Bill Interview on E!Entertainment July 9, 1992 that's never been posted before.

An interview upon the release of Relentless. It is very much of the time mentioning Madonna, Tipper Gore, Ross Perot, Michael Jackson and Princess Di.
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[@jayd.o.t]

Any day you find rare bill hicks footage is a good day

[@jamiew1664]

thats not even your joke... thats mitch hedbergs

[@pena.3302]

Think it's Fair to say too..That Bill was an Absolute Professional as in he Knew what it meant to be on'/+'Vis Versa..to what he would've made of these times..(Who could Say..!)But he didn't Ever Shy Away from.All the Topic's re;The 1'st Iraq war"They were in 'Hog Heaven'.!(-.@Reckless'), think)Its my belief, he'd of found his way..!.He could've moved into Movies..etc.;&PS;I'd recommend seeing ' American' 'The Bill Hicks Story".on the Cover is Bill with an Stars &Stripes.bandana gag..👍🥰

[@poindextertunes]

@@pena.3302ppl call me a theorist but i really don’t the folks in charge would’ve ever let this man be famous. he was too though provoking. too anti-establishment. RIP to a legend 🙏

[@jamesinsell3131me]

​@pena.3302 it was 'Relentless'- but you still know what your Talking about mate...😊.

[@jamesinsell3131me]

​@@poindextertunesfuckin right! ✅️ 👏 😊... he had to come to England to be fully appreciated, after he won the Best Comedian at the Edinburgh Festival... nice comment Geez 👌 😊.

[@bshaun]

He'd be 61 years old today; gone for almost 29 years already. This damn ride's almost over for a lot of us.

[@Nintendoman851]

But…it’s just a ride 🥲all the greats gone way too soon. Glad George Carlin lived to his 80s.

[@hasselett]

​@@Nintendoman851Carlin actually only made it to 71.

[@FilmThePoliceFTP]

He's still here... he's the host of info wars

[@roelofzinn8227]

Bill Hicks is the GOAT... boy

[@raycar1165]

Lol

[@haolekoa737]

First class comment.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@CitizenPain69]

THIS might jus' be The BEST Compliment...Ever.

[@mikesiemens7266]

Huhuhu… glad to see Goatboy’s seed has spread… huuhuuu

[@kkeelty64]

The offhand way he says "it's going to take a very special woman, you know... or, a bunch of average ones." OMG! His timing was immaculate.

[@OniKabukisan]

"Hey I want you to meet my wife and sister..."

[@luzdaviola]

And I don't think the other guy got the joke or even realised it was a joke.

[@vlachyna]

So classy… there are no more special…

[@giovannispaghetteo455]

Haha you can here the dude in the back laughing

[@dawson8364]

"Yeah, I found a picture of my inner child on a milk carton." - Bill Hicks.

[@dangerousbeans8067]

Miss you Bill ,can't imagine what you would make of the world today but I am sure you would make us laugh 💥💥

[@byjamie-hillierrubis]

Laugh & cry, he'd wipe his arse with this current bullshit! 💖🙏🌻

[@joey4track]

He would have the best podcast that's for sure

[@ericpreston5826]

@@joey4track I don't see him having a podcast lol

[@joesaintjames6221]

I love Bill for 21 years now, he's with me every day and we never met, I was 12 when he died, 18 when I heard Rant in E minor on a cd my friend Kevin gave me and it changed my life, everything Bill says in reference to politics goes double for the evil government of today, and with this clip I've never seen, he just made us all laugh, he's with us because he gave us his Art 👌🏼🤘🏻🙏🏼

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@samfallow18]

'This is a non-smoking building by the way.' 'Well, not any more.'

[@Charlotte66666]

Bill was amazing, intelligent and incredibly funny.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@ShEDDiNgmYSkiN]

I didn't hear of Bill until 1997 with the release of the Tool album Ænima. I was 14. His comedy certainly resonated with me, and he died too young. RIP Bill.

[@user-he2hw8mo3r]

Great name

[@DETRACT0RD00M]

Learn to Swim

[@Beartown14]

“Get in touch with your outer adult”

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Most nowadays can't even cope with their all too visible Child! It is like living in a Kindergarten. Make a perfectly reasonable comment and 'You are e NASTY' No I am educated. Thankfully I was born when we still had one. And were taught How to think, not What

[@happydawg2663]

Bill was so much ahead of his time, it's sad we lost him so early. Man, I would like to hear what he would say about today's society.

