Nas wrote:
Who?
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Bill Hicks |
I think we do this thread like once a year but he's the only guy outside of George Carlin you can call the GOAT. World's never been deprived of a greater talent so soon |
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| Author: | Nas [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Richard Pryor |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Nas wrote: Richard Pryor He's great. I think slightly overrated. Would still be in my top 5. At their best, nobody was better than Bill Hicks. |
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| Author: | Nas [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Who? |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Nas wrote: Who?
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| Author: | HawaiiYou [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Bill HIcks is Alex Jones viewtopic.php?f=47&t=108596 |
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| Author: | jimmypasta [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Obviously,you guys never heard Kevin James' Cinnamon Bun riff. 
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| Author: | Chus [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
FavreFan wrote: I think we do this thread like once a year but he's the only guy outside of George Carlin you can call the GOAT. World's never been deprived of a greater talent so soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiFgz9ndWKw |
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| Author: | Chus [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Denis Leary, who sucks, tried to steal his act. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
George Carlin scoffs at this thread. On Richard Pryor 's behalf as well. |
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| Author: | Chus [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Regular Reader wrote: George Carlin scoffs at this thread. On Richard Pryor 's behalf as well. Carlin, Pryor, and Hicks are all great. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Chus wrote: Regular Reader wrote: George Carlin scoffs at this thread. On Richard Pryor 's behalf as well. Carlin, Pryor, and Hicks are all great. Bill Hicks and Chris Rock wouldn't claim to be in their class. But still great |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Regular Reader wrote: Chus wrote: Regular Reader wrote: George Carlin scoffs at this thread. On Richard Pryor 's behalf as well. Carlin, Pryor, and Hicks are all great. Bill Hicks and Chris Rock wouldn't claim to be in their class. But still great The only thing Bill Hicks lacks is longevity(which isn't insignificant). It'd be like if an illness claimed Jordan in '87 or Gretzky in '83. Chris Rock was/is great. He's not as good as Bill Hicks on his best day. |
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| Author: | leashyourkids [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
There is a difference between social commentary and comedy. Guys like Carlin are great social commentators. Hicks is also a social commentator (though not a great one). I have never listened to Bill Hicks and laughed. I have rarely listened to Carlin and laughed (though Carlin did make me think). Some of these guys are luminaries, but they're not comedians. Hicks is neither. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
FavreFan wrote: Regular Reader wrote: Chus wrote: Regular Reader wrote: George Carlin scoffs at this thread. On Richard Pryor 's behalf as well. Carlin, Pryor, and Hicks are all great. Bill Hicks and Chris Rock wouldn't claim to be in their class. But still great The only thing Bill Hicks lacks is longevity(which isn't insignificant). It'd be like if an illness claimed Jordan in '87 or Gretzky in '83. Chris Rock was/is great. He's not as good as Bill Hicks on his best day. Lenny Bruce, Dick Gregory and Redd Foxx were better as well. |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
leashyourkids wrote: I have rarely listened to Carlin and laughed I'm not dismissing your overall point but this is just a "you" problem. |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Fri Sep 22, 2017 11:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
leashyourkids wrote: There is a difference between social commentary and comedy. Guys like Carlin are great social commentators. Hicks is also a social commentator (though not a great one). I have never listened to Bill Hicks and laughed. I have rarely listened to Carlin and laughed (though Carlin did make me think). Some of these guys are luminaries, but they're not comedians. Hicks is neither. Bill Hicks was a comic, through and through. Saying otherwise is just a bad contrarian take for the sake of it. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
