Sam Kinison
Sam Kinison
Samuel Burl "Sam" Kinisonwas an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect humor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were most often characterized by an intense style, similar to charismatic preachers, and punctuated by his trademark scream...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 December 1953
CityYakima, WA
CountryUnited States of America
Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.
With any other celebrity, people come up and say, 'Hey, I really like your work.' But with my fans, when they see me, they don't even say hello. They just go, 'AWWWWWGHGHHHGHGHRRR!'
So many people counted on me to be the party, I had to move far enough away that they wouldn't want to drive there.
You don't know what a rough crowd is. If all I have to do is go make people laugh, that's nothing. Let me tell you what a tough crowd is. A tough crowd is going to a morning service and you got six people there and you gotta pat your house payment. That's a tough crowd.
I'd rather entertain people than offend them.
I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
It occurred to me that there wouldn't be world hunger, if you people would MOVE WHERE THE FOOD IS!!!
I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.
I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you just can't cry.
Society needs a couple of vents that say what you're not supposed to say.
Just because I do a few comedy bits about gay people, that does not mean I'm out there promoting some anti-gay cause.