The great thing about Carlin is that he got us to think while making us laugh at the absurdities we put value to at the same time. I'd like to see a present day comedian that can talk about the concept of time for 10 minutes and make it insightful, funny and still hold an audience.
Sparksterfu the great thing is he could convince people to give him their hard earned cash to listen to this shit. He’s probably still laughing in his grave.
Back in 1978, Carlin didn't have to compete with idiots looking at their phones and taking video of his performance. I miss the days before phones. If you were out for the night and that was it...nobody could contact you...you were in the moment, enjoying what you paid for. Instead everyone has to share every second of everyday with everyone. My take is, if everyone wants to experience what you're doing, they should be there.
So true. It was also a time when popular music was still allowed to take it's proper time. This show was around the same time as "Animals" from Pink Floyd. The song "Dogs" on that album is more than 17 minutes long and it's just fantastic the whole time.
Man, there are not many comedians who could riff on a subject such as "time" for 10 minutes and make it funny throughout. This man had an amazing mind.
@@wookiejesusofnazarethkashy1940 i agree this was a awful painstaking bit to watch. hes done alot better. this should of been a 2 minute short joke. he could of kept the line "do you know the time, yes" and ended it
“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.” - Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper
thats because unlike animals we have hands and the ability to build. therefore we have more responsibilities. deers are happy just eating foliage everyday. we have the ability to do alot more then animals so our lives move faster therefore we do more and we need to maintain a schedule or else its like driving with no traffic lights
Alacard0malley Who says it lives in constant fear of being eaten? Maybe the fear just kicks in, when it perceives that it’s being stalked and/or attacked. When danger passes, the fear goes away.
@@gonjafarma89 "All" other black comedians? Every single one? I don't think so. There aren't many comedians better than George Carlin. He had a brilliant mind and no one used language as effectively. I'd probably rank three black comedians that are truly funny and intelligent: Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Dave Chappelle. Honorable mention to Eddie Murphy.
His ability to even remember all his thinking is awesome. I must listen to his bits more than once, because you lose so much just being amazed at his memory! Simply the BEST!
Wow look at all those candid expressions, you really do have to see Carlin when he's on stage to get the full grasp of his performance, I've heard this bit before on Pandora but seeing it really brings it to life, man he really knew how to work the stage didn't he?
This guy was doing comedy when I was six years old. He has my way of thinking, he does not have to be high to have these thoughts, just be a critical thinker.
I love that George Carlin was a master with the English language. So much, actually, that all of his act looked like a beautiful painting of words, articulating between each other with such fluency...
I never laughed during the whole bit, yet I still think this is an astonishing display of comedy in its most original form... He brought back the Art in Comedy. RIP G.Carlin.
I remember coming up with my own theory on time's "non-existance" and a possible correlation with the law of conservation of mass, then I googled and found out Stephen Hawking himself beat me to it. I was so pissed.
I don't think there is or will be any comedian that can have as good of a delivery as George Carlin. In my opinion, the best comedian ever. The material he comes up with, how he delivers his jokes, and how he really makes the viewer think about things in a philosophical way, but with amazing humor.
Actually, a jiffy was originally the amount of time it takes light to go a centimeter, and a flash is the amount of time it takes light to go a distance, so in most cases a jiffy would be faster than a flash.
Best comedian of all time. Think of it, half a century and he was still doing shows and everyone still loved (loves!) him! And he was always morphing and changing. I'll miss you, George!
I do something weird sometimes that I don't know if anyone else does. I feel like time passes so fast, and yet so inconsistently, and I try to maintain some kind of grip on the continuity of time. So, before I start doing something long and stressful, like work, I will try to establish a single moment as my connection to my future self. My name is Kyle and I will say something like, "Okay, future Kyle, you're starting your shift now, but you can get through it. Just remember this moment and realize you got through it." And then later that night, when I'm getting into my car, in the future, I will remember, and say, "Hey past Kyle, thanks, I did it." It also helps because I have always felt a sort of weird duality to myself. I talk to myself a lot, as if I am talking to another person...am I a complete psycho???
