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George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author. Regarded as one of the most important and influential comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of counterculture comedians".
On Location is a series from HBO.The series premiered on New Year's Eve 1975 with a one-hour performance by Robert Klein [1] and became a source for uncensored stand-up comedy performances [2] [3] from performers such as George Carlin, David Brenner, Redd Foxx, Rich Little, Robin Williams, Phyllis Diller, Buddy Hackett, Billy Crystal, Pat Cooper and others. [2]
January 9: Dudesy's special George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead on YouTube. [1] January 9: Russell Peters's special Irresponsible Ensemble on CTV. January 9: Pete Davidson's special Turbo Fonzarelli on Netflix. [2] January 16: Dusty Slay's special Workin' Man on Netflix. [3] January 16: Des Bishop's special Of All People on YouTube.
George Carlin in 2008. This article is a List of awards and nominations received by George Carlin. Carlin received 17 Grammy Award nominations winning five Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album winning for FM & AM (1972), Jammin' in New York (1992), Brain Droppings (2001), Napalm & Silly Putty (2002), and It's Bad for Ya (2008).
The late George Carlin is widely regarded as one of the best comedians of all time. And this week, the entertainer—who died in 2008—got an unexpected turn in the public eye with an hour-long ...
With Six You Get Eggroll is a 1968 American romantic comedy film directed by Howard Morris and starring Doris Day, Brian Keith, Barbara Hershey, George Carlin, and Pat Carroll. It was the first film that was produced by the CBS Television Network 's film unit, Cinema Center Films , and Day's final film performance.
Brain Droppings is a 1997 book by comedian George Carlin. [1]This was Carlin's "first real book" and contains much of Carlin's stand-up comedy material. According to the cover, the book contains "jokes, notions, doubts, opinions, questions, thoughts, beliefs, assertions, assumptions, and disturbing references" and "comedy, nonsense, satire, mockery, merriment, sarcasm, ridicule, silliness ...
Unlike Carlin's other stand-up specials, this contains only 27 minutes of stand-up performance. The rest is a retrospective celebrating Carlin's 40th anniversary in entertainment, with clips of his television appearances and an interview with the host Jon Stewart. Some of Carlin's material was repeated in his next special, You Are All Diseased.