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Love All the People

By Bill Hicks

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| Paperback | 9781845291112

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In 1993, network executives abruptly cut the final appearance of comedian Bill Hicks - a scathing tirade of digs on the Pope and the pro-life movement - from an episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. His banning from the show, along with a profile in The New Yorker by veteran writer John LahContinue

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Love All the People: Letters, Lyrics, Routines

Review-a-Day Saturday, January 1st, 2005 Love All the People: Letters, Lyrics, Routines by Bill Hicks A review by Gerry Donaghy If you don't think the following jokes are funny, then nothing I tell you about Love All the People: Letters, Lyrics, Rout ... (read full critics)

powells published on Mon, 6 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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Bill Hicks is a fallen, dark poet. Maybe the dark poet, who didn't like labels on anything. And he certainly didn't like governments sticking their fingers in things, as well as christians, non-smokers, homophobes, rednecks... Endless list.
And he did love the search for tru ... (continue)

What's there to say?
Bill Hicks is a fallen, dark poet. Maybe the dark poet, who didn't like labels on anything. And he certainly didn't like governments sticking their fingers in things, as well as christians, non-smokers, homophobes, rednecks... Endless list.
And he did love the search for truth and the debunking of lies, which - as he states in the book - was once Noam Chomsky's definition of what lays the base for being an intellectual. I think Bill hit the nail straight on its head when he described himself as "Noam Chomsky with dick jokes".
And he was. More than a rambler, always with an open heart - except for that bit in his life when he was a completely out-of-touch alcoholic drug-abuser - and a very open mind...but don't let me label him any more.
The man was a genius, and it's too bad he didn't live for longer.
This collection of routines, letters, lyrics, poems and short-stories is brilliant, should be edited once more and expanded, especially seeing how David Letterman has, during 2010, publicly apologised to Bill's mother.
I bought this for £3 and it's one of the most wisely spent sums of money I've ever shared with the world; I just wish I'd bought ten copies more and given it to friends.

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Niklas Pivic said on Jun 16, 2011 | Add your feedback

Ok, he's a fucking genius. I'm not the first to say it and I won't be the last.
So why 3 stars? Because it's better to watch his shows than read this book. The visual component is lost and only if you are already familiar with his shows you can really understand all his jokes, there is a lot of repe ... (continue)

Ok, he's a fucking genius. I'm not the first to say it and I won't be the last.
So why 3 stars? Because it's better to watch his shows than read this book. The visual component is lost and only if you are already familiar with his shows you can really understand all his jokes, there is a lot of repeated jokes (ok, it's normal when you transcribe a live, but reading the same line three or four times is boring anyway)and, most important, reading this book doesn't raise the chances of picking up ladies or look intellectual.
Better your chances reading Coelho's or Garcia Marquez's. Blam,Blam Blam! (sound of three gunshots)

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Wendell P. Bloyd (Daniele) said on May 3, 2011 | Add your feedback

One book that changed my life.
Bill Hicks was a visionary...a funny one at that.

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SoulsSheSaid said on Mar 24, 2008 | Add your feedback