I love Bill. He really was an inspiration to me in my teen years, and still continues to be.
Many people say it's sad that most of his material is still relevant (the drug war, Iraq, the military budget, fundamentalist Christians, poverty and overall injustice) as it proves the world really hasn't learnt from its mistakes and made amends. This is true, and Bill would be disgusted. But because of this he is timeless and will continue to inspire many generations after us for a long time. RIP Bill.
Everyone needs to seriously calm down. I know Bill made some good social observations. But bashing entire cultures doesn't make the world a better place, it makes it worse. Regardless if he was from the south or not. To me, he just represents a brand of comic that was hip during the 90's. One who told jokes predicated on negativity rather than embracing what was funny in the world. You don't end bleakness by injecting more of it into the world. But I guess I'm doing that myself. Vicious cycle?
@alabaster30 better Bill Hicks than Larry The Cable Guy. One pleads with people not to be stupid and the other encourages it. I take the former and you are free to git r dun all you wish.
Bill Hicks was a negative, grouchy creep. Always bashing the south, etc.. He died of cancer because he was a negative asshole who sucked down a carton a day. Not sure why he has such a vast following.
@alabaster30 bill hicks is from the south, therefore giving him more right to dis people for being rednecks than anyone else, the world is a shitty place full of war, famine and corporate scum which would explain the negativity, and he's not afraid to say things that might be controversial (not just for shock value mind you, but because these are actually his own beliefs) . thats probably why alot of his following deeply respected him. as for why he had such a big following its simple.
@alabaster30 they obviously (like myself) found him funny. you clearly don't however, which begs the question: why look up clips of bill hicks on the internet and post comments about how you don't find him funny? surely you have better things to do with your time, no?
@alabaster30 He didn't have a vast following until recently; because America is full of people like yourself. If you were familiar with his act you'd realize he was rather optimistic, but angry because much of the masses fail to realize how fucked up things really are
Looks like they edited out the reason it was banned. I think it was a line about fundamentalist christians. Letterman keeps religious stuff off his show, period.
And Bill said that do they really think that when Jesus returns he's going to want to see all those crucifixes? It would be like walking up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pin on your lapel.
@DrinkSkateSleep A select few. And they usually have to be dumbass talentless pricks like Larry The Cable Guy and Dane Cook. It's like a select few mainstream dumbasses. Occasionally some REAL personalities get out. Carlin and Hicks for example.
@zephranna01 what? that has nothing to do with being smart, but i can tell from your spelling you probably wouldn't understand that. do you even know anything about depression?
for a while Elvis lived in Pasadena,CA or so I heard and my grandma said once her and her husband at the time went to see him and he gave them a cady, I heard that story since I was a kid and never heard anythin bout it since this vid, humm.. maybe tis true lol
@toyotas2006 Misunderstood again. You believe a comedian has to go through a set procedure involving popularity and money in order to gain credabilty as a comedian....eeeeek. Stand-up is an art from, so if you don't 'get it' in some cases then thats fine, but looking at a path one of your favourite comedians has taken - and then applying that path as a blueprint of which every comedian must follow is a bit hard for me to understand. Watch Sane Man, honestly im trying to do you good - not bad.
@toyotas2006 Bill Hicks never made it because he didn't just entertain, he educated and enlightened. He didn't just tell the truth, he went straight for the jugular vein of the truth that those in power don't want us to know. He never got the "kit" because he was too good, not because he sucked. Obviously dude, Bill is way over your head and just saying something doesn't make it so. Go back to school.
@toyotas2006 by 'dark' do you mean 'takes the piss out of america' rather than wanks it off? Bill Hicks is now probably one of the top 5 most critically acclaimed comedians ever, he didn t get there in his time, probably cuz people like letterman and the industry censored him (like his last appearance on letterman, where he didnt appear). This appearance is pretty lame in terms of what he could do, admittedlym but when he was good, he was best. Check out 'Bill Hicks - Rascals Comedy Club' boom
@toyotas2006 You go on Letterman with tamed shit. Bill wasn't tame. He's out of place when placating to studio audiences on chat shows. Too honest and brutal.
For him it was either honesty and virtual anomymity, or dishonesty and as you put it - 'going somewhere in the business'...
Watch Sane Man.
What does going somewhere in the business, for a comedian, mean?
@grimatongueworm you mean Glenn Beck? i'm pretty sure no one's paying attention to Jeff Beck... and what world do you live in? FOX News has center stage in your life? change the channel!! and also what does FOX News have to do with this comedy?
holy shit dude, jonnyyoman is trying to compare himself to bill hicks! he has SIX JOKES on his channel, each one about 40 seconds long. and the two I listened to were not terrible but i didn't even smirk.
that is NOT cool, self-promoting at the expense of someone who would blow you off the stage any day of the week.
