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Sam Kinison
Sam Kinison on the cover of Rolling Stone
Sam Kinison on the cover of Rolling Stone
Born December 8, 1953(1953-12-08)
Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Died April 10, 1992 (aged 38)
Needles, California, U.S.
Medium stand-up, television, music
Nationality American
Years active 1978-1992
Genres Black comedy, Satire, Observational comedy, Insult comedy
Subject(s) human sexuality, current events, American politics, pop culture, religion
Influences Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor
Influenced Bill Hicks, Jeff Duran, Chris Rock, Jim Carrey, Joe Rogan, Tom Rhodes
Website SamKinison.org

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Contents

Biography

Early life

Born in Yakima, Washington, Kinison was the son of a Pentecostal preacher. Pentecostalism is a renewalist religious movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the Baptism His father pastored several churches around the country, receiving little income. Sam later attended high school in East Peoria, Illinois. East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. He also lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a while with his parents. His father is deceased, but his mother still lives in Tulsa. He followed in his father's footsteps, as he was originally a pentecostal preacher before becoming a comedian. Recordings of his sermons reveal that he used a "fire and brimstone" style, punctuated with shouts similar to the ones he would later use in his stand-up routines. He attended Pinecrest Bible Training Center in Salisbury Center New York. Pinecrest Bible Training Center is a fundamentalist unaccredited three-year Bible School located in Salisbury Center New York He was forced to leave preaching when he divorced his first wife, at which time he took up comedy.

Comedy life

Kinison's appearance on HBO's featured Rodney Dangerfield's Ninth Annual Young Comedians Special in the summer of 1984 is widely considered to be his breakthrough performance. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Later, during Kinison's appearance on Late Night with David Letterman, David Letterman's introduction of Kinison would prove to be prescient: "Brace yourselves. Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy Talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 I'm not kidding. Please welcome Sam Kinison. "

Ironically, Kinison played on his former role as a Bible preaching evangelist--taking satirical and sacrilegious shots at Christianity and famous Christian evangelist scandals of his day. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Though he himself was a former preacher, his daring comedy aimed at the church, Christianity and the Bible helped shoot him to stardom. On several video tapes of his stand up comedy, a shot of his personalized license plate reveals the words "EX REV," a play-on term standing for ex reverend.

Kinison might be considered a "heavy metal comedian," since he was occasionally accompanied by a touring band; he also had a prodigious appetite for drugs and alcohol. Recreational drug use is the use of Psychoactive drugs for Recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon In 1988, he recorded a novelty version of The Troggs' "Wild Thing. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Troggs are an English rock band from the 1960s that had a number of hits in Britain and the USA, including their most famous song " " Wild Thing " is a hit song written by New York -born songwriter Chip Taylor and originally recorded by The Wild Ones in 1965 ( United " The record didn't make the Billboard Hot 100, but the video was a hit on MTV, featuring cameos from Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from Aerosmith, Slash, Billy Idol, rock guitarist Steve Vai, guitarist Frank Zappa's son Dweezil Zappa, Richie Sambora, Tommy Lee from Mötley Crüe, Robbin Crosby, Warren DeMartini and Stephen Pearcy of Ratt and a raunchy "roll on the mat" dance with Jessica Hahn. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Stephen Victor Tallarico (born March 26 1948 in Yonkers New York) better known as Steven Tyler (and often nicknamed The Demon of Joe Perry may refer to Joe Perry (American football (born 1927 Joe Perry (musician (born 1950 Joe Perry (snooker Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Saul Hudson (born 23 July 1965 more widely known by his stage name Slash, is an English - African American Guitarist best known as the former Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad, 30 November 1955, Stanmore, Middlesex) is an English rock Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born June 6 1960 in Carle Place New York) is an American Instrumental rock Guitarist Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969) is an American rock Guitarist. Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora (born on July 11 1959 is an American rock Guitarist, producer musician singer and songwriter who is Tommy Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass; October 3, 1962) is an American Musician. Mötley Crüe ( IPA pronunciation: /'mɒtliː Robbin Crosby (August 4 1959 – June 6 2002 born Robbinson Lantz Crosby and nicknamed "King" was co-lead guitarist in the Glam metal band Ratt Warren Justin DeMartini (born April 10 1963) nicknamed Torch, is the Lead guitarist for Ratt, a popular American band during Stephen Pearcy (born July 3, 1959) is the lead singer of the 80's Glam metal band Ratt. Ratt is an American Glam metal band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s Jessica Hahn (born July 7, 1959 in Massapequa New York) is a model actress and former church secretary best known for her Sex scandal Sam hammered out some licks on a custom Stratocaster, with an airbrushed picture of his face frozen in his famous scream. The Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as the Strat, is a model of Electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares

One of his albums featured four songs performed by him and his band, and during one notable The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson performance, he delivered what began as a straightforward version of Elvis Presley's Are You Lonesome Tonight (click here for the video), which descended into angry ranting during the spoken breakdown. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was a late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the ''Tonight Show'' franchise from 1962 " Are You Lonesome To-night?," now often known as " Are You Lonesome Tonight?," is a popular Song with music by Lou Handman

