William C. "Bill" Young (died December 12, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Andrew Cahak, host of the podcast Dogbrain, called him "a strict adherent to silliness in all its forms.
"[4] Writing for Laughspin, Mike Brody said that Young's "ability to make a spine-tinglingly funny comment at any moment defined him.
He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the play Hermann the German: The Scandal that Rocked New Ulm!, a comedy based on the real-life attempt by the city of New Ulm, Minnesota to boost tourism by creating a fictitious legend about a giant cement footprint supposedly made by the legendary figure Hermann the German.
The play was first staged as part of the 2014 Minnesota Fringe Festival, then ran at the New Ulm Actors Community Theatre later that year.
"[22] Writing for the website MN Comedy, Patrick Strait called the album "as funny and dark and bonkers as Young was.
[24] Young's death occurred only two weeks after that of Gus Lynch, another important figure in the Minneapolis comedy scene, and both received widespread accolades from local comics after their passing.
[5][25][24] Twin Cities comic Tim Harmston eulogized Young as an "amazingly creative, gifted, funny person.
"[26] Talking about the two comics on the podcast Hard Day Diaries, Schlissel said that Young "was super funny and the kindest human being you'd meet.