"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." - Probably one of Carlin's most powerful lines he ever spoke. RIP to a legend.
@Natdl It's weird to see how many Americans are painfully aware of the situation yet nothing much changes. But then again, that goes for other countries as well. They just don't have these expressions like : land of the free...lol.
the American dream used to be real, all my grandparents were immigrants born in the 20s with no money, yet both sides made exceptional lives for their families. idk what happened, maybe its cause the last decent republican was Eisenhower, and the democrats are simply weak, because in reality they're all on the same team, the "big club".
@@FupaLipa Carlin explains what happened in the video, really. What happened is the big business and corporate interests took over. When I was a kid, my dad earned a lower middle class wage as a Union assembly line worker and he could afford a nice house with a big yard and support a wife and 3 kids that he sent to private school. I make a lower middle class income now at the age my father was and yet I can barely afford a condominium and I’m single with no kids.
At the end of his career George had a fuck-it-you-need-to-hear-it attitude and really laid into the bullshit he saw. Not that he didn't before but he had an urgency towards the end.
@@RockerfellerRothchild1776 he gave it to the left pretty good too but his invective against the so called pro life crowd vs the weakass paternalism of liberals is hardly the same.
Labeling him as just a grumpy old man does an extreme disservice to this man who's Been doing comedy for 40 plus years. He's been doing counterculture comedy since the 70's. American and political humor didn't just come when he got older. His 7 words you can't say routine was taken to the supreme Court in 1977,the first host of Saturday night live,guest host for johnny Carson on numerous occasions,2017 rolling stone magazine ranked him #2 out of 50 of the greatest comedians ever! Only behind Richard Pryor. Many comedians you've react to on this channel has him as a major influence on the comedy they do! Including Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle. Respect the man!
Office Bloke Mike commented about how Carlin wouldn't miss a beat in his routines. A few years before this performance he gave an interview in which he compared stand-up comedy to ancient Greek rhetoric. He also compared it to being a musician; that the vocal changes in pitch and tempo comprised the melody of the performance, and the melody could be changed akin to how a jazz musician riffs around the melody.
Yes! I hope more and more people see that interview. After I did, I noticed George tapping his foot to keep the tempo as he’s delivering some of his rhythmical bits.
Carlin was doing TED talks disguised as comedy at this point^^ He's old and grumpy. This bit is from his last special before he died. Most people by that time had grown up with him. He was doing Comedy for like 50 years and has gone through several phases. There was the suit and tie carlin in the early days, there was counter culture carlin in the seventies and so on.. several generations have grown up with him knew where he was coming from with his raving and ranting and knew what they expected from the show. 70s-90s- Carlin walked so Bill Burr, Louis CK & Dave Chappelle could run. Anyways, I think there's more Carlin bits that are worth checking out and guy on the left will find some he'll like more too.
Rogan was talking about a bit he did about a bunch of people dying, the day before sep 11th that was obviously killed due to bad timing. No video but there's audio? I wanna hear it.
His head would explode with the hypocrisy of today. He would have another 40 cardiac arrests with just how stupid the US has become in the past 10 years.....
For the last 20 years of Carlin's career, you went to see him for his social commentary sprinkled with a bit of humor. Much like how Dave Chappelle is now.
@Channon Legier I was comparing the tracks of their careers, but I'd be interested to hear what you thought I was comparing and why you think they aren't similar in that regard.
@Channon Legier I'll disagree a little bit. His late career from You Are All Diseased onward was relentlessly bitter. If I wanted to experience Carlin from beginning to end, I'd binge as far as his book Brain Droppings, then only take in the last bits of his career a dribble at a time. He was an amazing comic though.
@Channon Legier - Huh?... Carlin changed more than almost any comedian out there😏 ua-cam.com/video/oKHVwMMI0fc/v-deo.html or ua-cam.com/video/wIXL8tpKm6g/v-deo.html Both, very different eras of George, and neither of them are close to what he evolved into as he wrote his last special.
He did get grumpier and more irrasible as he got older, especially when his wife of many years died and he was diagnosed with cancer. Still loved him though.
One of the best gifts I have gotten was my bff surprised me with Carlin tickets not too long before he died. I also realized it was getting too cynical, and I have a seriously dark sense of humor. He did a 20 min segment on suicide that stopped being funny after about 7 minutes. But I got to see him so that is a win in my book.
I never met any old man with his Intellect in a pub but besides that, he says here in 2006 what happened in 2008 in the banking crisis, they got the pension money back and it went to their friends on Wall street, even here in my NL and your UK and a lot more country's, I was not unnoticed haha, next time I comment at the end of the vid
Carlin new exactly what he was talking about and his audience loved it. Unlike watching a video of a sport you know nothing about and then comment on, he knew exactly what he was doing and who his audience was.
