I often say Bill Hicks was the Yin to Carlins yang like the perfect complimentary contemporary . Both were very powerful. Lenny Bruce was the pioneer so much so that George smiles remembering being handcuffed next to him in a cop car. All 3 were the mount Rushmore of the rebellious dark comedians speaking from the heart. Doug Stanhope I think is the closest thing living today to it personally.
I always had the theory that all those philosophers we highly regard today were their generation's comedian. Imagine Socrates on stage riffing like Carlin.
The beauty of Carlin is that he's pure honesty wrapped up in a genius observational study of the bullshit that surrounds us all of the time. He has take the time to stop and really look at the world and report back on the nonsense that is constantly trying to tell us what to think and how to identify. Such a free thinker and way ahead of his time. We did not deserve that man. Peace and love
George carlin, standup philosopher The reason he described things so perfectly/prophetically is because with that brilliant mind he worked for almost a year honing his routines before he debuted them on his HBO specials.
Carlin is the goat. This isn't even a top 10 set of his imo. If you've really never seen him before, definitely check out more from him. He was THE act on HBO for years and would come out with a new special every other year. THe amount of truths he tells and predictions that we see happening now are incredible. I used to sneak downstairs at night to watch his specials when i was a kid because parents wouldn't allow the language lol. He really shaped alot of my world views with the most important being 'question everything.' Got to see him live in 2004 when he was practicing material for his 2005 special "It's Bad for Ya". Definitely would love to see more reactions to his stuff
I am a 50 yr-old white woman...I saw this act live in a small theater in Indiana... amazing live and amazing to relive it with you... congratulations on your success.🙂
I believe rather than smelling muskie he's talking about excess. Back then it was very common to plaster this s*** on and excess to kept doing the axe commercial where he putting on some axe magically get girls come after you and if they didn't you weren't wearing enough.
I like that you rewind if you missed something. Too many reactors miss entire jokes & sections because they don’t care enough to return to stuff they missed
Carlin and Robin Williams had the same style and could talk faster than most of us could think. Loved Carlin the most. Every real thing you can think of he could talk about. His political shows were re the best. Made politics the bomb. So true and funny.
Love George!!!! 😍😍😍💯💯💯 Thank you for watching him, he was BRILLIANT! Spoke truth through intelligent humour! He wanted people to think for themselves and question things! I'd recommend these skits: A war on homelessness List of people who ought to be k!lled Death penalty Rape Free floating hostility A modern man Advertising and BS Driving Child worship Gulf War Extreme human behavior Germs You have no rights
Love your reactions bro, hadn't seen this clip myself. "There are some cool white guys bro" ... proceeds to name Justin Timberlake and pauses... sus behavior, I'm unsubbing. Jokes aside always enjoy your uploads. I got into "good" comedy kinda late so just like you said, I can't imagine Carlin nowadays. Everything I see from him (except towards the end work) is just so on point. He'd be so cool to listen to today.
Haha... yeah. I was kind of taken aback that he didn't say Harry Mack, considering the journey he's on. Mack is the coolest because he's just naturally easy going and down to earth. No front or persona to maintain. :)
same here, haven't voted since early 90's I hate politics. I even find it amusing to see a sign post saying, "Honesty, the best policy" inside a government office or the same sign inside a Court Room. If you despise homeless people who steals because of hunger, then there is no reason for you not to despise well dressed, well groomed, pretentious, sweet tongue, rich politicians who steals by the millions and gets away with it clean. Thanks for Sharing, more power to you channel Peace and Light to you brother
Carlin died a year after the iphone came out. His 7 words you can't say on tv from 1972 was revolutionary. So many comedians from the 90s were deeply influenced by Carlin: Bill Mahar is definitely one of them.
Oh that man musk is real. I lived in Germany for 5 years. Don't go around smelling like shit, keep yourself clean, but women in lots of places are all about the pheromones. Trust. First introduction to your channel. Dig it. 🤙
George Carlin remains my favorite comedian for his intelligence and facility with words but I can’t watch his later stuff, after about ‘99. I don’t know if it was the loss of his first wife or just anger and cynicism growing for all the bullshit he saw when he looked out over the social landscape. In earlier bits, he cut through to the heart of things with surgical precision and served up truth like a master chef - his later stuff, to me, is more like he was wielding an ax, and I’m just not into slasher flicks. I’m not saying his observations were any less accurate, given his particular point of view, but it felt like he was just angry and out of control in comparison. If you want to check out the earlier stuff that was more skill and less rant, try his bits on 7 Dirty Words, Place for Your Stuff, Advertising, or Football vs Baseball and you’ll see pretty clearly what I mean.
Im SO here for this ride! George is the GOAT forever, he is the originator of getting the 7 dirty words on air/album/tv so many worm holes w/ George. and you are he was a profit, so much so that things he ranted about years ago are still relevant today.
The trick that he doesn't quite elaborate with voting, is that the only reason people who don't vote are pressured to vote is to counteract or outweigh the people who vote in terrible candidates. A lot of people don't bother voting either because they don't think it matters much, they're too lazy, or their disheartened about the whole process and have lost faith in it. It's convenient not to vote, but far too many people don't research candidates before voting for them; they take the rhetoric and advertisements at face value. Carlin is right about where to put the blame. But I think he could have illustrated things a bit farther.
