BILL HICKS on another ep of "COMICS ONLY" with Paul Provenza (1991)

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"COMICS ONLY" was one of the first original programs on the brand-new upstart Comedy Central network. The very first episode featured BILL HICKS and CATHY LADMAN. This is a later appearance of Hicks' on the series.
Much of the material Bill does on his "Comics Only" appearances went on to become classics in his ouvre, appearing on his all-too-few recordings and specials.
On each of his appearances on the series, Bill chose to do material rather than more free-form conversation - largely because at this point in his career, so few other outlets on TV would allow him on to do his material, and he wanted every oportunity to get it out there to a wider audience. Rather than presume people cared to hear him just talk, he felt his material should speak for him.
We think it does.
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@csweet207 8 жыл бұрын

Stunned at how relevant Hicks' material holds up 25 years later.

@shitchops 7 жыл бұрын

Indeed maine, especially alot of his standup stuff to do with america selling arms and the middle east policy etc

@scarfacem4103 6 жыл бұрын

It’s because we need him now more than ever

@doctypepublic 6 жыл бұрын

considering he got a lukewarm reaction from this audience, yes... I think it's funnier NOW than it was then.

@mctow8554 4 жыл бұрын

Still waiting on those terminally ill enhanced movies.

@DannySullivanMusic 2 жыл бұрын

lol dude perfect

@robertyerry8118 Жыл бұрын

BEST COMIC EVER ! We miss you Bill

@wasteofspace20 Жыл бұрын

Insane how far ahead of his time Bill was in his prime.

@patbrennan6572 9 жыл бұрын

he proved something, logic is indeed filled with humor..

@DannySullivanMusic 2 жыл бұрын

agreed. absolutely true dude

@gregzillah6868 Жыл бұрын

Paul, I can't even explain how deeply I miss this show. I hope all is well with you sir.

@twohamburgers 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up as an eight year old when the Luby's massacre happened. Our whole class was stunned and most crying because one of the childrens parents were killed.. Elementary school in Austin. and yet, it peels tears away when Hicks delivers his joke the way he does. he's not making fun of it - he's pissed and trying to help us to not grieve and get pissed about this crap too.

@paulcurran1152 9 жыл бұрын

hope ur enjoying the rest of ur ride, bill 'bill hicks - its just a ride'

@aleclaskaris6271 3 жыл бұрын

The ride ended for bill hicks in 94

@ArkaeaFCL3 3 жыл бұрын

@@aleclaskaris6271 death isnt the end. He's probably still riding the milky way with the psilocybin aliens.

@aleclaskaris6271 3 жыл бұрын

@@ArkaeaFCL3 Or, more likely, riding to hell in a cigarette bucket.

@dawson8364 2 жыл бұрын

@@aleclaskaris6271 lol, I read this and shook my head.

@DannySullivanMusic 2 жыл бұрын

yep. utterly true man

@LyndaGFavorites 5 жыл бұрын

“I live in NYC, I don’t want my sense of smell back” 😂

@MelkorNoir 8 жыл бұрын

7:48 "We're off the script Paul" lmao

@UniMatrix_1 4 жыл бұрын

He's transcended social normality.

@Adamb87 8 жыл бұрын

Bill Hicks is excellent

@robertocruz8429 4 жыл бұрын

🙏R.I.P Legend

@billyshepard5514 9 жыл бұрын

I'm bill hicks and I'm dead now. Creepy now that he did a joke about dying of cancer

@blockthisuser 9 жыл бұрын

***** he made many refernces in his early bits about cancer or chemoteraphy this is almost insane

@NatureHacker 9 жыл бұрын

hes alex jones

@jordanweimer788 9 жыл бұрын

+NatureHacker, don't tack a piece of shit onto a genius, you fuckers.

@TheRiceowlex 8 жыл бұрын

+456thatoneguy So how do you really feel ?

@TheJosue_Gonzalez 8 жыл бұрын

TheRiceowlex Pretty happy. I don't remember making that comment I must've been pretty drunk, I only say things like that when I'm drunk

@markobarrows4304 9 жыл бұрын

Hicks was THE MAN, and though dead he died he lives.

@lovosazul 7 жыл бұрын

Lol, ...some bad shite u smoked ay!?! =]

@suffokate999 7 жыл бұрын

My Hero, Ezra Pound use your brain you dumb ass. How can hicks be alex jones ?

@robertocruz8429 4 жыл бұрын

You speak no proper english😑

@DannySullivanMusic 2 жыл бұрын

bingo! entirely correct man

@amarillorica 9 жыл бұрын

Never seen these, thank you oh so very much kind stranger!

