Sam Kinison | Everything That's Forbidden | A Docu-Mini

[@docdave15]

"There is no best. It's a rainbow and you get a shade in it if you're lucky." That's a great quote.

[@slaphead8835]

And accurate!

[@mattjindrak]

That's loser mid mediocre talk!!! Nah I'm kidding he's right

[@NikkiMKarLen]

That's the best way I've ever heard anyone sum up comedy.

[@brutallyhonest123]

He was talking about Dice there, I'm assuming. Maybe we can get a video on him. He was in a lot more films than most people know.

[@MrBird2007]

His appearance on married with children will always be one of my favorite Christmas specials

[@SirSmoldham]

My writing partner and I used to hang out with him at the Comedy Store and watched him freak out one night when Mitzi switched his spot with someone named Andrew Dice Clay. One of those times I met his mom and found out that, as a young preacher, he had been through my hometown. Much later he and his crew came to my Off-Line editing facility in Hollywood to put together a video he would show at his last Vegas show... which can be heard at the end of his "Live from Hell" album. He was incredibly cool and one of the best. Thank you for this.

[@ClockworkGFX]

Thanks for sharing the super cool story.

[@Iam-still-noone]

🤔 man that musta been so awesome being around that era of comedy and getting to meet them people … i kinda wonder if he would be heartbroken to know how comedy acts r being censored in today time

[@SirSmoldham]

@@ClockworkGFX Thanks! There is so much to tell, like the time Sam Kinson tested his "violated corpse" routine in front of us on the ground behind the Comedy Store.

[@SirSmoldham]

@@Iam-still-noone He would be PISSED, then do an X-rated routine about it.!

[@ClockworkGFX]

@@SirSmoldham that's so cool. My dad has always loved Sam, and I'm just finding him as I'm getting older.

[@samuelsmith5400]

I love that Atuk is it almost this urban legend in the comedy world where almost every comedian that died too soon was offered the role

[@thetimturnershow2883]

I find it absolutely amazing how Sam Kinison was the person to give Jim Carrey that necessary push to go all out with his comedy. Being a life long Jim Carrey fan, I now have a much greater appreciation for what Mr. Kinison brought to the comedy world. Thanks to this video. Keep up the phenomenal work!!!

[@jonvia]

Dude was a road pirate. Thats why he dressed like one. RIP to a true entertainer.

[@elucidator1277]

Sam had wayyyy more years to offer this world. Fucking tragic losing him so young to a drunk driver. RIP Sam, you beautiful maniac. Excellent vid as always, Joe

[@TimedRevolver]

It's especially tragic that he got cleaned up, but addiction still killed him, just not his own. That's not how most stories end.

[@tyrannozilla]

Sam Kinison was also the voice of Marty's conscience in the Tales From The Crypt episode titled "For Cryin' Out Loud." One of my all time favorites.

[@steveille1428]

I can't believe this role wasn't even mentioned, that episode is amazing.

[@HeartyArtie]

What was it with casting Sam as unreal figures that only one person could see or hear? Seems like Hollywood executives couldn't picture him in normal human situations where his style of comedy didn't just make him look like a maniac.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

​@@HeartyArtieHerman's Head

[@AshCosgrove]

His role in Back to School is probably the hardest I've ever seen my dad laugh in my life. One of the funniest bits ever!

[@shazam2128]

Definitely, that was one of the best scenes in the film!

[@jculver1674]

"I didn't realize that you wanted to be part of the discussion, Mister Helper!"

[@wvu05]

I still use "Say it! Say it!" to this day.

[@lemonon7149]

Absolutely. I fell in love with Rodney's comedy after I seen that part I darn near wet myself on that laugh.

[@stmn346]

When comedy didn’t hurt peoples feelings. He’d be rolling in his grave right now. Rip Sam.

[@garicrewsen1128]

"When comedy didn't hurt people's feelings." I grew up during that time. I swear this world is not the one I was born into, like serious dimensional slippage. Sam is/was a crusader for comedy, thus free speech. May he live long in our memories, and may his act be forever studied at 'Comedy U. '

[@steve3439]

Oh there was feelings hurt but the world wasn’t controlled by Beta Karens back then and their opinions weren’t given much credence.

