A Lifetime of Achievement for George Carlin | 15TH AMERICAN COMEDY AWARDS (2001)

[@patrickjcarangelo587]

George was the Einstein of comedy.

[@johnrockyryan]

Nah bro Tesla

[@adiyogi22]

#savesoil 🙏

[@preema1231]

George Carlin is not a comedian.. He is a Philosopher.. He changed my life ..

[@janvangorp6918]

You're not alone with that feeling. Just this day's there is the WOKE culture. No more time for brains like Carlin. Only influencers for no-brainers.

[@threeravens1788]

Me too.

[@paulvamos7319]

He was a philosopher that just happened to have a funny bone! 😂

[@patriciamoranatheras7934]

He told the truth! Miss George Carlin

[@oldreprobate2748]

Absolutely the greatest philosopher of the 20th and fir now the 21st centuries.

[@lurx2024]

The man who took comedy to a new level, possibly the greatest stand-up comedian of all time.

[@yoo_zen]

New low.

[@lurx2024]

@@yoo_zen Not a fan?

[@orlock5510]

​@@yoo_zenbite it

[@richardking2762]

George played a venue I worked at. We had to pick him up at the airport. Most performers felt it was what they were supposed to get and took us for granted. Not George. He chatted with the driver (45 minute ride), rode in front and tipped the driver $50. A couple months later he was gone. Will remember him as one of the good guys we delt with.

[@OmniMonitor]

I wonder about this. I don't feel comfortable talking to strangers. Like it's just stressful and I am usually wrapped up in my own thoughts. So, if someone picked me up from the airport and I did not talk with them I'm guessing that would be considered rude. Also, it kind of sounds like it was your job, and it was what was expected. It's just strange these kinds of perspective shits. Like everyone is the same so you can assume if you want to talk to someone and they don't want to talk to you it's a slight.

[@thesoundsmith]

He certainly deserved the award. his routines are still relevant today (a tribute to the power of billionaires buying off the politicians that seek to improve and advance the human race, which he warned us about many times...)

[@blaquestarr007]

Well said 👏!

[@doctorauxiliary]

100%!! well... with the exception of the "seek to improve & advance" part. we should never underestimate the unrelenting self-interest of most folks out there. not all!! but most folks.

[@tflees]

"These people continue to elect these rich c*cksuckers who don't care about them. They don't care about them at all, at all!" -George Carlin

[@Anan-qq7fg]

He does. Christopher Bollyn is even more important

[@feedtherich11]

MAGA dangerous Americans we are in for some deep dodo. We may not survive.

[@olddoggeleventy2718]

One of the most intelligent people to have walked the planet.

[@sammydabull4001]

It's just common sense

[@olddoggeleventy2718]

@@sammydabull4001 There has always been a severe lack of common sense. But his vocabulary and his observational skills were exceptional.

[@NostalgiaforInfinity]

Which planet?

[@JazelleTR]

@@NostalgiaforInfinity which planet are you from?

[@NostalgiaforInfinity]

@@JazelleTR I know which planet I am from. Do you?

[@Lsntobillhicks]

So many incredible comedians in that room who are no longer with us, yet have added to the very fabric of our society. Thank you all. Thank you George.

[@clownjewels]

A moment in time captured for us ❤️

[@margo3367]

I’m glad to have been alive while he was. ❤

[@monty3322]

Imagine what he'd do with the material the world is putting out now!!😂😂

[@clownjewels]

Wish we could hear from him!

[@themaggattack]

I honestly think it would be a lot like the AI: "I'm Glad I'm Dead." (He would also probably point out that both "Putin" and "Trump" mean "fart.")

[@Nevets1970]

Carlin was a Genius that made you laugh while making you think about the world. He would have Decades of material with what’s going on today. The Truly Remarkable Thing is that 95% of his material is Still relevant today.

[@D.u.d.e.r]

Incredible talent! George Carlin can be without any doubt called “The Great”.

[@shilloshillos]

He deserves a place in the pantheon of philosophers and comedians: Aristophanes and Socrates would have been proud!!!

[@maureentakach3065]

He was the best. I wish we could have him back, especially in this time.

[@richardoberbruner7145]

This is one prophet no holy book could predict.

