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Growing up in New York City, George Carlin was always the class clown. He went on to become one of the greatest comedians of all time, with appeal that spans generations. His brand of provocative sociopolitical commentary and scathing comic style has brought him four Grammy awards, most recently in 2002. Carlin holds the distinct honor of being the first-ever host of NBC's Saturday Night Live, and has starred in 12 HBO specials and many blockbuster films. He continues to perform to sold-out audiences at venues across the country. (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)
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“Not every ejaculation deserves a name.” No emitting of test farts. The nearly 60-year-old Carlin quite quickly gets to the point as he takes shots at anti-abortion conservatives immediately upon taking the stage at the Beacon Theater in New York. Without pausing or hesitating, he follows up with a fitting insult of Catholics (God has been one of the main causes of death for centuries) and a radical rejection of the “self-serving bullshit story” about the sanctity of life (the dead don’t give a fuck). The cadence of his jokes is lethal and his indifference to political correctness is irresistible. Though I do not fully identify with Carlin’s totally nihilistic “fuck everybody” view of the world, I never for a moment stopped admiring his ability to make his anger at Mickey Mouse, motivational books, ugly kids in home videos and fat yuppie baby boomers so amusing, and how deeply he could cut with the punchlines of his dirty and outwardly autotelic jokes (“Just like now!”). What is no less admirable is the fact that most of his observations remain valid even twenty years later (just substitute smartphones for video cameras). If any stand-up special deserves to be called a “classic”, it’s definitely this one.
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