Yeah, his core audience in his latter years were that special breed with the combined attributes of fancying themselves holding higher moral virtue than most of their fellow countrymen while simultaneously holding them in contempt, yet gullible enough to think someone who made himself very rich from their money and the very institutions he denounced didn't hold them in similar contempt. Everyone else had written him off as the cynical, hypocritical, grumpy old fuck he'd become by then.
@@southernhippie9058 sure, I believe it. You almost have to go to college to learn how to be stupid enough to fall for his shtick while still believing yourself to be above his contempt.
@@Guy_de_Loimbard assclown. What do you do when the people you scream ‘liberal’ at stop making everything you depend on work? Do you tell them the proletariat will seize control of the means of production?? Because that actually makes you a filthy Commie, and you might deserve rape. Can’t we get some real Americans around here. Geez…
He was very sick and on medication during this show. He thought he was going to die right after the show so he wanted to tell it like it is. Then he did his 2008 show which was amazing.
This bit was a small part of an HBO special. He wrote and performed a new special every year. He just said what he thought and mostly it was very funny.
This was his last special and I feel he just had a lot to unload while he had the chance. It doesn't keep you laughing but man it's so good. He was the best.
Maybe it helps to be American to appreciate George. I think the way Americans (myself included) come away from his stand-up is equal parts horrified, enlightened, inspired and jovial. His insights about our culture are so relatable, it's like a bit of therapy.
Ah George Carlin! Not only the man behind being the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine for the US, but he is also one of the very few Americans (alongside Bill Burr) who is capable of doing self-depreciating satire and criticism about the USA just like this.
George Carlin is by far THE WORLD'S BEST comedian because he's being himself telling THE TRUTH. The inconvenient truth that most people can't stand and would rather carry on living a huge lie. R.I.P. George. You were right about everything.
I wish I could hang out at the pub and have a drink with y'all. Love y'alls channel and will continue to support it. Btw, he's more of a teacher in his older years than a comedian.
George Carlin started off with "clean" comedy. With each passing decade he learned from his professional perspective, and he used that knowledge to bounce real-life scenarios in a critique-like form off of the audience to gain wisdom, which became part of each future show. He was a philosopher, albeit unintentionally at first.
A fantastic source of good information. He found his audience and it grew more and more in support of him; it will be funny, harsh, blunt but above all genuinely honest and truthful, told in a way that you really want people to be like. Great values of wisdom that you can watch grow and develop over time, we are lucky to be able to see it.
American Comedy has always had a social side to it & that’s what Carlin was the best at, he was the thinking man’s comic. Carlin, Rock & Chappelle are three of my all time favorites.
Carlin has switched style of his comedy a few times during his long career. His earliest work consisted of constructed jokes and impersonations, after he got famous he had a few renowned skits that he did. When he got to middle age and beyond, he started doing major topics and derive multiple jokes in each and when he got old, he took the witty old man direction and focused on rants about society with impeccable logic.
The late great George Carlin knew how things are. The best observational speaker I ever heard. I don't class him as a comedian, but as a Pragmatist and Realist. Brilliant
George was a master wordsmith. His use of language and his perception of language were totally unique. Also, he polished and perfected his act before he hit the stage. It was written out in detailed, scripted, and well rehearsed. That’s part of the reason of his fast delivery, perfected delivery and well thought out ideas. Over time many of his points still remain valid decades later.
His persona is so captivating. His comedy lies in his insanely factual observation of the world he lived in. Just observational humor but he brings the observation such life from a satirical point of view. This man was definitely one of a kind. It's sad to not have him around anymore. But I'm sure he died knowing he did the best he could to keep his audience self aware of vigilant of the cruel world we live in, and that's the joke, it's a joke on all of us, even him.
On one hand: I completely agree with you guys. You go to a comedy show, you want to laugh. On the other hand: if I had important things to say, the skill to say them well, and an audience of thousands there to listen to my words, I'd probably say those important things.
George Carlin makes very valid points, wraps it in comedy but makes you THINK about the points he has made, that leads to discussion and critical thinking.in my opinion more of a philosopher. What a great man he was.
For the red head guy, if you paid money to go to see George Carlin in 2005, you more than got your money's worth here. The man is a genius and at this point in his career he was really pushing the line. If you would've wanted to go see a comedian joke about dating, their families, and pop culture you'd go somewhere else. The man had been doing comedy for about 60 years at this point. He can bring whatever he wants to the table. Again, what he's saying here is also well ahead of it's time.
