GEORGE CARLIN - EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS- REACTION

[@kenzisdad02]

George is Irish...born & raised in NYC

[@TheNeonParadox]

I've never heard the clean version of this routine before. It's just as funny. Although, "Joey, look at da f**kin' tubes," still has a great ring to it.

[@greendragonpublishing]

The Riot Act was actually legislation in Britain from the 18th century, which was read to rioters. If they failed to leave in an hour, then they could be forcibly dispersed. But in common usage, if someone is 'reading you the riot act' it meant you were in big trouble. Like, "Man, I dropped paint in the garage and when he got home, my dad read me the riot act!'

[@sharkdentures3247]

Cool. I'm old enough to have been "read the riot act" a number of times when I was a kid. So, I am familiar with the phrase. But I didn't know the historical context. Thanks.

[@patticrichton1135]

@@sharkdentures3247 ME TOO!!

[@greendragonpublishing]

No, he's definitely Irish - but also very much New York City. That's probably where he gets his accent.

[@bobbyquinting3918]

Where there is smoke -there is fire! Girl!!!!! You BE SMOKIN!🔥

[@mikebunner3498]

George was super, super SMART. He was a thinker!!!!! Have you seen the tube??? I think George was one of the best comics EVER!!!!

[@KevinRCarr]

This was a "dress rehearsal" for one of his HBO specials. You can see this material in another video, where he's refined it and made it even better. Also, this is a televison appearance, so it doesn't have the explicit language he uses in the HBO specials. Also: George is mostly Irish, not Italian.

[@rodlepine233]

Dandy: an excellent thing of its kind. "this umbrella is a dandy"

[@geraldspencer8679]

George Carlin's parents were Irish. But, he did live in New York all his life.

[@davidedwards1705]

7:13 The Riot Act is an actual Law passed to help Law Enforcement to handle Riots. The Term: "Your father will read you the Riot Act" Is more of how he will lecture you for hours on what you did wrong and not to do it again.

[@pamagnolia]

Read someone the riot act means to scold or reprimand someone. The actual Riot Act was a 1714 British law which stated once rioters are ordered to disperse they have have one hour to do so or any force may be used to disperse them. 😊

[@jamesalexander5623]

And by Force they meant Firing on them. See : Boston Massacre!

[@pamagnolia]

@@jamesalexander5623unfortunately yes

[@brentkelsay3439]

George's mind did not operate like the average person's. Amazing! If George was fine & dandy that one time I'm sure you can be more than happy once, Britt!😁

[@jokuz9133]

Love George. Thanks for your fun reactions

[@petersalerno4298]

You should see what George looked like in the 60s, clean cut.

[@patticrichton1135]

Yep, in suit and tie, short haircut, like a businessman

[@aedwards99]

George Carlin is Irish, the accent is due to the talk style of the neighborhood in Manhattan where he grew up in the 40s and 50s.

[@zotaninoron3548]

Dandy is a very old word that has a number of definitions. In the context of the saying it generally is a meaning of 'good shape', I'd say most approximates its purpose. By itself its often taken to mean a person who is delicate, fragile, effete and man who values the finery of dress in a particular way. Like a noble born man obsessed with frilly fashion would be called a dandy. It was a euphemism for gay men.

[@P3rm4frost]

Thanks for the explanation. I'm German and I love the English language but you can't really know it all. 🤗

[@nickmathur5950]

7:34 Yeah I think that’s and old-fashioned expression, I never heard anyone say that prior to hearing this bit (and the other version of this bit.) Same with “down the tubes”; I’ve heard “down the toilet,” “down the crapper,” “down the “sh***er,” etc., which I’m sure means the same thing, but not “down the tubes.”

[@quixote6942]

The one of Georges routines that will REALLY blow your mind is "Taking a Dump".

[@James-ko3gw]

That is my favorite

[@anonymous19844]

Carlin is an Irish name. I followed his comedy and interviews for literally 60 years and never heard him say anything to indicate he was Italian.

[@davidedwards1705]

congratulations Britt you are two videos away from the required amount to graduate from the George Carlin School of Laughter & Philosophy.

