Bill Hicks - One Night Stand (DVD)

Filmed for an HBO special in 1991 as the comedian’s popularity escalated, ‘One Night Stand’ is a short half-hour set of Bill Hicks’ current ‘greatest hits’ up to that point, or at least feels like it. There’s a natural progression between the three general subjects he deals with: smoking, drugs and pornography, all discussed under the larger idea of government control and stupidity when it comes to banning and promoting ‘evil,’ but despite the strength of this political material, the whole performance seems to lack the energy, spontaneity and genuine rage of many of Hicks’ other, more substantial filmed performances, most likely due to its filming for a TV audience at ...

Bill Hicks recordings of any kind are thin on the ground (although the Flying Saucer recordings are being released now), video recordings are even thinner. This is one of the three Bill Hicks stand-up videos available in the UK, which many would say is not bad for a comedian, but for most of us, there could never be enough Hicks material. He was (and in memory and legend will hopefully remain) the most complete stand-up, angry, foul-mouthed, insightful, philosophical, outrageous, courageous and damn funny. Through his comedy he offered an alternative standpoint. He made you think as well as laugh. This 30 minute video was commissioned by HBO in America after ...