George Carlin Lost Faith in Humanity | Late Night with Conan O’Brien

[@flovv4580]

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist." - George Carlin

[@seanemery1917]

Yep, I agree

[@jakobneville2917]

“Only optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?” ~ Emile Cioran

[@SquidwardLSDSquirtingOctopussy]

"I feel sorry for homosexual homeless people, because they have no closet to come out of" - George Carlin lol

[@michaelodowd4807]

Of course…you you can’t become a cynic if not first an idealist.

[@lasjames7516]

the saying is, "scratch the skin of a cynic and you find a disappointed idealist"

[@justinoneill2837]

2:59 "what happens is they begin to surrender the beauty of the individual for the sake of the group" - this is the realest shit ever

[@Burgher1605]

George is a legend. ♠️

[@kirkmcgee1]

George hated God and Christ and is suffering in Hell now.

[@jettstewart2424]

@@kirkmcgee1ah yes, you’re very smart

[@kirkmcgee1]

@@jettstewart2424 Thanks!

[@taskdon769]

@@kirkmcgee1 You will meet him eventually then.

[@jackmurphy6864]

He's right about the groups of people. The rule of thumb seems to be: the bigger the crowd, the lower the IQ

[@jackmurphy6864]

@HiIamFin 👍

[@therearenonameslefta]

This is why I don't do "friend groups" I have friends. But I refuse to consider myself part of any groups that way.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@HiIamFinno you do. Not others.

[@morganophelia5963]

like the ones at a carlin show ...paying for a guy to tell them how much he hates you

[@morganophelia5963]

he said on Charlie Rose he does "reactionary low art"@@DaleRC75 also i don't drink thanks

[@jsmitty41]

1996 and I feel exactly like this, on 11/6/2024.

[@cornerdealy]

Same, nothing changes.

[@wishywashy7000]

The fucking hats comment

[@brianthompson7787]

we'll be all right. Internet was barely a thing when this aired and look at us now. We just know more than we are supposed to.

[@smidtud]

​@@danielsalisbury245are you saying that hating people in groups is what causes people to form hate groups?

[@RedRocket415]

you noticed the armbands being pulled out, didn't you?

[@RichPlayz.]

This was back in 1996, and he was already given up in humanity. He's lucky to miss 2023.

[@happygrandma2732]

This is when we need him the most.

[@robinbrauers6080]

Can you imagine the material he would have for a show nowadays 😂absolutely genius. I stand with George definitely

[@kingofcelts]

He'd be totally cancelled today, unfortunately..!

[@rogerw-interested]

2016 and on

[@jeffclement2468]

Thanks for putting a date on this. Personally I could never understand that "I like to see a bunch of people die" bit. I wonder what he thought about 9/11...😔

[@godnotavailable2094]

He talks so comically about the end of our species, but you can tell it's masking a decades-long analysis of humanity that only arrived at one depressing conclusion.

[@ryanstatt9910]

It's depressing for humans, but for the next man up, it's enlightening. We ran our course; time for us to go. I wish every day for the meteor that we deserve, that the dinosaurs didn't

[@ESO_PRIME]

Not so depressing when you see heaven on earth on each individual’s eyes. It’s the “group think” that’s toxic. To me that sounds like such a relief to my soul, not depressing.

[@jakeviolet2195]

@ryanstatt9910: Before you can judge the success or failure of any undertaking, you have to clearly define the goal. We can't do that. For all we know, what humans are doing right now is exactly what we are meant to do. Every other animal on earth acts according to its nature. Why would we be any different? There is no factual or objective basis for people to believe, especially here at the precipice of human evolution, that we have failed as a species.

[@ryanstatt9910]

@@jakeviolet2195 So, humans were destined to climb to the top just to wipe out hundreds of other species? And based on your skewed logic, that was our logical destiny? Gotcha. You're the poster child for the meteor that I want

[@ryanstatt9910]

@@jakeviolet2195 we failed as a species as soon as we started wiping out others for selfish gains

[@jonnysteiner821]

"if you think there's a solution you're part of the problem". Icon

[@jntj3007]

That comment was on point and Brilliant.

