I'm convinced some of us are the way that we are because we listened to this album when we were way too young

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AppliedCarbon@reddit

My entire personality is half no cure for cancer and the other half is David Spades take the hit

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Jifeeb@reddit

Literally made his career by stealing Bill Hicks’ act

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echomanagement@reddit

I liked Leary in HS, and discovered Hicks in college. Leary's crime isn't that he's impersonatong Hicks, it's that he's doing it so poorly.

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I'll be the one to disagree a bit. I definitely agree that he stole Hicks' act, and it's not that I think Leary did it better or anything, but Leary just did the act in different manner (i.e., less subversive or underground) that I don't think it was necessarily worse. It was just different. It's kinda like when a musician covers a great song and they add their twist to it and, although it's not as good as the original, it's still compelling and you want to hear that cover from time to time too.

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SkinnyGetLucky@reddit

Leary is more… unbridled cantankerousness

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zoominzacks@reddit

I’m in the boat with you on this one. Leary just resonated with me more. I should give Bill’s stuff another run now that I’m older and calmer. Leary may have been more my style because I was a lot angrier then.

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Holiday-Tradition343@reddit

Hicks himself even said he liked Leary’s work, but he liked it even better when he (Hicks) was doing it.

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surlysquirrelly@reddit

Sick burn by Hicks

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BigManWAGun@reddit

Leary delivered it well, but once you discover Hicks it pales in comparison.

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Creepshowx@reddit

I remember someone said this album should have been called "Dead Men Can't Sue."

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dka2012@reddit

There was a joke that said. Why does everyone know Dennis Leary and not Bill Hicks? Because there’s no cure for cancer.

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tjb4040@reddit

I always heard, why did Dennis Leary become famous and Bill Hick’s didn’t? Cause there’s no cure for cancer

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Jifeeb@reddit

Nice. 10/10

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tjb4040@reddit

Why did Denis Leary become famous and Bill Hick’s didn’t? Cause there’s no cure for cancer

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bananabastard@reddit

And he stole the "I'm an asshole" bit from Louis CK.

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jstnpotthoff@reddit

I came to say that others of us are so fucked up because we listened to original too damn early.

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DecoyOctorock@reddit

He stole the Asshole song from Louis CK too.

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Brilliant_Ad_6637@reddit

Hicks caught cancer just to see if Learey would too

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_shaftpunk@reddit

Everyone always says that, but I actually like both. Different vibes to me.

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Noname_Maddox@reddit

Denis Leary is a great comedian. A great actor and even better person. Fuck the haters

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mnfimo@reddit

I dunno, I laughed really hard at this set and I don’t know or care who bill hicks is. He may have stolen it from him but it’s damn funny,

Before you all massacre me, I’m not into stand up comedy aside from the biggest names, and that’s my point

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Strange_Music@reddit

Rants in E Minor during high school was a revelation.

Hard to believe his bits on abortion and christo-fascists are still relevant to this day.

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CommodoreKD@reddit

This is our version of "Frankenstein was the doctor"

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Complete-Start-623@reddit

I am this way because I learned Bill Hicks’ friend stole his act. Can’t trust nobody.

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arcenierin@reddit

You cum, you smoke the butt, you eat the cookie, you go to bed and you wake up the next day and go to fuckin work...

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SlackerDS5@reddit

Life sucks, get a helmet.

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SkinnyGetLucky@reddit

I say this waaaaay too often haha

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Bacch@reddit

What, your life is hard? I thought I was going to be the fucking starting centerfielder for the Boston Red Sox, life sucks, get a fucking helmet!

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HMTMKMKM95@reddit

I love this line.

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SomethingaboutAugust@reddit

I have a motto about life that I often say that came from this and I never give credit where credit is due: “Orgasms and Oreos” lolz

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altiuscitiusfortius@reddit

That's only fair, leary stole it from Bill hicks and never gave him credit

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-TeamCaffeine-@reddit

This has been bouncing around my inner dialogue since I was about 16 years old. It becomes more true, more relevant every year older I get.

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justh81@reddit

End of fucking list!

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-TakeTheSandwichBud-@reddit

I would wholeheartedly agree. "Our children are leaving and we have no heads"

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Ctendall@reddit

We definitely learned how to spell A S S H O L E didn’t we now!

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Cid_Darkwing@reddit

Some of us listened to George Carlin like civilized assholes

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Competition-Dapper@reddit

I was definitely saying the Ratshit Batshit Dirty old…when I was like 5

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StPatrickStewart@reddit

Hooray, lizard-shit, FUCK!!!

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ClownMeat1@reddit

I started with Sam Kinison & George Carlin. The Dice Man was there, too. I still quote those lines today. And Sam's scream is my alert message on my phone.

