So massively fortunate that all these years later we can enjoy the Best of the Best in Hitchens. Nobody has ever matched his wit & oratory abilities. Still love & admire this unique & so so missed man.
Do it! I have three of his books I am reading now and will read more after that. I truly have missed him. Sounds so cliche to say he was so unique. He was so much more!
8 years later I’m here to state that although tipsy and smashed, this man had more sense, wit, humour, honor and integrity that all politicians and congressmen together 1000 times over. I love Hitch, he was the real deal. ✨
His joke involving the pig reminds me of Churchill's line, " A cat looks down at you, a dog looks up to you, while a pig looks you square in the eyes..." Gutter mates, indeed
Of the vice both obscene and unsavory holds the bishop of London in slavery with insidious howls he deflowers young owls that he lures to an underground aviary
I would be the first to defend Hitchens right to use tobacco and alcohol (which he does in this clip) but at the same time I am saddened that he made that choice. It probably cost him decades of life.
Hello, 15 years later I’m here (as a Hitch most honorable advocate) the erudite once stated ..”I gave lectures and met deadlines while buzzed, it made me think better” Although in a different platform, the great Francis Albert Sinatra would zig down the hatch a tumbler 🥃 of Jack Daniels with just a tad of Perrier before coming onstage, by the time he hit the stage with a second drink in hand he was also buzzed, go figure.
@WSWarthog could be- but this isn't so different than his usual stuff and this audience isn't very big, especially compared to other audiences he's spoken to.
You could say the same about eating fatty food... look smoking reduces appetite and prevents alzheimers and dementia in later life. it also feels fantastic after sex or a big meal. there are lots of reasons. have you ever smoked?
I agree. If there's anything I disliked about Hitch it was that he smoked like a chimmney and drank like a fish. His nicotine and alcohol addiction cost the world one of the most brilliant minds of the century.
to be honest not because i smoke, because im not terrified of trying new things, also from the way you describe nicotine addiction, you dont seem to go out much
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So massively fortunate that all these years later we can enjoy the Best of the Best in Hitchens. Nobody has ever matched his wit & oratory abilities. Still love & admire this unique & so so missed man.
Only Christopher could be drunk off-his-ass and speak on national television . . . regularly.
Very best orator and polymath of modern times, I truly miss Hitch on a daily basis.
Hitch makes me want to educate myself and come back for more
Do it! I have three of his books I am reading now and will read more after that. I truly have missed him. Sounds so cliche to say he was so unique. He was so much more!
Adorable, brilliant, hilarious, articulate, sexy--all this while hammered. Miss you, Hitch.
He was hilarious and beautiful
"Aristotle Onassis never would've married Mrs. Krushchev"
LMFAO!!
you can see Hitchens is a bit tipsy when doing his stand up
@Oscar K. Peters i was gonna comment the same thing
And still extremely lucid and entertaining.
8 years later I’m here to state that although tipsy and smashed, this man had more sense, wit, humour, honor and integrity that all politicians and congressmen together 1000 times over.
I love Hitch, he was the real deal. ✨
quite brilliant, great addition to youtube
thank you
HEY LADY!... dont forget the coffee. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I didn't understand 70% what the hell he was saying but at least it made me smiled
So much history .... truth..... facts....in his recall...
This is EPIC, thanks for posting!
what a goal! count me in, holy shit when I listen to him about ANYTHING
I like Drunken Hitchens
So you like him all the time? ;) Pretty sure he carries Johnny Walker on his person.
Carried*
RIP Hitch ;(
Oh fuck.
Wintery smile will creep across your face
😝
Hero. In two or three ways. Count them yourselves.
I think it's more because he's sort of half-assing it, but even if that's the case, he manages to make that song sound sort of honest and raw.
His joke involving the pig reminds me of Churchill's line, " A cat looks down at you, a dog looks up to you, while a pig looks you square in the eyes..." Gutter mates, indeed
Of the vice both obscene and unsavory
holds the bishop of London in slavery
with insidious howls
he deflowers young owls
that he lures to an underground aviary
He's hammered, Hitch is awesome. Hope he beats cancer.
Hahaha. Right about 6:00 or so, the timing of the onscreen disclaimer is flawless. :D
I would be the first to defend Hitchens right to use tobacco and alcohol (which he does in this clip) but at the same time I am saddened that he made that choice. It probably cost him decades of life.
So what , lived his life the way chose to live
He lived his life the way he chose too
It has a cost to burn so brilliantly.
Clinton says it wasnt sex cause she didnt feel a thing, lol
Hitch attacking his dishonesty and sexual ineptitude
Lucky for hitchens, he understands american humor xD
Aw man that was one of the few TH-cam comments that have made me laugh
Hitchens is usually 3 sheets to the wind... the lucky fucker!!
The nixon joke by the end is very good
this guy beat life
Don't forget the coffee :D
I miss him
wish i was as funny as this when im drunk...
It means he's totally drunk. Three sheets to the wind is a sailing term meaning all three sheets on a mast were unfurled.
hitchens is cool . Hitchens smokes. ERGO. Smoking must be cool. Im glad I solved this problem. Thank you and goodnight.
He's like a realist Eddie Izzard!
