Carlin is a national treasure. He was wise beyond his time.

Other comedians have said that George lost faith in humanity. That is why his humor got this way. George was very warm to people he knew.

@o.i.c.uvanish9169

29 күн бұрын

No, he's just very frustrated. Deep down he really love his fellow human beings.

@frankpentangeli7945

29 күн бұрын

@@o.i.c.uvanish9169 He always said he liked people one on one. But he definitely wanted the human race to go extinct, because humans have done such horrible things and don't deserve to continue as a species.

@lostwave4880

28 күн бұрын

@@o.i.c.uvanish9169 It's not frustration, it's the realization and recognition of the plethora of deep rooted shortcomings of the human race. You can still be compassionate and warm to individual people, all of us whom had no choice in being human or born to this earth, while still recognizing that the human race is not the best thing that ever happened to this planet or that in fact happened to each other. The worst experiences most people have ever had came from other people. If anyone personally feels offended by anything in this human commentary it could be because we all have some of these shortcomings and that was George's point, that if we were all a little less mean, selfish, and high on ourselves the world could have been a better place.

@asteroidimpact6301

24 күн бұрын

Well, you can't blame him for that now, can you? Especially today...

@alkirk-ws4co

23 күн бұрын

@@asteroidimpact6301 Definanitely not, if anything, I blame him for being FAR TO LENIENT.

Guys, chill out. This was 20 minutes of a 60 minute show that was absolutely amazing. The whole special was incredible

@davidphillips9726

29 күн бұрын

The 10 commandments bit is fn genius. My favorite carlin bit

Closest thing to a prophet we'll ever see. My wife and I had the privilege of seeing him live. He was amazing.

@unclebounce1495

Ай бұрын

Prophet only for commies and anarchists.

@tahoe_1353

Ай бұрын

I was supposed to see him the year he died. I was so bummed.

@dantesinfernopurgatory7826

Ай бұрын

​@@tahoe_1353 I saw him the year before he died. I somehow got the sense that he was nearing the end. RIP George.

@Raven5150

29 күн бұрын

Wrong actual prophet can't tell you how many things he said that actually came true

@eddyspecter

20 күн бұрын

Saw him live as well in a very intimate stage. Wish I would have seen Bill Hicks before he passed.

We got Mr and Mrs Natural fibers reviewing the GOAT 😆

I think the reason that the "phone mime" went out fashion is that rotary phones were still largely in use at this time and now are an endangered species.

@JPMadden

Ай бұрын

I was especially glad when rotary phones got replaced, because my home phone number as a kid in the '70s had 2 sevens and 3 nines in it. Took forever to call home.

@mikemaricle9941

Ай бұрын

@@JPMadden Four 8s, and a 9, on a partyline, our ring wea three shorts.

@JPMadden

Ай бұрын

@@mikemaricle9941 I'm too young (54) to have had a party line.

@bobbrinkerhoff3592

29 күн бұрын

@@JPMadden you don't know what you missed out on .

@Hidious10

29 күн бұрын

The rotary phone? Wtf?? How about a regular house phone.

I think George's comedy is split between great observational comedy and then pure crowd pleasure comedy. At the time, this ranty style was very much the crowd-pleasing style.

Well, your personal preference shows that the two of you should be on the list also! George is just speaking the truth everyone has this kind of list. If you say no then you're a liar.

@lostwave4880

28 күн бұрын

What George was getting at is that every human, I suspect including himself, would be on this list. The last line about explaining ourselves to an intergalactic master intelligence shows this and tied it all together. If any personal offence is taken to any of the content then agreed it reveals yourself to still being somewhat blind to your own humanness and faults, and resistant to seeing the human race for what it really is.

@BrainMeltGaming

27 күн бұрын

You chose to be offended over someone's personal preference so by right shouldn't you be on the list?

@alkirk-ws4co

23 күн бұрын

George was WAY TO LENIENT, on who he put on his publically revealed list.

misses barbell was disgusted the entire vid LOL

@markh.7650

26 күн бұрын

And doesn't know the difference between "Relative" and "Relevant".

