Rodney Dangerfield Welcomes Bill Hicks to the Stage
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- The late Bill Hicks performing at Rodney Dangerfield's New York comedy club. He hadn’t yet fully embraced his acerbic social commentary at this point. But by the end of his set, you can see where he was headed.
Originally aired as part of Rodney Dangerfield's 1988 TV special, “Nothing Goes Right”.
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He had that crowd in 10 seconds. Now that’s talent. Miss ya Billy
How do you miss a guy that’s still here?
Just look up “DisinfoWars,” aka InfoWars, and you’ll see him.
@@NewNormalWorldOrder nonsense
@Hank Hill
The evidence that Bill Hicks = Alex Jones is simply _undeniable._
@Hank Hill
Go to a search engine. Type in “matthew north: alex jones is bill hicks whether you like it or not.” You can find this easily on bitchute as a re-upload. This is a nearly two hour long video showing you undeniable proof of what we are saying.
If 2 hours is too much for you, which I’m so sure it is, you can also try finding the video titled “Bill Hicks to Alex Jones: Creating the Controlled Opposition” by ODD TV. Also on other platforms. That video is under 25 minutes long but is probably even better than the 2 hour video.
Good luck. Not that you should need it… this stuff is undeniable.
@Hank Hill
NEITHER video is “just photo comparison.”
Lmfao if you’re this afraid of finding out that Alex Jones is Bill Hicks… then how will you handle all the much more hardcore truth of this insane asylum world? Compared to all the studying, researching and simple paying attention I’ve done when it comes to reality the last 5 or 6 years… Alex Jones being Bill Hicks is possibly one of the MOST MILD things I’ve ever seen… if you can’t handle this then you won’t be able to handle anything.
His delivery is basically perfect. Gone too soon, for sure.
He's still with us. And he's funnier than ever. He's been pretending to be this character named "Alex Jones."
Alex hates the fact that Hicks is "gone." He was complaining about not being able to do stand up any more, on his talk show a few years ago.
@@MF-le7fp wow, what a slip!
Or another way to look at it, gone just in time.
@@dominichess5273 Jones is a jerk. Hicks was a great comic. Not the same person.
That smoker/nonsmoker bit is golden.. great delivery as always
r.i.p. to a true comedy legend
Legends never die..... they just go on to play the role of Alex Jonestown.
"So don't get bitter."
Thank You
Bill
Dangerfield was right about Bill Hicks being WAY AHEAD of his time!
He really was.
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That opening line that Dangerfield says about Bill being ahead of his time was written by Bill's friend and fellow Texas Outlaw John Farnetti. Each comedian was required to write their own intro line for Dangerfield. Dangerfield told Bill it wasn't funny but Bill insisted he deliver the line. After the show Dangerfield told Bill he was right, "What the fuck do I know?" Dangerfield said.
@@PaganGrace I mean, in a room with Hicks...?
In comparison to Lenny Bruce, he barely pushed the envelope.
As a guy raised in Oklahoma, and spent a year living in Enid, I laughed my ass off. Gone far too soon.
Oh trust me... this fking clown can’t be gone soon enough, with the damage he’s done to humanity.
“I’m not Bill Hicks. _I played the role of Bill Hicks.”_
@@NewNormalWorldOrder tf are you talking about? He was a comedian, he passed away a long time ago.
I live on Enid and have no idea where the hell he would preform here. The Cooker?
@@NewNormalWorldOrder is your wife your sister too? Is your phone number 9?
@@fredbarnesjr.1044
Is Alex Jonestown actually Bill Hicks?
I’m from Oklahoma and I love that bill Hicks mentions us!
Well he was a Texan. So it was expected.
@@dudeinoakland trust me I’m aware, I’ve lived 10 miles from the red river my whole life
This dude was a genius. As much comedy as I grew up watching in the mid/late 90s, I missed Bill. I found his comedy later on and that is my loss.
What matters is you found it, my friend
Still sounds like a win to me…
Yeah, I mean, we didn’t have internet back then
Bill was fearless...I want him back.
We all want Bill back, and we need him now more than ever…🙏
Random factoid about Rodney ; The joke "So far ahead of his time his parents haven't met yet".
Bill was the person who gave him that for the intro.
Initially Rodney didn't think it was funny.
Bill answered back and said "No, that's funny, try it".
After the show Rodney agreed with him and said "You were right. What the hell do I know?!".
Answering a professional comic back, after his proven track record of successful career, was almost unheard of at the time period. Especially at the age Bill was at the time.
Even George Carlin commended Bill.