Must watch his ‘Soft language’ bit. Carlin is a very funny public speaker.. a master of language and an insightful individual. Some of his older stuff is on the lighter side and not too deep. Recommend continue watching some more.
George Carlin actually was “super funny” at times. He was the perfect mix of philosopher and goofy. This special was at the time that he was basically forced to continue to work, at the end of his rope and seriously fed up, so he didn’t hold back. I had a hard time watching it at the time, when I was younger, but now I get it. There are many, many hilarious GC bits that you have yet to watch until you truly appreciate his genius.
The point of Carlin is to make serious issues funny and raising awareness to it. He could be like any other comedian and make generic made up jokes about whatever. This is exactly why he stands out and is regarded widely as the best comedian. Also his earlier stuff was more standard comedy. When he got older he got more cranky and his boys come off as rants but ran are just nonsense. He was making point after point rapid fire.
I 1st heard George in the 60s first on the Jack Paar Show then later on Johnny Carson and kept listening to him up dying and Thanks to You Tube I can still listen to him.
The only thing that's really changed is that we no longer have shopping malls in the US - they all closed up as more & more people bought stuff online. So now everyone stays home, pushes a few buttons on the computer, orders crap from Amazon & other sites, & eat & grow even fatter, because they're (we're) not getting the exercise we used to get while at the mall.
Carlin's stand up is not actually meant to be particularly funny... it's a modern day philosophical eye opening. There were only about 3-4 comments made by all three of you about Carlin's actual points that he brought up... everything else was just taking the piss out of the stereotypical "ranting old man", but there's making jokes and then going back and actually taking his points seriously and listening to him and Dave you really seemed to have failed with that (maybe because you thought Carlin is meant to be the most funniest stand up comedian ever or something?). Carlin's a philosopher, remember that for future reactions.
He was putting across serious points from the very beginning of the video to the very end of the video all of which are true. Rewatch the video by yourself when you have time once of twice more and you will start to fully understand all of his points and your eyes will be opened (at least a bit more than they were prior to watching the video).
I recently hopped on a bus.....my car broke down....and this HUGE!!!! Dude hopped on with me. He just rode it to the next stop a couple seconds away. I was like You need to walk more fella.
Carlin is one of the all time greats. This was three years before he passed. It is a serious bit but he was always a counter culture comic and had some health issues already going on, pretty sure he knew this was his last go at it . Also he was and still is correct.
Esquire magazine in 2001, he said, "Because of my abuse of drugs, I neglected my business affairs and had large arrears with the IRS, and that took me eighteen to twenty years to dig out of. I did it honorably, and I don't begrudge them. I don't hate paying taxes, and I'm not angry at anyone, because I was complicit in it. But I'll tell you what it did for me: it made me a way better comedian. Because I had to stay out on the road and I couldn't pursue that movie career, which would have gone nowhere, and I became a really good comic and a really good writer
Except for the very first year two of his career, George has always been political. Got arrested early in his career for one of his bits. The case made it to the U.S. supreme court where censorship laws were deemed unconstitutional.
Carlin was more of a philosopher than a century comedian. He never cracks you up but I do chuckle for months when things happen that remind of something he said.
It's not a rant though... It's philosophy.... George Carlin was known for his modern day philosophy.... if you guys react to Carlin in the future please bear this in mind and maybe give your opinions on the subject matters HE brings to light? Instead of you know, disregarding all of that because it's not funny. It's not meant to be particularly funny, it's meant to open your blind eyes to some truths about the subjects Carlin talks about. Simple as that.
Gentlemen, please remember that the title of that broadcast was "Life is Worth Losing". Tombstones were the set decorations. Anyone walking into a comedy show by George Carlin entitled "Life is Worth Losing" should have known what they were walking into. Still, it wasn't all as dark as that...
You should watch some of his videos from his prime, back in the 70s, when he railed against censorship and even spent some time in jail standing up against it. A really good bit of his from that era was his "7 Words You Can't Say on TV".
Holy crap! Finally figured it out! Dez (spelling?) has a stunning resemblance to early 90's Robert Palmer! Always had that "he looks familiar" feel, then happened to see the 'Addicted To Love' video the other day and was like "BINGO! THAT'S HIM!". Hope you don't take offense to that. Palmer was one handsome SOB!
If you want George Carlin to make you laugh, you have to watch '7 Words You Can't Say on TV'. It's probably one of his most famous bits and it's genius.
I think this was his last show before he died, he knew that and that's why he wasn't tryna be funny, he was serious about it and it's so true everything he said.
