Bill Hicks on Letterman NOW

[Submariner]

[BrklynLiberal]

1. His Mom is talking to Dave. They will show tape of performance that

never made it to the air.

[Elidor]

2. From the grave, he speaks

His words as timeless as always, as someone noted earlier.

We miss you, Bill. You were the voice of sanity in a crazy world.

Damn, I wish I had TV right now.

[glinda]

3. Wish you did too as it was great. Would someone tell me about him?

I really didn't ever hear of him before. He died when?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. It was excellent! Link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4941815&mesg_id=4941815

[glinda]

6. Thanks!

[Elidor]

9. Bill Hicks

The first graf from Wikipedia gives a general sense of who he was...

William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian.

Bill Hicks was a comedian in the 1980s and early 1990s who challenged mainstream beliefs, aiming to "enlighten people to think for themselves."<1> Hicks used a ribald approach to express his material describing himself as "Chomsky with dick jokes."<1> His jokes included general discussions about society, religion, politics, philosophy and personal issues. Hicks' material was often deliberately controversial. In both his stand-up performances, and during interviews, he often criticized Media and popular culture as oppressive tools of the ruling class, meant to "keep people stupid and apathetic."<2>

Here are a couple clips on YouTube. Well worth the time to watch if anti-authoritarian humor appeals to you at all.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo

You are free to do as we tell you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqs9ap3iV-4

[Stephanie]

5. That was cool

I had never seen him before. tho he is a legend among my guy friends. Nice to meet you, Bill, and also your Mom!

[Fuzz]

7. That was GREAT.

As I have said many, many times.

I miss Bill Hicks.

[Stephanie]

8. Is it on youtube yet?

Please post when it appears. TY!