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William Melvin "Bill" Hicks (December 16, 1961 -- February 26, 1994) was an American [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy stand-up comedian,]] born in Georgia and raised in Texas from the age of 7. He began his stand-up career in the late 1970s, having grown up a big fan of Creator/WoodyAllen and Creator/RichardPryor, and would often sneak out of the house to perform sets at local clubs. His rebellious, free-thinking attitude was obvious at a young age, to the point that his parents actually brought him to a psychoanalyst at age 17; the analyst actually sided with Bill.
His love of recreational drugs took a toll on his finances, but after years of working the nightclub circuit, he finally got his big break on Creator/RodneyDangerfield's ''Young Comedians Special.'' From there he moved to New York City and began performing 300 times per year for the next several years. He developed a habit of chain-smoking while on stage, which worked its way into his act almost immediately. In 1989 his first video, ''Sane Man,'' was released. In 1990 his first album, ''Dangerous,'' hit the shelves, and a television special, ''One Night Stand,'' came out that same year. Despite the exposure, Hicks never quite broke through like his contemporaries, such as Creator/SamKinison, but he did gain a big following in the UK, where he taped another special, ''Revelations.'' On this special, he debuted his now-iconic "It's Just a Ride" speech to close the show.
Bill was part of a particularly infamous moment in late-night talk show history, with his aborted final appearance on ''Late Night With Creator/DavidLetterman'' in 1993. The material in his five-minute set included some cynical material about the pro-life movement, which afterward led to the entire set being pulled from the air. To say Bill was displeased [[BerserkButton would be a massive understatement]], and he made no secret of his bitter feelings afterward. This came shortly after Bill's diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Despite this, he continued performing at his usual rate until he finally went home to be with his parents in Little Rock, Arkansas in early 1994, where he passed away. Years later, in 2009, Letterman expressed regret over the incident and even invited Bill's mother on the show to watch the clip being broadcast at last.
His love of recreational drugs took a toll on his finances, but after years of working the nightclub circuit, he finally got his big break on Creator/RodneyDangerfield's ''Young Comedians Special.'' From there he moved to New York City and began performing 300 times per year for the next several years. He developed a habit of chain-smoking while on stage, which worked its way into his act almost immediately. In 1989 his first video, ''Sane Man,'' was released. In 1990 his first album, ''Dangerous,'' hit the shelves, and a television special, ''One Night Stand,'' came out that same year. Despite the exposure, Hicks never quite broke through like his contemporaries, such as Creator/SamKinison, but he did gain a big following in the UK, where he taped another special, ''Revelations.'' On this special, he debuted his now-iconic "It's Just a Ride" speech to close the show.
Bill was part of a particularly infamous moment in late-night talk show history, with his aborted final appearance on ''Late Night With Creator/DavidLetterman'' in 1993. The material in his five-minute set included some cynical material about the pro-life movement, which afterward led to the entire set being pulled from the air. To say Bill was displeased [[BerserkButton would be a massive understatement]], and he made no secret of his bitter feelings afterward. This came shortly after Bill's diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Despite this, he continued performing at his usual rate until he finally went home to be with his parents in Little Rock, Arkansas in early 1994, where he passed away. Years later, in 2009, Letterman expressed regret over the incident and even invited Bill's mother on the show to watch the clip being broadcast at last.
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William Melvin "Bill" Hicks (December 16, 1961 -- February 26, 1994) was an American [[RecordedAndStandUpComedy stand-up comedian,]] born in Georgia and raised in Texas from the age of 7. He began his stand-up career in the late 1970s, having grown up a big fan of Creator/WoodyAllen and Creator/RichardPryor, and would often sneak out of the house to perform sets at local clubs. His rebellious, free-thinking attitude was obvious at a young age, to the point that his parents actually brought him to a psychoanalyst at age 17; the analyst actually sided with Bill.
His love of recreational drugs took a toll on his finances, but after years of working the nightclub circuit, he finally got his big break on Creator/RodneyDangerfield's ''Young ComediansSpecial.'' Special''. From there there, he moved to New York City and began performing 300 times per year for the next several years. He developed a habit of chain-smoking while on stage, which worked its way into his act almost immediately. In 1989 1989, his first video, ''Sane Man,'' Man'', was released. In 1990 1990, his first album, ''Dangerous,'' ''Dangerous'', hit the shelves, and a television special, ''One Night Stand,'' Stand'', came out that same year. Despite the exposure, Hicks never quite broke through like his contemporaries, such as Creator/SamKinison, but he did gain a big following in the UK, where he taped another special, ''Revelations.'' ''Revelations''. On this special, he debuted his now-iconic "It's Just a Ride" speech to close the show.
Bill Hicks was part of a particularly infamous moment in late-night talk show history, history with his aborted final appearance on ''Late Night With Creator/DavidLetterman'' in 1993. The material in his five-minute set included some cynical material about the pro-life movement, which afterward led to the entire set being pulled from the air. To say Bill Hicks was displeased [[BerserkButton would be a massive understatement]], and he made no secret of his bitter feelings afterward. This came shortly after Bill's his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Despite this, he continued performing at his usual rate until he finally went home to be with his parents in Little Rock, Arkansas in early 1994, where he passed away. Years later, in 2009, Letterman expressed regret over the incident and even invited Bill's Hicks' mother on the show to watch the clip being broadcast at last.
