The gospel according to Bill Hicks

[butnut]

See, Butnut's going for the 'confused dollar'. That's a big market, he's very smart etc.

Hehe. I like that. 'Confused Dollar' is quite a good username.

[Robot Devil]

Sorry butnut, yes, I was talking about Mit.

[butnut]

Sorry butnut, yes, I was talking about Mit.

No worres. Sorry to all for my confusion!

[slim]

This reminds me of the scene in Fawlty Towers, The Hotel Inspector episode, where Basil is confusing Bernard Cribbins' character at his restaurant table by conducting a purposefully misdirected conversation with Polly :)

[Mit]

im so pleased to be the target of such a presumptive generalisation, and at the same time taking on the role of Polly from Fawlty Towers.

[butnut]

I've always wanted to be Bernard Cribbins.

[TJ]

I've always wanted to be Bernard Cribbins.

The comic film actor, voiceover artist or purveyor of fine comedy songs?

[butnut]

I've always wanted to be Bernard Cribbins.

The comic film actor, voiceover artist or purveyor of fine comedy songs?

Ha! You got me. I wouldn't mind having his money. I presume he does/did alright. (Is he still alive? I honestly don't know.)

[Godzilla Bankrolls]

Cribbins is still alive. Well, he appeared in that Tim Firth-scripted, Mel Smith-directed, Johnny Vegas-as-a-fat-man-from-St-Helens-starring Blackball last year.

chand says something above about people forgetting the WIllie Nelson part of that routine, too. Doesn't quite fit in with the whole Soothesayer image, does it?

[Mr Colossal]

I posted my opinions on his advertising comment near the end of the last  big 'Bill Hicks' topic (which incidentally is still on this page)  and didn't get mcuh of a response... I will say exactly the same again.

Ah, ie something we can definitely disprove. If you agree with Hicks, then you believe that the following people:

Peter Cook
Dudley Moore
Vic Reeves
Bob Mortimer
Stephen Fry
Hugh Laurie
Armando Ianucci
Peter Baynham
Steve Coogan
Salman Rushdie
Toulouse Lautrec

...Just for a start, are 'off the artistic register', (whatever the fuck that is Hicks, you dead twat) or otherwise creatively null and void.

You are wrong. Now please leave.

I think anybody with an ounce of intelligence should be able to come up with their own conclusions on his material... Which is what i think his act was about, trying to get your 'joe public' to develop their own concious opinion on current events.

'' I tell people what a twat bush is, they laugh, and they still go and fuckin vote him''

With the advertising rant, I got the message 'stop the guy with the cold hard cash being right' not that 'advertising is evil', and that everybody involved should be culled or whatever. The 'what have you done today honey? Oh nothing, we just made rat poison a childrens food' quote would some that up for me... The artistic rollcall thing was a bit extreme, but would have emphasised his point, and Hicks's angry persona.

Besides, how many of the above names are known nationwide, and role models for the genral public? It is only small minority  like us that know and worship said people.

E.g.  Ianucci being involved with a pot noodle advert isn't going to have quite the same effect as 'Im david beckham and i drink pepsi'.

I like bill hicks, personally i preffered his more phisical jokes 'prankster god' stands out, and his talents with the mic were quite impressive. I dont agree with the whole 'martyr' following who hang on his every word, as a lot of his views on drugs especially are not realistic, even if admittedly was what first drew me to him as a naive teenager... His material has still majoritavely aged really well, and his stuff on the war is still relivent today. It would be nice to see whether he would have emerged in profile if he was stil alive today post 9/11, as there isn't many non-publicity stunt orientated voices challenging the powers (not that iv gone out of my way to find any, if i add)

My only qualms on Hicks, is that his material is very repetetive. I have 2 dvds and have read love all the people, but the 5-6 sets are basically the same routine chopped and changed very slightly. The few letters and the interviews are more interesting.

yes im a lazy bastard.

[dj_bollocks]

I've always wanted to be Bernard Cribbins.

The comic film actor, voiceover artist or purveyor of fine comedy songs?

Definitely for the v/o in The Perishers....

[alan strang]

Definitely for the v/o in The Perishers....

That was Leonard Rossiter.

[Stereotype X]

NON CAPISCO PLAYS DEVIL'S ADVOCATE #1
Does anyone really see the guy in real life turning on the TV, seeing McCartney's 'Getting Better' advertising Phillips products and then burning his Beatles records screaming 'off the artisitic rollcall!' quote]

Paul McCartney was never on the artistic roll call (Frog Chorus), you're thinking of John Lennon.

And yes I did burn all my Beatles Records, but that was more to do with me accidentally becoming a Born Again Right Wing Fundamentalist Christian.

[Jemble Fred]

Paul McCartney was never on the artistic roll call (Frog Chorus), you're thinking of John Lennon.

I'm laughing at you.

[Darrell]

Paul McCartney was never on the artistic roll call (Frog Chorus)

*quietly fumes in corner*

[Stereotype X]

Paul McCartney was never on the artistic roll call (Frog Chorus), you're thinking of John Lennon.

I'm laughing at you.

Going by some of  your previous posts, I imagine it would have been more of an overtly pretentious guffaw.

[Stereotype X]

And the thread killer claims his first victim.

Btw - that final score again

Paul McCartney 2 v 2040 John Lennon