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  • Kevin Matthews interviews Bill Hicks at the Funny Firm in Chicago.
    Bill talks about his early years in stand-up, and some of his worst gigs.
    Circa 1990

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  • @grant5603
    @grant5603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    The thing is, Bill died 25 years ago, but in no way is his perspective dated. He dominates beyond his time.

    • @dmc3079
      @dmc3079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Totally Agree. Some comics don't age very well due to their subject matter being set in a time frame, but Bill was ahead of his time and saw the writing on the wall.

    • @mattpurvis927
      @mattpurvis927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You got that right. He, and his comedy are timeless.

    • @jasperjones8507
      @jasperjones8507 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha you're delusional. fat piece of shit, im glad he's dead. standup comedy is for homosexual nerds and jews.

    • @Actiomedey
      @Actiomedey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@jasperjones8507 2/10, you got me to respond

    • @godthoth2609
      @godthoth2609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's alex jones the youtube that's knows alot of conspiracy theories.

  • @80brax04
    @80brax04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Thanks to Bill, anytime I want to accurately remember my dad's laugh all I have to do is listen to a bill Hicks set and I can always hear my dad howling with laughter. Imo Making someone laugh is one of the greatest gifts or talent you can have.

    • @andrewhoyle1521
      @andrewhoyle1521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agree 100%

    • @MusicGearNuts
      @MusicGearNuts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wait a minute, BILL is your father?

    • @Necrostoner
      @Necrostoner ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MusicGearNuts They’re saying Bill’s laugh reminds them of their father…

  • @ChloeDust
    @ChloeDust 9 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Lol i love when he's talking about 'It would've been apart of the festivities, remember when Tommy threw up and then we killed that guy and then Earl couldnt find his hat, huh huh' hahaha!

  • @rphxleonine
    @rphxleonine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The way he tells a story, impeccable.

  • @lukeplayz1159
    @lukeplayz1159 8 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    he was just so real no bullshit told it how it was r.i.p bill

    • @picachu9029
      @picachu9029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who say he is dead..look at alex jones en tell me he look like hun and doing a show

  • @MichaelSmith-jw8qw
    @MichaelSmith-jw8qw 9 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Bill is very honest about his career, he tells you what it really is like out there.

    • @matthewkornafel1059
      @matthewkornafel1059 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bill hicks = Alex jones

    • @moongloomable
      @moongloomable 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewkornafel1059 Alex Jones is a reptile person not Bill Hicks

    • @terminalfilms8074
      @terminalfilms8074 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@matthewkornafel1059what drugs are you smoking they are like counter opposites of each other?

  • @Chorkaloopa
    @Chorkaloopa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Bill was one hell of a storyteller. Bummer he's gone, we could really use his insight right now....

    • @thekyleprojekt7996
      @thekyleprojekt7996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alex jones is really bill hicks

    • @StaceyMichaels
      @StaceyMichaels หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thekyleprojekt7996 sure in da heack iz

  • @robopoet
    @robopoet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    Why am I suddenly so interested in Bill Hicks?

    • @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447
      @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 7 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Shaun Graham because he's a fuckin titan,while were drowning in Amy schumer bullshit.

    • @brandomontes
      @brandomontes 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Shaun Graham Because he's one of the greatest comedians of all time.

    • @maxmeeks9910
      @maxmeeks9910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Shaun Graham because he is alex jones and its likely to be revealed. Look at the teeth and look who produces infowars. Booth. Bill hicks best friend

    • @danielc.1169
      @danielc.1169 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Because he is alex jones of infowars dot com

    • @lancetaylor-music
      @lancetaylor-music 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Because he's one of the greatest entertainers of our time.

  • @mfrederick12
    @mfrederick12 10 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    Then earl lost his hat

    • @sgt.pepper4362
      @sgt.pepper4362 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go on globaltruthproject . com and read “The Present” to see the truth about life and death, which can change the world from page one. Nothing is more important than reading it.

    • @osianmuhammad
      @osianmuhammad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think that's my favourite hicks line now.

    • @UlisesRockerHR
      @UlisesRockerHR 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always thought he said "and we killed that guy and then... Earl couldn't find his head!"