His love of recreational drugs took a toll on his finances, but after years of working the nightclub circuit, he finally got his big break on Creator/RodneyDangerfield's ''Young Comedians
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He has a number of high profile fans, including Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/BillBailey, Richard Jeni, Creator/GeorgeCarlin, Creator/WarrenEllis, Creator/GarthEnnis, Music/HenryRollins, Music/{{Tool}}, and Music/{{Radiohead}}. Hicks also made a posthumous appearance in an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''.
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He has a number of high profile high-profile fans, including Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/BillBailey, Richard Jeni, Creator/GeorgeCarlin, Creator/WarrenEllis, Creator/GarthEnnis, Music/HenryRollins, Music/{{Tool}}, and Music/{{Radiohead}}. Hicks also made a posthumous appearance in an issue of ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''.
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* CaliforniaCollapse: The "Arizona Bay" routine is all about his delight at the prospect of California falling off into the ocean.
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* CaliforniaCollapse: The "Arizona Bay" routine is all about his delight at the prospect of California falling off into the ocean. Music/{{Tool}} would later base [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CehYA3omb5o a song]] around this.
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Anything That Moves is a disambiguation
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* SexierAlterEgo: Randy Pan the Goatboy ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Bill's sex-crazed alter ego who happens to be half goat]]), who can seduce anyone with a pulse and goes for AnythingThatMoves.
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* SexierAlterEgo: Randy Pan the Goatboy ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Bill's sex-crazed alter ego who happens to be half goat]]), who can seduce anyone with a pulse and goes for AnythingThatMoves.anyone.
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* HistoryRepeats: A lot of Hicks's political material, from 1988 through 1991, is still depressingly relevant today. Thanks to UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's Presidency, many of the names have not actually changed, and thanks to the Iraq War, many of the same problems reappeared in the 2000s.
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* HistoryRepeats: A lot of Hicks's political material, from 1988 through 1991, is still became depressingly relevant today. Thanks again in the 2000s (to the point that many of the names had not actually changed) thanks to UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush's Presidency, many of the names have not actually changed, Presidency and thanks to the Iraq War, many of the same problems reappeared in the 2000s.War.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Hicks wasn't shy about discussing his compensating for being single.
** He supposed that Gidea, the possible home of the Gideons, is one of the nations that, as he put it, had flaked and crusted in the hair around his navel.
** In one bit on the ''Dangerous'' CD, he worked this into a way to make hotel housekeeping regret barging into his room while he was... occupied.
** Taken to an extreme with his "suck your own cock" bit, in which he said that if men were flexible enough to fellate themselves, all the women in the audience would be alone and staring at an empty stage.
** He supposed that Gidea, the possible home of the Gideons, is one of the nations that, as he put it, had flaked and crusted in the hair around his navel.
** In one bit on the ''Dangerous'' CD, he worked this into a way to make hotel housekeeping regret barging into his room while he was... occupied.
** Taken to an extreme with his "suck your own cock" bit, in which he said that if men were flexible enough to fellate themselves, all the women in the audience would be alone and staring at an empty stage.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Hicks wasn't shy about discussing his compensating for being single.
** He supposed that Gidea, the possible home of the Gideons, is one of the nations that, as he put it, had flaked and crusted in the hair around his navel.
**CaughtWithYourPantsDown: In one bit on the ''Dangerous'' CD, hotel housekeeping barged into his room while he was "occupied", and he worked this into a way to make hotel housekeeping them regret barging into his room while he was... occupied.
** Taken to an extreme with his "suck your own cock" bit, in which he said that if men were flexible enough to fellate themselves, all the women in the audience would be alone and staring at an empty stage.it.
** He supposed that Gidea, the possible home of the Gideons, is one of the nations that, as he put it, had flaked and crusted in the hair around his navel.
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** Taken to an extreme with his "suck your own cock" bit, in which he said that if men were flexible enough to fellate themselves, all the women in the audience would be alone and staring at an empty stage.
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* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: Hicks wasn't shy about discussing his compensating for being single.
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-->Today a young man on acid realized that all energy is merely matter condensed to a slow vibration...that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.
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-->Today a young man on acid realized that all energy matter is merely matter energy condensed to a slow vibration...that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather.
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* BaitAndSwitch: His bit on the Pro Life movement implied that his friends were divided between pro-life and pro-choice until he revealed that the real debate centered on whether pro-lifers were evil or just annoying idiots.
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->''See, I think drugs have done some ''good'' things for us. I really do, and if you don't think drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight and take all your albums, and all your tapes, and all your [=CDs=], and ''burn'' 'em, 'cause you know what? The musicians who made all that great music that's enhanced your lives throughout the years? R-r-r-r-r-r-r-''real'' fuckin' high on drugs.''
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