Best thing I ever when me and my mate Rob were walking behind this guy we know Andy at work. Andy is obviously a big guy, but he said "Have you seen how small his arms are. He looks like a T rex. How does he wipe his arse." :D
Some people find checkers to be fun... Others like a bit more, and prefer chess. Carlin's fanbase grew up (and older) with him, putting his demographic at the age and intellect where nut-shots, sitcom humor, and swear words weren't as stimulating or funny anymore. I agree Dave, that if you want to spend the night rolling on the floor laughing, George isn't your guy, but at this point of his career, NO ONE bought a ticket going: "Who is this guy?... I hope he's funny"... We all knew what he had to offer, and looked forward to it..😉
"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." - Probably one of Carlin's most powerful lines he ever spoke.
RIP to a legend.
@Natdl It's weird to see how many Americans are painfully aware of the situation yet nothing much changes. But then again, that goes for other countries as well. They just don't have these expressions like : land of the free...lol.
the American dream used to be real, all my grandparents were immigrants born in the 20s with no money, yet both sides made exceptional lives for their families. idk what happened, maybe its cause the last decent republican was Eisenhower, and the democrats are simply weak, because in reality they're all on the same team, the "big club".
"The big electron. It doesn't punish, it doesn't reward, it doesn't judge at all. It just is, and so are we, for a little while."
@@FupaLipa Carlin explains what happened in the video, really. What happened is the big business and corporate interests took over. When I was a kid, my dad earned a lower middle class wage as a Union assembly line worker and he could afford a nice house with a big yard and support a wife and 3 kids that he sent to private school.
I make a lower middle class income now at the age my father was and yet I can barely afford a condominium and I’m single with no kids.
@@alainvosselman9960 Indeed, if you think this only applies to the US, you are of course delusional, it's the same everywhere.
At the end of his career George had a fuck-it-you-need-to-hear-it attitude and really laid into the bullshit he saw. Not that he didn't before but he had an urgency towards the end.
Agreed. I love counterculture “hippie-dippy” Carlin, but cantankerous old man Carlin is my favorite era of his career.
Who knows you could be right
In the end he hated liberals ... See the Opie and Anthony interview
@@RockerfellerRothchild1776 he gave it to the left pretty good too but his invective against the so called pro life crowd vs the weakass paternalism of liberals is hardly the same.
And he was not in good health in this special.
Labeling him as just a grumpy old man does an extreme disservice to this man who's Been doing comedy for 40 plus years. He's been doing counterculture comedy since the 70's. American and political humor didn't just come when he got older. His 7 words you can't say routine was taken to the supreme Court in 1977,the first host of Saturday night live,guest host for johnny Carson on numerous occasions,2017 rolling stone magazine ranked him #2 out of 50 of the greatest comedians ever! Only behind Richard Pryor. Many comedians you've react to on this channel has him as a major influence on the comedy they do! Including Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle. Respect the man!
Don't forget Louis CK
Imo, GC is number one
He's one of the greatest comedic icons of all time. Richard Pryor is another icon and I miss them both very much ❤️
One of the best to ever do it
It’s unfortunate that the population today has brittle ears and just can’t stand the harsh truth - SLEEP IN PEACE GEORGE ! The legacy lives on!
Office Bloke Mike commented about how Carlin wouldn't miss a beat in his routines. A few years before this performance he gave an interview in which he compared stand-up comedy to ancient Greek rhetoric. He also compared it to being a musician; that the vocal changes in pitch and tempo comprised the melody of the performance, and the melody could be changed akin to how a jazz musician riffs around the melody.
Fuckin brilliant
dope
edit: dope as in "cool" lmfao
@@bc3nt true dat. but dope is so, 2010. It's now "fire"
Fucking nailed it!
Yes! I hope more and more people see that interview. After I did, I noticed George tapping his foot to keep the tempo as he’s delivering some of his rhythmical bits.
Carlin was doing TED talks disguised as comedy at this point^^ He's old and grumpy. This bit is from his last special before he died. Most people by that time had grown up with him. He was doing Comedy for like 50 years and has gone through several phases. There was the suit and tie carlin in the early days, there was counter culture carlin in the seventies and so on.. several generations have grown up with him knew where he was coming from with his raving and ranting and knew what they expected from the show.
70s-90s- Carlin walked so Bill Burr, Louis CK & Dave Chappelle could run. Anyways, I think there's more Carlin bits that are worth checking out and guy on the left will find some he'll like more too.
This is his penultimate special. His last special is “It’s Bad for Ya”.
@@guitarmatricide4834 my bad I was going by his looks and thought it was that one.
@@KaBeeM It’s all good, buddy.
