Comedy Central listed him as 19th in their show ‘100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time’.
In 2003 The Guardian ran a story on Bill Hicks, reporting that “Indeed far from fading away, as most comics tend to do, he was becoming a bigger star with each passing year.“
Bill Hicks was never one to mince words, and this 1989 taping at the “Laugh Stop” in Austin, TX. is certainly no exception. In this set, Bill touches on several issues from smoking, to drugs, to religion, to pornography, to musical pop culture. This was Bill at the height of his career. He was exceedingly vibrant and full of life. Thanks to Bill’s friend Kevin Booth, we now have this as a piece of his lasting legacy.
The intro is a bit long, but the fun starts 2 minutes in…
Video is now broken up in several pieces, watch the other parts.
