Sam Kinison And The Invention Of Zombie Jesus

Taking a look back at one of comedy’s most controversial geniuses on the anniversary of his death.

Kinison with Mitzi Shore, mother of Pauly and founder of The World Famous Comedy Store in LA. Courtesy The World Famous Comedy Store under CC-BY-SA 2.0 license via Wikimedia Commons.

Legendary and controversial comic Sam Kinison passed away thirty-one years ago today, as I write this article, in an auto accident outside of Needles, CA, aged 38.

Ironically, Sam was killed by the embodiment of the people who loved him most when he was alive: a…