@conciousness88 " I am not happy about the rebirth of the Jesuits. Swarms of them will present themselves with more disguises ever taken by even a chief of the Bohemians - as printers, writers, school teachers, etc. If ever an association of people deserved eternal damnation, on this earth and in hell, it is this Society of Loyola (1816).
@conciousness88 "The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them."
~ Albert Einstein, letter to Sigmund Freud, 30 July 1932
@conciousness88 Have we succeeded? We think so. Before long we shall have covered with our narratives an enormous period of time; between the "Comtesse de Salisbury' and the "Comte de Monte Christo" five centuries and a half are compresed. Well, we assert that we have taught France as much history about those five centuries and a half as any historian. This passage is from The Companions of Jehu which was written by Alexandre Dumas pere.
As much as he criticised his own country he only pointd the facts out because he wanted it to get better for he loved it so much and the things he loved about it were seeming to disappear in front of his eyes, a true patriot like Hunter S Thomson he cared so much his whole career was based upon telling us the truth and not the watered down version the media gives us. Hicks is a genius a poet a patriot a prophet a preacher and most of all a funny comedian who made the ones who understood laugh.
he gets to perform indront of david letterman!.....is that before or after that act about letterman getting fucked in the ass by satan while offering doritos !! LOL
@ 2:32, that asshole basically insults anyone who has ever watched David Letterman's show. I don't blame him however. He was a nutball even before he worked there. I blame the dumb a-holes who hired him and set their own standards for broadcasting. Television sucks.
What a cock. What a stunningly arrogant cock. This arse (who's "never wrong") got it SOOO wrong that CBS pulled Hicks' entire routine having approved it and reapproved it and having recorded it. Search "Bill Hicks' Last Interview Part 1".
Sweet Jesus what hope is there with arses like this out there?
@plonk7 they recently showed the cut routine on letterman. Bills Mom was on the show too. it was kind of odd that they would do that. i guess they got enough angry letters from 'us' Bill Hicks' fans :) Im glad his popularity only grows.
This guy is a cunt just like Letterman. I stopped watching tv years ago because its dumbed down to the lowest common denominator by swine like that anal shit Gannon. This country and its media are complete milktoast dogshit.
The fact that the "David Letterman show " is successful , is just another reflection of the fucked up society (and mentality ) we have........ BECOME He banned Hicks ? wow ...I rest my case !
Wow, is it me or was Bill a healthy 6 feet+ ? He seems to tower a lot a guys in this video.
It's hard to tell how tall he was in a lot of his videos because it's just him alone on stage. But here, look how tall he is when he's walking through the double doors.
Irony and cruelty,that letterman didnt air BillHicks final performance on his show until 8 years after he died,probly canning Hicks segment helped to kill him alil sooner just from the emotional strain it took on him while he was trying to fight his cancer,RIP Bill Hicks ,in a world were everybody else is lying and trying to sell us thier products and services,I wish you were here today to tell us the truth
It's called predictive programing. they don't want you to think. They want you to laugh without thinking about it. Bill always made you think. though i don't agree with bill views 100%. you always walk away thinking about it.
this is great. i didnt think that there was anybody back then who actually took up bills side, other than that writer in new york. this is great though thanks!
If he was only here today, what one man revolution he was be against the war(s) and all the lies that have come with it since day one, all the way back when the ericans first went to Iraq. Can you imagine the material he would get from bush and wikileaks alone.... xD
Bill Hicks recognised governments were evil,media corporations too and spoke the truth veiled in comedy......only the good die young.....naturally maybe, because they can t stand to see the hypocrisy we take for granted.
bill never needed help from some monkey in a suit if drunking asses can't get where he's coming from ............fuck'em (I have never been wrong) I wanna go back in time just to slap the shit outta him I'm sure bill wanted to KILL him squeegee your third eye asshole
It's always hard to manage the flux between wanting to get your ideas and material across to the largest audience, but without selling your soul to absolute morons like this oxford idiot who clearly has no sense of humor and a huge sense of entitlement. "I've never been wrong"-ok and how do you know the success of jokes that you don't allow? This man is not funny, and got an in through political connections I'm sure. This is the way TV becomes the idle, dumbed down media outlet it is.
@enigmism4life As a comedian and Bill Hicks fan, I agree. Even doing local TV, you have work clean and not be edgy or literate or bright. You have to appeal to lowest common denominator. Sad but true.