@demisemedia 8 жыл бұрын

Dude.. i WISH i could have met this man. One of my absolute favorite "comedians". He was actually very aware of the corrupt politics and other shit going on in the world at the time. We would have been great buds! Haha!!

@violetspider9327 5 жыл бұрын

Flatearthgrannie......you are the one that is gullible. Bill Hicks is not Alex Jones. Two different people.

@Spark-In-The-Dark 4 жыл бұрын

Flatearth Granny, I always thought that theory of Alex Jones being Bill Hicks was retarded but after watching this video I think that it’s true. The predictive programming is definitely there and the resemblance is not debatable. Wow!!! You can’t expect sleepers to understand or see what you see, being awake.

@Simon-lu4gz 4 жыл бұрын

He’s a real legend and will always be! Ride in peace Bill H.

@robertk2007 8 жыл бұрын

Hicks was epic

@robertocruz8429 4 жыл бұрын

Legendary

@taylorx2 4 жыл бұрын

Bill hicks = Alex Jones

@caribbeanshippercustomerse855 4 жыл бұрын

He was a great

@stevenoates6059 8 жыл бұрын

thanks man, love new old Hicks, blessed be, we all find ways to deal with tragedy Xxx

@josephvandermeer8570 3 жыл бұрын

This is really Bill Hicks at his best .Sober and rattling off quick deep jokes . What a comic he was ..

@satevo462 5 жыл бұрын

That intro was incredibly relevant.

@polymind2 9 жыл бұрын

Love this.

@afterburner8083 5 жыл бұрын

No other comedian compared with Bill, he just owned everyone.

@aleclaskaris6271 3 жыл бұрын

George Carlin was superior a comedian in every way compared to Bill hicks. Carlin owns it as a stand-up comedian.

@DannySullivanMusic 2 жыл бұрын

spot on. 100% true!!

@andrewmarinelly5838 2 жыл бұрын

I love Bill Hicks; but I love comedy more. Many, many, many comedians compare quite favorably to Bill Hicks. Bill was great and unique but take his philosophy away and the comedy isn't really all that good. He spawned (partly) the Alt scene, has many disciples, but compared to his peers Dave Attell or Mitch Hedburg and he's not even as funny.

@andrewmarinelly5838 2 жыл бұрын

As the video ended I realized He was way before Dave and Mitch despite his specials breaking as theirs did he was on Rodney's young comedians special with Dice. So yes he was way funnier than most of his peers but honestly I think Dice as hacky and offensive as that persona is funnier too.

@narrow_pepsi Жыл бұрын

I love this interview, it's like the dude asks him a question and Bill answers with a bit from his set that also perfectly answers the question. Fuckin legend

@markobarrows4304 9 жыл бұрын

Hicks remains at the top of the heap, with a few rotten, physically mutated gimps coming up with questions for the master.

@maasicas 8 жыл бұрын

Love you Bill.

@aabstraction 5 жыл бұрын

Lol i love how he's doing his act

@robertocruz8429 4 жыл бұрын

He knew he was going to eventually die

@mero40k Жыл бұрын

0:29 as he sits down "ohhhhhh" just so happy to be there for an interview 🤣

@rich45davis 5 жыл бұрын

im in stitches at his idea of his own after death advert

@philipmoreau1224 4 жыл бұрын

Mortality.

@davidchall7684 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this

@71Splinter 5 жыл бұрын

i love Bill, I hate these orchestrated interviews.

@cunneyes 4 жыл бұрын

we miss you Goatboy

@exactlywhatisaid 9 жыл бұрын

holy sheeeit. subscribed instantly

@user-mz6qv5bz5p 7 ай бұрын

Easily the most underrated comedian of all time. Second only to Father George. If only he had lived longer.

@jsheekey1 4 жыл бұрын

He had a sweet laugh 💔

@1610austin 4 жыл бұрын

wow a real comedian a natural ... they dont make them like that any more ... george carlin . too .

@xainish 9 жыл бұрын

this is just bizarre, hes just doing old stand up bits that are qued by the "interviewer", is that supposed to be the format of this show?

@1ManNamedDan 9 жыл бұрын

+xainish Yup, and can the host be a bigger schmuck? Seriously what kind of no talent hack just sets up other comedians for their bits? (from que cards no doubt). What, wasn't bright enough to actually ask funny original questions or engage in stimulating or at least not bland conversation. As a novice comedian the whole concept makes me want to vomit up the chair I'm sitting on.

