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There's an old Bill Hicks bit where during his already awkward standup, he takes a moment to somehow dial the awkwardness up further: If you're of a certain age
by ghusto 3mo ago
There's an old Bill Hicks bit where during his already awkward standup, he takes a moment to somehow dial the awkwardness up further: If you're of a certain age, you'll know the bit:
https://genius.com/Bill-hicks-on-advertisers-and-marketing-annotated https://genius.com/Bill-hicks-on-advertisers-and-marketing-a...
It's awkward because you can feel how much he means every word. Of course it's part of the act and you're supposed to find it funny, but at the same time, he very much means what he's saying.
- rglover 3mo agoDrink Coke
- a4isms 3mo agoVideo: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9h9wStdPkQY https://youtube.com/watch?v=9h9wStdPkQY
- stingraycharles 3mo agoOne of the few times the video is easier to digest than text is comedy like this.
- Djrichsjdjdnxkd 3mo agoFunny, the video is on a service of the biggest advertiser in the world.
- raffael_de 3mo agothere would be nobody in his audience without some sort of marketing ...
- adiabatichottub 3mo agoAh, the plea for sanity dollar! Huge Market! Sadly, he was never able to rid the world of all these fevered egos tainting our collective unconscious and making us pay a higher psychic price than we imagine.
- oooyay 3mo agoIncredible, Bill Hicks on HN. My life has come full circle. Ironically Bill smoked like a chimney and for that we can also largely thank marketers.
- BoingBoomTschak 3mo agoSounds very much like the South Park bit when they call the guy selling jewellery to the elderly via teleshopping!