When Sam Got Angry
It was around this time that “Sam got kinda angry.” And it was also around this time that he started listening to comedy albums, especially the ones by fellow Peorian Richard Pryor . Pryor’s outspoken nature appealed to the young, angsty Bible-raised pre-teen.
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Soon enough, Kinison was acting out in the typical wayward teenager kind of way. At 15, Kinison ran away from home. His proper parents were worried, so they sent him to Pinecrest Bible Training Center in upstate New York.