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    Eat More Chips AlamoSpursFan's Avatar
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    ...Mrs. ASF was watching that FX show about firemen (sorry, I forget the le) tonight and I suddenly realized that Denis Leary hasn't been doing much stand-up since Bill Hicks passed...


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    The show you're referring to is "Rescue Me". He co-created the show. I think he's primarily been focusing on drama, rather than comedy. But we still have the Quaker State ads he's been doing, they're funny.

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    Eat More Chips AlamoSpursFan's Avatar
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    I think he's primarily been focusing on drama, rather than comedy.
    Which was my point.

    The primary source for his material is no longer producing material.

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    Kind of like Steve Martin, whose "material" and style has changed dramatically since "The Jerk". Which I think he should go back to.

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    Eat More Chips AlamoSpursFan's Avatar
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    I was referring to the fact that most of Leary's material is arguably lifted straight from Bill Hicks. What point are you trying to make?

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    Nothing...I'm brain fried from writing close to 20 pages over the past 3 hrs. So nevermind my rambling.

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    Hmm... hasn't someone said that celebrity deaths come in 3's? Janet Leigh, Rodney Dangerfield... who's the next one to round out the trio?

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    i vaguely know who bill hicks is.....what are some of his funny jokes....

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    i vaguely know who bill hicks is.....what are some of his funny jokes....
    Just don't let Chris Duel hear you say you vaguely know who Bill Hicks is, he thinks Hicks is responsible for the parting of the red sea.

    He was an "ok" comic. But I wouldn't put him up there with the greats. You're not missing much.

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    He was an "ok" comic. But I wouldn't put him up there with the greats. You're not missing much.
    Alas, for Pooh, he does not queue up the laughter with a "You might be a redneck." Bill Hicks ranks up there with the all time greats. He does not tell jokes, per se, rather, he had a unique view of the world, and he expressed that view through stand-up comedy with a sense of timing second to none.

    That said, to quote Bill Hicks material does not usually do it justice, because the nuance and timing is just not there - think Lenny Bruce.

    When not neck-deep into a full-blown rant, Bill Hicks was one of the best ever.

    Bill Hicks - Battle Blog material??

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    Fantasy Football Guru Guru of Nothing's Avatar
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    i vaguely know who bill hicks is.....what are some of his funny jokes....
    Googled this very good article:

    http://www.salon.com/people/feature/...cks/print.html

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    He was an "ok" comic. But I wouldn't put him up there with the greats. You're not missing much.
    How the do you find time to write with all of that crack smoking you must be doing?


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    thanks for the link Guru......

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