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OK, fine, Sam Kinison blew goats for quarters, but don't you DARE insult Rainbow Mother-effing Brite! Back the hell off!

Didn’t Vader say something about these new technological terrors that we're constructing? I've yet to twitter, and I'm not dying to. I still write letters to my old man.

A.s I a.m t.h.i.r.t.y.s.e.v.e.n I h.a.v.e n.o.t. s.e.e.n t.h.e.s.e m.o.v.i.e.s n.o.r c.a.n. I type vry good.

C.e.e.p up The g.o.o.d Wo.r.k.

OMG W.h.e.r.e d.o. a.l.l t.h.e.s.e dot.s comef rom?

And yes, I watched Rodney Dangerfield's Young Comedians Special featuring Sam, Bob Nelson and Bob Saget, among others...as it originally aired! Boy howdy, I'm decrepit.

Wait, The Clapper isn't around anymore? Balls.

I have no prior knowledge of Fogler. I've not seen anything he's been in, so I don't have an opinion on him. I'll watch the video (is it still called video?) when I get home, so I can wear my bifocals...

Tweet? Twat? What? You kids, get off my lawn! Apparently 38 is the new 75. Sam Kinison was on constant rotation in college. Along with Carlin and at the time, Andrew Dice Clay. Or course Dice is still alive...great.

The Dow is up 220, hopefully it'll hold but I doubt it. More than likely there will be some slippage, not much mind you, but some.

I watched Sam Kinison when I was definitely too young to be doing so. My parents were not so into changing their viewing habits to shield my brother and me. I clearly remember watching a Bette Midler comedy special on HBO when I was young. The Divine Miss M declared, "If they can't take a joke, fuck 'em!" I turned to my parents and said, "Yeah! Fuck 'em!" Ah, the formative years of those raised in the 80s...

Anyone else feel the urge to buy some Gold Bond powder?

I won a Sam Kinison album in 1988.

I don't 100% agree with the "nailed it" aspect here. While the voice, the mannerisms, the primal yell are all dead on, the "comedy" is missing. That clip makes me feel uncomfortable, sad for the guy on stage. What a miserable life he's got. The real Sam made me commiserate with him on, albiet a level I have been fortunate enough to avoid, but still. I understood the feelings he was going through and why he had to laugh about it or explode. But we laughed with him. Fogler has me checking the program to see who's next and how soon.

I'd rather not be young enough to enjoy the comic stylings of Dane Cook rather than Kenison and Hicks.

Ha ha...old people are old. In other news...how old are you, Dustin? Just wonderin...

I remember thinking Kinnison was a little bit of a one-trick pony. Yeah, he was kinda funny, but the yelling schtick got on my nerves. Regardless, I'm glad to see him being honored. He's from when comedy was good.

Now who's gonna play George Carlin in the biopic of his life?

Twig, don't forget about George Carlin. I miss him.

I wish someone would tell Dane Cook he isn't funny.

I wish someone would tell Dane Cook he isn't funny.

I'd like to volunteer. With a shotgun.

I'd rather not be young enough to enjoy the comic stylings of Dane Cook rather than Kenison and Hicks

Ah yes. I have all of Bill Hicks' material. Now there was a true philosophical comedic genius.

It's Aspercreme, not cabbage.

Clap on! *clap clap*

Clap off! *clap clap*

Clap on, clap off! The clapper!!

That jingle still haunts my nightmares, so thanks for bringing it right on back to the forefront there, Dusty.)

Also, Sam Kinison always kind of annoyed me. He was pretty goddamned funny, though.

Optimus, that's the combined smell of cabbage, moth balls, and BenGay you smell. It's old in here.

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So he evoked Sam Kinison, but he wasn't funny. Then again, neither was Sam Kinison. I have no dsire to watch a biopic about Sam Kinison. It's too late. Who cares?

Oh, and I am calling it TWATTERING from now on!~
Thank you!

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has heard of Sam Kinison. I'm not his biggest fan, but I get so tired of talking to people about him or Bill Hicks and getting blank stares(yeah, I know, who doesn't know who Hicks is..apaarentely lots of people)

I am 28 so I guess I'm not "old". But I just don't understand people who weren't comedy nerds in high school.