They're humanity, observations, intelligence, honesty and courage are greatly missed. 🙂✌️❤️
The good ones are always gone too soon. When people are too wonderful for this hellish world they have to go somewhere else, probably for their own sanity.
That’s interesting dude 👍 how do you know bill gave him the line ?
@@Magicalfluidprocess
He made it up. He heard Eddie Murphy tell a similar story about Rodney and adapted it to fit his lying needs.
@@swampsprite9 And the bad ones are always around too long.........
Years go by, but this never gets old. Still making us laugh to this day.
Happy Birthday
He died at 32, but I always thought he was so much older. Tragic. RIP
Alex Jones was born the next day
@@carmineredd1198 🐸🏳️🌈
@@carmineredd1198 Who cares, he's a hack.
@@carmineredd1198 you owe me. $$
He's alive....Alex Jones
Bill had amazing self-confidence. The way he lights the cigarette at 3:12 is so slick.
@@oinkooink Long sleeve shirt, leather jacket, stage lights. That, or he's fitting in with Rodney who had a sweatrag with him all the time.
Oh wow, good catch! One handed with a match book, that's a learned skill for sure!
@@oinkooink Stage lighting does that! Played a lot of gigs with a near puddle beneath me cause of those damn lights 🤣
I was looking for this comment hahahah
@@oinkooink That's not the only thing he was full of 🤣🤣🤣🤣
His ability to close on the most offensive jokes has always been my favorite part of his sets.
He was available for childrens' parties...
@@bigjonradio _GOAT BOY_
@@dancarter482- *"You big ole smelly, shaggy thing."*
@@MattPurvis-gt3ww _Goat Boy is hurt by your indifference._
Bill Hicks and George Carlin, both are my favs and i miss them both
Overrated
@@MeMe-td1ye ur lifes overrated
@@mbak3d312 lame
@@mbak3d312 it's crap but nobody rates it much
Bill Hicks comedy does not stand up as well as other legends like George Carlin and Sam Kinison who were both hysterically funny
I saw every one of Rodney's HBO specials, so this had to be the first time I ever saw Bill Hicks perform.
That literally makes no sense, the ultimate oxymoron, you start off by making it clear you saw every one of his hbo specials, then preceding to reveal this had to be the first time you seen hicks perform, BY ANY CHANCE ARE YOU THE GUY FROM OKLAHOMA ??
@@AdamDylanFoley Calm down, hoser.
@@AdamDylanFoley You don't give the guy any respect! No respect at all!
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This was not a RD HBO Special
This was from RD's club
2 legendary comedians
You can tell within the first 30 seconds that Bill decided to tone it down because the crowd obviously sucked.
Pretty pissed at hicks for dying at 32
He was more pissed
Ohhh, but what about his "friend", "Alex Jones"?
@@MeasuredFlat for the record they do not sound anything alike.
Especially when he died IN ARKANSAS
@@WeWazKangzNsheeeit for the record I can change my voice to sound nothing like myself
I mc'd one night for Bill in London. Bill was genuinely the funniest, most fiercely intelligent, incalculably sophisticated stand-up I have ever seen live. Oh, and what a beautiful man he was too. I was a bag of nerves, it only being one of my first dozen or so gigs. I got to hang out with Bill for a bit. A true gentle soul.
You're a lucky man. He was and is amazing.
@@Musingsonthelawofattraction
I sure am lucky to have met that amazing genius. Nowadays, I'm confined to my bed, with so many age related bona fides diseases, there ain't a day goes by that I don't count my blessings in being able to swear to as much as I like!!! Yeah, I am that old! As a matter of fact, I'm gonna look up if there's any comedy class
classes for pensioners, or old c_nts like me!
0:12 Every Big L fan just went "OH!"
First thing I thought about. Lol
I'm kinda mad to be honest. Big L a biter?
Bro
exactly what I thought first time I saw this lmao
You read my mind aha
"That makes a dozen roses look like a booger!." OMG great line!
I remember the bits in this set like I heard them all for the first time yesterday. That end piece about his ex seeing this special truly encapsulates his greatness. I've heard it 10 thousand times and it hits the same every time. Long live this legend. Thank you, Bill
You are missed down here Brother ! AMAZING TALENT
My pop had this on VHS for those of you who know what that is. I watched this a bunch of times had a ton of great comics but Bill Hicks always stood out was my favorite.
Bill Hicks will Always be One Of My All Time Most Favorite Comic's to Ever Make Me Laugh My Balls OFF !!!
Why do you capitalize the first letter of each word in a sentence? That's not how you were taught to write.
