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Friday, November 19, 2010
Because it's Friday...
Missing Sam Kinison
We
were having fun then. What are we doing now?
SOMETIMES COMEDIANS SING. I'll begin with a definite nod to Big Hollywood's John Nolte, who today remembers the late comedian and offers up videos of some of Kinison's more politically incorrect routines. They're NSFW for reasons of language, but the larger point is that they're also Not Safe for the 21st Century (NSF21?). Who could have guessed that this irrepressible spirit would seem an impossible anachronism less than 20 years after his death? Sad to consider how devastating his take would be on the post 9/11 world he didn't live to laughscream at.
I'm sharing what may be the only PG-rated video clip of him on YouTube. Well, maybe PG-13. Truthfully, I'd forgotten just how much fun Kinison's version of Wild Thing is. How could so much hostility have such a vital sparkle in its eye? But it's there, along with a slew of rock and roll royalty (extra points for identifying all the stars who were so evidently delighted to participate as props for Kinison's anthem of betrayed love).
You can look at the Big Hollywood stuff or not. I don't care. All I know is that I laughed out loud watching the clip shown here. It's just a great good time. Something therapeutic for another grim Obama Friday.
Enjoy.