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WhydIJoinRedditAgain@reddit

Kinison in Back to School is one of my favorite scenes in that movie. Others include the Kurt Vonnegut cameo and Oingo Boingo performance.

I think I am going to watch Back to School again…

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ClownMeat1@reddit

Same here. Another one of my Once a year films since back in the day. Danny Elfman. What a trip.

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correct_eye_is@reddit

Richard Pryor, Eddy Murphy and Robin Williams.

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stefanica@reddit

Carlin, Leary, those guys and (ugh) Cosby

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Stimpisaurus@reddit

CAUSE THEY LIVE IN THE DESERT!!!!!!!

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ClownMeat1@reddit

"Here, eat some of it, Taste it, Motherfuckerrr, IT'S SAND!"

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ghandi3737@reddit

'GO WHERE THE FUCKING FOOD IS!'

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myfrigginagates@reddit

Bill Hicks, who Leary stole from.

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mrkayfab3@reddit

Leary just cleaned up Bills routine and by cleaned up I mean got rid of all the anti government stuff that was too cutting

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Final-Fun8500@reddit

Cleaned it up? Did he keep goat boy?

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myfrigginagates@reddit

Yeah, Hicks was similar to Carlin in that they were Philosopher/Comedians. My favorite was when he asked if anyone who worked in marketing in the audience, people would raise their hands and Hicks would say "Go kill yourself". I loved it cuz of course I worked in marketing. lol.

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GoatBoy1985@reddit

Why is this so low down

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TheUnderDogma@reddit

Dennis Leary stole Bill Hicks act as Bill was dying from pancreatic cancer. Dennis Leary is an insignificant talentless hack and a fraud. The only reason Dennis ever gained relevance was through Bill Hicks material, which he POORLY delivered in comparison.

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Longjumping-Spare870@reddit

You may be right, but I thought Leary’s delivery was why it’s funny, obnoxious but funny. I have not listened to Bill Hicks but No Cure For Cancer changed my young brain.

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Echo15charlie@reddit

Came here to say this

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allthesamejacketl@reddit

Same

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Informal-Tour-8201@reddit

Or the person Leary knocked off - Bill Hicks

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Diarrhea_Beaver@reddit

Wanna know why we're stuck with Dennis Leary's imitation instead of the real thing with Bill Hicks? No cure for cancer.

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BridgeFirelight@reddit

Underrated comment.

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johnnloki@reddit

Some of us listened to Bill Hicks if we wanted the original versions of Leary's ripoffs on this album.

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Ollie-Arrow-1290@reddit

For me, it all started when I found Carlin's "Occupation: Foole: in my parent's records. I was maybe 10 or 11.

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SlackerDS5@reddit

Add Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy to that list.

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-TeamCaffeine-@reddit

eeee-oh-leeee-oh

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emotyofform2020@reddit

Came here for this. We repeated it nonstop in 7h grade

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ghost_shark_619@reddit

When we grew up we listened to Lewis Black and it just made our attitudes worse.

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6ynnad@reddit

I only found out after learning about Bill Hicks after he was dead.

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SleepyGary5@reddit

I liked this material better when Bill Hicks did it.

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jRok57@reddit (OP)

A lot of people have been saying that, but I had never heard of Bill Hicks before today.

Do you think you could recommend a special on YouTube? If Dennis is copying, I would like to see it

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Low_Kitchen_9995@reddit

Good block Bad block

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Ajj360@reddit

Poodle block poodle block!!

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tevalerejubeo@reddit

Yup. Give it to me raw I'll cut off what I want and ride the rest home. Listened to it when I was ten. Now me and my 12 year Olds sing asshole together.

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orangesigils@reddit

I'm just a regular Joe, with a regular job... I'm your average white, suburbanite slob. I like FOOTBALL and PORNO and BOOKS about WAR!! I got an average house, with a nice hardwood floor...

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Ajj360@reddit

Throwback to when they called it porno instead of porn

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YinzaJagoff@reddit

My wife and my job, my kids and my car… My feet on my table and a Cuban cigar

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DisposableSaviour@reddit

But sometimes, that just ain’t enough to keep a man like me interested

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aphex978@reddit

Oh no

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NickAndHisGuitar@reddit

No way

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downadarkallie@reddit

Uh uh.

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Marlboromatt324@reddit

Not me!

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AgeNo9436@reddit

I've gotta go out and have fun!

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Phoenix_Rising42069@reddit

At someone else’s expense!

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0peRightBehindYa@reddit

Oh yeah!

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Beetso@reddit

I drive really slow in the ultrafast lane...

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Unapologetic_Canuck@reddit

While people behind me are going insane

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Correct-Match3263@reddit

But sometimes that just ain’t enough to keep a guy like me interested

No, I’ve gotta go out and have fun at someone else’s expense

I drive really slow in the ultrafast lane while people behind me are going insane

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Humble-Zebra2289@reddit

Life sucks. Get a fucking helmet.

