Guest Performance: Sam Kinison 1 - Saturday Night Live

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Sam Kinison performs his stand-up. Aired 12/07/85
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[@itsnodawayitustabe5654]

The Hero We Need in these dark times

[@sartainja]

Amen.

[@randymillhouse791]

No, we need prosecutors to jail Trump and his entire family.

[@komicsreviewer8505]

He was a Homophobe dude.

[@thatssomething1]

I think this Fall I'm gonna go for the full Kinison wardrobe look 😆

[@hudsonhawk0016]

Trenchcoat, beret, and Chuck Taylors.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Go for it!

[@MissSunny1966]

Do It!

[@debfortier-arszyla7394]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@adamhawn2523]

Your wife took it all too 😆

[@CHV1257]

I met him once in Laughlin Nevada, Great guy funny as hell

[@CrisisGuildWOW]

He never made it. DIed on 40 on the way.

[@DannyD714]

we lost sam 30 years ago today,and the world hasn't been the same since.

[@jafrasar1]

Your got that right. Miss him greatly..

[@sartainja]

Man, I remember like that day just like it was yesterday. The day the comedy stopped.

[@michaelvega6646]

There will never be a comedian like Screamin' Sam kinison again

[@therealtampadude9175]

Nope. He was truly one of a kind. Gone way too soon.

[@FlyingV1998]

He's what heavy metal and death metal needed for a singer in the early 90s. His AAH scream would've been good for a heavy metal band. Then he did a growl scream towards the middle of the video. He could've used that for a death metal side project. RIP Sam

[@arnoldomartinez1245]

Glad a found a new clip. RIP SAM.

[@robertkaplan3324]

Do you have any idea how great that was? Classic Legendary

[@relentlessflashbackin]

Gosh, I miss him!

[@sampats89]

I don't even rate kinison but that disciples joke slayed me. Brilliant

[@lancecampbell4323]

The audience reaction was “what am I seeing here?”

[@42.0fmthefever5]

The audience is watching a *legend* in the making

[@sartainja]

Exactly.

[@Merylstreep1949]

Ah , Sam, John Belushi, John Candy, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Chris Farley.....hope they are all at peace now

[@mikehersh6192]

It got better Huh. Miss him

[@user-sc1qi3ce7j]

The best!!

[@sammyb1001]

How about Gilda Radner, Jan Hooks, Joan Rivers!!!!

[@beastman1083]

I agree! I just hope that there's a special VIP club where they are all there so I can laugh hearing their cracks on humans and the universe as a whole! Lets include the other guys like Benny Hill, Bob Newhart, Lucy & Desi, Carol Burnett & crew, and Bill Cosby, apart from his faults, and countless others that are fondly remembered. After this life I need to laugh-up a storm. Humans' need a great Yuk it up at their selves.

[@charlier4287]

We don't really die so shut the fuck up 😂😂🤣

[@kevinbuja4373]

“Anybody here in love? Can’t be married!”

[@tombrown8829]

Tulsa has spawned so many entertainers. I'm so lucky to be born here and lived here all my life and to be present when the " Tulsa sound" was born. And to meet Leon Russell.

[@adamhawn2523]

Might be the best closing joke ever 🤣

[@bENOFFICIALMASSIVE]

He's awesome

[@jasonsullivan9714]

Sam Kinison is a Comedy god

[@tramainecampbell591]

He laughed in his face his laugh cracked me up

[@isogenect3288]

Same clown laugh much

[@Jacksmusicshack]

ARE U IN LOVE? AHAHAHA 🤣

[@xodusattack]

That last joke was very close to a bit bill hicks use to do. About how all good people get shot, but Reagan was wounded etc... but never died. Wonder who did it first. I’m pretty sure this Sam footage is older than any hicks version I have heard or seen. Either way, both were brilliant comedians.

[@scothammond5736]

Sam probably did it first, considering Bill Hicks was a teenager when he started hanging out with Sam and Brother Bill Kinison.

[@sadakichihartmann1827]

Bill Hicks ripped him off wtf!!