I’ve been a fan since I was a kid in the 80s and too young to have heard him. He’s still my all time fav and I actually mourned his death in 2008. There’s a great doc on him on HBO. A must watch. His career went through many highs and lows and he had to reinvent himself a few times but he was always funny. My favorite era was 80s and 90s George.
what carlin did is, he took the european satire style, watered it down for american audiences and it worked, not many can say that they made that style work in america. this style of "comedy" exists mainly in central europe, but already for ages. one of those people was a thing amongst a bunch of reactors lately, a german named pispers, a bit harsher, more information, more sarcastic but the same type of stuffing the thruth down your throat in a funny way... satire is not really a thing in america now is it.
America needs to get rid of the electoral college, gerrymandering, the filibuster and money in politics (money SHOULDN'T be regarded as an acceptable form of communication, people!) and instate some ACTUAL, PROPER democracy. It's absolutely insane that a small minority is allowed to rule over the majority like this.
He wasn't just any other comedian, he was a *philosopher,* actor, author and social critic and a very smart man. Born and raised as a *New Yorker,* and was known for his black comedy and reflections on politics, English language, psychology, religion and various taboo subjects. He and his *"7 dirty words"* comedy skit(which was a pretty funny and relatable one and recommended) were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme court case F.C.C. v Pacifica Foundation, in which a 5-4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate incident material on the public airwaves. And widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American stand-up comics *OF ALL TIME,* and not to mention he dubbed by the newspaper to be *"the Dean of Counter culture comedians".* The guy said a lot of facts and yet was funny about it at the same time, told it like it is and wasn't afraid to speak his own mind and was a true comedic legend. Keep the George Carlin videos 😎
I grew up watching and hearing George Carlin. I grew up not being able to watch the Simpsons because my parents didn't want us to see parents and adults portrayed as stupid people, but George Carlin was the only time we were allowed to hear cursing or any of that kind of stuff.
Someone you should add to the "Cool White Guys" list, Aesop Rock. To quote his song Dorks "I've been ignored longer than you've been interested" , legendary wordsmith with decades in the Game.
There are so many people who you listen to and come out of it feeling dumber, and others who you listen to and end up feeling exactly the same as before. George Carlin has that special gift of making you feel smarter after listening to him. And I say "has" rather than "had" because, even though he's dead, it still remains true and still happens.
Love Carlin, but his argument about not voting is stupid in the abstract. If you are NOT INVOLVED in some process to make things better, then you have NO RIGHT TO COMPLAIN.
Lenny Bruce, George Carlin and Richard Pryor have long been considered the holy trinity of comedy. I've seen him six times, and always a good show. He's right about 90% of the time, and still funny. He's wrong about boomers. Boomers helped provide the things in life people take for granted, especially Gen. Z.
I see you doing the Tool videos, you should try comedian Bill Hicks. He's sampled on the Tool song 3rd Eye. Aenima has a few inside jokes using his theme of Arizona Bay and washing LA away.
George is from the generation just before the Baby Boomer generation... often called the "Silent Generation" (just after the "Greatest Generation", WW1 era folks). I sense a lot of people watching this these days would assume George was a Boomer, as well.
Lmaooo I haven't worn cologne since high school. Unscented deodorant all the way. I fucking love George. Have you heard Bill Hicks yet? Can't wait to see that rabbit hole.
No, it isn't a good argument for not voting; it's a joke. A lot of people believe Carlin's jokes and disbelieve his facts. It's depressing and embarrassing how often.
Carlin makes number one in my book. I have to say that most see where he's coming from, but few realize until they've heard a lot of his stuff that he never wanted us to agree with everything he said... he wanted us to think about what he said... Oh yeah... and laugh MF'r! 🤔😏 And vote... We can even vote to get rid of that damn electoral college BS. But it's kinda like winning the lottery... Your chances go to zero if you don't buy a ticket. 🤨😎 Not to mention mine go down when 70% of those that agree with me don't vote. 🥺
Sometimes I think he was ahead of his time but then I realize things are the same always - history just keeps repeating itself and people are as clueless today as they were 30 years ago so the truth is the same. Same problems, different decade. He was BRILLIANT though!
I would love to run. I have no financial backing. I have only voted my conscience. I am educated and qualified, but I could never make a ballot. He is right, to an extent.
George Carlin was a deep thinker with hilarious delivery. I don't agree with everything he had to say but that makes no difference to me- I still liked him. The only thing he got wrong here is the cowboy joke. REAL cowboys do exist, and they are sexy as hell. Their hats, boots, belts etc. have a real purpose and real meaning history behind them, just like the urban hip hop look does. I am not offended just wanted to clarify. And you don't have to actually live on a ranch or in the hood to dress that way. If that culture speaks to you for whatever reason, then you do you. And I disagree with his views on voting too,
I prefer pheromones to cologne...please stay away from any and all Axe it's so gross, the key like w/ anything is a dab not a dip! same for patchouli ew ew ew
I understand the lack of faith in the electoral college. It does produce better results than popular vote. Technically, not voting gives away your only opportunity to choose.