[@paulvamos7319]

He was the Atheist Prophet with a funny bone! 😂

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Beautiful quote

[@johnrockyryan]

That is exactly what he was a prophet sent by GOD

[@Miracle7Seven]

@@paulvamos7319those two words kinda make being an atheist redundant, eh? 😂

[@paulvamos7319]

@@Miracle7Seven Yep! That's why he said it! 🤣

[@UberNeuman]

George and Garry, I miss them so much.

[@bryancox3518]

I love and miss George Carlin he is my comic hero

[@clownjewels]

He would have so much to say today. We miss him, too ❤️

[@Psychophski]

Absolute legend. Inspiring material and food for thought! Thank you George!!!

[@clownjewels]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@robertehatten4847]

I loved George, I never knew he wrote any book. I’ll have to check it out.

[@roseprevost8081]

I wasn't allowed to listen to George when I was a kid, but I did anyway. No regrets at all. There will never be another one like him. RIP, George. You are definitely missed.

[@dan27ep]

Seen him twice in the early 2000s. A full house of over 2000 seats and he was great. Would have loved to get his take on what’s being going on in the past 10 years. R.I.P. George.

[@originalSiiiN]

he was so ahead of his time, much of his material applies to current goings-on

[@dreamingoffall7694]

He brought up Fibber McGee. Im 40 so radio shows were before my time. A year ago i started really getting in to radio shows. Fibber McGee and Molly is one of my favorite comedies along with My Favorite Husband starring Lucille Ball . I highly recommend giving radio a chance. Its so much better than tv!!

[@paulvamos7319]

I remember my grandpa playing an old 8mm reel with the original Steamboat Mickey and Bugs Bunny cartoons! 😁 I miss that time! The 70's and 80's were great! Back before cancel culture and social media!

[@sharoncarthy3764]

I miss George. I always will.

[@tonisumblin2719]

Me too.

[@tflees]

we will always miss him

[@Socratic199]

Man, I miss uncle George..

[@originalSiiiN]

it feels wonderful to see so many people in the comments loving and appreciating such a powerful mind ❤

[@clownjewels]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

​@@clownjewels I said this before our world without having comedy and laughter it would be a sad world to exist on well I came to appreciate this a lot more so thank you for the video .

[@clownjewels]

@@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq Thank you! We're so glad you enjoyed it.

[@rickfry6031]

I wish George was here to make some sense of American politics. R.I.P. George Carlin

[@NBuddy-vk2vr]

Always think the same. He would have crushed trump and all this mess.

[@brettwalworth8821]

So true. He would put things in perspective. I met him saw him in a comedy club in Carlsbad in early in 1990s while in the Navy in San Diego

[@NBuddy-vk2vr]

@@brettwalworth8821 I've missed that beautiful bastard forever. I've been thinking the same things. What a class act. Not a social media fad

[@brettwalworth8821]

@@NBuddy-vk2vr as long as I live, there Will never be such an comedian so smart, so dialed in and truthful

[@NBuddy-vk2vr]

@@brettwalworth8821 i attempt to be something close to that. Every fucking day

[@johnschaefer2238]

Carlin was so great look at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="156">2:36</a> in this video. You know your a gifted comedian when 007 shows up and sits behind your table to see you get this award!

[@MichaelRector-qf7xp]

You may not think George is funny but he sure makes you think and that's just as important

[@tonisumblin2719]

When he first started out almost sixty years ago he was hilarious! He got philosophical towards the end. He was still hilarious.

[@DavidDykes-dm9lc]

Stand Up Mt.Rushmore: Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Robin Williams.😊

[@LyricTenor85]

No one who matters doesn't think George is funny.

[@florinadrian5174]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="796">13:16</a> This shot! All worth it.

[@clownjewels]

Agree ❤️

[@scottshields113]

The GOAT of my lifetime

[@MicheleHuffman-d8c]

When I was a teenager I bought George Carlin's comedy album. It was hilarious and I have loved him since then. He did a routine about a man who had a beard. He was talking about an older man who apparently didn't approve of it. He told his wife, "He's got a BEARD, Marge, a BEARD! My mom thought that was so funny, and throughout my adult life, she and I used this as comedic relief. She was 93 when she passed, but she still loved George Carlin.