[@joecopeland4586]

He was fantastic in " Back to School " with Rodney Dangerfield . A true classic

[@herculesmwp7983]

I think Sam is used to better crowds 😆

[@johncase2408]

What a dead crowd

[@Cashmakerfn1]

It’s Saturday night live that had no idea what they were experiencing

[@Abigail_Issler]

I wasn't expecting to like this. But my goodness this got me laughing SO MUCH!!

[@YouTube-tied]

Why would you watch someone like Sam Kinison if you weren't expecting to like the performance? Had you even heard of him before? Your post makes no sense.

[@Abigail_Issler]

No I’ve never heard of him before. Not him in particular but SNL isn’t usually my sort of humor, but I’m glad I gave this one a shot! 😁

[@YouTube-tied]

@@Abigail_Issler Theres a hilarious clip of him at Rodney Dangerfield''s club in the mid 80s. Its on here. The thumbnail is of Sam getting ready to scream into the mic.

[@YouTube-tied]

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[@shutterbug_713]

I laugh when he yells!

[@jaydoubleu3419]

i really miss these jokes and Sam Kinison

[@JeffLB]

No fucking shit

[@phantasmtheater6015]

KZbin: "Video Will Play After Ad"....Me: "Good! That's when I'll turn the sound back on!"

[@HailAnts]

For those of you praising that Reagan joke, Sam was just flowing with the times. As he developed as a comedian it became pretty clear he was not a liberal. Which is why I so wish he had lived. The things he would had said about 9/11 alone would have been awesome. Forget about political correctness and being woke.. 😱

[@justinbrockshus8483]

Brilliance. 🙂 ❤

[@letmetellyalilstory9122]

Damn, I can really see the influence he had on Bill Hicks here!

[@a2ndopynyn]

Bigtime. Bill straight up took the "Reagan - wounded" bit from Sam.

[@billyshepard5514]

Search the article ‘Bill Hicks was a bit misogynist’ - young comics reassess the standup legend

[@a2ndopynyn]

@@billyshepard5514 No thanks. Wokesters ruin everything. no need to seek out their nonsense.

[@lawannacollins4892]

@@billyshepard5514 search Bill Hicks is Alex Jones.....Life is stranger than fiction.

[@missmoxie9188]

No one: Literally no one: Sam Kinison: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@jet07son]

😂god hes WAS funny 😂 1:03 are you in love ? LOOK AT HER !!!! SAY IT !!!!! 😂

[@vardellsfolly5200]

He is not the same without foul language..!

[@gargenfluckgosphenspiels4849]

Wow I just realized Bill Hicks got some of his material from Sam.

[@sarahklarkson3169]

Gargenfluck Gosphenspiels the reagan bit yeah I relealized that too

[@kennethnoisewater8170]

That Reagan line! Boom!!!!!!

[@jameshorigan3322]

Miss you Sam.

[@voiceguy3635]

True observations.

[@adamhawn2523]

The snl audience doesn’t get or appreciate his humor.

[@sartainja]

Frack them and the 🐐 they rode in on.

[@shutterbug_713]

I crack up when he yells!

[@SKRUBL0RD]

from here on out SNL used only writers and cast in the audience for host interactions

[@greatsajby9266]

The great Bill Hicks also had a bit about how Reagan was only wounded.

[@user-xp4er9jd8w]

Rest in peace Sam kinison you gave us many many laughs.

[@shutterbug_713]

0:40 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Morgil27]

At first it seemed like he was screaming for no reason, but then he says his ex took everything from him except his scream 😂

[@mrgrinch13]

I need a "love" marker to click on. Sam was master class, and his ironic end just fucking sucks.

[@MrZombiejoe]

He was Lucky to borrow Cloths from someone who Dressed like Him. LOL

[@jamesricker3997]

Spot on with Reagan It's nice to see someone from the '80s who could see through Reagan's garbage

[@jrcwwl]

I'm just laughing at you, yet you're the same someone who fell for obama's and clintons garbage. Now watch this dimwit claim he's a libertarian---like I haven't heard that one before ad nauseam. Can't say I blame you though for not wanting to publicly admit you're a dem/liberal.

[@johngullo9420]

jrcwwl And he probably loves the corpse currently occupying the White House.

