“Aging alternative icon drops out of the night sky, it was written.”

Right here. It was a Cessna 172 btw.

Henry's stand up is pretty damn good. His innate sense of humour is brilliant.

I wonder were Eric is now, maybe hes still tooling around airports, driving single propeller planes into the night, and playing really bad covers of Paranoid and stairway to heaven

"'I don't wanna talk about it', and we proceeded to rock and roll" is the coolest punchline ever

I'll get you in a plane with me, I'll get you to your gig, you know why? CAUSE I'M A LIAR

The instant Eric started to taxi without contacting anyone on the radio, I'd of started freak out.

Is anyone else jealous of the shape of Henry's head.

Henry Rollins just might be the coolest, most down to earth rock star/famous person to have ever lived. My god, I would be so thrilled to be able to meet him or get to hang out with him.

try as you might....it's impossible to dislike Henry

As someone from the area, I can confirm that Grove has not changed much. I think they have three gas stations now.

i would love to see if any of those kids, now in their forties, have pictures of that night in grove oklahoma, still

Such a great storyteller

The way he describes the kids bringing home Marilyn Manson records is so true, the other day I bought Heaven Upside Down, and my mom said he looked like Nicolas Cage.

When Henry Rollins turned up in the Mess Hall in Kuwait..... this was how I felt... :D

Back in the day of filesharing programs, I stumbled across a version of Eric The Pilot that was about twice as long as this, but split up into about 6 parts (It took a long time to get one of the middle parts). I've never come across another version, and this is the first time Ive seen video of Henry telling the story. Thanks a lot for posting it!

Living in Oklahoma, The way he described being in that town in Oklahoma is exactly how it is here too.

Eric, you my friend, win the Mic Drop for the net lol. I started flying in a 172, they are nice lil hoppers. We souped it up and boosted the Motor and it was a great plane. Also put fat tires on it so we could land on dirt roads and stuff, great fun.

My friend was waiting for the gig that didn’t happen here. He heard this story like. Two nights later. Jealous I’ll admit 😂

Henry tells great stories they're very concise and funny.

spent many hours on a flight deck watching harriers and helicopters take off. I can fully understand that feeling

“Things get pretty intense in a single-propeller plane.” I can empathize, flew over the Nazca Lines a couple of yrs ago & it was the most turbulent, bumpy flight I’ve ever been on. Had to stop looking out the window & taking pictures about 15 mins before we landed because the Dramamine I took didn’t help one bit! Happy I did it tho, saw all the cool geoglyphs on the ground!

Such a good story teller!

The best speaker of all times. I did not model my voice on his for no reason...

Henry is a decent story teller.

Wow, this guy's pretty funny, I wonder what else he's done.

This story is amazing

I was just checking out Grove OK. There are two "Goodfella's Pizzeria's. Less than a block away. In a town with only one open gas station.

My only single prop plane ride was one of my favorite flights. It was a short flight from Queensland to Dunk Island. There was a small spot of rain we flew through just as we arrived, but the pilot flew flew with grace and ease. There was a rainbow and sunny landing. I grew up on big planes; so it was for me actually more enjoyable.

I remember this tour. Fun night in Chico. I helped promote it at Tower Books.

“Eric....what are you gonna do noW!?”

Great upload, thank you.

Henry has to go up in a glider. Being towed by a single engine plane. Hardcore.

That many cars show up, it's showtime.

How do you not have more subscribers. Great story man!! Crazy as heck but great!!

classically handsome

Did anyone else hear this stand up bit on a cd you got with the trespassers game?

"Dark hair, dark clothing, short." Oh that's quite a detailed description. Be on the lookout for , THAT specific man.

That whole show used to be on yt, what happened? One of his freakin best ever

Seen Rollins in the 1st lollapalooza. Spent the last 30 yrs thinking he had a personality or substance. My had.

I'd love to see who this dude Eric is. He had to have seen this or heard about this show when it came out in just a couple years after it happened in 1996. I wonder what he's like now.?

I heard this the first time when I found the secret content in the game of Jurassic Park with the girl who can’t hold on the weapons and had shitty physics. I have been looking for it ever since.

Eric followed the I-44 across Missouri to Grove, OK. What a story.

he met Marilyn manson after this

Brilliant!...very entertaining!