[@zachpokorny5573]

His insight is just incredible. I wish more people were as open minded as he was.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖

[@jamesinsell3131me]

Tell me about it mate...😊

[@AndyAcker]

The inner child/outer adult point at the end was actually really insightful.

[@rushshukla4636]

Bill was well ahead of the curve. I learned much wisdom from him especially the art of critical thinking which is not accepting everything you're told. He was always reading and that struck me as a gateway to an open mind and freedom.

[@derekmyers3258]

He changed my life, and the life of others I've influenced in a very positive way. People who don't even know Bill, they know him without realizing it.

[@justgivenofox9543]

What did he read?

[@smokenstein]

I want to read what he's reading

[@Pollutical]

When I die and appear at the pearly gates, saint peter will greet me by saying "I know what you're gonna ask. Shut up and come in. Hicks starts his set in 5 minutes."

[@r3b3lvegan89]

This needs to become an Indy film ASAP. That’s actually pretty good man lol.

[@Dominian1]

Heaven is a comedy club where everybody smokes and Mitch Hedberg opens for 30 minutes before George Carlin does his entire special and then Bill Hicks does his hour.

[@felixftw4702]

@@Dominian1 well, that actually does sound like a place on earth the way i see it is, heaven is scary and hell is funny why do you think there is so much suffering in the world? people would rather stay in their mind in fantasy than lose it and go crazy

[@TheListOf]

I miss you, Bill Hicks. Even though I didn't find you until long after you'd passed.

[@jimgouthro9236]

Same here.

[@jayd.o.t]

Ditto

[@wtfsamusidk7574]

Sane Man

[@dpclerks09]

He would've passed Diogenes' test of looking for an honest man in daylight (which he did with a lamp).

[@JoltNet]

Bill, we need your voice today more than ever. Can we petition God to resurrect you?

[@sterlingray3982]

I'll sign the petition.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

Me too .I just watched something else where the scummentators were whining 'He is boring, he just repeats the same jokes! Run that by me again? In a world where the attention span is more s a than a gnat and people actually had to connect with each other, you demand people rewrite their material Every Night just for you? Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address at least 3 times. Dr King did the 'Dream' about 5. Every time they go to a concert they hear a song that the artist may have been singing for 30 years! Depending on age of course! We seem to have bred a new race Home Credulous!

[@OniKabukisan]

He haunts my mind constantly. Maybe I should just let him possess me... Lmao

[@dpclerks09]

@@OniKabukisan "I was born William Melvin Hicks on December 16, 1961, in Valdosta, Georgia. Ugh. Melvin Hicks from Georgia. Yee Har! I already had gotten off to life on the wrong foot. I was always "awake," I guess you'd say. Some part of me clamoring for new insights and new ways to make the world a better place. All of this came out years down the line, in my multitude of creative interests that are the tools I now bring to the Party. Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. I'd read these words and off I went-dreaming my own imaginative dreams. Exercising them at will, eventually to form bands, comedy, more bands, movies, anything creative. This is the coin of the realm I use in my words - Vision. On June 16, 1993 I was diagnosed with having "liver cancer that had spread from the pancreas." One of life's weirdest and worst jokes imaginable. I'd been making such progress recently in my attitude, my career and realizing my dreams that it just stood me on my head for a while. "Why me!?" I would cry out, and "Why now!?" Well, I know now there may never be any answers to those particular questions, but maybe in telling a little about myself, we can find some other answers to other questions. That might help our way down our own particular paths, towards realizing my dream of New Hope and New Happiness. Amen I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit."

[@zovalentine7305]

Rest in powerful peace Bill Hicks🙏 16 December 1961 ~ 26 February 1994⚘

[@RobertoDiego737]

Sagittarius legend. The man is truly missed.

[@Truth5eeker33]

Didn’t know he died just before Cobain

[@CraigMansfield]

32!? Is that all!? God that's tragic. I wish he was here today.... Smashing all the ludicrous things in the world.

[@Perspectemony]

he improvises so quickly, "I put the cigarette out on their eyeball. CAUTION: cigarettes may cause blindness" lol

[@danielwilliams239]

WTF. How have I only just seen this???? Thanks so much for posting. Amazing to see anything for the first time with Bill. Missed enormously ❤️

[@ebrahimgheewala963]

I've watched so much of Bill, but I'd never heard the sneaking out story, thank you for uploading this ❤️

[@alexmadd325]

They go into detail with those sneaking out stories on Bill hicks: American.