[@benlevovitz9752]

George Carlin was fully Irish. All four of his grandparents were from Ireland (he talks about it on one of his specials - I believe the one about national pride) but he grew up in New York City. This may attribute to what can be mistaken as an Italian accent.

[@brom00]

I believe you have reacted to this routine before Britt. Though it is interesting to see how they evolve and change due to where he does them. This one has "Down the pike", and the hotcakes which were not in the other version. Also since this is during a talk show, I didn't recognize which one, there is no cursing. Unlike the one you already saw from a concert of his.

[@mgordon1100]

She has. 90 percent of this routine is in the one she saw. What I don't understand is how she's acting like all of this is new to her.

[@brom00]

​@@mgordon1100 I give her the benefit of the doubt. She reacts to so many things who knows what she does or doesn't remember. I would think she'd just stop recording if she realizes she has seen it before.

[@mgordon1100]

@@brom00 😆 Fair enough! She's seen it once. I've watched it over and over again.

[@bobdelp2023]

HEY BRITT! 😊 SO THIS IS FROM A TV APPEARANCE SO NO CUSSING OR DIRTY THINGS WHICH IS KIND OF A BUMMER BUT THIS IS ON ONE OF HIS SPECIALS! 😊

[@henrikharbin5521]

George was horn in an Italian neighborhood, but he was Irish Catholic "until he reached the Age of Reason".

[@FMAkers-jq2kh]

George Carlin on the phrase "It's the quiet ones you've got to watch": "Every time you see a story about a serial killer on TV - what do they do, they bring on the neighbor. And the neighbor says, 'Well, he was always very quiet.' And someone in the room says, 'It's the quiet ones you gotta watch!' This sounds to me like a very dangerous assumption. I will bet you anything that while you're watching a quiet one, a noisy one will fucking kill you! Suppose you're in a bar, and one guy's sitting over on the side reading a book not bothering anybody, another guy's standing up at the front with a machete, banging on the bar, saying 'I'LL KILL THE NEXT MOTHERFUCKER WHO COMES IN HERE!!!!!' Who you gonna watch?"

[@little-wytch]

I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure "dandy" was a synonym for the word gay from back when the word gay meant happy/gleeful.

[@91GT347]

adjective 1. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN excellent. "things are all fine and dandy"

[@jamesalexander5623]

This is the revised Clean Version of this bit!

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

"Down the tubes" is something like, *to fail or become ruined.* His health is going down the tubes. : to be wasted or lost.

[@bobbyquinting3918]

G. Carlin was raised in Manhattan. It is apparent with his accent!

[@Cryptocracy_Now]

It's a New York accent. Italians have it too.

[@gregokray6465]

Love your reaction to George!! check out his take on "The Difference Between Football And Baseball"

[@kenlangston3451]

The riot act means someone is very angry and yelling.

[@HEAVYMETALmovie1981]

What does"riot act" mean? Something like, to speak angrily to someone about something they have done and warn that person that they will be punished if it happens again : He'd put up with a lot of bad behavior from his son and thought it was time to read him the riot act.

[@arnoldcox9128]

The clean version of George

[@TheCastellan]

I don't know about my own words, but I'll use this: *Bah weep granah weep nini bong!*

[@mrscary3105]

George is full Irish.

[@clydeb7713]

10k to the 100k 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@bobbyquinting3918]

All right, excellent, as in What you're proposing is fine and dandy with the rest of us. This redundant colloquialism (fine and dandy both mean “excellent”) today is more often used sarcastically in the sense of “not all right” or “bad,” as in You don't want to play bridge? FINE AND DANDY

[@chrisswinerton9603]

Merriam Webster, Dandy: A man who gives exaggerated attention to his appearance.

[@Gnomojo]

New Yorker thru and thru. That’s the accent.

[@bobdelp2023]

OH YOU ALREADY DID THE REAL ONE FROM HIS SPECIAL! 😊 LAST MONTH

[@LewDanLascivious8276]

I just realized that you already did this stand up on "Everyday Expressions" about a month ago but the stand up was a little bit older. The one you did a month ago was a better version I think.