[@jrcwwl]

@@johngullo9420 Yes, him and his side kick the knee pad queen.

[@stephaniehand503]

great

[@hudsonhawk0016]

Sorry I'm late folks, I stopped by the 7- eleven for smokes. MARLBORO, MARLBORO! Smokie smokie! Does anyone speak English in this country?

[@Rod_I._Rigo]

🤘🏼😂🤘🏼

[@danacarney7017]

a comedy Giant.

[@dontpanic316]

Toe Rogans favourite comedian

[@Romans219]

Never be another

[@sandrajon]

🤣😂

[@andrejohnson6731]

I don’t know if this is an 80s thing but I never saw it with Sam. A few chuckles at best.

[@jaydoubleu3419]

when i watched this on tv back in 1986 it was censored

[@randymillhouse791]

"You're healed."

[@scotsbillhicks]

Hmmm…certain…similarities with Bill Hicks. But before you start, I would dearly like both of them up and about plus George, Richard, and Christopher Hitchens.

[@JP5466]

New concept comedy, and most ppl in the audience did not get it.

[@rzz9594]

Really ahead of people’s comprehension. If you listen some of his jokes are so subtle besides the screaming in your face stuff . Damm Samm was the Man .

[@zBijs]

then it was a joke. But in 2020, you actually welcome someone to Hell when you scream to his face without, or even with, a mask :)

[@terrymokihana1421]

This sucks and I like Kinison

[@RogerThat1945]

Did he re-incarnate as Bill Hicks?

[@claudioettorre5000]

LOL

[@roel.vinckens]

Replace the statue of liberty with a statue of him holding up a microphone. Less french.

[@margiejohnson5722]

Snl should have comedians on again as an act, not just the host.

[@charliesmodels647]

That Reagan Joke is so underrated

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

My mother was usually very non-political, but she couldn't stand Ronald Reagan, so she thought that joke was hilarious.

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

It was sure to get a cheap laugh from people who were fashionably liberal. You know, the ones who ultimately became far more hateful and inept than the people they mocked.

[@Morgil27]

Can you tell he used to be a preacher before breaking into comedy?

[@jackpeters9048]

The man was funny...

[@only257]

😂

[@Lemopalm]

Terrible audience

[@shaythiele1320]

Shew that nose was stuffed

[@olgawahl4389]

Tons of women got screwed over even worse, we were used...and abused...mentally and financially all day long.

[@kevin2400]

This makes every SJW cringe ...... imagine kinison riffing on BLM and coronavirus

[@lookbovine]

It probably makes Commies, witches and lots of other straw men cry too.

[@hogansavoy6525]

He would be mega-MAGA.

[@hogansavoy6525]

@Chris Miller Agreed.

[@HH-mw4sq]

You conservatards are hilarious with your lame attempts at rewriting history. Sam Kinison performed on "In Living Color", and was friends with many African-American comics like Robert Townsend. It was you christian conservative republicans who complained about Kinison's performances. Us SJWs were laughing our backsides off at his comedy.

[@sammcfadden3961]

Except liberals called him sexist racist and homophobic

[@seamusblack5876]

When Sam died bill hicks shamelessly stole his whole Act

[@VAcreeper]

John lithgow gets on my nerves,,,

[@joemartines3545]

I love Sam Kinison but the scream was a bit excessive...

[@DBJULY83]

haha

[@gbeach85]

I know him well. Have seen a lot of his stuff and never vibes with it. If I knew nothing about him other than this, I would’ve lost interest within his first two sentences. Ego aside, comics with gimmicks are bottom tier comics.

[@JaxFPrime81]

SNL before communism: Gold

[@Mowmauf]

and this funny because????

[@kevin2400]

It rules

[@jimh.7575]

I was a big fan of Sam but this was not one of his better moments. After a few years the screaming became less funny

[@TheArmchairPriest]

That whole second half was taken from Hicks. So bizarre

[@greghatton1787]

Nope, this was 85. Hicks stole it. Bummer

[@Angel-np8rd]

Is this supposed to be funny?

[@j.cgallagher7092]

He just screams. Kind of a hack.

[@sacman3001]

The whole set is about screaming?!?! Was easier to make it back in the day