Jon And Judd Apatow On Why George Carlin Still Resonates | The Problem With Jon Stewart Podcast
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Jon talks to his longtime friend Judd Apatow about his new documentary George Carlin’s American Dream, now streaming on HBO. They delve into why Carlin’s groundbreaking comedy feels more relevant than ever, Judd’s obsession with cataloging comedy history, and the formative experience of writing together for Garry Shandling’s show.
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American Dream...."because you have to be asleep to believe it." Great Carlin quote.
because it pertains to selfish-minded people.
i'm not getting what i want....is basically how Americans take that...pure selfishness.
as every taxpayer tortures kids in GITMO. pure evil.
Its a great slogan - it sold a lot of tickets.
I recall my first introduction to Carlin when I was about 10 or 11 years old. My brother bought a copy of "Class Clown" and we were listening to it in his room. To our dismay, our Catholic mother happened to come in just as George was reciting the seven words you can't say on TV. She took the record, but the next night, I heard my parents laughing their asses off listening to it when they thought we were all asleep.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who still remembers those seven words. I can almost still spiel that routine. It's fantastic seeing the looks on my grandkids faces. OMG! Nan!?!? 🤣🤣
@@sythiadawn that is so darn funny! I love it when my grand kids gey the humor of the man
George Carlin helps me whenever I want to return to junior high days - which doesn't happen too often since I turned 35 and switched from FM to AM.
That's what parents do !
I wish he was still here,I would love to hear all the things he would say about everything, politics,religion, people in general! He was magnificent ,daring,provacative and most of all HONEST! IN THE END HE EXPOSED EVERYBODY FOR WHAT THEY REALLY WERE ! I DOUBT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ,"GEORGE CARLIN".
My dad took me to a George Carlin show when I was 8 years old and sat me down and said "you might not understand what he's saying or why it's funny, but what he's saying is important". Still go back to his shows both to find moments of clarity and levity, but also to feel connected to my dad.
Very wise father
Wow that’s awesome man. Great and wise dad indeed.
That’s wonderful
I did the same to my son not to actual show unfortunately but all of his shows on tv
sounds like an awesome father...you were lucky
George Carlin was the first person I heard calling out religion, when I was just a kid. He helped me cultivate critical thinking. I will always love George Carlin as if I knew him.
The lack of critical thinking in today’s culture is what is killing our society. It has given me new respect for the importance of a liberal arts education rather than just learning a trade or skill - not that they need be mutually exclusive.
Carlin was singular. When I was in high school, I met him at a book signing for When Will Jesus Bring The Porkchops. I was so nervous: I’m an observant Jew and wear a yarmoulke, and I genuinely thought about taking it off because his religion material was so critical. As I walked up to the table, he got this huge smile on his face and said “hey! Have you gotten to the piece in the book yet about the hip-hop Jew who wears his yarmulke sideways?” I was totally disarmed. He was so kind, while never compromising. There will never be another.
I was 16 when the seven words you can’t say on tv bit came out on vinyl.
Had no one ever bought the record no on would have known what they were;)
It had to be bleeped on radio as well;)
I was amazed at his stuff when i was a teenager and he had short hair doing some bit about a weather man? or something. His perspective was such a relief for me to find.
@@kevinmcconnell9426 And even at 55 and my mind turning to mush I can still remember what Carlin said next. Tits.
Shouldn't be on the list. That should be a snack. Sugar tits and on and on and on it went. Still funny to this day.
"Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything." ~ George Carlin
If you really listen to him, Carlin had contempt and disgust for virtually EVERYONE, especially those lucky ones in power... but he had that special characteristic to make everyone think that he was talking about "them" (and not "you"). We will always love how he so courageously spoke his views.... and continues to be relevant.
Too bad today they don't even read to begin with
I would agree with what he said mostly. But I will say that HOW people do that, especially when they act like Carlin, tend to generate the opposite results we want out of the questioning. In short: Have good reasons and know what kind of questioning actually helps.
I've just seen too many people (including myself) turn into rampant pessimists that just ruin conversations with excessive prodding. Life can also have grace.
Do you question this absurd statement?
Carlin is like the Shakespeare of comedy. A hundred years from now he will still be relevant. He was amazing.
100'years from now humans won't be relevant
Great comparison. Carlin was a master wordsmith who wrote and performed many a divine comedy sketch.
