Today is a sad anniversary. Today marks the 15th anniversary of the death of my favorite comic, Sam Kinison. Sam was killed in by a teenage drunk driver, which is ironic since at the beginning of one of his albums, he does a bit about supporting drunk driving. Sam's comedy antics and topics that he discussed irritated a lot of people, but for me, at that time in my life, it was as if Sam has said "Here's everything that's going on in your life....and here's why it's funny as hell." Women problems, drugs, hypocracy of evangelists, homosexual necrophilia, nothing was too taboo for Sam to talk about and make fun of. Sam used to be a traveling preacher and would make religion a big part of his act.
Sam's concerts in the 80's and 90's sold out across America. He had friends all over the entertainment world and he would be featured in many music videos and he featured them in his. For those of you not old enough, imagine someone more popular than Dane Cook and Mitch Hedberg combined.
For those of you who don't know about Sam's comedy, you can find out more about him at www.kinison.com
We'll miss you Sam.
Here's two videos which will tell you what kind of comic Sam was.
His first appearance on Letterman
His appearance in the 1986 comedy "Back To School"
Or just do a search on Youtube for "Sam Kinison" and you'll see what I mean.
Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com
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