Rogan was talking about a bit he did about a bunch of people dying, the day before sep 11th that was obviously killed due to bad timing. No video but there's audio? I wanna hear it.
Old and grumpy? He’s just fucking woke as much as one can be.... He was one of the brightest people od that fucking continent
Do more videos on George Carlin. He is not about laughs, he speaks the truth and tells it exactly how it is; especially about America.
Definitely
George Carlin germs!
His older stuff is funnier.
Only fake woke feel this way. Carlin barely gave a red pilled 101 class. Try again
@@BVA-on2ic George Carlin germs is his only bad performance because he is wrong about how bacteria and virus work.
@@dvijaraj I don't think you know what woke means what you think it means in 2021
I wish he was around now. The amount of material he would have.
he and Hitchens
He wouldn't have to say anything except, "See! I tried to warn you!" 😖
His head would explode with the hypocrisy of today. He would have another 40 cardiac arrests with just how stupid the US has become in the past 10 years.....
"Trump... See? You deserved him! And guess what! You're gonna vote him in again."
@@NuclearFridge1cringe
For the last 20 years of Carlin's career, you went to see him for his social commentary sprinkled with a bit of humor. Much like how Dave Chappelle is now.
@Channon Legier I was comparing the tracks of their careers, but I'd be interested to hear what you thought I was comparing and why you think they aren't similar in that regard.
@Channon Legier I'll disagree a little bit. His late career from You Are All Diseased onward was relentlessly bitter. If I wanted to experience Carlin from beginning to end, I'd binge as far as his book Brain Droppings, then only take in the last bits of his career a dribble at a time. He was an amazing comic though.
Chappelle can't hold a candle to Carlin. My opinion.
@Channon Legier - Huh?... Carlin changed more than almost any comedian out there😏
ua-cam.com/video/oKHVwMMI0fc/v-deo.html
or
ua-cam.com/video/wIXL8tpKm6g/v-deo.html
Both, very different eras of George, and neither of them are close to what he evolved into as he wrote his last special.
Don't compare George Carlin to Dave Chapelle. It's insulting to George Carlin.
He did get grumpier and more irrasible as he got older, especially when his wife of many years died and he was diagnosed with cancer. Still loved him though.
One of the best gifts I have gotten was my bff surprised me with Carlin tickets not too long before he died. I also realized it was getting too cynical, and I have a seriously dark sense of humor. He did a 20 min segment on suicide that stopped being funny after about 7 minutes. But I got to see him so that is a win in my book.
I agree. Where his insults were good natured when he was younger, he was mean in these last shows.
I didn't know he had cancer. I thought it was his heart that got him.
He never did any wrong in my book. He is, and always will be, the GOAT
@@LG123ABC u r absolutely right. I stand corrected, it was heart failure
I never met any old man with his Intellect in a pub but besides that, he says here in 2006 what happened in 2008 in the banking crisis, they got the pension money back and it went to their friends on Wall street, even here in my NL and your UK and a lot more country's, I was not unnoticed haha, next time I comment at the end of the vid
This is happening again today in the stock market, instead of houses
@@chumauyamadu2053 a tiny flame can take down a forest sadly
Carlin pretty much spent the first 20 years of his career getting pissed off so he could let it all out in the other 20
Carlin new exactly what he was talking about and his audience loved it. Unlike watching a video of a sport you know nothing about and then comment on, he knew exactly what he was doing and who his audience was.
Just like FOX news.
Yeah, his core audience in his latter years were that special breed with the combined attributes of fancying themselves holding higher moral virtue than most of their fellow countrymen while simultaneously holding them in contempt, yet gullible enough to think someone who made himself very rich from their money and the very institutions he denounced didn't hold them in similar contempt.
Everyone else had written him off as the cynical, hypocritical, grumpy old fuck he'd become by then.
@@Guy_de_Loimbard His audience were mostly college educated people who could see where this country was headed and could see it circling the drain.
@@southernhippie9058 sure, I believe it. You almost have to go to college to learn how to be stupid enough to fall for his shtick while still believing yourself to be above his contempt.
@@Guy_de_Loimbard assclown. What do you do when the people you scream ‘liberal’ at stop making everything you depend on work? Do you tell them the proletariat will seize control of the means of production?? Because that actually makes you a filthy Commie, and you might deserve rape. Can’t we get some real Americans around here. Geez…
He was very sick and on medication during this show. He thought he was going to die right after the show so he wanted to tell it like it is. Then he did his 2008 show which was amazing.
Nowadays we really need a comedian like George carlin again but no one can ever replace him
This bit was a small part of an HBO special. He wrote and performed a new special every year. He just said what he thought and mostly it was very funny.