[@ebrahimgheewala963]

@@alexmadd325 gonna go watch it right now!

[@duanemartin7742]

the questions are a set up for some of his material. Bill thinks so fast on his feet he didn't even need it. Relentless and Dangerous. Thanks for the upload. Good Christmas present! 🎄

[@jontspam4134]

It was more candid than many interviews I've heard of his, I think they actually got on OK and had something like a conversation. When he's got a really bad interviewer he'll just plow through his material and makes sure the audience knows where he's playing.

[@IamMiXeM]

Fantastic to see Bill. The World misses you Sir. 🌍❤☘

[@dpclerks09]

🌎❤🙏

[@SK-le1gm]

Super impressed with the interviewer too. We need you back Bill

[@dpclerks09]

He never left ❤🙏 "I was born William Melvin Hicks on December 16, 1961, in Valdosta, Georgia. Ugh. Melvin Hicks from Georgia. Yee Har! I already had gotten off to life on the wrong foot. I was always "awake," I guess you'd say. Some part of me clamoring for new insights and new ways to make the world a better place. All of this came out years down the line, in my multitude of creative interests that are the tools I now bring to the Party. Writing, acting, music, comedy. A deep love of literature and books. Thank God for all the artists who've helped me. I'd read these words and off I went-dreaming my own imaginative dreams. Exercising them at will, eventually to form bands, comedy, more bands, movies, anything creative. This is the coin of the realm I use in my words - Vision. On June 16, 1993 I was diagnosed with having "liver cancer that had spread from the pancreas." One of life's weirdest and worst jokes imaginable. I'd been making such progress recently in my attitude, my career and realizing my dreams that it just stood me on my head for a while. "Why me!?" I would cry out, and "Why now!?" Well, I know now there may never be any answers to those particular questions, but maybe in telling a little about myself, we can find some other answers to other questions. That might help our way down our own particular paths, towards realizing my dream of New Hope and New Happiness. Amen I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit."

[@cameronhopkins1276]

Awesome interview ,just as relevant these days. Bill was way ahead of his time. He was taken to soon .

[@r3b3lvegan89]

I mean he did mention in Texas 93’ he was ready to go hang with the ETs in the 5th dimension. He just made good on his word lol.

[@emmasayers7576]

Bill's words of wisdom often enter my head and give me comfort and all-out belly laughs. I feel that sweet pain of love and loss, although I never even met him. It's a fraction of what his loved ones must feel, so I thank you so much for sharing this.

[@SuperSenis]

Love how he leans into the shot at the beginning.

[@tilaman2438]

Bill Hicks. Brilliant! I have to say this interviewer was very professional as well.

[@chuckschickbaldtacos]

Thanks for this upload.. Bill hadn’t even come close to his prime. In an alternate reality I would love to see his insights from the 30 years he missed.

[@BradyIsAfagInHeat]

Man I would absolutely love to hear Bills take on this shit world we live in now. Id love to see a sit down with Bill Hicks and Rogan.

[@muaddib667]

So Bill could embarrass Joe for his ever growing conservatism? I'd watch that.

[@TheListOf]

@@muaddib667 You must've forgotten they're both U.S. citizens and patriots.

[@rabidtSaint]

@@muaddib667 Bill Hicks using preferred pronouns 😹

[@napoleoncorneliusscipio5141]

@@TheListOf Bill Hicks hated the general idea of "patriotism". He tried to appreciate individuals but hated politics and this idea a country is better than so and so. You get?

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

Rogan??? Hell naw

[@everydogandhisman4294]

Bill is sorely missed

[@napoleoncorneliusscipio5141]

This is fascinating. Bill Hicks is way ahead of his time.

[@stephenpriola4301]

Bill would open for TOOL… one of the ground breaking comics!!

[@TheDiceMan6]

Thank you for this.. The world needs Bill, now more than ever... The comedic voice of reason..

[@jamesinsell3131me]

Thank "you" mate, ALways brilliant 👏 to see 👀 People who Love Bill as much as I do Thanks man...😉.

[@_keato]

awwwww, bill looks so great here! thanks for sharing this, steve! ❤️

[@zovalentine7305]

Fresh, bright-eyed & young 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤠🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@tomasgomez9925]

We need him more than ever 😭 gone too soon…

[@noru_ego]

Thank you Steve, love

[@poindextertunes]

You can see the “boy who loves comedy” in him when he smiles. he was the genuine article

[@mrmukura]

Bill Lives.

