Bill Hicks on Clive Anderson Talks Back
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- Bill Hicks guests on UK Channel 4's Clive Anderson Talks Back in 1992 while in the country for the Dangerous tour. If you don't know Clive Anderson you can save time by hating him now.
It's cool that the Brits picked up on how gifted Bill was and gave him the respect he deserved that was eluding him back home.
Part of it that Brits love listen to American celebrities who are critical of America. That said, yeah, Bill was brilliant and deserved more attention and credit. He died way, way too young.
@@thebeatcreeper Good deal! Although a lot of Brits I know take pride in being subtle. That said, you guys have Gervais, Connolly, etc etc - comics who certainly direct and edgy.
Well it wasnt just Britain,more like Americans have a shit sense of humor
@@Generalindifference Apparently you haven't bothered to take the time to check out the best American comedians. Some of them have great sets - can be found right here on YT - filmed in the UK. But in any case: I'll spar with a Brit any day - LOL...spent a lot of time hanging with Brits and always seek them out when I am abroad. Much more fun than any other group - and I can well hold my own as a "colonial".
@@TheRamsesII Americans have done some great TV sitcoms as well. Arrested Development,Curb Your Enthusiasm and Archer just to name a few of my favourites. All just brilliantly written.
Not only was Bill one of the best stand-ups in the world, it looks like he'd be a really great guy to spend an evening with. Great quality guy!!
Bill Hicks... so profound and spiritually evloved.. he no longer needed to exist on the physical plane... thankfully we still have this kind of footage to remind us of old souls like Bill who are with us for a short time but shake up the foundations of common belief systems! R.I.P Bill! Gone, but never, ever forgotten!! xxoo
I'm no fan of Clive Anderson but you ARE aware that Clive is a reason got his end-of-life career? Clive & his team were in Montreal for the comedy festival and saw Hicks and wondered why he wasn't a major TV star. Leno wouldn't have him, Letterman cut him. It was Clive Anderson (and his producers) who put Bill Hicks on British TV, they were the reason so many of his sketches (esp from the Montreal festival) were show on British TV, and basically gave him proper high-profile... and then he got his cancer diagnosis!
I guess I am now
Best not to mock Christ.
@@GaryM67-71 Where's the forgiveness?
@@davidjames579Luke 21,36 KJV
@@Bob-gn8ph I think you're replying to the wrong person. 2malachi needs to know about forgiveness.
You're so right. I've watched so much of Hicks over the past year and I wish I could just go back to the time I discovered him. Such an inspiration.
Bill ran through alot of his set here, but it was great to see him tickled during the interview! He has an infectious laugh.
God speed, man!
Don't know what people are getting so worked up about. Bill is actually enjoying the interview and laughing along with Clive, but no, blind disciples of Bill will not see that.
bill hicks was so real that he ceased to exist.
he puts such a great big grin on my face, just watching him be himself.
Love this interview. Anderson always used to prod the guest and obviously Bill Hicks played along brilliantly. Long live Bill Hicks!
This is a lovely interview.
Sarcasm?
Now I do. I checked out some of his stuff on TH-cam and loved it. I turned a couple of people back home (the States) on to it. I love "discovering" talent that I never knew about after they've already put out a body of work. Saves the waiting... :)
I don't understand all the interview, but I cannot stop laughing, watching Bill laughing
Two sharp minds enjoying each other's company…nice one all
3:17 best part of this interview: "Is there a upper limit to where you can get?"
"Not if the world comes to peace." I know Hicks wanted to say that but he said something else: "There is stuff beyond oral sex"
Now you got food for thought :)
I love that he made Bill laugh so much.
From 5:40 - I'd never actuallyt seen Bill laugh like that, in any video I've seen. Without exaggeration or sarcasm (or so it appears). It's kind of heart-warming.
God Rest him.
Agreed! Bill's laughter was genuine.
The world could do with Bill right now. I miss him, he was the best.
