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DOOM BREAK? Called The Greatest 10-Minutes in U.S. Comedy History—Ever Heard of George Carlin?
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[quote:The Albuquerque Statesman:MV80OTI1NzU2XzkwMDI4ODY5XzZEMjUwQjdF] Ever heard of him!? I bought his first classic comedy album when it came out. I had to look up the date. It was the summer of 1972, and I was nine going on ten years old. I was already a rebel in school since the first grade. I was so notorious with teachers that years later, when they saw my sister's last name, they asked if I was her brother. When she said yes, the teacher made threats and said she would be watched closely. I had the same kind of responses as him to school and authorities, who often called me a smart-ass. I think it was just the expected response of intelligent children to so much stupidity and blatant brain washing. Like Carlin, I was always asking questions the teacher didn't want to answer, but I wasn't a clown about it. I was dead serious, and I wanted to question their sanity, their righteousness, their honor, their hypocrisies, their cowardice, etc. They didn't like a child talking to them like that. I knew class clowns. They were smart kids, full of piss and vinegar, who joked to deliberately provoke teachers, but they also had a way of being cute, and teachers often secretly sort of liked them. I wasn't trying to be liked, and I was waging serious war against stupidity, hypocrisy, abuse of authority, cruelty, etc. and my intention was to deliver hard blows, verbally or physically. I wanted evil people to remember me by their pain. Anyway, I understood the class clowns, and that's how I understood George Carlin. Sometimes he was too crude, but he needed attention for his jokes. He was too liberal, but a lot of performers took shelter under that umbrella. It was one of those things "everybody knew". You could get away with a lot as long as you mouthed the right liberal values. Real intellectual courage would have been slapping Liberals in the face, and everybody else, but it would have alienated too many people to sell tickets. I remember the culture at the time, the kids who listened to Class Clown over and over, while turning over the album cover. I remember the rumors of rolling paper in a Cheech and Chong record. George Carlin was a big part of the Summer for nine year old boys back in the day. I grew up listening to his humor, and marveling at his appearance on television and sometimes even in some freaky movies. [/quote]
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It’s hard for old farts to remember that there is nearly a generation of Americans that has never heard of George Carlin. George was a brilliant, totally unique comedian that was able to make any subject hysterically funny. (Much like Richard Pryor).
But George had one talent attribute Pryor did not: He was able to combine political satire with extreme comedy. This comedy piece was voted by US comedians years ago as the
‘funniest 10-minutes in comedy history'
and I agree. You may as well.
The first half is an indictment of the American obsession with malls and food. This was obviously pre-covid. Then he turns to our political leaders. Carlin never revealed what party with which he was affiliated. I’m not sure he believed in any of our leaders. He ends the piece by using his most famous line ever and since then it has been repeated by people around the world.
Little known fact:
Notice how quickly he thinks and speaks. Carlin MEMORIZED EVERY WORD! People who saw his shows multiple times said his performances were identical each time. Amazing. I miss George Carlin’s voice right now so much we would NEVER BE WOKE. He was a fighter.
***WARNING***
Carlin uses profanity profusely and it is woven throughout this piece. And not just ‘hell’ and ‘damn’. He made a national name for himself getting taken off TV in the 70s because he would not stop using words that he said he had the Constitutional right to use. So if this offends you, please don’t listen. I don’t mind it at all.
For the rest of you, especially younger people that have never heard of him and older people who haven’t heard him in a long time, you are about to remember a time before 20 year-old punks controlled how we are supposed to think. Get ready: You're about to bust a gut.
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