JAKE FOGELNEST

On October 1st, 1993, Bill Hicks taped an appearance on “Late Show with David Letterman.” After the taping Letterman decided not to air Hicks’ performance and edited it from the broadcast. Bill Hicks, sick with Pancreatic Cancer at the time, never appeared on Letterman’s show again.

In 2009, Dave had Bill’s mother on the show to apologize for not airing Bill’s stand-up that night. He then aired the routine Hicks originally performed back on the “Late Show” in 1993.

It’s available on YouTube in three parts.

Sorry, I know I should blog more.  I’m always updating Twitter and Facebook so a lot of stuff I would blog about gets eaten up by those evil tools of social media - MUHAHAHA!

Anyway, I’m sure I’m the last person on earth to blog about this, but in case you somehow missed it too, apparently David Letterman had on Bill Hicks’ mother to apologize to her for cutting Bill’s set from The Late Show in 1993.  He then played the unedited set.  It’s hilarious.