@MultiSmartass1 Yeah it's a shame. But who drives the lowest common denominator? Is it the networks or is it the consumers? Is it the sponsors? Why is it that PBS is the only network that has a sense of truth and art and it's not commercially sponsored? Interesting questions.
@enigmism4life PBS should be called the Private Broadcasting Station. They are largely funded by corporations. Just take a look at the News Hour and other shows. Its either business or foundations money. TV is a mechanism for selling products to consumers. The shows keep eyeballs on flat screens so that people will eventually buy the advertisers shit.
@DeluxeSux Isn't it interesting that a Nixonite is a tv producer? So some shill for a humorless man is a judge of what jokes are considered "funny" for tv. What he's really doing is showing how to sell out by telling you what THEY will allow on tv.
Having done local TV recently as a comedian, I can tell you still can't do whatever you want on TV unless you have an HBO special or something. Those battles still are being fought.
@Poonard Yes he is. Bill Hicks though while a comedian told the truth. He masked it in his comedic gig BUT he told the truth about life, drugs, our existence, government, and everything in-between. I get everything he says. He was happy if just five people got what he was saying. Hes one of the top comedians ever. Fuck Gannon, Leno, and definitely Dennis Leary!
to be fair, this guy did apparently help get hicks on the show time after time, and this piece seems to put him in hicks' camp, from the way letterman introduces the 48 hours piece.
Its funny how late night use to be cutting edge. Now its evolved into shit. If I were a comedian my goal would be HBO not late night. I know that I would have to change into an image at late night and I could be myself on HBO.
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JacksInn: If you want success, which Hicks obviously did, then you have to compromise. Not only did he know that, but he managed to live with it seven times before. The comment about never being wrong was a joke.
@JacksInn - omg. "never been wrong". Bill hicks sets it right. Now Bill Hicks is a legend - and who even remembers the other guy except for this video? A video which is about Bill Hicks?
Months of mentoring for 5 minutes, and that was His 8th apperance, Wow
edward6000 2 months ago
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edward6000 2 months ago
Letterman and Morty made a call, a bad cowardly call, that event hurt what little credibility Dave had left with a lot of older comics
Joeyland 2 months ago
this guy is the anti-Hicks...
GlobalPunditOrg 3 months ago
US corporate censorship in action - I understand they have similar controls on what your politicians can say, too.
richnwood2000 3 months ago
God Bless Bill Hicks..... One of The Greats
TheEthereallotus 4 months ago
they heavy metal poisoned him just like the russkies killed that journalist- he was rubbing the kennedy farce in their face too much.
akgoldie 4 months ago
Horseshit, being on Late Night is just a stepping stone to a sitcom or a movie deal. REAL comedians like Bill care/cared about making people think.
MrHypermoto 4 months ago 5
kidding
conciousness88 5 months ago
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@conciousness88 " I am not happy about the rebirth of the Jesuits. Swarms of them will present themselves with more disguises ever taken by even a chief of the Bohemians - as printers, writers, school teachers, etc. If ever an association of people deserved eternal damnation, on this earth and in hell, it is this Society of Loyola (1816).
--John Adams
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@conciousness88 "The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them."
~ Albert Einstein, letter to Sigmund Freud, 30 July 1932
uriahheep108 5 months ago
@conciousness88 Have we succeeded? We think so. Before long we shall have covered with our narratives an enormous period of time; between the "Comtesse de Salisbury' and the "Comte de Monte Christo" five centuries and a half are compresed. Well, we assert that we have taught France as much history about those five centuries and a half as any historian. This passage is from The Companions of Jehu which was written by Alexandre Dumas pere.
uriahheep108 5 months ago
thumbs up if youre still watching this in 1992
conciousness88 5 months ago 3
these morons dont even know how lucky they are to have spent time with Bill !
alaazahra 5 months ago
Audio seems way out of synch
damianmann 6 months ago
As much as he criticised his own country he only pointd the facts out because he wanted it to get better for he loved it so much and the things he loved about it were seeming to disappear in front of his eyes, a true patriot like Hunter S Thomson he cared so much his whole career was based upon telling us the truth and not the watered down version the media gives us. Hicks is a genius a poet a patriot a prophet a preacher and most of all a funny comedian who made the ones who understood laugh.
jim31589 6 months ago
he gets to perform indront of david letterman!.....is that before or after that act about letterman getting fucked in the ass by satan while offering doritos !! LOL
EnterTheNoodle1 7 months ago
@EnterTheNoodle1 Act is about Jay Leno. Letterman didnt Air Hicks' last stand up few weeks before he died
dragoran 6 months ago
holy shit larry david...
eminlemon 7 months ago
the interviewer has a sexy mustache....