@LuvJewels7 5 жыл бұрын

That was the format for comedy / interview shows before maybe the late 90’s. It was the expectation and modeled after late night T.V.

@somenothing7914 4 жыл бұрын

@@1ManNamedDan wow arent u so great lol

@somenothing7914 4 жыл бұрын

bill hicks always reuses his bits. nd theyre always funny too

@duanemartin7742 3 жыл бұрын

@@LuvJewels7 your exactly right. You'd always see the talk show hosts leading the guest. Rodney's interviews were done exactly the same way.

@tsallen5150 3 жыл бұрын

This video had me in stiches. i love bill hicks, but this was one show he was just spot on. i loved it. i'll have to watch it again. "but mostly he shot people in the no smoking section, they got it the worst" lol classic.

@ericportillo8277 6 жыл бұрын

He was right about not topping terminators fx, now its all cg so its 100% safe

@jasonsullivan9714 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Hicks a Comedy god . Wounder what he think World today

@_FearNoEvil Жыл бұрын

Bill Hicks is Alex Jones. Now I am convinced.

@Roxasamico Жыл бұрын

Yeah he's controlled opposition

@_FearNoEvil Жыл бұрын

@@Roxasamico Without a doubt. Spread the word!

@gratefuldoge8598 3 жыл бұрын

Alex Jones is his second best character. Bill Hicks was his best.

@Francophone974 8 жыл бұрын

WTF he died at 32? He looks like he's already in his forties !

@shitchops 7 жыл бұрын

I dont think he looks like hes in his 40's at all ! alot of people age differently however :D

@tygerstripes3752 5 жыл бұрын

Smoking hard'll do that to ya.

@robertocruz8429 4 жыл бұрын

Cigarettes

@lafudge2929 3 жыл бұрын

It's because he's Bill Hicks and he smoked cigarettes!

@eyesonly7072 2 жыл бұрын

My God I miss Bill Hicks 🙏🏻

@onepunchgeorge9251 5 жыл бұрын

RIP THANKS FOR THE RIDE!💣🍺🎶

@DC180 8 жыл бұрын

I think he misses being Bill Hicks...

@ericdravennevermore2566 7 жыл бұрын

i always think about that, if he really was... you know... Damn he must feel like elephant shit and a chief hypocrite, how does jones live with himself?

@jesseperkins4420 7 жыл бұрын

Uhhhh...what

@thegooodmachine 6 жыл бұрын

is there no Bill Hicks video where the comment section isn't infiltrated by you idiots? You think he planed this out SO ELABORATELY that as early as the age of 23 (if not sooner), Hicks was making jokes about his family history of cancer? SO ELABORATELY he had his mother come on David Letterman and....fuck me I'm wasting my time you guys are retarded I'm sorry I just hope one day you wake up to realize how disrespectful you have been the late and great poet that was Bill Hicks...

@Gayredheadbitch94 5 жыл бұрын

Would you like to go to Hicks home in The south? Knock on his parents door and say this to their face? Tell his brother, his sister, his mother and father this bullshit? Have some respect for a dead man and his family. A comic genius who died too young from a severe illness, fuck you, you piece of human trash

@MrsP474 5 жыл бұрын

+ginger psycho It is so disrespectful to buy into such a ridiculous conspiracy theory! Really glad that most people have sense though. Thanks for this comment!

@joeysworld3323 5 жыл бұрын

3:34 he's feeling a little squirmy right here because he knows he has pancreatic cancer. poor guy but only the best die young. i love you bill and you changed my life for good

@Spark-In-The-Dark 4 жыл бұрын

JoeyMartinMTV, I always thought that theory of Alex Jones being Bill Hicks was retarded but after watching this video I think that it’s true. The predictive programming is definitely there and the resemblance is not debatable. Wow!!!

@fuhyou3223 10 ай бұрын

Supposedly he didn’t find out until 1993.

@garaschneider4808 3 ай бұрын

Bill wasn't diagnosed until June 1993.

@caprising4445 6 жыл бұрын

Extremely talented. And scripted from the beginning. The matrix runs so deep

@Rotinaj37 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean

@user-br2tc5eg8m 4 жыл бұрын

GOLD!

@aldoparziale2631 6 жыл бұрын

5:22 Well that's ominous, poor guy didn't realize how right he would be or how soon with that statement, sucks so much, he was the best!

@mikepostalakis 4 жыл бұрын

Bill looks like a million bucks here

@johnsmind 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE THIS DUDE!

