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Bill Hicks 'returns' to television

post #1 of 23
1/30/09 at 1:42am
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http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2...e-after-a.html
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post #2 of 23
1/30/09 at 2:07am
I want a Ouija Board Network.
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post #3 of 23
1/30/09 at 11:54am
This is cool news. Thanks for the heads up.
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post #4 of 23
1/30/09 at 12:10pm
Very cool, I likely would have missed this otherwise, thanks.
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post #5 of 23
1/30/09 at 12:26pm
As a Hicks fan, I thank you for this. Having just read American Scream and Bill's account of the incident, this will be bittersweet.
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post #6 of 23
1/30/09 at 12:57pm
I kinda liked American Scream. What did you think? I've heard people rip on it for being overly romantic, but I didn't find it to be that at all, having read Love All The People. Seemed pretty right on for me. Check out Love... for the full letter that Hicks wrote to John Lahr following the Letterman incident, by the way.
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post #7 of 23
1/30/09 at 1:05pm
I think the biggest problem with American Scream is that the book ends with Bill's death and funeral. It doesn't get into his legacy or Kevin Booth's tireless efforts to finish and release Arizona Bay and Rant in E Minor. I understand the decision to end it there - it's Bill's story. But it creates a real lack of closure. Which may be the point, since Bill and his fans never really got closure either.

Never heard of the other book, thanks for the tip.
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post #8 of 23
1/30/09 at 1:47pm
This is one of those things that I thought would never happen. I've always thought that Letterman regretted pulling Hicks, but I didn't think he would ever show the footage. It's one of those things where it's going to be almost anti-climactic, because we all know what's in the footage and have even heard versions of it on the albums. Still, the gesture is what counts.

I liked Love all the People but it kind of gets repetative. American Scream is a slog.
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post #9 of 23
1/30/09 at 2:17pm
This will be worth watching just to see how Letterman presents it.
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post #10 of 23
1/30/09 at 6:09pm
Just looking at the title of this thread, I was hoping that some enterprising network had finally greenlit Let's Hunt and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus.
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post #11 of 23
1/31/09 at 2:27am
Was it the gay joke or the Jesus on the Cross bit that got Hicks banned?
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post #12 of 23
1/31/09 at 2:51am
What an amazing segment...I personally found the interview with Hicks' mom way more interesting than the standup.

EDIT: I think the controversial part was the abortion bit.
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post #13 of 23
1/31/09 at 3:24am
I hope Mark Wahlberg was watching.
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post #14 of 23
1/31/09 at 6:05am
Wow, I would never have expected this news. RathBandu is right that any die-hard fan already knows what is coming, but I want to see it just on principle. Both eyes are on youtube.

Has anyone here read Agent of Evolution, Kevin Booth's book on Hicks? I can't believe I haven't bought it yet.
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post #15 of 23
1/31/09 at 11:22am
Man. I didn't think I could respect Letterman any more than I already did, but there it is. I've never seen a TV personality genuinely own up to a bad decision like that before. The conversation between him and Hicks' mom was the most human moment I've seen on television in a really long time. Hicks' stand-up was great, too, of course. I wish Dave was my uncle or something.
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post #16 of 23
1/31/09 at 11:13pm
Absolutely great job by Letterman to have the fortitude to admit he screwed up and devote a good chunk of his show to Hicks. Here are the parts of the show that deal with it, in case didn't catch it last night:

Part I - Letterman gives the background story to the audience

Part II - Letterman interviews Mary Hicks, Bill's mother

Part III - Bill Hicks on The Late Show with David Letterman
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post #17 of 23
1/31/09 at 11:45pm
Letterman did own up, without a full apology, on one of the recent Hicks DVDs.

I'd throw myself in front of a bus for Letterman. But that was a fuck-up on his part. About time this happened.
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post #18 of 23
1/31/09 at 11:55pm
Daves just leapt up yet further in my estimation after that. There are too few celebrities in this day and age with that level of absolute class.

...and even though I knew backwards what was in that routine, to see it actually performed at last had me pissing myself.

To think Bill would be dead five months later, and at the age I am now, makes me think I should be doing more with the time Ive got.

Miss ya Bill, terribly.
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post #19 of 23
2/1/09 at 3:46am
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Originally Posted by Subotai View Post
I'd throw myself in front of a bus for Letterman.
This is a joke, right?
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post #20 of 23
2/1/09 at 4:01am
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I think that indicates an admiration of Hicks more than anything...yes, he is one of my favorite comics/humans, but the worship He can receive, and now Letterman for making peace with Him (as would any disciple), can border on dangerous to one's health, like about 1/8th of how Christians feel about Jesus. And it's only that low percentage because Subotai isn't looking for a reason to be thrown in front of a bus for Hicks...though I'm sure He wouldn't mind if you took up smoking.
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post #21 of 23
2/1/09 at 4:13am
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Originally Posted by dreary louse View Post
like about 1/8th of how Christians feel about Jesus.
Now come on DL, have you got a pie chart and some ven diagrams to back that figure up?
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post #22 of 23
2/1/09 at 4:45am
Wonderful bit. I've wanted to see that for 12 years. Cheers, Dave.
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post #23 of 23
2/1/09 at 5:38am
Nice to see that finally see the light of day. Doubly nice to see Letterman own up to the mistake. It almost makes me wish that I believed in an afterlife. It would be nice to think that Hicks knew.

But I don't, and he doesn't.
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