Reviews of Bill Hicks

Not only a brilliantly funny man, but his material does what comedy can be best at doing, it makes you think about what is being said. His delivery is wonderful, years on the circuit honed it. Listen to several versions of the same act, in bootlegs and officials releases, and you can hear the evolution of his timing on a joke until it becomes spot one. One of the greats.

Fearless; he eviscerates his topics: politics, culture, the drug war, religion.  So talented that comedy clubs more interested in booking Gallagher and Carrottop had to take notice.  Amazing.

I feel torn on this guy. Personally, I just think he’s that funny. He’s good at swearing and yelling which at the time he was performing, was new cutting edge, but now its par for the course. I just don’t want to get chastised by the rest of the comedy community for not being in love with Bill Hicks.