[@mikiescomedychannel]

Hahaha 😂 I missed George he’s one of my favorite stand up comedian I remember when I first heard of him is he was the narrator of Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends when I was 4 years old have a great day ❤❤❤

[@clownjewels]

Thanks for watching! Have a great day 😊

[@3souris]

I'd forgotten that he did the voice of Thomas. I like to think that reading those charming scripts gave him just as much comfort as they did children such as you growing up. Ringo did the voice for the UK version, now that I recall. May have had the same peace with smiling Thomas.

[@JohnReilly-r4j]

Never heard of George until an 12 years after his death..I’m 62,living in Ireland and George Carlin is my favourite comedian of all time..he was ahead of his time and boy do I wish he was still around to watch and comment on the circus that is called MAGA and the clown that is their leader..RIP George ✊️

[@josephconnor8649]

I've just spent the last two hours watching KZbin clips of George Carlin and Dave Allen. Their temperaments were very different, yet both wrote similar material. George was of an Irish background and Dave was born in Ireland. They both had the gift of the gab. RIP to the two greatest comedians that have ever graced this earth.

[@37Dionysos]

A true giant whose serious mind made him crazy. Carlin did more to clear out the dead language that's killing us than a generation of Great Writers.

[@KAZVorpal]

The irony of them bleeping the words that he is demonstrating should not be censored...

[@doctorauxiliary]

this man is an absolute saint!! doin' the lord's work up in this hell hole. ;-)

[@charlenemack7040]

When George passed away it was as though my own big brother had passed away. I miss you George. I know you’re up there in heaven, and I know that you didn’t believe in heaven but I guess you know by now… George, you were wrong! 😂😂😂

[@ekap9440]

Thank you George!! Legend. 🤘😎🤘

[@clownjewels]

Thanks for tuning in! Happy New Year!

[@kevanbodsworth9868]

He is at base anti hypocracy, Excellent ..

[@applejacks971]

I stlll have the cassette 'A Place for My Stuff' I bought while in grade school around 1982/83. It's the funniest material ever recorded, hands down. Carlin was amazing and will always be my most favorite comic.

[@danytalksmusic]

I'm reading so many comments about George making the "Top 5 or Top 3 List" for people, but for me Carlin gets his own list. There's just a Top 1 List for me because nobody else compares to the king!

[@RobbyRaccoon]

I've watched all the footage I can on Carlin and I've never seen this before. Thank you for uploading it.

[@clownjewels]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BuddhatheRockstar]

This man is one of my heroes. Like Lenny Bruce he pushed the boundaries. He made it cool to go tell the Establishment to go f'off. Thankful I was alive to see his work.

[@wudirobert4534]

After chapel he is the best one I ever listen and like 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉 thanks George!!! Congratulations 🍾🎉🎊

[@BenStevenson-c4z]

Well Done 👏 Uncle George 😎🥇🏆 🌟 ❤

[@jimfuller113]

saw him in person twice in his later years and he sold out both times and brought down the house. the funniest I've ever seen..

[@SamClemens-n9q]

LEGEND‼️ He’s on my Mount Rushmore of comedians alongside Chappelle, Bob Zany, Steven Wright, and Bobcat Goldthwaite

[@DVincentW]

Bill Hicks also please and thanks.

[@Highlyfavored2]

whenever i needed or need to laugh now, it's George Carlin for sure

[@paulvamos7319]

George was the philosopher that was an atheist and had a funny bone! 😂 Thank you for sharing this amazing gentleman with us! Just subbed! 😊

[@clownjewels]

Thanks for watching, and thanks for subscribing! Be sure to check out @OfficialGeorgeCarlin, too. Relaunching November 1st.

[@elhorrendo7026]

I still relisten to and watch George's stuff. Thankfully there are comedians like Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock and Steven Colbert to carry the torch. Love George Carlin ❤

[@clownjewels]

Thanks for tuning in! We hope you found his newly relaunched page @OfficialGeorgeCarlin

[@someoneelse.2252]

It was well deserved.

[@jonwardle8822]

Beautiful human, beautiful speech. We love you George thank you

[@HayleyAMathiason]

This man was a genius. So intelligent and called out all the bullshit. One of the real ones and he is missed.

[@JadeValour]

Finding George's interview with Charlie Rose 1996 two days after election day saved my sanity. Thank you George, for all your wonderful work. Rest in Laughter!

