Bill Hicks

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Halb

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53,012 posts

182 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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On Gold tonight at 11.

Bill Hicks Live:Revelations

Steve vRS

4,836 posts

240 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Arggggghhh!

Was watching Pulp Fiction on Dave.

hidetheelephants

23,778 posts

192 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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I think Bill would have soothing words to say about the presidential race; he'd love ol' Trump and and the evangelical right, and I suspect he'd have a similarly dim view of Mrs Bill Clinton. hehe

wolfracesonic

6,942 posts

126 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Wish I was dead Bill Hicks.

Halmyre

11,148 posts

138 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Bill's material really darkened after Clinton became president. He realised that nothing changes - here comes the new boss, same as the old boss.

If he'd lived, what would he have made of another Bush in the White House, another war in Iraq, and another Democrat hopeful in the White house? And, of course, yet more stty music in the world.

stephen300o

15,464 posts

227 months

Monday 2nd May 2016
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Halmyre said:
Bill's material really darkened after Clinton became president. He realised that nothing changes - here comes the new boss, same as the old boss.

If he'd lived, what would he have made of another Bush in the White House, another war in Iraq, and another Democrat hopeful in the White house? And, of course, yet more stty music in the world.
He would have made of it, what we all make of it. We are all sick and tired of all that bullst.

bloomen

6,857 posts

158 months

Monday 2nd May 2016
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I can't watch him any more. His material's been mined to death now and every word is familiar. It's rather like listening to Nevermind. It was so burnt into my brain as a yoot there's no point in revisiting it any more.

hidetheelephants

23,778 posts

192 months

Monday 2nd May 2016
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I think the one thing he might have a positive view about would be the US's rapid conversion to funny cigarettes; he'd have been a good guest on 'Getting Doug with High'.

HOGEPH

5,249 posts

185 months

Monday 2nd May 2016
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His best quote, "All governments are lying cocksuckers"

PH XKR

1,761 posts

101 months

Monday 2nd May 2016
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I've tried to understand the masterpiece that is Bill Hicks but every time I watch anything its just a chain smoking fat man with a potty mouth not saying anything particularly funny if at all that satirical in the scheme of things. To me he is the Space Odyssey of comics... wink

hidetheelephants

23,778 posts

192 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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PH XKR said:
I've tried to understand the masterpiece that is Bill Hicks but every time I watch anything its just a chain smoking fat man with a potty mouth not saying anything particularly funny if at all that satirical in the scheme of things. To me he is the Space Odyssey of comics... wink
Fat man? Are you sure you're watching the right person? He wasn't a gym bunny for sure but hardly John Candy either. A lot of his material has become fodder for more mainstream comics, albeit watered down and less sweary. Dennis Leary became famous largely through being a Bill Hicks tribute act. heheIt also needs to be borne in mind that he became well known in the late 80s and stopped performing in 1993; that's 25 years ago and unless you are old enough to get the references a lot of the political stuff will be meaningless.