    • @the-engneer
      @the-engneer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sgt.pepper4362 Such bullshit you people buy into! Bill hicks is dead! Get over it!

  • @thehotyounggrandpas8207
    @thehotyounggrandpas8207 9 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This may not be a routine, but I consider it to be Bill at his best! Watched it a hundred times, will watch it a hundred more!

    • @patriciahealey2927
      @patriciahealey2927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lovely

    • @PirateStyle2013
      @PirateStyle2013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you need a hobby

    • @PirateStyle2013
      @PirateStyle2013 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bret Harts testicle I was joking about the hundred time watch. But Bass guitar might be fun. I like it.

    • @PirateStyle2013
      @PirateStyle2013 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bret Harts testicle for sure I try to play once a day. Cheers

  • @andromeda1376
    @andromeda1376 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The mighty Bill Hicks was taken far too soon.
    Thank you for your brilliance, your timing, and wit.
    RIP Bill Hicks!

    • @GrimSleepy
      @GrimSleepy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Feels less like he was taken, and more like while he was here he was waiting in line to check out, wasn't exactly the epitome of health, and was a walking chimney.

    • @filiplugo7630
      @filiplugo7630 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should of taken better care of himself, a chain-smoking drug addict.

    • @cslantz4020
      @cslantz4020 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@GrimSleepy He saw the mediocre and mundane be revered and idolized by the blind masses and it hurt him deeply; it convinced him life here was on a death spiral to somewhere he didn't wanna be. I share his pessimism; but yeah, he could've smoked a bit less, maybe 4 or 5 cigs a day instead of two or three packs and cancer wouldn't have come so soon.

  • @tweekmenipps5053
    @tweekmenipps5053 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks so much for this footage. Bill Hicks IS GOD. The first and only enlightened, dark poet. Damn, Bill, you are missed.

    • @tweekmenipps5053
      @tweekmenipps5053 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bret Harts testicle Wow! Best of luck with your issues. Now, fuck off douche nozzle.

    • @GrimSleepy
      @GrimSleepy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tweekmenipps5053, niendee nien prollems and tiny hands is one.

  • @antarctic8560
    @antarctic8560 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    First time I saw Bill Hicks was on the Dangerfield special back in the 80's. He was just great, and he stuck in my mind for a long time. Next thing I know, he's dead. Always the good ones go, always...dammit!

    • @billyshepard5514
      @billyshepard5514 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Dangerfield show was in 89, I saw it too. I gad only seen hicks 3 times on tv. I was living in LA and drove past the laugh factory and in front it said rest in peace John candy and bill hicks. Bill wasn't famous, only in the UK he was.

    • @weijore
      @weijore 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      mikedoesseo No. Alex Jones is fucking hack piece of shit. Fucking insane people want to give him credit for being Bill Hicks. Fuck those fuckers.

    • @weijore
      @weijore 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh so he burned out from stand-up and then took over a different person's social security number, adopted Jones' family members as his own, changed his facial features, changed his voice, and then went insane. That makes perfect sense.

    • @TheGoldenShamrocks
      @TheGoldenShamrocks 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      mikedoesseo If he wanted a career change, he wouldn't of faked his death to do it. There's so much stupid in your statement it's astonishing.

    • @TheGoldenShamrocks
      @TheGoldenShamrocks 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's called genetics dude, people look like other people, we're a rather non-diverse species. And is it all that uncommon to say he lies about his age? Women do it all the time. The denial on the other hand, is being done solely by you. Because you're denying any semblance of reality

  • @user-mz6qv5bz5p
    @user-mz6qv5bz5p 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Only in America would a man this funny not be well known while alive.

  • @markpugner7340
    @markpugner7340 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    We got both kinds, we got country and western.

  • @BryanOSheaComedy
    @BryanOSheaComedy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Could not love Bill more. I know he is watching from his spiritual kingdom and I'm going to die trying to make him proud.