Bill Hicks has some very funny stuff but lots of it isn't funny at all. If you want to hear a really funny guy, a guy who's mostly all funny, click on jonnnyyoman.
He was one of the funniest guys. Not everything he did was funny though. If you want to hear anotherfunny guy click on jonnyyoman. He's an upcoming comedian that will be one of the fuinniest ever.
big up the smokers!. im sick of all the anti smoking crap. why cant they just ban it and stop moaning. they want the money from the tax thats why. smokers pay for bare shit
Yes smokers tend to die younger, but those years you get from not smoking, you don't get em when your young and happy, you get em when your too old to fuckin walk, and wishing you'd smoked so you wouldnt have to live any longer in your crumbling, rotting body
If we're able to make channelling happen in the present day in any manner, would it be reasonable to hope Bill comes back - in, say, Jay Leno? Seems like at least two birds with one stone, to me.
non smokers dye every day, but smokers dye more often, younger, unhealthier, more painfully, and they piss off everyone else. BTW, i love bill hicks, i just said this to the people who defends bill hicks arguments about smokers, he is just making jokes, why u think he quit smoking??? he smoked again when he knew he was going to die, but he quit before. SO sad he died.
you don't have to be american. I'm not. He's so fucking hilarious, and poignant. Just my opinion. Remember this isn't his ideal set, they censored him, told him to do the light stuff. watch his proper stuff, it should make you laugh...
@cookieyeah1 the thing about these letterman gigs is that he had to censor many of his jokes so a lot of times the punchline is lost and his language has to become more tv appropriate. check out some more of his non-letterman work.
pancreatic cancer is not caused by smoking. So no iot really wasn't a joke on him,. Its an illness that your destined to get from the time your born it doesnt come from smoking its genetic and it is smoething with a very low survavability. many young men find out they have a couple years to live in their 30s and 40s so shut the fuck up.
It might not CAUSE pancreatic cancer, but it most certainly increases the chances of developing pancreatic cancer. Burning tobacco produces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which don't cause the stem cell to mutate, but do cause any previously mutated stem cells to proliferate. In layman's terms, if a person has dormant cancerous cells in their pancreas( not extremely uncommon) smoking would increase the chances of the cells becoming active. So to say there isn't any correlation is ignorant.
@imay420 the chances of getting cancer when you somke're probably around 60% but even if you don't it's still 30% if people wanna take the risk fuckm i'm speacking as a smoker by the way with a sister and mother and uncle who've never smoked and have cancer fuck that i'm gonna enjoy myself abit before it probably hits me i'm not saying people should smoke i'm saying people should get of smokers backs and all this passive smoke bullshits fucked what about all the exhaust fumes from cars
Show me where I attacked smokers? I've been smoking for 12 years and just gave it up on 1-1-10. It's been a miserable 2 1/2 weeks. I loved to smoke, but I love my wife and kids more and knew someday I'd regret it. I have no problem with people smoking at all. I just saw comment about smoking not being related to pancreatic cancer and wanted to clarify. Five years of my life I smoked anything I could get my hands on. So don't give me that leave you alone speech. Makes you sound paranoid.
yea sorry was venting a bit bin beeing stressed to stop to extream lengths up to so far 10 total strangers in a week telling me why i should stop before me even saying a word to them and i just keept my mouth shut cuz i didn't feel like having the same conversation over and over again then i saw your post and had to reply
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Your going to get pancreatic cancer and die now. Kharma's a bitch. Have fun cuz it really does suck to find out you got 2 years to live painfully and slowly detirorate.
@System3007 bill hicks died a legend. however you lived on to become one of the millions of youtube trolls that ruin the internet and the earth. remember the part where bill said we all die? yeah thats gonna suck a lot more for you in 100 years.
So true, you just have to pretend you are working. I got in shit, because I was laminating at my Job, It takes about 5 minutes for a sheet to go through the laminator, so I thought I'd read a book during those 5 minutes. Big mistake; I got chewed out. I had to stop reading, and just look like I was contemplating something.
exactly. other comedians come up with their own idiotic agendas then shove it down your throught via the media. i think its about damn time for a revolution or something in this fuckin country
@jimmydore lol look jimmycrackcorn i think the who's the boss is still on? lol and yes if you can't already think for yourself? then really you don't deserve your thumbs because we as human beings shouldn't be restricted as the dumbasses that society has turned us into
@rehan0123 sorry it bothered you that I pointed out how dumb what you wrote was, if that kind of stuff bothers you then you should avoid writing really ignorant stuff on the internet. See most non-mouth breathers understand that it is normal to be inspired by artists, but you don't seem to be able to understand that.
