Original Airdate: 05/24/1989
Tag: Television
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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 9th Annual Young Comedians Special. The rest is history.
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Pre-School – Saturday Night Live
Mr. and Mrs. Geebler are at a parent-teacher conference with their daughter’s teacher, Carl Best. Aired 11/15/86
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Sam Kinison “Wild Thing” on MTV New Year’s Eve (1988)
Live performance of “Wild Thing” by Sam Kinison on MTV New Years Eve ’88 with host Downtown Julie Brown.
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Short Takes: Sanitized Video Upsets Kinison
From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports
Originally printed in The Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, May 30, 1990NEW YORK — Foul-mouthed comedian Sam Kinison is demanding that MTV stop showing the sanitized version of his “Under My Thumb” video. The music network originally had rejected Kinison’s first version, which featured seductively clad women.
The revised video, sans women, is just too purebred for Kinison. ” . . . I definitely feel there’s a double standard going on. I can turn on MTV and see Cher or Madonna (in seductive situations) and you have me revise my video?” Kinison said in a statement released by his publicity firm.
