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  Sam Kinison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kinison was born in Yakima, Washington, and originally became a preacher.
Kinison might be considered a "rock and roll comedian" since he occasionally was accompanied by a touring band, as well as having a prodigious appetite for drugs and alcohol.
Kinison was considered for the role of Al Bundy in the sitcom Married...
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sam_Kinison   (1670 words)

  
 Sam Kinison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam Kinison's comedy was hard to understand -- if life had never kicked you in the crotch.
Sam Kinison makes us all laugh again, first with his wild comedy, and then with his song "Wild Thing" which is great.
Sam proves that he is the best, was the best, and always will be the best.
www.freeglossary.com /Sam_Kinison   (438 words)

  
 Cringe Humor - Comedy That Questions Your Morality
Formerly a preacher, Sam Kinison became one of the the loudest and rudest comedians of the 20th century.
Sam and his brothers followed in their father's footsteps by touring churches across the Bible Belt and earning a decent living.
Sam's shows sold out like arena rock concerts, and he quickly earned the respect of the biggest rock acts of the late eighties, like Motley Crue, Guns n' Roses, and Ozzy Osbourne, most of whom appeared in Sam's music videos.
www.cringehumor.net /legends/kinison.htm   (371 words)

  
 Sam Kinison
To Sam, it was something primal, coming not from his throat but from deep down in that small part of his soul that was so empty, it gave the scream that extra echo, that extra reverb.
Sam Kinison was as unlike "Dice" Clay as two men of the same occupation could be: Clay's act is about all women...about how alike they are, at least in the categories important to him.
Kinison's rage, such as it was, was directed to the few, specific women he felt had wronged him...and only because he had loved them first.
www.povonline.com /cols/COL026.htm   (2596 words)

  
 Video Clips - kinison.com, A Multimedia Tribute to the Life and Comedy of Sam Kinison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam Kinison discusses Jessica Hahn, Ozzy Osbourne, the ministry, and more with Paul Provenza on "Comics Only", a "Comedy Central" talk show that ran in the late 80's and early 90's.
Sam Kinison and Kelly Coffield on the Fox sketch comedy show "In Living Color" in the sketch "The Kinisons at Home" as Sam Kinison and his fictional wife.
Sam is introduced by David Letterman and performs 5 minutes on "Late Night", including his bit on world hunger.
www.kinison.com /video.php   (317 words)

  
 Screamin' Sam America's Premier Sam Kinison Tribute Performer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam replied “no”, and the guy says “well you should, because you are a dead ringer of Sam Kinison”.
Sam was blessed to have that kind of support from his family and friends.
Sam realized this, and not much later, he was back on the stage again and hasn't quit since.
www.screaminsam.com /bio.php   (533 words)

  
 sam-kinison Mp3 Albums Review
Sam was in a class all by himself.
Classic Sam Kinison, with quick wit and a sharp toungue tempered by his trademark laugh Sam Kinison's over the top style is timeless, and still relevant in the new millenium.
The thing about Sam Kinison is that he says what most Americans are too scared or too brainwashed to say, and he does it with unmatched stage presence and charisma.
www.mp3-find.com /albums_review_sam-kinison.asp   (1692 words)

  
 Sam Kinison Photos - Sam Kinison News - Sam Kinison Information
Samuel "Sam" Burl Kinison (December 8, 1953 — April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian.
Early Life Kinison was born in Peoria,Illinois, and originally became a...
Sam was in mind for the lead role (Al) of 'Married...
www.tv.com /sam-kinison/person/55373/summary.html   (224 words)

  
 DVD Verdict Review - Sam Kinison: Outlaws Of Comedy
Sam Kinison burst onto the comedy scene after two big events in 1986 and 1987, his role in Rodney Dangerfield's Back To School and his HBO special Breaking The Rules.
This is not Sam Kinison's finest hour, and this pathetic DVD presentation is certainly not the finest remembrance of the man a fan should hope for.
Sam Kinison died in 1992, a short six months after wedding stripper Malika Souiri, and while it's a tragedy that he died in the full bloom of a brilliant career, it's gratifying that he's not around to witness the tragedy of this DVD.
www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/samkinisonoutlawscomedy.php   (1181 words)

  
 Sam Kinison : Have You Seen Me Lately? - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam Kinison's 1986 debut album Louder Than Hell was genius standup comedy.
Kinison also earned small acting roles, most notably as the scene-stealing history professor in the Rodney Dangerfield movie Back to School.
Kinison acknowledges his audience's uneasiness with religious jokes on "Heart-Stoppers" and admits God might punish him with death; the bit eerily foreshadows Kinison's future.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,231461,00.html   (378 words)