So if you don't get inspired by artists, who does inspire you, I mean besides people that don't get art?
@jimmydore how bout being inspired by yourself to then be able to connect with other artists who seem to percieve reality the same way you do, instead of having to look at an artist and then base your opinion around it....call me crazy or ignorant then i guess that's what i am :)
ill put the fukn thing out in your fukn eye,this is not freedom,this is overpopulated shit fuk,its fukn hell,its everyones fault that there is a fukn 3rd world,soon mother fukeres fuk you
Youtube is reeeeally becoming a shithole. I'd have to say the thing that annoys me the most is how you can't read comments that have a certain number of "thumbs down". I WANT TO READ THE FUCKING COMMENTS ASSHOLES
if you think Jeff Dunham is funny then of course you're gonna think that, cause this is more sophisticated comedy, not just stupid, pointless, redundant racial stereotypes. Ventriloquism does not equal comedy dude
Comedy does not equal sophisticated humor. Comedy is something that entertains and makes you laugh. I have no problem with Dunham, but I tend to prefer comedians like Hicks.
I love Bill. He really was an inspiration to me in my teen years, and still continues to be.
Many people say it's sad that most of his material is still relevant (the drug war, Iraq, the military budget, fundamentalist Christians, poverty and overall injustice) as it proves the world really hasn't learnt from its mistakes and made amends. This is true, and Bill would be disgusted. But because of this he is timeless and will continue to inspire many generations after us for a long time. RIP Bill.
ciaobellakate 2 weeks ago
Everyone needs to seriously calm down. I know Bill made some good social observations. But bashing entire cultures doesn't make the world a better place, it makes it worse. Regardless if he was from the south or not. To me, he just represents a brand of comic that was hip during the 90's. One who told jokes predicated on negativity rather than embracing what was funny in the world. You don't end bleakness by injecting more of it into the world. But I guess I'm doing that myself. Vicious cycle?
alabaster30 5 months ago
@alabaster30 better Bill Hicks than Larry The Cable Guy. One pleads with people not to be stupid and the other encourages it. I take the former and you are free to git r dun all you wish.
milkmankennedy 5 months ago
@alabaster30 It doesn't make it worse, it doesn't change anything. It's just an opinion.
LucidDream 2 months ago
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alabaster30 5 months ago
Bill Hicks was a negative, grouchy creep. Always bashing the south, etc.. He died of cancer because he was a negative asshole who sucked down a carton a day. Not sure why he has such a vast following.
alabaster30 7 months ago
@alabaster30 bill hicks is from the south, therefore giving him more right to dis people for being rednecks than anyone else, the world is a shitty place full of war, famine and corporate scum which would explain the negativity, and he's not afraid to say things that might be controversial (not just for shock value mind you, but because these are actually his own beliefs) . thats probably why alot of his following deeply respected him. as for why he had such a big following its simple.
Stoptwistingmymelon 7 months ago 2
@alabaster30 they obviously (like myself) found him funny. you clearly don't however, which begs the question: why look up clips of bill hicks on the internet and post comments about how you don't find him funny? surely you have better things to do with your time, no?
Stoptwistingmymelon 7 months ago 4
@alabaster30
So what comedian do you like then?
dirkschuitsma 6 months ago
@alabaster30 Clearly a troll guys, move along.
thePANDEMlC 5 months ago
@alabaster30 He didn't have a vast following until recently; because America is full of people like yourself. If you were familiar with his act you'd realize he was rather optimistic, but angry because much of the masses fail to realize how fucked up things really are
destroyerofsenses 5 months ago
@destroyerofsenses Thank you for telling me what type of person I am. I wouldn't know otherwise.
alabaster30 5 months ago
Looks like they edited out the reason it was banned. I think it was a line about fundamentalist christians. Letterman keeps religious stuff off his show, period.
And Bill said that do they really think that when Jesus returns he's going to want to see all those crucifixes? It would be like walking up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pin on your lapel.
PCN023 8 months ago
this guys not funny
Ramble1212 9 months ago
@Ramble1212
That is because of the heavy, heavy censorship put on him for Letterman.
Firefox227 8 months ago
@Ramble1212 I gather Carrot Top is more your speed.
