User talk:Helena Bonham Carter

Oh noes! The confusion increases. --AKjeldsen 19:08, 24 May 2007 (CDT)

Confucious say: "Am I Helena Bonham Carter, or is she me?" human^{be in} 02:14, 25 May 2007 (CDT)

"We sit in silence, Helena Bonham Carter and I, until only Helena Bonham Carter remains". --AKjeldsen 04:55, 25 May 2007 (CDT)

Block

What? Why do they hate us so? :-( --User:Helena Bonham Carter

Stern warning >:(

This was an abuse of MLK's 'I have a dream' Size +5 blue impact. Please desist in doing this, lest I REVIEW UR EDITS !!1! --מְתֻרְגְּמָן ^{שְׁלֹום}

Also, it's funnier if you leave out the trainees' lines :D --Jeєv☭s^{Your signature uses all my CPU time...} 08:18, 25 March 2008 (EDT)

I like your style

<font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{I like red links} 18:58, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

Well, I don't, you little Satanista. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:00, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

I thought she was a Sandinista? ħuman 19:21, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

Satanista. For this sock is clearly a Satanist. Radioactive afikomen ^{Please ignore all my awful pre-2014 comments.} 19:24, 23 June 2008 (EDT)

I've caught you now!

Take me to your gold. <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{I like red links} 14:45, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

As Mrs Carter's retained lawyer, I must ask you to cease and desist from your threats of false imprisonment and extortion or face legal action. Thank you and have a nice day. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 14:53, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

Not to mention your libellious allegations that Mrs Carter is a leprechaun. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 14:55, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

You catch on slow ^_^ <font=""; face="Comic Sans MS">Jellyfish!^{I like red links} 15:02, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

Yes, but surely. --AKjeldsen^{Cum dissensie} 15:11, 24 August 2008 (EDT)

Hmm

~_0 Ty^talk 21:18, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

You should

Use this account more often. ;) 142.124.55.236 (talk) 00:44, 4 June 42016 AQD (UTC)

Indeed. And as you seem to have Pb's ear, perhaps you should gently dissuade him from his increasingly paranoid style. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 00:57, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, sure. I think everyone's out to get me. Hah. Pbfreespace (talk) 01:22, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

What I think Helena is referring to is the "they obviously created a sleeper to vote in the coop" sorta thing. I mean, there's obviously plenty other reasons why someone might have some socks lying around. 142.124.55.236 (talk) 01:32, 4 June 42016 AQD (UTC)

Exactly, 142. Though I cannot seem to recall why I have this sock lying around... The Absent-minded Hero (talk) 01:34, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Good work, the both of you. Pb, it's a shame you weren't around to watch the Conservapedia sysops descending into their own private hell of hair-trigger hyper-vigilance, unable to see anything other than potential enemies and conspiracies in unfamiliar voices. I imagine, if you had been, you wouldn't be so keen to follow them down that particular rabbit hole. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 01:52, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Did somebody call for a sock party at RationalWiki? Cheers! We should all grab a bottle of whiskey and some 40s and head over to the Weeping Lion and see if that wreck is still standing in some form. Foster the Tipsy (talk) 02:07, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Cheers! Socks for all! Vote early, vote often! Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 02:21, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Please Run

You've been nominated to the RationalMedia Foundation election. Please accept or decline here; if you accept, you may wish to campaign.

RoninMacbeth (talk) 22:19, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Seriously

What's your fucking problem? Do you get your fucking rocks off being such a shit? You never even actually address the content of my arguments, you resort to blithe snark instead. Clearly you can't respond with anything of substance, so you have to substitute it with mockery instead. Sad. — Oxyaena ^Harass 22:01, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

For old times sake I thought I would have a gander at what you guys are talking about and Oxy, you are being just as much of an asshole so you could take the advice you are spitting out to others also - are you ot old enough to handle a little sarcasm? Why don't you both get out of the sandpit and be adults. Ace^Moderator 01:48, 23 January 2020 (UTC)

Tulsi election WIGO edit

That's brilliant!! :D dunno how to send you a pvt message so this will do Aloysius the Gaul 03:14, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Cheers, man :) Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 03:16, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Coop

A case involving you has been raised in the Coop. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 17:16, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Bless your heart. You're really winning at this moderation business today, aren't you? Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 17:48, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

This Wiki has a fucking problem on the Salon Bar at least when pro Bernie Bro-drama baiting is allowed (like "Bye Warren" followed by snark) and anti-Bernie Bro drama baiting is immediately troll-collapsed by a fucking moderator for no real fucking reason. Either allow all snark, allow none, or change the fucking name of this Wiki from RationalWiki to DirtbagLeft Wiki. 165.225.32.116 (talk) 17:58, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

