Carlin
Blue Room | Dangerous Words
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Contains Explicit and Uncensored Content.
George Carlin was a comedic renegade whose art ranged from philosophical reflection to political outrage. As the indignant voice of the counterculture, he reinvented stand-up comedy as a form of social criticism, using his platform to counteract the platitudes spewed by politicians, advertisers, religious leaders, and others who conventionalized American thought. His landmark “7 Words You Can Never Say on Television” routine led to robust cultural debates – including a Supreme Court ruling – that centered issues of censorship, obscenity, and freedom of speech during the tumultuous 1970s in America. Carlin’s body of work continues to rank among the most popular and durable cultural products of the twentieth century. As he once put it, “stand-up is the centerpiece of my life, my business, my art, my survival, and my way of being.”
Archive Highlights
Archive Highlight | Carlin's Seven Dirty Words
This video includes exclusive interviews with Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow, Sarah Silverman, Jim Jefferies, Jim Norton, Penn Jillette, and Bill Burr.
Contains Explicit and Uncensored Content.
George Carlin was a comedic renegade whose art ranged from philosophical reflection to political outrage. As the indignant voice of the counterculture, he reinvented stand-up comedy as a form of social criticism, using his platform to counteract the platitudes spewed by politicians, advertisers, religious leaders, and others who conventionalized American thought. His landmark “7 Words You Can Never Say on Television” routine led to robust cultural debates – including a Supreme Court ruling – that centered issues of censorship, obscenity, and freedom of speech during the tumultuous 1970s in America. Carlin’s body of work continues to rank among the most popular and durable cultural products of the twentieth century. As he once put it, “stand-up is the centerpiece of my life, my business, my art, my survival, and my way of being.”
Archive Highlights
Archive Highlight | Carlin's Seven Dirty Words
This video includes exclusive interviews with Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow, Sarah Silverman, Jim Jefferies, Jim Norton, Penn Jillette, and Bill Burr.
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Carlin's 7 Dirty Words
George Carlin’s landmark 1972 album Class Clown contained a controversial routine about censorship called “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” While performing the routine live before an audience of 35,000 on July 21, 1972, at Summerfest in Milwaukee, Carlin was surrounded by police and...
