BILL HICKS Damn it

A.S.H. · 19-05-2005 2:12pm #1

Need anything really be said about this, is there really a need for a poll?

MrJoeSoap · 19-05-2005 2:41pm

Chomsky with dick jokes. Yes.

funky penguin · 19-05-2005 7:36pm

So who's Bill Hicks?

steveland? · 19-05-2005 11:27pm

BURN THE WITCH!!!

I heartily endorse this product and or service as Bill Hicks was/is the funniest man ever...

gobby · 19-05-2005 11:29pm

Bill Hicks Rocks!!

funky penguin · 19-05-2005 11:39pm

So who's Bill Hicks?

19-05-2005 11:41pm

You are taking the proverbial pee right now...

...Aren't you?

funky penguin · 19-05-2005 11:44pm

No, seriously, I don't know who he is.

pwd · 19-05-2005 11:52pm

yes!
he's a very funny dead American comedian who did aggressive and political standup.
Denis Leary is obviously highly influenced by Hicks (ie: he copied him). Hicks standup was far funnier/more intelligent/more thought provoking/better/all of the above.

19-05-2005 11:54pm

Ah but Denis Leary did a f*cking hilarious MTV unplugged

John · 19-05-2005 11:54pm

and he's still relevant as his bush and iraq jokes are still topical

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 19-05-2005 11:55pm

funky penguin wrote:

No, seriously, I don't know who he is.

You poor deprived child.
We need some Bill Hicks mp3s over here STAT.

I often wonder what Bill would make of all the shít happening in the world these days... the 'Bill Hicks on George W' sketch that never was

So much material for this man, but he's not available for comment.

funky penguin · 20-05-2005 12:08am

John2 wrote:

and he's still relevant as his bush and iraq jokes are still topical

I like jokes! (where the **** is me sig?)

Eve e · 20-05-2005 8:48pm

John2 wrote:

and he's still relevant as his bush and iraq jokes are still topical

Yeah,history repeating.

Unfortunally.

(Leary a poor mans Hicks, minus the humour,intelligence and wit.)

DublinWriter · 20-05-2005 9:25pm

All hail The Great GoatLord.

Gawd, where's Hicks when you really need him? If he wasn't cremated, he'd be doing 120 RPM in his grave right now at the antics of George II. He was one of the greatest Bush-botherers, in every sense of the phrase.

One of his greatest routines:

Presidential Advisor: "Iraqi, Saddam, he's got incredible weapons, we need to take him out Sir"

Bush: "How do we do know he's got incredible weapons?"

Presidential Advisor: "Ehhh....we looked at the invoice, and as soon as that cheque clears, we're goin' in!"

Or...

"I visited the Texas school book repositary recently, it's now a musuem dedicated to the JFK assasination. They've kept the sniper's nest area exactly as it was in 1963 right down to the smallest detail...including the detail that Owsald wasn't there".

steveland? · 21-05-2005 3:13pm

Bill Hicks was once asked what he thought of Denis Leary..

Hicks replied with something along the lines of:
"I love the guy... I stole all my best material off him. But I made them funnier, more interesting and just to confuse everything made them before him"

gobby · 21-05-2005 6:47pm

steveland? wrote:

Bill Hicks was once asked what he thought of Denis Leary..

Hicks replied with something along the lines of:
"I love the guy... I stole all my best material off him. But I made them funnier, more interesting and just to confuse everything made them before him"

The quote was:

"I have a scoop for you. I stole his act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did."

From http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks

kittenkiller · 22-05-2005 1:59pm

Did anyone see the article on him in the Star magazine last Saturday?
Tis nice that his fan-base is still expanding.
The DVD out on him at the moment is good too.
Loadsa stand-up footage & interviews with his family & 'famous' friends.

He is indeed a true leg-end!