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Even nearly two decades after his untimely death, Sam Kinison's punchlines still scald. First rising to prominence in the early '80s, his brand of humor -- dark, cerebral and raunchy -- still has no peer in modern comedy. Blending scabrous insights, politically incorrect observations, rock music and an ex-preacher's sense of drama, he set the world of stand-up ablaze in a period when buttoned-down, brick-wall, bland humor reigned supreme. Yet there are stars from the era -- Eddie Murphy or Robin Williams, pre Patch Adams-suckage, for instance -- that transcended precisely because they took one look at the rule book and tossed it aside before blazing their own trail. Although there are elements of Kinison's material -- notably the misogynistic and homophobic rants -- that have not aged particularly well, much of what he was screaming about when Reagan was president is just as funny today.
Sam Kinison was a major of the loud, horrible and revolting standup comedy that we all came to know and love. Preachers spoke out against him, musicians like Motley Crew promoted him and well, not standup comedy is paying tribute to him.
Many cable channels are airing 'Back from Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison' and the ensemble cast includes a variety of contemporary comedians from Chris Rock, Denis Leary and Jay Leno to Kathy Griffin and Lewis Black who reflect on the crazed persona of the wild mullet headed man with that loud ear piercing scream.
If you're in the mood for some raunchy comedy you'll definitely want to check out this tribute to Sam Kinison.
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