There is a phenomenon I have noticed in which a person, when prompted, will claim to be familiar with the works of a great artist, actor, director, author, et cetera, when they are actually are not familiar with their works at all.
For example, a person that has never seen the movie Pulp Fiction (god forbid) is asked to "Remember when Christopher Walken talks about hiding a watch inside his ass for many years?", and despite the fact they have no idea what that means, they say something along the line of, "Yeah, that was hilarious!", before quickly changing the subject to anything else in the world.
I freely admit that I myself have displayed this bizarre psychological behavior at times in my life. I have also come to believe that there are several reasons that a person might do this. Some of which might be that they're trying to end a potentially boring conversation before it even begins, perhaps they feel that if they admit they're not familiar with a particular subject they may be viewed as one "not in-the-know", or maybe they are simply in the habit of lying about little things from day to day, and for no particular reason.
I would now like to apply this phenomenon to the late and great, George Carlin.
If you had asked me ten years ago if I was a fan of George Carlin, I might have answered, "Yes, of course!", knowing that he was a brilliant and influential artist, yet almost nothing else about the man. Then of course I would change the subject as quickly as possible.
If I asked the same question to you right now, what might be your answer? And regardless of what that answer might be, if I followed up with, "What's your favorite Carlin bit?" and you had no answer, then I have a suggestion for you.
I believe that George Carlin's American Dream, if watched in its entirety, will leave very few gaps in all you need to know about this brilliant, kind, angry, lovable, off-the-charts genius, borderline prophetic critic of American culture and the human species as a whole.
I'm not sitting here writing this all day long simply to kill what precious time I have left on earth. I'm writing this because I really hope you take me as sincere, and further take the time and effort to check this documentary out. And that if you do, you find the best possible outcome to this effort; that you will learn so much more about life, people, history, politics, faith, religion, hypocrisy, love, death, DRUGS, and the human potential to express itself clearly and without fear, than you will the solitary story of a great man's life and his body of work.
If you take me up on this challenge, and by the end can honestly claim that you truly have no idea what I'm going on about, I'll refund your money.
No, I do not have a favorite Carlin bit. I have 317. I'll leave you with one I'm finding apropos for the pickle we've found ourselves in today.
"Do you find it mildly ironic that most of the people that are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to f#ck in the first place?"
George Carlin, GOAT.
For example, a person that has never seen the movie Pulp Fiction (god forbid) is asked to "Remember when Christopher Walken talks about hiding a watch inside his ass for many years?", and despite the fact they have no idea what that means, they say something along the line of, "Yeah, that was hilarious!", before quickly changing the subject to anything else in the world.
I freely admit that I myself have displayed this bizarre psychological behavior at times in my life. I have also come to believe that there are several reasons that a person might do this. Some of which might be that they're trying to end a potentially boring conversation before it even begins, perhaps they feel that if they admit they're not familiar with a particular subject they may be viewed as one "not in-the-know", or maybe they are simply in the habit of lying about little things from day to day, and for no particular reason.
I would now like to apply this phenomenon to the late and great, George Carlin.
If you had asked me ten years ago if I was a fan of George Carlin, I might have answered, "Yes, of course!", knowing that he was a brilliant and influential artist, yet almost nothing else about the man. Then of course I would change the subject as quickly as possible.
If I asked the same question to you right now, what might be your answer? And regardless of what that answer might be, if I followed up with, "What's your favorite Carlin bit?" and you had no answer, then I have a suggestion for you.
I believe that George Carlin's American Dream, if watched in its entirety, will leave very few gaps in all you need to know about this brilliant, kind, angry, lovable, off-the-charts genius, borderline prophetic critic of American culture and the human species as a whole.
I'm not sitting here writing this all day long simply to kill what precious time I have left on earth. I'm writing this because I really hope you take me as sincere, and further take the time and effort to check this documentary out. And that if you do, you find the best possible outcome to this effort; that you will learn so much more about life, people, history, politics, faith, religion, hypocrisy, love, death, DRUGS, and the human potential to express itself clearly and without fear, than you will the solitary story of a great man's life and his body of work.
If you take me up on this challenge, and by the end can honestly claim that you truly have no idea what I'm going on about, I'll refund your money.
No, I do not have a favorite Carlin bit. I have 317. I'll leave you with one I'm finding apropos for the pickle we've found ourselves in today.
"Do you find it mildly ironic that most of the people that are against abortion are people you wouldn't want to f#ck in the first place?"
George Carlin, GOAT.