[@awlig]

I wasn't a good minister, wasn't raking in the bucks Sounds like he actually WAS a good minister

[@mvl71]

_He loves you. He loves you and he needs money! He always needs money! He's all- powerful, all- perfect, all- knowing and all- wise, somehow just can't handle money!_ - George Carlin

[@michaelaurban4120]

Also when he died he had been married for less than a week, had beat drugs, and was in the midst of a huge comeback (all while on the way to his sold out show). When he was hit head on - he looked fine, besides a mark on his head, and apparently talked to God - and then promptly died. SO FRICKIN SAD 😭!

[@BillPeschel]

Yeah, because he could do at least a half-hour's worth of material from it.

[@loginregional]

I've heard that too. And that would be so just like Sam. He's up there, where ever that may be, giving the Heavenly Hosts concerts about the humans. Ooohhh. Up there with Mom and Dad, she's sewing baby blankets and he's snoozin in front of the Heavenly TV, watching the Angels play the Devils on HNIC.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@loginregional The man beats his demons, gets his life straightened out and had just gotten married, only to have God kill him off because that's God's will. Proof that there either is no god, or god isn't all he's cracked up to be. What lost talent.

[@yellowcougar18]

He cocaine, tranquilizers and other drugs in his system at the time of his death. It's a myth he was clean.

[@get8bit]

@@PhantomFilmAustralia God didn't get drunk and crash into him... Some person did. It's called free will. God doesn't make zombie slaves. Do you punish the father for crimes of his children?

[@1zymn1]

Oooo I didn't know that Bill Hicks was in the same troupe as Sam. A mini-doc about Bill would be a great follow-up.

[@andywinslow9638]

When I was a kid, I tried to build a time machine to stop John Denver from getting on his plane. Now at 35 I still want to build one to save Sam from the car.

[@shuroom57]

I, too, am fascinated with time travel.

[@kevin2400]

At 41 years old.. I wanna build me a time machine so I can go back to 2022 and stay there.. I was happy for once

[@KinisonisKing]

I've loved all your videos but this one is special. This man saved my life with his comedy. I have him a tattoo of the man and named my son Sam after him.

[@byucatch22]

why was he so important to you? just curious.

[@briween]

Fun fact: "Married... with Children" was originally developed for Fox as a starring vehicle for Sam and Roseanne Barr: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaPSenakoNh0hKM

[@loganswiss6903]

It shouldn't surprise me anymore by now, but Mr. Joe Ramoni videos are in a class of their own, always masterfully done 🙏

[@JeremiahSpeaks]

Sam Kiniston was like a supernova. A person such as him only comes around once in a lifetime. He is sorely missed.

[@TheChrisHype]

Sam Kinison’s cover of “Are You Lonesome Tonight” from the Tonight Show is genuinely one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen in my life, especially when I saw it shortly after my break up with my ex. It was exactly what I needed to hear.

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

I was around when “Back To School” first came out, and I had never heard of Sam Kinison until I saw that movie. I can still remember how the audience laughed at his scenes. He certainly made an impression!

[@herbcraven7146]

I was fortunate enough to see Sam's live show (along with his friend, Carl LaBove, who was also brilliant; best take down of a heckler I ever saw), and it was epic. I remember getting the news of his death about a year later. So sad. RIP you wild man!

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

I turned 16 in 1985, so I remember Sam’s career very well. He was the hottest comic working from 86-until his death. His albums were played often while cruising around my little hometown.

[@anthonyc4073]

I remember buying Sam's "Louder Than Hell" album around 1989 when I was 16 years old. I had to play it at a low volume so that my parents wouldn't freak out. 😀

[@jollyjakelovell6822]

The polarity of Sam Kinison; His cacophonous scream, his happy-go-lucky giggle.

[@danielbloomquist9810]

Wow, Mister Ramoni. Once again, it seems we are quite alike. As I am watching this and unpacking after a move, taking out books, what should I pull out but Brother Sam, same raucous cover and all. I love the line from his Arsenio interview about the annals of comedy history being a spectrum as opposed to some sort of lineage. "It's a rainbow, and you get a shade in it, IF you're lucky." Brilliant man. I was never surprised that he and the good reverend William Melvin Hicks were fast friends.

[@TheUndeadMew]

Sam is so nostalgic to me. i remember my best friends dad playing all his standup for us. we quoted him endlessly

[@matthudson8599]

Brilliant work! Kudos to the makers of this short!

[@ethankiter9323]

I really enjoyed this video! I would love to see more documentaries like this on stand up comedians!

