Happy would’ve-been 50th birthday, Bill Hicks. Here’s your finest moment.
Alright, this makes up for the last post. Bill Hicks, an fearlessly acerbic comedian famous for his brave commentary, would have turned 50 last Friday — had he not died of liver cancer in 1994, at the peak of his popularity. Slate did us a favor and posted his greatest moment, this 1993 “Late Show With David Letterman” routine, which stayed in the vault for 16 years after (according to Hicks himself) CBS balked at his jokes about Christianity. (Which, mind you, are nowhere near as bad as the action made them out to be.) We couldn’t even imagine what sort of brutal jokes he’d make about the current state of reality television, based on his super-dark Billy Ray Cyrus bit at the beginning. Letterman, regretting what happened, aired the performance in 2009, with Hicks’ mother at his side. SOURCE
That reminds me, I have to watch this:
It’s the new Hicks doc. Now streaming on Netflix.
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Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas join Laura Flanders in studio to discuss their film, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Hicks’ work, and why political comedy remains so important.
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Bill Hicks on the first thing newly elected Presidents have to sit through.
In honor of the White House ousting State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley after he called the Pentagon’s treatment of Bradley Manning “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid”. A lot of disappointment from liberal commentators on this one and others, but whenever I hear about Obama veering sharply right from his original plans, the above video is what comes to mind.
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“You’re at a ball game or a concert and someone’s really violent, aggressive and obnoxious; are they drunk or are they smoking pot?
Drunk would be the one and only correct answer. Thank you very much. Drunk would be the ONE and only correct answer. I have never seen people on pot get in a fight because it is fucking impossible.
‘Hey, buddy.’
‘Hey, what.’
End of argument.”
Bill Hicks via/KeithOlbermann (via kateoplis)
A wise man once told me: “If you drink too much alcohol, you end up either puking or passing out with your arms around a toilet. If you smoke too much weed, you end up eating or passing out with your arms around a bag of Doritos. Which would you choose?” - True story. - joshsternberg
The Comedy Store: AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY
Banned from Letterman? Before Madonna earned this dubious distinction, so did Bill Hicks, the vanguard comic heralded on our own Hall of Fame. Now, the Los Angeles premiere of AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORYdetails the life of The Comedy Store alumnus whose influence remains strong…
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American: The Bill Hicks Story brings the tale of one of modern culture’s most iconic heroes to the big screen. The video above is an interview with Steve Hicks (Bill’s Brother) and Matt Harlock (the director) on The Sound of Young America. The redband trailer can be found on youtube.
American The Bill Hicks Story Official Trailer
Here it is! This groundbreaking new documentary uses a stunning new animation technique to tell the story of the modern cultural icon Bill Hicks.
“How much you smoke? A pack and half a day? You pussy! I go through two lighters a day, dude, alright.”