It's just a tiresome rerun of 2016. Then as now, it'll mostly subside once Bernie starts campaigning for Biden. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 18:02, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

No it reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllly won't. You idiots still don't know how badly you fucked up this time, do you? ikanreed ^{🐐Bleat at me} 18:11, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

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Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 18:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Yep, you don't know. Thanks for the next 10 years of republican rule. ikanreed ^{🐐Bleat at me} 18:27, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

I make no promises for Biden, but he has a viable path to 270 through the suburbs, college graduates, and women in general, and he puts the Senate in play. Which is precisely why he scares the real "right wing assholes" in the GOP so much. Bernie would have been annihilated in the general, and put the 2018 House gains at considerable risk. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 18:48, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

I make the absolute promise that a candidate running on nothing but who they're not never, ever wins a presidential election. It's as true with Hillary or Kerry against republicans as it was with Landon or Lilkie against FDR. Biden has no reason he's given for any human being in this country to vote for him besides the vague idea that he will beat the incumbent. There's no sagery or poll reading(though oh god those don't help his case) to it. Biden is electoral doom. The only way he could possibly pull up on that crashing plane hard enough was a sudden post DNC change of tone, and frankly he lacks the charisma to do it.

You're going to lose to a historically unpopular president, presiding over a disastrous economic crash, possibly with an active pandemic that specifically kills his base, and still somehow lose. It's pretty nuts.

It's not that Sanders was necessarily offering the best or correct things to voters, but that he was offering things at all that was the difference that made him have a fractional chance of winning. ikanreed ^{🐐Bleat at me} 19:09, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

Trump and the GOP machine think otherwise, else they wouldn't have gone to the mat over the batshit Shokin smear attempt. They had the time and resources to wargame the head-to-heads beforehand, so presumably they judged it was worth the political blood and treasure, and permanently shredding their own reputations in the process.

Looking at how quickly the Dem primary field consolidated, it's reasonable to suppose the DNC's head-to-head numbers say exactly the same thing. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 02:37, 12 March 2020 (UTC)

Power trips

Maybe come look at Brucegrubb's latest edits eh? ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 00:47, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Links? Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 16:25, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Thank you

For changing your phrasing. I had not noticed this initially, but after going through the record to review the discussion, I did. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 02:45, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

And, I would like to offer an apology for my irritable behavior, as well as not noticing the change in question sooner. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 02:47, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

@GrammarCommie No worries. We've all got a bad day in us. While we're being grown-ups, it was dumb of me to lead with a gratuitous insult. However much I felt you deserved a jab for going off on the BoN, that "weapons-grade" crack was never going to do anything other than provoke you further. Sorry, man. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 21:51, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

No worries, aside from the "special" comment I didn't take anything too personally. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 22:39, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for being civil. Bongolian (talk) 01:46, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Yeah, it's all good. I'm sorry if I contributed to any sort of escalation too, by the way, at the time, I still was doubting about your ability to engage with me without any insults being thrown and being afraid about it, Helena Bonham Carter. --It's-a me, 🎄LeftyGreenMario!🎄 19:59, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

Maxwell

If you'd read the article you'd have seen the following: "According to an LD-1 Disclosure Form filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, J M Burkman and Associates—a lobbying firm owned by far-right activist Jack Burkman and co-run by Wohl—claims to have been hired by “Granite Realty [sic] LLC” in order to lobby on “[i]ssues relating to US DOJ, Senate Judiciary, [and the] House Judiciary.”

You don't file papers with Congress if you're making stuff up.

I'm putting the WIGO back. RoundeTheeHorne (talk) 19:04, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

@RoundeTheeHorne This is JFW we're talking about, man. Jacob Fucking Wohl. Of course this is made up. The idea that anyone with a) serious money, and b) anything significant at stake, would hire this gimp is off-the-fucking-chart ridiculous. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 20:12, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

I mean it's possible that she's desperate. Although if that's true, one wonders why she isn't bankrolling O'Keefe instead of the shittier ripoff version. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 21:14, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

There's "desperate", and then there's hiring the world's most comically inept political operative. If she's got the money to afford a legal team like this, she's got the money to afford dirty tricksters who - and work with me here - might actually be capable of pulling off dirty tricks without beclowning themselves.