[@mattydips2887]

What all the videos on this channel then

[@AstroVanTribe]

I met Sam in Penn Station in 1990 - He was awesome....

[@RiceDaddy-wo2fy]

Thank you for your video. I loved Sam, he was the first stand up I was really into. The road to Laughlin where he passed into the next life is hallowed ground.

[@markalbershardt3649]

It's always traumatic to lose these great people comedians and musicians and Actors who gave me so much joy

[@shioq.]

I really like that joke where he screams

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

That _was_ a good one.

[@Meditation4153]

We used to see Sam every year in Tulsa at a place called The Old Lady on Brady. He would play that venue once a year to try out his new material. It was always great. Always fun.

[@johnanderson1818]

In life, you have those days! That you will always know, where you were and what you were doing! When that tragic event, takes place! For instance! Like the space shuttle Columbia disaster! For me, it was the day that comedy died! Sam Kinison, was my laughter! I was 20 yrs old, that day! I'm 52 now! The pain and sadness, is still there! After all these years! 💯

[@emgeejay]

Vice has a good show called “The Dark Side of Comedy” which recently did an episode on Kinison. It was a little jarring because every interview was like, “Sam was doing stuff nobody had ever seen before. He was taking comedy to bold new places,” and then they’d cut to the footage from his set and it would just be “I HATE MY BITCH OF AN EX-WIFE! AAAAAAAAAAAAHH!! AAAAAAAAAGGH!!!”

[@jcoverpass]

You always make the best and endearing videos about films and people that I loved so much growing up. Thank You so much for what you do.

[@CLGriffin3538]

Great mini doc! Thanks for the hard work!

[@HankScorpio1982]

That is absolutely devastating that he got sober, and was killed by a drunk driver. I forgot all about that Wild Thing video, I added it to my headbanger's ball playlist.

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

Ha ha! The ball! I just wore my Headbangers ball shirt today! 🤘🏼

[@thegeek0017]

I’ve been mulling over his scene from Back to School lately… very timely indeed

[@arturogranados1133]

Thank you, once again.

[@cathr5385]

Kinison! Thank you so much, you always seem to post things that match to my own weird (early childhood) fascinations. You really do him justice.

[@cathr5385]

PS: I discovered Rodney through Sam. Interesting, huh? 😂

[@Payin_Attention]

Lifelong Kinison fan here. This was very well done.

[@fltngmmth]

I put these videos on to wind down before bed… I wasn’t prepared to be jolted awake by Sam screeching every 4 minutes

[@MaxMediaUSA]

Excellent overview of Sam's life. Thanks for producing this.

[@Larry]

I did use to confuse him with Bobcat Goldthwait as a kid.

[@actionstudios9502]

Hahaha, makes sense

[@game-sheriff]

Give us a new video already!

[@OddOneOut665]

Sam and Bobcat having the most obnoxious sounding debate amongst each other over who can yell the loudest.

[@SkyeID]

me too, but I was like 7 so

[@Larry]

@@SkyeID Well, same here! :P

[@KidFresh71]

Another great piece, from one of the most underrated channels on KZbin.

[@woodyburns]

Prime example of the words “Gone too soon”

[@DavidLooes-zp9mr]

You really are one of the best content creators on KZbin! I love your documentaries! You are informative, in-depth, unbiased and still sentimental! Keep up the good work!

[@ClintMcCollum]

Was lucky enough to see him live, back in the mid/late 80's in a 1500 seat venue..

[@mattydips2887]

Very cool

[@bensneb360]

I have always had a soft spot for Sam Kinnison, something about his wild man attitude and cheerful confidence is timeless and always fun to enjoy

[@ReinEngel]

Congrats on 200k!

[@ShinySephiroth1]

It's insane that he got his life cleaned up just for someone else to kill him due to the very thing that had been holding him back. A real gut punch. 😢 I knew him as a kid from Charlie Hoover and his Married... with Children episode as well as snippets of his stand up I saw in passing.

[@54GodzillaFan]

Kinison also wasn't wearing his seatbelt when the crash happened. This resulted in him suffering from massive internal injuries which did not prevent him from exiting his car, but he died a few minutes later while sitting on the curb.