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Ok_Werewolf_6181@reddit

I would smoke crack i would never smoke a drug named after a part of my own ass! OK!

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strolpol@reddit

Or you saw the movie Demolition Man

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HeywoodJaBlessMe@reddit

Nyquil Nyquil Nyquil we love you you giant fucking Q

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Astrazigniferi@reddit

I still refer to it as “green death flavor”. Internally, all black licorice is green death flavor to me.

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paulster2626@reddit

Capital N, small Y, BIG FUCKIN Q.

I say this every time I take this stuff, my wife thinks I'm stupid.

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FreshAvocado79@reddit

The Q is talking to me! The Q is talking to me! I still say this to my kids when I am giving them cold medicine and they look at me like a normal person would look at Leary.

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HMTMKMKM95@reddit

It should be called, "Don't Make Any Fuckin' Plans"

I also just posted this right before I saw your post. I think it bears repeating.

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strong_like_tree@reddit

I still sing this when I'm sick and going for a bottle of the green stuff.

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strong_like_tree@reddit

Green death fuckin flavor!

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Stimpisaurus@reddit

The sniffling, sneazing, coughing, what the fuck am I doing on the kitchen floor flavor!!

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drknifnifnif@reddit

Samesy’s!

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birger67@reddit

Say hello to CLAUS

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ServoWHU42@reddit

You can definitely tell those younger than us either never heard this or never learned "Life sucks, get a fucking helmet"

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CCraMM@reddit

“I’ll carve off what i want and ride the rest home” has been in my head since i was 13.. This special is pure gold. Love Hicks too but Leary’s swagger is hard to beat.

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Jayman44Spc@reddit

I enjoyed watching him act in Suicide Kings and beating the crap out of a guy with a toaster and wearing sting ray shoes. Was also good in The Ref

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Affectionate_Way_805@reddit

He was awesome as the villain in Judgement Night too.

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ThriftianaStoned@reddit

Best soundtrack ever

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Affectionate_Way_805@reddit

Yep, the soundtrack is great and, while the movie definitely has its flaws, it's actually a pretty awesome flick imo.

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haus11@reddit

Paraphrasing: You spent $1500 on fish boots?

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jholden23@reddit

The series 'Rescue Me' was worth the watch

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Jayman44Spc@reddit

Oh and who could forget Demolition Man!!

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DoctorFenix@reddit

Strange that his comedy career completely dried up after Bill Hicks died.

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greenflash1775@reddit

Yeah I’m sure he missed constantly touring trying to do stand up bullshit while he was making millions starring in movies and TV shows.

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DoctorFenix@reddit

He certainly didn’t beat the allegations by pivoting, sir.

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greenflash1775@reddit

I’m sure he’s drying the tears caused by all the internet comedy nerds on his 2 comma bank statements.

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DoctorFenix@reddit

Why are you simping so hard for another man’s money?

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greenflash1775@reddit

Why are you so I convinced a famous person gives a shit what you and the rest of the comedy nerds think?

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DoctorFenix@reddit

When did I say he did?

You can link me to the place I said or even inferred that.

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greenflash1775@reddit

You said his comedy career dried up, like he wasn’t doing anything else just trying make it in stand up. He’d been in like 10 movies by the time Bill Hicks died.

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DoctorFenix@reddit

What does that have to do with me believing he cares about my comments on Reddit?

You are making absolutely zero sense right now.

Are you drunk?

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Defiant-Date-7806@reddit

Pivot!!

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MajorlyCynical@reddit

He ripped off Bill Hicks so hard.

But yeah, growing up listening to Carlin, Hick, and Dice Clay probably explains a lot about me.

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BIGscott250@reddit

Mowing the lawn and crying, that’s therapy !

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Sharpshooter188@reddit

"Nobodies happy. Happiness comes in small doses folks. You cum. You eat the cookie. You smoke the cigarette. You get up and go back work." This stuck with me as I got older. Happiness really does come in short bursts.

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Ralinor@reddit

A S S. H O L E everybody!

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Fedorakj@reddit

Sounds about right.

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Persis-@reddit

I remember thinking “Asshole” was the funniest thing I’d ever Bears

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Beetso@reddit

Big N, Small y, BIG fucking Q!

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TodayKindOfSucked@reddit

My grandmother and I used to sing his song “I’m An A**hole” when driving in the car 😃

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PoolNoob69@reddit

This, the early Adam Sandler albums, Jeff Foxworthy (don’t care, loved that album), as well as all the stand up on Comedy Central and VH-1 at the time really warped my little brain.

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Fuck-It-All69@reddit

No Eddie Murphy? Please go watch Raw and also Delirious

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PoolNoob69@reddit

They’re great, but that was a little early for most of us. I remember watching them on cable but it didn’t hit for some reason. Now that first Norm special, holy crap, I loved that thing! “Hey! It’s me, Bob!”

