You may not like the truth of it but you know he's right or at least the freaks know he's right. The Clinton supporters have no idea of much of anything and the right wing couldn't care less because they've got all the money.
Relax, Hippie Boy, as there weren't that many freaks the first time around. When we're 'half a million strong,' that's hardly going to daunt a country of three hundred million people ... but we fuckin' did it, didn't we. That Vietnam War damn sure did stop.
That background noise you have been hearing during Election 2016 was the number of comedians who went over to full-bore mainstream asslicking (e.g. Colbert and the rest of those nightshow filberts, Jon Stewart, etc, etc).
Through it all, George Carlin never compromised and his truth was real until the day he died. This is likely an excerpt from one of his last shows and the wisdom he gave us in those was uncanny. No-one could ever accuse Carlin of sycophancy whereas current comedians rarely show anything else.
George Carlin reached the Lenny Bruce level but most current comedians will be lucky to find the way home. Hat tip, George, as you're sorely missed.
Relax, Hippie Boy, as there weren't that many freaks the first time around. When we're 'half a million strong,' that's hardly going to daunt a country of three hundred million people ... but we fuckin' did it, didn't we. That Vietnam War damn sure did stop.
That background noise you have been hearing during Election 2016 was the number of comedians who went over to full-bore mainstream asslicking (e.g. Colbert and the rest of those nightshow filberts, Jon Stewart, etc, etc).
Through it all, George Carlin never compromised and his truth was real until the day he died. This is likely an excerpt from one of his last shows and the wisdom he gave us in those was uncanny. No-one could ever accuse Carlin of sycophancy whereas current comedians rarely show anything else.
George Carlin reached the Lenny Bruce level but most current comedians will be lucky to find the way home. Hat tip, George, as you're sorely missed.
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Much like Mark Twain, George Carlin is always good for a laugh, yet delivers observations in a unique manner. Hal Holbrook, has performed as Mark Twain since 1954. He continues to perform at the age of 91, appearing in Nashville next week. Mark Twain was likely an inspiration to Lenny Bruce. However, I don't think he reached Twain's level. George Carlin did and since his passing his 'Stuff' is still popular, relevant, and funny.
The Mark Twain show by Hal Holbrook is one I would have dearly loved to have seen. He may have been the wittiest person America ever gave the world but I would add Groucho to that race with him even when he wasn't such a storyteller.
I agree with your assessment of Lenny Bruce and I had not considered previously Carlin had exceeded him but, on thinking of that, I agree with that as well. Whenever heroin is in the story, it usually winds up a tragedy and Bruce was another one.
That single line was one of Carlin's all-time best: 'it's a club ... and you're not in it.'
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