George Carlin: Doin' It Again

Was in a rotten mood the whole weekend (it's sunday) for no apparent reason until I had the urge to watch another Carlin special. I had been watching them in chronological order and didn't really laugh much at most of them other than the first. This included his political views, views on euphemisms and offensive language. This is up there with Richard Pryor: Live in Concert and Redd Foxx: On Location for me. Beautiful.

This is an underrated and unrecognized breakthrough performance for Carlin. This was the beginning of the transformation to the angry old man of the nineties (this transformation is not complete until Jammin' in New York), tapping into the palpitations released from assault comedians of old (Lenny Bruce) and new (Bill Hicks), pelting out more provocative material together with a far more acerbic delivery. His often hilarious comments about language, cancer, feminism and politics in general, and the general state of modern society are jarring when compared to the "7 words you can't say on television" and "a place for my stuff" routines of old. His thoughts on language are particularly thought provoking, at least for a stand-up comedian.

Interestingly he's even beginning to grow his hair long again, maybe symbolizing his return to the maverick boldness (for the time)of his 70s material--only more aggressive, and updated.

This should keep you smiling--if that's what you like to do. If you don't, then watch this, it might be beneficial, to you. --of course, unless you're offended by what's being said.

There's no doubt.. George Carlin knows more about life's little moments and existence than we care to think about, and his expression of it makes us laugh more and more every time. At least it does for me. This is one of my most favorite stand ups of his. Euphamisms and Things you never see/hear are some of my favorites from this one.

George Carlin's Doin' It Again is a comedy film that gives new word to, words. Here, he talks about euphemisms (and reveals a new found anger for pussyfied language), dogs, cancer, stupid people, PC and offensive language and feminist bjs. Not for all tastes (ESPECIALLY FEMINISTS), but for Carlin fans or general comedy fans, this is beckoning you. Favorite line: "It's getting so bad now I expect a rape victim referred to as a unwilling sperm recipient!" Excellent 6th special. A++

While the material is better than pretty much any other living comedian (though Eddie Izzard comes mighty close), George's delivery is weaker than usual.

It's interesting that this show was packaged with the far superior Jammin' in New York. You can see he was working on new material in 1990 that became far more refined by the 1992 show. Still, I'd recommend it for any Carlin fan.

My favorite part was the bit about talking loudly in a party when everyone is suddenly silent. I shan't repeat the punchline here, cuz then I'd have to click the "If you have a spoiler..." box and ruin a great joke.