Bill Hicks: the greatest comic you never heard of

[DoctorX3]

Bill Hicks died of pancreatic cancer in 1994. I can only imagine what he would be saying today, in our current political circumstances.

Although he was sometimes caustic in his approach, and pissed a lot of people off in the process, he made a lot of points that are more timely than ever.

Some quotes...

"They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do just as well … you just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort! There is a difference."

"Go back to bed, America! Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed, America. Here is American Gladiators. Here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go, America! You are free to do what we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!"

"I've been compared to Koresh before. People have said I was like Koresh, only without the guns or pussy. And, uh … which means I'm just a really annoying guy, basically..."

"The only reason I don't quit smoking is because I fear that if I did, I'd become one of you."
~ About non-smokers.

"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. "I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs." "I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking." "Hey, wait a minute...there's one guy holding both puppets!"

"Here is my final point. About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography and smoking and everything else. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, say, think, who I fuck, what I take into my body – as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet?"

'Nuff Said.

Rest In Peace, Bill Hicks.

 

[Seditious]

a tad late for a RIP thread isn't it?

 

[Scourge of God]

Not to mention the fact that pretty near everyone has heard of and heard Bill Hicks. Stop congratulating yourself for being aware of mainstream celebrities, you git.

 

[SouthernTrendkill]

I think you're right, the guy is a genius.

I always feel like I am really low on the supposed culture scale when I watch comedians and think they are making better points than the so-called intellectuals.

 

[DoctorX3]

I think you're right, the guy is a genius.

I always feel like I am really low on the supposed culture scale when I watch comedians and think they are making better points than the so-called intellectuals.

To be honest, many of the greatest comedians are also highly-intelligent and educated men. Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Voltaire, and William Shakespeare were the premier satirists of their day. Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, and Richard Pryor continued that in the late 20th century.

And I think Hicks deserves to be celebrated amongst their ranks. He was a brilliant social critic and gadfly. Great comedians do not tell jokes, but rather deliver philosophical tracts that happen to be humorous.

Consider that Hicks created this monologue before Kevin Smith wrote Clerks:

I have a thought I'm going to pose here, in the form of a question. Are there actually women in the world who do not like to give blowjobs? Show of hands? See a lot of guys on dates got their fingers crossed here tonight... "Answer him, honey, go ahead. Let's hear how you feel about this right now."

I had a girlfriend go down on me one time, and after about a minute, she started coming back UP. I did this *pantomimes putting hands on top of head and pushing back down* Uuuhhh-uh. Uuuuuuuuuhhh! Unless you're coming back up to put ice in your mouth... She said "I think you've had enough." Enough? I think you're gonna know when I've had enough. Fairly cut and dry situation. Not a lot of grey area involved. She said "that's disgusting."

Disgusting? I find that comment a tad insulting, and also a double standard. Do you ladies ever complain when we're between your legs, gnawing away? "Oh this is so gross! I'm gonna throw up. Don't stick your finger in my... eeewwwww!"

A woman one night yelled out, "Yeah, you ever try it?" I said, yeah. Almost broke my back. It's that one vertebrae, I swear to God, it's that close. I think that vertebrae is going to be the thing to go in our next evolutionary step. Just a theory and a fervent prayer. Yeah, now all the guys are going, "Honey, I have no idea what he's talking about. I think he's a devil-child." That may be true, but guys, yoooo u know what I'm talking about. I can speak for every guy in this room here tonight. If we could blow yourselves, you ladies would be in this room alone right now, watching an empty stage.

 

[DoctorX3]

Not to mention the fact that pretty near everyone has heard of and heard Bill Hicks. Stop congratulating yourself for being aware of mainstream celebrities, you git.

It must be absolute hell to be omniscient. Imagine my sympathy.

 

[Mabtheist]

Zombie Hicks in 2008.

 

[10293847]

Bill Hicks died of pancreatic cancer in 1994. I can only imagine what he would be saying today, in our current political circumstances.

Although he was sometimes caustic in his approach, and pissed a lot of people off in the process, he made a lot of points that are more timely than ever.

Some quotes...

"They lie about marijuana. Tell you pot-smoking makes you unmotivated. Lie! When you're high, you can do everything you normally do just as well … you just realize that it's not worth the fucking effort! There is a difference."

"Go back to bed, America! Your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again. Here. Here's American Gladiators. Watch this, shut up. Go back to bed, America. Here is American Gladiators. Here is 56 channels of it! Watch these pituitary retards bang their fucking skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go, America! You are free to do what we tell you! You are free to do what we tell you!"

"I've been compared to Koresh before. People have said I was like Koresh, only without the guns or pussy. And, uh … which means I'm just a really annoying guy, basically..."

"The only reason I don't quit smoking is because I fear that if I did, I'd become one of you."
~ About non-smokers.

"I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. "I think the puppet on the right shares my beliefs." "I think the puppet on the left is more to my liking." "Hey, wait a minute...there's one guy holding both puppets!"

"Here is my final point. About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography and smoking and everything else. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, say, think, who I fuck, what I take into my body – as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet?"

'Nuff Said.

Rest In Peace, Bill Hicks.

The guy only stated the obvious. What is funny about that? Delete this waste of a thread.

 

[Seditious]

Not to mention the fact that pretty near everyone has heard of and heard Bill Hicks.

or the fact that nothing he quoted was funny, just political satire no better than Immortal Technique would come up with.