@ProjectRedfoot 8 жыл бұрын

The format for these shows are so strange... like Comics Unleashed... being constantly set up for your jokes...

@brodieman1999 9 жыл бұрын

The Clarence Thomas hearings were in 1991.

@RollingOrmond 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, the Jim Fixx bit that Denis Leary ripped-off.

@viljaharding1954 7 ай бұрын

What a Babe, what a man. ❤ None of those left..

@1HotSkiBunnie 4 жыл бұрын

It’s Alex Jones.

@IXSuperRadGamerXI 3 жыл бұрын

Alex isn't funny enough to be the same guy. In fact he isn't anywhere close.

@TheVenusProjectInfo 8 жыл бұрын

"lets go to loobies.. please do." hahahahahahahaha

@spicecabinet1138 4 жыл бұрын

Bill hicks is much funnier now he is Alex Jones

@burnTrobot 9 жыл бұрын

2:26 irony FTW!

@paulhickie6974 2 жыл бұрын

Bring back bill hicks we need you.

@Danimal77 5 жыл бұрын

The bit about the terminally ill is kind of foreshadowing, considering in a mere 2 years, he would be terminally ill himself.

@BrainDamageComedy 5 жыл бұрын

just an fyi - frank from 'f is for family' on netflix is based on bill hicks. so go watch that if you like bill you'll notice his attitude etc.

@UpRisingDown Жыл бұрын

weird. he died in age of 32. and im now 43. so im looking at some young bill hicks kid.

@jimhaglund597 Жыл бұрын

bill still is THE best

@getsome4806 Жыл бұрын

"We're off the script, Paul." Say what you will about Texas (and I probably won't disagree) but it gave us Bill Hicks and SRV. Two legends in their field. 🤘

@davidc.8755 Жыл бұрын

Who's SRV Mr. Satanic hand gesture?

@Triangulove 6 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that guy on Northern Exposure's last season?

@teresemariecloonan.c7739 3 жыл бұрын

Love the mullet

@davidc.8755 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Dennis Leary stole the Jim Fixx bit too ! 😂Wow😢

@karen81681 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVED your show!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😁 The good old days!!! What are you doing these days? Are you on Instagram?

@ambermiodownik8539 4 жыл бұрын

The World lost a genius 26 years ago today " Ladies and Gentlemen Bill Hicks".......

@Thinkforwardnow Жыл бұрын

Bill Hicks 2023

@kcinks Жыл бұрын

I think him being forced to say "shoot",took him down.

@robertocruz8429 4 жыл бұрын

I was 3 when this came out

@domchessh4604 4 жыл бұрын

Bill hicks is still alive' He's Alex Jones,

@Spark-In-The-Dark 4 жыл бұрын

dom chessh, I always thought that theory of Alex Jones being Bill Hicks was retarded but after watching this video I think that it’s true. The predictive programming is definitely there and the resemblance is not debatable. Wow!!!

@TheM2heavy 6 жыл бұрын

That mullet though.

@ryanthompson3446 3 жыл бұрын

Alex jones looks so young.

@estebansteverincon7117 4 жыл бұрын

Tough crowd

@onepunchgeorge9251 5 жыл бұрын

Testify brother Bill, spread the wisdom maybe more people will WAKE THE FUCK UP!😎🚬💊📢🎤

@slamandjam2 4 жыл бұрын

alex jones looks so young here

@flamingocupproductions5329 2 жыл бұрын

imagine bill hicks on twitter

@51MontyPython 8 жыл бұрын

You can tell he was a tortured soul. I think that's why he died so young.

@TylerANDBABE 8 жыл бұрын

Fuck that. He was enlightened. Cancer man...

@shitchops 7 жыл бұрын

A tortured soul ? come on Monty that's a bit rich! A realist "or" pessimist in philosophical terms A true commentator of our times calling out the bullshit :D

@51MontyPython 7 жыл бұрын

shitchops I think we're _both_ right, and the former (my comment) precisely _because_ of the latter (yours). I think perhaps you misunderstood what I said?

@lightsrallon907 7 жыл бұрын

He died from chemotherapy. He had a horrible diet on the road, his favorite meal was smoked sausages. His friends were very disappointed he chose to take the poison treatment. Then again hemp oil and a raw food diet wasn't that well-known back then.

@TylerANDBABE 7 жыл бұрын

Temple of the Animal Souls such a shame man :( one of the greatest.

@michaelmac4103 7 жыл бұрын

Ain't that teh serial killer that went on that dating show ?

@gaskellr44 4 жыл бұрын

shame hes just doing his material from stage, hes also great when hes just talking normally.