[@testsubject6676]

So far as the accent goes, you might enjoy one of his albums called Toledo Window Box. He has a bit on that album where he talks about the various accents he heard growing up in New York. Edit: Sorry, wasn't Toledo Window Box, but just look up George Carlin New York Voices. You'll find it there. Sometimes the George Carlin albums blur for me.

[@spicy321]

You're right. It's from Occupation: Foole. Both albums are great.

[@ItApproaches]

This material feels like a rehash of his material that he used on stage before. Though he slightly changed a few jokes.

[@mikeciboroski3849]

No need to overthink it

[@LewDanLascivious8276]

There's a better one of this same stand-up that you should watch where he talks about the phrase "It's the quiet ones you got to watch" it's the most hilarious one of all I think.

[@jaycoffield6315]

George Carlin is of Irish descent

[@SRG1966]

George was 100 percent Irish.

[@ViktorE1drich]

did you know George used to narrate Thomas the tank engine

[@SPak-rt2gb]

This is a early version before he polished it up and made it better

[@RJ-oy7cq]

He's Irish--he's mostly doing a New York City accent.

[@robteech5973]

George Carlin is of Irish decent.

[@CaddyJim]

He's Irish that's his New York accent you're confusing with Italian. (My last name is not on here but Italians last names almost always end with a vowel)

[@ticnatz]

New York Irish....

[@swigzby]

That's not an Italian accent, that's a New York accent.

[@merlinsclaw]

It's not an Italian accent, it's a New York accent. 🤣

[@christopherking4932]

Hilarious 😂

[@nealhoffman7518]

I was just thinking that with your recent love of country, you need to listen to some Roy Clark, maybe starting off with him teaming up with Johnny Cash on Folsom Prison Blues. And speaking of Roys... Roy Orbison also

[@neildarealdeal7129]

He was of Irish decent honey! Darealdeal

[@ericmiguel905]

Please react to mitch hedberg.

[@mickeyfreeman5820]

George was of Irish decent.

[@OedimethianWeirdo]

Dandy is well dressed and groomed.

[@jaydee7105]

He's Irish

[@Tejiranshi]

💜

[@Redefining-Doug]

How can you not like hot cakes?

[@paulmahon1613]

George is Irish

[@mgordon1100]

I like your monkey with this comment. Like, how is anyone going to mistake his heavy Irishness for Italian?

[@mycomment474]

Irish

[@georgefisher1995]

Definitely NOT an Italian accent! THATS PURE NEW YORK CITY! He is of Irish decent, yet his accent is, sometimes, accentuated N.Y. Brooklyn for the humorous imagery of “white, street lingo”, much like a Sothern drawl may be used to convey a stereotype of laziness or ignorance, or Ebonics, a deliberate, practiced corruption of English, to sound Black. That one is practiced coast coast, always sounding the same, and screams “I Am Black!”, sadly, it also screams “I am ignorant “. Perhaps that one should be left “Gone With The Wind”. ‘P.S.’ love your diction, I always feel you taught me something about yourself.

[@LewDanLascivious8276]

"Now instead of being in prison this guy's out -walkin'- running the streets".........as in running everything including the hookers and crack houses like he was before when he first went in to prison.😂

[@anonymous19844]

Britt already reacted to a better version of this Everyday Expressions bit. Why is she doing it again? Britt, why not react to something you haven't such as his "7 Dirty Words?"

[@tacappacinoable]

You don't like pancakes?? DF

[@MrMetallidude]

So unrelated it's not even funny, but...damn. You truly are gorgeous. Sorry, unrelated.

[@mikeciboroski3849]

Yes you're way too young to know that

[@norwolf4765]

Sorry, but George burned himself out doing drugs and his take on pretty much everything got to be pretty disgusting.

[@mavenfrankeus7287]

I think he's a universal talent but I never laugh watching him.

[@patticrichton1135]

Are YOU SERIOUS??? You NEVER laugh watching him? Do you have a sense of humor?

[@drogusmaxwell6640]

You don't like hot cakes?! Unsubscribe...cancel and #angryovernothing

[@kerethmakura4502]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy

[@Rick-or2kq]

I worked in the paper industry for a time they called a roll that put a water mark on the paper like a companies name a "Dandy roll."

[@Meeshrick]

He's Irish