ScienceMusicLove yeah man, you are! But it’s ok, you aren’t alone. I’m a psycho too. Matter of fact, almost everyone you know is a psycho. But you got to keep in mind that people also lie. Most psychos will lie to you, because most psychos are psycho and think you’re out to get them, or that everybody is out to get them. So they lie, but trust me I promise you they are. Point is though you aren’t alone so don’t feel too bad.
George Carlin, the man who made me laugh my ass off and also think for myself and question religion. He helped me leave religion and become an atheist. Thank you George :)
The best comedy is the kind that can make you both laugh, and think. Rather than trying to hammer people over the head with philosophy, you can turn it into a comedy routine and entertain them with it.
"Time is a man-made invention." I've been saying that for years. People always look at me funny. From now on, I'll just tell them George Carlin confirms it! =P
There aren't many people born on our planet that have a mindset quite as original as his, I hate to sound arrogant but the main reason I watch Geogre Carlin is because I've thought of things like him ever since I came into the age of reason.
Non-cynical Carlin is the most fun Carlin, but at least he gives me someone to understand when I'm disgusted and angry about how shit everything is when he's being a cynic.
SkellionPowalskiz I watched the "cynical" Carlin here on youtube not too long ago, and it really broke my heart to see hear him speak like that. Prior to that, it was more like George had an attitude of " sure things might be weird, and people might be stupid, but in the end we all still do what we want." You said "..when I'm disgusted and angry about how shit everything is.." In my opinion, this attitude is the reason why the world is "shit."
You have to realize that the only way anyone can do anything about all the shit in this world is to get angry about it. Comedy exists so we can accept the things we'd rather not think about just long enough to make us feel happy, but I believe Carlin was as much of an educator as he was a comedian. I'm sure he wouldn't want everyone to just pretend that the world wasn't fucked and not take things seriously at some point in their lives. I couldn't call myself a fan of George Carlin if I couldn't embrace everything he's done, even if it didn't always make me smile.
That's not the only way to get things done. Sometimes anger only serves to create malice in vain. Also, if you think that happiness is something you only get to feel for a short amount of time, then I got news for you, you're not happy enough. Comedy lets us laugh at everything. The things that are wrong with the world and the things that are right. Later in his life, Carlin became less of a comedian and more of a public speaker. A demotivational speaker. I still think he is one of, if not, the greatest comedian ever, but I think his natural talent for finding stupidity eventually made him less able to laugh at it. So instead, he just points it out. I'll give you an example. In Carlin's less cynical years, he mentioned the hypocrisy of not mentioning farts on television. He didn't get angry about it, but he did point it out. Look at television today. Now, there's fart jokes. No one that I know of ever got angry about it. When Carlin got angry about ideas like the government and society, he just pointed out what was wrong, but nothing's changed. Everything that he mentioned still happens today, and it probably always will. The trick is to not believe that the government is out there solely to control people or anything cynical like that.
If shalt thumbs up digitally doth thou thumbs up reality? Doth thou lol in reality whence forth came thou laughter? Doth thou? If time was thou wouldn't thee find a way through thee looking glass on thine timely manner?
l scrolled through the comments expecting to find someone saying this. He does here for sure. He didn't when he was younger and older but in his late thirties he does l think
I first saw Goerge Carlin on Ed Sullivan as Al Sleet the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman. But don't you love that no matter when you first turned onto George's humor, he is always as funny as the first time you heard him? He will always be an inspiration to other comics and the source of many laughs for those of us who loved him from the start! Awesome talent right to the end!
>such genius fade to bitterness That's like, your perspective, man. An insulting one. But why? Because all of you are sooo (much more) compassionate? I really don't get what on earth you guys are going on and on about as if he was degrading over time and just shriveled up and died of misery or something. Can't you all let an old man be tired of bullshit? Is that so bad? This whole non-cynical vs cynical thing never even crossed my mind. I just always saw a long string of "this guy's got a point AND he's funny". Lighten up yourselves before inadvertently telling an old dead guy to lighten up. Not to mot to mention, at the very least, I hope I have permission to be a little annoyed at stuff after a few heart attacks and such lol.
This video is very powerful. It makes people think and yet they do not think about what they are doing. This is so very true from the way George explains it.