He was, is, and will be relevant to human culture and social mores. While Carlin REALLY went out on a limb (especially in the 1960s), let us not forget the more subtle tidbits from Mark Twain.
The sad part is that if 100 years from now Carlin is still relevant it means humans, specially Americans, haven’t grown, matured, ??, any.
@@kevinmcconnell9426 Hate to say it but at a species-wide level we seem to have an unfortunate habit of repeating the mistakes of our ancestors or making new ones that rhyme with the old. After our shared history of the past few thousand years I don't see that changing in the next hundred or so without some kind of major shift in human existence.
I remember watching Carlin when I was young. He blew my mind. At times he horrified me, and isn't that the ultimate compliment? He got me out of my comfort zone. He popped my self righteous bubbles. I went to him for hard truths without realizing it because he was so relatable. I didn't realize how much I miss him until now.
👍🏻
Carlin is a philosopher, a thinker, his medium is comedy.
deep
When Judd talked about his kids and how things like the Daily Show and South Park shaped them. That is the experience I had. I grew up in an extremely conservative environment and the Daily Show was the one liberal voice I heard. Now I am farther left than that but Jon really was the voice I heard that made me realize I wasn't alone in thinking the people around me were wrong. And I was allowed to watch it because it was "just" some comedy show. And I know I share that experience with a lot of the people I grew up with.
Yup, and the best part was he didn't hold any punches against the democrats either, and although he thought Fox News was damaging to the country, I think he hated CNN even more. The old Daily Show and The Colbert Report in the 2000s woke so many people up, they got people paying attention to the ridiculous system we have, and their absence in the 2010s was devastating. Trump's term is when we needed those two shows the most. Although who could have predicted that someone worse than George Dubya would come along so soon? I didn't realize presidents could be worse than GW when he was in office.
George Carlin was that voice for me. Everything George said made sense, and most things the pastor said didn't.
Every day I wish Colbert didn’t give up his schtick…imagine 2015-present with the old school Colbert Show character just rolling through everything. They had the crown … of coping.
I love Judd as director & I think that he's a great guy,but I would love it if he had 10% of Carlin's balls! George's comedy would've been banned these days & there lies the problem! RIP GOAT George Carlin🙏
@darknightoftroy satire don't work with Trump,cause how you are gonna satirize an ultimate caricature!Although I'm a leftist,no side have right to claim Carlin! The man had never voted in his life,for god sakes!
Good to see Carlin's spirit is still very much alive, in these times where it's most needed.
As embarrassing as this was back in the 80s, I loved Carlin's 80 stuff. And yes, Kinison changed all of that and then Carlin came back out of his corner and began swinging again. George was NEVER a letdown, even when he was talking about peas.
George opened the eyes of everyone that listen to him. He was a comedic genius and a visionary. What he said 20,30 years ago is not just still, but even more relevant as time goes on. He used comedy to enlighten people, make them question everything and understand why it’s important to do so.
I first discovered George Carlin's comedy act in the early 60s and was pleasantly surprised because I went out with some friends who wanted to go to a comedy show while I wanted music but I was soon hooked for life. I still listen to his comedy online.
I had to write something the day George died, as I felt he was such an important part of my life. This is what I wrote down in my book of songs and poems, dated 6/23/08:
Mr Carlin was a man with no gun in his hand
just a whole lot of stories to tell
he had few beliefs, but his comic relief
was a comfort to all he knew well
He'd make fun of us all, and he's having a ball,
telling all that he sees and he hears
of our fears and religions, he's no politician,
but a wonder to our eyes and our ears
Guest hosting on Carson, doing the Flip Wilson show
open for a rock band - where anything goes
Make everyone laugh, we would just about pee
with those seven little words you can't say on TV
Back in the days of the Hippy-Dippy Weatherman
back in the time of our first color TV
you were there, making everything funnier
Now I'm older, but you were so much bolder than me
Holy Shit! You were IT, Mr Carlin!
I still miss him...
Here-hear!
Ahh serendipity. Was just talking less than an hour ago to my friend about Carlin's "you gotta be asleep to believe it."
Yes! I was just telling a friend how George Carlin was the first person I heard calling out religion, when I was just a kid. He helped me cultivate critical thinking. I will always love George Carlin as if I knew him.
One thing for certain, this affirms what I’ve always thought about the best comedians - they are some of the smartest people alive.