  • @lukeplayz1159
    @lukeplayz1159 7 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    its just a ride

    • @oniongummy8969
      @oniongummy8969 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luke playz it's*

    • @tobybishop4614
      @tobybishop4614 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its

    • @tobybishop4614
      @tobybishop4614 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bret Harts testicle 🖕🏻

    • @tobybishop4614
      @tobybishop4614 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bret Harts testicle 🐴💩

    • @ripplebear
      @ripplebear 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's just a ride, not a grammar correction convention :)

  • @GrandmasDay32
    @GrandmasDay32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I could listen to him talk all night. Great story teller.

  • @infuseme2
    @infuseme2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I miss Kevin Matthews. I was a kevhead from the beginning. Best radio guy ever.

  • @rebbeshort
    @rebbeshort 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bill Hicks kind of off the cuff. Thank you for posting this so all us Bill Hicks fans can appreciate him even a bit more.

  • @shifuzenichi5345
    @shifuzenichi5345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing comic genius in life, stage, and spirit. There will be no other.

  • @funkingitup1805
    @funkingitup1805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hicks was only 28 or 29 during this interview. That means the night he is talking about happened when he was 22 or 23.

    • @funkingitup1805
      @funkingitup1805 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Three years from this interview, Hicks would die of pancreatic cancer.

  • @origamibulldoser1618
    @origamibulldoser1618 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This man's balls... They will be sorely missed.

    • @MFKR696
      @MFKR696 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Makes it kind of ironic that he died of testicular cancer, eh?

    • @TheBomber15
      @TheBomber15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BL4CKB34RD Bill Hicks died of pancreatic cancer.
      Are you thinking of Frank Zappa?

    • @rhysf.505
      @rhysf.505 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frank Zappa didn't die of testicular cancer either, it was prostate. I'm pretty sure people don't often die from testicular cancer.

    • @loveandsqualor6034
      @loveandsqualor6034 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ Cournioni and Rhys F.
      Can you two stop talking bollocks, pretty please?

    • @GrimSleepy
      @GrimSleepy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@loveandsqualor6034, I liked it. :D

  • @JonathanAllen0379
    @JonathanAllen0379 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The face of John Denver and Alex Jones combined. And the host, whose face we never actually see clearly, bears a striking profile resemblance to a very young Tackleberry from Police Academy.

  • @roketfingers
    @roketfingers 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was born William Melvin Hicks on December 16, 1961 in Valdosta, Georgia. Ugh. Melvin Hicks from Georgia. Yee Har! I already had gotten off to life on the wrong foot. I was always "awake," I guess you'd say. Some part of me clamoring for new insights and new ways to make the world a better place. All of this came out years down the line, in my multitude of creative interests that are the tools I now bring to the Party. Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. I'd read these words and off I went - dreaming my own imaginative dreams. Exercising them at will, eventually to form bands, comedy, more bands, movies, anything creative. This is the coin of the realm I use in my words - Vision. On June 16, 1993 I was diagnosed with having "liver cancer that had spread from the pancreas." One of life's weirdest and worst jokes imaginable. I'd been making such progress recently in my attitude, my career and realizing my dreams that it just stood me on my head for a while. "Why me!?" I would cry out, and "Why now!?" Well, I know now there may never be any answers to those particular questions, but maybe in telling a little about myself, we can find some other answers to other questions. That might help our way down our own particular paths, towards realizing my dream of New Hope and New Happiness. Amen. I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.

  • @TheWorthlessGirl
    @TheWorthlessGirl 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Awww.. He's lovely

    • @GustoFormula
      @GustoFormula 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jenko2247 the fuck man lol

    • @JohnDoe69986
      @JohnDoe69986 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why do you call yourself “the worthless”?

    • @JohnDoe69986
      @JohnDoe69986 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Btw that other guy is not me

  • @BrentNally
    @BrentNally 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for all of these great Hicks uploads!

  • @tostare
    @tostare 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is fantastic, thanks for posting.

  • @MetaLeir93
    @MetaLeir93 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Seeing him talk now makes it even more obvious. He had the same fast, snappy sense of humor modern comedians have now in 2019. He was so ahead of his time.

