Bill Hicks

[Holden MacGroyn]

Was fucking brilliant.
Died a few years back.

[Illinoisblue]

The best comedian ever.

Check out the DVD Totally Bill Hicks - an absolute masterpiece.

Also, www.billhicks.com.

Died in 1994

[ichabod_crane]

Word for word on some of his material, absolutely shameless.

Bill's quote when asked about Denis Leary sums it up really, one word, "Donovan".

[Ben Dover]

very good. Little known fact: Remember Newman & Baddiel's groundbreaking Wembley Arena shows? Who was the support act? One Mr Bill Hicks!! Gone but not forgotten. Coincidentally, during my recent move I found an old documentry on Bill Hicks, made just after he died from liver cancer. Would you like to see it Stoney?

[Marblehead Johnson]

"Rant In E-Minor" is probably his best work - whilst he was recording the shows, he knew that he was going to die.

His sketch about Jay Leno is amazing - "His brain's splew out on the back wall forming an NBC Peacock, cos he's a corporate man to the bitter fucking end!!"

I was lucky enough to go to the 10th Anniversary celebration in London this year - they showed loads of material never seen in the UK before including the "Outlaw Comic" documentary that only went out on cable in America.

Genius.

[Marblehead Johnson]

The book "Love All The People" is well worth getting, contains loads of his routines, interviews etc.

[Illinoisblue]

Have you checked out www.sacredcow.com?

There's a number of Bill Hicks video clips there including one I'd never seen before entitled 'Bill loooses it'.

Bill's doing his JFK routine when he's heckled by a drunk woman who calls out 'you suck'.

Bill turns on her angrily, calling her 'a fucking cunt' and orders her to leave.

He really does lose it!