But bad for comedy
Bill Hicks died.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:37, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

pretty much the worst year for comedy ever then

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:38, Reply)

gonna display my age and admit I've never heard of him.

(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:39, Reply)

you need to sort that out

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:39, Reply)

I love Bill Hicks
But most of the live shows I've seen repeat a lot from the previous shows. I think in Bill's case the fact that he burned out rather than fade away helped his fame. Much like Cobain, I still see 13 year old mini moshers wearing nirvana hoodies, I predict that if they were still making "music" today that no-one would give a fuck.
( Peej, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:42, Reply)

you are almost certainly right about that
in both cases
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:44, Reply)

YAY! Internet approval!
I shall be happy for the rest of the day.
( Peej, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:48, Reply)

True
I think he would have had a field day when Bush junior got elected though.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:47, Reply)

Three words spring to mind when I think of comedians mocking Bush Jr.
Shooting, Fish and Barrel
( Peej, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:51, Reply)

Absolutely

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:52, Reply)

Three more: why, fucking and bother.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:16, Reply)

Exactly, the person who mocked Bush Jr. the best
was Bush Jr.
( Peej, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:29, Reply)

Angry 80's comedian
Not for everyone, but hugely influential
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:40, Reply)

Some of his stuff is showing its age
Most is still very poignant today. He was very angry, rather sick at times, and as NakedApe says very influential.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:43, Reply)

Bill Hicks on abortion should be mandatory listening
For all people intent on restricting it unnecessarily:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJcebIEOkhY
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:51, Reply)

I couldn't agree

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:55, Reply)

Bill Hicks:
Intelligent, made excellent points, good ranter, admirable chap.


Just not actually funny.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 9:56, Reply)

his drugs rant is excellent
also, the bit about driving on acid. marvellous.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:02, Reply)

I agree - but the fellow simply doesn't make me laugh.
It's not even a criticism really, I just think he's been miscast as a comedian rather than a social commentator.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:03, Reply)

By the way are you EVER going to come to London?
I'm starting to think you're a Spanky sockpuppet.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:06, Reply)

you of all people should understand what it is to be skint dear boy
I commented yesterday that at the moment I can afford to get married or get my car fixed, but not both. This precludes other activities for me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:17, Reply)

*narrows eyes*
No denial of the Hanky suggestion, I see.

Perhaps you've been to busy 'pumping your purple spunk-cannon' etc etc too much.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:20, Reply)

do you think I could suffer the crowd of brown-nosers who follow him around?
the fawning over him in the replies to his post this week made me quite nauseated.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 10:21, Reply)