Bill Hicks, "Goodbye, Lizard Scum" Arizona Bay

I used to love to call L.A. when I lived in New York. "What're y'all doin'? Talkin' to TV producers, huh? Bummer. Me? I'm readin' a book! Yeah, we're thinkin' back East! Yeah, we're evolving. Is that "The Big One" I hear in the background? Bye, you lizard scum, bye!"

— Bill Hicks on Los Angeles

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I used to love to call L.A. when I lived in New York. "What're y'all doin'? Talkin' to TV producers, huh? Bummer. Me? I'm readin' a book! Yeah, we're thinkin' back East! Yeah, we're evolving. Is that "The Big One" I hear in the background? Bye, you lizard scum, bye!"" in the context of "Bill Hicks, "Goodbye, Lizard Scum" Arizona Bay" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bill Hicks

About Bill Hicks

William Melvin "Bill" Hicks (16 December 1961 – 26 February 1994) was an American stand-up comedian, satirist and social critic.