He spoke truth and people of integrity appreciate it when someone can both speak truth and make us laugh about things that should be making us cry or scream at the insanity of the situation. His "BIg Club" routine is one of the single most important speeches ever. There were others, but his was a singular voice.
I couldn’t agree more. You nailed it!
Carlin was one of the few comedians who could make me go from a less than favorable mood to laughing hysterically. He was truly a comedic genius.
As I tell people, mostly the righties, that the joke, the humor is in the inherent truth in the words.
As well, comedians can’t lie, because eventually the audience will know they are liars and stop buying tickets and albums.
This is brilliant. Who's interviewing whom?! Each interviews the other! Old friends catching up, contemporaries comparing stories, not in inches, but in years and laughs and a sort of time-capsulization, distillation of it. Fucking perf.
All of those excellent words to describe this interview, and you couldn't give us the last 3 fkin letters? Seriously?
@@grazeinthepasture yes. Just to trigger the CDO peoples and help them grow. Don't worry, you'll survive.
Love it!
@@grazeinthepasture Calm down, g-pa.
@@joyfullydreaded1371 perf advc fkfc
When George passed away it actually shocked me that the news of his passing brought me to tears. I've never even met him & there was plenty of people that I've known who evoked no emotion in me whatsoever when they died. Miss George real bad. 🖤
Georges message through comedy was to always question things and critical thinking skills. He was the first person I remember as a child questioning religion and other human tropes. He was not only shocking on purpose, but taught us that none of us are more worthy or special that our neighbor, and to think so, is a delusion. He humbled us all like a hilariously vulger profit of truth. He was a visionary and will be missed.
The ONLY thing I now wish he had, and to teach me to have, is empathy and more tact about when and what to talk to other people about. Instead, I got that important sense of urgency and sincerity about big topics, that made thers wince too much.
George's longevity is due to the fact he wasn't just a comedian. He was a philosopher and truth-sayer. He spent his life in search of the reality of life. Comedy was almost secondary.
.. That being said, I didn't always agree with his points and I'm sure some of it was just for comic effect.
Agree. I like, and agree with a lot of it, but not everything, and that's what's great, real and healthy. These days, especially in politics, people are too black-and-white minded.
Also, we keep fucking up same ways, so we're pretty easy bunch to peg down...human folly is timeless tradition
@@brobert4172 isn't that a definition of insanity? or is it stupidity?
@@rw9207 I believe collectively humans are pretty insanely stupid and stupidly insane… I mean just look through out history. Lol
Agree/disagree... it doesn't really matter. The point of the 1st part was moving from Persona to Person, *To Thine Own Self Be True*
Shit holds up, even 500 years later... it's not just old words
This morning I watched George and Jon talk on a clip on TH-cam. I really wish George was alive to see where and what’s going on right now. George’s shows were more of a foreseeing of the future.
Thank you for not paywalling this podcast. Both Jon and Judd are just so cool and they edited in with the bits. Amazing. Thank you for the podcast. Can't wait to watch the documentary.
Fyi. Watched the documentary. Great stuff. Not shit. Stuff. (Watch the doc if you do not know what I mean).
Judd cool, are you out of your mind? Judd is a vulgar, despicable lowlife, he makes assumptions rather than employing reason. I find him sickening but I can see others do not, but cool he is Not.
MASH. Carlin. These were my comedy loves growing up. They were funny, but they were also overflowing with empathy and understanding. Greatest teachers I ever had.
My Dad LOVES MASH so I grew up watching it with him and then on my own as a teen during the day on one of those daytime marathon channels in the 80s. I think my oldest step-brother turned me onto Carlin, as well as Cheech and Chong, Richard Pryor, etc. when I was a kid.
@@joyfullydreaded1371 I had much the same experience aside from my father not being around much and finding Carlin and others on my own cuz I was a sickly child and watched a lot of HBO comedy specials. I got lucky and stumbled onto creators like Carlin, Pryor and the like, and it did a lot to inform my view of things along with shows like MASH. I always had an anti-authority bent but Carlin certainly reinforced that and helped expand it. I feel somewhat lucky to have grown up in that age where I could be exposed to that stuff as a kid because it had a positive affect on me and who I would become.
M*A*S*H was a great television comedy from CBS. Huge fan base and excellent storylines.
Comedy like what George Carlin did, helped us deal with the real world and the shitty stuff that is going on. Great talk, the documentary sounds amazing!
Jon Stewart, George Carlin and Bill Hicks all taught me my base political knowledge as a teenager.