KellyGreen5555 5 months ago
@KellyGreen5555 I guess if you don't like Bill Hicks you must like Carrot Top. Clearly. Sheesh.
alabaster30 5 months ago
@KellyGreen5555 no just good comedy
Ramble1212 4 months ago
@gnab 123 wow, I'd love to see your
stand-up
ionizesandatomizes 10 months ago
Smokers didn't know when they were done exhaling LOL
ivantomasevski 10 months ago
wow. just not very funny.
gnab123 10 months ago
@gnab123 Not his best stuff. Definitely watered down for TV.
TheKatoom 9 months ago
Didn't find him funny here.
michikodesu 11 months ago
He is great even in a censored environment. :-)
whoatemyhummus 11 months ago
@zephranna01 He didnt die from lung cancer there Clairance.
RORYzRIGHT 11 months ago
he looks like nicholas cage here
shecanfeel 1 year ago
R.I.P.
blindness134 1 year ago
Comedian has to be a rough career. Traveling all the time, bad gigs, not paid enough ect ect
The bonuses would be hanging in your hotel room till your gig.
ProRanting 1 year ago
@ProRanting Some get paid millions..
DrinkSkateSleep 11 months ago
@DrinkSkateSleep A select few. And they usually have to be dumbass talentless pricks like Larry The Cable Guy and Dane Cook. It's like a select few mainstream dumbasses. Occasionally some REAL personalities get out. Carlin and Hicks for example.
ProRanting 11 months ago
@ProRanting hanging in shitty hotel rooms would suck terribly.
TigerTaint 9 months ago
@zephranna01 rofl ok then
gibbsies 1 year ago
@zephranna01 lol, uhhuh
gibbsies 1 year ago
@zephranna01 mhmm, im sure
gibbsies 1 year ago
@zephranna01 what? that has nothing to do with being smart, but i can tell from your spelling you probably wouldn't understand that. do you even know anything about depression?
gibbsies 1 year ago
@zephranna01 that has nothing to do with intelligence, it has to do with addiction and depression caused by the state of the world
gibbsies 1 year ago
for a while Elvis lived in Pasadena,CA or so I heard and my grandma said once her and her husband at the time went to see him and he gave them a cady, I heard that story since I was a kid and never heard anythin bout it since this vid, humm.. maybe tis true lol
ViperRob42 1 year ago
Brave of him to the New BIT IN new york.
UltimateSerge 1 year ago
even censored bill hicks is great entertainment
guitar19904 1 year ago
one of a kind!
phildirt3 1 year ago
Kinison got "The Kit" too
This guy is Kinison without the delivery (I'm not a big Kinison guy, but he got himself over)
toyotas2006 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 i don't like that kinison guy, he shouts and i found it really quite irritating
fuckamericanidiot 1 year ago
Chris Rock said when you "Make it", you get "The Kit"
Movie deal, network deal, HBO, Barbara Walters, endorsements, etc.
Hicks never even heard of "The Kit". He though it was urban legend.
toyotas2006 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 Misunderstood again. You believe a comedian has to go through a set procedure involving popularity and money in order to gain credabilty as a comedian....eeeeek. Stand-up is an art from, so if you don't 'get it' in some cases then thats fine, but looking at a path one of your favourite comedians has taken - and then applying that path as a blueprint of which every comedian must follow is a bit hard for me to understand. Watch Sane Man, honestly im trying to do you good - not bad.
imnomonkey11 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 Bill Hicks never made it because he didn't just entertain, he educated and enlightened. He didn't just tell the truth, he went straight for the jugular vein of the truth that those in power don't want us to know. He never got the "kit" because he was too good, not because he sucked. Obviously dude, Bill is way over your head and just saying something doesn't make it so. Go back to school.
midiman16 1 year ago 18
@midiman16
He never made it. I told you why.
You don't like it, tough.
Leave me alone. Go get a friend.
toyotas2006 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 sure thing
midiman16 1 year ago
@midiman16 I thought it was juggler's vein.
bananaxtree 2 months ago
This guy is not funny
Maybe he can write a joke
But can't tell one
You go on Letterman with your best shit
This is it?
No wonder he went nowhere in the business
toyotas2006 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 He went places you clearly couldn't possibly understand
tommason1984 1 year ago
@tommason1984
Went on TV and bombed
Just like everywhere else
Congrats!
toyotas2006 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 You must be deaf, or just .. well i don't really want to offend..
tommason1984 1 year ago
@tommason1984
Go ahead!
Be like your idol and offend
Bill Hicks had balls. He would tell an potentially offensive joke, and not care about the reaction.
His delivery sucked. It was too dry, and he couldn't sell his jokes.
