By 1991, Sam Kinison had been doing stand-up comedy for 13 years and was ready to give a regular TV series a try. He stayed away from it in the past because he felt like it was something that he could “always do on the way down.” His grueling touring schedule made him finally change his tune and consider other possibilities. The result was a strange, short-lived sitcom on Fox called Charlie Hoover.

The show’s namesake, Charlie Hoover, was played by Animal House star Tim Matheson. We’re introduced to Charlie on his 40th birthday, which doesn’t turn out the way he hoped. For starters, his family couldn’t be less interested in celebrating his big day with him, and to make matters worse, he doesn’t get the promotion he was expecting. Enter Kinison as Hugh, the bizarre personification of Charl

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