Tuesday, April 13, 2010

FAVORITE STAND UP COMICS

ONE OF MY FAVORITE COMICS ON TODAYS CIRCUIT ....... ITS DANIEL TOSH





BILL HICKS (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) , a man before his time .



For many years, Hicks was friends with fellow comedian Denis Leary. However, in 1993, Hicks was angered by Leary's album No Cure for Cancer. While he had laughed off similarities between the two comedians before, the parallels between the album and Hicks' material (including jokes about smoking, Jim Fixx, and Judas Priest) and tone were clear. Reportedly, upon hearing the album, "Bill was furious. All these years, aside from the occasional jibe, he had pretty much shrugged off Leary's lifting. Comedians borrowed, stole stuff, and even bought bits from one another. Milton Berle and Robin Williams were famous for it. This was different. Leary had, practically line for line, taken huge chunks of Bill's act and recorded it."
The friendship ended abruptly as a result. At least three stand-up comedians have gone on the record stating they believe Leary stole Hicks' material as well as his persona and attitude. In an interview, when Hicks was asked why he had quit smoking, he answered, "I just wanted to see if Denis would, too." In another interview, Hicks famously told an interviewer: "I have a scoop for you. I stole his [Leary's] act. I camouflaged it with punchlines, and to really throw people off, I did it before he did."

STEWART LEE is a British comic who came up with a unique way of stopping other comics from stealing his material ...... here's how it goes .



STEVEN WRIGHT - The Complete Works



CHRIS ROCK



RICKY GERVAISE



NORM MacDONALD (The master of exaggeration)

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