Letterman: censored atheist comedy 15 years later

that was really good

i thought that was terrible. not in a controversial way, just unfunny.

Remember, it's just a ride. Thinking of you Bill.

Stop thanking Letterman for showing this. The Letterman team denied to Hicks that this footage even fucking existed, they totally dicked him about on this appearance and it really meant to a lot to him, and now Letterman wants to try and capitalise on Hicks' popularity and even drag his mother into it? This is show-business at it's absolute worst, Hicks hated Letterman for selling his sorry ass to the peacock and don't you fucking forget it.

Quotin' Hicks:
"This is what I think CBS, the producers of the Letterman show, the networks and governments fear the most - that one man free, expressing his own thoughts and point of view, might somehow inspire others to think for themselves and listen to that voice of reason inside them, and then perhaps, one by one we will awaken from this dream of lies and illusions that the world, the governments and their propaganda arm, the mainstream media, feeds us continuously over fifty-two channels, twenty-four hours a day."

I dunno why atheism has to be tied to this either, Hicks was into meditation and soul, being critical of organised religion doesn't make you an atheist.

bill is the best.

15 years ago, he was at NBC which is owned by GE one of the worlds largest weapons contractors. They probably didn't want anything to do with this comic.

Yeah I didn't get the atheist label either.

Wow. This guy was funny. Never even heard of him, but apparently Dennis Leary had. Supposedly Leary plagiarized some of Hick's routines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks#Death

I have homophobe o phobia! That's why I hate Iran's president. But this is still a funny skit. Everyone should be able to take a joke.

Bill Hicks is the greatest . it's ashame he never got the recognition he deserved.

I have a great amount of respect for Letterman for attempting to rectify his wrongdoings from 15 years ago. Although I would bet any amount of money that he didn't make that decision on his own to censor the standup. I am positive that he was pressured into it.

Nice :)

At least for me the embeded video says it's "expired" (pulled?), so here's a youtube one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBC1dKGO2_A

P.S. I dunno who put this on, but I noticed nothing "atheist" about the piece, just some good ol' comedy.

Yeah, definitely way ahead of his time and this was only fifteen years ago. At least we're somewhat moving towards the right direction now. Great stand up.

I have all his CD's
He was truly fearless and WAY ahead of his time.

some of that was brilliant

Ha, I worked at the library when I was in school and we had Heather has two Mommies! Funny stuff

That was pretty funny.

Tragedy + Time = Comedy

(There is an interesting back story on Wiki, if you, like me, had never before heard of Hicks...)

nice job, Dave.