Stands the test of time. This is the same Dangerfield show that debuted Andrew Dice Clay. Bill Hicks thought Clay was a hack and despised him. Bill would go see Clay at a big venue only to get up and walk out 15 minutes into the show. When asked about Clay, Bill said "consider me the antidote".
Clay's comedy didn't age well. Great persona but just punching down and saying shocking things wasn't enough to make a career out of. Bill had a lot more decency.
@@rsmith02 Even though I used to love ADC back in the day Bill's comedy as aged way better.
@@rsmith02 lol anyone who says punching down is a pansy.
@@shimsladey3227 Bill's earlier comedy is less preachy than his later comedy.
@@mkultra2456 Will definitely agree with you about that. As an Aussie I loved his take on Oz and the I'm Jack the Ripper bit he did.
the wife and sister joke nearly done kill me
Hicks was pretty close to being a prophet,the more time that goes by since his death the clearer it becomes....he was up there with Carlin....we sure could use both of them in times like these
I wouldn't bring Carlin down to his level
We still have Bill Hicks, and he's just as much a prophet as he used to be. Alex Jones.
@@EnigmaGameMaster
“I’m not Bill Hicks. _I played the role of Bill Hicks.”_
-“alex jones”
@@NewNormalWorldOrder Yeah they're both characters.
@@davidpayne3146 Carlin ain’t shit
Dangerfield didnt like the "ahead of his time" intro joke,I read.They told him to give it a go,he did,gets the laugh and says to hicks "hey kid,what the fuck do I know".....................
No one else like this guy. His jokes perfectly illustrated the duality of man, from the highest purest and spiritual thought and enlightenment, and then flip side in to the most depraved, base, animalistic shit possible 😂😂.. really miss him...
USAF base I was stationed at had finally got cable at the base around the time this special first aired.
Lmao he was perfect. So much admiration for Hicks!
The Rockstar of comedians.
Sam Kinison was the Rockstar of comedians.
He's like a laid back Sam Kinison right here.
Guy Metdrapedes - Sam’s protege...! (But you knew that)
@@TheWorld_2099 I actually didn't. I've heard of Bill Hicks throughout the years but never took the time to listen to him. Glad I did. Thanks for that bit of insight.
@@guymetdrapedes220 - unbelievable, you nailed it! Look for that documentary about Bill Hicks, pretty sure it's on CZcams, it's really good...
Bill Hicks pointed to Sam Kinison as a major influence on his comedy style, noting that ''He was the first guy I ever saw to go on stage and not in any way ask the audience to like him.''
A true legend outstanding performance and yes he was
ahead of his time. I just wish the Bill Hicks was still alive to see what's going on today. No wonder his performances completely sold out.
The secret is his pacing. Every line has perfect tempo. No wonder he was also a musician and loved Jimi.
He is still alive bud
@@fourthplateau944 Naw he got murdered.
@@fourthplateau944 Alive on the same island as Hitler and Elvis... I saw him just the other day
More relevant now than ever. Greatly missed.
Wild how Rodney dangerfield is gonna outlive this kid by a decade
Yeah but he didn't get any respect.
Nope, the guy who “played the role” (literally his own words) of Bill Hicks is still here.
Look up “conspiracy theorist” in the Ministry of Information’s dictionary and you’ll see the fat face of the guy who used to play the role of Bill Hicks.
@@NewNormalWorldOrder ah, you're totally right. I'm glad to see he's alive and doing well with a radio show about staying healthy and active
@@NewNormalWorldOrder hrm. Sound bitter.
*by 5 decades
Bill hicks is such an influence on me. miss you Bill. such a shame he died way too young.
One of the GOATS!!!!!!!!
What a talent, mind. Bill you are missed so damn fuckin' much.
I saw Bill Hicks perform at a basement bar in my hometown in 1987 when I was about 23 years old. It was Hicks's 26th birthday and people were buying him shots while he was on stage. He did a really long set and was getting drunker and drunker as the evening progressed, but he was just hilarious. I was sitting at a table front row center to the stage and at one point he leaned over and got right in my face and screamed something at me. I don't remember what it was, but it was really funny. Some of his jokes and bits were off-color and a little risque, but not bad. He was great though, one of the funniest comedians I'd ever seen before or since. After something like an hour and a half he was noticeably swaying on his feet, but he was still killing it. My ribs hurt from laughing so hard. He only got off the stage reluctantly when the manager began blinking the overhead lights on off to signal that he was to wrap it up.