That's why he never made it
This was as high as he got, and this appearance blows
That's all I'm saying
It is VERY CLEAR why he never made it big. You either love him or hate him.
For me, his delivery isn't good enough. Too dark.
toyotas2006 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 You either love him or .. you're a bit of a cunt. THERE I DID IT HAPPY NOW?!
tommason1984 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 by 'dark' do you mean 'takes the piss out of america' rather than wanks it off? Bill Hicks is now probably one of the top 5 most critically acclaimed comedians ever, he didn t get there in his time, probably cuz people like letterman and the industry censored him (like his last appearance on letterman, where he didnt appear). This appearance is pretty lame in terms of what he could do, admittedlym but when he was good, he was best. Check out 'Bill Hicks - Rascals Comedy Club' boom
tomes55moon 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 You go on Letterman with tamed shit. Bill wasn't tame. He's out of place when placating to studio audiences on chat shows. Too honest and brutal.
For him it was either honesty and virtual anomymity, or dishonesty and as you put it - 'going somewhere in the business'...
Watch Sane Man.
What does going somewhere in the business, for a comedian, mean?
imnomonkey11 1 year ago
@imnomonkey11
How about a GOOD five minutes on Letterman?
You go on Letterman with your BEST 5 minutes
If this is the best 5 mins he has, he can drop dead
Oops.
toyotas2006 1 year ago
@toyotas2006 Don't think you got what i meant, not to worry.
imnomonkey11 1 year ago
@imnomonkey11
Getting on Letterman when he moved to 11:30 (These were when Letterman was still 12:30)
Getting a movie deal?
A TV Show?
HBO Special?
Vegas?
He missed everything, and for good reason
toyotas2006 1 year ago
Yay! I love Bill Hicks. Did he die of colon cancer?
spookypunky 1 year ago
@spookypunky Pancreatic.
SingularInfinity 1 year ago
..80's rules !!.. best generation..
raiders2000 1 year ago
"why dont you pretend I'm working" rofl, classic
fukwaynecampaign2 1 year ago
classic Bill
Thunderwoods12 1 year ago
guy's maudlin. i saw a show where he started crying when the heckling for severe. such a tragic man.
zackhanscom 1 year ago
In a world where Sarah Palin, Jeff Beck, O'Reilly have center stage, the world sorely needs Bill.
I miss ya, brother.
Sadly, no longer available for childrens' parties.
grimatongueworm 1 year ago
@grimatongueworm I hope you mean Glenn Beck. Jeff Beck is the amazing, talented, inspirational guitarist, and Glenn Beck is a CUNT!
TheCrowebar123 1 year ago
@TheCrowebar123 God, I can't believe I wrote Jeff Beck. Yes..I meant GLENN BECK. the uber cunt racist liar.
grimatongueworm 1 year ago
@grimatongueworm you mean Glenn Beck? i'm pretty sure no one's paying attention to Jeff Beck... and what world do you live in? FOX News has center stage in your life? change the channel!! and also what does FOX News have to do with this comedy?
svendiamond 1 year ago
holy shit dude, jonnyyoman is trying to compare himself to bill hicks! he has SIX JOKES on his channel, each one about 40 seconds long. and the two I listened to were not terrible but i didn't even smirk.
that is NOT cool, self-promoting at the expense of someone who would blow you off the stage any day of the week.
zapproowsdower 1 year ago
Bill Hicks has some very funny stuff but lots of it isn't funny at all. If you want to hear a really funny guy, a guy who's mostly all funny, click on jonnnyyoman.
jonnnyyoman 1 year ago
he looks nothign like alex jones, douchebag, lamest conspiracy ever.
AllHumansWillDie 1 year ago
Bill would have gone insane in todays world.
DarkWolfStudio 1 year ago 7
@DarkWolfStudio rubbish obama's the president and iraq war is almost over
imagine what he would think of george bush....
TPower2k8 4 months ago
@DarkWolfStudio But he IS in today's world. Just not as the comedian Bill Hicks. His spirit is in anyone who recognizes his work.
Btw... he has a different energy in this performance than usual. A little more timid, a little less edgy.
Probably has to do with the nerves. Makes sense when you perform to people who didn't come to the show specifically for you.
godvergeten 4 months ago
@godvergeten "Probably has to do with the nerves. Makes sense when you perform to people who didn't come to the show specifically for you."
No. Bill was always made to tone down his show by the people that work on Letterman's show.