[@HrothgarPedersen]

A hilarious curveball on a tautology, for sure

[@lorenanders702]

If you think there's a solution you ARE the problem! 😅

[@spb7883]

Americans should be more cynical, but we aren’t. Consequently, most laugh at this as a joke rather than realize it’s true.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

we need to roll back the state

[@roadwarrior8560]

Wish George was still with us, absolute legend.

[@rickety327]

Imagine the material he'd have from just the last few years 🤯

[@comforth3898]

​@@rickety327Hamaz, Trump, LGBTQ+, Ukraine, Climate Change, Social Media, Big Tech etc.

[@Christian-re4dl]

He is, in spirit, dont you doubt that.

[@mastermiller3796]

If he was alive he would probably call Trump crazy and sympathize with Lgbt mob. Hope he rots in grave.

[@Christian-re4dl]

@@mastermiller3796 I'd sympathize with the LGBT mob aswell, simply because the reddit mob that is against it is so much worse. Pedo's in disguise.

[@ernestoestrada2200]

I couldn't imagine being in Carlin's presence. I love him, every now and then when I get tired and burnt out from daily life bullshit, I come back and listen to him and I swear it hits like medicine. RIP

[@zvonkafacija2757]

I agree 100%. ❤When there was covid, I watched Carlin every day.

[@jinkus]

Bill Hicks is also a favorite of mine with similar effects.

[@janetaylor-powell]

3/3/2024 Yep, a Sunday afternoon here in Wales and seeing the fucked up bullshit that’s been happening on our planet he’s a balm for my soul… Joe Pesci doesn’t cut it for me 😆 One world, one love, no borders ✌🏾❣️

[@christopherlucas1475]

It's medicine because he helps you remember that all of it is not real. It's just a bullsh*t game. That helps us let go..........

[@michaelt.wardlespider2496]

And Carlin is being 100% sincere.

[@Hola-ro6yv]

Especially when he said he loves mass casualties. Typical leftist.

[@83gemm]

It was the only way he knew how to be.

[@HeatherR-u2o]

He looks just like Brad Pitt

[@HeatherR-u2o]

​@@83gemm sounds more like a lecture

[@83gemm]

@ Huh? How did I lecture you?

[@jntj3007]

Carlin spoke brutal truth about society in a humorous way.

[@Bubba603]

I heard a friend of his speak on the radio. He said that Carlin would here about a natural disaster somewhere and he would fly there to take it all in. It truly fascinated him.

[@kingayy9267]

@Bubba603 What did "take it all in" entail? Did he make an attempt to help the affected locals or was he a disaster tourist?

[@Bubba603]

@@kingayy9267 disaster tourist

[@festeradams3972]

But it is all so, so true. It is said that no one dies as along as we remember them...George is alive and well, and I do my very best to carry his wisdom forward... Until the very end (which won't take long now), and I'd like to watch the "coverage" with a Pizza and a Beer. One last thing that I'm sure George would approve of to "watch". The faces of the Religious when the Baby Jesus doesn't show...:-). Just like 1844 only better :-).

[@tambert3897]

brutal truth? He was a pessimistic nihilist who spewed misanthropic garbage.

[@CeeDoubleU]

"There's no one to talk to about this" that spoke to me on a spiritual level. Everybody will label you as blackpilled, cynical, buzz kill, etc, because the truth is like a blade being shoved into your belly and then twisted..

[@Eazy_Priest369]

I Agree with You 💯 Percent. These people who walk Amongst us are Nothing more than stupid Generic NPC’S, who can’t see the truth behind all the BS that goes around this Matrix.

[@peacewillow]

i wondered why people stopped inviting me to their insipid parties...... they called me a "downer" even tho i was only speaking truth......

[@headlessspaceman5681]

"They begin to have hats, armbands, slogans, lists of people they don't like"

[@carlnorris2392]

Welcome to 2024

[@CEOBrien]

@@carlnorris2392 Welcome to 1939

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

First sex change in Berlin... Berlin was like San Francisco. It's almost like it takes two to tango.

[@HOTD108_]

​@@carlnorris2392 Were you born yesterday?

[@huizhechen3779]

Carlin was a brilliant social critic as well as a brilliant comedian.