[@GreatUSTreasureHunt]

Saw Sam at the Comedy Store in an appearance my friends still talk about almost 40 years later. Our sides weren't just sore from laughing that night; they were still sore two days later. It was physical destruction by comedy. I have never heard an audience laugh so explosively as that night. At one point, a guy in the audience stands up and tosses a *whip* onto the stage. He's got a shaved head, cutoff jeans jacket with ripped arms, full of tattoos, and "dangerous" was what was in every audience member's mind when he stood up, because the guy had earlier got up, walked out of the club, then re-entered. Why did he leave? Why did he come back? Did he have a gun? The audience went quiet, and Sam, because of the lights, couldn't understand why the audience suddenly fell into silence (he had "lost the crowd"), so he shielded his eyes, just in time to see this guy toss a *whip* at him. Sam chuckled and said "Oh look, everyone, it's Satan!" and the audience laughed while Sam played around with the whip a little. He was clearly thrown off, though. And the audience was still uneasy. Then, the guy hands him a business card, Sam says "Look, the Prince of Darkness has a business card." Another laugh. Sam takes the card, now *he* laughs, then reads the card: "Andrew and Spike, Specializing in Attitude Realignments." Sam paused for the audience to break the tension with another laugh, mostly relieved the guy wasn't going to shoot up the place, and then, with sublime timing: "Which one are you? I'm gonna guess SPIKE for fifty points." Oh, good Lord. The release of tension in the goddamn UPROAR from the audience nearly blew the roof off that room. From "Satan" to "Prince of Darkness" to "Attitude Realignments" to "I'm gonna guess SPIKE for fifty points" each laugh built on the next, and "fifty points" was explosive. Shattering. I am certain if you are in the Comedy Store alone, late at night, and concentrate, there are still echoes of that laughter in that room. Sam then went into a five-minute ad-libbed riff on how he needed Spike's services for a certain LA critic, and all the things he was going to have him do to her. "I want you to just walk in front of her house at night, smoking. That's to start." It was a riff he could never have repeated, because Spike was only there once. It was fucking magic in a bottle. And I can still feel it a little in my sides. I may have pulled something. I might never recover. Thanks, Sam, for one perfect night of comedy.

[@taylorthornhill9254]

Thank you for making this

[@ottagol1985]

First saw him when I rented "It's a Bundyful Life" at my local Palmer Video around 1998, and he was gut bustingly hilarious! Never heard a comedian that screamed that loud before. I think Mad did a gag on him during their "Milestones That We're Rapidly Approaching" where a Kinison like comedian is literally blowing the audience away due to how loud he is. He was referred to as "The 2,000 Decibel Comedian".

[@bgarri8001]

Damn, Joe, it gave me chills when you said his age when he died. Being less than two years away from turning 38, that type of stuff seems to hit just a tad bit heavier the older ya get. I had hoped I'd be completely cold and apathetic by this age. Where the mailman was my only human contact each and everyday as I yelled at him for being late....but oh well, great doc as always, man!!!!!

[@ronfroehlich4697]

The weirdest part of getting older is that you never feel as old as you thought you would at any given age.

[@bgarri8001]

@@ronfroehlich4697 that's a damn good quote to live by

[@Insanebeastbear]

Very underrated by the young generation. Thank you for covering this and educating more people ❤

[@Payin_Attention]

Sam triggers the fuck out of most people under 30.

[@JeffLB]

The greatest comic-ever, then & TODAY….saw him 2x thankfully- RIP my man

[@JosephDickersonUX]

Whether it happened or not, there is testimonial online that Sam debated with an unheard God in his final moments. He wasn't ready to go. We weren't ready, either.

[@GrxndDxD]

That tales from the crypt episode with Sam Kinison 😂😂😂 Goated. Forgot the name...

[@littletom1978]

For cryin out loud was the episode name....He also did the sketch on In Living Color sketch kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWLHe2mjeNCqldU

[@GrxndDxD]

@@littletom1978 in living color one was funny also.

[@buzzsawgr81]

his death was true tragic irony. he gets clean cause he doesn't want drinking or drugs to kill him, but then gets killed by a drunk driver. so in the end, drinking still got him.

[@actionstudios9502]

Was it a underage driver

[@DaniellaMaskovich]

Didnt he have a bit on drunk driving too ?

[@buzzsawgr81]

@@DaniellaMaskovich he might have.

[@spookisghostly4619]

Over three decades later and he's still loved and his jokes still hit

[@katemaloney4296]

This still breaks my heart. 💔

[@knudtson00000]

I witnessed Sam Kinison's Breaking The Rules special before I saw him in SNL and Back to School LOL. He was so fantastic.