Averagegamer100 3 months ago
he looks like alex jones lol
failblorg 1 year ago
Wow, David actually introduced him as Bill Hicks and not "uuuh Bill uuh Hicks"
ConnerBass 1 year ago 2
test 1 2....test test
jpapan1 1 year ago
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He was one of the funniest guys. Not everything he did was funny though. If you want to hear anotherfunny guy click on jonnyyoman. He's an upcoming comedian that will be one of the fuinniest ever.
jonnnyyoman 1 year ago
big up the smokers!. im sick of all the anti smoking crap. why cant they just ban it and stop moaning. they want the money from the tax thats why. smokers pay for bare shit
geobruf123 1 year ago
"pretend you're working" " why don't you pretend I'm working" haha
Bill Hicks was cool...great at seeing through heaps of BS
borgorusky 1 year ago 2
i love bill hicks,but is he the best ever?..must be top 3..behind pryor,and of course lenny bruce??
IRELAND130 1 year ago
Yes smokers tend to die younger, but those years you get from not smoking, you don't get em when your young and happy, you get em when your too old to fuckin walk, and wishing you'd smoked so you wouldnt have to live any longer in your crumbling, rotting body
Androg 1 year ago 3
@Androg You fuckin said it man!
votejello 1 year ago
@Androg whether or not you notice, smoking is detrimental to your physical health in every day living. not just because itll kill you also.
Phi16180 1 year ago
If we're able to make channelling happen in the present day in any manner, would it be reasonable to hope Bill comes back - in, say, Jay Leno? Seems like at least two birds with one stone, to me.
Alcagaur 1 year ago
non smokers dye every day, but smokers dye more often, younger, unhealthier, more painfully, and they piss off everyone else. BTW, i love bill hicks, i just said this to the people who defends bill hicks arguments about smokers, he is just making jokes, why u think he quit smoking??? he smoked again when he knew he was going to die, but he quit before. SO sad he died.
dafaucas 1 year ago
It's a great job I love the hour....fuckin quality! The man was a legend,R.I.P.Bill.
ogdensnut68 1 year ago
Denis Leary owes 1 career!
themooddisorders 1 year ago 8
You don't have to be American to think he's hilarious, he just is. He did that style of comedy better than anyone.
7d7e7f7 1 year ago 5
poor old billy. love him to death. i sound like a fuckin pussy sayin it but fuck
thegunclub123 2 years ago 77
@thegunclub123: theres nothing "pussy" about appreciating bill, my friend.
creeball 1 year ago 56
@thegunclub123 butt fuck? hawt
bucnomore11 8 months ago
see the way bill walked on stage cooler than a muddafucka!
creeball 2 years ago 8
yeah i noticed how he walked out there. The natural cool guy.
kevhead66 1 year ago 5
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I respect Bill Hicks. But man this dude is just not funny. Guess you have to be from the US to understand this humour.
cookieyeah1 2 years ago
you don't have to be american. I'm not. He's so fucking hilarious, and poignant. Just my opinion. Remember this isn't his ideal set, they censored him, told him to do the light stuff. watch his proper stuff, it should make you laugh...
willukus 2 years ago 4
@cookieyeah1 Hicks was most popular in the UK, actually. He never really caught on in the States.
sonechkadark 2 years ago 5
@cookieyeah1 the thing about these letterman gigs is that he had to censor many of his jokes so a lot of times the punchline is lost and his language has to become more tv appropriate. check out some more of his non-letterman work.
themitchies 2 years ago 6
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I love how he makes jokes about smoking. I believe the expression is: "the joke is on you", sir.
David321Davidson 2 years ago
pancreatic cancer is not caused by smoking. So no iot really wasn't a joke on him,. Its an illness that your destined to get from the time your born it doesnt come from smoking its genetic and it is smoething with a very low survavability. many young men find out they have a couple years to live in their 30s and 40s so shut the fuck up.
System3007 2 years ago 5
It might not CAUSE pancreatic cancer, but it most certainly increases the chances of developing pancreatic cancer. Burning tobacco produces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which don't cause the stem cell to mutate, but do cause any previously mutated stem cells to proliferate. In layman's terms, if a person has dormant cancerous cells in their pancreas( not extremely uncommon) smoking would increase the chances of the cells becoming active. So to say there isn't any correlation is ignorant.
imay420 2 years ago
@imay420 the chances of getting cancer when you somke're probably around 60% but even if you don't it's still 30% if people wanna take the risk fuckm i'm speacking as a smoker by the way with a sister and mother and uncle who've never smoked and have cancer fuck that i'm gonna enjoy myself abit before it probably hits me i'm not saying people should smoke i'm saying people should get of smokers backs and all this passive smoke bullshits fucked what about all the exhaust fumes from cars
foxofthenight 2 years ago 3
Show me where I attacked smokers? I've been smoking for 12 years and just gave it up on 1-1-10. It's been a miserable 2 1/2 weeks. I loved to smoke, but I love my wife and kids more and knew someday I'd regret it. I have no problem with people smoking at all. I just saw comment about smoking not being related to pancreatic cancer and wanted to clarify. Five years of my life I smoked anything I could get my hands on. So don't give me that leave you alone speech. Makes you sound paranoid.
