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Sam Kinison: Comedy
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Sam Kinison's 1986 debut album Louder Than Hell was genius standup comedy. He was a loud, rude, unapologetically vulgar party animal -- and remarkably insightful. Kinison ... earned small acting roles, ...Read full review
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Formerly a preacher, Sam Kinison became one of the the loudest and rudest comedians of the 20th century. For some, his name conjures up images of a hard-partying, hard-drinking wild thing. His views on religion, women, and world hunger managed to put him on the shock comedy map. However, the fact is this demon from hell was an angel in disguise.
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Despite his premature death, comic Sam Kinison still managed to leave behind a wealth of performances that will ensure his place in the history of stand-up comedy. BROTHER SAM: A TRIBUTE TO SAM KINISON collects footage from a number of Kinison's routines, where he tackles some of the outré topics that he became famous for, delivered in his signature style of high-energy outrage. Hosted by Rodney Dangerfield and Kinison's brother Bill, this release provides a great retrospective for fans, as well as a fine introduction for those unfamiliar with Kinison's work.
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Samuel "Sam" Burl Kinison (December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was famous for his extremely raunchy humor and amazingly wild, colorful outfits. A former revival-style preacher, his standup routines were most often characterized by intense, angry ranting and punctuated by his trademark scream. Kinison was voted #20 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.[1]
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The late Sam Kinison was a stand-up comedy supernova, and the former Pentecostal preacher quickly established bitter screaming and high-pitched cackles as trademarks. Kinison was flat-out funny, but bubbling ...Read full review
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Fellow comedian Robin Williams described the late Sam Kinison, as the "Chuck Yeager of Comedy", in the Hollywood Memorial Service. Thereby, setting the tone for the speakers that would follow such as: Richard Belzer, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Pauly Shore, Carl LaBove, his brother Bill Kinison and singing Sam's favorite Gospel song, Sherry Kinison. You will laugh and you will cry as you listen to this never before released CD! It is a fitting tribute, for one who dared to go where no comic had gone before, whose trademark primal shouts and controversial routines helped blaze new trails in the world of stand-up comedy.
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