Three years later in 1990, I began dating my wife. Comedy clubs were still very popular and I'd read that Bill Hicks was going to be performing at the Main Street Comedy Cafe in Hackensack, NJ a few miles from my hometown of Ridgewood. I told my girlfriend that this guy was a terrific comedian and that she'd have a great time. I soon learned that, at this point in his career, Hicks was a very different comedian - if you could still call him that. He was dressed all in black and had black cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, and he chain-smoked nonstop. Also, his act had become very blue. Like, really blue. Uncomfortably filthy, really - not the sort of thing you want to take your new girlfriend to see. At one point, one of the women in the audience called out, "You're a pig!" Hicks didn't even have much of a comeback for that, he just sort of agreed and went on with his act.
Unlike the first time I'd seen him three years earlier, this 1990 performance definitely was not a comedy act: it was more of an extended rant or diatribe. Hicks seemed genuinely angry and filled with hatred and bitterness. It was uncomfortable, and I don't think anyone in the audience enjoyed themselves. While I was annoyed that I'd dragged my poor girlfriend out to see this awful crap (and that I actually paid to see it), I ended up feeling bad for Hicks. He seemed like a terribly unhappy guy who was pouring out his guts on stage. It was not a fun evening.
I lost track of his career and many years later saw a show about him on television. It might have been one of those VH-1 biographies. I remember thinking, "Hey, I forgot about that guy!" I wondered what happened to him because he seemed like he had a rising career. But after a short while of watching this TV bio, I noticed that they were speaking about Hicks in the past tense and I said to myself, "Gee, I think this guy might have died!" Turns out, of course, that I was unfortunately correct. Anyway, I'm sad for him. I hope he found some peace before he passed on.
So….did you get laid that night?
Good share
@@jessedriver8697 All true. He did a 180 degree turn as a performer in those few years between the first and second time I saw his act. He went from a hilariously funny comedian to a bitter, foul-mouthed... not sure what to call him. Not a comedian anymore at that point. More of a performance artist, maybe? It seemed like a waste and I thought the guy seemed miserably unhappy. I think it was only about four years later that he had died. Sad.
Thanks for sharing. So cool you got to see that early show. Things work out with the girlfriend or the show killed it?
@@moongloomable - Thanks. Cool to have had the chance to see him, but a sad story and end to poor Bill Hicks. We got past that bad date and we've been married for 27 years.
What a honor to get Rodney love!
Rip fellas
"Has to have it explained to him" is the line that killed me.
Damn, that was great!
Saw this on TV. Great stuff...RIP...
Top class from Hicks great introduction from Rodney as well
Love how he slowly warms them up and just gets into his real shit in the last minute ... leave em wanting more, and they did !
Whoa I just realized Big L referenced Rodney. 0:13
Yoooooo
Whatttt
Last thing I expected to see in this comment section was a reference to one of the greats
How do you know Big L referenced Rodney? It could be a coincidence.... czcams.com/video/9dN3aS2Rxfs/video.html @4:21
Shoot, i’m not catching what you’re saying....
Hicks is the king
Carlin is the king
@@filiplugo7630 can't really argue that....but they were different people with different styles.
I'll call it a tie
@@chriscoletti4852 Carlin was lightning flashing on stage compared to Hicks laid back style, anymore laid back he'd be taking a nap. Not always funny.....Hicks could be irritating to a lot of us and depressing to watch. Far from being a tie for me.
@@chriscoletti4852 10 years or so you may be the first to respond to a comment rationally 😂
@@ethanwarner1164 Coming from a Hicks fan...very rationally. They usually lose their f'in minds when you don't agree Hicks was the greatest. Most of these infantile assclowns, fell out of the stupid tree and hit every damn branch on the way down 😂😂😂
He was one of the best. Got to love a sick imagination😎
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This guy was great... RIP
His last show is amazing.
Bill Hicks would be WAY more famous if he were still alive lol anyone who thinks he only got famous for dying is dead wrong. If Hicks and Carlin and Hitchens were still alive, the state of politics would be completely different in America, and possibly even the whole Western world.
if you were into comedy when he was around, Bill Hicks was absolutely famous. I remember the day he died, Comedy Central (which was mostly standup at the time) dedicated hours of programming to him. I do wish he had been given more time to get bigger, though
Alex Jones
@@harlielewis4075
Lmao i like how you just say his (current) fake name hahaha
Bullshit. Putting that out there might make you feel better or get you “likes”. Carlin and Hicks would have lied down, just like every other comedian has in the last few years.
@@NewNormalWorldOrder He isn't Alex Jones! Fuck, I'm so sick of morons saying that.
This is fantastic! Love Bill Hicks, Never seen this.
Hope Bill Hicks knew how much we loved and cared about Him.....Us Fans
I don't give a shit what any comedian says that hate on bill, if you want to watch a video of perfect comedy timing and delivery. This is it. Regardless of what he's talking about, his delivery is perfect, makes it look and sound so smooth like he's just coming up with it.
