After Skool Illustrates George Carlin’s Astute Recognition of Manipulation Through Changing Language

 Mon 12:01 pm +00:00, 22 Apr 2024  1

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This is a clip of a live show in the 1990’s. The raucous laughter can be a bit off putting.

Just think what George Carlin would have to say about more recent manipulation using language!  I need not point out what will immediately come to mind.

George Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American comedian, actor, author, and social critic. Regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time, he was dubbed “the dean of counterculture comedians”. He was known for his dark humor and reflections on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and taboo subjects.

The first of Carlin’s 14 stand-up comedy specials for HBO was filmed in 1977, broadcast as George Carlin at USC. From the late 1980s onwards, his routines focused on sociocultural criticism of American society. He often commented on American political issues and satirized American culture.

He was a frequent performer and guest host on The Tonight Show during the three-decade Johnny Carson era and hosted the first episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975. His final comedy special,

It’s Bad for Ya, was filmed less than four months before his death from cardiac failure. In 2008, he was posthumously awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

The audio in this video is from George Carlin’s 1990 HBO special, “Doin’ it Again”.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZAo_dUbh9s