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Fuck-It-All69@reddit

Pretty sure we rented it from Blockbuster, lol

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Final-Fun8500@reddit

They're all gonna laugh at you

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unbibium@reddit

I remember going to Best Buy, looking through the comedy section, and seeing them spell "Jeff FoxWorthy" with a capital W

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jRok57@reddit (OP)

I am always impressed by the amount of memories and tastes this sub shares. I feel like I've truly found my people.

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SmellyButtFarts69@reddit

I remember all this and I was born in 1986.

...I was a fucked up little kid.

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eckertmania@reddit

'84, and same.

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BigPoppaStrahd@reddit

I want to add Spaceballs to this list. I rewatched it for the first time in 20ish years and was surprised to hear the amount of casual swearing in that movie. I was way to young to watch that movie as many times as I did. When I watched it recently I realized the root cause of my casual curse word use.

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amayain@reddit

Early Foxworthy was funny as hell and I know it isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea, but I also think a lot of people were being snooty by pretending it wasn't funny.

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PoolNoob69@reddit

I understand how the “you might be a redneck if…” thing got played out. It was huge at the time. But the album is a lot more than just those jokes and they still make me laugh today.

The bit about bachelor life is great. “Officer Mitchell!!!! I thought you said you didn’t wanna have to come back out here tonight? Officer Mitchell! I’d like to report a crime. Larry puked in the aquarium.”

Also, “my sister in law thinks her son is a genius because he stands out in the yard pointing at the sky saying ‘airplane, airplane’. I said, well hell, he’s 14 years old!!!”

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stefanica@reddit

Oh Lord, I forgot about those bits. 🤣

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_Shafty@reddit

Warm = Clean

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stefanica@reddit

I absolutely loved Standup Standup, 2 Drink Minimum, and the rest.

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PancakeProfessor@reddit

They’re all gonna laugh at you!

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zoominzacks@reddit

I remember seeing a comic on “MTV’s half hr comedy hour” who said his gf told him that she was gonna treat her yeast infection with yogurt and he replied “well I hope it’s boisonberry, because that’s my favorite kind”

My dad was uncomfortable when I asked him to explain why it was funny 😆

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Intrepid_Elk_4351@reddit

I take a shampoo bottle and shove it up my ass...at a medium pace

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Obie-Wun@reddit

Jerky Boys too!

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ParsnipDecent6530@reddit

I am the Egyptian magician

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Intrepid_Elk_4351@reddit

I pull large pieces of furniture out of my ass

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Fuck-It-All69@reddit

You rubba-neck!

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SlackerDS5@reddit

Terrorist Pizza will forever live rent free in my head.

My wife is sick, my daughter is sick and you are talking about coupon?

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Dude_man79@reddit

Frank Rizzo! Open your f'kn ears, jackass!

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PoolNoob69@reddit

How could I forget those!

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the_matthman@reddit

“A Medium Pace” singalong landed half my sophomore class in Saturday detention.

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BurnabyMartin@reddit

A-S-S-H-O-L-E!!!

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HipHopGrandpa@reddit

The song he stole from Louis CK. and the majority of his schtick he stole from Bill Hicks.

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OntologicalParadox@reddit

Who the fk was Louis in 1996? Fishboots?

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Fuck-It-All69@reddit

Louis CK never claimed he stole this song. He claimed he stole the concept of "I am the asshole", which even CK said was an old bit by the point Leary took interest

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Jayman44Spc@reddit

I’m an asshole-ioh-ioh!

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Comfortable-Visit169@reddit

I park in handicapped spaces while handicapped people make handicapped faces! I'm an asshole oioh!

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Buckeye3327@reddit

I like pizza and football and books about war

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battlecat136@reddit

I got an average house, with a nice hardwood floor!

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Intrepid_Elk_4351@reddit

I drive really slow in the super fast lane, the people behind me go really insane

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colo_kelly@reddit

Everybody!

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drknifnifnif@reddit

I still walk around in the summertime saying “how about this heat.” I crack myself up but no one else gets it.

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BurnabyMartin@reddit

Sometimes I park in handicapped places...

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Matty_D47@reddit

My first experience with a comedy special was Eddie Murphy Raw when I was like 9. I'm fully cooked bro

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collinwade@reddit

Some of us knew he just ripped off Bill Hicks.

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ALT3NPFL3G3R@reddit

HE'S AN ASSHOLE I OH LI OH LI OH LI OHHHHH

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TossAGroin2UrWitcher@reddit

I'm definitely an asshole

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Fun-Preparation-4253@reddit

I horrify people when I start singing his big single word for word.

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Jaded-Project-852@reddit

Yesssssss and thankfully so! My mom had this tape when I was a seventh grader. I still quote this to this day. One of the best sets of all time!