And then Jon came back after years and years away from the spotlight, just in time to tell you that white ppl are bad m'kay...
Too bad Jon ended up kissing Hillary and Condi's criminal asses.
@@maryhalverson5713 What should he have done and what would it have accomplished?
@@maryhalverson5713 What should he have done and what would it have accomplished?
@@BemkyWatchesBuffy He should have grilled their criminal asses instead of letting them spew one outrageous lie after another without setting them straight (as his younger self would've done.) His lackluster passivity was disgraceful.
Oh this is fantastic! I had no idea this was going to be made. I can't wait to watch it. Thank you guys for your passion and care.
George was the Chuck Berry of comedy...the way Chuck set the template for how to do rock and roll, George blazed the trail for modern standup. The fact he/his work are MORE relevant now, 14years after his passing, speaks for itself. A long, long overdue doc.
I love that, the chuck berry of comedy. People kinda forget about chuck and the impact he had on music. Luckily we haven’t forgotten about Carlin!!
agreed, yes George was the CB of comedy, and Judd Apatow is the Archies of comedy, a nonentity in any meaningful way. I can't stomach Apatow speaking about Carlin. Yech.
Jon was my Carlin. It's astounding how deeply my world view was influenced by Jon's Daily Show. Carlin will, however, always be the GOAT.
I grew up in George Carlin’s stuff. Man he is sorely needed in this day and age. RIP
Every day I find myself wishing that George Carlin and Robin Williams were still around (especially in the last 5 years). These 2 geniuses were the absolute best at bringing up social and political commentary while making people laugh.
Oh imagine what they would say, and imagine how they would guide us.
Everyday I find myself happy that misogynists like George, and joke thiefs like Robin, are gone.
Had me reflecting on Robyn Willams’ bit within his “Weapons Of Mass Distraction” special, of about a person suddenly coming too from a long coma & being filled in on what had transpired during that persons’ “break” from society… if either of these two linguistic artisan genius’s had survived this passed half-decade of utter insanity WORLDWIDE, they’d have had to create a “part 2” of that bit in some manner; from George Carlin, an “update” bit about “the club”, within the scope of “the game of musical chairs”, as there will always be less chairs on the highest level of elite Caste power/profit greed monopolists.
@@SpacemanXC Did someone hurt you as a child?
@@billweir1745 Yes. My mother used to beat me with a shovel. And both of my uncles molested me.
Are you actually concerned, or do you just wanna insult me?
What a great show to have to watch after not seeing Jon for a while. Brilliant discussion and George Carlin is so much more than a comedian.
This was truly outstanding! Very few people have put as much thought and love into their work as Jon Stewart and Judd Apatow.
People need more awareness of carlin. Dude was and will always be great. Truly great.
i could've listened to these two for many more hours. i loved how they both interviewed each other. engaging interview. :)
I know!! When Jon starting to say "well" .... I was like NOOOOO I want like 5 more hours of this!
Apatow as I see it, is a grotesque man and vulgar and not very bright.
This was such an interesting & great conversation to listen to. The concept of 'flow', of over time seeing the influences of someone's idols coming out in their work, & how comedy & commentary today is kind of shaping the next generation. My dad grew up watching mash, & as I was growing up we always watched the reruns together. I can still look to it & see where I was influenced & how it shaped the person i became.
I also really felt that Sam Bee quote, where her show is really about "You're not crazy, I agree with you." Because that's why I go looking for Stewart, Oliver, Colbert, is that sense of "This is as frustrating & insane for other people as it is for me." It's a sense of release or catharsis, that it's just as screwed up as I think it is.
I'm of an age that I was exposed to George Carlin in my early teens. My respect for Judd Apatow has increased exponentially from this interview. This guys are doing important work. Kudos again to Jon for this. THANK YOU
I got my ticket to the freakshow.. and it's front row, baby!
Loved this interview! Thank you for doing this, Carlin was my hero and I still watch the Stewart interview from 25 years ago till this day.
I was always struck by Jon's humanity while watching the Daily Show. I just can't do it. I'll sit there and say "that sucks" or recognize that something is messed up but Jon always seemed to really feel it. I appreciated that
Finally I found someone who as a kid watched M.A.S.H.! I grew up watching that show with my dad. Still my favorite TV show.
It was a pleasure listening to you guys nerd it out, you guys are brilliant
Are we going to let this world fall apart? Thank you George, Jon and Jud.
