well Bill Hicks isn't around to have an HBO series and/or special. He might have had he lived long enough. I read Denis Leary's wife's book, An Innocent, A Broad, about them going to London for the weekend when she was 6 months pregnant with their first child, and her water broke while she was there. The baby was born 3 months early and they couldn't fly for like 5 months, so a weekend in London turned into a 5-month stay with a premature baby. She wrote the book 14 years after the fact so obviously it had a big impact on her life. Denis realized how much it affected the rest of her life and encouraged her to write the book. Actually that is how he got his start--being stuck in London for 5 months with not much to do so he wrote his first show No Cure for Cancer and it premiered at the Edinborough Fringe Festival and he was a big hit. I highly recommend the book. It's very sweet.
--- In [email protected], "Hannah Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Hannah Robinson" > > > > <hjrobinson@> 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) > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