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doyoulikemyladysuit@reddit

Ludes, man, fuuuuckin luuudes!I

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Serious_Lettuce6716@reddit

My mom wouldn’t let me buy the tape because of “Asshole”. I videotaped it on Showtime, connected a tape recorder to the VCR and copied it to a blank cassette for free!

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Dogrel@reddit

Why does Denis Leary have a career?

Because there was no cure for Bill Hicks’ cancer.

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unbibium@reddit

for some reason MTV saw fit to film a bunch of bumpers with this guy and next thing you know, I was listening to this guy and Adam Sandler and reciting he whole thing with friends at high school who weren't geeky enough to recite Monty Python with

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willows_edge@reddit

And what are you? I'm an Otter...

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xt0rt@reddit

And what do you do?

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willows_edge@reddit

I swim around on my back and do cute little things with my hands.

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HMTMKMKM95@reddit

And who are you?

I'm a cow.

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xt0rt@reddit

Get in the fucking truck! Ok pal!

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MusicalTourettes@reddit

I had a chance this week to quote this part to my dad, who gave me the album in ~ '96.

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ZakanrnEggeater@reddit

and what do you do?

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CrowJane13@reddit

My friends came to my house to hang out. They always made me put this on. Apparently, I was the only one of my friends allowed to listen to things with the Parental Advisory label.

What they didn’t realize, it wasn’t that I was “allowed” to do so, my grandparents and dad never actually checked. My dad didn’t care, as long as it wasn’t rap or sexually suggestive or satanic.

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jstnpotthoff@reddit

My dad didn’t care, as long as it wasn’t rap or sexually suggestive or satanic.

But that's all the good stuff

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CrowJane13@reddit

It didn’t stop me. 😂

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az_kikr1208@reddit

I found copies of Eddie Murphy's 'Raw' and 'Delirious' in my dad's tape collection when I was 10 or 11. Definitely affected my childhood development. I was already twisted when Denis Leary and Adam Sandler came along. Hearing him talk about Mr. T being gay probably knocked something loose in my mind.

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mac_the_man@reddit

A - S - S - H - O - L - E

EVERYBODY!!

🎼 🎶 🎵

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Howboutit85@reddit

Just listen to bill hicks; it’s who he stole half his material from anyway.

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HopelesslyHuman@reddit

I hate this man because he fooled me into thinking his routine was his. I loved the routine.

But he stole all of it.

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Puzzleheaded_Tank338@reddit

Funny cause cancer killed the guy Leary stole his material from.

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XFrankXGrimesX@reddit

MST3K took a number of potshots at this Bill Hicks-lite inanity which was unusually contemporary for them but they were right to do it.

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Old-Bee9904@reddit

I enjoyed this back in the day. We didnt have the internet so I had no idea that he stole so much material from Bill Hicks

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Ninja-Panda86@reddit

Yeah. We have stories.

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dishwasher_mayhem@reddit

I'm pretty sure the entire generation knows it by heart. My best friend and I used to listen to this all the fucking time.

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bargman@reddit

This one and Lock and Load, the follow up. Wore out the tapes.

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SnoochieBuchie@reddit

-Don't eat the tuna! Why? -Cuz dolphins get trapped in the net! Well what about the tuna? -Fuck them they taste good!

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Lord_Darlantan@reddit

Still love it til this day. Lol

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KnottyCatLady@reddit

I still occasionally say, "You don't know shit about shit & pull up your pants!!" I also still sing the asshole song.

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AmputeeHandModel@reddit

I thought it was funny at the time but listening to him now.. god he's such a whiny fucking boomer.

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remoteworker9@reddit

He has said vile things about autism, so he can fuck off.

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Holiday-Tradition343@reddit

Yeah, it didn’t age well. Many of the jokes were stolen from Bill Hicks, and it typecast Leary as the slacker asshole type for the next twenty years. Hell, just check out “Demolition Man” and you’ll see he was a Dennis Miller before Dennis Miller.

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be_more_gooder@reddit

1000%.

Listen to the Dangerous album by Bill Hicks. There's like three bits in there that Leary shamelessly lifted.

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surlysquirrelly@reddit

I had no idea but apparently I lifted the "marijuana leads to carpentry" riff from Leary, shamelessly even

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VikDamnedLee@reddit

Yeah, agreed 100%

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roonilwonwonweasly@reddit

Can't buy NyQuil without it being spelled out first. Big N little y BIG FUCKING Q.

Probably got it wrong but y'all know what I mean.

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packetmon@reddit

Coffee flavoured coffee!

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Tylerdurden389@reddit

That was Lock n Load. PULL UP YOUR PANTS!!

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arcenierin@reddit

Haiku writing motherfucker!

