Sam Kinison

[BootinUp]

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1. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

[PoliticAverse]

3. is still dead?...

[BigOleDummy]

4. I used to think

Sam was very funny. He was, but I recently watched one of his stand up routines again and was extremely dismayed at what I saw. Yes, his routine about religion was hilarious (and truthfully its the one I mainly remember), but then he went on a homophobic rant/routine that just left me agog at the insensitivity and just plain hate that left me shaking my head. I deleted my copy of that night's stand up and very seriously doubt I'll ever watch him again. Very saddened and disappointed by what I saw and heard.

[LeftInTX]

5. Couldn't stand him.

My husband liked him and we only had one TV at the time.

[red dog 1]

6. Sam Kinison was great in Back To School w/Rodney Dangerfield

He played Professor Terguson:

"You remember that thing we had about 30 years ago called the Korean Conflict?
And how we failed to achieve victory?
How come we didn't cross the 38th parallel and push those rice-eaters back to the Great Wall of China? [rips a desk apart] Then take the fucking wall apart brick by brick and nuke them back into the fucking stone age forever?!
Tell me why!
How come?!
Say it!
Say it!"

[BootinUp]

7. He offends just about everyone, but

I also have to acknowledge his acting performance ability and biting humor.

[red dog 1]

8. I always liked him

He was definitely "one-of-a-kind"

[Awsi Dooger]

9. Never liked him

Saw him in town all the time in Las Vegas, mostly near the Sands. He always had dismissive body language as if he were so far superior to the people walking nearby who recognized him and said something to him. Not once did I see him give any type of decent courteous response.

[BootinUp]

10. He's dead now. nt

[Mr.Bill]

11. I liked him. I think of him like Andrew Dice Clay.

He said a lot of annoying things and insulted groups of people, but I saw it in the context of playing a character.

I saw him live once in a theater in the round in San Carlos, CA. I'll tell you this, a few people found out that night that it was not a good idea to heckle him.

[edbermac]

12. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Brilliant! 😂

[BootinUp]

16. Johnny's laugh at the end sounded different than usual

Great find, thanks.

[Bucky]

14. His routine on the bombing of Libya was equally appalling and hilarious

I don't expect perfect politics from my comedians. And I'm usually turned off by abrasive and abusive personalities. But somehow he made it work. You can see the inside pain more than the hurtfulness he was mimicking

[Floyd R. Turbo]

15. Thought of him as more a social satirist than comedian!

Although funny he like Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, et al could and did make many uncomfortable.