The late comic David Hicks, famous for being the perhaps the only person cut from a David Letterman show, finally made the cut tonight, 15 years after he appeared.
David Hicks made his one and only Letterman appearance in October 1993, before passing away from pancreatic cancer in early 1994.
David Letterman invited David Hick’s mother on the show, and apologized for the cut 15 years before. “Let me again apologize for the heartache and sadness my decision caused your family,” Letterman told Hicks’ mother. “I appreciate you saying that,” she said.
In the clip, Hicks talks about religion and the pro-life movement. “If you’re so pro-life, do me a favor. Don’t lock arms and block medical clinics. If you’re so pro-life, lock arms and block cemeteries.” On Christians wearing crucifixes: “Do you think when Jesus comes back he’s gonna want to see a cross?”
Here’s the same routine shown on Letterman, all these years later.