Some of Kinison's most spontaneous moments came during his frequent appearances on The Howard Stern Show. The Howard Stern Show is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern on Howard 100, one of two channels on the subscription-based He made an angry phone call on-air to Bobcat Goldthwait, and he embarrassed comedienne Judy Tenuta to the point of driving her off the show, as he sat in with Penn Jillette, Chuck McCann, and Jack Riley. Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait (born May 26 1962) is an American Comedian, actor screenwriter and film and television director Judy Tenuta (born November 7, 1956 in Oak Park Illinois is an American Entertainer, Comedienne, and accordionist. Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American Comedian, Illusionist, juggler and Writer known Chuck McCann (b September 2, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York) is a movie TV stage and Voice actor. Jack Riley (born December 30, 1935) is an American comedic actor probably most recognizable as the irascible Elliot Carlin from Bob Newhart 's 1970s His most notorious stunt resulted in a highly entertaining on-air feud with Stern: he made an on-air promise to bring to the show members of the rock-n-roll band Bon Jovi, with whom Stern was feuding, but they never showed up. Bon Jovi is an American Hard rock band from Sayreville New Jersey. It turned out that Bon Jovi had no intention of appearing. Bon Jovi is an American Hard rock band from Sayreville New Jersey. Stern's reaction was swift and vindictive, resulting in Kinison's eventual apology, but not before one of the show's funniest moments in which comedian Gilbert Gottfried and Stern both savaged an emotionally-charged phone call between Stern and Kinison, in which both stars used the words "man" and "dude" with each other so often that Gottfried and Stern went into stitches on hearing the playback. Gilbert Gottfried (born February 28 1955 in Brooklyn New York) is an American stand-up comedian and Actor whose most salient

Stern and Kinison eventually made up and paired on Stern's pay-per-view special, U. S. Open Sores. Today, Howard Stern remembers Kinison fondly and acknowledges his comedic genius often on his radio show. In the mid-1990s, Stern purchased the movie rights to Kinison's biography Brother Sam, written by his brother Bill, but later revealed on the air that "no studio was interested in financing the movie," partially because of the comedian's controversial nature, and partially because the story had such a tragic ending. In April 2007, it was revealed on Sirius that it may be made into a TV movie with comedian Jeff Duran[2]. Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky with a visual Apparent magnitude of &minus1 Jeff Dandurand (born February 13, 1974) more commonly known as Jeff Duran, is a Los Angeles California -based Comedian, Radio

In 1991, Kinison starred in the Fox Network TV show Charlie Hoover, in which he played the inner voice of the title character, appearing as a 12" man. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The show lasted only 7 episodes before being canceled.

Death

Just six days after the wedding to his girlfriend Malika Souiri, Kinison's white Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was struck on U.S. Route 95 by a seventeen-year-old who had been drinking, four miles north of Interstate 40 and several miles west of Needles, California. A wedding is the Ceremony in which two people are united in Marriage. The Pontiac Firebird was a Pony car built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002 US Route 95 is a north-south United States highway. Unlike many other US highways it has not seen deletion or replacement on most of the course caused by an encroaching Needles ( Mojave ʼAha Kuloh) is a city located on the western banks of the Colorado River in San Bernardino County, California. He had taken US 95 North instead of taking the well known shortcut to Laughlin, Nevada. Laughlin is a Census-designated place (CDP in Clark County, Nevada, United States. His best friends J. J. Wall and Carl LaBove were in the van behind him. Kinison got out of his car and fell to the ground, and LaBove picked him up and held him until help came. As they sat on the road, LaBove reports that Kinison was looking down the road and laughed and was talking to somebody and said, "No, not now. " Then he laughed and said, "No, not yet," and laughed again. He said, "Ok, ok," then died in the arms of his best friend. Oddly enough, Kinison often joked about drunk driving and the futility of trying to prevent it in his act, firmly stating: "We're going to drink, we're going to drive, we're going to pull it off. " His wife survived the accident. The other driver received only minor charges. It has been said the teenage driver was later found to not be over the BAC limit and even gave CPR to Kinison after the accident. However, the veracity of this information has never been verified and appears dubious as the consumption of any alcoholic beverages below the age of 18 in every U. S. state is illegal. Kinison's brother accounts in the documentary Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh? that the "kid that hit him was stuck in his truck" and said nothing of any attempt made by the teen to assist Kinison. Kinison was later found to have very slight traces of cocaine in his bloodstream. [3] Friends and relatives insisted that the comedian was 100% sober at the time of the collision.

He is interred with family members at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. His grave marker gives his full name, his date of birth and death, and an unattributed quote, "In another time and place he would have been called prophet. "

Trivia

Discography

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time" (2004) (mini)
  2. ^ Register at IMDb.com
  3. ^ 1992 Articles - kinison.com, A Multimedia Tribute to the Life and Comedy of Sam Kinison

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