Sboy200 7 months ago
@Sboy200 Well said.
ExistenceAmusement 6 months ago
@ 2:32, that asshole basically insults anyone who has ever watched David Letterman's show. I don't blame him however. He was a nutball even before he worked there. I blame the dumb a-holes who hired him and set their own standards for broadcasting. Television sucks.
SolarEXtract 9 months ago
I kind of doubt that Bill Hicks "dreamed" of Late Night
stfwho 10 months ago 4
Wow morons like this guy are leading nations and the reason the world is the way it is. Bill Hicks was a real savior a hero.
Revengeancer89 11 months ago 2
"Now go out there and be you. But this isn't me" lmao
wendywolfman 1 year ago
I like what Bill said at around the 3:30 mark. One of my idols.
MrBluntsworth420 1 year ago
David Letterman is a fucking tool.
wnnw98 1 year ago 2
" How much time have you spent with Ted Turner " To much, I'm being held in this psych ward
EricFinnerty 1 year ago
What a cock. What a stunningly arrogant cock. This arse (who's "never wrong") got it SOOO wrong that CBS pulled Hicks' entire routine having approved it and reapproved it and having recorded it. Search "Bill Hicks' Last Interview Part 1".
Sweet Jesus what hope is there with arses like this out there?
plonk7 1 year ago 2
@plonk7 they recently showed the cut routine on letterman. Bills Mom was on the show too. it was kind of odd that they would do that. i guess they got enough angry letters from 'us' Bill Hicks' fans :) Im glad his popularity only grows.
supercoveted 1 year ago
Very hard to watch a joke not go well lol
longliveE 1 year ago
This video should be titled "Bill Hicks In Hell."
lowgenius 1 year ago
Was this the Letterman appearance that got cut?
JeremyBassett 1 year ago
Rest in peace ... We'll miss you Bill.
supermaddad 1 year ago
This guy is a cunt just like Letterman. I stopped watching tv years ago because its dumbed down to the lowest common denominator by swine like that anal shit Gannon. This country and its media are complete milktoast dogshit.
angstotheclown 1 year ago 5
@angstotheclown Absolutely right. I don't watch TV anymore either.
casperguylkn 1 year ago
Hicks--- integrity.
vivaloriflamme 1 year ago
How could Hicks wwork with this jackass Gannon
xpat73 1 year ago
Hicks = legend. Gannon = self important jackass
xpat73 1 year ago
Fuck censorship......Period
150133 1 year ago 5
@150133 indeed, life can not be censored, only perverted.
Epochalypse7 1 year ago 2
The fact that the "David Letterman show " is successful , is just another reflection of the fucked up society (and mentality ) we have........ BECOME He banned Hicks ? wow ...I rest my case !
ZEITGEISTism 1 year ago 6
Wow, is it me or was Bill a healthy 6 feet+ ? He seems to tower a lot a guys in this video.
It's hard to tell how tall he was in a lot of his videos because it's just him alone on stage. But here, look how tall he is when he's walking through the double doors.
wolfo1989 1 year ago 4
Irony and cruelty,that letterman didnt air BillHicks final performance on his show until 8 years after he died,probly canning Hicks segment helped to kill him alil sooner just from the emotional strain it took on him while he was trying to fight his cancer,RIP Bill Hicks ,in a world were everybody else is lying and trying to sell us thier products and services,I wish you were here today to tell us the truth
fraterlucifer888 1 year ago 4
It's called predictive programing. they don't want you to think. They want you to laugh without thinking about it. Bill always made you think. though i don't agree with bill views 100%. you always walk away thinking about it.
banzaimotorcross 1 year ago 8
@banzaimotorcross a-men brother
scytale88 1 year ago
this is great. i didnt think that there was anybody back then who actually took up bills side, other than that writer in new york. this is great though thanks!
gibbsies 1 year ago
RIP-BILL HICKS
ghostofshawnlonsdale 1 year ago 3
If he was only here today, what one man revolution he was be against the war(s) and all the lies that have come with it since day one, all the way back when the ericans first went to Iraq. Can you imagine the material he would get from bush and wikileaks alone.... xD
ghostofshawnlonsdale 1 year ago
Bill Hicks recognised governments were evil,media corporations too and spoke the truth veiled in comedy......only the good die young.....naturally maybe, because they can t stand to see the hypocrisy we take for granted.