He's three sheets to the wind lmao.
Who knew he was such a good singer?
Wasn't that coffee joke in good will hunting?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Dicks Club Band
Hes so drunk! HAHA So awesome.
R.I.P.
swiggin' the Johnny Walker Black!
Hitchens stopped smoking a few years back. ERGO smoking is no longer cool. Case re-opened, case closed.
Looks smashed, never can tell by just listening to him though. Composed as fuck.
Hitchens doing standup. This is best thing since the pizza.
Goddam. I'm going to make "sadmaking" an everyday word.
You're almost a hundred years too late...it was current in the 1920's English idiom.
Dan
I'm bringing it back.
hisvorpalsword
I wouldn't mind that. Bring back sickmaking too while you're at it.
He's half pissed, but plenty of room left haha. Good to see him a bit boozy and still coherent as hell.
This man is totally smashed.
I love Hitch, he's brilliant. I have to wonder how brilliant he would be if he wasn't wasted though.
Hello, 15 years later I’m here (as a Hitch most honorable advocate) the erudite once stated ..”I gave lectures and met deadlines while buzzed, it made me think better”
Although in a different platform, the great Francis Albert Sinatra would zig down the hatch a tumbler 🥃 of Jack Daniels with just a tad of Perrier before coming onstage, by the time he hit the stage with a second drink in hand he was also buzzed, go figure.
Indeed.
Daily Express? - That's PETER Hitchens!
@reballare Hitchens is cool and he has cancer probably caused by smoking,a bit of a tragic waste,but probably he wouldn't have changed his lifestyle.
I'm not officer drunk!
The pilot joke was told in good will hunting..
Was that BJ pilot joke taken from Good Will Hunting or the other way around?
What event is this?
I agree with Christopher Hitchens: women will never be this funny.
@WSWarthog could be- but this isn't so different than his usual stuff and this audience isn't very big, especially compared to other audiences he's spoken to.
as i said, there are positives, they are just ignored by the media
He looks like British Ron White!
He reminds me of Bernard Black. :P
lol how was C-SPAN in the Improv??
the pilot/coffee/blowjob joke was is goodwill hunting two years before this.
I'd like to think that he came up with it
@hempartist420 smoking is still cool. the hitch lived life his way.
Oh, yes. He's three sheets to the wind. For sure. lol
Is this perhaps the only time CSPAN placed the "Some language and themes may be offensive to some viewers" on the screen?
@jbenetcs You watch a video where Mister Hitchens is making a joke about Clinton's sex scandal and you think it's 1988?
You could say the same about eating fatty food... look smoking reduces appetite and prevents alzheimers and dementia in later life. it also feels fantastic after sex or a big meal. there are lots of reasons. have you ever smoked?
I agree. If there's anything I disliked about Hitch it was that he smoked like a chimmney and drank like a fish.
His nicotine and alcohol addiction cost the world one of the most brilliant minds of the century.
You've got that backwards. You can't get one without the other.
@@iantha999 Like he said himself, ~ I know I burn the candle in both ends, but look at the light it gives.
Maybe it’s Sid Blumenthal from his fan club 😂
@rothery86 I feel the Hitch would admire such logic
Good Will Hunting came out in 1997.
Yeah, I know.
@henneburymarc Not true. He's already said he wouldn't take it back.
so who gives a fuck, lets stop panicking about what might do us harm and live for today
he seems pissed beyond belief.
does he mean tom wolfe when he says '... if you want a friend, hire a wolf(e)'?
@henneburymarc somehow I doubt that.
Oh really youre honestly trying to say Mr Allen was the first person to use that verb its literal/figurative sense...
The only Wasp I respect.
@hempartist420 chill out pal. have a ciggy, it will calm your nerves and possibly reduce the need to lash out at people on the internetz
Explain to me that statement. I've heard it twice now.
to be honest
not because i smoke, because im not terrified of trying new things, also from the way you describe nicotine addiction, you dont seem to go out much
Mine will be an utterly pointless comment but i have to say i loved yours.
That, and the few times dick cheney has appeared in public XD. But yes, I do find that a very interesting point.
0:11 he "BRANG" his own fan club? seriously?
@MsSuzz29 Haha, I've never thought of that before! Agreed.
He was absolutely funny before go after religion. Different humor anyway..
thats a sad comment
@xpostal1289x lol "Who'd of thunk!"
HITCHENS MADE PIZZA?!
I'm going to admit that I don't understand the Aristotle Onassis bit, really not at all.
Aristotle Onassis married Jackie Kennedy after JFK was assassinated. Unlike Jackie Kennedy, Nina Khrushchev was not known for her good looks.
@@kewltonyThank you for that, I was also taken aback a bit not understanding fully that joke, but loving the one and only Hitch.
@BloggerMusicMan good luck
i hope you dont preach like this to him. he made a choice, one it would seem he's sticking to, fair enough really.
lol i think he's nervous really
...not anymore:)
Hitch stealing a joke from Good Will Hunting??? Disappointed but I'll let it slide this may be the drunkest I've ever seen him.
Much missed. There are lesser but nonetheless keen minds.
appears a little nerved, his first stand up?
Yes, the second one was in 2005
hes pretty drunk