@tonycampbell4982

25 күн бұрын

Cause they were the type of people in his video lol😂

@Immortalheart66

24 күн бұрын

“George Carlin”,.. the “true teller” takes the non believers and reserved humor listeners to “Church “,.. again. Priceless. 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥

@kualua6612

23 күн бұрын

It’s called comedy geez.

@ultimatehardyboyz1150

19 күн бұрын

@@tonycampbell4982eh this was one of george’s weaker sets, and although funny some people just don’t relate or even get some of the outdated shit he talks about

Some people just don't get george. He was 20 years ahead of his time. His jokes still stand today, that's a comedy genius.

Does anybody else remember his bit on " the hippy dippy weatherman " ?

@cariann2220

26 күн бұрын

Here with all the hippy dippy weather.... man

You do understand that he just takes his pet peeves and exaggerates them for a comedy effect. Do you hear the audience? They love it. He is the comedy father of Bill Burr, Daniel Tosh, and Anthony Jeselnik. Carlin is the GOAT.

I get what you're saying. His comedy changed a lot over the years, going through different eras when he concentrated on different themes. As he got older, he saw how people basically didn't change, and it frustrated him. The promise of the times when he first got popular never panned out, so he went with that theme of "people are basically crap so who cares". At this time, he was saying things a hell of a lot of people agreed with but couldn't say in their own lives, so his comedy was cathartic - he complained for all of us. Times are different now and everyone in the world has a megaphone, so the idea of someone complaining for us is kind of passe. :)

Too bad George wasn't around long enough to save us from tRumpism and maga idiots!! He had a unique ability to cut right through to reality with humor! And enlighten us in the process. He always brought a proper perspective and we laughed our asses off when that perspective hits home! George was an original! Thank you for your perspective and all the laughs! The world misses you!❤😂🎉

@gorplsnaps2920

15 күн бұрын

Hate to break it to you, but Carlin would vote for Trump.

@daisypooch4034

13 күн бұрын

@@gorplsnaps2920 Noone knows how anyone else actually votes! That's idiotic to speak for someone else's personal point of view! Especially a man as intelligent as George Carlin. You would of been better off just keeping quiet like your mother should have taught you.

He would have so many people protesting his shows, if he was alive today, that you wouldn't be able to get in. He would hurt everyone's little feelers!

@tomg6318

Ай бұрын

Yes and he wouldn't back down no matter what the consequences were to himself he's already proven that

He was one of a kind that’s for sure

Born in the 60s here. You,re gen will never understand.

@Bobby-LeeChanning

Ай бұрын

Gen x ....we get it

Can't go wrong with the GOAT! :) **EDIT** After watching your review, apparently, I stand corrected. lol

@keetahbrough

Ай бұрын

lol

Hahaha yeah the telephone mime kinda went away with the advent of the cell phone. Back in the 80s and into the 90s, it was EVERYWHERE! Another great video B&B!

Listen I get that George isn’t for everyone. But when you realize he was saying this stuff in the 70’s and 80’s you realize how brilliant he was. 30 to 40 years after he says it still relevant

My fav bit from George is the Football vs baseball. It's incredibly witty and funny. Not sure if Bars and Barbells have done it, but it's amazing insight and delivery.

By this point in his career, George had pretty much reached a place where he felt he had done all the clever and witty stuff that he could have done as a more fun, cheerful comedian from his early days, as censorship, corporate ownership and modern extremism started to truly take hold of American life, and so he started doing this kind of material to not only tap into his own frustrations, but also kind of educate people and make them really aware of how absurd our society had become and the direction it was heading. He wasn’t getting anything out of our culture to fuel the material he did in his early days anymore, and he felt it was more important, for himself and his fans, to start speaking more honestly about his dissatisfaction with the whole system and get laughs through that, rather than just try to go for laughs alone.

Where in life does it state that you have to become a productive member of society?

George was/is the greatest observer of life, and willing to put that mirror in our face. Witty was his gift, but it didn't seem to reward him as a performer in his later years. Later years George was so much more graphic in his humor, and commentary. I watched him for his whole performing lifetime. His delivery never really changed but is much more hard hitting in his later years. George always spoke for me.

