Comments on: Bill Hicks’s Principles of Comedy

By: Doug Davis

Doug Davis — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:44:10 +0000

Thanks for this and passing on St Bill’s words of wisdom. I knew what my next step was. Now I have to take it.

By: Crystal R. R. Edwards

Crystal R. R. Edwards — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:51:22 +0000

I just stumbled on this and I have to say a few things:

1) This was nicely written and I appreciate your putting out here for us.
2) The same list applies for humorists and comedy writers.

“Just get out there and do it” is very similar to “just write it.” Both are acts of faith in yourself. There may or may not be praying as well.

By: Noah

Noah — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:40:54 +0000

THANK YOU. I’ve been thinking a lot about getting into comedy and I’ve officially stored this information in the safest and most secure place I could think of. (Granted, it’s the “Links” section of my Facebook page, but nonetheless, this is an amazing and very helpful advice article.)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:36:08 +0000

Great post. Thanks.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:16:18 +0000

Just did my first open mic I did what sir hicks said and honestly helps alot thx for the post

By: steve ramsdell

steve ramsdell — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:05:26 +0000

people also forget TO DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. EVERY IDEA, EVERY SCRAP OF SOMETHING AND DOCUMENT IT. write it down… on a corner of a napkin – toilet paper, whatever you have handy – keep a mini-notebook with you and a pen.
Document everything.

It’s your intellectual property. Document it.
steve

By: Patrick Benjamin

Patrick Benjamin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:26:46 +0000

What sucks is this is actually encouraging. “Embrace the journey…”, that’s where I went wrong.

By: pagabuddha

pagabuddha — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:46:57 +0000

um…did you forget the liberal doses of hallucinogenic drugs? i think you might have- it got a little wordy and i, well, my fear of the linguistic prison made me skip to the comments…

~paganbuddha

By: Todd Berger

Todd Berger — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:18:05 +0000

I was just writing about Bill Hicks a couple of days ago. To me he was and still is the gold standard by which comedians are measured.

Thanks for posting this. Oh, and although I don’t know where YOU are, I am most certainly not “there.”

By: Lorie Doty

Lorie Doty — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:24:55 +0000

…foreign tribes. You’re a lyrical gangster and I, for one, adore you.