Did Jay Leno kill his damn grandmother or anything? No, he did a commercial for Doritos. That clearly calls for a joke that centers around firing an Uzi into his mouth.
Let's not pretend that Bill Hicks was cerebral or thoughtfully provocative. He was an angry, bitter hack.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
beats a bland, boring hack
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 4 June 2009 02:36 (fifteen years ago) link
tbf leno's face begs for it x-post
― I've never heard of a single one of those blogs. (Matt P), Thursday, 4 June 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
xp
Nah, I can ignore bland, boring hacks and move on. No harm done. Bill Hicks has perverted the idea of what stand up is for a sizeable portion of a generation.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 03:10 (fifteen years ago) link
What's funny about Hicks is how overrepresented his fan base was on the internet for such a long time. Tributes to Hicks from bands like Tool and Radiohead probably furthered that.
― Cunga, Thursday, 4 June 2009 03:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought the funniest stuff Hicks ever did was his vanilla jokes on Letterman. I am personally okay with what he was all about - I just think he forgot to be funny most of the time.
― slugbaiting (rockapads), Thursday, 4 June 2009 03:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Bill Hicks on the MTV Half-Hour Comedy Hour(hosted by Mario Joyner) was great to 13 year old me
― kingfish, Thursday, 4 June 2009 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I have gotten pulled into watching half of the Jimmy Fallon show every night since Conan started, I am the problem with America
― A B C, Thursday, 4 June 2009 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw "la bamba" tonight!
― gangsta hug (omar little), Thursday, 4 June 2009 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I very, very few times I've seen Carson Daly in the last few years was just fine, b/c he'd have on worthwhile bands.
Then I'd switch it off to see if "Ace of Cakes" was on. I gots priorities.
― kingfish, Thursday, 4 June 2009 06:52 (fifteen years ago) link
In the very, very
rather
― kingfish, Thursday, 4 June 2009 06:57 (fifteen years ago) link
the thing abt hicks is that george carlin was so much better & more pointed in his critiques of shit that was 'wrong with society' or whatever + funnier. whereas hicks was a joyless dude who made fun of ppl who like to, i dont know, dance, or lead healthy lifestyles
― autogucci cru (deej), Thursday, 4 June 2009 06:58 (fifteen years ago) link
so wrong. i agree that his martyr shtick got tiresome but i don't think he was joyless or unfunny.
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:09 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost that shit is mad funny if you have a proper amount of distance, which most of his fans clearly lack
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:12 (fifteen years ago) link
roommate, to me, discussing his 4 bill hicks DVDs yesterday--
"The thing about Bill is that he was less a comedian and more just like...a truth-teller, you know?"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:15 (fifteen years ago) link
The thing about Bill is that he was a comedian.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Hicks could be a hateful motherfucker and there's sort of a cathartic element to that. I don't think he was totally joyless though, he'd let his humanity poke through here and there. Probably most explicitly in his "it's all a ride" and "we are all one" acid inspired... stuff.
― circa1916, Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
hoos: your roomie--he's still in college, right?
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I really love Bill Hicks, but he certainly had his flaws.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah he's got one more year xp
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:40 (fifteen years ago) link
okie. was worried for a sec.
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:43 (fifteen years ago) link
im overstating the case against hicks. but i really do prefer carlin
― autogucci cru (deej), Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait til dude tells you about global cooling though lb, that's when the dude will really expand your understanding of the world.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 4 June 2009 07:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.seriouslunch.com/misc/seriouslunch_conan.gif
― josh fenderman (jeff), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
WHOA!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Hahaha
― ···◊··· (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
no way!I knew that bg looked familiar
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Z S), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i've already reverted to Letterman
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:50 (fifteen years ago) link
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/files/uploads/celestial_sphere.jpg
― Vokuhila (latebloomer), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:51 (fifteen years ago) link
what is standup, johnny fever?
hate is a key part of humanity. i like seeing it represented in comedy.
Perrin clarifies that he doesn't dislike Conan, just thinks he won't work on Tonight. Says Fallon is godawful and getting worse:
http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2009/06/prof-cheap-laffs-explains.html
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Tonight isn't going to be Tonight anymore, oldies
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
im overstating the case against hicks. but i really do prefer carlin― autogucci cru (deej), Thursday, June 4, 2009 3:47 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― autogucci cru (deej), Thursday, June 4, 2009 3:47 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
if you don't, there's something wrong w/ u
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't define standup any easier than you can, Morbs. But I know when it's being mistreated by a goon.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
O_O jeff!
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
did anyone else lol at the riffing on "In The Year 2000" before they started the sketch
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought the 2000->3000 thing was awkward and lame and it seemed like the audience thought so too
― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I wasn't sure it was going to work as "3000" but by the time it was over I was fine with it.
Also, glad to see they're bringing back Max-as-perv gags.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Meantime, Nikki Finke has gossip and thoughts.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Juicy!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Cry me a river, evil-chin.
After the way he screwed Letterman, any poor treatment now is just karma.
― Hatfail of Hollow (Nicole), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Since this has sort of turned into a general late night thread, who's placing odds on Jon Stewart taking over for Letterman when his run is over? CBS and Comedy Central are Viacom bedfellows, and I can't think of a single candidate more primed for the job right now (excepting Colbert, which could be fun if he carried over the character).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
x-post -- But his happy marriage. (No, seriously.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
How did he screw Letterman?
― Nhex, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Who would do "The Daily Show"?
ugh I just imagined "Glenn Beck"
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Helen Kushnick did it, really. Seen Late Shift? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116835/
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
CHAPPELLE, BITCHES
by the time Letterman is ready to quit, Stewart will be in his 50s. Without the news-spoof template, I don't see a network betting on someone that old.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't CBS only extend Dave's contract by 1 year recently? He's only a sure thing through 2010 I think.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Late Show with Demetri Martin"
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
"The Late Show with Dr Morbius!"
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link