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On Bill's final appearance on Letterman while recovering from cancer
>"the producers told Bill, they had been frantically searching for him. A good laugh was had by all and Bill went into make-up. [...] The set went as smoothly as could be. Finally, he was getting to do material [...] that he felt truly represented him for eight million people in the 11.30 audience. [...] 'Good set Bill!!' Letterman said. 'Always nice to have you drop by with an uplifting message!' [...] Back in the hotel, Bill stretched out in a hot bath [...] As he got out of the tub and wrapped himself in a towel, the phone rang. It was Robert Morton. 'Bill, I've got some bad news. [...] CBS Standards and Practices felt some of the material was unsuitable for broadcast.' Bill rubbed his forehead. 'Uh, which material exactly did they find unsuitable?' 'Well,' Morton said, 'almost all of it'." [...] 'He was, I [Colleen] swear, surrounded by white light. Like white rage. There was literally a glow around him, he was so freaked and mad.'"
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On Letterman pulling Bill's performance
>"On Friday 1 October[1993], Bill had taped a six-minute set for Letterman in its much-heralded new 11.30 time slot. About two hours after the taping [...] the show decided to pull Hicks's performance: Unsuitsable for broadcast Bill was told when he got the call in his suite at the Mayflower Hotel taht evening. [...] Bill knew the truth now. It was Late Show producers under the helm of executive producer Robert Morton and David Letterman - not CBS - who had decided to strike his entire set."
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On Bill's tumor growing again
>"Bill was being kicked hard by the cancer for the first time since his diagnosis. After months of remarkable progress the chemo was suddenly having little effect. He was having some rough nights and was allowing himself more and more Percocet to cope with the acute psychic pain as much as the physical."
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