OK Marco, we'll just have to agree to disagree there.
However, I'd like to thank you for providing me with an experience that I've never had before and am probably never likely to have again: hearing Jerry Seinfeld and Clive Anderson mentioned in the same breath. That's genuine Comedy Gold, and I thank you most sincerely for it!
Love that Bill says East Anglia for Hicksville. He's not wrong. I wonder how he found out.
You people have to understand this was before the internet was around, so you could rehash a lot of your material. TV was really the only source of being seen and heard. Now you practically have to scrap everything and write new stuff on a year basis, like Louis C.K. Hicks has been a big inspiration in my life, true hero.
The Clive Anderson audience was the best too.
Bill Hicks wanst famous in the USA, but he did become a big celebrty in the UK. He was a household word in England as this interview shows.
- Those mentioning that they're surprised at the reception Bill gets over there, I'll note that Doug Stanhope is a fucking rockstar over there and the vast majority rarely know his name or face here.
He's done spots as "The Voice of America" and is just incredibly well received. Given their reception of Bill and Doug and their offering of Ricky Gervais I'm actually beginning to wonder if their sense of humor is better overall. All three are legends to me.
God bless the 90's
I think both guys are hilarious in this interview.... And I don't think Bill and Clive hate each other as much as a lot of commenters seem to think they do.
two legends
LOL! I love to poke at Brits. I'm in Cairo and a member of the BCA here. The Brits love to poke at America and Americans, and I give it right back; but it's all in fun. I love British comics for their cunning and subtlety, but I have to admit that I do love comics with attitude also. Bill Burr is a great current example.
look up "bill hicks last interview" it's a public access show in texas in '93.
I like it when Bill is more off the cuff in interviews, in lieu of doing his act. I love him still.
+Jeremy Wagner That being said, it's still good. Their verbal jabs are funny
"4. Career? Clive Anderson is a barrister and tv host. He is not a comedian."
"He is not a comedian"
You got that right.
wow how does this gold end up on youtube. has somebody recorded it on vhs years and years ago. or has channel 4 put this up?
Actually,i think they developed their views on these subject matters, at least stand-up wise, around the same time (George a bit sooner), but Carlin, sadly, was the only one to go further.
But if your theory is correct (from what Ive seen, Carlin has publically mentioned Hicks only once, and it was after his death) and took some of his ideas, then I think he acknoledged Bills views as worthy of sharing with others, and without telling anyone, praised his legacy-the idea makes me smile inside :)
I don't know either of them, and it seams that they both like each other enough, but have different views on some things, that they were polite enough not to mention. This is ok as long as it does not relate to killing things.
Clive is one of the quickest bastards out there! Just because he doesn't look like your "typical" comedian, doesn't mean he isn't funny. Could you not see Bill laughing a lot during this?!
that was a great interview clive did a great job. hard to not look dumb next to him.
As another person pointed out, the interviewer asked questions in such a way that he was practically begging Bill to do his act. "Talk about airlines." That seemed a little condescending. Too bad this all took place before the days of podcasts. I would've loved to just hear Bill in casual conversation for a couple of hours. He would've been a great guest on Joe Rogan's podcast.
lol at uploader thinking we're meant to hate Clive Anderson. He's damn cool.
I didn't think Clive Anderson was particularly funny (to me he generally isn't), but Bill played along and kept it clean and light-hearted. Maybe he was just glad to have an articulate host asking him questions and that's why it went well.
Its weird how bill hicks was never really doing an interview, He just did his act as he was being interviewed.
@amsquare This may come across as a strange question to someone of your philosophical position, but how exactly do you determine that addiction to sex is invariably an issue? Surely it depends on the extremity?
Top quality interview this. Hicks was in sparkling form, he scurried about the interview dropping nothing but jokes, indicating he was nervous. If he felt pressure in the interview, then he did well under the scrutiny of it, he thrived even.