[@salvadorslim3234]

This is GOLD thanks for uploading We get a lil more bill 💸

[@kenbrownfield6584]

Bill was and still is great. One of the best.

[@rootkite]

It's so good to see this for the first time, with a proper interviewer; thank you. It really makes me miss Bill, and imagine how he'd react to our times. And it's good to see him being so open and comfortable here. I wish he had gotten the help he needed for his mental wellbeing. So much love to Goat Boy/poet/prophet BH out there in hyperspace ✊️✨️

[@7Alberto7]

God Bill....we need you so bad....

[@thinkfloyd2594]

Did you get reviewed for it? We love and miss you Bill. Much love for posting this.

[@TheSabado215]

Good ol´days with Bill laughing. Hero.

[@MichaelSmith-ts9oi]

HERO.

[@vasilislolos]

thank you for uploading the archives

[@yzettasmith4194]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@SIMPO94]

Thank you so much for the upload!

[@vanessajeanne]

Thanks for sharing this, Steve!

[@DaPoopIsInDaPudding]

Thanks for posting these.

[@lauraapalmerr]

Bill leaning into frame before being completely introduced is so him😂😭😂😂

[@TheSteveSteele]

Funniest night ever when I saw him in ‘92 in Houston. 😂 😭

[@scottward6974]

He was a thinker/writer/performer and wasn't the kind of spontaneously witty comedian that does really funny interviews. But he did raise the bar in comedy and influenced a lot of comics that came after him. His material on the kennedy assassination and the iraq war was outstanding!

[@RobertoDiego737]

THANK YOU 4 THE UPLOAD! 👍

[@wacobites]

I love that his joke @:45 went right over the interviewer's head, but somebody in the back started cracking up.

[@tomsteer3485]

Nah the interviewer totally got it, that’s why he said they have some average women waiting after the show. I feel like this guy really got Bill, it’s one of the best interviews I have seen with him IMHO

[@r3b3lvegan89]

Lol that means he didn’t get it. The part where he points out words that politicians wouldn’t like, this guy is just oblivious and tacky.

[@XxDiNeVsKixX]

This is amazing to see. Not much footage like this.

[@aliecarey]

This made my day ❤

[@michaelroven5308]

Gotta love the tracking after the commercial break, ah good times. Man do we need Bill now more than ever. Love you Bill lost but NEVER forgotten.

[@elmo777]

Thank you Steve

[@austincreel8318]

This is a great bday present. Thank you !

[@MillionBlue]

~ Rest in Eternity, Bill ~

[@SkitsoXXS]

Seeing his face always brings tears to my eyes. The only reason I believe in religion, Bill, is becuase of the unlikely promise that we'd meet on the other side. You're one of those people I'd gladly devote myself to a religion if promised such a meeting.

[@gabrielbuitrago3255]

Thanks for sharing

[@aidykathleen]

God he looks amazing here, with his beard…. “Goooooat Boy; yes my love?”

[@fragilesoulofthespotless80]

Gone so soon

[@robertyerry8118]

My Comedy Idol , Miss you Bill

[@ilamaksenoj2149]

Love this man's perspective I'm blessed that it's also funny

[@sterlingray3982]

He and Carlin were the most courageous comedians ever!

[@MikeF031]

Yes, I agree. Too bad most didn't take them seriously.

[@sloanefrances1189]

“It’s gonna take a very special woman or a bunch of regular ones” too good

[@shandonsahm3343]

We need bill now more than ever ..my fave comedian by far..

[@marieharrington3573]

Nearly 60, he would be. *sigh* Thanks, Steve dude x

[@JeremyHall]

those shoulder pads

[@Goatchild90]

Happy 60th Bill we miss you dearly

[@BeComedyUK]

Love you Bill

[@huntercat12]

way ahead of his time.was that for shadowing

[@lancashirebomber9744]

goatboy, back to defile us

[@headbobgunpants4858]

A true savage with real substance.

[@hausofvishy8695]

Brilliant 🌷

[@kyleabent]

wow nice interview i never saw this before. The Dark Poet era!

[@scottmasson3039]

If you look at the liner notes of Radiohead’s “bends” album, you’ll see they dedicated it to Bill Hicks. Probably most hardcore fans know that, but just putting it out there for those that hadn’t seen it yet.