The great thing about Carlin is that he got us to think while making us laugh at the absurdities we put value to at the same time. I'd like to see a present day comedian that can talk about the concept of time for 10 minutes and make it insightful, funny and still hold an audience.
perfect! this is the gold dream of all comedians: put value at the joke
Sparksterfu the great thing is he could convince people to give him their hard earned cash to listen to this shit. He’s probably still laughing in his grave.
Back in 1978, Carlin didn't have to compete with idiots looking at their phones and taking video of his performance. I miss the days before phones. If you were out for the night and that was it...nobody could contact you...you were in the moment, enjoying what you paid for. Instead everyone has to share every second of everyday with everyone. My take is, if everyone wants to experience what you're doing, they should be there.
It wasn't really good though...
So true. It was also a time when popular music was still allowed to take it's proper time. This show was around the same time as "Animals" from Pink Floyd. The song "Dogs" on that album is more than 17 minutes long and it's just fantastic the whole time.
Man, there are not many comedians who could riff on a subject such as "time" for 10 minutes and make it funny throughout. This man had an amazing mind.
AstralProjector * correct. this conversation proves it.
This whole thing is stupid and makes no sense
@@Noneofyourfuckingbusiness12 I think it's you, not him.
@@abc456f
No it's definitely him. I've seen good Carlin and this isn't it. Even the best have a bad bit every so often.
@@wookiejesusofnazarethkashy1940 i agree this was a awful painstaking bit to watch. hes done alot better. this should of been a 2 minute short joke. he could of kept the line "do you know the time, yes" and ended it
Wow this was 40 years ago. Feels like it's only been "a little while"
Some people live 40 years in a month, some live 3 life-times in 5 years. Seems impossible but it happens all the time xD
That’s about 5 and a half moments
What I love about George is he isn't just a comedian, he's a musician of words. This clip is a great example.
I love that take! A 'Musician of Words'.
“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know
the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall
or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time
for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds
are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over
passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour.
And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other
creature endures. A fear of time running out.”
- Mitch Albom, The Time Keeper
thats because unlike animals we have hands and the ability to build. therefore we have more responsibilities. deers are happy just eating foliage everyday. we have the ability to do alot more then animals so our lives move faster therefore we do more and we need to maintain a schedule or else its like driving with no traffic lights
Imagine if a deer could ask you to imagine what it's like to live in constant fear of being eaten and then see how big our time problem is.
Alacard0malley Who says it lives in constant fear of being eaten? Maybe the fear just kicks in, when it perceives that it’s being stalked and/or attacked. When danger passes, the fear goes away.
Really thoughtful and so true comment and very insightful :)
Loved Tuesdays with Morrie 😃🙌
"You don't tell time, time tells you" - Geroge Carlin.
The 1970s weren't the best American decade, but there was sure a lot to love about those years.
I was there! A sophomore in High School. I wanted to get on this film, so a lot of the whistles are mine!
TL Redwine i bet u didn't understand a thing
Lucky
Yeah I knew a loud one was yours.
@@gentbar7296 What an absurd thing to say. How old are you? I discovered Carlin as a teenager too.
It's amazing that he can remember all this material during the performance.
Love this bit. Just brilliant...language we have for time, when we made the whole thing up. Just classic George...
George Carlin was absolutley the greatest stand-up comedian of all time. No contest.
D Sharp Except Richard Prior and all other black comedians.
@@gonjafarma89 "All" other black comedians? Every single one? I don't think so. There aren't many comedians better than George Carlin. He had a brilliant mind and no one used language as effectively. I'd probably rank three black comedians that are truly funny and intelligent: Richard Pryor,
Chris Rock, and Dave Chappelle. Honorable mention to Eddie Murphy.
I prefer him old and grumpy. Okay, for the looks - he was goodlooking when he was young
@@gonjafarma89 lol no
I agree wholeheartedly. No one even close to GC.
His ability to even remember all his thinking is awesome. I must listen to his bits more than once, because you lose so much just being amazed at his memory! Simply the BEST!
Wow look at all those candid expressions, you really do have to see Carlin when he's on stage to get the full grasp of his performance, I've heard this bit before on Pandora but seeing it really brings it to life, man he really knew how to work the stage didn't he?