@davidc.8755 Жыл бұрын

That was odd. I'm not sure he would have done well on a show like Opie and Anthony

@Soundeagle3456 2 ай бұрын

what's up with old recordings purposefully making people look tan when they're not. lol

@landryprichard6778 4 жыл бұрын

"Awwww. You and your fake fucking sympathy!" 2020 cancel culture in a nutshell.

@cdream5414 7 жыл бұрын

"Do you find confrontation with non-smokers?" 5:48 And that's why the host lost in his career.

@martinpoirier9721 7 жыл бұрын

Alex Jones is sure a hilarious comedian here. I laughed.

@theysprey7777 2 жыл бұрын

He grew up in the south

@squiremuldoon5462 4 жыл бұрын

I will never stop smoking either, if you die of cancer no one will see it as suicide.

@bongofury333 Жыл бұрын

Rodney funny

@teresemariecloonan.c7739 3 жыл бұрын

Shriner’s was plentiful for those people to be put in movies

@davidc.8755 Жыл бұрын

Shriners are Freemasons. Whatever they film is unspeakable

@randallsnyder5757 7 жыл бұрын

Smoking saved his life, but ultimately turned him into Alex Jones.

@Spark-In-The-Dark 4 жыл бұрын

Randall Snyder, I always thought that theory of Alex Jones being Bill Hicks was retarded but after watching this video I think that it’s true. The predictive programming is definitely there and the resemblance is not debatable. Wow!!!

@theforestero 8 жыл бұрын

Hmmm it is an interesting borrowing of the Jewish faith,by assuming that one version of the ''Jewish Temple''Is the throat,and eso phagal tubes of human bodies

@Spark-In-The-Dark 4 жыл бұрын

Gemeral dis, I don’t know what you mean but I’m interested. What are you talking about?

@keennickolas8575 6 жыл бұрын

damn, was that scripted?! xDD he knows a part to everything?! xD

@somenothing7914 4 жыл бұрын

lol he was too advanced for them

@jbrice9847 4 жыл бұрын

This is just bills bit

@RonJammin 9 жыл бұрын

Terminator 2 - 1991, yah?

@890slay 9 жыл бұрын

Bill really seemed to be ahead of his time, lol. Good observation there by the way.

@ch2iss 9 жыл бұрын

890slay No, he is. For me, he will always be an is, not a was. When I first encountered him, I found myself asking why I did not know about him.

@duringmydeath 8 жыл бұрын

Again I say... I love Alex Jones I mean the guy was using comedy to expose the reality of this world before he got serious and dropped the humor so he should be praised as a very important figure in the TRUTH MOVEMENT! He is disguised now as Alex old Billy Hickness in order to teach us more about the powers that be so we can fully trust his incredibly knowledge right? Alex... Bill... whatever your real name is. Its interviews like these that fully expose who you are. All you did to become Alex is drop the clown act. You stopped with all the facial expressions and added a scruffy voice which a toddler could do. YOUR NOT FOOLING ANYONE! However I still got nothing but love for ya. Peace.

@DC180 8 жыл бұрын

+Bryan Gay hehehe

@tgunn2034 8 жыл бұрын

you need to get your meds refilled.

@ericdravennevermore2566 7 жыл бұрын

@Ezra Pound, odd thing is that alex jones had Mr. Mullins on his program once, I'm still scratching my head to how and why it ever happened, so not everybody on his show is of coarse an agent

@brandomontes 7 жыл бұрын

Bryan Gay Shut up with that fucking nonsense. Bill Hicks was a god while Alex jones is a fucking joke.

@JazzyAnasazi 5 жыл бұрын

young Alex Jones was real funny

@dandaman6935 5 жыл бұрын

Wtf. He actually mentioned Jim fix it. But he was alive when Bill said he died. What's going on?

@muldwych2029 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Fixx the runner died in 1984, as opposed to Jimmy Savile of 'Jim'll Fix It', who died in 2011.

@surrealistborealis 4 жыл бұрын

0:00- 2:00

@MRG978 4 жыл бұрын

Hicks and Mencia my top 2 comics

@vickielawson3114 3 жыл бұрын

Mencia? Please tell me that's a joke. He's been busted for comedy plagiarism.

@MRG978 3 жыл бұрын

Those allegations were proven false. Mencia is comedic genius

@davidc.8755 Жыл бұрын

His name is Ned and he's a stereotype. Some laughs to be found there for that reason. His delivery is what got him over. Mind of Mencia had perfect timing when it arrived and I remember it was extremely popular undeniably