[@bobrandom5545]

And you're a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy. Ugh, the Carlin crowd is peak irony

[@BorninFlames237]

​@@bobrandom5545💩

[@derick3482]

he is being spanked by satan right now

[@glide789]

"If you think there's a solution you're part of the problem" Lol absolutely spot on

[@user-qn6bw8dk4o]

Accept your fate. Do not resist. Lie down. I used to find the guy profound... Now I think he was just a whiny bitch. And parroting EXACTLY what a globalist would want. Listen again. He hates humanity.

[@adavidson2517]

Russia, Iran and North Korea have a solution. I wonder how, or if Trump will affect this.

[@glide789]

@@adavidson2517 Putting your faith in a politician is just as bad as putting your faith in an imaginary god.

[@russ7414]

"They begin to surrender the beauty of the individual for the sake of the group."

[@OrbitalTrails-x5s]

Religion!

[@MrJack556]

Religion isn't the problem

[@FNMarketMaven]

​@MrJack556 religion is absolutely the problem, the main problem

[@MrJack556]

@@FNMarketMaven who came up with religion...

[@FNMarketMaven]

@MrJack556 the same people who gave you and set up your government, are the SAME people who gave you and set up your religion, their only goal is to put you in a worship mindset, I'm a natural born leader so I don't have that issue...you must be a sheep this is so hard to figure out

[@rangerwhite5165]

Carlin wasn't just a comedian, he was one of our great philosophers.

[@alexsports7554]

Consider trying it yourself its called thinking

[@roadwarrior8560]

@@alexsports7554 very true Alex, people have lost the ability to think for themselves.

[@lukasadamson6091]

​@@roadwarrior8560there's a difference in "thinking" (whatever vague meaning that might have) and daring to speak and offend. Also George didn't just "think" but rather "think out of the box". He always challenged what was seen as normal.

[@CrackerJack06]

Man I never thought of it that way before! Wow! Bro did you just come up with that on the spot? Because I’ve never heard that 1 million times before on every single video that has Carlin in it.

[@rascal6]

He was not. His "philosophy" is basically just regular societal commentary

[@derekgornall]

He's describing the madness of crowds to a crowd.. and it proves itself in the fact that nobody quite feels comfortable with what he's saying - but I bet you they all drove home and thought about it alone in the car.

[@MegaTyler93]

I mean he literally advocated for genocide.

[@rumor-936]

I've noticed that his crowds seem to do nervous laughs just to avoid a form of awkwardness. He says things sarcastically and with the tone of a comedic, grumpy old man but once the initial "funny" passes you're left with what he's planted into your mind, those darker thoughts, the point he was trying to drive home.

[@MorsOktober]

He is so right about groups of people. I'll be in group chats on the internet and then I will talk to that person one-on-one and it's amazing how much they change in a one-on-one conversation. Individuality is being lost.

[@james_fisch]

He absolutely is, and I admittedly feel terrible that I didn't think of his philosophy a few years ago. I tended to refer to entire groups of people as "all awful", which deservedly upset several people who fit into said groups. Most of them didn't do it to me and I lashed out unfairly. The past couple of years I've been working to stop doing that because I completely disregarded the individuals, forgetting that they're what are important. I'm far from perfect at that now, but I'm getting better and hoping that kind of philosophy is passed on to people I get to know throughout my lifetime.

[@terrycraig6386]

He must have been an introvert.😊😊

[@janncoons7445]

Makes it easier to subjugate you and take away all your rights

[@ph8077]

I've always said that about Americans - I've met 6 & they were all pretty much the nicest, friendliest & most polite people I've ever met but give them a country with a few 100m other people around....& collectively, they turn into by far the biggest, most arrogant a-holes on the planet

[@jays903]

He'd have made fun of you for using such stupid modern soft word terminology ​@@terrycraig6386

[@charliedavis1912]

“Every person I meet I see the universe in them… you can see a part of everything in everyone.” That would be a wonderful bumper sticker.

[@flaviantropy]

Conan is literally a fan like all of us. Miss George... His humor applies for all of our issues even today.

[@DelGTAGrndrs]

Conan is part of the Hollywood cabal. He is what George despised

[@Fitingbros101]

I figured out that group thing back in highschool. All the popular kids were insufferable and just mean. But every time i got to isolate one and just talk to them alone they were all just really cool people.