FavreFan wrote: leashyourkids wrote: There is a difference between social commentary and comedy. Guys like Carlin are great social commentators. Hicks is also a social commentator (though not a great one). I have never listened to Bill Hicks and laughed. I have rarely listened to Carlin and laughed (though Carlin did make me think). Some of these guys are luminaries, but they're not comedians. Hicks is neither. Bill Hicks was a comic, through and through. Saying otherwise is just a bad contrarian take for the sake of it. Bernie Mac and Sam Kinison were better, short lived comics |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Regular Reader wrote: FavreFan wrote: leashyourkids wrote: There is a difference between social commentary and comedy. Guys like Carlin are great social commentators. Hicks is also a social commentator (though not a great one). I have never listened to Bill Hicks and laughed. I have rarely listened to Carlin and laughed (though Carlin did make me think). Some of these guys are luminaries, but they're not comedians. Hicks is neither. Bill Hicks was a comic, through and through. Saying otherwise is just a bad contrarian take for the sake of it. Bernie Mac and Sam Kinison were better, short lived comics Completely disagree but that's an understandable point. "Bill Hicks was not a comedian" is not. |
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| Author: | Regular Reader [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
??? I thought that he was funny |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Regular Reader wrote: ??? I thought that he was funny I think there's some confusion. I was replying to leash saying this: Quote: Some of these guys are luminaries, but they're not comedians. Hicks is neither. I read that as "Bill Hicks is not a comedian". That's an objectively wrong and subjectively bad take. I like Bernie Mac a lot and think Kinison is overrated from what I've heard, but I don't have any problem with someone saying they are better than Bill Hicks. I just disagree. |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Dennis Leary stole his whole act from Hicks Hicks said he was gonna quit smoking to see if Leary would quit too. |
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| Author: | FavreFan [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
rogers park bryan wrote: Dennis Leary stole his whole act from Hicks Hicks said he was gonna quit smoking to see if Leary would quit too. The more current version of that is Joe Rogan calling Carlos Mencia out on stage. Just priceless. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gdugSUFbzws |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
FavreFan wrote: rogers park bryan wrote: Dennis Leary stole his whole act from Hicks Hicks said he was gonna quit smoking to see if Leary would quit too. The more current version of that is Joe Rogan calling Carlos Mencia out on stage. Just priceless. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gdugSUFbzws Classic. And credit to Rogan for continually resisting the bait to hit him (Mencia repeatedly calling him a bitch) I'm sure he would have loved to go all UFC on him Schumer is a fuckin thief too. And Jay Mohr...sadly. |
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| Author: | Chus [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
I love David Cross. |
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| Author: | W_Z [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
hicks, bruce, carlin, and pryor are pretty much the mount rushmore of standup comedy. standup comedy is about pushing boundaries, and nobody pushed them better than those 4. i have a personal bias with hicks, because no one fucking talked about the guy until after he died. i followed him in the late 80's when i was a kid, watching "the comedy channel", through the early 90's and his explosion in 1993. i remarked to my dad, "you need to watch him. he's the next carlin". then he dropped dead. it was such a robbery. kinison was an absolute firework on stage, but he was more of a presence than anything else. he spoke a lot of truths, but it was his lit-wick-to-cannon fire that stood out. hicks was a masseuse of language, and a listener. that's what puts him in the picture with pryor, carlin and bruce. all of them were like that. they were a real force. i actually think lenny bruce gets the least amount of love because he is so far removed from modern comedy, i don't think later generations can appreciate what he did. but he was arrested for his act. that's pretty hardcore. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Chus wrote: I love David Cross. One of the best sketch comedians ever but his stand-up usually leaves me cold. Maybe he's gotten better but his act from the Bush years was unfortunate, at least compared to what he did on Mr. Show. |
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| Author: | W_Z [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Curious Hair wrote: Chus wrote: I love David Cross. One of the best sketch comedians ever but his stand-up usually leaves me cold. Maybe he's gotten better but his act from the Bush years was unfortunate, at least compared to what he did on Mr. Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9owbHSt7GhY |
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| Author: | Hockey Gay [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
Good comedian who has somehow become the most overrated comedian of all time. |
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| Author: | Hockey Gay [ Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bill Hicks |
leashyourkids wrote: There is a difference between social commentary and comedy. Guys like Carlin are great social commentators. Hicks is also a social commentator (though not a great one). I have never listened to Bill Hicks and laughed. I have rarely listened to Carlin and laughed (though Carlin did make me think). Some of these guys are luminaries, but they're not comedians. Hicks is neither. Perfect |
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