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Kinison's memorable bits included "gay necrophilia"; "lick the alphabet"; "Jesus on the cross" (which included pounding the microphone on the floor to simulate the nails being hammered); "execute Pee Wee Herman"; "Russians are space pussies"; "the Kurds are the most fucked people on earth"; "I'm not afraid of Hell, I was married for two fucking years"; "shoot the homeless"; "emotional tampon" (about being 'just friends' with a woman); "move the Ethiopians to where the food is", and countless attacks on homosexuality.
His most famous media appearance was his portrayal of a whacked-out history professor in Rodney Dangerfield's ''[[Back to School (Film)|Back to School]]''. He also recorded a novelty version of The Troggs' pop song "Wild Thing". The music video was a huge hit on MTV (and featured Jessica Hahn, the church secretary in the Jim Bakker scandal, about whom Kinison said "if you're going to lose a kingdom for some pussy, this is the girl"). He also starred in ''Charlie Hoover'', a ''[[
=== Tropes exemplified by Kinison: ===
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* [[Love Hurts]]: Which part of "I WAS MARRIED FOR TWO FUCKING YEARS!" do you think highlights this trope?
* [[Mad Love]]: Emphasis on '''mad'''.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: What you saw on stage was pretty much him, but quite a few young comedians and friends attest to him being very personable and willing to help anybody out.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
* [[Obi
* [[Old Shame]]: "I Missed The Joan Rivers Show"
* [[One
* [[Please Dump Me]]
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: '''Big''' time.
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