[@truck_yeah_440]

Everything he said about the dynamic of the individual vs. the group hit home with me. I share that same view of the world. I prefer to deal with people on an individual level and avoid crowds like the plague. Once you find yourself amongst the crowd, you tend to lose yourself and end up at the mercy of whatever the mob thinks and wants to do. I have been doing my own thing all my life, have had a lot of interesting experiences and seen a lot of interesting places. Yes it gets lonely at times, but that is pretty much the only drawback. Nothing is perfect. But freedom, sanity, control over your own life, and inner peace far outweigh the loneliness.

[@HrothgarPedersen]

This is a guy who regularly spoke in front of crowds of thousands, and on mass media to millions and millions, for a living. I don’t know whether that helps open up your perspective a bit

[@truck_yeah_440]

@@HrothgarPedersen Key words "in front of". He wasn't IN the crowd. Yes he spoke to crowds of thousands which is something I would not want to do so we differ there in that regard. I was agreeing with his point of not wanting to lose your individuality amongst the crowd.

[@shaekisbat5043]

Really glad to see someone else feels this way too. I generally have social anxiety but I can happily interact with a single person, even 2 is not a problem. But when I see a group I completely shut off and I'm like "WTF are these people even doing, this is so pointless." and I leave. When I heard this individuality thing from Carlin it hit me like a 100000ton locomotive and everything I've felt in the last many years started to make sense. But I agree, it gets lonely sometimes and depression makes it even worse. Worst part is, there is no solution to such a unique problem cuz it feels like everyone wants to be in a group.

[@IvanPolyansky]

Preach, brother 🙏🏻

[@StuckOnStupid84]

The trick that you're all missing is to be a great bullshiter. If you jerk off enough people in the crowd to can make them think you're one of them, and as time passes as you gain their trust you can slowly start showing your true self to them and they'll be so used to you they won't even notice the change. You just need to make sure you don't lose yourself in the process.

[@littlestbroccoli]

It's nice to be back in the 90s for a moment when people actually had patience and there was room to be heard. Definitely a different era

[@rikag5388]

Yea. He'd be branded unwoke these days. How dare he speak the truth and think for himself!

[@michaeljacobs2954]

The 9os is when things started changing. People got more cynical and judgementL. Now it's just accepted behavior since it's so ingrained in who we are as a country. People can't even stay on topic anymore in group discussions. They are all over the place.

[@humanafterallTF2]

If Carlin has been in more Late Night with Conan shows i would love to see.

[@SunDedGon]

YES please. Until now, I wasn't aware of even this one

[@illpee]

He’s was on letterman kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6u8YpqAr86gobc

[@CircuitRider]

@@SunDedGon Exactly. What a great discovery

[@bobbyk9815]

I don't know about Conan, but here's half of his Letterman appearances. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoKQc4xuj9epe5Ysi=xw1CHKuKbVnXYhRS

[@wallacewallaby5782]

He was on Bill Maher's show a few times. Here's an episode of Maher, if you can stomach it. Tucker Carlson makes an appearance as well if you can stomach that. Every time Carlin opens his mouth, there's a thunderous applause though. The man was brilliant. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGaToqRplLqJhdU

[@ben7286]

Carlin casually made two comedians laughed into tears, one of them being the best late night host. That’s how good he was.

[@KBlade1]

It was like Bill Burr on Conan before Bill Burr on Conan even happened!

[@mikeb8854]

I always felt this way growing up. As a kid, I would notice people would change in groups just to fit in.

[@oldworldorder9424]

Called cowardice.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

"If you think there's a solution you're part of the problem." -Saint Carlin haha.

[@HannahCope88]

@TheArtofGuitar Absolutely. Wise and wickedly funny.

[@thecosmicutensil9967]

Never heard Andy laugh from a guest that loudly.

[@wigginingeneral]

He's from Chicago, so the Ditka joke hit better for him.

[@thegravellesstraveled2320]

You never saw an episode with Bill Burr then.

[@MysterE95]

“As the group gets bigger, they begin to have hats, little slogans, lists of people they don’t like and it gets out of hand” Sound familiar?

[@debrahelmlinger6256]

Too much so 😢

[@johnd533-swbf]

Don't think no one noticed that you left out "bands on their arms" so that the quote would make your point. We all know damn well to whom he was referring.

