Letterman to honor late comedian Bill Hicks
Is it really better late than never?
On Friday, Late Night with David Letterman will have Bill Hicks’ mom on to pay tribute to her late son. They will air Hicks’ twelfth and final appearance on Letterman, which was censored after it had been pre-approved and taped before a studio audience.
The set, which had Pro-Choice among other socially and pop culturally relevant jokes, created a perceived conflict with CBS’ advertisers.
Five months later Hicks died of pancreatic cancer and by all accounts was still pissed at Letterman and CBS.
February will mark the fifteenth anniversary of Bill Hicks’ death and as much as a lot of his material has maintained relevant, it’s hard to understand why Late Night has decided to dredge up something that they have always maintained an elusive distance from addressing.
Guess we’ll see.
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That was an amazing show even though Mr. Hicks was incredibly reserved and mild in his performance.
Geeeee, I wonder why moi’s stuff doesn’t get aired?
When DL gave Mary Hicks the ‘chicken to Zeus’ “god bless you” I was quite happy that Mr. Hicks no longer exists to hear such carpola. Of course, Mr. Hicks sacrificed several ‘chickens to Zeus’ himself.
Stay on groovin’ safari,
Tor
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