I was a police officer in a small northwest New Jersey town. Before George Carlin would do his HBO Special he would try his material out at a local high school. His agent would call up our police station and request two officers to stand by behind the curtains in case anything happened. Before the show he walked over and shook our hands. His agent/driver said that "Once the show was over George is heading right to the car and we are following you to the highway to get back to the interstate." My partner and I got a picture with him. After the show was over, we escorted George and his driver back to the interstate, pulled over, and waved them past us. George was halfway leaning out of the passenger car window screaming, "Thanks fuckers!" And if you don't believe me, I'll send you the picture.
May 13th, 1992... Carlin had celebrated his 55th birthday the day before he taped this appearance, and Carson had one more week of hosting the Tonight Show before retiring indefinitely...
@@chuckdieselkicksdisks2380Carson was definitely not happy with how NBC replaced him. Letterman was who Carson really wanted to follow in his footsteps. NBC brass thought better and put Leno in and Carson never forgave NBC and never appeared on the network again, even for a big network anniversary special they begged him to attend. The only time Carson appeared on TV, after retiring was on Dave’s CBS show calling in or pre- taped bits culminating in a shocking walk on where the applause was so intense, Carson was never able to get out one word. He sat at Dave’s desk and tried to calm the crowd down and just as they were starting to, Carson had second thoughts, stood up and exited stage right. The clip is on You Tube and you need to see it.
@@Rob-metoo527 A true Christian will be the first to admit they are sinners in need of a savior. Christians aren't perfect but they are forgiven through trusting in Christ. You can't be "moral" enough to enter Heaven. Eternal life is a free gift and the giver is Christ. The catch is you have to accept and receive the gift. Most people are too proud to admit they need saving.
@@kirkmcgee1Idiot. First of all which god? The one you believe in or one of the thousands hindus believe in? Which ones? He was before his time. He knew what idiotic ideology religion is. Just stop and think about it. You actually believe some guy built a boat with thousand of animals inside it. And that earth is 6000 years old…
In 1999 George Carlin in an interview with Tom Snyder on the Late Show said he lived for disasters. Two years later 9-11 must have made him very happy. Carlin was a sick jerk.
@@horaceball5418 alrighty then. God judges not you. Besides, if you ever listened to some of his epic stand ups, you would know he had his finger on society, the government and people to a T. Get past your judgment of others (like god tells you to) and give it a listen.
I remember watching this at 14 or 15 years old when it was on, at around midnight (in the spring). Watching this again at age 46... Around midnight in the pre-spring.
I was blessed to have seen George Carlin twice in person with my late Dad,also named George. Beautiful memories. Love and miss you Dad and George Carlin. From Canada 🇨🇦 🙏✝️❤️
It was a dark day when Carlin passed. I remember hearing the news on the radio while in a stark dorm room at the Kansas Highway Patrol Academy (Room G26) for continuing education. Fifteen and a half years and it's like yesterday.
Wow! George Carlin became a major standup legend because of Johnny Carson. Can you imagine anyone doing a bunch of standup gigs all across the country and then appearing on The Tonight Show 105 times today? Absolutely not!
One of my favorite skits of George Carlin's was when he did a weather report on Ed Sullivan show back in the late sixties. Also did weather reports in some of his live standup. "Today's weather forecast includes a severe pressure center. Now a lot of viewers have written into the station asking what a severe pressure center is." George then points to a location on the weather map of the states. "This is a severe pressure center". 🤣
What a perfect program Sir Johnny Sir & Associates have put together for us, it’s amazing it’s priceless, always. Angel man George Carlin….what an outstanding, & hysterically responsible Comedian, entertainer, performer, business person, & mathematician, always man! Lol.😂 This guy keeps track of how many rain drops fall on his heavenly brow, as a rule. Carlin is a great role model for us out here, for such things, & including for valueing & appreciating thing correctly & accurately, always, a guy who values every single rain drop as priceless. Cudos, man. ✌️😇❤️🌈📀🔒🔐
I want to know how the pitch meeting went when they were trying to find the host for the PBS kids show Shiny Time Station. After all of the comedy shows he did, that were certainly not kid friendly, ya.... ya... let's get *that* guy to narrate and play Mr. Conductor. 😛 At least he knew the seven words he couldn't say on TV.
I was 21 years old waiting tables at The Keg restaurant in Bellevue, Washington when this aired. Time flys, it's so unfair how short it is but thank God we get it.
George talks about his partnership with Jack Burns, they did put out an album, which I am fortunate to own, it's not very good, but you can hear the ideas that George worked up into good bits later on
I was fortunate to see Johnny Carson (show taping in the mid-80s) and George Carlin (comedy show in in the early 2000s). I think of those few hours from 20 to 40 years ago from time to time - legends.
I thought "105th appearance" was supposed to be some kinda joke . As in "I've appeared too many times on this show ..." But ACTUAL 105 appearances , that's crazy ! I don't have 105 WORDS in my vocabulary ffs ! 😅
The best part about 9:54 is that over 30 years later, you can actually buy daytime fireworks. No idea how well they work, but they're out there. I guess George was just ahead of his time on that one, but that's hardly unusual for him!
Was introduced to George’s wonderful brand of humor with his album “Occupation Foole” around 1972 and he kept me in stitches for the next 35 years or so. “Hell’s Breakfast Nook” just killed me.
I won tickets on the radio to see George Carlin. I had nobody to go with and gave the tickets to my sister and my cousin. They said it was a great show.
Carson, re: Carlin: "... and kept ahead of the game ..." Carlin definitely pegged the world we now are dealing with many years beforehand. Brilliant comedian.