There are a couple of interviews where george talks about going from comedian to observer. Pretty interesting. He was prophetic, but it is different than his older stuff. I still feel Carlin and Richard Pryor were the best of that generation of comedians.

Carlin did do more "grumpy old man" comedy as he got older.

George was pretty raw on this,he did go over the line a few times! But him and Robin Williams had to be some of the most intelligent comedians we have seen R.I.P. to both!

@ronaldnelson6692

Ай бұрын

@hokiedoo Unfortunately, both would probably be cancelled in this day and age.

@hokiedoo

Ай бұрын

@@ronaldnelson6692 that's sad it really is 😞

@ronaldnelson6692

Ай бұрын

@@hokiedoo Sad but true.

@tomaleshire4145

29 күн бұрын

There were only 10 or 15 things he said that today would be investigated as hate speech or making a terrorist threat.😂🤣💯❤️✌️

@ronaldnelson6692

29 күн бұрын

@@tomaleshire4145 Now days, all it takes is 1.

George Carlin was and is a genius comedian, I had the privilege to see him live way back in the 1970's at the Boston Music Hall, The Seven Words You Can't Say on TV....LOL

@Crazychick64

Ай бұрын

My favorite of his HBO comedy special is Carlin at Carnegie

George was not angry. It was just a joke. George was a nice guy.

Gen X understood George Carlin better than Gen Y or Z

This was relevant when this was done. But not now. But I do love George 😂 Peace out guys ✌️ ☮️

@VicGrimes

29 күн бұрын

some topics are still relevant.

@masterelmstreet5886

26 күн бұрын

WRONG! More relevant than ever. Delusional to think otherwise.

@RockinMamaT

25 күн бұрын

@@masterelmstreet5886 I'm taking about the references to the phone and answering machine other things we don't use anymore . Relax most everything this man says i get. I'm not 20

One of the lessons he’s given here is that we all take ourselves too seriously. He’s talking about minor annoyances that we see in our everyday life. And, the extreme approach is just an exaggeration of how we personally respond to this stuff.

12:15 - The reason no one does the phone hand anymore - the hand was replaced by the smartphone.

I can never get too much of George Carlin.

George was a legend, a huge influence on Bill Burr and other comedians, but it is always best to be honest with your thoughts. Nothing stinks quite like inauthenticity!!

If you were watching with a bunch of guys, you'd be laughing your ass off.

I love George Carlin... and absolute legend! You two are great with this reaction channel as well!

I saw George live three times. He did get darker and angrier with the passage of time. I think after decades after trying to get his message out, he got frustrated that nothing was changing. Time has certainly passed on this particular material with changes in technology. The phone mime thing, the headset phone, the answering machine...I can only say, ya had to be there.

George's shows became much darker as he aged. His earlier skits that were genius were football vs baseball and plane travel. His style was observational comedy and he sure observed a whole lot.

Man, you guys are babies😂, awesome video!!, and I mean age!!

People not contributing to society talking about people who are not contributing to society. Very good! They don't even see the difference. But I am glad these two are learning a little more every day.

New Yorkers are known for talking with their hands all the time

The. GOAT.

Most of the things he talked about we did back in the day. In the early 80's.

@Serai3

Ай бұрын

This show was from the late 90's. You can always tell when the show is from by looking at his hair. :)

Admit it....neither of you liked that.

George is the goat! Imagine if he was alive today? He'd never run out of material! Try losing things by George Carlin

I'm sitting here imagining the routine George would have done on KZread reactors. Pretty funny.

Hi guys... The thing with the phone, was a thing, pre cell phone. 🙂

I think that George there was more on rant mode, perhaps because the age he had enough of the bs

People like to comment on George Carlin videos something like, "imagine what he would have to say about how things are today." This is a pet peeve of mine. The powerful interests who want to keep us divided and under their control always tell us that "fill in the blank" is worse than it was in the recent past, because then they can tell us who we should blame for that. I'm old enough (54) to have learned that thinking "the kids today aren't as good as we were" is the first step on the path to becoming a frightened and gullible old person who has lost the ability to think for himself/herself.