Back when he was cool; it makes me sad what Henry turned into.

Can anyone even imagine what it's like to be Henry's manager's assistant? She must've been going out of her mind while he was in the air -- I've wondered how long it took her to find out the truth about Eric?

One of the Chuckle Brothers in the audience at 7:07

10:18 Is that Derek Trucks? I swear I seen him at another Henry gig too.

when I was young and stupid, I was having a big breakfast and on a whim accepted an invitation to take a flight in a tiny single engine airplane around the grand canyon. That breakfast came out in both directions mid flight repeatedly on the pilot. We landed and I was not well the rest of the day. Will never fort that.

"Zildjian that's cymbals for drums" haha well he's not wrong.

Was this at The El Rey Theater in Los Angeles?

12:37 I feel way too sorry for Eric, putting all that effort in and getting completely rejected

he did this story on his last spoken word tour.

Just thought of something when he mentioned the "Airplane" movie -- anyone else think his manager's asst was probably waiting for Henry to call her and said "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smokin'!"

Try the single prop from Denver to Boulder Colorado. The 500 foot sudden drop in every flight is a gas.

Fuk this is the special where he talked about his first school dance? I cannot find this anywhere

Jesus!! How many crowd shots do ye need.

Waitin for the twist, like Eric was a well-known, liked fan around there or that he'd had the plane crashed...no, just slightly crazy.

light planes are extremely scary. just thin pieces of metal barely held together with tack welds and loose rivets. but the good news is, you can't fly over 10K feet for a long time, so if you fall out, it's max 2 miles to the ground. (cessna transition layer specsl, where the atmosphere starts to get too thin to breathe so you shouldn't fly unpressurized). also, keeping your hands on the tiller is absolutely unnecessary because planes are built inherently stable - if you nose down, you speed up, which noses you up - unless you lose an engine, you won't crash. oh, except in a crosswind landing.

@8:54 - she's like: fuck you, i told you i wanted to go to the celine dion concert.

Rollins is one of the best grunge reporters of the last two centuries, on par with Hunter Thomson, maybe better. Certainly more coherent. Who will follow?

funny thing shouldn't Henry be not getting himself into these situations at his age

CROSS CHECK🛩️

Judging by the uploaders name I'm going to assume this is your account, Eric.

I noticed right away that the uploader seems to be a drummer…. I wonder.

So then, Average Drumguy.... you lost your pilot's license?

I would have stuck with Eric, idgaf, you basically have your own personal pilot now. “It’s just me and you Eric, just me and you. Let’s do this!” and Dumb and Dumber our ass to Tulsa.

People in OK do drink V8. It’s like the 80s out there

Could you possibly upload more clips, or does anyone know what this entire set (the VHS) was called?

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HOW IS HIS SPOKEN WORD DIFFERENT FROM STAND UP COMEDY?

look.. at the name of the KZfaq channel

I don't like those little planes. I'll fly in the big ones all day but the little ones kill musicians. I'm surprised Henry agreed. And it's not just Lynyrd Skynyrd and Buddy Holly. The list is longer than you might think and it's usually that situation. They have to be at a gig, they can't get a flight (usually because the weather is bad) so they charter one of those tiny planes. So if ever you're on tour and you for some reason you can't get a flight on an airline, maybe just eat it this time.

Amazing, but he missed a great joke. It should’ve continued after Eric asked Henry, “hey, here! You try to fly it!” Henry would go, “Sorry, Man! This isn’t like a cover band, where I get to pretend to be a pilot.”

hmm i guess for "Eric" if all went well maybe the story would not have made it into Henrys spoken word, but nope the gods said "you shall be remembered for being an idiot and nothing more"

you ever see deliverance ?

if this story is real it would have been national news

Humans are weird, man.

Lol... average drum guy...are you eric, the pilot, sir?

Well, that bit about Marilyn Manson didn't age well.

part of the test for a pilots license is landing on a dirt road. Make fun of "Eric the pilot" all you want but he has more balls than most ever will.

"Stockolmer" thought that he's smarter I got footage and mean friends From the navy He's opening his mouth no time

its one thing to learn how to play an instrument to play your own music. its a whole other shitty thing to learn an instrument to play other people's music.

Wow, I did not know Henry was as funny as a female commedian.