@D119heavy
I dont know if you lived in America when Hicks was alive, but we also viewed him a national treasure.
being awkward and british is what clive anderson was good at
God I miss Bill watching this!!!!
Funny how Bill seems to like Clive but there still people complaining about Clive on Bill's behalf.
I like how it's easy to criticise Anderson because it's cool to shoot down whoever is in Bill's presence. I love Bill Hicks, but even I know Anderson helped put Hicks on TV in the UK and I'm pretty sure it was his production company that was going to do Bill's "Counts of the Netherworld".
I Thought the same. they both seemed to be enjoying themselves at their own expense. I liked it . Peace
It's interesting that all they're doing is panel. I was expecting an interview.
These two are having a blast riffing off each other... Bill Hicks was intelligent and witty, Clive is very intelligent and witty - it's obvious they have respect for one another. Rare to see Bill Hicks belly-laughing on TV! Great interview
Hellespont they're not riffing off each other, Anderson is setting him up to deliver lines from his show
There's no question Clive was setting 'em up for Bill to knock 'em down. That's more or less how interviews at the time went and Clive was certainly a master at it. Bill for his part actually seems pretty reluctant to play along in those moments to be honest. But there are also some more authentic moments in this interview as well and you can tell the difference when they happen. The "one man race" joke Hicks makes regarding Lenny Bruce. The Dick Van Dyke stuff. Merely being able to say "oral sex" versus having to actually do it every night on stage. Those weren't bits within Hicks' act. He was just playing off of Anderson in those moments. For a 6-minute clip I'd say there's plenty of unscripted "riffing" going on between these two.
"It amazes me Christians are against the death penalty. Because if it wasn't for capital punishment, there'd be no Easter." - Bill Hicks
Funny, because today is Easter
+Poke.Deathtrip It sure is!
I always found it odd that friday before Easter was called GOOD FRIDAY!!!!
Easter is pagan - named after Ishtar, which was another name for *Semiramis* the Queen of Babylon...
Name one verse in the Bible that says to celebrate Easter...?
@@Prozacslushy97 its babylonian ishtar ,sex and fertillity
Why the Clive Anderson hate? He does a great job and lets Bill do his thing.
"I'm a smoker so I'm trying to quit flying."
How can you hate Clive, he's hilarious. He and Bill are awesome together here!
+jonnysongs No. They weren't. Clive was asking dull fucking questions, Bill was being nice, and was clearly miserable.
clive asked the questions he was told to ask. it's no coincidence hicks talks basically about the same stuff in every interview
+AEtherimp yes at first it was a bit uncomfortable, but bill genuinely laughed alot, he warmed to Clive in his own way.
Agreed. I think there was a "culture clash" at first and they didn't really get each other but did warm up eventually. Bill did seem to really chuckle. What a shame to lose him, and RIP Bill, you legend.
jonnysongs
Sort your life out you fat fuck
Always enjoyed Clive Anderson's interviewing style. It made a refreshing change from every other talk show host who act like fawning sycophants to their guests.
Absolutely. Embarrassing to see his wit fly over the heads of all these 'fans' of comedy on here.
Anyone notice how Carlin become about 10 funnier when he got older? Just imagine Bill Hicks, it would be an apocalypse of laughter.
Bill hicks was one of the funniest comedians goin. I remember watching this with my dad, the 80s n early 90s were such a better time, financially tuff but things seemed much better. R.I.P Bill.
Hicks seemed in good spirits. They made each other laugh and shared some banter, I don't really see why that warrants a call to hate. I daresay Hicks even enjoyed this interview, for instance from his reaction to the "Mind that chair, it's cheap" joke. The video description and a fair portion of comments reek of blind fanboyism. Please people, this was one of those times when humour was actually allowed to exist, you do Hicks no favours by automatically assuming the person asking him questions is trying to sell out the free world.
