# George Carlin - "Life is Worth Losing" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718 "2005-11-06T01:00:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718/21 "2005-11-07T20:06:47Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > I thought the opening bit was genius. “I got a microwave at the mini mall and a minivan at the mega mart. I use the f word in my e mail.” I did like the opener, quite a bit. Listening to the rhythms of it, I thought it sounded more like poetry slam material than stand-up. The juxtaposition of linguistic absurdities is a trademark of Carlin’s, and while he dips into that well more frequently than is probably wise, this was a well-done example of it. My hopes were raised during the first few minutes, based on this bit. Unfortunately, it was downhill from there. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718/22 "2005-11-07T21:19:50Z")
I saw him do the opening bit(“Modern Man”) on Leno over a year ago. He looked fine then. I’m really interested in seeing this special(I missed it) to see how he’s changed. Any screen-caps? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718/23 "2005-11-11T02:26:24Z")
I’m watching this on HBO right now. I was much too far away to see his face, and it does look rounder than it used to. Chalk it up to being almost 70 and/or putting on some weight, I suppose. And I don’t know if this makes any difference to anyone, but the laughter in the theatre was much louder than it sounds on this thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718/24 "2005-11-12T17:34:42Z")
I’m watching it now and am about 50 minutes in. I think he’ pretty funny, but it’s not his best ever. Okay, he is hunched over nad his head looks rounder, but I think he’s just a little older. I honestly think George is doing quite well. I hope he doesn’t retire; most of the material was really quite good. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718/25 "2005-11-12T17:45:53Z")
With the last 2-3 concerts, I think we can all agree George hates humankind in general. Now, he can get back to what he does best: the ridiculous abuse of language. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718/26 "2005-11-12T23:48:50Z")
I loved the word play that he does so well. But too much of the rest was lacking real wit. It was just mean. Damn. George has been a standard bearer for so long. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-carlin-life-is-worth-losing/329718.md?page=1)