Sam Kinison
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Kinison was born in Yakima, Washington, and originally became a preacher. Upon obtaining a divorce from his wife, he was forced to leave preaching. However, his background as a preacher proved to be highly influential upon his new career as a comic. This was particularly evident in the near-fire and brimstone style of screaming used in his routines. Shortly before his death he took to the pulpit one last time.
Kinison’s appearance on Late Night with David Letterman on November 14, 1985 is widely considered to be his breakthrough performance. Letterman’s introduction of Kinison would prove to be prescient: “Brace yourselves. I’m not kidding. Sam Kinison.”
Kinison might be considered a “rock and roll comedian” since he occasionally was accompanied by a touring band, as well as having a prodigious appetite for drugs and alcohol. In 1988, he had a hit song with his novelty version of the troggs’ “Wild Thing.” The video for his version of “Wild Thing” played like a who’s who of rock artists, from bad boy Billy Idol, and rock guitar god Steve Vai, to guitar god Frank Zappa’s son Dweezil Zappa, and a raunchy “roll on the mat” dance with Jessica Hahn.
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The Sam Kinison Family Entertainment Hour
5,793 listeners11 tracks
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Sam Kinison: Outlaws of Comedy
4,458 listeners13 tracks
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Sam Kinison: Breaking The Rules
7,437 listeners12 tracks
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Have You Seen Me Lately?
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TheDarkSide73
OOOOHHHHHH OOOOOHHHHHHHHH...RIP Sam....
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Re-Kramer
20 years today, still sad but he's still 1 of the best [2]
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MrMooGert
20 years today, still sad but he's still 1 of the best
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KrassEstranged
Nah, no one can touch Hedberg in terms of delivery, Sammy is up there though.
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IndustrialHz
this guy has the best delivery i've ever heard
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FozBuoy
yeah, no shit. it's from The Sounds of Kinison song parody.
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FozBuoy
goodbye Kinison my old friend
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Sass2
Pure classic.
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KrassEstranged
OHHHH OOHOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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branchong
10,000 listeners? damn...
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doctorjmo
miss 'em!!
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Re-Kramer
Sam definitely was one of the best comics ever!
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fassbinder1
the best ever
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metmass2
Louder than Hell left me in stitches. So hilarious.
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russell98
Whoever tagged "Glad you're dead" is a Cruel Bastard.
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qzp
OOH OHHHHHHH
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VlCTORlOUSmarch
DEMONS, DEMONS, OOH OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!
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Rev1205
just watched his stand up on letterman, he reminds me so much of Hicks...
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phoustsince1991
oh ...ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
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PandaGetSad
i ADORE all songs on their album, they are brilliant
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