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 covers ...

It’s hard to imagine Sam Kinison growing old and mellowing out. The infant Sam arrived in East Peoria nearly 62 years ago. That’s the minimum age to draw Social Security, a stage in life where few ...

A comedy legend with Tulsa ties, Kinison was laid to rest alongside family members at Memorial Park Cemetery, 5111 S. Memorial Drive, where his gravestone reads “In another time and place he would ...

When comedian Sam Kinison was on fire, anyone in his path was wise to watch out. His genius seared foes and fans alike, transforming the serious into the seriously funny, the bizarre into the ...

Comedy / Music/Musical - In the town that knows no limits, Kinison gives a completely raw and uncensored performance at the very height of his career. Filled with scorching comedy, hot women and ...

Denis Leary, Chris Rock, Jay Leno, Lewis Black, Ice T, Norm MacDonald, Pauly Shore. Big names, but none as big as the one they all cite as an influence: Sam Kinison. Comedy Central has released a DVD ...

The GOP reminds me of Sam Kinison. It has become the party of the primal scream. Students of stand-up comedy may remember Kinison, popular in the 1980s. He was a squat, heavy-set man, who stomped ...

What’s new this weekend: Smallville (The CW, tonight) Teri Hatcher Alert: See kids, like, a hundred years ago, there was a TV series called Lois & Clark, costarring Teri Hatcher (who’s now a Desperate ...