Bill Hicks, David Letterman, and Me

Bill Hicks, the comedian who is the subject of “American,” a documentary opening in New York on Friday, made his network television début on “Late Night with David Letterman,” on November 15, 1984. He appeared ten more times on Letterman; here’s a routine about Elvis, from 1989.

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