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On Bill's transformation from cute comedian to Outlaw comic
>"Bill stood onstage at Charlie's Goodnight's in Raleigh, dressed in a black leather jacket and sipping Jack Daniels [..] 'How many of you think I'm the Antichrist?' he asked. [...] Bill narrowed his eyes and stared hard at the audience. 'That's not enough,' he said. [...] He acted out violent, bloody fantasies toward his former girlfriend, an assortment of politicians - even the Reagans' dog. He unearthed new, unimagined lows in bad taste [...] This is not a warm person. But is he funny? Oh yes."
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On Bill's advice to a young Black comic
>"Vernon even credited Bill with helping him find his voice. Bill didn't like the stock racial stuff Vernon was doing at first. 'He said, "Why are you doing the dumb nigger shit? We've got a bunch of those," 'Vernon recalled. 'I've heard you talk in the green room, the shit you say back there is what you feel. That's funny. Go up and do *your* stuff with your attitude the way *you* do it and you're going to be okay."
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On Bill's exhaustion working small town shows
>"nothing much changed for Bill in the ensuing months for raising his price a little when he went back on the road to do the usual round of comedy rooms. One night he found himself in a nice suburb of Kansas City playing at a little club called Stanford's and Sons. 'Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,' Bill began. 'I am very tired and I have been on the road for months, so please bear with me while I plaster on a fake smile and plow through this shit one more time.'"
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