In fact, though Bill Kinison makes it clear he thought Sam led an excessive life, it’s disconcerting to hear him recite some of Sam’s more famous routines about drug use with such gusto and flair.

There, predictably, Sam Kinison’s ascension to stardom was matched by his descent into drug and alcohol abuse. According to Bill Kinison, his younger brother spent virtually every moment of ...

I Am Sam Kinison sheds light on the comic’s “very intense and raw” personal life and rampant drug use in order to explain away some of his more shocking routines.

They were the kind of kids to whom comedian Sam Kinison’s bellowing stage persona was often said to appeal — two young men, in their late teens, drinking and driving fast on a Friday night.

But as success came fast, a drug problem raged. Video of his late-1980s shows depicted a glassy-eyed and non-edgy Kinison. He was still funny, yet, uneven, no longer a dangerous observational pit ...

WHAT IT’S ABOUT Sam Kinison was among the biggest standups in the world when he was killed in a head-on collision on a remote stretch of highway in California on April 10, 1992. He was 38. This ...

Q. What’s behind screaming Sam Kinison’s comedy of rage? A. Religion. Kinison, 35, grew up as a preacher’s kid in Illinois, cut classes and misbehaved. After his father’s de… ...

Sam Kinison, the audacious, charismatic, bawdy, fearless, raw and immense talent changed the face of comedy. The life of the legendary comedic pioneer will be celebrated in the original ...