What were they doing with their time? Oh...having sex. Nevermind

i may have to get that box down from teh attic that has the sam kinison tapes in it. and steven wright. and ellen degenres when she pretended to be straight.

oh wait. those are all betamax.

I remember Kinison mostly as misogynistic to the point that I would hit my boyfriend for the things Kinison said.

...DRINK!!!

You mean I'm supposed to get paid for being a dame? Damn, Pookie, I've been missing out for years...thanks for the info.

I liked Fogler on Broadway, but I kind of agree with Duane and Chickaboom here. I don't know if he's trying to put too much inner pain behind the performance or what it is, but as much as he has the rage it rings hollow. There's no life behind the eyes. Still though, for just a screen test it's not bad.

FrumpieFox:

Yeah. Dan Fogelberg died last year. I can't remember if it was heart disease or cancer. Must have been cancer. No-one in Boulder ever gets heart disease. There's a law against it (pushed by the evil granola lobby).

Kinison wasn't a happy man. That's the thing with most comedians. A lot of them aren't really happy. Making others laugh is their coping mechanisms, which sometimes come with drugs or alcohol.

When I was child I was scared of Sam Kinison. Like, crazy scared. He reminded me of that scene in Beauty and the Beast when the Beast yelled "She can go ahead and STARVE!!!"

Oof. Shivers.

I AM too young to remember Kinison, but I can tell you right now that I would never have been a fan. I hate people screaming. Hate it. It's deeply upsetting to me for no discernible reason except that I had a third grade teacher who would regularly scream at my class. It barely even matters if I would have found what he was saying amusing because the yelling would have absolutely killed it for me.

I will not see this movie. Ever. Because of the screaming.

Face it, many of us have long since peaked.

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........and when did they cancel Matlock?

Oh, the Clapper is still around and available at your local hardware store.

I put one on a lamp in my bedroom awhile ago but it kept turning the light on in the middle of the night when I coughed. Or rolled over.

So, still the same great 80s technology.

Kinison's act was pretty funny at first, however he soon became a sad parody of himself. He stopped doing material & began resorting to his shtick completely, he wasn't funny anymore soon thereafter. Coke, strippers, booze & hair metal were his undoing.

Same thing happened to Dice, except Dice had way less material than Sam & quickly ran his act into the ground. He's still doing it, in fact, same jokes.

That first Rodney Dangerfield HBO special was one of the TV highlights of the 80's IMO. Even Tim fucking Allen was funny back then.

Yeah I'm fucking old but I was pirating music & software back when some of you youngsters were still rolling around on the floor with your WWF action figures, so tweet that, you bastards.

Genny/Rusty I honestly feel like screaming/yelling is like verbal violence. I know that sounds sort of crazy, but I've unfortunately seen way too many teachers do nothing but scream at kids and they're just constantly rattled. That's just not cool, you know? I can't stand yelling, either. REALLY can't stand it. Unless someone is in imminent danger, there's no reason for it.

He got the breathing into the mic thing. Wow. And the laugh's pretty close.

I'd like to think that's where Fogler's taking this. He's showing us what Sam didn't: that Sam may have been the most unhappy comedian of his generation.

Posted by: Baldo at April 2, 2009 12:37 PM

That's a beautiful theory, Baldo *sniff*.

It's unfathomable to me that Fogler could put that much creative thought and energy into a performance...but it's a nice theory.

Kinison rocked in the day. Yeah, he became a parody of himself, and yeah, he could be uncomfortably misogynistic -- but why stop when you're right? AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Phat girl, I have to disagree with you. Painful humor is the best kind. And now that I've made the statement, I can't think of a good example. Damn.

Siiiiiigh. I was old enough to remember Sam, and I didn't like him.

Actually I am old enough to have gone to college with Dan Fogler. Which I did. And he was very nice and threw wicked good off campus parties with free booze and his crazy hot flatmates.

So since he's the only one from our class that I can point to on the TV and go, hey I took voice & speech with him! I think he should keep making movies. Balls of Fury was not his fault and he's a nice guy, really.