THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: etiolate on October 05, 2006, 05:02:58 PM
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Bill Hicks.
Here's a comedian I hear touted about around various parts of the internet. It seems I must be missing something. Infact, I don't see how he's a comedian for any reason other the fact he appeared at comedy clubs. I've been watching youtubes of his acts, and most of it is self righteous spewin, which is fine, most comedians secretly hail themselves as prophets. It just seems Hicks skipped the comedy part and went straight to self righteous prophet without any sense of humility to make him likeable. It's like with a Carlin act, where he'll say some things I'm fine with, some things I don't agree with, but in the end I laugh. Wait it's not like that, because in the end I don't laugh. That's the whole difference between a guy like Carlin and Hicks, Carlin makes you laugh. Hicks just gets off on himself, even pausing to make the "ooooh" moments, and then rambles on. He has no timing, no delivery, just no comedic qualities. He has loud sounds, which is part of his act, and others have copied... but those others are better at it than he is. Hell, Dennis Leary at least has delivery. Hicks has nothing.
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Did you cut and paste this from somewhere else?
Keep in mind that Leary has been dead for a long time and a lot of other comedians have bitten his routine in a major way, ESPECIALLY Dennis Leary.
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copy and paste no?
I'm assuming you meant Hicks is dead, and that Leary uses a lot of his act... which is part of my point. Leary is like Hicks with at least some delivery.
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Yeah I fucked that up. I can't believe you don't think Hicks has a delivery. Do you like Dane Cook?
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oh god I never found Dane Cook funny even when he had his first little uprising freshman or was it sophmore year. The only line out of that whole rambling I smiled at was the Burger King drivethrough...other than that, it's pretty much what I see everyday.
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Dane Cook is HILARIOUS LOLZ!
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Dane Cook is also overrated.
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I lol'd at the Vicious Circle special, but only once or twice. :(
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Yeah I fucked that up. I can't believe you don't think Hicks has a delivery. Do you like Dane Cook?
I'm sort of indifferent towrds Dane Cook.
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I can't believe Dane Cook has the best selling comedy album of all time. If you need any further convincing that America needs to be raped to death by muslims, there you go.
I'm not huge on Bill Hicks, but he has some good bits. I think he's one of those "had to be there at the time comedians" because his act has been so influential that you've practically seen it all via other comedians in the past decade or so.
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I think he's one of those "had to be there at the time comedians" because his act has been so influential that you've practically seen it all via other comedians in the past decade or so.
That's what I was trying to say, thanks for being much more eloquent.
Dane Cook is the worst "comedian" ever.
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Dane Cook is the Dice Clay of this generation. Insanely popular, mediocre material for casual comedy fans. There will be a new 'Dane Cook' in ten years.
Anyways, about Hicks. He was a decent comic that has been completely put on a pedestal because of his death. Similar to Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison and recently Mitch Hedburg. All of them good comics for their eras .. but not legendary.
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Bill Hicks >>>>>>> Led Zeppelin
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Mitch Hedburg was awesome
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Mitch Hedburg was awesome
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Fuck yeah. Stupid fucking junkie, but awesome nonetheless