We recently passed an anniversary that was barely noticed at all. Bill Hicks died on February 26, 1994, just over twenty years ago. Who is Bill Hicks? Well, we’re pretty big fans of George Carlin (in fact, we have several prime Carlin cuts on our website) and Bill Hicks was frequently described as an heir to Carlin. Incisive, profane, iconoclastic, intellectual, Hicks brought a sharp editorial wit to his humor when that was still a new and dangerous thing. Bill was still on the way up when he died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 33. There’s no way of knowing how far he may have gone, but we hope you enjoy this taste of his work while he was still around…
(PS- Like Carlin, Bill could be a little rough when it came to language. Most of these clips have words that may be new to innocent ears. Be careful.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAGgawuRpiI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIA5dL7VJxg
