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
zoglin: carlin came up as a kind of traditional, short hair, stand-up 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 hippie-dippy weatherman. tonight s forecast dark. jillette: carlin, at first, wanted just to have success, and he got that success, and then felt that 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 i liked him. he was really good, he was funny, and i had a lot of fun with him. he did some nice things for me, but it was like there was nothing behind him, you know. he was kind of just superficial, just the surface. it was all characters. i wasn t in there. i found out i wasn t in my own act. black: the guy who really picks up from lenny is george, who basically kind of goes right after the taboos again.
nothing behind him. you know, he was kind of just superficial. just the surface. it was all characters. i wasn t in there. i found out i wasn t in my own act really picks up from lenny is george who basically kind of goes right after you know the taboos again. he s constantly picking and picking and picking it. and the irish priests were always heavily independence punishment. you know, they give you a couple of no venus to do. nine first fridays five for saturday, stations of the cross a trip to lourdes zwart. that was one of the things that bothered me a little about my religion was that conflict between pain and pleasure, you know, because they were always pushing for pain. you re always pulling for pleasure, man. george carlin was a wordsmith, and each of his routines were poetry memorize poetry. carlin was spent a year practicing these routines where every word was there for a reason. nothing was there by accident. trouble was i wanted a list. here are
he did some nice things for me. but it was, like, there was nothing behind him, you know. he was kind of just superficial, just the surface. he was all characters. i wasn t in there. i found out i wasn t in my own act. the guy who really picks up from lenny is george, who basically kind of goes right after, you know, the taboos, again. he s constantly picking and picking and picking. and the irish priests were always heavily into penance and punishment, you know. they give you a couple of novenas to do, nine first fridays, five first saturdays, stations of the cross, a trip to lourdes. wow. that was one of the things that bothered me a little about my religion, was that conflict between pain and pleasure, you know? because they were always pushing for pain and you re always pulling for pleasure, man, you know. george carlin was a wordsmith and each of his routines were poetry, memorized poetry. carlin would spend a year practicing these routines where