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“And she’s alive!” he punches the word Kinison style.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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“And she’s alive!” he punches the word Kinison style.
Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
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This guy playing Kinison is like nails on a chalkoard x 2 (see clip posted above).
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Sam Kinison: Unleashed ($14.98; Mill Creek) contains two HBO specials from the comic I never appreciated but admired by his fellow artists (Johnny Carson called Kinison one of his all-time favorites) and remembered forever for actually making a funny routine out of people starving in Africa.
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By 1977, Kinison was preaching in a rough section of Chicago but he soon abandoned the ministry to pursue his dreams of becoming a comic.
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The son of a preacher, Kinison spent much of his childhood in Peoria, Illinois.
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His older brothers were already preachers, and Kinison had sometimes played music for them during their sermons.
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Initially performing for free, Kinison became a regular fixture at the Comedy Store where he met and eventually befriended such comics as Robin Williams and Jim Carrey.
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Kinison was only three years old when he was hit by a truck, which left him with some brain damage.
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Actor and comedian, Sam Kinison was born in Yakima, Washington.
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