Thread: Bill Hicks

Much of his comedy is still relevant today. Towards the end of his life, he caught hell for doing a bit about pro-lifers on the Letterman show.

"If you're so pro-life, do me a favor: don't lock arms and block medical clinics," Hicks said. "If you're so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries."

Whichever side of the fence you fall on, that's a great joke.

The trouble with recognition for his work is that hollywood would rather a canonize a no-talent like Andy Kaufman with a movie than recognize Hicks. Although I hear a movie is in the works.

For those who don't know Bill Hicks, he's similar to Dennis Leary, which is no surprise since that hack lifted Hicks' material and image.

Here's another good one:

"That's what I find ironic, too, is that people who are against these things (porn/suggestive advertising) that cause sexual thought are generally fundamentalist Christians, who also believe you should be fruitful and multiply. Boy, they walk a tight rope every day, don't they? "How do we be fruitful and multiply and not think about it?"

Originally Posted by Vieope

Do you know Bill Hicks work? You should.


"What did moths bump into before the electric light bulb was invented? Boy, the lightbulb really screwed the moth up didn't it? Are there moths on their way to the sun now going, "It's gonna be worth it!" Bill Hicks

"A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. Do you think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a fuckin' cross? It's kind of like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on." Bill Hicks

"Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is mearly energy condensed through a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is only a dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather." Bill Hicks

That last quote is in TOOLs THIRD EYE song. Hicks is cool shit.
Hes also inside the cover.