My wife and I were lucky enough to see him live. He was amazing.
One of the REALEST comedians to ever do it! Scary how right he was about our "great" nation.
This was his last special and I feel he just had a lot to unload while he had the chance. It doesn't keep you laughing but man it's so good. He was the best.
He literally says at 1:54 the exact opposite to your opinion.
Actually, this is his penultimate special. His last special is “It’s Bad for Ya”.
@@guitarmatricide4834 Oh yea youre right man. Its all bullshit and its bad for ya. My mistake.
@@madeincda Except its still exactly what he's doing. Don't be a moron.
@@oROBBIEo Don't be simple.
He spoke facts and exactly what's happening now in America.
It's so funny to me that he narrated Thomas the tank engine
And Ringo Star. Bizarre. Guess they love kids?
Awww Mr. Conductor. What was it, shiningtime station? Something like that.
@@smashbrandiscootch719 yup it sure was, and great times were had by all
Lol that's where I first was introduced to him.
It was before cancel culture.
Maybe it helps to be American to appreciate George. I think the way Americans (myself included) come away from his stand-up is equal parts horrified, enlightened, inspired and jovial. His insights about our culture are so relatable, it's like a bit of therapy.
Ah George Carlin! Not only the man behind being the narrator of Thomas the Tank Engine for the US, but he is also one of the very few Americans (alongside Bill Burr) who is capable of doing self-depreciating satire and criticism about the USA just like this.
George Carlin is by far THE WORLD'S BEST comedian because he's being himself telling THE TRUTH. The inconvenient truth that most people can't stand and would rather carry on living a huge lie.
R.I.P. George. You were right about everything.
I wish I could hang out at the pub and have a drink with y'all. Love y'alls channel and will continue to support it. Btw, he's more of a teacher in his older years than a comedian.
More than just a comedy genius, a visionary.
George Carlin started off with "clean" comedy. With each passing decade he learned from his professional perspective, and he used that knowledge to bounce real-life scenarios in a critique-like form off of the audience to gain wisdom, which became part of each future show. He was a philosopher, albeit unintentionally at first.
one of the OG's of stand-up comedy shows.. Rip
He was still doing what he loved till the day he died.
A fantastic source of good information. He found his audience and it grew more and more in support of him; it will be funny, harsh, blunt but above all genuinely honest and truthful, told in a way that you really want people to be like. Great values of wisdom that you can watch grow and develop over time, we are lucky to be able to see it.
American Comedy has always had a social side to it & that’s what Carlin was the best at, he was the thinking man’s comic. Carlin, Rock & Chappelle are three of my all time favorites.
Carlin has switched style of his comedy a few times during his long career. His earliest work consisted of constructed jokes and impersonations, after he got famous he had a few renowned skits that he did. When he got to middle age and beyond, he started doing major topics and derive multiple jokes in each and when he got old, he took the witty old man direction and focused on rants about society with impeccable logic.
The late great George Carlin knew how things are. The best observational speaker I ever heard. I don't class him as a comedian, but as a Pragmatist and Realist. Brilliant
George was a master wordsmith. His use of language and his perception of language were totally unique. Also, he polished and perfected his act before he hit the stage. It was written out in detailed, scripted, and well rehearsed. That’s part of the reason of his fast delivery, perfected delivery and well thought out ideas. Over time many of his points still remain valid decades later.
Everything he said at the end, is RELEVANT TODAY in 2022, I can just imagine what he would say now....."I TOLD you so!" I MISS him!!
"Never too outside to wear a hoodie". Bro, try that shit in New Orleans in August. It is a special level of hell that Dante couldn't dream of.
This is still so true today as it was when he did this show! He may have sounded grumpy, but he hit the nail on the head!!
His persona is so captivating. His comedy lies in his insanely factual observation of the world he lived in. Just observational humor but he brings the observation such life from a satirical point of view. This man was definitely one of a kind. It's sad to not have him around anymore. But I'm sure he died knowing he did the best he could to keep his audience self aware of vigilant of the cruel world we live in, and that's the joke, it's a joke on all of us, even him.
It's called TRUTH!
He was so spot on with everything! 💯🔥💯🔥 RIP George Carlin
I cannot express how happy I am that you’re finally reacting to more GC, my favorite comedian of all time.
One of the all time LEGENDS! He was breaking down exactly what is happening now 30-40 years ago! “Seven Dirty Words” is a great one as well!
George tells it like it is. Loved this man.
Carlin's wit reaches uncomfortably deep at the core of every human illusion we face each day here in the Land of The Giant Carrots !😆😆😆😄🤣😂
"It's a big club and you aint in it"
Prophetic words
I use the phrase "dumber than a second coat of paint" myself now ... and use it quite often.