[@MysterE95]

@@johnd533-swbf Hey dumbass, I never said he was referring to MAGA, obviously they didn’t exist back then. Just that it’s eerily accurate. The fact that MAGA isn’t known for armbands doesn’t in any way disqualify my point. You are defensive probably because you’re part of the cult.

[@MysterE95]

@@johnd533-swbf Are you dumb? Obviously he wasn’t referring to MAGA, as they didn’t exist back then. But it definitely applies. You must be one of them to not see it.

[@jeffreese1828]

Armbands ? Wait for it , it's just getting started . When a deluded and conspiriatorial group of people follow an ignorant , unfeeling sociopath with criminal tendancies , and they are all paranoid as Hell , and worship guns and have a culture of "might makes right" , and who always needs an enemy to justify the "reality" of their paranoid delusions ... there will be armbands . None of them can make a coherent argument about what they are even about , including you . PERFECT EXAMPLE : Leaving the armband part out , did not change the gist of the statement . Not one bit , John ! But you latched onto that ommission like you scored a "gotcha" on the Poster , rather than addressing the SUBSTANCE of the statement ! By doing this , you added nothing to the conversation . You just had to jump in to defend your "Cause" , I guess , but it's hard to attack the truth , man . I mean , you couldn't face the truth of the statement , so you attack it with a laughable rationale . What have you done , man ? To our country ? You put a convicted criminal rapist in the Whitehouse . For the shame of our forefathers , what have you done ? How bout those Cabinet picks , huh ? That's your leaders ? Of the USA ? The Rape-Club Cabinet of Insane Mediocrity for Baked Billionaires with Plastic Personalities ..... gonna be hard at it with you mind , John . You believe that ? ..... gonna have the Wrestling chick over Education ( she was in the PTA , once , or something = 0 qualification) Got kids ? Got the drunken rapist from FOX ( Qualifiers ? I already mentioned the alcoholism , and serial S.A.er , so that's in his favor . Then we have reports of drunken behavior at work and in public , the serial infidelity that wrecked all THREE of his marriages (He DOES have great hair , damn him !) and served for a few years , not a Career man in the Service . This is what you want ? An unfaithful drunk in charge of our whole military ? THE Bombs ? It like Sad Sack got promoted to 5 Star General , overnight . They found him in a lounge with a lamp shade on his head trying to grope the barmaid . I can see why he was picked . Russian asset Tulsi - Sec. of State Bug eyed Kash who wrote a book full of paranoid rubbish and ravings and Enemy Lists (your fellow countrymen , who obviously have NOT moved against Kash , or anyone for that matter , leaving crimes that would bury you or me for life , unpunished . Fair , huh ? Must be that two tier Justice we hear tell of , huh ?) Anyhow , THAT guy for Head of FBI . What could go wrong ? A lunatic with a brain worm ( Fitz is his name , I believe . The worm , I mean .) and a famous name , that wants to resurrect nearly eradicated diseases . Y'know , like Polio , and stuff , as Head of all our Health Dept. Got kids ? Glad I don't , I couldn't look them in the eye and explain what is happening and how it didn't jibe with the story he was told about values , decency , and honor . Guess , you just gotta make something up , huh ? Maybe someone left a word out , huh ? Maybe I'm overreacting, about the overall picture , John , but the undebateable awfulness of these cabinet picks is unbelievable, and doesn't bode well . For all of us , man . I'm not bustin your chops here , just trying to make a point . And not thrilled about having a criminal for a leader , and don't know why anyone would be . I don't want to see my country ruined , by people who will fleece us and bleed us white , while falsely telling us why we are falling apart , until it's beyond saving . Hope I'm wrong . Good luck . @johnd533-swbf

[@yoshtodd]

First time seeing them together... two of my favorite comedians.

[@SunDedGon]

Same! I was ecstatic upon finding this

[@De_liebste_un_beste_Mensch]

Conan is not a comedian neither is Carlin

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@De_liebste_un_beste_Menschwhat are they then?

[@hen-nt1cl]

​@@JohnKobaRuddycarlin is a philospher conan is a dumbass😂

[@Matralee]

Funny how the algorithm just washed this back into my feed after Trump got reelected.

[@seanderoo37]

Lol same

[@D4rthsunny]

Did he hate him?

[@necordektox879]

​@@D4rthsunny pretty sure Carlin didn't even think about him. He's the luckiest of all.