TheRobynhud 1 year ago
Critics know jack shit.
Stratboy999 1 year ago
Most people who have phd's are idiots
1844Freddy 1 year ago
Stupid Laterman, and in the end, when Bill needed it most (diening) he banned him from the air. Because the audience in the studio liked it.
???????
Wulle90 1 year ago
How does a nay-sayer know he's never been wrong? only yay-sayers can actually tell.
selvmordspilot 1 year ago
He comes from Oxford, which means he is a serf bastard who can be counted on to do what he is fucking told.
goatman257 1 year ago
"and this man is going to help him"......... " he has a phD from Oxford".... that fucking idiot wasn't fit to breath the same oxygen as Bill.
luvanotafighta 1 year ago
bill never needed help from some monkey in a suit if drunking asses can't get where he's coming from ............fuck'em (I have never been wrong) I wanna go back in time just to slap the shit outta him I'm sure bill wanted to KILL him squeegee your third eye asshole
phillyforever 1 year ago
"I've never been wrong"
Thats gotta be the most stupid statement a human being can make. Period.
reaktionmusic 1 year ago
@reaktionmusic : haha, either that, or the guy has a crazy intuition built from zero experience.
selvmordspilot 1 year ago
The guy worked for Richard Nixon?
whatcouldpossiblygowrong?
rspawn 1 year ago
It's always hard to manage the flux between wanting to get your ideas and material across to the largest audience, but without selling your soul to absolute morons like this oxford idiot who clearly has no sense of humor and a huge sense of entitlement. "I've never been wrong"-ok and how do you know the success of jokes that you don't allow? This man is not funny, and got an in through political connections I'm sure. This is the way TV becomes the idle, dumbed down media outlet it is.
enigmism4life 1 year ago 106
@enigmism4life Well said.
acousticlynew 1 year ago 19
@acousticlynew Indeed
rynomaz111 1 month ago
@enigmism4life As a comedian and Bill Hicks fan, I agree. Even doing local TV, you have work clean and not be edgy or literate or bright. You have to appeal to lowest common denominator. Sad but true.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@MultiSmartass1 Yeah it's a shame. But who drives the lowest common denominator? Is it the networks or is it the consumers? Is it the sponsors? Why is it that PBS is the only network that has a sense of truth and art and it's not commercially sponsored? Interesting questions.
enigmism4life 1 year ago
@enigmism4life PBS should be called the Private Broadcasting Station. They are largely funded by corporations. Just take a look at the News Hour and other shows. Its either business or foundations money. TV is a mechanism for selling products to consumers. The shows keep eyeballs on flat screens so that people will eventually buy the advertisers shit.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
@enigmism4life Best comment I've read in a while!
SolarEXtract 1 year ago
@enigmism4life The truth...Perfectly stated.
jayflo92008 1 year ago
@enigmism4life you seem really cutting edge, wanna be on our show? just don't say what you just said, ok?
schr4nz 10 months ago
@enigmism4life the same goes for politics. It's nearly impossible to get elected without buddying up with corporations that fund your campaigns
MordecaiKart64 6 months ago
He was a Great American...killed bye the CIA.
Greenhornet270 1 year ago
Right. The CIA gave him pancreatic cancer.
modustheoperandi 1 year ago
Lol! "He worked with Richard Nixon!"
And it didn't quote the;
"So I'm a lying slimy little fucktard, just like he was ;D"
After that sentence?!
The corporate hand is so far up his ass I bet it pops out his mouth to jerk off off the corporate cock he's about to suck.
DeluxeSux 2 years ago 2
@DeluxeSux Isn't it interesting that a Nixonite is a tv producer? So some shill for a humorless man is a judge of what jokes are considered "funny" for tv. What he's really doing is showing how to sell out by telling you what THEY will allow on tv.
Having done local TV recently as a comedian, I can tell you still can't do whatever you want on TV unless you have an HBO special or something. Those battles still are being fought.
MultiSmartass1 1 year ago
funny how bill hicks was cut from EVERY appearance he made on the david letterman show
and david tried to make things right in 2009... sorry david... some things cant be fixed... ask joaquin phoenix
adrenima 2 years ago 7
@adrenima
Bill wasn't cut from every appearance, parts were cut but not entire performances except for the last.
puttheblame 1 year ago
ur right
but letterman edited his appearances so much that it might as well of been a different performer
i respect u as a staunch david letterman fan though
adrenima 1 year ago
that guy is a total asshole. what a jerk off. "you may not know me but i'm never wrong." FUCK YOU! WRONG ABOUT BILL!