[@willbrink]

Only Rodney could control Sam in a movie like that. Sam liked and respected Rodney, and kept it together for one of the best scenes in any 80s movie.

[@markoutwithmark]

Great work on this video!!!

[@ianmartinezcassmeyer]

There are two interviews of George Carlin, where he talks about seeing Sam Kinison for the first time. His reaction was, "I gotta get back to work." Sam's explosion into comedy was as impactful as Robin Williams and Richard Pryor.

[@George-Jonestown]

"there is no best. it's a rainbow and you get a shade in it if you're lucky." so true, however I'm color blind and Norm MacDonald is gray.

[@vincesalas5486]

No one, will ever be as good as Norm

[@Ottophil]

@@vincesalas5486colin jost is better

[@George-Jonestown]

@@Ottophildude...... SHUT UP

[@nathaninostroza7655]

Norm, along with Patrice O Neal and Greg Giraldo are the phucking best, the others don't think their jokes with as much wit as these three do, especially Greg. There s funny comedians and there s three unique in the entire sense of that word comedians. Carlin was a master, but he wasnt unique, same with Chappelle, and many more that are so praised by ppl who can't tell funny from unique, Norm, Greg and Patrice werent mundane. But as any other good comedian, Sam had his style, and it was expanded especially on interviews more so than his specials. Such a loss for a great talent.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

I heard him on the Howard Stern radio show. A few days later, he was dead. It was a shame and eerie.

[@ryanfontaine6131]

Another great job. Thank you. Sam was the best. The best at what I have no Idea!

[@jjdmts4460]

Excellent recap of Sam's life and impact on comedy. It is nice to run across his bits from time to time and be reminded how awesome he was.

[@sinacide11]

2 comedians this world needs more than ever nowadays are Sam Kinison and George Carlin

[@devolutr]

I can’t believe this doc didn’t mention the word “cocaine” once.

[@loginregional]

I miss you Joanie. We'll all see you eventually. Sam made his peace.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

The great thing about Sam Kinison was his larger than life energy he brought to everything

[@mattydips2887]

Aka cocaine

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Theres also a full documentary about him somewhere, and a short documentary on the Dark Side of Comedy series.

[@He_Loves_Horror]

Yeah I used to have it during standard def DVD's early days. It was called "Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh?" as I remember. I watched it a lot over the 2002 Christmas season on my original PlayStation 2.

[@lemonon7149]

I loved Sam, I am A hard person to entertain and get a genuine good laugh out of. It's not a quality I am proud of I actually hate that I don't laugh enough. I have waisted so much money going out for entertainment and just being plain bored and just plain pissy that I waisted more money for nothing. But One day I saw the skit you showed here when Sam was asking the young man to remember his face if he ever thought of Marriage and started screaming, LOL I was HOOKED. I loved how he just told things like they were and there was no fake icing on the cake, this man was Genius,,,,, He plain found a way to turn common life issues into comedy, nothing fake about him and no promoting or kissing some ones butt to get where he was. But then of coarse, only the good die young.😥God needed some humor in Heaven.

[@RealLegend1776]

Excellent mini doc.

[@anactualmotherbear]

I'm an 80s kid, so I definitely remembered him as a stand-up. My favorite performance of his was as a voice. Season 2 episode 8 of Tales From The Crypt: For Cryin' Out Loud. (Interestingly enough, it also stars Katey Sagal!) It was a role he was perfectly cast for: a rather ignored, nagging conscience suddenly breaking through and screaming so loud that the bad guy thinks everyone can hear the voice.

[@lizardjr.7826]

A total legend

[@AlexReynard]

I have described Sam Kinison as, 'A tombstone-shaped man who was, for a time, the best in the world at yelling'.

[@christakrenko]

At first glance I thought that was Anne Ramsey in the thumbnail 😂

[@SilvestriMelissa]

The idea from that Charlie Hoover show may have come from a Tales From the Crypt episode Sam Kinison was on, where he plays the conscience of a greedy rock promoter. I had heard of him from that Married with Children episode, and found him really charismatic, and preferred his observational comedy and quieter voice instead of the screaming punchlines. His upbringing as a preacher's son makes a lot of sense, as he knew how to perform with oratory skills to keep an audience following his words, and build anticipation with a story. He seemed very much a product of his time with the 80s hair metal and hard partying and being on Fox shows, but it is sad that he died young, and ironically was sober when a drunk teenage driver killed him.