Carlin actively rooted for the world to fall apart .. or at least for humanity to come to its long-deserved conclusion. The earth, he said, "wasn't going anywhere" .. *we* were. "Pack your shit folks, we're going away .." But he said it with truth and reverence and humor. Jon and Judd are lightweights by comparison.
Listening to George Carlin recently, I laughed like I hadn't laughed for years. He is so relevant and perfect for right now.
George Carlin kept me sane during our very important federal election in Australia that turned out so well last Saturday.
He lives on.
In the Dubya years, he saw the sword of damocles.
He died of old before it all went to shit.
Carlin shaped my view of things 1000x more than my parents, schools, or anything else in my life. ❤️
I never saw Carlin get made fun of. We were teens, we had a couple guys who collected and always played comedy tapes (instead of music while driving, like the rest of us), so I was always listening to comics who had albums out (usually older comics). It was a philosophy education as well as entertainment. And SNL was already passe.
I'm really interested in seeing this documentary. History, perspective, fads and phases, social evolution, etc, is really fascinating.
Carlin was absolutely milquetoast to start with. I was shocked to hear Lenny Bruce saw something in him back then, but Bruce was right, and Carlin developed into one of the all time masters of comedy.
Rather than diminish him, it makes him all the better in my view.
Always awesome to hear two people really nerd out about their craft. Beautiful
My brother (gone now) and I saw Carlin in Raleigh in the 70s. There was no show…he barely even stood up during the show, he just sat at this table and read through his notes. And it was by far the funniest thing I’d ever seen or heard, and all of it original and new and mind bending.
This deserves a ton more views: great conversation about a comic who stubbornly remains relevant.
I’m 66 and I always loved G Carlin. I subscribe to his page on TH-cam just to hear what his take is on politics of today, 2022! He is right on and I am so glad that people today are still giving him his props, cuz he is deserving. He was way ahead of his time and really had his finger on the pulse of American society. Bravo George, enjoy! ❤️✌🏽✊🏽
Carlin was the first comedian I ever saw on tv as a kid. George hit the nail on the head so effectively. St George will live on and influence us forever.
I’m 65 years old and go back to the Hippy Dippy Weatherman days. George and I started growing our hair long at about the same time. George was an adult voice of logical humor in a crazy time.
I loved the documentary about George. I remember very well being about 12 years old and buying the cassette tape what am I doing in New Jersey and being so struck with his intelligence and delivery. Listening to that tape changed me and made me an instant fan of his work for life. I knew he had a cocaine problem but holy shit he was border line insane because of it. Listening to the part where he was loosing his voice from screaming and singing non stop was crazy to watch. I've seen both parts 3 times now and I'm sure I'll watch it again. George Carlin is the greatest comedian/philosopher and I constantly wish he was still alive to put his spin on things especially with what has happened in the past decade. America needs another George Carlin for the good of man kind.
Judd, Thanks so much...so much! George's importance....to everyone....shines through. You have so much tact and spoke the truth for future fans. Only you have that "touch"....so well done, it really does go beyond words. Thank You again, Judd. And, back at you, Jon! For most of us, there is NO problem, Jon!! Welcome back!
Carlins’ comedy made me start thinking and question everything when I first saw his stand up on TV when I was 11. I’m 50 now.
Thank you Jon. Carlin was and is a treasure. Can't think of anyone better to introduce us to this production. Thank you both.
I was scared the mainstream media succeeded in canceling Jon's intellectual show.
What a relief.
For what?
Jon is extremely leftist.
The irony is George Carlin would hate Jon and his leftist crap.
If apple tv cancels it, I hope to God he continues podcasting. His wit and nuance is a damn oasis to my soul.
Me too. Thank goodness, Jon will have future opportunities to call out white ppl and embarrass himself further, completely destroying his reputation. Such an intellectual.
Oh, you mean the same mainstream media that brought you the show? You put the jerk in knee jerk
@@DrPsychoSexy he opened this with announcing second season and you are talking about Apple canceling ? What up with you bro
I hung out with George for several months in 1964. He was unmarried, clean of drugs and warm, sweet and funny. Then he began to be successful and didn't return. He enriched my life. I miss him.
Thank you both for this conversation. Just having this long form talk that is real, passionate and humble is as rare as George Carlin’s talent was.
