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What’s So Funny?
“Mr. Jesus”
Sam Kinison
1988— Have You Seen Me Lately?
((( The Screamer )))
Sam Kinison by dave.
Sam Kinison’s performance at the 1988 MTV VIEWERS AWARD show. A short six-minute set, including the legendary Betty Ford rehab story (MY FAVORITE) directed at Joe Perry and Steven Tyler, who were sitting in the front row, followed by the equally memorable, “Rusty Sees The Psychiatrist” bit.
Bill Hicks
The Goat Boy Rises*
by John Lahr
The New Yorker
[STORY HERE]
After CBS “Standards and Practice” department refused to air Bill’s thirteenth and final Late Night with David Letterman performance, he called he wrote a long letter to his friend John Lahr, a writer at The New Yorker, who wrote a profile that appeared in the magazine’s November 1, 1993 issue.
It’s Just A Ride*
[WATCH IT HERE]
A Bill Hicks biography (film), the first after his death, including interviews with Jay Leno, David Letterman, and many other comedians, family, and friends. YouTube won’t allow Bill to be posted, so you have to step out into the shitstorm to see it.
TRUTH BE TOLD
True Believer
Masked Resurrection
SAM KINISON
What’s So Funny About Jesus
TOM RYAN
Back To Zero
[FROM THE TOP]
SAM KINISON —
ROXANNE PULITER —
BILL HICKS — The New Yorker
PISS CHRIST —
RELIGION VS. ART …
Especially that of those anti-Christian, Renaissance-loving I-talians.
CHRISTINA ORR-CAHALL
Critics of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s decision to cancel photographer Robert Mapplethorpe’s “The Perfect Moment” exhibit projected images from the show on the museum’s walls in a visually striking protest, June 30, 1989. Robert Mapplethorp © Frank Herrera (Palm Beach Daily News)
IT’S JUST A RIDE
A biography (film) about Bill Hick’s, including interviews with Jay Leno, David Letterman, and many other comedians, family, and friends.
[WATCH IT HERE]
Palm Beach Vice*
PALM BEACH
MOLLIE WILMOT (MERCEDES I)
Funtime Is Over
Tom Ryan
CoLors*…
This is a Voyage into Sound.
inst. of change [THE ELECTRIC GUITAR]
the players
[INSTRUMENTS] OF NOISE.
take it to the bridge
The Original Color of Sin [BLUE.]
Why not a fish left Lincoln Logs in my sock drawer … As long as we’re making shit up?”
— A Bill Hicks thought on the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Bill Hicks
“THE GOAT BOY RISES“
by John Lahr (The New Yorker)
One of the most enduring documents of Bill was John Lahr’s profile for The New Yorker (November 1, 1993).
After receiving a 13-page letter Bill had written passionately, the day CBS refused to air his 13th Late Night with David Letterman performance, Lahr, Bill’s friend, thought to write the story for The New Yorker.
Fortunately for all of us and comedy history, Jim Morin (Miami Herald Editorial Cartoonist) had a small cassette recorder, and from his seat in the crowd, taped Bill’s first set after his CBS censoring.
The next Thursday, at the Comedy Corner in West Palm Beach, his home club when he fell ill, he repeated the cancelled Late Night set, and then went on to describe his dysfunctional relationship with David Letterman (Late Night), from the beginning in 1984, until THE END.
Double Standards and Practices
(( 1.)) Jesus Is No Joke.
Bill Hicks, West Palm Beach (October 7, 1993)
(( 2.)) What’s So Funny about an Abusive Relationship with David Letterman?
Bill Hicks, West Palm Beach (October 7, 1993)
October 7, 1993 — That night, sitting with 150 others in a filled-to-capacity Comedy Corner, it wasn’t a surprise that Bill started with a scathing criticism of how fucked up the all American celebration of Easter is.
I’ve read that book,” Bill says of The Bible. “I’ve read that book more than once, and I didn’t see the word chocolate, or bunny anywhere in it.”
Robert Mapplethorpe (BANNED IN D.C.)
Piss Christ
Sam Kinison
The Goat Boy Rises (BILL HICKS) New Yorker Profile
Everybody Plays The Fool (Stand Up Portraits)
Roxanne Pulitzer’s Instrument (Palm Beach Playtime)
Jerry Seinfeld
Dana Gould
Rich Jeni
Dom Irrera
Brett Butler
Thea Vidale
Richard Belzer
Eric Bogosian
George Carlin
John Cleese
Jay Leno
David Letterman
In any knowledgable discussion regarding the history of stand up comedy, Bill is righteously mentioned alongside the comedic likes of:
Lenny Bruce
Dick Gregory
George Carlin
Richard Pryor
Palm Beach Vice*
Palm Beach Babylon
Teddy’s Sexy Romp
Martin Mull and The Clash
David Letterman
Henny Youngman and Jimi Hendrix
45-Minute Set
Roxanne Pulitzer
Hunter Thompson
Abbie Hoffman
Graham Chapman
Timothy Leary
Worth Ave. (KKK)
Donald Trump (Mar-a-Lago)
David Kennedy & The Brazilian Court Bellboys
Jon Cole
Firestone (Kenya Club Gambling)
James Billie Kills a Panther
F. Lee Bailey …
Bruce Helander
Dale Chihuly
Jon Cole
Firestone (Kenya Club Gambling)
James Billie Kills a Panther
F. Lee Bailey …
“Jesus Was Way Cool”
King Missile
((( !)))
“UFOs & Guns”
Bill Hicks
1990 — Late Night with David Letterman
((( ! )))
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David Letterman
Scheduled to air October 10, 1993, Bill Hicks’ 12th Late Night performance was cancelled by the CBS Standards and Practice officers who deemed it too offensive for Late Night‘s Middle American viewers. David Letterman had recently moved from NBC to CBS, and coincidentally, at the time, CBS was airing a series of pro-life “Christian” ads.
In what wound up to be Bill’s last David Letterman performance, he delivered, as always, a viciously honest and funny set, much of which criticized the evangelical beliefs of his parents, the beliefs drilled into him as a kid in Houston, Texas.
It was most likely that Bill’s religious views were what CBS’ “standards and practices” deemed “inappropriate.”
Palm Beach Vice*
PALM BEACH
MOLLIE WILMOT (MERCEDES I)
Piss Christ
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE: BANNED IN D.C.