If you like this video, don’t forget to rate it. The higher the rating is, the more likely other people are to watch it. By the way, it isn’t about some ego boost to me if the video gets a high rating, but I do think this is a topic worth discusing, so the more people who view it the better. Thanks! To hear Carlin and Hicks’ thoughts on one another, click here www.youtube.com Carlin says of Hicks, he “had so much edgy promise”. Even if people strongly disagree with the suggestions made by this video, I hope they’ll judge it on its own merits as a video ie if it’s well edited, if the quality of the clips are good, and so forth. And I love discussing both of these comics, so if you want leave a comment. This video DOES NOT say that George Carlin stole from Bill Hicks. It does not insist that George Carlin plagiarised Bill Hicks’ work. It merely points out that some of their comedy was very similar. It sets out to answer the question, was George Carlin influenced by Bill Hicks? Carlin and Hicks were two of the most abrasive and controversial stand-up comedians America ever produced. However, Hicks died quite young, aged 32, of pancreatic cancer in 1994, before ever achieving widespread fame in his native country. Carlin was a much more revered figure in the US, recorded 14 HBO specials to packed audiences before his death from heart-failure in 2008. Carlin style of comedy during the early part of his career was more character based, with creations like “Wonderful Wino” and …