[@clownjewels]

So glad you found it ❤️

[@rasmanpierre]

My 1st album of George's was Occupation Fool. I was so impressed. I have come to enjoy his style which I eould describe as a Comedic philosopher, and when you listen unlike so many politicians he speaks truths about life & our humanity, often ending up laughing at ourselves.

[@sunmanav8]

At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="750">12:30</a> he mentions a night club in Flint, MI, my home town. I wish I could hear the whole story, including the club and people involved. George was the most prophetic comedian I've ever heard; as thought-provoking as he was funny.

[@clownjewels]

Thanks for the kind words! You know, his official KZbin channel is relaunching November 1st. Check it out: @officialgeorgecarlin

[@Azhalan]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="728">12:08</a> That joke is vile and absolutely great. 😂

[@FisherKing9633]

He looks so uncomfortable in the tux, but god you know every word was sincere.

[@LoneDawg-tg5kf]

Because he’s not a suit and tie comic

[@37Dionysos]

You got his spirit right, but he's not wearing a tuxedo, it's a jacket and tie.

[@thomashutcheson3343]

​@@37Dionysos Looks like a tux with a tie. The MC had a tux and no tie....

[@mail4jim1]

He really does

[@mail4jim1]

​@LoneDawg-tg5kf but that's how he started. And that wasn't him!

[@iniRasta420]

One great guy

[@RogerPalacios-n4t]

To think that Carlin was amusing us when in reality it was the other way around. The glare of our ridiculousness is intense that we can't see it until the likes of Carlin, Lewis, Chapelle, Burr, Stewart and the rest show up with their sane, common sense sunglasses on and point out what we truly are: a ship of fools. Laugh on George. RIP.

[@billbeliakoff5589]

What amazes me is that most people don't realize that he was pointing out our flaws and and we were laughing at them. And he probably enjoyed the fact that we didn't do anything to change and kept supplying him with material.

[@RogerPalacios-n4t]

@@billbeliakoff5589 Exactlyy my point. A fool can't see What the blind knows.

[@chargerdave2046]

Absolute Legend!!!

[@dennismorris7573]

Two great comic talents lost to us, George Carlin and Garry Shandling.

[@DavideMatteoAdesso]

My brother and I asked our parents for a copy of FM & AM. We listened in our room and laughed hysterically. My mom later told me that she and my dad heard us laughing and wondered what was so funny. So they waited until we were gone and played the tape and thought it was hilarious, even though they kind of regretted buying us something so dirty. She didn't tell me until years later.

[@SkandalouzStyle]

Call me crazy but if I didn't recognise George's voice just then, I won't believe that was him! 💯

[@davidgomez5469]

GEORGE CARLIN THE BEST COMEDIAN BY FAR

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

It's this man that spoke the truth not every person was afraid to say for so many decades an the human race was living in a fantasy world ok things are very bad this year but I feel comedy is powerful enough to reveal the truth but do this in such a way that is funny entertaining audience began to think about our history and the choices we make and not always good ones either I'm just enjoying the coaster ride .

[@robertlim3621]

Bravo, I totally absolutely agree

[@tonisumblin2719]

He was brilliant. He once credit his mother for her wacky humor. 😊

[@gwshelton4875]

Glad I grew up listening to Redd Fox, Richard Pryor , and George Carlin albums with my pothead friends....I miss those days and those comedians. Imagine what they would say about Trump...if they were here 😂

[@kenycharles8600]

@gwshelton4875 I try to imagine what he would say about the overthrow of democracy that happened when the cabal removed Joe Biden and installed Kamala Harris without a vote of we the people or the invocation of the 25th amendment. She has never received a vote in a national election, and yet she's your party's nominee.

[@patriciaarack6026]

Such a loss. Would love his take on the orange psycho. So brilliant dissecting the foibles of our culture. But his commentary still lives on today.

[@LoyalOpposition]

Mort Sahl helped George Carlin so much, including giving him his first spot on national TV on "The Tonight Show" when Sahl was considered taking over, but it eventually went to Johnny Carson :(

[@hobowithawaterpistol9070]

Brilliant mind!

[@gregorybuell686]

There will never be another Carlin he is in heaven making God Jesus and everyone else laugh

[@VS-wu9jr]

#1 … Always!!

