#George carlin youtube god tv#

He hosted the first episode of 'Saturday Night Live,' recorded comedy albums that went gold and appeared on 'The Tonight Show' over 130 times.Д¬o-director Judd Apatow previously directed a more reverent HBO documentary about Garry Shandling that could feel a bit too worshipful at times. By the early 1970s, Carlin would ditch his suits and clean-cut image for a more hippie-influenced approach, with long hair, a beard and routines that challenged capitalism, militarism and consumerism. All authority comes from within.ДEGGANS: That disdain for authority wasn't apparent in his early comedy career in the 1960s, where he became a fixture on straight-laced variety and talk shows. I don't buy that an authority comes on the direct line from God. We go, you don't understand how rights work? Look at this bit.Д¬ARLIN: This country is only 200 years old, and already we've had 10 major wars, so we're good at it.ДEGGANS: The documentary uses lots of sly techniques to bring in the voice of Carlin, who died in 2008, including audio from an interview for an autobiography recorded on cassette tape where Carlin talks about his early problems with authority figures.Д¬ARLIN: My own experience of authority is one of opposition to it - not just questioning authority but actively opposing it. W KAMAU BELL: Because George Carlin bits are still being shared on social media.

Kamau Bell, who speaks here about how Carlin's routines remain relevant in modern times. The program often makes this point by talking directly to the comics he inspired, from Jerry Seinfeld to W. But HBO's documentary offers a masterful exploration of how Carlin evolved from an establishment-friendly comic to an urgent commentator on social ills, becoming one of stand-up comedy's most influential figures in the process. GEORGE CARLIN: Four hundred thousand words in the English language, and there are only seven of them that you can't say on television.Д®RIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: That's the beginning of one of George Carlin's most famous comedy bits, featured in HBO's documentary through audio recorded at a performance that led to Carlin's arrest.Д¬ARLIN: Those are the words that will infect your mind, curve your spine and lose the war for the Allies.ДEGGANS: We can't say the actual words Carlin highlighted in his routine thanks to the kind of broadcast regulations that led the comic to create his groundbreaking bit in the first place.

(SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, 'GEORGE CARLIN'S AMERICAN DREAM')

#George carlin youtube god tv#

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says 'George Carlin's American Dream,' which debuts tonight, shows how Carlin's comedy persona sharpened over the years from genial jokester to hardened cynic. A new HBO documentary on the late comedy legend George Carlin charts his evolving style over a lifetime of performing.