Finally. But who will play the lead role? Comedycentral makes a stab at it. Punchline are saying Russell Crowe is up for it.
Here is my humble Bill Hicks transcript that I put up in 2002. It still gets regular visits and referrals. The red bits were cut out of the video release, I transcribed them from an audio version I listened to back then.
Here is a clip from the show:
Ok I know he’s dead 11 years, but on the 26th June we get to see him come back to life:
The true story of one man’s attempt to change the world through stand-up. In this comedy play, the greatest comedian ever returns from the dead for one more show, revealing how to end the war on terror, why drugs are better than alcohol, and what the Bush family has done for porn.
After two sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh festival and an extended run in London’s West End, Chas Early’s astonishing solo performance continues its international tour, spreading bad language and political incorrectness.
“Unimaginably brilliant- a comedy blinder. Beautiful, heavy-hitting, bad boy stuff… It is almost painfully Hicks.” The Scotsman
“Achieves the impossible: a brave idea that shouldn’t work – but it does.” TimeOut
Advisories: contains strong language and sexual references.
Details:
Tickets: €15
Date: Monday 26th June.
Opening Times: 9.30pm (doors 9.15pm).
Venue: Spiegeltent.
To celebrate Easter have a listen to Bill Hicks’ take on Easter and Gideons…
Not work safe either!
I finally got the Bill Hicks DVD, ‘Bill Hicks Live‘. A very reasonable price, and shipped promptly to Ireland. I highly recommend it, it includes One Night Stand, Relentless, and the classic Revelations.
Clare over at the BBC’s Comedy Blog has linked to my Bill Hicks site. Interesting blog they have there. My Hicks site needs a serious overhaul though.
First article I’ve seen in the lead up to Bill’s anniversary. A good job with some good exerpts.
I also found this mention on a blog too.
I found some more mentions in quite a few places using technorati. Oh and here too.
The number of people visiting my site for Bill Hicks material has doubled in the lead up to the 10th Anniversary of his death. I think I will write a personal essay or article on him to mark his anniversary. I was looking at his biography in the bookshop today – good reading.
He is sorely missed by so many people.
Nick Barlow mentions that I was the only blog where Bill Hicks’ 10th Anniversary was mentioned – there should be more!
He suggests “that some kind of ‘Hicks Day’ blogburst on the 26th where people can mark the anniversary however they want and I’ll link to any posts people want to make, like I did back on National Poetry Day – and this time, I’ve managed to give more than just a few days’ notice if you want to do anything or spread the word.”
And goes on…
And, just to make this idea seem less half-baked than it probably is, here’s some suggestions for things you could do: Tell us your favourite Hicks joke, line or routine; Give us a ‘what Bill meant to me piece; Hold a vigil outside the Dominion Theatre, claiming you’re waiting for his return to the scene of his comedic triumph; petition Kevin Drum to rename himself Arizona Bay Pundit; A Hicks-related flash blog; travel to Mississippi to visit his grave; or just go to a field, take mushrooms and try and blog using the power of your mind. It’s what he would have wanted. Well, if you ignore the other things he would have wanted, like not being dead.
Good idea Nick, my Hicks site needs a renovation anyway!
Bill Hicks died on February 26th 1994, at the age of just 32. He will be ten years dead at the end of this month, I often wonder what his thinking would be on the current political situation in the world – but if you want to learn more about him you can try BillHicks.com or Sacredcow.com. Or my own Bill Hicks stuff here. Salon have a good piece here too.
Cannabis smokers just want to stay on the sofa and snack, spending hours engrossed in home entertainment. Red Bull and smoothies, ‘Munchie’ snacks such as Mars bars and Haribo jellies. Pizza chains. Video stores. Games consoles. Multichannel TV. And what scares them… Shiny, noisy places with too many choices such as Starbucks and McDonald’s High-alcohol drinks and strong lagers such as Stella Artois Pubs with bouncers on the door: Businesses alerted to huge profits as study shows dope users have money to burn.
It is estimated that Britain’s ‘cannabis economy’ is worth £5 billion a year in sales alone. I never had thought about cannabis in this way – or as this 24 year old male put it:
‘I’ve started taking much more interest in the Discovery Channel. Cannabis really gets you thinking deeply about things.’
But you don’t need it to think deeply – apparently it just helps. :-) See here for Bill Hicks‘ take on why cannabis is illegal at all.
