Sam Kinison on Johnny Carson
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From 1991, it seems the two comedy stars have something in common: Failed marriages.
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From 1991, it seems the two comedy stars have something in common: Failed marriages.
Mungowit's End (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An all-star cast is gathering on the new premium channel EPIX™ to celebrate the hard-living and outspoken late comedian, Sam Kinison. This dynamic special event weaves interviews and performances by stars Chris Rock, Kathy Griffin, Jay Leno, George Lopez, Ice-T and Denis Leary, and many others, with a filmed tribute at the comedian’s old stomping ground,...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
It’s unfortunate that the curators of Sam Kinison’s catalog have limited access to his best material. This two-disc set features four performances by Kinison, though three of them were filmed in 1991, when he was selling out 5,000-seat theaters but his routine was in creative freefall. (To make matters worse, two of those routines [...]
Aid Thoughts (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Hat tip to Christ Blattman (and from the blog The Meaningfulness of Little Things), I discovered this video by the late Sam Kinison, who is firmly in the “migration is development” camp: Share
Popdose (Free subscription) | yesterday
... enough quick cuts to make you throw up before the one-minute mark, trendy saturated colors, and Sam Kinison . The ’80s should have clamped down on Bon Jovi like a bear trap: But Bon Jovi didn’t tank in the ’90s. No, you know what they did? They released an album in 1992, just as grunge was building momentum and their name recognition was enough to sell two million copies of Keep the Faith...
Fictionaut Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... at least enjoy the show. I like that idea. So naturally people like Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks, et al, had a great influence on me. Repo Man is a movie that makes me happy every time I watch it, as do most horror movies. I couldn’t name all of the writers that have influenced me. How did you start writing your novel? Where did the idea evolve? This is where the...
Villainous Company (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... leisure and social benefits , among others. Reading this, I thought immediately of that old Sam Kinison skit about the dog psychiatrist. A dog owner brings his pooch to a local shrink. The dog, it seems, has been acting out of late. The doc takes the leash, calmly walks the pooch into the next room and proceeds to beat him about the head and shoulders furiously, all the while screaming,...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Profane, nervous, never seeming to work from prepared material (even though he does), Black has done pretty well for an old guy, a comic blend of Sam Kinison, Denis Leary, George Carlin, Don Rickles and Mort Sahl. One of the marvels of watching him is awaiting that moment when his eyes finally do explode out of his head, live on stage. At 60 (when the film was shot, last August, amazing, he's...