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Samuel Burl Kinison (/ ˈ k ɪ n ɪ s ən / KIN-iss-ən; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream, similar to charismatic preachers.
Back to School is a 1986 American comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, William Zabka, Ned Beatty, Sam Kinison, Paxton Whitehead, Robert Downey Jr., M. Emmet Walsh, and Adrienne Barbeau. It was directed by Alan Metter. The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father (Dangerfield ...
Pinecrest Bible Training Center is an interdenominational, unaccredited, three-year Bible school in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. It was founded by Wade Taylor in 1968 in Salisbury Center, New York, and relocated to Virginia in 2013. [1] The comedian Sam Kinison attended Pinecrest for the academic year 1968–1969.
The Texas Outlaw Comics were a group of comedians based in Houston, Texas in the mid-1980s. [1] Formed at the Comedy Workshop comedy club in Houston, early members included Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks, Ron Shock, Steve Epstein, Carl LaBove, John S, Riley Barber, Dan Merryman, John Farnetti, and Jimmy Pineapple. [2]
Live From Hell is the fourth and final comedy album by Sam Kinison. It was released in 1993, a year after his death in an automobile accident. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album. [4]
Charlie Hoover (Tim Matheson) is a man who just reached middle age when one day the voice within his head materializes in the form of Hugh (Sam Kinison), a foot-high miniature alter ego. Hugh guides Charlie on the path to getting his life in order.
Have You Seen Me Lately? is the second stand-up album by American comedian Sam Kinison, released in 1988.The final track, a cover of the song Wild Thing by The Troggs, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards.
"Everyone else in school was filling out their SAT applications, but I just passed mine back. I knew I wasn't going to go to college." [4] Shore was mentored by Sam Kinison and opened several of his sets. While touring the comedy club circuit, Shore cultivated an alter ego persona called "The Weasel".