Sam Kinison: Why Did We Laugh is a 1999-released biographical documentary. It follows the life and career of late comedian and actor Sam Kinison. He was known for his distinctive style of comedy, as ...

For fans of comedy, Sam Kinison needs no introduction. His scathing comedy tackled tough topics no other comedian dared to touch. Fed up and disenfranchised with his career as a Pentacostal preacher, ...

He first came to fame as one of Sam Kinison's "Outlaws of Comedy." Stand-up comedian Jimmy Shubert hasn't mellowed much. "I'm a curmudgeon on hyper-drive," Shubert said. But with a definite caveat: he ...

It’s hard to imagine Sam Kinison growing old and mellowing out. The infant Sam arrived in East Peoria nearly 62 years ago. That’s the minimum age to draw Social Security, a stage in life where few ...

“I know Jesus was never married. Guy never had a wife. No way,” Sam Kinison tells his audience in his 1987 HBO comedy special, Breaking the Rules. “Because no wife would buy this story in a hundred ...

Samuel Burl "Sam" Kinison (December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect humor. A former Pentecostal ...

No matter how praiseworthy HBO's forays into motion pictures might be, their films like Temple Grandin and You Don't Know Jack are almost always confined to the small screen. However, it looks like ...

I was lucky enough to see Sam Kinison work several times. It’s one thing to see someone’s comedy special on TV or to listen to an album by them, and I certainly absorbed his work in whatever way it ...

Good morning, troops. It’s Thursday, Dec. 8. It also would have been the 63 rd birthday of Sam Kinison, who aside from Richard Pryor is the most famous comedian the Peoria area has produced. The son ...

Ralphie May didn’t take the stereotypical route to comedy stardom. But it doesn’t really matter how you get there, because you’re going to pay your dues in one way or another. “There are a lot of ...