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40 Years Ago, NBC Got Literal Crap in the Mail for Censoring Sam Kinison on ‘SNL’
The network received some pretty strong feedback from Kinison’s fans after removing portions of his stand-up routine from a later broadcast
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Gary Gershoff/Contributor/Getty Images 3 Stand-Up Comedy Legends Who Were Destroying Hecklers Before It Was Trendy
Before crowd-work clips became clickbait, old-school stand-ups were shutting down audience members on albums, specials, and dusty DVD extras
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Easter bunnies (Photo by FPG/Getty Images) 9 Jokes From Famous Comedians on the Subject of Easter
A selection of holiday-themed zingers to help you get your mind off your annoying relatives
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Sam Kinison (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) Sam Kinison Once Punched Billy Idol’s Guitarist (According to Idol, Anyway)
Several people involved with the incident have shared conflicting stories about the day in question
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A still from 'My Cousin Vinny' (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images) The Stand-Up Comedian Who Was Originally Supposed to Star in ‘My Cousin Vinny’
Vincent LaGuardia Gambini was a heavyweight boxer in the script, so obviously Joe Pesci wasn’t the number one choice
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George Carlin in 2001 (Photo credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images) The One Comedian Who Scared George Carlin Into Getting ‘Back to Work’
Another stand-up legend inspired Carlin to step his game up in his later years
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The 'Married…With Children' cast (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images) A Pair of Famous Stand-Up Comedians Almost Played the Lead Roles on ‘Married… With Children’
The long-running sitcom could’ve been a helluva lot louder
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Rodney Dangerfield (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/IMAGES/Getty Images) Rodney Dangerfield Once Saved Sam Kinison From the Mob
Dangerfield’s ‘no respect’ bit clearly didn’t reflect reality
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Sam Kinison and Bill Maher…sitcom stars? For a minute, yes (Credit: Images Press/IMAGES/Getty Images, Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc) The Short-Lived Sitcom That Featured Sam Kinison and Bill Maher
The two comedians came together in a really weird way
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Sam Kinison on stage a year before his death (Photo by Bob Scott/Fotos International/Getty Images) Sam Kinison’s Brother Reveals What the Comedian’s Final Moments Were Like
A legend’s brother sets the record straight
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Sam Kinison doing his trademark scream (Photo by Darlene Hammond/Getty Images) The Classic Comedy That Sam Kinison Was Cut Out Of
We apparently missed out on a scream or two