[@jamesspencer1463]

I will always miss George Carlin

[@dnero6911]

My Hero

[@bhornannawindeedeigh5007]

"I was the only Jewish kid in my FAMILY." - Gary Shandling 😅... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@clownjewels]

Great line!

[@McGomezAddams]

I'm glad this Legend got his flowers

[@skratch-do9nd]

George on religion, priceless!

[@markinnis5978]

I swear, i repeat something George Carlin has said in his routines every single day!! At least once a week i listen to his routine on religion!! It cracks me up and he says exactly how i have always felt. Even as a child being forced to go to church every Sunday, i knew it was all Bull Sh*t!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@clownjewels]

Same 🖐️

[@Miracle7Seven]

I remember reading napalm and silly putty as a kid in the 00s, it was fucking hilarious and literally shaped my views on the world, but also allowed me to learn and think more on them.

[@Miracle7Seven]

My parents would get me to watch his shows too, and man it was so funny.

[@rikirex2162]

He is one of the reasons I praise myself for having learn English...

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

The Goat. Sorry I missed his last show at the Orpheum in Boston. Figured I'd just make the next one.. 😢

[@DVincentW]

Dang I've had that happen. "Next time" may not ever arrive.

[@andrewvelonis5940]

In the early 90's, Carlin had an HBO special. I watched about 5 minutes of it, decided I did not like it, so I changed the channel. I'm sure George would approve.

[@JohnSpurrell]

Amazing that he survived all that FBI Harrasing and legalized mobbing. He truly was a brave man.

[@brucegelman5582]

The THINKING MANS COMIC

[@krkhns]

There was a specific reason for the books "Brain Droppings" and "Napalm and Silly Putty". Protecting his material. Copyright law. Its all his material in written form. People usually have the wrong idea how royalties work for a performance. Anyone can get on a stage and perform another person's material and not pay royalties, as long as they do not ask for a percentage of the ticket receipts. The venue is responsible for paying the royalties since they are the one's profiting off the performance. The performer is just getting paid to do a job. And, you don't pay the artist directly, you pay a fee to a collection association like BMI or ASCAP. They pay the original artist. Can take years in some cases to get paid. Works the same way with musicians, but musicians have sheet music that covers them if another artist uses their song. You're violating their copyright on the sheet music. George took that idea and applied it to his material. His books are his routines in written form. If you use his material, you are violating the copyright on the book and can be sued.

[@clownjewels]

Interesting info…thanks for offering your perspective ✌️

[@vidarw73]

Imagine George as president 😂

[@clownjewels]

🤔

[@DVincentW]

Him or Frank Zappa please

[@PANDAbeaaanRRR]

Wat a closer! 😂👌🏻

[@KevinNielsen-z8j]

He really knew how to peel back the onion layers and get to the core of life. No right or left wing in Mr Carlin's world.

[@kwnzgtube]

A 'Legend'...

[@NancyFreire-dv4pi]

Man before his time

[@samthesham6854]

Radio - theater of the mind.

[@dougwilliamson3834]

George carlin for president

[@Rock-n-rod-7946]

When 🕊God O’ Mighty made George . He did brake the mold 😂⚡️Because George is Great & the hole world 🌎 needs him “ like he said, it’s a thinking process comedy 🎭 “ so get a clue & enjoy full Heartedly 💛✨🇺🇸🥸

[@roberthill799]

There are no gods and George repeatedly called out religious bullshit.

[@TheBeelzboss]

He's really missed in the comedy world but there are others that are carrying the torch very well for him like Anthony Jeselnik, Jim "Jefferies" Nuygent, Jimmy Carr, Dave Chapelle, and many others that absolutely do not give a fuck about critics or PC culture.

[@lurx2024]

...Bill Burr, Daniel Tosh and Andy Kaufman (and don't forget Richard Pryer).

[@RichardNagle-d5u]

He was the king

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

A genuinely good person, who just happened to be incredibly funny as well.

[@HojoSell]

Redd Foxx deserved a better award than the one IRS had given him

[@pierre-andrehentzien6003]

I didn't found that item on ebay! That was a big dissapointment to me.... cause the came is rigged! Thank u George for being here for a little while! And thank u also for the free abdominal training for free. How often i ever look his videos, i never laugh none the less. A genius philsopher comedian. And that will take place in my mind, till i get alzheimer or something like that! And i love u George! Thanks for uploading this video! 😀

[@clownjewels]

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