Outlaw Comic: The Censoring of Bill Hicks

A biographical documentary on the late great comedian Bill Hicks and his career; in particular the censorship by Letterman that scarred it.

Cast

Bill Hicks

as Self (archive footage)

Janeane Garofalo

as Self - Host

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