  • @peterhh369
    @peterhh369 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice video upload thanks for sharing it and I had never heard about people that want a comedy show at 6:30 am in the morning just before they go to work... well alright we are all having different views on life I guess... I love Bill Hicks and love those that loved and love him too. Nice season greetings from the 4th

  • @wobblertv8083
    @wobblertv8083 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant guy ....gutted when he passed away .Always the ones who make life a little brighter seem to go early .

  • @jonvia
    @jonvia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing beats hearing "worst gig ever stories". Im a gigging musician and nothing is more entertaining than those stories! PLAY FROM YOUR FUCKING HEART!!!

  • @Ghoul181
    @Ghoul181 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Living in Baton Rouge I can say this doesn’t surprise me

    • @wilhelmheinrich7502
      @wilhelmheinrich7502 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ethan Smith Jim Cornette had to wear a bulletproof vest when he worked a show in Baton Rouge.

  • @whanxta
    @whanxta 10 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    BLOWJOB.... BLOWJOB....BLOWJOB

    • @MrJadePinwheel
      @MrJadePinwheel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he does a pretty good Ron Shock impression 'you asking or offerin'

    • @diamonddragonplays4500
      @diamonddragonplays4500 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      whanxta a BLOWJAAB.........BLOWJAAAB........BLOWJAAAB................
      BLOOWWJAABBB

    • @Jzs20
      @Jzs20 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      cracks me up every time.

  • @JohnDoe-cy7zp
    @JohnDoe-cy7zp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful human being...Thank You,Bill Hicks!

  • @sanford943
    @sanford943 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    for those of you not from the Chicago area, Kevin Matthews had one of the funniest radio shows . He could do great imitations. Had great bits. One was having either a wife or husband call up their spouse to leave work and come home to have sex in the middle of the day. Always funny.

  • @nikaluss5946
    @nikaluss5946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live in Baton Rouge. Wish I knew where this bar was. However, I KNOW Bill would’ve been heckled into oblivion in the early 80’s out here.

  • @bigtime8924
    @bigtime8924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I saw Hicks at the breakfast benefit for the local Kiwanis club back in 82'.....he was right next to the muffins."

  • @tmm4461
    @tmm4461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ONE of the Greatest stories ever told. A favorite.

  • @n3rds3y3vi3w
    @n3rds3y3vi3w 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is one of the greatest stories i've ever heard lmao

  • @sunnysonnington9886
    @sunnysonnington9886 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    loved always

  • @dc_fuzz
    @dc_fuzz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The legend lives on..........

  • @pokeround
    @pokeround 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching this, I really miss Bill. Love from London.

    • @jamiehess4211
      @jamiehess4211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks, England. A prophet is never welcome in his hometown and it took Canada and your country to finally recognize his talent.....

  • @alexwinter666
    @alexwinter666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting this, great interview, Bill Hicks is always so damn funny and smart.

  • @cheryllatif
    @cheryllatif 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first time that I saw Bill, it was at Stratford HS. SOMEONE uploaded an interview to youtube, and it brought tears to my eyes, at it captured Bill (weed and all) at poolside. Then was pulled. So very sad.

  • @dougstanhope7774
    @dougstanhope7774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You can tell even on the worst nights he was still loving that shit

  • @Lanooski
    @Lanooski 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this does an amazing job painting the world/persuasion he'd spend the remainder of his career swinging at.

  • @JamesGormleyMusic
    @JamesGormleyMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Remember when Tommy threw up and then he killed that guy, and then! Earl couldn’t find his hat

  • @Bricameron
    @Bricameron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there anyone like Bill now? USA needs you!

    • @GrimSleepy
      @GrimSleepy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If there were, they've been blacklisted from some movement of people that are easily offended.

  • @KennyLars
    @KennyLars 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved the Funny Firm. I walk past it once in a while - it's empty now. A sad reminder of some really good times.

  • @kevtruth
    @kevtruth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The ventriloquist was throwing her voice in the bacon. Hahaha

  • @Gayredheadbitch94
    @Gayredheadbitch94 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The greats always die young man and it sucks balls, truly a legend in the history of comedy. He tried to change the world, but they wouldn't listen. But they are now

    • @wilsargisson3626
      @wilsargisson3626 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plenty of no-talent hacks die young, too. We just never hear about 'em.

