Bill Hicks: Censored David Letterman Appearance to Air Jan 30 As Memorial

Quick note here but no less important - The Late Show with David Letterman will be airing his censored appearance on Jan 30, 2008 as a tribute to the comic 15 years after Hicks’ all-too-early death of pancreatic cancer.

As announced on the Bill Hicks official web site:

“ HICKS’ LAST LETTERMAN SET TO AIR JAN 30TH

The Late Show with David Letterman has scheduled a telecast of the never-aired October 1, 1993 Bill Hicks appearance. The show was pre-taped Jan. 26th (with Bill’s mom as a guest) and will air Friday, January 30th on your local CBS affiliate. We’d like to acknowledge and thank Bill’s many fans and everyone who has had a hand in keeping Bill’s comedy and philosophy alive. We hope everyone can tune in and experience what you may have missed or what you barely remember – Bill Hicks performing for a national audience on network television.”

I don’t need to editorialize, but hey, why not? I’m a fan, and had been for a long time prior to his passing. Shared the frustration of those us who are his fans as other undeserving, watered down comics started to ape his angle and act and cash in on his groundbreaking work.

Hicks’ always readily referenced Lenny Bruce, among others, as influences on his work.

Too few comics, artists, and musicians really ever give credit where credit is due.

For the full info on Fridays airing, please CLICK HERE for the information and background. And if you have never heard the work of Bill Hicks, or George Carlin, or Mort Sahl, or Lenny Bruce - or new(er) comics like Bill Bailey or Zach Galifinakis, take some time to avail yourself of their great work.

We don’t forever have to allow in the vanilla denominator of advertising-approved network banality such as Seinfeld or Romano.

Comic work can actually say something. Even though douchebags like Dennis Miller might have one think otherwise.

Tune in, enjoy, and ask yourself “where is the new breed of such people who cut through the crap?”

They are out there btw, we just need to be aware that it’s tougher than ever to connect with them. yes, a paradox for sure given the “internet age”, but the same goes for political debate. Inherent ghettoization.

here’s some Bill Hicks on Rush Limbaugh, circa 1991 for you:



and of course, you may enjoy his take on Gulf War 1.0 aka Operation Iraqi Foreplay:



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