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.
(, Fri 11 Feb 2011, 21:59, Reply)
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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