  • @hedlik
    @hedlik 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for posting this rare shit, dude ! bill FTW !

  • @RaptormanMT
    @RaptormanMT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    So wait... Roadhouse really happened?

    • @davidpfeifer9489
      @davidpfeifer9489 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      HWPTCMW haha, that’s so many bars in Texas or any small town that had meth in the 70s-90s

    • @Greek_Man
      @Greek_Man 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣😆

  • @Fubetuck
    @Fubetuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That looks a lot like the stage where Bill had one of his best documented reactions to an audience member interrupting his act.

    • @nathanbell8356
      @nathanbell8356 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Link please

    • @marsman6
      @marsman6 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah the one where he loses his shit.

    • @Fubetuck
      @Fubetuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nathanbell8356 Because you used the magic word: th-cam.com/video/0Jzbj9wylwU/w-d-xo.html

    • @jakobneville2917
      @jakobneville2917 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dealing with a female heckler just by yelling at her that she's a "****". Very clever Bill, for a supposed intellectual.

  • @MichaelSmith-jw8qw
    @MichaelSmith-jw8qw 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so glad Bill shared these memories from his career--I'm so glad I never tried it--it's too easy to get hurt

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Bill would have had a field day with Bush Jr. .. .and then Trump. Miss you Bill, you were the best.

  • @bryanlewis8777
    @bryanlewis8777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Baton Rouge people...sounds about right

  • @sophgalv4038
    @sophgalv4038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    'Remebering when ronnie throw up and we killed that guy...
    And then earl couldn't find his hat ' HAH

  • @bswizzle5227
    @bswizzle5227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was at the show in Chicago when he had his meltdown on some yuppie couple. It was absolutely amazing, and it was at that moment I realized Bill was one of the greatest comedians ever.
    Miss this dude a ton.

    • @LicoriceLain
      @LicoriceLain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that the one with the 'hitler had the right idea' bit?

    • @bswizzle5227
      @bswizzle5227 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LicoriceLain yes.
      He almost screamed himself hoarse yelling at these couples. I found his disdain for those people to be absolutely hilarious.

    • @LicoriceLain
      @LicoriceLain ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bswizzle5227 Me, too. And relatable. I get that angry sometimes (it always changes the atmosphere in the room when I do).

    • @bswizzle5227
      @bswizzle5227 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LicoriceLain agreed. And people are a thousand times worse now than they were when Bill was still around.
      It's why I find myself becoming more of a misanthrope day by day.

    • @LicoriceLain
      @LicoriceLain ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bswizzle5227 It helps to find other things beside news and social media to occupy your time.

  • @christinecunningham8371
    @christinecunningham8371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Between the Juice and the Muffins" A biography of Bill Hicks....yeah I'd read that.

  • @Qolus
    @Qolus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    4:15 "Lotta vibrancy" xD xD

    • @80sMeavyHetal
      @80sMeavyHetal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the way he says it is hilarious xD

  • @declined7
    @declined7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He speaks like everything he says is pertinent information.

  • @NATIONALCOMMUNISM666
    @NATIONALCOMMUNISM666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is a really good interview.

  • @KennyLars
    @KennyLars 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, it's been dead for a long time. It still reminds me of a very fun time in my life. I loved the comedy boom - going to Zanies, the Improv, Funny Firm and small clubs dotted around the Chicago area.

  • @brodhax6148
    @brodhax6148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Can you believe this guy is only 28 years old. He looks 48.

    • @andrewveto
      @andrewveto 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here I am at 29, still learning from this guy

    • @tomcolton5662
      @tomcolton5662 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hard livin

  • @xsyntryk8607
    @xsyntryk8607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man that first place sounds like hell on earth. Somebody should try to do something about ppl like that.😂

  • @DankDaddyz
    @DankDaddyz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I still don’t see how ppl think he is Alex Jones they look completely different

    • @thatherton
      @thatherton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      PLANET VAPE MEDIA because they’re fucking stupid

    • @alexhennigh5242
      @alexhennigh5242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Because people are fucking retards who can't be bothered by basic thought.

    • @bustercherry8734
      @bustercherry8734 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alexhennigh5242 And you're just the oblivious sheeple.