@dustinjones8887

Ай бұрын

Agree. There are not many comedians left today that will stand up to "the man". Maybe a couple, like Dore and Burr. I get what you're saying, it's frustrating not having truth to power and get a bunch of tribal divisiveness.

The one I used to have had two cassette tapes, one for the outgoing message and the other for incoming messages. The incoming message tape was a normal cassette tape, the other looked normal, but just had a loop of tape so that the message repeated over and over if you played it in a regular cassette tape deck. That tape was where you recorded your message for incoming calls.

Carlin, was brilliant !

Years ago the earbud with the chord came out and only a few self-important types had them. They would talk very loud to make sure you saw them. Very annoying in the bank or grocery lines. This is who I believe George is referring to. And yes, many people would have their children record the voicemail message. 💚🤙🏼

*MORE* George Carlin please 😎

Towards the end of his career, he began to go after low-hanging fruit. Not at his best, but we miss him terribly and would love to have heard him rant about life in America today.

Don't overanalyze. Its just comedy. Sit back and enjoy. It's just an extreme version of the old "Get off my Lawn" guy. He's hitting both liberals and conservatives in this rant.

Nice performative show for your wife there, you deserve an oscar

"Woke" minds will always be offended by George Carlin🔥 at any stage of his career.💯😁❤️✌️

OMG George Carlin is hilarious!! 😂😂😂😂

Wordsmith. I heard him say in one of his shows "why do we drive in a parkway and park in a driveway" His mind would have a field day in todays culture.

Carlin was utilizing super raw humor which was more funny and accepted at the time. And as you noticed he got more into the grumpy old man as he got older. This was an evolution of him not only personally, but also went in hand with the journey his audience and fans had been on with him, many of whom followed him for decades. He kept ramping up the intensity and himself and the crowd collectively were getting more and more pissed and annoyed as the worls seemed to get worse and worse in a lot of ways(sorry for the pessimism , there). The phone hand thing was a thing in our culture for a long time due to land line phones. When blue tooth phone earpieces first came out they were flaunted shamelessly and ostentatiously by the first wave of users. Glad to hear you guys always be honest in your reaction. Please never change on that. Great vid!

My big complaint is how in the last 15 - 20 years parents and the schools have to make it now a “ graduation “ every year now in the school education! My child is “ graduating “ from Kindergarten “. Then they gave a ceremony at the school Or my child is graduating from 5th grade this year ! It’s pathetic that we now have to coddle kids do much by having to make a huge deal of just attending school every year ! There is only two real graduations in a person’s life …. The completion of grade 12 or senior year in High School and your completion of whatever college degree you might of went for as a young adult. All other years of completion and moving on to the next year is not a graduation it’s another step completed in your quest of graduation after 12 years of school.

Shocks me that you never met any of these people. I knew ALL of them.

I'm a fan of George, I saw this performance years ago. I'm familiar with the things he's expressing here. More relevant then, than now. As a fan of George, I noticed a change in him in his final days. After the Supreme Court of the United States used his monologue of the "8 words you can't say on TV" as a precedent, he became more political and cynical. He will always be a legend in my heart, but I understand your position and I respect your opinion. Rewatching it here with you today I fully understand your opinion and I also agree that he was a bit extreme for today. But then... It was cutting edge.

I think what Carlin set out to do and succeeded at was getting us to laugh at ourselves and the fact that we allowed ourselves to get the way we are.

Guys, guys. You don't owe anyone an explanation. Not everything will be to one's taste. It's okay not to like something. You two did a great video today.

This special aired 2 months after 9/11 and was entitled Complaints & Grievances. He had been heading in this trajectory all thru the 90s. 😊

I saw George live once in the 1980s.

Was able to see him live back in 02 in Vegas.

George was great! Loved Him!

That's George !

Love seeing this tis time to laugh!