Bill Hicks laugh at 6:20 is amazing. He did like Clive Anderson
Bill I've got to stop you ! Brilliant to see bill genuinely giving it a belly laugh here and he appreciates Anderson wit. Hicks comes over as a genuinely nice guy with obviously a great sense of humour.
I love the reception Bill gets from the audience here, that's the kind of love and appreciation he never really got in America but he so completely deserved. Bill Hicks was a national treasure that was never fully appreciated by his own countrymen, I'm just bummed out I was like 9 years old when he died so I never got to appreciate him when he was alive, but thankfully the magic of TH-cam lets me at least get at his most well-known material.
What total bollocks. Bill was hugely respected in the USA
Clives interviews could be awkward in his Britishness but he would skewer deserving dickhead celebs on this show. Jeffrey Archer, the humourless Bee Gees etc no chat show has come close to this since and i miss it. I think they are genuinely just playing each other here(they were friends), Bill is killing himself laughing at Clives jokes. something that is hard to do - make a great comedian laugh.
Yeah, the bee gees were cunts on the show. Couldn't take a joke.
I probably would. If it was the entire interview. I think where things got awkward was when Clive straight up bashed their disco years.
The Beegees interview did go too far, the group had been given a misleadingly soft impression of how Clive would deal with them and then he was relentlessly savage, not backing down even when all three members were visibly uncomfortable. Still, neither party was "in the wrong", and for the most part Clive's specificistic needling is a great bromide for talk show hosting in general.
Ah, this is why I love Clive Anderson. He'd just come out with random crap and force comedians to stray from the usual predictable line of questions and jokes and actually think on their feet. Bill Hicks is definitely one of the few to be able to do this so well in interviews/ stand-up. Two absolute legends. No wonder they got on so well.
thresholdXCI You made an interesting point. However, in this instance the guest recites a string of prepared comedy lines throughout the interview. Hicks didn't stray at all from his rather well-worn material. Don't get me wrong. I like Hicks. But this was not a case of going out there and winging it.
The greatest comedian of my era.... cried when he died
A heavyweight champion of comedy who left us too soon.
So many Hicks fanboys, who often consider themselves sophisticated comedy connoisseurs, desperately defending him from what is actually friendly ribbing and quick wit on Anderson's part. Hicks even visibly enjoys it.
Too many of you are overly used to talentless bootlickers prostrating themselves toward every guest on contrived chatshows. Why do you think Hicks preferred performing in the UK?
I'd call myself a Hicks fanboy, but I'd agree, this is definitely friendly joking. Clive Anderson is good in this interview.
if your interviewing someone as funny as Hicks and make him laugh by making fun of him like Clive did your doing a great job if your butthurt cos hes being made fun of get off the internet
contrived chat shows?? what the fuck does that mean? obviously they're contrived, they didn't just naturally arise from millions years of formation lol
Alex Jones looks so young.
Bill hicks would punch Alex Jones in the face and then proceed to mock him relentlessly.
@@generaldzaster2022, Bill Hicks may have low self esteem, but he doesn't seem that self hating.
All the humourless haters realised that they couldn't get away with bashing Clive Anderson, and so they've migrated to here
well then forgive me.............................................HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. the absolute PERFECT thing to say to a Christian getting indignant!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were good friends.
I love that Bill seems to be enjoying himself in this interview. In the few other interviews I've seen, he always looks like he wants to be elsewhere.
Bill loved Clive and stated he was his favourite UK comedian. I've never seen Bill laugh so much in anyone elses company whilst being interviewed. Clive is not for everyone, but those of us that love him and his unique style miss him dearly, although we miss Bill more as he isn't around altogether. Hicks is Lord.
@@wackydsquarediv3805 Well, Wacky, it's been three months. Do you feel you're ready to try a weekend at home?
I'm a smoker, so I'm trying to quit flying. ^^
Why is it that every Bill Hicks video has a wailing wall of comments?
The great Bill Hicks, still missed to this day. Cant help but wonder what he made of the madness today.
