i cuss gratuitously. subject matter is another story. this is gonna be a good show. are there any subjects that are never appropriate for humor? people say a good comedian doesn t have to cuss. and i thought, now that s [bleep] rubbish. how dirty is too dirty? why is all that so funny? i don t know. what you re about to hear is going to shock and disgust you. if you choose to go blue, you ve got to do it right. dirty for the sake of dirty, there s nothing worse than that. you must promise me something. you won t get me in any trouble on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] listen, i will be cussing tonight. now, just so s you know. no, i will. i will. don t [bleep] oh me. not allowing an artist to use the word [bleep] is like not allowing a guitarist to use the chord e. it s possible to play the instrument, but why the [bleep] would you bother? now don t wave your finger at me! you knew when you got here there d be cussing. the last thing co
here? and he said, well, i refused to cooperate with the police. and lenny bruce said, what are you, a schmuck? carlin came up as a kind of a traditional, short hair standup comic. he was quite successful on getting ed sullivan gigs and so forth. here is comedian, comedy star, george carlin. que pasa? al sleet here, your hippy dippy weather man. tonight s forecast, dark. carlin, at first, wanted just to have success. and he got that success, and then he felt he was getting that success in a way that didn t speak to his heart. i used to be this guy or maybe this guy used to be me. i don t know. we were each other at one time. it wasn t long ago, he i liked him, you know. he was really good. he was funny and i had a lot of fun with him.