George Carlin: You Are All Diseased

I don't think this hits as hard as the other stuff I've seen by him. That's not to say it's BAD because it isn't. He's still interesting, his rants are mostly on-point, it just lacks the humour to go along with it. I go to Carlin for a mixture of comedy and anger, this has way more anger than comedy. So it's still not boring, but he's done better. A lot better. Because at his best, really no one could touch him.

I think the influence of actual philosophers has waned in the past few decades. The hole they left in society is at least in part being filled by great stand ups (not many of them, but George, Patrice O'Neal, Louis CK, and Pryor all come to mind). It's impressive a man like George can be funny while going on about such serious topics with a brilliant sense of clarity, simplicity, and poignancy. I don't always agree with George but he always had a good point. He will be missed.

My favorite stand-up special of all time.

Wholly unfunny and downright frustrating. Misanthropic for its own sake,Carlin must've just pulled out '90s topics from a hat and decided to shit on them for whatever reason (as long as they're unrelated to women or non-whites).I guess this kind of blind all-encompassing hatred would be cathartic if there were humour or jokes applied, but it's more ranty than anything.Carlin's "subversive" material back then would now be considered milquetoast and rule-abiding in today's 'eggshells' comedy world

Carlin is and always will be one of a kind.