Poonard 2 years ago 8
@Poonard Nobody has heard of Gannon and never will. People do and always will remember Bill Hicks
SatanicalEve 2 years ago 3
very true..very true indeed but still...what an asshole.
Poonard 2 years ago
@Poonard Yes he is. Bill Hicks though while a comedian told the truth. He masked it in his comedic gig BUT he told the truth about life, drugs, our existence, government, and everything in-between. I get everything he says. He was happy if just five people got what he was saying. Hes one of the top comedians ever. Fuck Gannon, Leno, and definitely Dennis Leary!
SatanicalEve 2 years ago 14
@Poonard
to be fair, this guy did apparently help get hicks on the show time after time, and this piece seems to put him in hicks' camp, from the way letterman introduces the 48 hours piece.
gdkeen 2 years ago
i think its just his smug mentality. irks me.
Poonard 2 years ago
i agree with you
saprissa30 2 years ago
Its funny how late night use to be cutting edge. Now its evolved into shit. If I were a comedian my goal would be HBO not late night. I know that I would have to change into an image at late night and I could be myself on HBO.
TheInanimateObject 2 years ago 5
Good point. Now you see why George Carlin likes HBO.
puttheblame 2 years ago
"It's not a case of trusting his judgement" Great line.
Rubberchix 2 years ago
who is the d-bag at 2:30
akgregor 2 years ago
what a priiick! not Bill other guy
YUG74 2 years ago
"Gannon's qualification for the job: he has a Phd from Oxford and has worked as an for Richard Nixon"
In other words this man has shutdown and sold his right brain thinking capacity. He is just another robot for the coporate machine.
RIP Bill
sailbeyondthesunset 2 years ago 8
@sailbeyondthesunset Working for Nixon is not a thing someone should brag about...
spiderpig85 2 years ago 4
hell of a comment.
TheInanimateObject 2 years ago
are people retarded? fuck show buisness
LiFe0In1ThE0MaTrix01 2 years ago
Awesome!!!!
phemohilia 2 years ago
"You're on a comedy mission." Poor Bill must have hated that guy.
FeelOfFriction 2 years ago 13
sure bill just took it as "well, if I need to 'pass' you to get on the show, I'll need to live with it..." :-D
dailydols 2 years ago
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JacksInn: If you want success, which Hicks obviously did, then you have to compromise. Not only did he know that, but he managed to live with it seven times before. The comment about never being wrong was a joke.
furQ 2 years ago
compromise? sure
homeydonplay 2 years ago
too bad bill hicks got fucked over by some people in the bussines and couldnt shine so brightly as he could have had.thanks for this clip!
shqfy 2 years ago 12
If that guy was never wrong how come he's not a stand up comic himself?
JacksInn hit the nail on the head I think
RIP Bill a true comic genius
PorchMonkeyBoy 2 years ago 8
Bill Hicks is a legend. True hero.
OneConsciousnessBH 2 years ago 55
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that guy is a douche
clearyourthirdeye 2 years ago
As we would say in Ireland "Yer Ma is a Douche"
niallvan 2 years ago 6
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JacksInn 2 years ago 62
brilliant
imnomonkey11 2 years ago
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FeelOfFriction 2 years ago
very nice!
Trunks7j 2 years ago
That's great. Better than normal insult. Sounds like something Bill Hicks would say about him.
puttheblame 2 years ago
@JacksInn I can't get over how completely bad ass this comment is.
BAnders2319 1 year ago
@JacksInn - omg. "never been wrong". Bill hicks sets it right. Now Bill Hicks is a legend - and who even remembers the other guy except for this video? A video which is about Bill Hicks?
metasailor 11 months ago
thank you so much for uploading this!! Bill was the best.
AstroZombie1897 2 years ago 4
LOL at bill on network T.V yeah as Jip said in Human Traffic "Be an adult be false" lol.
Passenger87 2 years ago
"I'm never wrong" (lmao) Ego maniac!!! RUN!!!
binloved 2 years ago 5
Also i feel bad about Bill having to go through this.
0xbangx0 3 years ago 2
thanks man.Alright
0xbangx0 3 years ago
wow good video my friend, never seen it thanks :)
OneConsciousnessBH 3 years ago
nice upload!
philochs 3 years ago