Letterman to air banned Bill Hicks Set!!

Samarkis · 01-29-2009, 03:20 PM

This Friday Nite at 11:30 pm(Eastern N. America?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q95kX...layer_embedded

Get Family & Friends to watch!!!

01-29-2009, 06:56 PM

What set is banned?

Humble Janitor · 01-29-2009, 08:27 PM

Would watch it if I had a transcript to go along with it. Cannot catch Letterman. I have always wanted to check out Bill Hicks. I've heard nothing but good things about him.

raulduke · 01-30-2009, 04:34 AM

This is friggin awesome. Thanks very much Samarkis. Hicks is one of my heros. When I first saw that special I was watching it w/ a bunch of friends and at the end there, it made so much sense to me, to the point that I was almost crying (which was easy enough to hide from my friends on account of how funny Hicks is) while my buddies were all laughing I guess because they thought Bill was still joking at the end there, but I could tell that is was completely sincere. Beautifuly simple...."just a choice right now between fear and love"

Much respect to Dave Letterman as well.

Newsvine.
"The airing sort of coincides with the 15th anniversary of Hicks's death from pancreatic cancer; he died Feb. 26, 1994.

Hicks's mother will be Letterman's first guest and the six-minute comedy routine will air in its entirety, a Worldwide Pants rep confirms.

Hicks, who once referred to TV as "Lucifer's dream box," was making a return appearance to Letterman's show back on Oct. 1, 1993. After it was taped, though, it got yanked. Much back-and-forth occurred as to whether CBS Decency Police yanked it, or whether Letterman and his Worldwide Pants had their hands on the hook. Finally, WWP took the blame. Letterman has since publicly expressed regret about the pulling of Hicks's appearance."

Here ya go Humble. (from the clip samarkis posted)

"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. It goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride...” But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. Jesus - murdered; Martin Luther King - murdered; Malcolm X - murdered; Gandhi - murdered; John Lennon - murdered; Reagan... wounded. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."

Samarkis · 01-30-2009, 09:12 PM

Thank you Raulduke!!!

You are awesome!!!

Here is another Bill Hicks Clip!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkfXyOemTO4
Enjoy!!

raulduke · 01-31-2009, 06:23 AM

I just watched the show. It was an excellent and long overdue tribute to a brilliant comic and and a great man.

Dave immediately apologized to Bill's Mom for all the pain that pulling his set caused for Bill and his family. Bill's Mom of course accepted, but acknowledged that it did indeed cause Bill some pain near the end of his life.
She made it a very good interview, and not just for someone who has never been on television before.

Bill's set rocked, still hillarious after 15 years, not even despite the marky mark and vanilla ice references, they're timeless....

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Originally Posted by Steve_G

What set is banned?

I looked for it just after the show and this (part of a doc on Bill) is the basicly it.

I'm nearly positive that it was this* bit that got the set banned (Here ya go Humble Janitor, I found the entire transcipt).

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Bill: I think it's interesting how people act on their beliefs. A lot of Christians, for instance, wear crosses around their necks. Nice sentiment, but do you think that when Jesus comes back, heís really going to want to look at a cross?

Audience laughs. Bill makes a face of pain and horror.

Bill: Ow. Maybe that's why he hasn't shown up yet ...

Audience laughs.

Bill: (as Jesus looking down from heaven) I'm not going, Dad, no, they're still wearing crosses - they totally missed the point. When they start wearing fishes, I might go back again ... no, I'm not going ... OK, I'll tell you what - I'll go back as a bunny ...

Audience bursts into applause and laughter. The band kicks into Revolution by The Beatles.

Bill: Thank you very much! Good night!

(Bill crosses over to the seat next to Letterman's desk. )

Letterman: Good set, Bill! Always nice to have you drop by with an uplifting message!

Audience and Bill laugh. Cut to commercial.

Samarkis · 01-31-2009, 10:53 PM

http://www.sacredcowproductions.com/

This site has 3 youtube clips of Letterman's show from last nite!!

The 3rd clip has his performance and I enjoyed from about the Pro-lifers to the end of the clip!! It is priceless!!!

01-29-2009, 03:20 PM	#1
Samarkis Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southeast USA Posts: 548	Letterman to air banned Bill Hicks Set!! This Friday Nite at 11:30 pm(Eastern N. America?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q95kX...layer_embedded Get Family & Friends to watch!!!

01-29-2009, 06:56 PM	#2
Steve_G Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Letterman to air banned Bill Hicks Set!! What set is banned?

01-29-2009, 08:27 PM	#3
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	Re: Letterman to air banned Bill Hicks Set!! Would watch it if I had a transcript to go along with it. Cannot catch Letterman. I have always wanted to check out Bill Hicks. I've heard nothing but good things about him.

01-30-2009, 04:34 AM	#4
raulduke Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA Posts: 454	Re: Letterman to air banned Bill Hicks Set!! This is friggin awesome. Thanks very much Samarkis. Hicks is one of my heros. When I first saw that special I was watching it w/ a bunch of friends and at the end there, it made so much sense to me, to the point that I was almost crying (which was easy enough to hide from my friends on account of how funny Hicks is) while my buddies were all laughing I guess because they thought Bill was still joking at the end there, but I could tell that is was completely sincere. Beautifuly simple...."just a choice right now between fear and love" Much respect to Dave Letterman as well. Newsvine. "The airing sort of coincides with the 15th anniversary of Hicks's death from pancreatic cancer; he died Feb. 26, 1994. Hicks's mother will be Letterman's first guest and the six-minute comedy routine will air in its entirety, a Worldwide Pants rep confirms. Hicks, who once referred to TV as "Lucifer's dream box," was making a return appearance to Letterman's show back on Oct. 1, 1993. After it was taped, though, it got yanked. Much back-and-forth occurred as to whether CBS Decency Police yanked it, or whether Letterman and his Worldwide Pants had their hands on the hook. Finally, WWP took the blame. Letterman has since publicly expressed regret about the pulling of Hicks's appearance." Here ya go Humble. (from the clip samarkis posted) "The world is like a ride at an amusement park. It goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride...” But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. Jesus - murdered; Martin Luther King - murdered; Malcolm X - murdered; Gandhi - murdered; John Lennon - murdered; Reagan... wounded. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."

01-30-2009, 09:12 PM	#5
Samarkis Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southeast USA Posts: 548	Re: Letterman to air banned Bill Hicks Set!! Thank you Raulduke!!! You are awesome!!! Here is another Bill Hicks Clip!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkfXyOemTO4 Enjoy!!

01-31-2009, 10:53 PM	#7
Samarkis Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southeast USA Posts: 548	Re: Letterman to air banned Bill Hicks Set!! http://www.sacredcowproductions.com/ This site has 3 youtube clips of Letterman's show from last nite!! The 3rd clip has his performance and I enjoyed from about the Pro-lifers to the end of the clip!! It is priceless!!!