Dull night in, can't go out so thought I'd post this and then say this:
Bill Hicks isn't just over rated, he's actually shit and irritating. Michael Moore is his fault.
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 20:39,
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Bill Hicks
is god. That is all.
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Rusty Shackleford www.junt.co.uk / @joeyrobbo, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 20:56,
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Meh
I know it's old fashioned but I have to agree with Mrandrist - I prefer my comedians to be funny.
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Yeah, but it's not always about being funny
His act was about more than just comedy - it had a message. And he was right about pretty much everything. Drugs, War, Religion, Guns etc.
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Rusty Shackleford www.junt.co.uk / @joeyrobbo, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 21:36,
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so he should have been a lecturer
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boyo81 was laying down his ordinance on, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 21:41,
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/\ This
He can have a message and all, but I'd like some laughs. I have watched an awful lot of Bill Hicks, and there was barely a giggle.
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Yeah but
although I appreciate you don't find him funny, millions do. He used his comedy as a vehicle to help get his message across. Had he just been a lecturer then you'd never have heard of him nor his views.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not the hugest fan of his stand up videos - some of it is good, and some of it not so. However the manuscripts are fucking brilliant reading.
I guess I like him in the same way I like Mark Thomas - he's not hysterical (in my opinion there are very very few funny stand ups) but what he is/was doing counts for more than that.
Edit: I've always liked this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np6_b-72H3E
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Rusty Shackleford www.junt.co.uk / @joeyrobbo, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 22:13,
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Millions of people found Bernard Manning funny
Popular does not mean funny. I think he was popular because he essentially comes across as a moody teenager
I DON'T CARE IF DRUGS ARE BAD I HATE YOU I WISH I'D NEVER BEEN BORN
I don't know why I have such a problem with him tbh
Also, I love Mark Thomas.
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boyo81 was laying down his ordinance on, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 23:13,
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I uite often agree with parts of what he says
its just he's so intolerant and black and white about issues that clearly aren't.
Even when he's talking about things like drugs, where I completely agree with him, I end up thinking "oh just fuck off and stop being so smug".
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Sheriff John Bunnell https://twitter.com/thewonderfulgam, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 23:41,
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I just don't think it's anywhere near as important as people think
He doesn't seem to have an agenda or a message per se, more just ranting about how everyone in any sort of authority is a tit and every rule is stupid.
I might be generalising slightly. Slightly.
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boyo81 was laying down his ordinance on, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 23:52,
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YES!!
Finally someone who agrees with me.
Bill Hicks was shit. And in no way funny. I have had to sit through most of his turgid nonsense due to my housemate's unfaltering love for him, and I hated every second. Thank you for leting me know i'm not alone.
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boyo81 was laying down his ordinance on, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 21:40,
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I downloaded....
..erm..I mean legitimately bought some of his comedy albums. I didnt get it.
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Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 23:27,
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I adore Bill Hicks.
I was lucky enough to see him when he came over. I had never seen or heard anything like him. I understand if his 'comedy' does not translate too well these days. But at the time, it was a breath of fresh air. Like him or not he certainly helped to pave the way for much of the political satire that we see today.
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Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 0:14,
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Comedy's like that, though - one man's poison etc. I saw him on telly quite early on and liked him immediately, followed his career and liked him more and more as time went on. Another dead hero etc etc.
But I can quite see how if you come to his stuff cold - or even worse - on the back of the massive hype and aura there is about him posthumously, you could easily find it disappointing. I agree he isn't the funniest stand-up there's ever been, not the cleverest or most insightful either - but there's something about him that really appeals to me (and a lot of other people). Also, I find most stand-ups utterly tiresome and unfunny, have to treasure the handfull I do find funny and genuine.
I've read that book Love All of the People, and was quite surprised to see how few routines he actually had, and how often jokes and sections of the act were reheated. Could be that he'd run out of material and if he'd lived he'd now be a panelist on Celebrity Pro-Am Indoor Cricket with Anthea Turner on UK GOLD. There is a certain heroism mark-up afforded to those who died young - I bet we've all been guilty of indulging in it at one time or another.
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I did think he was clever and definitely was 'of the moment'
but it's saying something that I laughed at Denis Leary when he did pretty much the same routine. But as you say, one man's poison. I think I did come into it with a lot of hype and I really didn't see it. Saying that - I didn't see Star Wars till I was 24 (i'm 29 now) and therefore I missed out on seeing it when I would have actually appreciated it. I didn't like it. I'm starting to sound like Jacob Dyer.
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boyo81 was laying down his ordinance on, Sat 12 Feb 2011, 3:24,
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