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I wish I was dead Bill Hicks getting judged on just two hours worth of material.
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Sep 30, 2016 08:57
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Hey, maybe if politicians spent more time doing good stuff instead of doing bad stuff then things would be better, right guys! /crowd breaks into rapturous applause /multiple documentaries are made about my genius life
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Sep 30, 2016 09:19
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One of the first rules of comedy is that it's more important to be likable than clever.
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Sep 30, 2016 09:59
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thathonkey posted:i cant keep up anymore is it edgy to like or to hate bill hicks these days last i checked it was edgy to hate bill hicks but imo at this point in our progression as a civilization it should flip around and be edgy to like him again. like imagine louis ck never happened, and bill hicks didnt fake his death to become alex jones
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Sep 30, 2016 13:05
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spudsbuckley posted:Hey, maybe if politicians spent more time doing good stuff instead of doing bad stuff then things would be better, right guys! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSEtMZh2exc I mean yeah, he gets overrated a lot. gently caress yourself tho i still like him E: I quoted the wrong thing but im drunk because i like bill hicks and he says its cool to drink and smoke Jellidelic fucked around with this message at 13:11 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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Sep 30, 2016 13:09
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Ork of Fiction posted:One of the first rules of comedy is that it's more important to be likable than clever. Ancient Dane Cook Secret
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Sep 30, 2016 14:51
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If god exists, then Bill Hicks is in Hell.
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Sep 30, 2016 15:14
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By the way, just in case you didn't know, Bill Hicks is still around but he goes by "Alex Jones" now.
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Sep 30, 2016 15:31
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Hicks did more than just angry man comedy. At least that's what I remember.
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Sep 30, 2016 15:32
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I like the cds that were mixed in with some chill music.
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Sep 30, 2016 15:47
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My favourite Bill Hicks joke is about moths.
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Sep 30, 2016 16:53
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Gobblecoque posted:I hadn't watched Bill Hicks for quite a few years but I watched him on Netflix a few weeks ago and yeah he's just as funny as I remember. I think most of the people who really hate him just take him too seriously. Just because you disagree with an entertainer's personal philosophy doesn't mean that you can't enjoy their entertainment and I think Hicks intentionally took most of his stuff to such absurd limits so that the audience would find it funny whether they're thinking "yeah this guy knows what's going on" or "this rear end in a top hat's full of poo poo." Some of his routines drag on more then they should and some of his stuff ends up being kinda annoying but those are complaints you can level against every comedian that's ever lived. If you sit through a Bill Hicks show and aren't able to laugh enough that watching was worth it then you're probably kind of a wierdo and should loosen up. I agree. Hicks is funny. Sometimes "If he thought he could fly he shoulda taken off from the ground, what an rear end in a top hat" pops into my head and I have to chuckle.
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Sep 30, 2016 17:27
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I liked the way he dealt with hecklers. Fun starts at 1:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jzbj9wylwU EDIT: who still has a GIF of 2:30?
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Sep 30, 2016 18:22
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Bonzo posted:I liked the way he dealt with hecklers. More proof of how bad this guy sucks, compare that to how Bill Burr (PBUH) deals with hecklers and Hicks looks like a loving retard.
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Sep 30, 2016 18:24
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a bone to pick posted:More proof of how bad this guy sucks, compare that to how Bill Burr (PBUH) deals with hecklers and Hicks looks like a loving retard. I've seen Daniel loving Tosh take care of hecklers with more subtlety and comedy than hicks.
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Sep 30, 2016 18:26
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I prefer Bill Hicks Lite (Doug Stanhope) even though he's still kind of a douche but I think he's funnier. I really miss Mitch Hedgeberg and wish Emo Philips would come back.
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Sep 30, 2016 18:57
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a bone to pick posted:More proof of how bad this guy sucks, compare that to how Bill Burr (PBUH) deals with hecklers and Hicks looks like a loving retard. The difference there is that Burr is genuinely a funny guy who is comfortable with who he is and his place in the world whereas Hicks was a guilty liberal who was constantly seeking validation to prove how right he was about his viewpoint. gently caress him and every other "authority is bad right, RIGHT?!?!?!" comic. They all try too hard and still loving suck. gently caress George Carlin as well, loving hack. We get it, the man is bad. Whatever, say something funny you loving rear end in a top hat.
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Sep 30, 2016 19:13
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Any hour of bill burr's podcast is better than any hour of hicks, and he ad-libs that twice a week and distributes it for free. Carlin was funny though. Watch yourself.
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Sep 30, 2016 19:19
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Dude had a pretty nice meltdown:quote:[A man in the crowd yells "Freebird"]
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Sep 30, 2016 19:22
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Carlin was definitely better than Hicks but he did sometimes get really angry and unfunny during his stand-up.
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Sep 30, 2016 19:22
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a bone to pick posted:Carlin was definitely better than Hicks but he did sometimes get really angry and unfunny during his stand-up. I can forgive this as it gave Lewis Black an opening into the circuit
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Sep 30, 2016 19:26
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I like hearing angry people yell about things I agree with sometimes though it's cathartic. I dunno if I'd go to a show but there have been a couple times during this election that I just put that 1-2 minute Carlin thing about voting/government on and it was good.
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Sep 30, 2016 19:30
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Was Sam Kinison actually funny or is he just like Bill Hicks in the sense that he got overrated because he died? I've attempted to watch Bill Hicks specials and he's alright but nothing worth caring about. I never felt like watching Kinison because even though other comedians say he's hilarious or whatever, all I've ever seen him do in clips is scream nonsense.