Im glad i was introduced to George way before i should have been. Its been over four decades now, so much truth to be gleaned from him.
On one hand: I completely agree with you guys. You go to a comedy show, you want to laugh. On the other hand: if I had important things to say, the skill to say them well, and an audience of thousands there to listen to my words, I'd probably say those important things.
George Carlin makes very valid points, wraps it in comedy but makes you THINK about the points he has made, that leads to discussion and critical thinking.in my opinion more of a philosopher. What a great man he was.
This is the best example why George still is THE GOAT!!!
I recommend reacting to "7 Dirty Words" by him. Not nearly as political, and he was younger.
That bit was so political it made it to the U.S. supreme court
@@andrew348 Lol yes of course, but I mean in terms of actual content and in context of today's sensibilities.
@@andrew348 I was just going to comment the same. :)
Definitely gotta check out Jim Brewer's stand up bit about calling a bomb threat into the Sears painting department. So hilarious. 🤣🤣
Long live paint!!! 😂
@@seanikins2972 🤣🤣🤣
This was his last televised show. And I think he just went balls to the wall. He knew he was dying.
For the red head guy, if you paid money to go to see George Carlin in 2005, you more than got your money's worth here. The man is a genius and at this point in his career he was really pushing the line. If you would've wanted to go see a comedian joke about dating, their families, and pop culture you'd go somewhere else. The man had been doing comedy for about 60 years at this point. He can bring whatever he wants to the table. Again, what he's saying here is also well ahead of it's time.
Finally!!!!! Thank you Carlin!!!! Always keeping it real!!!!!!
Must watch his ‘Soft language’ bit. Carlin is a very funny public speaker.. a master of language and an insightful individual. Some of his older stuff is on the lighter side and not too deep. Recommend continue watching some more.
George Carlin actually was “super funny” at times. He was the perfect mix of philosopher and goofy. This special was at the time that he was basically forced to continue to work, at the end of his rope and seriously fed up, so he didn’t hold back. I had a hard time watching it at the time, when I was younger, but now I get it. There are many, many hilarious GC bits that you have yet to watch until you truly appreciate his genius.
Glad people from overseas appreciate Carlin and see his truths also apply to their countries, too.
You guys are great I’ve been binging the videos the past few days.
The man's a genius. If you get him. You'll laugh. Even at yourself.
The point of Carlin is to make serious issues funny and raising awareness to it. He could be like any other comedian and make generic made up jokes about whatever. This is exactly why he stands out and is regarded widely as the best comedian. Also his earlier stuff was more standard comedy. When he got older he got more cranky and his boys come off as rants but ran are just nonsense. He was making point after point rapid fire.
I 1st heard George in the 60s first on the Jack Paar Show then later on Johnny Carson and kept listening to him up dying and Thanks to You Tube I can still listen to him.
The only thing that's really changed is that we no longer have shopping malls in the US - they all closed up as more & more people bought stuff online. So now everyone stays home, pushes a few buttons on the computer, orders crap from Amazon & other sites, & eat & grow even fatter, because they're (we're) not getting the exercise we used to get while at the mall.
Ain't that the truth!!
Carlin's stand up is not actually meant to be particularly funny... it's a modern day philosophical eye opening. There were only about 3-4 comments made by all three of you about Carlin's actual points that he brought up... everything else was just taking the piss out of the stereotypical "ranting old man", but there's making jokes and then going back and actually taking his points seriously and listening to him and Dave you really seemed to have failed with that (maybe because you thought Carlin is meant to be the most funniest stand up comedian ever or something?). Carlin's a philosopher, remember that for future reactions.
He was putting across serious points from the very beginning of the video to the very end of the video all of which are true. Rewatch the video by yourself when you have time once of twice more and you will start to fully understand all of his points and your eyes will be opened (at least a bit more than they were prior to watching the video).
I recently hopped on a bus.....my car broke down....and this HUGE!!!! Dude hopped on with me. He just rode it to the next stop a couple seconds away. I was like You need to walk more fella.
First time i watched this bit i couldn't breathe i was laughing so hard. I guess you have to live in America to truly understand.
I agree with him but watching this with British people makes me feel defensive 🤣
The British know they could never be this honest about their own people.
@@hrussell9677 Starting with Farage and Bozo.
@@hrussell9677 I think you'll find we're the most self-deprecating people on the planet
Carlin is one of the all time greats. This was three years before he passed. It is a serious bit but he was always a counter culture comic and had some health issues already going on, pretty sure he knew this was his last go at it . Also he was and still is correct.
