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.
xp
― 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
WOULD SEE
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
totally
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
first show, Seth Rogen & Sec of State Hillary Clinton
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
oh wow the number of nicknames generated per hour would be A+
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
favorite segment would be morbs stalking around brooklyn with a camera crew trying to k.o. hillbillies
― gangsta hug (omar little), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Cobble Hillbillies
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
okay yes, would absolutely watch this
― Obama seems to have the views of a 21-year-old Hispanic girl (HI DERE), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
yes pleaseeee
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
"Stick around, because after the break we have some guests I despise coming up, and everything else on TV is worthless!"
― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
One episode of the Morbs show would be more entertaining than a lifetime of Jimmy Fallon.
― Hatfail of Hollow (Nicole), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Instead of a house band, there would be a white noise machine.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Would there be a sidekick?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
gabbneb
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
or JW?
jw is totally the paul schaffer of the band
― josh fenderman (jeff), Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
ethan
― k3vin k., Thursday, 4 June 2009 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link