I think snl will show the episode where he hosted this Saturday.
Yes, they are, it’s the first one where he did an intro stand up routine and introduced the acts but didn’t do any skits. I’m going to watch it.
Carlin just did, “You have to take a shit? Well, don’t take one of mine! I only have two left and the weekend is coming.” Maybe that’s not funny to everyone, but it cracks me up. In Carlin at Carnegie, he appeals to my juvenile sense of hilarity at the peccadillos of English idiom, and those silly human foibles esp. around bodily functions, generously laced with swearing. “Know what a female peacock is called? A peacunt.” He kills me. But part of my sense of humor will always be stuck in middle school. The rest of me is bitter and cynical and misanthropic and likes his later work.
Another one of my favorite Carlin bits: Airline Language.
Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DagVklB4VHQ&feature=related
Part 2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=UjKciefHo38&feature=related
I’m sorry. 1 more great bit about the immune system and fear of germs.
I saw him live during the 80’s. I’ve never heard an audience laugh so hard. I had problems breathing at one point. It was decidedly funnier than anything he ever recorded.
heh
Yes.
And I don’t think it is necessarily a generational thing.
My 19 year old discovered Carlin on his own at 14 and bought all his CDs.
It was fun reminding him that this is the guy he used to watch on Shining Time Station.
It was always Carlin and Pryor for me.
FWIW, at least George lived long enough to hear “fart” said on broadcast television. His “Seven Words” routine mentioned that you couldn’t even refer to farts on TV, while you could refer to fucking. You just couldn’t say the word “fuck.” You still can’t, but nowadays, all restrictions on “fart” have been completely relaxed.
Here’s a re-sit for you.
One of my many favorite Carlin lines:
If the handicapped stall in the rest room is free, I use it. If someone sees me coming out and says “Hey. You’re not handicapped,” I say “Yeah. NOW.”