I now want to purchase and watch everything this guy ever released.
You'd be doing yourself a huge favor.
Bill was great every time out.
why are there no comedians like this anymore:(
Genius!
When a Legend introduces another Legend
CLASSIC!!!! That is where I first saw Bill. Release this on home video please!!!!!
My grandpa recorded this off of HBO so I watched this whole show over and over as a kid when I'd visit. Some good stuff on there, would love to see it again to see if any of it holds up.
Rd was a unique comic, never equalled. Bill Hicks will NEVER be equalled either. Amazing observationist true to the end
"Damn, Vince. Y'sure she's the one?"
"...wut?"
Love can be anything, and it decided to be deaf lol. Miss you, Bill.
Hope Bill knows that we miss him :/
Lets face it,if rodney dangerfield introduces you, you've made it
That intro was so true
his parents just met last week
Bill was the greatest of all time
There are certain artists I think "well, ok, maybe they passed at the right time." But Hicks, why aren't you still here? Genius left us too soon.
Being in that crowd would be so fucking sweet!
3:00 I'd never seen Bill make that face before.
Looks like elon musk with that face lol
i found my new favorite bill hicks set! this was pure gold
Good lord this looks great
Man this dude just had "it", easily top 3 all time for me.
I live a 40 second walk from dangerfields
Bill Hicks R.I.P. my friend.
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It blows my mind that this actually is the same man playing Alex Jones today. The truth really is stranger than fiction.
i love this man
0:13 huh so that’s where Big L got that line
Uncle Joey sending that fire.
1:11 Holy shit I used to live there! Crazy that he mentioned it.
It’s amazing I can’t believe he named a place that you know, holy shit my mind is blown
Bill was an obscure comic, but funny as hell.
@Abu Dabu not now, but when he was still alive he was relatively unknown- sadly his career only took off just before he died
@Abu Dabu Not sure about how well he was known in the US but in Britain he was huge
@@tobos8909 And you prob know that it was while he was in the U.K. that he came up with the idea of a proramme that he wanted to call "Counts of The Netherworld." This is the only record of its' existence I could find: czcams.com/video/RDpwMzHyHac/video.html
Abu Dabu - ‘gave him’ cancer?
Other than being the heaviest smoker anyone’s ever heard of?
He and Sam Kinison were heavy duty partiers...
@@TheWorld_2099 Agree, the inane society itself made him get addicted to deal with the complete ignorance but then this country is filled with addicts galore of all types just to hack its drudgery, competition and alienation ignorant or not!!
R.I.P Bill Hicks a genius a prophet. Another dead hero. My all time favorite stand up comedians ever. George Carlin second.
@r33mote I agree. He is a bit. He’s terrific as far as he goes, but a one-album wonder that riffed on the same set of songs too often for my liking. 🎶
Im boycotting Dennis Leary...forever...
Greatest set I’ve ever watched
Ahhh Bill ... Righting All The Worlds Wrongs!!!! 😂
I’m kicking over a dust bin right now from laughing
Hearing that last joke clean was interesting yet still pretty graphic. Love it.
Isn't that the guy that does InfoWars?
Yes
Haha
@Broad Sword
Checkout Alex's vids from mid-Nineties [from Texas cable on CZcams] & Bill's vids from mid-Nineties.
If you "believe" that's the same person, you need a Reality Check Conspiracy Theorist.
All the best.
Broad Sword They don’t have the same facial bone structure or voice timbre at all. Hicks skin color is even different. It’s a fun meme but easily disproven. I’ve literally watched hours of Alex Jones and there’s nothing similar about the two men except the chubby cheeks.
Look at Alex Jones opening for Doug Stanhope. It's not Hicks.
That set was perfect
Far from perfect
What a poet rip bill
"..so don't get bitter." hahah
One of the Best!
What a rock star
"Ladies and Gentlemen, give the man a hand! What a set, what a set! Err ..I tell ya, I'm still blushing!"
Hahahah fucking rodney got me laughing even with that little joke
Alex Jones looks so young
They definitely look a like. Very strange, both from Houston too. Anything is possible in this deceitful world we live in.
@@george.s.8491 if you had to walk away from your identity and start a new one from the ground up, wouldn’t the first thing you would do is change cities to lower the chance of being noticed?
@@athiefdom5412 yeah you would think.
@@george.s.8491 Alex claims to be from Dallas
@@bentonja668 Alex is from Salad
4:42 i am convinced that Jason Bateman is sitting bottom right corner....
America was a better place here