    • @Rickswars
      @Rickswars 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexhennigh5242 Basic thought? wtf is basic thought you fucking insane lunatic??

    • @Theboomdoctor
      @Theboomdoctor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WE CAN DREAM, CAN'T WE?

  • @timstv75
    @timstv75 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    big fan of kevin matthews miss him here in chicago

  • @hermesproject111
    @hermesproject111 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Oscars in Louisiana" is a weird place to drop acid!

  • @danmayerson6337
    @danmayerson6337 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    two chill guys with leather jackets smoking cigarettes what more do you want :)

  • @realm23x73
    @realm23x73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Place sounds like Roadhouse before Swayze showed up..

  • @jhjustice4all
    @jhjustice4all 8 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Why do all the greats die young?

    • @Adamb87
      @Adamb87 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Usually the CIA

    • @michaelbarrymore5349
      @michaelbarrymore5349 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Biil Hicks is now Alex Jones. Not as funny as he used to be.

    • @jhjustice4all
      @jhjustice4all 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Michael Barrymore That's the most retarded rumor.

    • @michaelbarrymore5349
      @michaelbarrymore5349 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No, it's true. Honestly.Dude

    • @johndoe-1974
      @johndoe-1974 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      life style... He smoked a shit load and died from Pancreatic cancer... just look at how the greats live

  • @skiphoffenflaven8004
    @skiphoffenflaven8004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He saw/describes the America that is now showing itself completely today.

    • @fouronetwo813
      @fouronetwo813 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was a nihilistic sad clown. Fuck him

    • @Jmatrixxxxxxxx
      @Jmatrixxxxxxxx 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Completely the opposite is happening

  • @artknight3683
    @artknight3683 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Show's over at 2:30!

  • @Steve-wh9ux
    @Steve-wh9ux 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    R.I.P Bill Hicks

  • @relight6931
    @relight6931 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never saw him live, but man I miss him.

  • @dario6253
    @dario6253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man what a story.

  • @chadleyb79
    @chadleyb79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Its uncanny how much maynard james keenans personality has been influenced by hicks.. they sound like the same person in interviews.

    • @elenstefs
      @elenstefs 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was thinking the same!

    • @MStone-ol5bg
      @MStone-ol5bg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Elen S umm wtf 😂

    • @Creed_fan_69
      @Creed_fan_69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's not uncanny. Maynard's just a wannabe.

    • @MStone-ol5bg
      @MStone-ol5bg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      fudge budge a wannabe? Lol he heads 3 bands, started a vineyard~ wtf have you done?

    • @GrimSleepy
      @GrimSleepy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MStone-ol5bg, wake up bro... Geez Budge, get a load of this guy, can't even see you cloned your consciousness into an avatar of fudge... I do applaud you, though. Also, I believe he was calling Maynard a wannabe-Hicks... P.S. I'd assume that the psychedelics they consumed could contribute as well.

  • @chrisdavies73
    @chrisdavies73 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sounds like my hometown.
    We miss you Bill.

  • @GermsOilCotten
    @GermsOilCotten 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well godammit. I've always wondered why no big famous comedians come to where I live. I live in baton rouge Louisiana. Lol. They prolly heard this story.

  • @bjrnb9042
    @bjrnb9042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:10 good thing bill hicks respect the concept of set and setting

  • @XxfishpastexX
    @XxfishpastexX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In his wikipedia he's literally wearing the same shirt and jacket, 1991

    • @wille7319
      @wille7319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds about right. I can't imagine Bill being the guy with a wardrobe full of clothes. Probably only had a few t-shirts and the good 'ole leather. He was one of the best.

  • @anthalex8
    @anthalex8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This needs to be a short film..........

  • @wladdaimpala88
    @wladdaimpala88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Walnut Creek huh? My dad used to go to the Punchline out there. It later closed and then became a music venue, where a lot of us hung out in the 2000s. No idea what's there now.

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speaking of worst gigs, Hicks should've thrown a nod to the now infamous "I'm Sorry, Folks" set he did in that very same room the year before in 1989

  • @ignacioromero5014
    @ignacioromero5014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bill Hicks Legend

  • @SKRWdFaLife90
    @SKRWdFaLife90 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    man that would be crazy being your worst gig holy shit lol

  • @Adamb87
    @Adamb87 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Looooooove you Bill man.

