Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks [NSFW]

Bill Hicks is more infamous than famous - he is the comedian George Carlin was becoming when he died a few years back - angry, mean, and defiant. This is an excellent look at his life and career, narrated unobtrusively by Janeane Garofalo (who generally annoys the hell out of me).

It's too bad Hicks died so young - I suspect he was beginning to figure out his niche once he got off drugs and alcohol.

The embedded clip should have all seven parts - of not, just go back to the Documentary Heaven site linked to in the title below.

Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks

February 21st, 2011

A biographical documentary on the late great comedian Bill Hicks and his career; in particular the censorship by Letterman that scarred it.

Hosted by Janeane Garofalo, this documentary tells the story of Bill’s transition from a non-drinking, non-smoking, straight laced funny man, to a hard drinking, hard smoking, drug taking angry ranter, to the happy and finally, peaceful and insightful man of much wisdom.

A rare insight into the battle against censorship that the great Bill Hicks waged against corporate America and it’s mainstream media for the better part of 15 years.

After 11 successful appearances on The Tonight Show with David Lettermen, the ‘powers that be’ axed Bill’s final performance from the show. 4 months later, Bill would tragically die from pancreatic cancer at the age of 32.

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