imay420 2 years ago 3
yea sorry was venting a bit bin beeing stressed to stop to extream lengths up to so far 10 total strangers in a week telling me why i should stop before me even saying a word to them and i just keept my mouth shut cuz i didn't feel like having the same conversation over and over again then i saw your post and had to reply
foxofthenight 2 years ago
@David321Davidson
Sorry to pop your eternal life-bubble, but you're going to die too.
PogoChemist 2 years ago
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Your going to get pancreatic cancer and die now. Kharma's a bitch. Have fun cuz it really does suck to find out you got 2 years to live painfully and slowly detirorate.
System3007 2 years ago
@System3007 you can get pancreatic cancer without ever having smoked
foxofthenight 2 years ago
@System3007 bill hicks died a legend. however you lived on to become one of the millions of youtube trolls that ruin the internet and the earth. remember the part where bill said we all die? yeah thats gonna suck a lot more for you in 100 years.
nashnwo1234 1 year ago
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The biggest joke is that he died of cancer at age 32
islice 2 years ago
hapi nu yir
lioweif 2 years ago
y'can see the makeup job...sigh! poor bill
YUG74 2 years ago
I miss Bill.
EliteDoomer 2 years ago 108
haha
baerin18 2 years ago
man i was in diapers when he performed this
i was a fan in the making, i would say it was a shame how he died but i dont think he wouldve liked to be remembered like
bills humour is eternal
Smitamas101 2 years ago 9
The first joke sucked so bad but he didn't care, gota love the attitude, the rest is gold.
ieatorbs 2 years ago 7
You can tell it was filmed in the 80's by that suit he was wearing
Mrmikeshelton 2 years ago 4
CLASSIC !
natydredloc 2 years ago
lol I love the hour genius
WillahG 2 years ago 2
hahah the classic work seg! ha i fucking miss bill hicks!! fucking inspiring as hell.
SwingOnThaSpiral 2 years ago 2
bum dung?
DALSU 2 years ago 2
So true, you just have to pretend you are working. I got in shit, because I was laminating at my Job, It takes about 5 minutes for a sheet to go through the laminator, so I thought I'd read a book during those 5 minutes. Big mistake; I got chewed out. I had to stop reading, and just look like I was contemplating something.
jerryhello100 2 years ago 4
I wish he gave me a caddilac.
JackovLeigh 2 years ago
you know what i really love about this guy, is that he encourages me to think for my self which feels great
Televizzle07 2 years ago 83
exactly. other comedians come up with their own idiotic agendas then shove it down your throught via the media. i think its about damn time for a revolution or something in this fuckin country
Roahn3 2 years ago 6
i'm down
dougione 2 years ago
@Televizzle07 another man encourges you to think for yourself. can you see the irony?
tehf00n 1 year ago
@tehf00n the source of inspiration doesn't matter - the outcome is important in the long run :)
Annie1962 1 year ago
@Televizzle07 lol think for yourself eh? if you need a comedian to help you do that i wouldn't want to live much longer
rehan0123 1 year ago
@rehan0123 yeah, being inspired by an artist is stupid and you are smart. Shouldn't you be watching wrestling?
jimmydore 1 year ago 3
@jimmydore lol look jimmycrackcorn i think the who's the boss is still on? lol and yes if you can't already think for yourself? then really you don't deserve your thumbs because we as human beings shouldn't be restricted as the dumbasses that society has turned us into
rehan0123 1 year ago
@rehan0123 sorry it bothered you that I pointed out how dumb what you wrote was, if that kind of stuff bothers you then you should avoid writing really ignorant stuff on the internet. See most non-mouth breathers understand that it is normal to be inspired by artists, but you don't seem to be able to understand that.
So if you don't get inspired by artists, who does inspire you, I mean besides people that don't get art?
jimmydore 1 year ago
@jimmydore how bout being inspired by yourself to then be able to connect with other artists who seem to percieve reality the same way you do, instead of having to look at an artist and then base your opinion around it....call me crazy or ignorant then i guess that's what i am :)
rehan0123 1 year ago
@Televizzle07 So you needs someones permission to think for yourself...irony
dawizid85 1 year ago
@Televizzle07 so you think for yourself because bill hicks told you to. hmm
babadef 1 year ago
"...pretend I'm moping, knock yourself out."
ahushiling 2 years ago 6
..."I'll pretend their buying stuff and we can close up. I'm the boss now you're fired - How's that for a fantasy?"
