Well
this was odd television viewing. But moving. David Letterman apologized
profusely on Friday night's Late Show for censoring controversial comic Bill
Hicks' performance 15 years ago, 4 months before the 32-year-old died
of pancreatic cancer. At first, the crowd didn't know what to make of
it, and laughed uneasily - and then they realized, crap, Letterman's
serious, and he's really sorry. Then Dave welcomed Bill Hicks' mother,
and apologized more. And then he showed the routine he censored a
decade and a half ago. Which, as we mentioned before, though briliiant
and biting, is the sort of thing network television might censor. Don't
know why he did this now, but glad he did. Hicks was a huge talent who died way too soon, and the more people see him, the better. After the jump, video of
Letterman's apology, his interview with Hicks' mom, and Bill's
never-before aired performance on Letterman...
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