[@willg.6168]

Love it how Bill keeps getting in the guys shot to get a sip.

[@AndyAcker]

Further proof that Bill was effortlessly, casually funny.

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

I bought Ænima in mid-1997 and had no idea why the comedy on the intro to the last track didn't sound like Maynard. Seven years later I bought Rant in E-Minor on CD and Relentless/Revelations on DVD.

[@2NDFLB]

▪️ Maynard turned out to be quite the little soft stepping sell out... ⬛

[@pena.3302]

Bill Hicks 'AMERICAN'-Yes its All there.. Everything.!

[@bowlingstoned2113]

Miles ahead of the rest of them 💯 we didn't deserve Bill.

[@Tophe]

Legend

[@gillbawden]

I love you Bill

[@RoseClimbPaintC]

"Fundamentally incorrect" 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@grungetruck8243]

👍

[@ksp4151]

Bill

[@Halbared]

I wonder what Bill would make of today.

[@donniecatalano]

I wish he could still be with us, so he would tell us about social media and its idiots

[@elmo777]

Bill is awesome. The interviewer rubs me the wrong way

[@1DaTJo]

Yeah he doesn’t even get Bill’s jokes, and he’s too busy trying to be funnier, which he will never ever be.

[@chrishernandez3699]

He's exactly the kind of guy Bill would mock in one of his bits about corporate tv stooges. Bill always seems to be pretty cordial with people in person when he's not doing his act.

[@themitchies]

Interviewers always try to be funny with comedians, it usually doesn’t work out.

[@MediaFilter]

Bill voluntarily shakes his hand at the end. He would never offer that to someone he didn't like. He's not rubbing Bill the wrong way, so not sure what your problem with the guy is. Is it is hair? Does his hair offend you?

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

Bill Hicks transcended being a standup comic into being a philosopher even better than George Carlin did IMHO because Bill had a greater incorporation of a peaceful spirituality compared to Carlin's nihilism.

[@r3b3lvegan89]

Carl wasn’t a nihilist at all, because that would mean there is meaning to materialism and brainwashing and vanity and ignorance which is how amerikkka is ran. He just saw the whole truth for what it is when it comes to corruption and monopolization and oppression. He tried to warn people in his specials. His interview with John Stewart clearly shows he’s a warm hearted grandpa who doesn’t take himself too seriously while being very aware of how things really are. That’s not nihilism but opinions are always nice.

[@r3b3lvegan89]

Bill and George were 2 sides of the same coin. Two different styles but the same heart felt intelligence and creativity and compelling to expose corruption while making it funny as fuck. Like they were very similar minds.

[@MediaFilter]

Carlin was a nihilist. He embodied a kind of negativity which Bill had, but also didn't have. If you read his autobiography, you see there really was a genuine light in Bill that even life's negativities could not extinguish. Bill was definitely transcendent in some way. I reckon he walked toward the light.

[@sterlingray3982]

Bill realized the truth of our eternal nature.

[@perpetualmotion357]

I found Bill to me funnier and way more animated than Carlin. His jokes were fantastic and then he goes above and beyond with his ability to create a soundboard to go with everything. He was the total package. Never seen anyone funnier.

[@glicmathan1771]

Wow a lost gem!!! Only time I’ve ever heard him do a Ross Perot impression!!

[@Lindathedoggielady]

"Going to take a special woman, or a bunch of average ones"!!!

[@Roland85]

Interviewer didn't even bother to listen to the masterpiece he's holding 😔

[@JiggyMiggytv]

I’d pay a lot of money to watch an hour set from him talking about what’s going on now. George Carlin too. RIP to both

[@noodle4492]

Good clip.

[@gallifreyfallsnomore1262]

You can really see he hated doing these sorts of interviews.

[@napoleoncorneliusscipio5141]

Elaborate, please?

[@r3b3lvegan89]

It’s pretty obvious lol. Some people have trouble with picking up on nuances and tonality and body language let alone what questions he’s being asked. It’s pretty usual sadly. Very few genuinely interested journalists/interviewers who are intelligent and hospitable.

[@MediaFilter]

Maybe. But he voluntarily offers a handshake to the guy at the end. The rapport was fine, I don't see a problem. It's part of the job of touring & self-promotion. Maybe he didn't like the interviews but this dude was really okay and Bill was okay with him. Bill must have been used to people not getting his every joke.