journey from being a web developer to having his own sketch show, and how it all began with a spur-of-the-moment video that he uploaded to his website. Highlights along the way include how to make a dance music video with a straw stuck to your face, the rare first sighting of Limmy’s beloved character Dee Dee, a vine for arachnophobes to avoid and an outdoor livestream where Limmy gets all the fame he ever wished for.
