George’s comedy specials helped raise me from a young age when no one else was doing any raising. I consider him to be one of the greatest minds, social commentators, and philosophers of the 20th century, and I’ve yet to recognize a contemporary near his level. I’ll always be grateful to have had the honor to see him twice before he died.
I see a lot of people enjoy his brilliant bits, but with the way the world is and where its going, imho in the name of enthusiastic greed, I personally find a lot of peace, and a lot less depression when I choose to aspire to George’s genuine divorce and detachment from “caring about the outcome.”
Enjoy the freakshow, folks!
Bonus: I’ve seen so many comments in his bit videos wishing for George’s perspective on smartphones, well this was near his end (2008), smartphones were just arriving, and his opening words briefly address in passing what he thought about the latest tech obsession.
still find it strange that he was a voice actor for Thomas the tank engine children’s tv show.
The fact that he was willing to do that on a regular basis seems to contradict his bitter fuck-everything cynicism about the world.
Fun fact, the UK version was voiced by Ringo Starr from The Beatles
Ringo Starr and George Carlin were also both The Conductor of Shining Time Station, which incorporated clips from Thomas the Tank Engine in its programming.
That was my only experience with Thomas at all when I was a kid.