  • @dw5000jf
    @dw5000jf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now I'm starting to see why Bill would make fun of southerners in his act. They nearly killed him. The old line, "What you reading for?". Hicks worked his way up for sure!

  • @johhh1a9
    @johhh1a9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    never liked stap up comedy but bill was so good! my favorite

  • @jesuschrististheredpill9121
    @jesuschrististheredpill9121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's Amazing what he's done with his Alex Jones character. One of the greatest performers of our generation....Bill/Alex is a LEGEND!!

    • @jaredgreen760
      @jaredgreen760 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would totally like this comment if not for the fact that it's nonsense. Bill Hicks is dead. And Bill would never rant about things in the way Alex does. Bill had something called tact. And he spoke intelligently to his listeners rather than just screaming like a fucking psychopath. You are an idiot for disrespecting bill in the way you did by portraying him to be Alex jones. I'm sure bill would agree with Alex Jones on a lot of things, but he wouldn't agree with the way Alex Jones tries to get his message across. There's a reason people think Alex Jones is a joke is because he doesn't know how to get his point across without losing his goddamn mind. Bill spoke to people in a way that was pure truth but also genuine... that's why people respected him. Jones lacks the genuine part that's why people think he's an idiot.

  • @gerbilgirl5953
    @gerbilgirl5953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you Bill Hicks

  • @gimmedataids
    @gimmedataids 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is he seriously only 28 here? Wikipedia says he died at 32 in '94. Seems at least a decade older. Probably just the way he talks

    • @mord3030
      @mord3030 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's Alcoholism for you.

    • @strangebrew1231
      @strangebrew1231 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      People looked and acted older back then

  • @godshammer3122
    @godshammer3122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice, one I hadn't heard

  • @scottw6375
    @scottw6375 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    the interviewer ran out of steam at about the 9 minute mark. Going back to the Louisiana gig cause he couldn't think of anything else. Come on you had a legend sitting there

    • @MissMarie1377
      @MissMarie1377 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bindair Dundat the interviewer is Kevin Mathews. He was a radio guy (like Opie and Anthony, Howard, etc.) for YEARS! He isn't just a nobody

  • @superALable
    @superALable  12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had no idea if the Firm was still in business or not.
    How long has it been abandoned?

  • @gioknows
    @gioknows 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This is NOT Alex Jones...There is a slight resemblance but that's all...I met Alex Jones at a Bilderberg protest in my city about 8 year's ago... These are two totally different cats...Alex Jones is a tough SOB who will get in your grill and intimidate you physically while Bill Hicks is a soft spoken happy go lucky guy. You couldn't get two more completely different men if you tried. The best actor of all time couldn't pull it off.

    • @Peterkramer929
      @Peterkramer929 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is, when in doubt look at movements of his mouth/mouthcorner. It's really easy to see.
      cheers

    • @uziXwraith
      @uziXwraith 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it goes deeper than just a slight resemblance. the same production company, the same best friend from Waco tx... the same height, the same eye color, the same agendas, and of course, bill hicks in multiple comedy shows DOES THE ALEX JONES VOICE. He even accepted awards for bill hicks, before he was famous being alex jones. I personally HOPE he is alex jones now. Would make me feel better. like there really is magic in the world. what an insane story to happen in our lifetime... how a comedian become a celebrity twice by faking his death. that's a movie.

    • @gioknows
      @gioknows 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That really would be a good movie.

    • @bfsgman
      @bfsgman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same agenda? Are you nuts? Hicks was a left-leaning truth teller. Jones is a right wing mental case.

    • @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447
      @octaviancaesarhibernicus4447 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      gioknows you're the only one in the comments who brought this up, by even mentioning it you diminish Hicks and probably get new converts to this stupid theory why even bring it the fuck up????

  • @jasonlitherland4270
    @jasonlitherland4270 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh damn this was where I’m sorry folks was filmed.

  • @vassman1
    @vassman1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    miss you bill!