Re: [wc] Re: Bill Hicks moment (for Ellen)

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:13:11 -0700

I can't really wish naughty things on Denis Leary, as "Asshole" was featured on pretty much every mix I made in high school, but I do wish I had heard of Bill Hicks before last year.  (Well, I wish he were alive, but that sort of goes without the saying.)

On 10/4/06, Ray Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

*sigh*

I miss Bill.

He didn't know it, but he's pretty much single-handedly responsible
for me being a stand-up for a few years.

I was at Towson doing some post-grad work in the mid-90s and
figured "I'm a funny guy. I should try stand up." This one kid was
ridiculously funny, and he sold me some jokes, said they're
guaranteed to be killer.

I got up at an open mic night in Baltimore, did the jokes I had
bought, and got yelled at by one of the other comics at the end of
the night. I thought I had been funny; he told me I was a thief!

Apparently, I did a near word-for-word rendition of "Rant in E-Minor."

I was stunned - stunned that I had been duped, and stunned I had
somehow never seen or even heard of Bill Hicks. How did he manage to
escape my radar?

I've become a big Hicks' fan ever since, and secretly wish naughty
things on Denis Leary. He did the same thing I did, but got an HBO
special out of it.

- Ray

--- In [email protected], "Hannah Robinson"


<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've been listening to Arizona Bay and this bit made me laugh the
hardest:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP-3_jyCS9Q
>
> (The video's meaningless, don't worry about it)
>


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