>>909304OP here. Richard Pryor was Bill's favorite comedian.
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On Jay Leno recalling the time he offered advice to Bill and other young Texan comedians
>"Leno knew he was good, recalling: [...] "the comedy club owner says, 'Oh, there's a group of people in the city, would you talk to them about comedy? [...] I always find when you're teaching comedy, the one who sort of gets up in disgust and leaves and thinks you're a jerk is usually the best comedian in the room." That was Bill. With Bill opening for him that week, Leno gave him a nickel's worth of free advice. He had to clean up his act if he wanted to do television."__________
On Bill getting drunk for the first time
>"Bill was the closing act and he had a good two hours to get acquainted with the powers of top-shelf tequila. Seven or eight shots later, he was standing at the edge of the stage, glaring at his audience [...] He'd never before been so filled with pure contempt. They were the reason everything was so mediocre. [...] 'You stupid fuckin' old people,' he slurred, crawling around the stage. 'You just send your kids off to war. What the fuck do you care? You got all the money. Just let them die. Just say home and watch on your TV sets. You don't give a shit.' [...] An older woman in front stood up. 'I'll have you know my son died in the war for your freedom!' she yelled, pointing a finger at him. [...] As she and her husband left their table and made their way to the nearest exit, Bill said, 'All right, all right, maybe I was a little out of line...' The audience stared. 'Fuck you all,' he groaned.'"__________
On Bill overdosing on Darvon (painkillers)
>"I picked up a bunch of boxes of Darvon to give to friends. [...] Bill ended up taking the whole box, and he ended up in the ER of St. Joseph Hospital with a Chinese doctor standing over him yelling, "You partyin' now, white boy? You partyin' now, white boy? while trying to slap him back into consciousness." __________