George Carlin was at the top of my list of favorites. He brings it every time. (I do get what you were saying about this one not so good).. I think you have done .. Abbott and Costello "Who's On First" .. which is a classic. One of the old time ones I like is ....Victor Borge and The Opera Singer ... and others. He is a classically trained pianist and comedian.

He rode a fine line between entertainment and sticking his thumb in the eye of social "norms".

There's no money in the cure. The money is in the medison.

George was great, and I still find this routine funny. But I think you're correct that this isn't as funny as his earlier stuff. By this time in his career he was leaning harder on the social commentary more than the comedy part. It's not that it was bad, it was just not as good as other stuff.

Remember, this is also just one monologue from an hour long special where he does lighter material he mixes it all up

I think this is from the mid to late 90s.....

George Carlin was an absolute genius!! I had the chance to see him in the 80s and was front row center stage...I'll never forget it. He was the funniest person alive.

I still think they're Canadian. . 🤣

Smart and funny stuff

another great Carlin bit is from "what am I doing in New Jersey" is "People I can do without", and Driving.

The telephone gesture must be a pre-cellphone thing 🙂 Some comedy ages.

Y’all two look real fun

I watch all of his HBO specials. Because it was must see TV. Plus I think this was '96.

Hit bit - The Trillion Daves is one of my favorites. It’s definitely worth a watch.

Mets George Carlin rest in peace he's very knowledgeable

An unusual but very funny MUST SEE comedian,, "Emo Phillips Has Self Destructive Tendencies/Letterman Show"..TRUST ME on this one!!..Also His Television Debut.

Try his 80s stuff like “losing things”, “sports”, “driving”, “dogs and cats”, “hello and goodbye”. He has a different energy than either his 70s or his more recent stuff. It my personal favorite time period of his.

I'd love to hear what he'd say about what has been going on the last 9 years.

I have to admit that this routine is one I am not crazy about.

Well that was an unfortunate colision of high grumpy old man factor (even for Carlin) and some time specific material which has not aged very well. I promise, it is pretty funny if you are old enough to recall when these references were more of a commentary on the current state of things. Glad you two have seen some things from Carlin that are a bit more timeless.

George is one of my all time favorites. Saw him many times and even had a closeup of me on his Carlin at Carnegie HBO special. That said, as he got older he did become angrier and a bit less funny

@dantesinfernopurgatory7826

Ай бұрын

...but no less spot-on in his observations (see the present day clown show called society).

One comedian no one talks about is Richard Jeni. Look into "The Catholic Church" or "Political Hypocrite" his whole"Good Ol Catholic Boy" HBO special was pretty good.

This is one of my favorite Carlin bits, but only because of the very end. How self important we are and the ugly side of humanity. Then think back to all the vile things he said earlier, (the brutal killings, the disturbing voice mail), and realize that we laughed at that stuff. Intentional or not, he exposed us. Bars seemed to be disgusted by just about the whole thing. Good for her. She wins.

@masterelmstreet5886

26 күн бұрын

Nope, she LOSES. Anyone too self-righteous disingenuous or goody too-shoes to see the TRUTH in his humor will ALWAYS lose. The "disgusting" stuff was HYSTERICAL! One of the funniest parts of the bit. Cuz back then people weren't braindead to think he was actually encouraging killing people or hurting kids.

I love George Carlin & I love Steely Dan! And a lot of music he insults 😆 Sometimes George exaggerated 😅. He did that to make it funny or make a point You take it too seriously

George had multiple phases of his comedy, this is his later stuff, I'd guess most likely from the 90s. The other ones you did were from the 70s and 80s. His best material definitely is from the 60s, 70s and 80s. If you haven't seen it yet I'd suggest his piece on airline travel and flight security. It's pacing is perfect IMHO and the comedy itself is original and gold. It's pure parody. Oh, and I lived through most of what he described (including the phone call hand motions) and they were just as painful to experience as he described.

5:03 omg yes!! If anyone could shake things up rn, I def believe it'd be George. In the best damn way.

Yall should do the bit about the differences between football & baseball

People are just so sensitive these days. There are very few edgy comedians left.