KitchenWitch
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Sat Sep-24-05 03:12 AM
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Flame me if you want, but I lurves Denis Leary! |
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Sat Sep-24-05 03:14 AM
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...he got big by ripping off Bill Hicks' act. I think he's pretty funny, but if you want someone in that vein, Bill Hicks stands alone on top. He's a pioneer, a legend, a revolutionary of comedy.
Ever heard/seen his stuff?
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Sat Sep-24-05 03:22 AM
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2. No I have not heard of Bill Hicks |
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Something for me to check out!
:hi:
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Sat Sep-24-05 03:27 AM
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He's unlike any other comedian you've ever seen. It's hard to describe, but he can be pretty abrasive and harsh. But he's razor sharp. I think he's a comic genius. This DVD came out less than a year ago, which has 3 stand-up performances: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0004Z33FK/qid=1127550193/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7636351-0763218?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846BTW, :hi: How are you doing tonight/this morning?
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Sat Sep-24-05 03:33 AM
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4. I am worried about the Gulf Coast |
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My life is fine, but I am such an empath, that shit like the storms really gets me.
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Sat Sep-24-05 03:45 AM
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I was just reading about it on weather.com. Such a shitty situation to be facing right now. x(
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Sat Sep-24-05 10:55 AM
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...FYI: Bill Hicks died in February of '94 - he was 32. Yet most of his stuff is still relevant in 2005.
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Sat Sep-24-05 12:47 PM
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But he is not as terribly original as everyone is pushing.
They obviously haven't paid heed to who HE ripped off, such as Carlin, Pryor, or Lenny Bruce.
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Sat Sep-24-05 12:49 PM
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16. I never heard of Bill Hicks either. Got some learning to do. |
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Sat Sep-24-05 12:51 PM
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18. Read my posts in here before you do |
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He is great, but a tad overhyped in his originality. Don't expect as much as is being promised.
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Sat Sep-24-05 06:33 PM
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32. Thanks for the heads-up! |
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:55 PM
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29. Seek out his albums "Shock and Awe" and "Rant in E Minor" now! |
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Some of the most brilliant stand-up I've ever heard.
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Sat Sep-24-05 10:58 AM
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Edited on Sat Sep-24-05 10:59 AM by jane_pippin
Though I did laugh at Leary once in a while too.
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Sat Sep-24-05 05:17 AM
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6. Another reason we must have been seperated at birth... |
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Check out Rescue Me on FX...
And, The Ref.....
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Sat Sep-24-05 10:58 AM
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8. Rescue Me is wickedly hilarious! |
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I love that show.
The Ref was good too.
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Sat Sep-24-05 11:05 AM
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:07 PM
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19. It is so well written...... |
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The woman firefighter is now a regular on Numbers.....
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:23 PM
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The interaction of the characters grabs me too. I didn't know she was on another show. Goes to show you the power of networking in show biz.
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:25 PM
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21. Last night was the first show ot the season... |
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Numbers is really good....
It's about mathematics as applied in a forensic manner....
Ridley Scott is behind it...
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:33 PM
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22. Yeah I remember the show. |
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I saw the pilot and new it was coming as a regular show this fall. Just didn't know when it was.
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WCGreen
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:37 PM
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23. It is definatly worth watching...... |
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:40 PM
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24. Oh, I guess that's what the Rescue Me storyline was about |
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her leaving the firehouse on account of the SOB nearly boyfriend. :crazy:
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WCGreen
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:44 PM
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25. Yea, but he was so stupid about it... |
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You know it pained him...
The first time he was ever in love and he didn;t know how to handle it...
don't the probe and that other guy remind you of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (sp) from Hamlet....
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:51 PM
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27. I hadn't thought about it |
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but it makes sense. :-)
Good obeservation. :thumbsup:
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:54 PM
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28. That is why that show is so great.... |
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They take their time developing the characters....
Even the minor one's...
Like the lesbian wife beater....
That really happens a lot...
A good fifteen percent of the women that came through the batter womans shelter I was on the board of came from same sex relationships...
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:58 PM
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That's disturbing. :-(
Maybe it's my bias, but you would think women would be inclined to treat each other better.
And yes, I know, abusers were often abused as children. Still sad, though. :-(
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Sat Sep-24-05 02:01 PM
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31. The theory, and it was just a theory... |
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was that a lot of women express their sexuality based on how their fathers treated their mothers.....
Men too, for that matter....
So, the brutality that may have caused some to turn away from men, will be expressed in their relationship to their partner....
It was just a theory put forth by a couple of the social workers....
No study or anythig...
Just something they were going to look into....
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Sat Sep-24-05 11:17 AM
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When he does the talk shows he's such a great person too.
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Sat Sep-24-05 12:07 PM
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12. As other posters have mentioned, he got his ENTIRE ACT from Bill Hicks. |
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And Hicks was a lot better at it, too.
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Sat Sep-24-05 12:37 PM
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And knew damn well Leary was ripping him off; he mentioned it more than a few times in his own act...
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Sat Sep-24-05 12:46 PM
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And although I love Bill Hicks, he is overrated in his originality.
Hick owes HIS act to George Carlin (a bigger pioneer than Hicks ever was) and Carlin owes HIS to Lenny Bruce.
Don't forget the trails blazed by Richard Pryor too... but Lenny Bruce is the Founder of Modern Standup Comedy.
So enjoy Leary, enjoy Hicks... but remember ALL contemporary comedians stole from someone else.
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Sat Sep-24-05 12:50 PM
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17. It's the "Irish thing" IMHO |
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Sat Sep-24-05 01:44 PM
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26. LO! Rescue Me has Irish Catholic |
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written all over it! :D
The thing I like about it, is it deals with theology, The Church, and people's responses to them in an honest, gritty way, not a fake everything's nice-nice way.
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Sat Sep-24-05 06:41 PM
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33. Rescue is one of the best shows on TV |
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