GC was my favorite Stand up comedian. He was so right in...Too bad he ran out of time.
Everybody does, once in a lifetime, eventually,
You get what everybody gets. You get a lifetime ;)
Jaymes Reed --Death, The Sandman ;)
This comment is a good tribute to Carlin's philosophy
Why he's down there right now screaming up at us.
Time is always NOW... love you George.Your mind was of the times.
Frankly I'd like to say he went before his time. but he'd probably say he was right on time.
that was for you George R.I.P.
This guy was doing comedy when I was six years old. He has my way of thinking, he does not have to be high to have these thoughts, just be a critical thinker.
+Zack Gomez He loved cocaine and alcohol.
Carlin's facial expressions are amazing in this special, not many comedians do that now days
One of my favourite Carlin bits. So thorough and well delivered throughout.
That shit's moving Ruth. So good.
this shit is moving, Ruth
Tim Balch had me in tears lol
What BRILLIANT material!
Hermeticism riping relativity yeah
Such a genius! I've watched this clip 100 times and it's still entertaining!
I love the way he mis-speaks at the start, turns it into a laugh, doesn't break the flow for a moment. A true maestro.
'Immediately - if not sooner' is one of my favorite expressions for when I need something now.
I love that George Carlin was a master with the English language. So much, actually, that all of his act looked like a beautiful painting of words, articulating between each other with such fluency...
i tell you this: if it was done right, he would have made a BRILLIANT Mad Hatter in an Alice in Wonderland remake.
I never laughed during the whole bit, yet I still think this is an astonishing display of comedy in its most original form... He brought back the Art in Comedy. RIP G.Carlin.
This man is a pure genius
He was so funny in 1978, it's amazing how he got progressively funnier as time went on. Greatest comedian of all time.
George Carlin my hero he will be missed
I have a lot of these thoughts too but most people think i'm just high when i'm telling them about it.
Me too bro,. I think we're the genius ones lol
I remember coming up with my own theory on time's "non-existance" and a possible correlation with the law of conservation of mass, then I googled and found out Stephen Hawking himself beat me to it. I was so pissed.
He was probably high while he was saying this.
You have too much time on your hands. The reason I say that is that George Carlin actually made money off his ramblings unlike you
You sound very cynical
Seems like just yesterday when George was prowling the stage, but it feels like an eternity since he's been gone. I guess time waits for no one.
I don't think there is or will be any comedian that can have as good of a delivery as George Carlin. In my opinion, the best comedian ever. The material he comes up with, how he delivers his jokes, and how he really makes the viewer think about things in a philosophical way, but with amazing humor.
I love how George didn't cut out the mistakes
This is so surreal. The delivery, the shooting of it even the subject itself. Reminds me of something that belongs in Twin Peaks.
Oh man, it's weird to see him young. I didn't know his hair was that color!
It's hard to imagine that his hair wasn't grey all his life, we see it grey so often
i absolutely love this man. Best momedian ever. George Carlin.
Actually, a jiffy was originally the amount of time it takes light to go a centimeter, and a flash is the amount of time it takes light to go a distance, so in most cases a jiffy would be faster than a flash.
A comic genius! Top 3 stand-up comedian of all-time!
Possibly his cleanest act.
Fantastic...before his time.. And there after, presently and to come!
Damn it, video. why do you have to go and end like that? would it hurt you to go on forever?
There just wasn't time for it. lol
+chrisjamesr77 W
They ran out of time.
Look at that smile. He was such a handsome man. He looks quite dashing here. And he's so smart too. I sure miss him.
The present is always happening.
as it is always destroyng itself
There is no past or future, only the eternal now.
Best comedian of all time. Think of it, half a century and he was still doing shows and everyone still loved (loves!) him! And he was always morphing and changing. I'll miss you, George!