  
 Sam Kinison
It was about 8:30pm when they were on their way to the show, and apparently Sam saw the pickup truck coming from the other direction.
Sam had slowed his car to 15mph, at the time it hit his Trans Am head on.
Sam wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and he hit the windshield with his head.
www.findadeath.com /Deceased/k/kinison/samkinison.htm   (919 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Sam Kinison
Fire and brimstone is a motif in Chrisitan preaching that uses vivid descriptions of hell and damnation to prompt its hearers to fear divine wrath and punishment.
Sam Kinison." Late Night with David Letterman was a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC hosted by David Letterman.
Malika Souiri Kinison was born 1965 in Rabat, Morocco, she is the widow of comic legend Sam Kinison.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sam-Kinison   (3782 words)

  
 Sam Kinison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam Kinison, Comedian Born: 8 December 1953 Birthplace: Yakima, Washington Died: 10 April 1992 (automobile crash) Best Known As: Screaming, round.
POVonline: Sam Kinison Article by Mark Evanier, his first experience seeing the comedian and a journey to Las Vegas to meet with him.
Sam Kinison Tribute to the life and comedy of this comedian.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Sam_Kinison.html   (866 words)

  
 David Stubbs [Mr Agreeable]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam Kinison, who died ten years ago this month, was a nasty man. A former preacher, he forfeited his soul for a coke and booze habit and a few jokes about Christ on the cross.
Sam Kinison was born in Yakima, Washington in 1953, son of a maverick Pentecostal preacher.
Sam, leading the convoy, wiggled the front of his car to alert the driver, swerved but it was no use.
www.mr-agreeable.net /stubbs?nc=1695&id=104   (2309 words)

  
 DVD Talk > Reviews > Sam Kinison - Family Entertainment Hour > Printer Friendly
Apparently, Sam's first love was rock music: He wanted to be a rock star, and comedy was only a route to achieve that goal.
Sam was also a big movie buff, a particularly rabid fan of Woody Allen, and rarely partied (contrary to popular assumptions).
When, toward the end, Bill describes in great detail the night of Sam's death in a car accident, you'll be riveted to the screen, at once understanding how this out-of-control funnyman ultimately met his demise and mourning the loss of a true comic genius.
www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=2971   (791 words)

  
 DVD Review - The Complete Sam Kinison
Unfortunately, on April 10, 1992, Sam Kinison was killed by a drunk driver.
Kinison's background in the ministry - yes, Sam used to preach the word of God - lent itself amazingly well to his brand of in-your-face (literally) humor.
The first two discs of the set represent a nice tribute to Sam as a comedian, but the third disc is a fitting tribute to Sam, the big-hearted guy that loved his family.
www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/completesamkinison.html   (1489 words)

  
 At The Grove Productions :: Gift Shop
Sam Kinison was a Pentecostal preacher before he pursued a career in Stand-Up Comedy.
Sam Kinison was a Pentecostal preacher for seven years and preached in Pentecostal churches and city auditoriums across the nation.
Sam would be the first preacher to leave the ministry and enter the comedy world and be successful.
www.grovetheatre.com /asp/Site/store/products.asp?ID=1   (419 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Kinison, Sam: Family Entertainment Hour: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam Kinison's primal scream will echo down through the comedy hall of fame summing up so much of modernity's horror and stupidity.
This concert was taped at the Wiltern Theatre where Sam was joined with the Randy Hansen Band and a salacious slew of sinuous sirens, including his wife Malika.
This show was after Sam cleaned up his personal life, so a lot of his humor in self-effacing, making fun of his wild and drunken past.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NOO5   (403 words)

  
 Sam Kinison: Outlaws of Comedy (1990): Sam Kinison - PopMatters Film Review
When he was fresh and raw, Sam sounded like he lived inside Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, looking at life through the emasculated eyes of the so-called sensitive male ideal while trying to strike a Neanderthal pose.
Its "biography" is perfunctory; aside from the fact that Kinison cleaned up his act (supposedly beating substance abuse before dying in a freak car accident in 1992, at age 38), it offers little about his past or persona.
Kinison is not remembered for how incredibly funny he truly was, but merely for how horribly misguided his muse could often be.
popmatters.com /film/reviews/s/sam-kinison-outlaws-dvd.shtml   (937 words)