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HMTMKMKM95@reddit

I like this one more as I've gotten older. Less high-on-coke bombast.

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Tylerdurden389@reddit

Unless you're lije Denis and shotgunning 2 cans of coke in the morning when you give up on the coffee places lol.

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GumshoeQ@reddit

It's our flavor of the month, maple nut crunch.

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OKStormknight@reddit

You telling me that Juan Valdez is harvesting maple nuts? I bet you may left Maple Nut that HE’S NOT!!!!

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scizzix@reddit

This is a line I still say when ordering coffee. Most of the time to myself, but sometimes when a barista starts trying to upsell me on additions. No thanks, just coffee flavored coffee.

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GonzoThompson@reddit

Big fuckin’ Q right on the bottle.

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Dangerous-Target-323@reddit

All of this would be canceled today

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h4nd@reddit

my way too young comedy album was “They’re All Gonna Laugh at You”

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husky_whisperer@reddit

I’M HIGH AS I KITE AND MY TEETH ARE GREEN MERRY FUCKING CHRISTMAS!!

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Impossible_Turn_7627@reddit

This fricking thing plays in my all the time.

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TraverseClerk@reddit

Robin Williams: An Evening at the Met made quite an impression on me.

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Longjumping-Spare870@reddit

Oh my this takes me back. I could recite every line, I had the CD to play in my car. I learned too much from this guy.

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TheGroovyGhoulie@reddit

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Polkawillneverdie17@reddit

Capital N, small y, big fucking Q.

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Ordinary-Perry@reddit

My mom would only let us watch the edited Comedy Central version growing up. Still remember it to this day

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OpiumPhrogg@reddit

I was literally just thinking about the I'm an asshole intro song last night while doing dishes. 🤣

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Linvaderdespace@reddit

This has aged slightly better than Dice.

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

Dice isn’t a fair comparison, as it was more of a loudmouth greaser character than an actual comic.

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copyrighther@reddit

He was an actual comic, he just relied so heavily on shtick that it felt like some sort of character performance.

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Intrepid_Elk_4351@reddit

Ford Fairlane- You didn't think we'd kill the fuckin' koala now did you?

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Hey-buuuddy@reddit

Totally agree.

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copyrighther@reddit

IMO Dice and Kinison relied too heavily on shtick and gimmick. I never see any of their clips or bits floating around the internet.

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Holiday-Tradition343@reddit

Dice never aged, he was garbage from Day 1.

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Bredda_Gravalicious@reddit

🎶 these are the voices in my head 🎶

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mustachiomegazord@reddit

I wonder if he still smokes

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Bredda_Gravalicious@reddit

thinking that thought yesterday

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Wild-Drag1930@reddit

I listened to him. Then i listened to Bill hicks.

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Emotional_Warthog658@reddit

If Pryor, Murphy, and Carlin didn’t corrupt me - Leary didn’t have a chance

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reagor@reddit

You can drop me anywhere in that entire monolog, hell I'm sure that cd is what got all my parental advisory CDs confiscated for a few weeks

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Dumphdumph@reddit

I don’t know if anyone younger than us would even understand this album. I barely understood it when I first heard it as a young teen. No idea mom Cass died choking on a ham sandwich or who the heck Claus von Bulow was

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skingld@reddit

Right, and there was no Wikipedia or Google for us to look it up. Also learned what an 8 ball was through this album, and Himmler as well.

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Fuck-It-All69@reddit

And, whippits. And, Ted Kennedy.

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ShineNShrooms@reddit

Awesome album it was!!

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Azuras_Star8@reddit

Two words: nuclear FUCKING weapons.

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donutseason@reddit

I’m sure of it 🤣

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bavindicator@reddit

I listened to it recently. It absolutely doesn't hold up.

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greasydenim@reddit

And you know what hell is, folks. It’s Andy Gibb…singing “Shadow Dancing” for eons and eons

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HipHopGrandpa@reddit

He’s a hack. Bill Hicks is who he was trying to impersonate.

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JamesH_670@reddit

Also, he might want to run through the streets naked with green Jello all over his body reading Playboy magazine.

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DogReasonable7277@reddit

Some medicines have grape, cherry &orange flavor, Not Nyquill they still have the green death fuckin flavor!

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dreddstorm82@reddit

12-20 something year old me listened to this guy, Carlin and Dice . Wouldn’t have it any other way.

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CryptonicDiz@reddit

And don’t forget to wipe!!!

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fubo@reddit

Remember when being an asshole was a comedy act instead of a mainstream political position?

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I_Did_The_Thing@reddit

“I’m drunk, I’m nobody, I’m drunk, I’m famous, I’m drunk, I’m fuckin’ dead”

Don’t know why that bit came into my head just this morning! Took a minute to remember who he was referring to (Jim Morrison)

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HMTMKMKM95@reddit

🎶NyQuil, NyQuil, NyQuil. We love you, you giant fucking Q!🎶

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Arxanah@reddit

Famous joke:

Why does Denis Leary have a career?