I do something weird sometimes that I don't know if anyone else does. I feel like time passes so fast, and yet so inconsistently, and I try to maintain some kind of grip on the continuity of time. So, before I start doing something long and stressful, like work, I will try to establish a single moment as my connection to my future self. My name is Kyle and I will say something like, "Okay, future Kyle, you're starting your shift now, but you can get through it. Just remember this moment and realize you got through it." And then later that night, when I'm getting into my car, in the future, I will remember, and say, "Hey past Kyle, thanks, I did it." It also helps because I have always felt a sort of weird duality to myself. I talk to myself a lot, as if I am talking to another person...am I a complete psycho???
ScienceMusicLove yeah man, you are! But it’s ok, you aren’t alone. I’m a psycho too. Matter of fact, almost everyone you know is a psycho. But you got to keep in mind that people also lie. Most psychos will lie to you, because most psychos are psycho and think you’re out to get them, or that everybody is out to get them. So they lie, but trust me I promise you they are. Point is though you aren’t alone so don’t feel too bad.
This man is an absolute comedic genius... the best EVER!!!!
Hhahah, this guy is awesome. :D
George Carlin, the man who made me laugh my ass off and also think for myself and question religion. He helped me leave religion and become an atheist.
Thank you George :)
Just remember the immortal words of Ted Stryker (Airplane II).
We can't live in the past any more, or the present. This is the future.
This man is one of the biggest philosophers ever! What a great, open mind thinking!
Master of the English language
You're thinking of Hitchens.
Such a smart skit. Really makes you think about the concept of time.
Watch how the future goes into the past, good meditation
I think this may be my favourite Carlin bit. Fantastic ^_^
you will never know when you *are*, you can only know when you *were*
Classic noone120000! Thanks for sharing. No one like Carlin. Priceless.
Time... It's all... wibbly-wobbly.
Timey-wimey... stuff.
The best comedy is the kind that can make you both laugh, and think. Rather than trying to hammer people over the head with philosophy, you can turn it into a comedy routine and entertain them with it.
"Time is a man-made invention." I've been saying that for years. People always look at me funny. From now on, I'll just tell them George Carlin confirms it! =P
Isn't forever outside of time? x3
I miss George Carlin. This world definitely needs him.
Time is relative. My now, might not be your now.
interstategar yeah. Here’s my now. Damn. 5 years off of yours.
@@ruebenllongoria836 There's no NOW!!
thank you for this upload!
George is so inspiring!
for some reason George Carlin when he was young sounds like he should be narrating a Christmas movie
he sounds like Marky Mark.
Close, Thomas the Tank Engine and Shiny time Station.
He did narrate Thomas The Tank Engine, superbly.
Elocution classes
He started on the radio that might explain something
Philosophical comedy. A rare and wondrous achievement.
This is the best comment section ever.
really like his humor, use of words and how he plays with them. Quite a refreshing entertainment from time to time :)
"You want that now?"
"Yes"
"Well, would you like to try again?"
LOL
There aren't many people born on our planet that have a mindset quite as original as his, I hate to sound arrogant but the main reason I watch Geogre Carlin is because I've thought of things like him ever since I came into the age of reason.
Non-cynical Carlin is best Carlin.
I have to agree with you there.
Non-cynical Carlin is the most fun Carlin, but at least he gives me someone to understand when I'm disgusted and angry about how shit everything is when he's being a cynic.
SkellionPowalskiz I watched the "cynical" Carlin here on youtube not too long ago, and it really broke my heart to see hear him speak like that.
Prior to that, it was more like George had an attitude of " sure things might be weird, and people might be stupid, but in the end we all still do what we want."
You said "..when I'm disgusted and angry about how shit everything is.." In my opinion, this attitude is the reason why the world is "shit."
You have to realize that the only way anyone can do anything about all the shit in this world is to get angry about it.
Comedy exists so we can accept the things we'd rather not think about just long enough to make us feel happy, but I believe Carlin was as much of an educator as he was a comedian.
I'm sure he wouldn't want everyone to just pretend that the world wasn't fucked and not take things seriously at some point in their lives.
I couldn't call myself a fan of George Carlin if I couldn't embrace everything he's done, even if it didn't always make me smile.
