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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:13 PM Original message |
American: The Bill Hicks Story |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks! There are several doc/performance films about Bill, esp the one narrated by Janeane Garofalo... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. thank you very much for this headsup. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Some great videos..including the Letterman performance that was cut. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. I definitely want to see this. Thanks. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Off to the Greatest Page with this announcement. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. He was well loved.... |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Most appreciated; hadn't heard about this. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R n/t |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. The greatest stand up ever? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Bruce, Carlin & Hicks: Holy Trinity of using the role of comic as social critic/speak truth to power |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Don't forget Richard Pryor |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Pryor was another outstanding comic who soared well above the usual range |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I'm a huge fan of comedy and only saw him once or twice on TV.. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I saw a routine where he weighed Bush/Clinton's then upcoming election ... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. There are some people here at DU who are as smart as he was |
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Mohamed (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yay |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. Here's the link to the movie's site ... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Also found this re previously unreleased material due out ... |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Another link... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. cool! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. Thank god this film came out before the Russel Crowe/Ron Howard biopic that's in development. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
21. My husband's father was a good friend of Hicks |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. It's no secret that many comic artists draw from a wellspring of darkness/depression |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Yeah, I heard that ending once |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I've never met a happy stand up. People who go through happier periods |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. He was enlightened .... why would he want to stay around a shithouse world? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Because he cared. A lot |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. Rush Limbaugh: scat muncher |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Barbara Bush's pearls |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. . |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. I wish he wasn't so heartbroken; some of his act was very angry and judgemental towards women. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. a short personal recollection of Hicks; sent to me by a friend, a few weeks ago: |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Thank you, thank you! |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
28. He had his moments but I've always thought he was overrrated.... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I never, ever, once thought that |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. Kick |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. Bump |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. Thanks ! |
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