Sam Kinison: Live in Vegas

I saw this title being offered on Netflix so I thought I would give it a go. The only thing which appeared to be remotely interesting about this title was that Kinison briefly mentioned new millennium celebrations, which sadly he never made it to.

The picture and sound quality is very amateurish and I think this may well have been intended for a private collection only and not to be released publicly. The tragic death of Kinison shortly afterwards, may well have prompted it to be released as an extra to the material which was available.

I haven't really seen much else of Kinison at the time of typing this comment and to be honest I was not impressed by this performance at all! He seems to shout a lot and use the F word like it is going out of fashion. Such behaviour does not constitute good comedy. I got bored after about half an hour and stopped watching it. I wanted to like it, but I really couldn't.

The humour standard was quite low, as was the entire presentation. The stage was extremely basic as well as Kinison's attire. These things all make me wonder if the show was not due for a release in its own right and maybe Kinison's premature death prompted it to be released.

It is hard to believe that Mr Kinison used to be a religious preacher! I seriously hope his other works are better than this!