That's not the only way to get things done. Sometimes anger only serves to create malice in vain. Also, if you think that happiness is something you only get to feel for a short amount of time, then I got news for you, you're not happy enough. Comedy lets us laugh at everything. The things that are wrong with the world and the things that are right. Later in his life, Carlin became less of a comedian and more of a public speaker. A demotivational speaker. I still think he is one of, if not, the greatest comedian ever, but I think his natural talent for finding stupidity eventually made him less able to laugh at it. So instead, he just points it out.
I'll give you an example. In Carlin's less cynical years, he mentioned the hypocrisy of not mentioning farts on television. He didn't get angry about it, but he did point it out. Look at television today. Now, there's fart jokes. No one that I know of ever got angry about it. When Carlin got angry about ideas like the government and society, he just pointed out what was wrong, but nothing's changed. Everything that he mentioned still happens today, and it probably always will. The trick is to not believe that the government is out there solely to control people or anything cynical like that.
The way he execute ...🙏🏽👌🏽 #classic
If shalt thumbs up digitally doth thou thumbs up reality? Doth thou lol in reality whence forth came thou laughter? Doth thou? If time was thou wouldn't thee find a way through thee looking glass on thine timely manner?
God needed a little laugh in Heaven. Carlin was and will ever be the Greatest Comedian and the Most intelligent of them all.
Back when comedy had class and not cuss words every five seconds
Not like there wasn't Lenny Bruce way before this...
Watch his "Seven words you're not allowed to say on TV" bit from the same show. That'll change your mind 😂
Those are the kind of thoughts that go through my head when in home alone and the power goes out
Am I the only one who thinks that young George Carlin looks a lot like Russell Crowe?
SLEM-P yes
l scrolled through the comments expecting to find someone saying this. He does here for sure. He didn't when he was younger and older but in his late thirties he does l think
Very much so!!
I first saw Goerge Carlin on Ed Sullivan as Al Sleet the Hippie-Dippie Weatherman. But don't you love that no matter when you first turned onto George's humor, he is always as funny as the first time you heard him?
He will always be an inspiration to other comics and the source of many laughs for those of us who loved him from the start! Awesome talent right to the end!
"When will 'then' be 'now?"
"Soon."
"What am I looking at?"
"Now, sir"
"When?"
I love his analysis of English language expressions:) Also, he was sooo attractive when he was younger
When the hell is it?!
Where does the time go? He was incredible. Good God.
3:15
Was that godzilla laughing?
Lol
Classic Carlin. His melodious way of speaking really makes this bit.
Seems a bit like Robin Williams here..
ablestmage yeah but he came first :)
+cottagechskitty That's what she said.
+Hamarbi Ljungskile HA!!! Good one XD
+ablestmage to me he looks more like Russell Crowe lol
This is called smart comedy. Wish we had more of this......
well portable phones pretty much solved that problem
reminded me of my grandfather. in my country sometimes people would ask, do you have a watch? his response was yes, as he continued on his way.
Carlin couldn't exist in today's social justice warrior world....but, he did predict it was coming.
GC was/is awesome... I love him talking about "Stuff". A great comedian!!
The dude's laugh at 1:30 slays me every time
His comedy is timeless!
Will be back before you say Jack Robinson...lol!!!
If this man isnt a comedic genius! So brilliant!
No now? Why, that's all there is.
was*
Proxy Scar lol nice
oh my dayz ... he just spoke exactly what i thought about time and i never knew who this guy was a week ago
I LOVE HIM
>such genius fade to bitterness
That's like, your perspective, man. An insulting one. But why? Because all of you are sooo (much more) compassionate? I really don't get what on earth you guys are going on and on about as if he was degrading over time and just shriveled up and died of misery or something.
Can't you all let an old man be tired of bullshit? Is that so bad? This whole non-cynical vs cynical thing never even crossed my mind. I just always saw a long string of "this guy's got a point AND he's funny". Lighten up yourselves before inadvertently telling an old dead guy to lighten up.
Not to mot to mention, at the very least, I hope I have permission to be a little annoyed at stuff after a few heart attacks and such lol.
not available you good sir need to *lighten up*
comedy + philosophie = George Carlin. We miss you.
HAHA Jack Robinson your not back!!
This video is very powerful. It makes people think and yet they do not think about what they are doing. This is so very true from the way George explains it.