[@saillips]

It's because a lot of us are sharing this. It's called trending

[@Raz-G]

Thank god he's electrd

[@AuntieMamies]

"we're living in a pre fascist state" - George Carlin He was basically a psychic

[@rod4607]

Damn I miss him… He’s needed now more than ever. If he came back somehow all of a sudden, he’d rip us apart. We’d bloody well deserve it too

[@davidboucher6450]

''If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem''. So true when you think about it.

[@tranquilnice775]

The level of genius it takes to make that kinda joke kill is beyond anything anyone could ever offer. No one will ever touch him.

[@brichards989]

Imagine what George Carlin would have thought of people today in 2023, especially our politics here in the US.

[@theeyehead3437]

He would be so happy

[@matthewishunting]

The AI George Carlin sure does

[@ontplates]

@@theeyehead3437 you win lol

[@nothingreally8247]

He would hardly be able to tell the difference

[@finnandcork]

its not the world, its america,been away eleven years and never been better. That country truly is a virus

[@retiredlawman4710]

Spoken like a true man of WISDOM

[@amracharles811]

I can't say I blame George Carlin I've lost faith in this so called thing that's supposed to be humanity myself

[@keiljones2902]

Mark Twain wrote an essay about man called The Lowest Animal, that is in line with Carlin's thinking

[@GaryG63]

I agree… we will all be gone soon. Maybe it’s the insects time to rule

[@shawbrothers18]

@@GaryG63you got a girlfriend be quiet lol

[@Hola-ro6yv]

Eventually humanists lose faith in their god. Not surprising.

[@gerrybyrne5636]

There is no god. Its a childish notion by terrified people who live in a contradictory state of affairs all their life.

[@2369drew]

I love what he said "They begin to surrender beauty of the individual for the sake of the group"

[@premiertrainingFL]

A lot of people confuse his bitterness with disdain. He loved humanity but was so disappointed in our organization and institutions. He separated himself from the outcome because it is painful to care deeply for humanity who want to group and hate you because of some arbitrary difference and using god to do horrible things. I loved George got to see him live before he passed.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

I feel this 😂 I also share his belief that people, individually, are great, but as a group - they suck balls. Look up deindividation 😉

[@premiertrainingFL]

@@Here4TheHeckOfIt agreed. He had issues with a lot ceremony and ritual stuff. Magical thinking and magical bs movements lol he was curious and hilarious

[@LukeHartman-ro7hl]

​@@premiertrainingFL blaming the ones who follow God is part of the problem. There's a reason people put their trust in God and not mankind. Mankind is the issue. Not God.

[@premiertrainingFL]

@@LukeHartman-ro7hl which god? 🤷‍♂️

[@LukeHartman-ro7hl]

@premiertrainingFL "using god to do horrible things" the one you just referenced.

[@ji604]

Oh man, "they start wearing hats, armbands"... Took me a few times to realize how dark that joke was 😂

[@BenHughes81]

He's not wrong. Mob mentality, essentially. Get a group of people, plant a seed of some sort of ideology, and if left unchecked, chaos ensues.

[@johnrockyryan]

​@@BenHughes81 very well said

[@sheryls7782]

“They start wearing hats and arm bands”, did he mean like the MAGA, Nazi, KKK, etc. You never see these items at a peace rally. At a peace rally they wear buttons.

[@DerHammerSpricht]

I love how he calls out Judaism and Nazis in the same sentence 😅

[@BurningRobotOil]

​@@sheryls7782Yeah, hats, armbands, hideous shoes, ridiculous bibles, and trading cards 😂

[@smoothALOE]

He was my mother’s favorite, so I watched s lot of his material growing up. I consider it an honor that I got to see him perform live before he died. It’s a moment I treasure.

[@StudioDaVeed]

I saw him once. At the Fort Dodge Iowa High School Gymnasium. About 1990? Man; you've hit rock bottom playing that venue! But man; I never laughed so hard. One bit he did; he ended the bit with the word 'stuff'. The 200 or so people there (Myself included) went ape shit - thinking this was a segue into his 'Stuff' bit. But I don't think that was planned. He paused a second, cocked his head and launched into the 'Stuff' bit. It wasn't very polished so I think it was off the cuff. Then the next year Carlin exploded. The TV show then the HBO Specials.

