What's your favorite Bill HIcks routine

[steelemagnolia]

Mine would have to be the Hooligans. Perhaps, it's because when my husband introduced me to him, this was the routine he played but I laughed my ass off. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rfdRJahOIQ

What's yours?

[derby378]

1. Where to start...? Probably Bill's rants on Jay Leno and Rush Limbaugh

The Leno rant was really funny, especially when Satan got involved...

[steelemagnolia]

3. That was a good one!

[long_green]

15. what makes the Leno routine so biting

is that Bill admits that Leno used to be funny. And he was, too.

[derby378]

2. Come to think of it, there's also Hicks' "Shane" routine...

Where he compares Republican-dominated America to Shane in terms of how we've dealt with Iraq. Very profound.

[vixengrl]

16. One of my favorites--it still rings true, alas:

"I'm sick of us arming the world, and then sending troops over to destroy the fucking arms, you know what I mean? We keep arming these little countries, and then we blow the shit out of 'em. We're like the bullies of the world, you know. We're like Jack Palance in the movie Shane, throwing the pistol at the sheep herders feet.

"Pick it up."

"But I don't want to pick it up Mister, You'll shoot me."

"Pick up the gun."

"Mister, I dont want no trouble, huh. I just came to town to get some hard rock candy for my kids and some gingham for my wife. I dont even know what gingham is, but she goes through ten rolls a week of that stuff.. I ain't looking for no trouble, Mister."

"Pick up the gun"

(reaches down to pick up gun)
"BANG! BANG! BANG!"

"You all saw him, he had a gun"

[opiate69]

4. So many to choose from..

But this one never gets old..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-qmglGWMsdk

[hellbound-liberal]

5. That's a really good one! I'm a prankster God!

Here's mine. It's the bit about Easter.

http://www.angelfire.com/ego/apocalypse-music/billhicks/billhicks.htm

[steelemagnolia]

6. OMG! I love that one too!

[opiate69]

7. LOL.Yep..another classic..

I remember once a few years ago someone had posted a picture of a goldfish with a lincoln log tied to it's back on a board I frequent.. haven't been able to find it since then though..

[steelemagnolia]

8. Priceless...

He was so funny but really gave you something to think about, not just laugh about - kinda like George Carlin.

[hellbound-liberal]

9. The first clip titled "Elite" that is on the link that I posted shows how insightful he really was

Way ahead of his time!

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Either "Play from your fucking heart" or when he went ballistic on the heckler chick

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4xbJ8QhE8Us&mode=related&search=

[opiate69]

11. Now THAT'S how you deal with a heckler!

[BlueIris]

12. The one with the "prankster god" bit is the funniest one.

Which I now see others here appreciate.

[taterguy]

13. The phrase "musket repellant" always cracks me up

It's towards the end of this bit called Gays in the Military

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Np6_b-72H3E

[ikojo]

14. This is one of my faves...his rant on how drugs

made music BETTER...he also rants against those rock stars who do commercials...WHAT would he say now? The Who allowing one of their songs to be used for a TV show theme song!


OOps...forgot the link...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=J10w3FuCwfQ

[hellbound-liberal]

17. "That's what we want, right? Government approved rock and roll"

Funny stuff!

[steelemagnolia]

19. I think he probably rolled over a time or two

[pokerfan]

18. Bill at the Waffle House

I’ve noticed anti-intellectualism in this country. Last week, I was in Nashville, Tennessee. After the show, I went to a Waffle House. I’m not proud of it, but I was hungry.

And I’m sitting there and I’m eating and I’m reading a book. Right? I’m alone. I don’t know anybody. I’m eating and I’m reading a book. Fine.

Waitress comes over to me. (He makes gum-snapping noises.) "What you reading for?"

I said, "Wow! I’ve never been asked that. Gawd dang it, ya stumped me. Not, what am I reading? But, what am I reading for? Well, hmmm, I guess I read for a lot of reasons, but one of the main ones is so I don’t end up being a fucking waffle waitress. Yea, that would have to be pretty high on the list."

Then this trucker, in the next booth, gets up, stands over me and says, "Looks like we got ourselves a reader."

What the fuck is going on here? Did I walk into Klan rally in a Boy George costume or something, ya know? This is a book. I read. Am I stepping out of some intellectual closet?