The George Carlin Appreciation Thread.

[Jr Mouse]

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[baba booey]

Wonder why **** makes the list? What about *****? I like goddammit too.

 

[REguy]

His religion rant is Carlin at his best.

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[Redwoood]

"...and he needs money!"

 

[Jr Mouse]

Originally Posted by REguy

His religion rant is Carlin at his best.

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Yup!

 

[Rambo]

The man is my idol. I've learned more from listening to George Carlin than I have from any other source.

 

[SpooPoker]

80s standup comedy was eleventy bajillion times better than it is today. Carlin, Clay, Murphy. Miss those days.

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

...Carlin, Clay, Murphy...

One of these names does not belong here.

 

[SpooPoker]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

One of these names does not belong here.

Oh, Andrew Dice Clay was awesome back in the day, come on. You love the nursery rhymes, I know you did.

 

[APK]

I was on a bit of a Carlin bender last month, as I worked through about half of his HBO specials via Netflix Instant.

I'm going to buck conventional thought here and say that my favorite routines from him are in his specials from the '90s. His routines from the '70s and '80s (Seven Dirty Words; Stuff, etc.) are untouchable, but his most powerful content is found in that latter phase of his career that a lot of purists pigeonhole as being little more than "angry old man ranting" caliber stuff. There are some real lulls in his later specials (I was never much for his gross-out material), but a lot of his best social commentary exists in between the padded filler material.

My favorites from him are:

- The Ten Commandments (Complaints & Grievances)
- Religion Is Bullshit (You Are All Diseased)
- Abortion (Back in Town)

I felt lucky to see him live in 2005, especially given his death three years later. I honestly can't remember many specifics of the set (though that's true for almost any comedy show I've been to), but I do remember him trying out the bit that would later become Modern Man (he was still in the phase of having to refer to written notes to get through some of it).

And while many comedians have tried to go down the offensive route, most miss the mark, since their crassness exists for the lone purpose of offending. Carlin touched upon the most sensitive subjects we have: Abortion, religion, homosexuality. But he did so in a manner that forced any open mind to think, even if you completely disagreed with the message.

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

Oh, Andrew Dice Clay was awesome back in the day, come on. You love the nursery rhymes, I know you did.
ADC doesn't hold a candle to Carlin or Murphy. Clay is just an early version of Larry the Cable Guy.

 

[SpooPoker]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

ADC doesn't hold a candle to Carlin or Murphy.
Clay is just an early version of Larry the Cable Guy.

Of course he does not hold a candle, no question.

But I loved his standup regardless.

 

[lefty]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

One of these names does not belong here.

No kidding. I think I first heard that album in '72 or '73.

lefty

 

[Connemara]

The Carlin and Murphy glory days are untouchable. Murphy's Bill Cosby bit from "Raw" is truly the funniest thing I've ever seen.

 

[matik23]

How does a George Carlin thread end up in the dumb threads? smh