Flame me if you want, but I lurves Denis Leary!

[KitchenWitch]

He is hilariously funny!

[Tafiti]

1. Yeah, well...

...he got big by ripping off Bill Hicks' act. I think he's pretty funny, but if you want someone in that vein, Bill Hicks stands alone on top. He's a pioneer, a legend, a revolutionary of comedy.

Ever heard/seen his stuff?

[KitchenWitch]

2. No I have not heard of Bill Hicks

Something for me to check out!

:hi:

[Tafiti]

3. Beware.

He's unlike any other comedian you've ever seen. It's hard to describe, but he can be pretty abrasive and harsh. But he's razor sharp. I think he's a comic genius.

This DVD came out less than a year ago, which has 3 stand-up performances:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0004Z33FK/qid=1127550193/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-7636351-0763218?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846

BTW, :hi: How are you doing tonight/this morning?

[KitchenWitch]

4. I am worried about the Gulf Coast

My life is fine, but I am such an empath, that shit like the storms really gets me.

[Tafiti]

5. I hear ya.

I was just reading about it on weather.com. Such a shitty situation to be facing right now. x(

[Tafiti]

7. By the way...

...FYI: Bill Hicks died in February of '94 - he was 32. Yet most of his stuff is still relevant in 2005.

[Zomby Woof]

15. Hicks is good

But he is not as terribly original as everyone is pushing.

They obviously haven't paid heed to who HE ripped off, such as Carlin, Pryor, or Lenny Bruce.

[GrumpyGreg]

16. I never heard of Bill Hicks either. Got some learning to do.

[Zomby Woof]

18. Read my posts in here before you do

He is great, but a tad overhyped in his originality. Don't expect as much as is being promised.

[GrumpyGreg]

32. Thanks for the heads-up!

[ghostsofgiants]

29. Seek out his albums "Shock and Awe" and "Rant in E Minor" now!

Some of the most brilliant stand-up I've ever heard.

[jane_pippin]

9. Damn straight.

Though I did laugh at Leary once in a while too.

[WCGreen]

6. Another reason we must have been seperated at birth...

Check out Rescue Me on FX...

And, The Ref.....

[supernova]

8. Rescue Me is wickedly hilarious!

I love that show.

The Ref was good too.

[Wapsie B]

10. I love Rescue Me.

My favorite show.

[WCGreen]

19. It is so well written......

The woman firefighter is now a regular on Numbers.....

[Wapsie B]

20. Yes it is.

The interaction of the characters grabs me too. I didn't know she was on another show. Goes to show you the power of networking in show biz.

[WCGreen]

21. Last night was the first show ot the season...

Numbers is really good....

It's about mathematics as applied in a forensic manner....

Ridley Scott is behind it...

[Wapsie B]

22. Yeah I remember the show.

I saw the pilot and new it was coming as a regular show this fall. Just didn't know when it was.

[WCGreen]

23. It is definatly worth watching......

[supernova]

24. Oh, I guess that's what the Rescue Me storyline was about

her leaving the firehouse on account of the SOB nearly boyfriend. :crazy:

[WCGreen]

25. Yea, but he was so stupid about it...

You know it pained him...

The first time he was ever in love and he didn;t know how to handle it...

don't the probe and that other guy remind you of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (sp) from Hamlet....

[supernova]

27. I hadn't thought about it

but it makes sense. :-)

Good obeservation. :thumbsup:

[WCGreen]

28. That is why that show is so great....

They take their time developing the characters....

Even the minor one's...

Like the lesbian wife beater....

That really happens a lot...

A good fifteen percent of the women that came through the batter womans shelter I was on the board of came from same sex relationships...

[supernova]

30. That many?

That's disturbing. :-(

Maybe it's my bias, but you would think women would be inclined to treat each other better.

And yes, I know, abusers were often abused as children. Still sad, though. :-(

[WCGreen]

31. The theory, and it was just a theory...

was that a lot of women express their sexuality based on how their fathers treated their mothers.....

Men too, for that matter....

So, the brutality that may have caused some to turn away from men, will be expressed in their relationship to their partner....

It was just a theory put forth by a couple of the social workers....

No study or anythig...

Just something they were going to look into....

[Swede]

11. I love Dennis.

When he does the talk shows he's such a great person too.

[RandomKoolzip]

12. As other posters have mentioned, he got his ENTIRE ACT from Bill Hicks.

And Hicks was a lot better at it, too.

[enigmatic]

13. Hicks is a GOD

And knew damn well Leary was ripping him off; he mentioned it more than a few times in his own act...

[Zomby Woof]

14. So do I!

And although I love Bill Hicks, he is overrated in his originality.

Hick owes HIS act to George Carlin (a bigger pioneer than Hicks ever was) and Carlin owes HIS to Lenny Bruce.

Don't forget the trails blazed by Richard Pryor too... but Lenny Bruce is the Founder of Modern Standup Comedy.

So enjoy Leary, enjoy Hicks... but remember ALL contemporary comedians stole from someone else.

[GrumpyGreg]

17. It's the "Irish thing" IMHO

[supernova]

26. LO! Rescue Me has Irish Catholic

written all over it! :D

The thing I like about it, is it deals with theology, The Church, and people's responses to them in an honest, gritty way, not a fake everything's nice-nice way.

[sasquatch]

33. Rescue is one of the best shows on TV