[@smoothALOE]

@@StudioDaVeed I remember that bit. I think it was my mother’s favorite, actually. For me, it was when he contrasted the games of baseball and football.

[@StudioDaVeed]

@@smoothALOE In baseball you wear a cap. In football you wear a HELMET.

[@henryireland3335]

This is amazing. I've been waiting years to find something with Carlin on Conan. Thank you! So great to see how much he makes Conan laugh!!

[@Tennis-3582]

Listening to this guy talking about the reality of our society is like listening to my favorite music

[@tjbrody]

“If you have selfish ignorant citizens… If you have selfish ignorant citizens, you’re going to get selfish ignorant leaders.” George Carlin

[@aspalovin]

I wish George could be here to see all the fun . He'd be going on 87 this year.. We are missing a chunk of our souls without him

[@IndogaKirai]

He would have had a cardiac arrest laughing seeing Trump taking the oath as the president.

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

Yeah, but then he would have fresh stand-up material from his trip through our American "sick -care" system. 😷💊🤮

[@bobbyk9815]

There's no greater compliment to a talk show than for the guest to ask if they can stay.

[@ericgaskins571]

"Its a big club, and you ain't in it" Talk about precision accuracy

[@Hola-ro6yv]

He was part of the big club that’s why got invited to all the late night shows

[@seven92023]

"If you think there is a solution, you are part of the problem" LOL. He was the first to call for the asteroid to come.

[@voidstarq]

3:26 "They begin to have *HATS,* armbands, little slogans, lists of people they don't like..." Wait, how could he have known about the hats...? _Whoa. Rufus really _*_was_*_ from the future!_

[@JoseLopez-tk4tq]

I regard Mr. Carlin like a modern version of Nostradamus for the times we live in. 🔮

[@duckmangooo7376]

He is being serious, while they're laughing like he is joking. Telling a joke, watching them laugh, imagining their heads exploding, me laughing in silence.

[@dianemitchell1717]

I think they are laughing at his dark humor. Just like we laugh at Gary Larson in his Far Side cartoons.

[@tennisbum3686]

​@@dianemitchell1717Some people get it

[@whoistheroach136]

Absolutely on board with his views. I'm ready for the comet!

[@NoWay1969]

"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." "When they get in groups."

[@jag61688]

George Carlin is one of the few things keeping me going right now

[@naayou99]

Carlin tells jokes that are loaded with truths. RIP GOAT.

[@boxelder9147]

I cannot get enough of george carlin

[@JD-mm7ur]

maaan. bless him for not needing to see the shxt we've been going through the past 7-8 years

[@samilturnali3875]

This guy was definitely out of this world; not only a comedian but a full-fledged philosopher! RIP 👍👏🙏

[@goneviral8814]

Spitting the truth with laughter. More and more people will realize the guy was an absolute genius.

[@bobsiddoway]

Oldschool. Carlin was a legend.

[@carlogaytan7010]

I have searched and Searched and Searched for a time Carlin was on Conan, and I guess they just had never released it!

[@CozyVemgeance]

“Can I stay? Can I stay for a little bit??” Dude I fucking love this man

[@AdamZimmerman-c6i]

“A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous and you know it.” - Tommy Lee Jones, Men In Black

[@AuKF47]

Man Canon genuinely laughing his ass and Mr. Carlin just being himself Love it

[@anthonycornell8547]

He could always sum things up perfectly.

[@karlhungus5554]

"If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." So true. We could sure use your perspective today, George.

[@phattjohnson]

If you try to apply that to every situation, it's a bit of a defeationist attitude.

[@karlhungus5554]

@@phattjohnson It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. Life is pointless and we're all going to die.

[@julietphillips1991]

I'm so tired and I didn't think I had the energy to laugh...apparently I do! Love his humor!

[@pattiharvey1787]

RIP George Carlin. He was the GOAT. He is sorely missed ❤

[@pimenteldavid84]

"if you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem." He didn't know where we would be today, but he also did.

[@raymondh-ny7lm]

King of dark humor and humor…Legend. Imagine a smoke n a talk with this man and Pryor on life, RIP to the greats❤

[@gedaman]

George Carlin just described the downfall of society with social media about 7 years before it happened.