More to the point, though, is Wohl's established track record of mindbendingly stupid attention seeking via trying to insert himself into big news stories of the day. Occam's razor ftw. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 00:01, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

I haven't been following this specific case too closely, and yes, I agree that it is nothing short of ridiculous to imagine someone with that many connections hiring Wohl of all people. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 00:14, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Glad to hear it. Is there any good reason, then, why WIGO World should be currently lending some measure of credence to this guff? Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 00:19, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

I think at the *very* least we need to wait for more sources before a WIGO is visible (so hiding the source as you did is fine). At this point, per Google News it appears that the only sources reporting this are: A) The Daily Heil Mail, who are permabanned from The Other Wiki for good reason; B) the Law And Crime source -- this is a good source, but the article is skeptical of the truthfulness; C) a website called "Benzinga" which seems a bit like a sketchy aggregator (they also are skeptical of the truthfulness); and D) The Daily Dot, a decent source which flat out called bullshit. Most of the media has stopped giving a shit about the "boy that cried wolf" a long time ago. Soundwave106 (talk) 03:08, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Last time I checked "I don't believe it's real" is not a basis for refuting something. Yes, Wohl is a troll. Until you have proof that this is a stunt, actual media reporting takes precedence. Simple as that. Prove he's trolling, an the WIGO can go down. Until then, it's news and it stays. Facts don't care about how you feel. WIGO is going back up. RoundeTheeHorne (talk) 03:51, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Great stuff. The overwhelming balance of probabilities called btw. They're as baffled as I am that you've chosen to stick your cock in this particular blender of epic fail. What you got for an encore, stumpy? Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 12:54, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

I read the article and weighed in on the WIGO talkpage. All parties involved that want to continue, please take it there. ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 13:04, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Chicken Coop

Dictating editorial content, because you think your feelings mean more than the facts as currently being reported, gets you a visit to the Coop. LongLostLegend (talk) 04:27, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Went well, I see. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 12:59, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Email me

Yours is turned off. Nutty Roux (talk) 02:44, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Sorry, man. It's getting late, and I'm generally averse to off-wiki comms. If you reckon it's important, indicate why here and I'll reassess tomorrow. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 03:43, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm bored so I thought I'd ask a question

What are your thoughts on Existentialism? ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 03:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

I get kind of repelled by the idea that meaning must be self-constructed and the subjectivity trap that entails. I don't pretend to have anything particularly well thought out to offer you instead, but this line from Bertrand Russell has always stuck with me: "I cannot see how to refute the arguments for the subjectivity of ethical values, but I find myself incapable of believing that all that is wrong with wanton cruelty is that I don't like it." Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 02:10, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Love your work

Divorce must have hit you hard, how are you keeping? Leucippus (talk) 13:05, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

As I keep telling people, she's an imposter. A fine actress, no doubt, but not the real HBC. For more information, please re-read. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 14:09, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for this Helena, I'll bear this in mind the next time I watch the fucking Crown...."that's not HBC...who is this women?" Leucippus (talk) 19:49, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

That's the spirit. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 20:39, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

You are right

Not only is Plutocow a sockpuppet of Oxyaena, but MarioSuperstar77 is a sockpuppet of LeftyGreenMario, the IP addresses match perfectly. The Exposer (talk) 15:03, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, but MS77 is in fact my sock. Playing the long con n' all that. In other news, your username makes you sound like a sex offender. A little more thought next time, please. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 16:55, 13 March 2021 (UTC)

Your caustic words...

Have cowed me! I no long feel "performative outrage"! Yays!!! Hurray! No I'll just follow your opinion blindly like a dog. Woof woof! Because obvously I was faking oppression for attention, and the gaslighting and ego-centrism displayed by your newfound friend had no real world implications. After all, we know that what people voice as opinions online has no effect on the real world what so ever. Anyway, the world is so just and peaceful and better and everyone is so happy and I used a nail file to cut myself in the arm again woop dee doo!!! But agin, there are no problems! None! ☭Comrade GC☭^{Ministry of Praise} 02:30, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Like I said, fuck all the way off with that shit. Cutting yourself is a conscious decision that you're making, and you're fully capable of choosing otherwise. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 02:37, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

You can unblock yourself now

Should you deign, that is-Hastur! (talk) 03:37, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

@Hastur Thanks, man, but I can resurrect my old main account if there's ever an urgent need to unblock this one. Maintaining a voice without sysop rights can be a precarious existence, but it's the best authoritarian detector, bar none. The thought also occurs that someone has to show that having The Buttonz isn't the be-all and end-all of participation here. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 17:56, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Regarding your interactions with Oxyaena