I had to. ;)
Mevi814 2 years ago 7
PURE BRILLIANT GENIUS!
None Better, None Smarter, Noone More Hilarious. Bar none.
Bill Hicks... you are my Hero!
I miss your enlightening epiphanies. (no religious connotations meant to be interpreted from this last comment or do I)
Hmm?
bioshizzlick 2 years ago 6
Bill Hicks is not dead, he lives on in us, our minds, through his videos, his spirit is always with us.
b6gm6n 2 years ago 6
Bill Hicks
Born
December 16, 1961
Died
February 26, 1994
Just imaging what he would have been doing which all the fodder !
God I miss this guy.
cybersensei 2 years ago
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How did he die?
maberry21 2 years ago
best comedian ever. Died at 33, like JC, coincidence?
henkbress 2 years ago
..yes
AminAmin22 2 years ago 5
He was 32.
wtb2612 2 years ago
He would have had a field day with ole DUBBYA
alasuxjudik 2 years ago 8
I think he wasn't one of the best, he simply was the best....no?
tirdni 2 years ago 12
Miss the Dark Poet.... R.I.P. Bill Hicks... a man that died before his time. ;)
MrWizenBud 2 years ago 15
RIP Bill, one of the best comics ever
shakwar 2 years ago 7
20 years ago
my dear god!
dreadbet 2 years ago 14
The right Girl The Right Bar The Right Friends
AMEN!
bestbandtbs 2 years ago
how i wish he was alive now
KiittyCupcake 2 years ago 13
even with a clean act he was just so damn funny and REAL! My favourite comic by faaaaaaaaar.
Gaff76 2 years ago 19
My hero!!
The voice of the rLOVEution!
krizza3d 2 years ago 3
i love this man
diegopunk 2 years ago 4
ditto. he's just one of the best. and certainly of our generation of comics, and insightful people.
HowDaddyIsDoing 2 years ago
A true genius. Bill cut through the bullshit and made you see things in a way you never thought of before. A unique comedy talent.
THALIDO 2 years ago 9
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ill put the fukn thing out in your fukn eye,this is not freedom,this is overpopulated shit fuk,its fukn hell,its everyones fault that there is a fukn 3rd world,soon mother fukeres fuk you
creten69 2 years ago
Quite possibly the best constructed comment to ever hit youtube.
GREAT JOB!
fxzr 2 years ago 10
elvis"thankya verymuch"
cretin69-smoke some pole,ukfukfukfukukfukfukfukfuk ;~^
creten69 2 years ago
someone's high...
RHCPfan 2 years ago
Youtube is reeeeally becoming a shithole. I'd have to say the thing that annoys me the most is how you can't read comments that have a certain number of "thumbs down". I WANT TO READ THE FUCKING COMMENTS ASSHOLES
Zombien20 2 years ago
just press reply-problem solved.
cheapy2006 2 years ago 4
Or select SHOW ALL COMMENTS
fxzr 2 years ago 4
Letterman is a prick
CircleofShit 2 years ago 12
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bill hicks is a ass
skatadude4 2 years ago
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his facial expressions ruin every joke. the jokes aren't funny to begin with
abeedakbar 2 years ago
oh dear....dunham...wow...i can't believe that pathetic excuse for a comedian is even being mentioned on a bill hicks page.
slashdemigod 2 years ago 18
man, i was born in that year...wish i was older so i could have seen him live. on the other hand...no, like my age. but bill hicks rocks!
diderik89 2 years ago 8
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this guy is fuckin wack
cameron628 2 years ago
if you think Jeff Dunham is funny then of course you're gonna think that, cause this is more sophisticated comedy, not just stupid, pointless, redundant racial stereotypes. Ventriloquism does not equal comedy dude
kayfray6 2 years ago 7
Comedy does not equal sophisticated humor. Comedy is something that entertains and makes you laugh. I have no problem with Dunham, but I tend to prefer comedians like Hicks.
sealsparrow 2 years ago 5
you havn't got a fucking clue mate - not a fuckin Scooby Doo
MH667 2 years ago 2
funny the phrase bum dung gets the most laughs...
Invain01 2 years ago
no use tellin neone who doesnt understand,but i dont need them understand, if they dont like dont watch it then,
Hicks is a LEGEND
Deltar2r 2 years ago 7