The Archive of American Television Interviewed George Carlin in December, 2007. In this excerpt, Mr. Carlin talks about the longevity of his career, the advice he gives young comics, and how he would like to be remembered. Interviewed by Jenni Matz and Henry Colman. This is an excerpt from his three-hour oral history interview.(see the complete interview at www.youtube.com ).For more info: emmytvlegends.org To see other parts of this interview www.youtube.com
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He never advocated infanticide. If you take the seemingly extreme nature of some of his comedy as sincere, that’s unfortunate. As an artist he had the right to sell his labor power, and he did so on HIS terms towards the end, which was honest and noble. As for Marxism…get a life. He never advocated Marxism, and since when is Marxism subversive? Oh yeah, we live in a Capitalist society that has an ethnocentric intolerance of communists.
and you know this how????
I love this guy he is right kids of today
our spoiled
Media Cartels? Are you talking about HBO? Yes, they helped him by giving him airtime. But George’s comedy ripped on everyone. I certainly don’t remember him promoting any corporate “tongue-waggers” or advocating infanticide and Marxism. Your opinion is always welcomed, but you can keep the slander.
We often think of ourselves as something special. But, after all the truth is, anyone can do it. It just takes longer for some.
your part of the problem
yea but they didn’t shove their beliefs down peoples throats, they did good and tried to tell people to help others and get along but we as human beings are ready for that. George talked about MLK, JFK, etc in second to last stand up as people who were equally unbiased, but were killed cause we can’t get along and believe in the idea of peace.
Yeah if you don’t know that George Carlin went after EVERYONE! Anyone that says otherwise does not know his stuff.
great formula, and no ya can’t leave him out
George Carlin was one of the most brilliant American.
That was spot on funny! well said Miller!
Although I din’t crack up at everything, thank you for what you did give me. If you can read this, we were wrong.
he DID say it!
From one man’s legacy to another. Search for “junkies jobby: invisible sandwich” – a funny sketch idea….your thoughts?
“More textured things…” = More creative uses of the F-word
He did a lot of swearing.
Swearing always gets a laugh.
The BEST COMIC EVER! He is the greatest! He was true to himself and US! He said it plain and simple, it is what it is! There are those that call them as they see them and that is that, HE was just that! I LOVE him for being him!
Holy *****…. Thats is awesome. That sounded EXACTLY like something that George would say… Thats pretty ******** cool man. You do him some honor…
ahh, i think i know the basis of your insulting comment…i saw the amateur attempts at comedy on your channel…not too shabby, i s’pose, but definitely not even close to carlin-caliber. jealous, perhaps? 😛
Your grammar sucks. There is no need for a comma in that sentence. Also, go ***** yourself, there is no “hell”.
Excellent. If you look at Carlin as a whole he was a thinker along the lines of Thoreau. I used to classify him as a libertarian, but that wasn’t quite correct. He was more of a libertarian anarcho-capitalist (system) who disliked the ugliness of the existing power-grubbing mixed economy (that is falsely classified as “capitalist”). Props.
George Carlin was a slimy corporate tongue-wagger. He was a part of the problem. He made his money off media cartels. He was no outsider. He advocated infanticide and Marxism.
“he was just here a minute ago”
ahhh man. that’s gold.
A conjecture does not meet the definition of the word “science” whose derivation is fr. the Latin verb “scire” meaning “to know.” To suppose, theorize, guess, as had Darwin & his boot-licks, is not scientific. Darwinism is a relic of the 19th century. It fills a religious void in the warped minds of Western-Civilization-destroying “atheists.”
Can someone please explain the “too hip for the room” thing? thank you.
R.I.P Goerge Carlin. For me you are the greatest.
“I’m beginning to notice some improvement” 🙂
the way one portrays him/herself through a comment that the individual is making trying to so hard that either they or those that decide to indulge in reading this comment find exaustion, as a result of using words out of context or making as much sense as a caveman applying to an accounting firm for an execuctive positon says to those othe than the simple layman that the person making the said comment should refrain from making comments until they are inteeligent enough to make SOME sense!