Because there’s No Cure For Cancer.

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minibini@reddit

I missed the hype about this guy & I’m glad I did. I learned later on that he stole his style from Bill Hicks & Louie CK.

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Repulsive-Fuel-5281@reddit

This and Sandler's They're All Gonna Laugh At You coming out at the same time was unreal for kids born around 1980. I remember the Parental Advisory sticker and my mom saying "as long as I don't hear it, it's fine..."

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thelonghauls@reddit

I met him in Seattle once. Not met him. Approached him. Put out my hand and he took it and I told him that an hour after my mom had passed away of cancer in ‘99 I was driving home with my little brother who was 11 and out this record on. He started laughing. And laughing. And laughing. Our mom was probably still warm. Comedy is a hell of a drug.

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Happy-Freedom6835@reddit

I was a huge fan of Leary, but I’ve come to realize how much he “borrowed” from Hicks, and it’s kind of shameless. Looking back, Geraldo putting him in his place on tough crowd was really a testament to who Leary was, and who Greg could have been…

Rescue me is still the greatest adaptation of firefighting there is though.

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xt0rt@reddit

RIP Greg G :(

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Hossflex@reddit

Bill Hicks RIP

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Frosty_Cloud_2888@reddit

He was all over MTV

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UnRemarkable-Pickle@reddit

“NyQuil, it’s the thirteenth step!!!!”

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wild85bill@reddit

Dave Attel's Skanks for the Memories came out when I was 19...I listened to it on a loop for a month straight. I still listen to it a few times a year.

https://youtu.be/xtv2y7EKKFk?si=9S3haIkXYIsAW7DX

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bikemandan@reddit

Insomniac on Comedy Central was a very enjoyable watch

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wild85bill@reddit

As a child who always had trouble sleeping at night, and working night shift for 15 years now, I really appreciate that show. Dirty work doesn't quit when the sun goes down.

I'll add...I always wanted to move to the swamp and shoot Nutrea at night for a living after I saw that episode.

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Hey-buuuddy@reddit

Brilliant guy and he’s still around.

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somnamballista@reddit

Hey alright, glad to know the Insomniac is still roaming this earth. Man I think it's time I track down those episodes.

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wild85bill@reddit

Sober and quit smoking, funny as ever. I thought he'd be a 50 year old at best.

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PanchoBaker@reddit

Yes! Thank You. Excitement

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wild85bill@reddit

No problem Tiny Hands.

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ZakanrnEggeater@reddit

Only us real good smokers know that.

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LaFlamaBlancakfp@reddit

Fuck that. The real ones like me were listening to Andrew Dice Clay ‘s The day laughter died on Casey in the back of a dodge omni.

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VA1N@reddit

Dice man was mine.

Hickory Dickory Dock Some chick was sucking my cock The clock struck two I dropped my goo I dumped the bitch on the next block. Ohhh!

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Holiday-Tradition343@reddit

Dice always struck me as the type that was always told he was funny in high school, but no one found funny after they were 25 or so and didn’t have the heart to tell him, so when he learned how unfunny he actually was, he went all “fuck-you” on everyone.

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VA1N@reddit

I can totally see that. His style sort of reflects how he was stuck in the past too.

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Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit

He's Meatman! He's Meat Tracheotomy Man!

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surlysquirrelly@reddit

Thank you to OP for bringing this gem back, fucking laughing as hard now as I did in 3rd grade when this first came out

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ExampleMysterious870@reddit

Husband used to only listen to comedy routines instead of music and loved Denis Leary.

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vinto37@reddit

I love that album!

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Psycosteve10mm@reddit

The Diceman Cometh was on constant repeat on my Walkman. My education really improved when I found my parents' old Rudy Ray Moore comedy records.

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bragsdale80@reddit

His unplugged was sooo good. I’m an asshole. Had it recorded on VHS.

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RickHuf@reddit

Shut the fuck up by Dr Dennis Leary.

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Obie-Wun@reddit

Your lawn looks terrific!

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ParsnipDecent6530@reddit

The leary kid must be in therapy again

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DungPedalerDDSEsq@reddit

The comedy channel used to play Bill Hicks' specials; even the one with the bit about a commercial that starts with a close up on a pussy and ends with "Drink Coke".

Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits.

That was before the Sandler albums.

We got hit right in the face by so much cynicism and disregard for norms at the PERFECT age.

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zoey8068@reddit

This and Adam Sandler's first album

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surlysquirrelly@reddit

I watched Eddie Murphy's Delirious with my boyfriend and his family when we were 16... it was hilariously uncomfortable.

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TapewormPuller@reddit

I remember watching it on Showtime with my dad in 94. I was 7.

