Bill Hicks, Stand Up Comedians, etc etc

[Apikoros II]

I was curious if people still like/listen to his stuff. I always felt that his standup acts contained many Discordian Ideals (whatever those are?!?!). I think the bit about stopping doing drugs cause once you been taken aboard a UFO, whats left is so awesome. For those youngling's, here's a link to wiki about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks. Are there any comedians I should be aware of that are similar?

[I_Kicked_Kennedy]

Only if they're about to stab you in the neck.

[Lies]

Hell yeah Bill Hicks, a modern prophet in many ways, though personally I think he was a bit silly with some other things, 95% of his material, I agree with.

George Carlin and Joe Rogan are two more names that come to mind that are very "Hicks" like.

[Captain Utopia]

I think he was a bit silly with some other things,

Goat Boy talking about underage girls, in Revelations (the unedited version)?

[Cain]

Yeah, but Goat Boy was meant to be like that.  It was a character, a persona he adopted.

[Iron Sulfide]

I think he was a bit silly with some other things

Two must haves- Live at Egham ("I'm a drunk CUNT, so I can go to a comedy club and open
my CUNT mouth while the comedian is talking!" [paraphrase]), and Igby's, San Francisco (The infamous
response to the "Freebird" heckler).

Some of his best, most offensive material was him attacking the audience. These two
recordings feature as much.

Flying Saucer Tour, Vol. 1 is also good for that, but there's a lot of material that he did in Rant, Relentless, and Revelations.
So if you don't mind listening to that, again, it's a good set.

Similar to Hicks, I would recommend David Cross stand-up.

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I appreciate Bill Hicks but he never throttled my humor glands like George Carlin. I'd get the jokes but there was something about him that muffled the funny for me.

That said, you have to check out Louis CK's standup, IS GOOD.

[I_Kicked_Kennedy]

Agree with the Louis CK (you must get Chewed Up on Netflix. The part with the deer is comedy gold.)

I mean, there's the staples like Mitch Hedberg and Chris Morris, but Doug Stanhope is slowly becoming one of my faves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQEcMTSgg5w

[Lies]

I think he was a bit silly with some other things,

Goat Boy talking about underage girls, in Revelations (the unedited version)?

Nah, the goat boy stuffs fine, it was his stuff on the JFK assassination that kinda made him out to be a a wide eyed conspiracy theorist which really disappointed me.

Also, I love Joe Rogan, but he seriously thinks we never went to the moon, but he's right about everything else.

[Captain Utopia]

it was his stuff on the JFK assassination that kinda made him out to be a a wide eyed conspiracy theorist which really disappointed me.

Hicks died in what, 1994?  Heck I believed in loads of conspiracies back then.  I even believed that it was a government conspiracy which made season 2 of the X-Files suck so much.  Good times.

Exposure to the internet, snopes, etc really helped me become more skeptical.

[Lies]

it was his stuff on the JFK assassination that kinda made him out to be a a wide eyed conspiracy theorist which really disappointed me.

Hicks died in what, 1994?  Heck I believed in loads of conspiracies back then.  I even believed that it was a government conspiracy which made season 2 of the X-Files suck so much.  Good times.

Exposure to the internet, snopes, etc really helped me become more skeptical.

Oh absolutely, Hicks has an excuse, it's not his fault the internet couldn't educate him before he took his last bow.

Joe Rogan, on the other hand, has no excuses. I think he's taken the "question the government" thing a *bit* to far.

[Triple Zero]

but with the whole mirror on the moon, laser beam bouncing off of it, anyone can verify for themselves we went to the moon, yeah?

[BadBeast]

For funny, see Jerry Sadowicz. Probably the funniest living Human today.

[Iason Ouabache]

Agree with the Louis CK (you must get Chewed Up on Netflix. The part with the deer is comedy gold.)

His new series on fX has been really good too. All of the episodes are on Hulu right now.

it was his stuff on the JFK assassination that kinda made him out to be a a wide eyed conspiracy theorist which really disappointed me.

Hicks died in what, 1994?  Heck I believed in loads of conspiracies back then.  I even believed that it was a government conspiracy which made season 2 of the X-Files suck so much.  Good times.

Exposure to the internet, snopes, etc really helped me become more skeptical.

Oh absolutely, Hicks has an excuse, it's not his fault the internet couldn't educate him before he took his last bow.

Joe Rogan, on the other hand, has no excuses. I think he's taken the "question the government" thing a *bit* to far.

All of the good comedians seem to have feet of clay. Rogan is a conspiracy nut. Penn Gillette is a glibertarian. Doug Stanhope is a raging prick about atheism. Bill Maher is a germ theory denialist. Even Gallagher has turned into a Tea Bagger

[Jasper]

So now that Gallagher is a teabagger, does that mean he's funny now?