Clive Anderson's brilliant...
I laughed from beginning to end. Funny dudes.
I get that that's the point of going on a talk show back then, but most of it is just stan up bits.
There's sprinkles of spontaneity
2:18 - 3:56
4:28 - 5:20
5:39 - till the end
***** redundant
No, it wasn't. I pointed out moments of original stuff. This way other fans of Hicks can skip the jokes they've heard a million times if they felt like it. I did a nice thing. I did a very nice thing.
Bill Hicks was great, his fans, however, tend to be colossal bellends
Exactly! I get so tired of these rabid fanboys who treat Hicks like some sort of deity.
+MultiUnreal I agree, even though as far as comedians go, Hicks was somewhat of a deity, but that doesn't mean that knobhead fans should stick up for him mercilessly, acting as though Hicks couldn't stand up for himself, he would've fucking hated those fanboys, if he was here today, I'm sure he'd have something to say about them
Clive is a great interviewer as long as he's interviewing someone who can keep up with his wit and laugh off any of the comments he makes ( which of course are all in jest and the interviewee should realize this ) and Bill knows this. Hence its a great interview.
there was a point in my life,where...comedy (to my perception) had evolved so high,and got so sophisticated....that i thought there was nothing and no one in the world that could make me laugh anymore...
untill...i discovered sir Bill Hicks :)))
Anderson i good in this video. Hicks was a very smart and funny man. I love his style.
Seems to me Clive and Bill are getting along just fine! Bill is enjoying himself at least. I love this, very funny interview!
If Bill magically appeared to be alive today, what do you think his opinion of the world, the internet, and sites like this would be?
You guys are cool, and Bill Rocks on!!!
best interview with hicks i have seen
@DogWalkingTall
Hey, why the hostility? Did Clive Anderson run over your puppy or something?
Hicks would’ve hated trump like hell
"well you english guys got those accents" LOL
That was a very nervous interview years ago that seemed to settle as Bill got to do a few lines from his routine. I don't think Clive Anderson's frantic delivery suited Bill's laid back persona but at least some of Bill's outlooks on life translated well into the UK audience. I think this is why Bill did very well here in the UK and was more appreciated here than in his native US.
@ogdroadsong he loved england as he felt the british acctually understood his witty remarks and sence of sarcasm
Hah I was expecting a standard american stlye conservative prick when I read "If you don't know Clive Anderson you can save time by hating him now.", but this was one of the best Hicks interviewer's i've seen! Good stuff, we lost Hicks in his prime... :(
i LOVE how this genius' brilliance (bill hicks) just so happens to be used for a movement called the zeitgeist movement for their views on how to fix the world and it was all based on a lie the movement of course and yet i find every bill hicks stand up show i have ever watched i feel as if it were a lie he would've told during a joke he said it as truthfully and morally as one uncorrupt human could have...gotta love the guy
genuinely heart-warming interview. bill seems relaxed, and clive is clive - a truly sharp and witty mind who's job it is to interview -yes- but also to make people laugh, and anyone that can get bill laughing is ok by me.
I thought Alex was a Christian
Not, repeat NOT Alex jones.
hahaha a good interview. Bill doesnt back down or get caught out.
The best American comics all love British comedy, and acknowledge its uniqueness.
He was a one trick pony who's laughing now!
*now? We are. At you.
Why? Clive is sharp as hell and Hicks loved it!
I don't hate Clive Anderson now to save time. I don't really find Clive funny, sucky, rude, or anything because I can't understand a fucking word he says. English accent? More like a serious speech impediment.
RIP Bill. Way too young. The first American comedian that genuinely made me laugh. I loved his full on 'smoking' routine.
Oh, he's not resting in peace, for obvious reasons.
@@GaryM67-71 why's that?
He did find England and although this was a brief interview and not a performance from a long time ago people worldwide are slowly catching up to this wonderful madman's art.