We witness triumphs and defeats, high highs and low lows, and even a few high lows as drugs eased the boredom. In Lake Charles, Louisiana, Ron Shock took LSD with Bill Hicks before a show in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ophira Eisenberg had gravity-bong hits with a waitress’ boyfriend. In New York, Richard Belzer sucked the gas out of whipped-cream cans before going on stage at Caroline’s.
The right mixture of alcohol and ego guaranteed that violence would rear its head. Dr. Dre almost shot Carlos Mencia. Joe Piscopo had his nose broken by a mobster. Brett Butler had a guy fire a gun at her while she was on stage. Mike McDonald exacted revenge on a heckler for many a comic by punching a guy in the face.
There are a couple of misfires by people who didn’t seem to get the point, such as Jonathan Winters telling a story about returning to his hometown, or the joke is missed, such as Larry David describing a dream he once had, but their names are so big how could you not include them?
I Killed is filled with funny stories from over 200 comedians and includes cameos by Richard Pryor, Rodney Dangerfield, Sam Kinision, Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, and Andy Kaufman. Some of the stories are so outlandish I question the veracity of the tales, but that doesn’t make them any less funny.
Either they had so much material to work with or they had such a positive response in their community, because Volume Two is already in the works. Surely they must be trying to get interviews with Michael Richards and Paulie Shore for Volume Three.
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1 - Natalie Bennett
This article has been selected for syndication to Advance.net, which is affiliated with newspapers around the United States. Nice work!