[@billyshepard5514]

I was a big fan of Sam and missed an opportunity to see him live. I still remember how i found out he died, it was on the tv news. They said "He was known as screaming Sam, tonight he is dead" the video clip showed Sam performing and bowing at the end to cheering fans.

[@bebopblue]

I thought from the thumbnail this was a video about Anne Ramsey from The Goonies and Throw Momma From The Train.

[@JackBarrett7]

Atuk is a cursed film. Belushi died after testing for it, then Kinison..it was shelved until they offered it to Chris Farley. Now no one will touch it.

[@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub]

Also John Candy.

[@JackBarrett7]

@@Dr.Thirteen-bb1ub That was tje rumor, it was never verified, though.

[@DragonZeron]

this guy is hillarious the desert joke was always my favorite

[@TheCoopsCorner]

My mom and I were (are?) fans of Sam. She and I saw him on his Rodney Dangerfield special not too long after it came out (I think we had HBO for a few months back then, and it was rerun), and we saw his "Breakin' the Rules" special a few years later. Both she and I laughed quite a bit, and it showed me that she was open to different types of comedians, and not just the "clean" acts you saw on regular TV (which my father has always been more into). After learning this, she and I got to share laughs over jokes and skits from all kinds of comedians, both cleaner and cruder, over the years until she passed away. Robin Williams, Gallagher, Richard Jeni, Eddie Griffin's earlier stuff, she introduced me to Don Rickles... lots of other comedians too. It's shame she was already gone when I learned of Bill Burr, because I think she would have enjoyed him. But Sam was the one who kicked off that comedy journey for her and I to share, and for that, I'll always give a "thanks" to Sam.

[@oz_jones]

Are fans. Unless you stopped being fans of his work. I am still a huge Bill Hicks fan even though he has been dead for decades.

[@NamiNami-tj8jc]

Sam remained young, but we all got old.

[@bender7565]

I saw Sam at a club in LaJolla, had to buy a couple drinks. Saw him 6 more times, driving 800 miles once. From a tiny club to 15k seats he was always funny. I miss you Sammy.

[@christopherulichney]

He was one of a kind. Gone far too soon. Have you ever thought about doing a video on Rodney Dangerfield?

[@Erichwanh]

Legend says that Sam's last words were "Jesus, don't let me die", yet we don't know if he was screaming it or not. JESUS, DON'T LET ME DIE!! OOOOH!

[@evrbody]

I heard that his last words were "No, I'm not ready....Okay, I'll go."

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Very nice video. Sadly I got into him only a year or two before he died. I remember my mom showing me his obituary in the paper. RIP Sam 🤘😎🤘

[@superbowlchamps52]

he is also featured prominentley in part 2 of the history of howard stern. if you love sam kinison its a must listen.

[@jamesstewart3771]

Kinison, Carlin , and Chappell, the best 3 ever to do it .

[@mockbattles]

I discovered him in 1990 at the same time as discovering Andrew Dice Clay when I was 16. But I actually heard his trademark scream two years earlier sampled on an Anthrax song mistakenly thinking it was by a band member.

[@anthonycerulli5524]

I loved Kinison! I used to love it when him and Dice were on Stern all of the time.

[@wherediditgo121]

Today he would have people trying to Cancel him. Sometime some is just meant to be funny, quit overthinking it.

[@Phaota]

Here's a weird little event that happened to my mother concerning Sam. I liked him, to a degree, but was never someone that avidly watched his comedy. Loved him in "Back to School" though. Classic film and great soundtrack. My mother was also not a big fan of him either. Just too loud and obnoxious for her taste. Nonetheless, she related a vivid dream she had to me years, to which I just asked her about again for clarity, that involved Sam. Interesting side note, Sam had a spiritual encounter with his guardian angel (most likely a family member) while he was dying in his brother's arms at the wreck scene in the car where he communicated openly with them in a "yes", then "no" answer, and then quietly passed away. A few months later, my mother oddly had a vivid dream she still remembers in full detail of her being at a big party in her former home in La Crescenta, California; strangely filled with various Hollywood personalities, when her sister said she had a phone call. Upon picking it up, Sam's voice was heard asking, "Is it too late to join the party?", to which my mother replied, "No, it's never too late. Come on over." That was the end. She has no idea why Sam connected to her in spirit, but it has stayed with her since then and she is in her late 70s.