Esquire magazine in 2001, he said, "Because of my abuse of drugs, I neglected my business affairs and had large arrears with the IRS, and that took me eighteen to twenty years to dig out of. I did it honorably, and I don't begrudge them. I don't hate paying taxes, and I'm not angry at anyone, because I was complicit in it. But I'll tell you what it did for me: it made me a way better comedian. Because I had to stay out on the road and I couldn't pursue that movie career, which would have gone nowhere, and I became a really good comic and a really good writer
George Carlin didn't coat it all pretty. He just told it the way it is. May not come as funny but damn it made you think.
George Carlin the best of the best god bless him
Because life is a Comedy you don’t need to laugh you just need to open your mind 😊
Except for the very first year two of his career, George has always been political. Got arrested early in his career for one of his bits. The case made it to the U.S. supreme court where censorship laws were deemed unconstitutional.
Carlin was more of a philosopher than a century comedian. He never cracks you up but I do chuckle for months when things happen that remind of something he said.
Every American should be required to watch this. Some of this is only funny because it's so sadly true.
It's not a rant though... It's philosophy.... George Carlin was known for his modern day philosophy.... if you guys react to Carlin in the future please bear this in mind and maybe give your opinions on the subject matters HE brings to light? Instead of you know, disregarding all of that because it's not funny. It's not meant to be particularly funny, it's meant to open your blind eyes to some truths about the subjects Carlin talks about. Simple as that.
And keep in mind how ahead of his time he was with his ideas and how he saw the world.
This was in 2005. Then it was comedy.
Now it is prophecy.
Carlin hit a sweet spot of about 3-5 years where he had the perfect amount of the ranting with excellent wisecracks.
Gentlemen, please remember that the title of that broadcast was "Life is Worth Losing".
Tombstones were the set decorations.
Anyone walking into a comedy show by George Carlin entitled "Life is Worth Losing" should have known what they were walking into.
Still, it wasn't all as dark as that...
Well, If you paid to go to a Carlin show, you know exactly what you're getting in to.
“You have to be Asleep to believe in the American Dream.”-George Carlin
Realest shit I’ve heard today.
You should watch some of his videos from his prime, back in the 70s, when he railed against censorship and even spent some time in jail standing up against it. A really good bit of his from that era was his "7 Words You Can't Say on TV".
Carlin was famous for practicing his routine word for word to a finely honed finish. He rarely strayed from the script. Never really ad libbed.
I’m sure the owners of US didn’t enjoy that truth filled rant!
Who owns the US?
@@jsjazz12 the part of the elite class that work the w the deep state (Rockefeller, google, gates...)
Carlin was an angry truth teller.
I have to start counting how many episodes where the office blokes have no hats! 😂
did you say `Lakewood, NJ...` the only 2 places I could think of would be the Strand Theater or some outdoor location
Here is the truth guy's, simply great observation of the state we are in !!!
Holy crap! Finally figured it out!
Dez (spelling?) has a stunning resemblance to early 90's Robert Palmer!
Always had that "he looks familiar" feel, then happened to see the 'Addicted To Love' video the other day and was like "BINGO! THAT'S HIM!".
Hope you don't take offense to that. Palmer was one handsome SOB!
One of his bits that I love is called “Stuff”.
George Carlin; if you crossed a comedian with a philosopher. I miss him. I'm glad I got to see him twice.
Robin Williams how golf was made is a great comedy bit!!
George Carlin = genius!
Greetings from New Orleans.. digging the reactions and commentary!
If you want George Carlin to make you laugh, you have to watch '7 Words You Can't Say on TV'. It's probably one of his most famous bits and it's genius.
George Carlin was a genius
I think this was his last show before he died, he knew that and that's why he wasn't tryna be funny, he was serious about it and it's so true everything he said.
This man is a Genius!!! That is exactly how USA shows itself to the outside world...
Best thing I ever when me and my mate Rob were walking behind this guy we know Andy at work. Andy is obviously a big guy, but he said "Have you seen how small his arms are. He looks like a T rex. How does he wipe his arse." :D
This man was a diamond in the ruff. Spot on!
"theres grandad going on about the price of cheese again" Lol
Some people find checkers to be fun... Others like a bit more, and prefer chess.
Carlin's fanbase grew up (and older) with him, putting his demographic at the age and intellect where nut-shots, sitcom humor, and swear words weren't as stimulating or funny anymore.
I agree Dave, that if you want to spend the night rolling on the floor laughing, George isn't your guy, but at this point of his career, NO ONE bought a ticket going: "Who is this guy?... I hope he's funny"... We all knew what he had to offer, and looked forward to it..😉