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Sep 30, 2016 19:37
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Jack-in-the-Bach posted:Was Sam Kinison actually funny or is he just like Bill Hicks in the sense that he got overrated because he died? I've attempted to watch Bill Hicks specials and he's alright but nothing worth caring about. I never felt like watching Kinison because even though other comedians say he's hilarious or whatever, all I've ever seen him do in clips is scream nonsense. I wouldn't say Kinison was famous because he died. Kinison and Andrew Dice Clay were playing sold out arenas in the 80s/90s and were pretty much rock stars. Hicks gained popularity by being mentioned on a Tool CD and in the Preacher comics. He was dead before the Internet found him.
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Sep 30, 2016 19:59
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proof of concept posted:Gilbert Gottfried laughing hysterically at the very idea of Bill Hicks getting assassinated for his dumbass "edgy" opinions is by a large margin the funniest thing that Bill Hicks has ever been involved in, and Hicks was loving dead for years and had nothing at all to do with that bit as it was recorded whatsoever
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Sep 30, 2016 20:38
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Libelous Slander posted:Ancient Dane Cook Secret It's why Everybody Loves Raymond was in the top ten most viewed shows for its whole run while Arrested Development got canceled.
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Sep 30, 2016 20:54
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get that OUT of my face posted:gilbert gottfried is pretty funny. he has a podcast where he regularly talks about how cesar romero made boy toy-aged men throw orange wedges at his bare rear end The Paul Lind one is better. This place smells like oval office......I think.
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Sep 30, 2016 20:58
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:Any hour of bill burr's podcast is better than any hour of hicks, and he ad-libs that twice a week and distributes it for free. I really thought the "It's Bad for You" special was good stuff. The bit about the owners of the country is pretty poignant, even moreso now.
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Sep 30, 2016 21:08
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get that OUT of my face posted:gilbert gottfried is pretty funny. he has a podcast where he regularly talks about how cesar romero made boy toy-aged men throw orange wedges at his bare rear end I will forever credit Norm MacDonald's podcast for introducing me to the fact that Gilbert Gottfried is actually loving hilarious and isn't just the voice of various cartoon birds.
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Sep 30, 2016 21:41
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Cnut the Great posted:I will forever credit Norm MacDonald's podcast for introducing me to the fact that Gilbert Gottfried is actually loving hilarious and isn't just the voice of various cartoon birds.
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Sep 30, 2016 21:47
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Dice is funny as hell in a very dumb way (that's the joke.) Dude sold out MSG multiple times including at least once two nights in a row. He probably lives in a crummy row house in Jersey City or somewhere now though. The Day the Laughter Died is great because he just doesn't give a gently caress that no one's into it. There was an old joke about why is Dennis Leary a star but not Bill Hicks? Because there's No Cure for Cancer. Doesn't really apply anymore and I'm using a stolen joke abou a joke thief, how meta. Hicks was a loving twat I don't want to listen to someone bitch about the government I can get three hours of that for free every weekday at noon when the president is a democrat.
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Sep 30, 2016 22:00
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Pecs On Spec posted:Dice is funny as hell in a very dumb way (that's the joke.) Dude sold out MSG multiple times including at least once two nights in a row. He probably lives in a crummy row house in Jersey City or somewhere now though. The Day the Laughter Died is great because he just doesn't give a gently caress that no one's into it He's a Vegas guy. He has a Showtime show about it, in the vein of Louie. It's not good.
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Sep 30, 2016 22:08
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Pecs On Spec posted:Hicks was a loving twat I don't want to listen to someone bitch about the government I can get three hours of that for free every weekday at noon when the president is a democrat.
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Sep 30, 2016 22:08
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Hicks' delivery on that Reagan line is kind of chuckleworthy, but Norm's whole "But anyways, this man was murdered, that's the important thing. And...for saying what? *bursts into laughter* That Reagan should be murdered?" line was ten times funnier and basically illustrates the basic absurdity of Hicks' entire act and persona.
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Sep 30, 2016 22:27
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Cnut the Great posted:I will forever credit Norm MacDonald's podcast for introducing me to the fact that Gilbert Gottfried is actually loving hilarious and isn't just the voice of various cartoon birds. Gilbert was best on the Stern show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzA4pX6qnDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQefXKwZRbk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgm3fMz8L2Q
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Sep 30, 2016 22:47
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Isn't he in Waking Life?
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Sep 30, 2016 22:51
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spudsbuckley posted:The difference there is that Burr is genuinely a funny guy who is comfortable with who he is and his place in the world whereas Hicks was a guilty liberal who was constantly seeking validation to prove how right he was about his viewpoint. You can always tell who the funniest man in the room is because he'll be the first person to bring up "the liberals"
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Sep 30, 2016 23:03
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Bill Hicks didn't turn over material much when we was alive and it dropped off even further after that, so it's no wonder that it gets a bit stale after a while. I think as Carlin got older he got less funny when he was railing against the man. Again, you can only make the same points so many times. However he was consistently great on pretty much every other topic he touched on. His bit in "It's bad for ya" about crossing out the names in the adress book is pretty much the perfect example of content, timing and delivery. Lemon fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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Sep 30, 2016 23:11
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Gilbert is pretty infamous for being one of the first people to do 9/11 jokes, at Hugh Hefner's roast, and when the crowd started to boo him he did the classy thing and burst into a rendition of the Aristocrats. He's a cool dude.
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Sep 30, 2016 23:12
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sam kinison or gtfo i would have loved to been able to party with that crazy son of a bitch Mariana Horchata fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Sep 30, 2016 |
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