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hecksor@reddit

I occasionally smoke a cigarette the way he was huffing em down

Nyum numnumnum

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PotentialPlum4945@reddit

It wasn’t until years later that I knew he was ripping off bill hicks for parts of this.

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LivingCamel3326@reddit

💯

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Bloody_L@reddit

This one, and Eddie Murphy's Delirious, were the favourites of my high school group of friends; My mother was horrified that I was listening to comedy with such foul language, she was like, "Why can't you just like Red Skelton?" and I was like, "Who (or what) is Red Skeleton?"

As dirty as their language was, as far as I know, Denis Leary and Eddie Murphy never raped anyone.

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

whoa, what did I miss about Red Skelton??

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Bloody_L@reddit

Oops, that last line was about Cosby, not Red Skelton.

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

OH. I gotcha. I was like oh shit, I hadn't thought about that guy in like thirty years but WHAT HAPPENED. Yeah that makes way more sense.

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Shortbus_Playboy@reddit

Guilty.

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Strange_Music@reddit

I listened to Rants In E Minor by Bill Hicks.

The guy Dennis Leary was "influenced" by.

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SatansAnus7@reddit

Leary stole most of his jokes

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generic__comments@reddit

Denis Leary is a complete hack who stole jokes from Bill Hicks.

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Arfjawaka@reddit

I love Bill Hicks’ material too

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1nsider@reddit

Justice for Bill Hicks, Leary did more than just "borrow" from him.

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Hermanshemslee@reddit

Used to watch this with my dad annually with my old man...classic

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Nach0Maker@reddit

I still say "don't I feel like a fucking asshole" all the time because of this album.

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djdiphenhydramine@reddit

I actively avoid anyone my age who acts like this. I used to think this album was really funny when I was like, 15, and then I started noticing that some of my friends had begun to talk like him and act like him and I was like ohh this is not the vibe. 🤣 That kind of edgelord early Gen X, leftover boomer, 'I'm better than everyone and a bigger cynic than everyone' just didn't age well and anyone still acting like that is super cringe.

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IdioticPrototype@reddit

He was edgy and funny to 16 year old me.

To adult me, he's a complete and utter tool.

If we thawed out "The Duke", he kick Denis' ass.

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FuckYouNotHappening@reddit

I’m not sure about listening to this album, but I loved Dennis Leary’s standup sets on London Underground.

I might not get this right, but he made a joke about only eating in the smoking section of a restaurant and only eating cows who smoked (while smoking on stage, of course).

I think I was about 10 years old when I heard that. Cracked me the f up 😂😂😂

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Super_Fa_Q@reddit

He stole most of this material from several better comics.

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lillychr14@reddit

Love me tender, love me true

Empty my colostomy bag

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CompletelyBedWasted@reddit

this 🍺 is nothing without THIIISSS! 🚬

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drummer_who_codes@reddit

💯 I used to bring NyQuil and whipped cream cans to sleepovers.

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Striking-Access-236@reddit

Can’t stand this guy building a career on other comics’ material…

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BigManWAGun@reddit

The Darth Vader bit was pretty good.

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Dapper_Interest_8914@reddit

Bill Hicks. That is all.

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laziestmarxist@reddit

Me in the drive thru lane for Dutch Bros thinking about how coffee used to taste like goddamn coffee in this country before Starbucks ruined it

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theluzah@reddit

This was the highlight of my early 20s, easily.

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Heavy_Operation5725@reddit

Leary was red hot for about 16 minutes.

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Sabres00@reddit

I liked it when Bill Hicks did it first.

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Alphabet_Master@reddit

I got this album from file sharing in like 2000 when I was really into stand up albums and spoken word. At one point I printed out a little sign that said “life sucks, get a fuckin’ helmet” and hung it on the inside of my door in college. My roommate was uh, concerned 😅

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jholden23@reddit

Oh my god yes. And Lock & Load. I keep catching myself doing things and going 'OMG I've become Denis Leary'

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KalEl_Tano@reddit

This is still one of my top 3 favorite comedy albums along with George Carlin’s Class Clown and Robin Williams’ Live at the Met! A**hole always makes me feel better when I’m having a bad day.

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Obie-Wun@reddit

I may have ruptured a kidney laughing so hard watching Live at the Met! Robin’s genius and humanity are missed.

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KalEl_Tano@reddit

Robin Williams always had a direct line to my funny bone. I will admit I cried when I heard he died (and I’m not a cryer).

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mid_1990s_death_doom@reddit

I also wave the gun around instead of spanking the kids and yeah it fucking works.

Also obesity and smoking are equally harmful so choose your vices freely.

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jRok57@reddit (OP)

https://youtu.be/inLRcdZbO1g?si=P_NYZMZ4zQTKySGb

It didn't link in the description