Bill Hicks on David Letterman tonight!

I am positively thrilled that Letterman is finally going correct a fifteen-year-old mistake and show the infamously censored Bill Hicks routine this Friday (January 30th). Hicks was a regular on The Late Show With David Letterman, appearing eleven times before becoming the first comedic act to be censored at the Ed Sullivan theater when his twelfth appearance was declared too controversial by studio execs and subsequently never aired.

Hicks was crushed, and Letterman has since voiced regret as to how things played out (Hicks died from pancreatic cancer less than six months later). Bill's mother Mary will be Dave's guest, and they will discuss both Bill's censorship and his legacy. There may not be anything new to see from this material, but it pleases me greatly that the final Bill Hicks Letterman appearance will finally see the light of day. Kudos, Dave. Better late than never.

Click the above photo and read "The Goat Boy Rises", a wonderful article from a 1993 issue of The New Yorker printed soon after Bill's Letterman performance was axed.

Source: molon-labe.blogspot.com