Under my attempted charitable interpretation of your beliefs, attitudes, and intentions regarding Oxyaena - they seem to boil down to the following: (a) you simply strongly disagree with Oxyaena's positions, views and actions, and (b) you would like her to change - her positions, views, and actions, and (c) you would like her to change to the positions, views, and actions - that you deem proper (particularly on this wiki).
However, I think that you have displayed a lack of tact, and perhaps rationality, in trying to achieve this goal (if indeed those are your goals). Your history of interactions with Oxyaena (at least since last year), can easily be prima-facie interpreted as attempts to humiliate her, rather than persuade or engage in fruitful discourse; insults or mockery, are of course, - fair game - when in the service of rationality, but your lack of tact, I fear, fails to cohere with what I deem to be your goals regarding Oxyaena.
Be all this as it may, I for one do not interpret you as a troll, I shall not stoop to such uncharitable and bad faith accusations. I find this fiasco painfully ironic, when I consider that you could be a more constructive contributor to the website; your sarcasm brings warmth to my limey heart, please don't let those embers peter out, due to this silly saga. –Leucippus^Talk 18:13, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Chicken coop

A case involving you has been raised at the Chicken Coop. Feel free to comment. You don't get to stalk editors in off-site discussions to prove a point and get away with it. Techpriest ^{(I am Alpharius! / / / )} 21:29, 31 March 2021 (UTC)

Lukashenko and Belarus

Hey Helena, how goes it? Are you keeping up with the circus in Belarus?—if so, would you mind sharing any of your thoughts? I’d appreciate some of your pellucid insight on Lukashenko’s Belarusian clusterfuck. Also, if you have the time, or rate guardian journalism, this piece is worth breezing over. Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 00:12, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

It looks like Lukashenko figures he's got nothing to lose at this point. After so long in power, he's maybe even bonkers enough to believe it's all For the Good of the Country, and that not getting strung up from a lamppost is merely a happy consequence of his selfless patriotism.

I've no idea, though, how it'll all play out. An unstable and regionally disruptive Belarus would seem to work to Putin's advantage, as long as he can keep it teetering just short of implosion. And even if it did implode, he'd likely fancy his chances of hobbling any new pro-Western administration à la Ukraine.

tl;dr: FUBAR for the foreseeable. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 01:09, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. Lukashenko knows the west can’t do much. As for how Putin will respond, that’s less predictable. The situation in Belarus, reminds me of this scene from The Spy Who Came in From The Cold: I think Alec Leamas (the spy Richard Burton plays) encapsulates much of what a sceptic is (and ought to be)—pragmatic, realistic (as opposed to idealistic), and snarky; this is the sane response to such wickedly complicated problems as those that involve entire nations—strategy, negotiation, and pragmatic considerations always come to the fore. Lukashenko appears to be another “post-truth” politician whose unpredictability may even be intentional. How do we counter someone who holds truth in contempt and propagates falsehood as part of strategy?—we have to deal with them in a pragmatic fashion; wishful thinking and arguments from adverse consequence must be cast into the flame. I for one think that Alec Leamas’ outlook has a lot in common with certain editors who have not lost track of what scepticism involves: base your beliefs on those best supported by the evidence. Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 18:32, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

I was only half joking about how Lukashenko might see himself and the situation. He's been in power for 27 years now and that can do seriously weird things to the brain. I imagine it being a bit like a star collapsing in on itself: eventually all last remnants of higher moral and strategic function are annihilated, and all that remains is some kind of super-dense id, unable to reason beyond the most immediate and basic questions of political and physical survival.

The smart move would be to GTFO and reconcile himself to living out his twilight years in a somewhat humiliating exile in Russia. He's doubtless got more than enough squirrelled away to afford a nice dacha somewhere and live very comfortably, but something obviously compels him to stand & fight.

Thanks for reminding me about The Spy. Peak Burton and deserves a rewatch soon. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 23:20, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

That article sounds really interesting, I’ll definitely give it a read-through tomorrow.

Lukashenko ought to settle down on the Black Sea in one of those charming brutalist-dachas, this way he’s not too far from all that action and excitement in the Crimea (I hear it’s a lovely bird watching spot too). Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 01:20, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Some comedy you may like

Early Drake Sather gig. You seem like the kind of cat that would appreciate this humour:

Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 23:24, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Good stuff. Cheers, man. Jim Jefferies' gun routine is probably the best thing I've seen in recent years:

Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 19:23, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

A comic tour de force; an American therapy. Tah, mate. Loved this: “Every cunt should be carrying a musket at all times!” and the ‘safe’ bit. Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 23:47, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

As great as Jefferies’ routine is, I don’t think it touches the storytelling mastery of Chappelle’s “How old is 15 really?” (The title alone is brilliant).

Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 00:08, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

We'll have to agree to disagree on the relative merits. I can't fault Chappelle's cojones, and he nails the essential hypocrisy at work, but as a routine, it's much more focused on commentary than comedy. FWIW, it's also presenting a weak argument with an obvious counter: both should still be legally treated as kids and protected accordingly. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 18:18, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Should we add this to our Logic article, or perhaps our newcomers guide‽; the section heading would read “Our Standards”. Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 23:47, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Sorry - got distracted with WIGO nonsense. Stick it in, man. It's certainly a damn sight funnier than the attempted strike-out gags that kick off the logic article. Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 22:44, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

No apology needed. It and The Holy Grail’s “Deductive Reasoning Scene” could both be added to the article. Tbh my proposal was mainly facetious: I gained more enjoyment out of the very idea of it being in the article, and perhaps being interpreted literally by a naïve user or passing visitor. Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 23:21, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Here’s another rare Drake Sather gig (although, then again, all Drake Sather videos are rare)

; what fascinates me is that most of his comedy, and tv appearances, have been lost to a pre-internet era, to vhs tapes and God-knows what else. I was born in ‘98, so it’s particularly impressive to me that someone could basically have no internet record.

Anyway, for me, Drake’s comedy represents proper dark-humour i.e. untainted by the attention-seeking edginess of Ricky Gervais and kindred acts. Moreover, although there are obvious differences in sophistication, both Drake’s humour and that of Kubrick (the Titan himself) belong to the same category—both represent the genuine article of dark humour. As an aside, I’m aware that I seem to be plastering your talk-page with videos that you may not even care about ( I do so only because you seemed partial to these comic stylings), but then again, it would be pretty insincere for me to apologise now, in spite of having posted this …To be slightly lugubrious: I hope my my only fault in the plastering was naïveté. Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 22:08, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Well Leucippus, "plastering a talkpage with videos" doesn't seem all that bad to me, considering that the users of this website used to post pics of naked men on each other's talkpages back in the day. Speaking of which:

I stumbled upon this on some random user's talkpage, don't quite remember who... Twas a while ago. I was curious and decided to look into it; apparently it's on quite a few talkpages. Why though...? Strange. Anyway, it's on yours now, I guess. Regards. (PS: I really liked you in the King's Speech. Should have gotten more screen time.) - Rairyu75 (Talk) 23:05, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you want some real arse action, then search the files here for Mapplethorpe. You can thank me later.

As for that (very talented) actress person, I've been chasing her through the courts for years trying to regain the rightful sole use of my name. For more information, please reread.

@Leucippus Relax, man. I'd make it pretty clear if I wanted you to fuck off. As for Sather, I don't rate him nearly as highly as you seem to, but I've enjoyed what I've seen so far.

My two favourite complete shows are probably Eddie Izzard's Glorious and (obviously) Bill Hicks' Revelations. On a quick search, I can only find snippets of Glorious online, which really don't do justice to how he builds up the surreal riffs & layers throughout the show. I'm sure a more determined search would unearth a free copy, but if not, it's worth the money IMO.

On the off-chance you haven't already seen it, I'll leave you with the man himself:

Helena Bonham Carter (talk) 19:51, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

@Helena Bonham Carter Cheers Bellatrix. I haven’t watched much of Izzard tbh, but from what you’ve described, I’m inclined to spend the effort finding that performance. As for Bill Hicks (why I didn’t mention him in my previous post escapes me…)—the man surely needs no introduction—“Revelations” is … well …sublime! You are right in thinking that I’m acquainted with what is, perhaps, Hicks’ opus; I haven’t watched it recently, so thanks for affording me the chance to reacquaint myself with a this comedic opiate.

Here’s a great story concerning two savant-like comedians (when SNL was funny)—Norm MacDonald and Andy Kauffman—regaled to us by Jim Downey.

Norm is not only funny but he has something a lot of comedians lack— “funny bones”: there just something about the way he tells his jokes—his eccentric personality— that is just giddily funny. It’s really difficult to tell with Norm and Kauffman where the act stops and the person begins; or, when their being sincere and when their being facetious—this beautiful scene from “The Guard” is in a similar vein:

Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 02:50, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

i must admit Brass Eye and The Day Today are fucking perfect! This one’s a favourite of mine:

Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 00:07, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Shit. Norm’s gone.

Norm’s passed away at the age of 61 from (undisclosed until now) cancer. Wasn’t expecting this at all. I was only discussing his comedy a few day ago. Requiescat in pace.

LeucippusSalva veritate 20:54, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

The young Prince of darkness, or Lucifer before the fall

Apparently Bill was only 19 in this performance. You can already see the comic germinal-seeds that would later grow into a comic that even the great George Carlin stole from:

Leucippus^{Salva veritate} 02:21, 28 December 2021 (UTC)