  
 About Sam Kinison - kinison.com, A Multimedia Tribute to the Life and Comedy of Sam Kinison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam was a mentor to me. There is no handbook on how to handle becoming famous, how to behave when suddenly people are treating you differently.
Sam taught me to have a little class.
A Multimedia Tribute to the Life and Comedy of Sam Kinison is designed and maintained by Rob Stibal ©1996-2006.
www.kinison.com /about.php   (433 words)

  
 Screamin' Sam America's Premier Sam Kinison Tribute Performer
Sam's act features songs, comedy, and amazing energy true to the spirit of the late Sam Kinison.
Screamin' Sam was just out in the LA area and I spent several days with him.
He is a person that if we did not have Sam as our common bond that I would still want as a friend.
www.screaminsam.com   (316 words)

  
 Sam Kinison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Samuel 'Sam' B. Kinison (December 8, 1953 - April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian, famous for his raunchy humor and wild, colorful outfits.
Even as Kinison sometimes seemed a romantic at heart, his routines mostly expressed a dim view of love, possibly as a result of a string of failed relationships, but more plausibly the kind of women he attracted with his wit, charm, big heart and large, loose wallet.
Sam creates impressions of fish and sealife in various states using the tactile effects that metal, its processes and techniques have to offer.
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Sam_Kinison   (1956 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Sam Kinison: Breaking the Rules (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Love him or hate him, Sam Kinison was a comic genius, and was extremley talented at what he did.
Sam was one of a kind all right, and this DVD does him justice.
Kinison was a one-of-a-kind, and no one will ever be able to duplicate him.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000056KE2   (432 words)

  
 Dick Vitale vs. Sam Kinison vs. John Moschitta @ WWWF Grudge Match
Sam Kinison wins the job hands down, records the messages, and gets banned by the FCC for Violence of his Voice.
Kinison and Vitale are giants in the world of Arts and Letters, but they've got nothing on my man John.
Kinison discovers that the room is now empty and the person doing the judging is gone.
www.grudge-match.com /History/littlecaesars.shtml   (3829 words)

  
 Jim Girard - Tim Bruce: Son Of Sam (Kinison)?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
As a Sam Kinison look-alike and movie double, Jaimison is looking at his career beginning to bloom at the age of forty.
When Sam Kinison’s opening act and close friend, Carl LaBobe was at Cleveland’s Hilarities several years ago, Timmi Jaimison showed up in costume.
“Bill Kinison was there with his daughter, Ginger, and I guess when the light hit my back and I opened the door, Bill told Ginger that ‘It’s your uncle Sam.’ So, that night at the restaurant, Bill was toasting and asked me what I was drinking and I told him Jack Daniels.
www.esquirerecords.com /mag/6/content/JG_Kin.htm   (1210 words)

  
 Sam Kinison
I was first introduced to the name Sam Kinison from a Jerry Sadowitz routine on TV and knew immediately that by association with Jerry this was a comedian whose work I needed to know.
Far a comedian who demonstrates the potential power of a stand-up comedy performance so spectacularly, Sam Kinison is a great loss to many lovers of comedy outside America.
Where his contemporary and friend Bill Hicks was happy to be discovered internationally, and made tours of the UK, Kinison made his big breakthough as a comedian after he was thirty, and was happy to pursue his career at home.
www.geoffparfitt.supanet.com /index16.html   (335 words)

  
 Kinison's
A former Pentecostal preacher, Sam trailblazed a new, confrontational style of comedy in the eighties and nineties, at once loud and edgy, while still personal and deeply introspective.
The restaurant is owned and operated by Bill Kinison, author of the terrific book "Brother Sam" (watch for the film version by producer David Permut).
The bar and dining area feature mementos from Sam's brilliant career, including coats and robes, his guitars, posters from his concerts and films, and, most importantly, booze.
www.comedyontap.com /jokes/kinison/kinisons.html   (355 words)

  
 Sam Kinison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Sam Kinison Banned (1990) (V) Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour (1990) (TV)
Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour (1990) (TV) (producer)
Find where Sam Kinison is credited alongside another name
www.imdb.com /name/nm0455630   (261 words)

  
 Combustible Celluloid film review - Sam Kinison: Outlaws of Comedy (2005), Sam Kinison, dvd review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
When Sam Kinison (1954-1992) first appeared on those Rodney Dangerfield comedy specials on cable in the mid-1980s, I immediately glommed onto him.
Kinison rocketed to stardom and easily fell into the usual glitzy showbiz trap.
Two years later, Kinison had cleaned up his act and even proposed marriage when he was killed by a drunk driver.
www.combustiblecelluloid.com /digitalwatch/samkinison.shtml   (290 words)

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