I am an addict :(

[Vick]

Originally Posted by SykkBoy

Yeah, but Denis Leary would be slow in responding because he'd be busy combing through all of Bill Hicks' material looking for a good rant to "borrow"

and much like Leary I's say "who the fuck is Bill Hicks"?


actually guess I missed some good comedy somewhere

[SykkBoy]

Originally Posted by Vick

and much like Leary I's say "who the fuck is Bill Hicks"?


actually guess I missed some good comedy somewhere

You missed a true comedy genius who was taken waaaay before his time
I highly recomend the DVD "Bill Hicks: Satirist, Social Critic, Standup Comedian"

His comedy isn't for the easily offended, but underneath the obscenity is a ton of social criticism and he doesn't just have an issue nailing both the left and the right.

There is an old joke amongst comedians that goes: "Why is Denis Leary a famous successful comedian while Bill Hicks still unknown in the US? Because there's no cure for cancer" (Bill Hicks died of pancreatic cancer and Denis Leary's special that got him his notoriety was called "No Cure For Cancer")

you can grab the DVD from amazon.com at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...s=dvd&n=507846

Netflix also has the DVD

[MorganGrayson]

Blockbuster.com has it, too, and I just kicked it up my list.

[JR]

Originally Posted by SykkBoy

You missed a true comedy genius who was taken waaaay before his time
I highly recomend the DVD "Bill Hicks: Satirist, Social Critic, Standup Comedian"

His comedy isn't for the easily offended, but underneath the obscenity is a ton of social criticism and he doesn't just have an issue nailing both the left and the right.

There is an old joke amongst comedians that goes: "Why is Denis Leary a famous successful comedian while Bill Hicks still unknown in the US? Because there's no cure for cancer" (Bill Hicks died of pancreatic cancer and Denis Leary's special that got him his notoriety was called "No Cure For Cancer")

you can grab the DVD from amazon.com at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...s=dvd&n=507846

Netflix also has the DVD

who are your favorite comedians? i never liked bill hicks much. i love comedy though. some of my favorites...

Dave Attell
Jim Gaffigan
Todd Barry
Mitch Fatell
Jake Johannesen
Dave Chappelle
Jim Florentine (his prank calls are funny anyway)
Lewis Black
Dave Cross


i could go on... and on.

[SykkBoy]

Originally Posted by JR

who are your favorite comedians? i never liked bill hicks much. i love comedy though. some of my favorites...

Dave Attell
Jim Gaffigan
Todd Barry
Mitch Fatell
Jake Johannesen
Dave Chappelle
Jim Florentine (his prank calls are funny anyway)
Lewis Black
Dave Cross


i could go on... and on.

some of my favorites are the givens like Hicks, Carlin and Pryor, but it's also hard to beat Eddie Murphy in the 80's
others:
Dane Cook
Jim Norton
Mitch Hedburg
Dave Attell
Jim Gaffigan
Larry The Cable Guy
Ron White
Lewis Black
John Stewart
Eddie Izzard
Robert Schimmel
David Cross
Bobcat Goldthwait (80's version)
Jay Mohr is kind of hit or miss with me...sometimes I find him really funny and other times I don't

I'm generally not a fan of female comedians except Sarah Silverman, Lisa Lampinelli, Margaret Smith and Judy Tanuta

There are other comedians I find funny at times but tend to be hit or miss with me...

[JR]

Originally Posted by SykkBoy

some of my favorites are the givens like Hicks, Carlin and Pryor, but it's also hard to beat Eddie Murphy in the 80's
others:
Dane Cook
Jim Norton
Mitch Hedburg
Dave Attell
Jim Gaffigan
Larry The Cable Guy
Ron White
Lewis Black
John Stewart
Eddie Izzard
Robert Schimmel
David Cross
Bobcat Goldthwait (80's version)
Jay Mohr is kind of hit or miss with me...sometimes I find him really funny and other times I don't

I'm generally not a fan of female comedians except Sarah Silverman, Lisa Lampinelli, Margaret Smith and Judy Tanuta

There are other comedians I find funny at times but tend to be hit or miss with me...

i like schimmel, jim norton and mitch hedberg a lot as well. i was really bummed when mitch died.

one of the main reasons i got XM radio was for the comedy channel.

Have to agree PD, carlin and pryor were certainly ahead of their time then. at least i think they were... I was just a little kid haha. i can remember listening to richard pryor in grade school. i dont know why i was so obsessed with comedy when i was little. i can remember being in the first grade and having steve martins albums memorized. i was always chanting the 7 words you could never say on TV