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Sam Kinison’s Big Break (1984)
In the summer of ‘84, Rodney Dangerfield gave Sam Kinison his first shot on the national stage when he invited him to perform on HBO’s…
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Tributes: Sam Kinison
He sneered, snarled and shrieked. Assaulting his audiences with insults – and parlaying his outrageous brand of humor into numerous television appearances and his own…
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Comedy Review; It’s a Far Cry From Sobbing
In the ’80s, Sam Kinison served as comedy’s raw nerve, dipping below the surface of civility to become the screaming embodiment of blind, bewildered rage.
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Kinison’s Friends Recall His More Compassionate Acts
Colleagues remember shock comic’s off-stage kindness. But the tribute they’ll tape in Anaheim won’t be syrupy
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Sam Kinison Last Stand
On April 10, 1992, almost a year after delivering that routine on HBO, Sam Kinison was killed in a head-on collision on that same stretch…
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Comedy Review: Comic Kinison Still Far From Being Family Fare
By Glenn DoggrellASSISTANT SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARTS EDITOROriginally printed in The Los Angeles TimesFriday, December 28, 1990 SAN DIEGO — Sam Kinison will not be…