[@happygrandma2732]

Carlin could say things in a comical way that people actually felt.

[@TheeDavidDee]

"We have to get back to the ferrets." 😆

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

😂

[@prowlie]

The man was way ahead of everything and saw it all coming.. one of the very few celebrities i ever shed a tear over losing... miss his observations greatly, Too bad he never came back on Conan

[@virajpatel229]

People stop being themselves as soon as they are not alone. Now imagine some of them having thousands, millions and sometimes billions of people FOLLOWING them. They would "act" the hell out of their lives not being true to themselves even a bit. The so called celebrities, influencers and stars of today are cancer to the humanity.

[@Physicsnerd1]

I`ve been here just over 68 years, and it wasn't but for the last 20, that I realized I am on the wrong planet. The human species is deeply mentally ill.

[@jeanneclemens7476]

Amazing! He's still relevant today. "if you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem."

[@vladislavovich100]

Love Carlin's sense of humor. Same is mine. Lost faith in humanity long time ago too.

[@johnjordan6032]

His message here about groups vs individuality is really a profound truth. I would definitely buy that bumper sticker! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Methilde]

Well, Freud said that humans became like frustrated children in the crowd and so need a chief, he was thinking about Hitler yet.

[@carlrichards9333]

The funny part of this conversation is that the nerdy YES man interviewer thinks he's joking when actually he was being completely serious...Carlin was Brilliant

[@anniehope8651]

'If you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem'. This is going to be my motto. Thanks a million George.

[@6718289]

His thoughts are just straight hits.

[@earlofsmeg]

Carlin is a legend. He is the one.

[@soloa24]

“If you think there is a solution, you are part of the problem.” That is dark and funny.

[@johnball8758]

I miss him so much, the funniest and smartest man ever

[@rexk1962]

He was an honest man who spoke his thoughts and made it entertaining

[@deanodog3667]

Madness is rare in individuals but in groups its the norm ! Friedrich Nietzsche

[@alexaales7937]

watching this in 2023 his comments on groups seems as relevant as ever!

[@sheryls7782]

Alone you tell the truth to yourself. In a group you say what you think the others want to hear.

[@brockdavid]

In one of George Carlin’s past lives, he was Diogenes.

[@Stacie45]

I may have been more optimistic when I was younger, but in my old age my sense of things can't be summed up any better than George Carlin did here.

[@MountainMan.]

I've hit middle age and stopped caring. We live in a clown world.

[@Stacie45]

@@MountainMan. It seems like about all we can do is try to avoid the lunatics, and don't stress over things we can't control.

[@TheOneFreakservo]

I kinda like it when a lotta people find a Carlin routine - delivered just two days before 9/11 - originally started on a Conan show from 1996.

[@Obake4777]

2:51, hes referring to collectivism. George Carlin was smart enough to know that a mob mentality was always dangerous. History proves this time and time again.

[@visheshl]

Yet we never learn..

[@dingnghetakhiangte3870]

I found a Conan's and George's interview. Now I can DIP❤️

[@dangitbobbeh6420]

DIP in peace.

[@QuantumBraced]

The only man who matches my level of cynicism about humanity. I think human civilization is a joke, I don't take any of it seriously and just wish the asteroid would come and wipe the slate clean. But you can't say this stuff to people or else they think you're a weird psycho. So it's always great to hear Carlin talk about it.

[@godofgamingnos]

I give it about 3 centuries before the major environemental changes come.

[@Not_Your_Average_Human]

Climate change is going to do that anyway

[@Biscuit9891]

@@godofgamingnos I give it 20 years

[@mrHello420__]

Common we achieved incredible milestones. Humanity has big flaws but I think we will make it.

[@QuantumBraced]

@@mrHello420__ I think it's inevitable that we'll destroy ourselves, that's just a function of technological progress, it's unavoidable.

[@ProckGnosis]

He's a lot like Vonnegut, but quite a bit more blunt. Which naturally means I love his perspective.

[@lonelylad9818]

He's not even joking here lol

[@trustnuffin9121]

🤣🤣🤣 "If you think there is a solution, You are part of the problem".....🤣🤣🤣 I love that man RIP you maverick 💪

[@Alpha7721]

I wish this was much longer interview.😩

[@lauratanln]

I wish he had written books too.