Possible Bill Hicks reference

Rating: 9/10 (13 October 1999)

I loved the film- Kevin Spacey deserves a Best Actor nomination >for his wonderful portrayal of Lester Burnham. Annette Bening, >Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, and others were all above-average, if >not excellent. However, my main comment is in reference to a >conversation between Ricky and Lester, when Lester first buys >marijuana from Ricky. Ricky tells him that the "government >grown" weed is called G-13. I think this might be a reference to >a comedy bit by deceased underground Texas comedian Bill Hicks. >Bill had a routine about the Persian Gulf War, in which he >discusses the "Sears Weapons Catalog" that our troops had access >to in Iraq/Kuwait. The routine goes something like this: >"Hey, man, we got something here called G-12. What does it do?" >"Says here it destroys everything but the fillings in their >teeth. Cool." >(voice-over) "Pull up G-12. (pause, followed by rocket firing & >exploding) >"Cool! What does G-13 do?" >This bit can be found on Bill's album "Dangerous." A lot of Bill's comedy was about how suburban/corporate culture >is making us all stupid and keeping us from evolving spiritually, a subject that receives extensive treatment in this >film. Just thinking the writers gave him a l