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Bill Hicks on "Marketing" (Explicit Language)

Matt Phillips Education · 100.3K views · 2018-03-21 · 1:50

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Overview

A two-minute clip of comedian Bill Hicks doing his routine on marketing and advertising, with explicit language. He mocks marketers and urges them to get out of the business.

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Invoked in threads about ads, tracking and marketing as the go-to comedic indictment of advertising, often as a joke or a parallel.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2019–2025

Topics

Stand-up & sketch comedyProduct, marketing & sales
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interroboink · 2023-06 · Recommendation

If you haven't seen it, you might like this Bill Hicks standup routine: [VIDEO] "If anyone here is in advertising or marketing ... kill yourself" (:

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genewitch · 2025-09 · Reference

Explicit (seriously, explicit) Bill Hicks: [VIDEO] We've known that advertising is "filling the world with bile and garbage" for decades.

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sgnelson · 2025-08 · Reference

Just going to throw this out there: [VIDEO] I do not fully endorse the message. However, there is very much some truth in there.

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