George Carlin was a jazz musician with words and concepts. his light will ALWAYS burn brighter than most humans who have ever been born - and that includes nearly all world 'leaders'. for me, growing up in the 70s his style o' comedy forced my mind to question all those who shamelessly appoint themselves as some kind o' authority - which is a dangerous act in and o' itself. later Jello Biafra expanded that habit to questioning everything, strengthening those critical thinking skills - which are sorely lacking in the u.s. in the 21st century...
George also starred in three of the coolest movies of all time: Carwash, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dogma.
And....Outrageous Fortune with Bette Midler and Shelly Long! Lol. He played a tracker in the desert
The Shandling & Carlin documentaries are fantastic. I look forward to seeing more films documenting comedy/pop culture history by Judd 👍
Yes
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was the best comedy show ever.
I am 70 years and grew up on George Carlin! Brilliance pristine!
The book Last Words is actually my favorite body of work by Carlin.
He will ALWAYS resonate
The documentary blew me away! When he started talking about abortion and how the right only cares until you're born is stunningly relative. Great job - Judd Apatow!
I saw George Carlin in the mid-70s. He was on a revolving stage in a small venue in Houston. It was the funniest show I had ever seen. George Carlin was a genius. If Elvis is the King of Rock & Roll, then George Carlin is the King of Comedy.
Judd Apatow view about George Carlin "dark" joke stance and correlating it with "Don't Look Up" is right on. I appreciated George Carlin's nihilistic thought process, that we as the freak show deserved a bleak end -- yet secretively am rooting that humanity would reach the idealism of "Star Trek".
Carlin compelled me to be more discerning to the reality around us.. from the sketch about cemeteries and golf course, malls and parking lots, the false interpretation of wealth, the context by which words are used. The absurdity hailed against Roe vs Wade "if your pre-born your fine .. if your preschool your "Fucked"! Carlin obliterated the constraints of catholic dogma and christian rhetoric for me as a 20 yr old. Carlin was the initial kick to understand the importance of learning about politics (and now realize why watching John Steward's "Daily Show" clicked - Thanks John Steward) Miss you George Carlin.
I've thought a lot about George's admittedly dark side of his comedy and as a fellow former Catholic school boy who became disillusioned at an early age, just as George did. I think that it came to him early on in his life. the world that religion (I'm sure Catholics are not alone in this), presents such a beautiful portrait of the life we can look forward to, if we only follow the doctrine, but the harsh reality of the religious world with it's damnation and cruelty towards the innocent causes a conflict in our beliefs and how we are to feel about ourselves.
That was always reflected in George Carlin's comedy and towards the end he essentially was daring us to go over the edge and be damned or to accept our limitless possibilities and be redeemed as a species.
1969...a sophomore in HS, Mesa AZ, 6'2" and 225#, square chin, starting defense tackle, shoulder length blonde hair, deep blue eyes, a babe magnet!... with ambition to med school at Univ of AZ tho Vietnam messed that dream up.
And what sticks mostly in my thought is going over to the nerdest pair of guys houses, sitting on floors in bedrooms and listening to both Carlin and Bill Cosby on vinyl records, laughing till tears ran. I had my priorities!
Growing up in the 70s I learned everything I needed to know about life from Richard Pryor and George Carlin.
I'm 70 now and it was like going back in a time capsule. Thank You.
I need to re-watch with pen and paper and take notes on this comedy education. I LOVE Carlin, Apatow and Stewart!
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At that low point of Carlin's career. the '80s to '90s. That's when I discovered him. And I fell in love with his work from the first time I heard him speak.
Thanks for your dedication to, and amplification of George Carlin, I've always loved the bits you referenced (life) (context) (sales rap).
And for the stories you shared personally, related to George and otherwise.
Really great to learn more about Judd Apatow, and his early dedication to a fringe art for as well as thoughts on art and work.
Always to Jon!!! Thank you for a lifetime of dedication to deeper conversations, and laughs along the way.
When George tells John, "you are going to show us a lot," it absolutely crushes me.
Jon
Carlin captured me for life during his earliest tv days as the Hippy Dippy Mailman/Weatherman. Can't wait to watch the documentary.
I'm thankful I got go watch jon interview george. Passing the torch of comedy in such a dark world with little hope. Need more comedy not less.
I was a huge George Carlin fan. My favorite comedians were both George Carlin and Richard Pryor. No other comedian could touch them. I saw Carlin in concert. I was mezmorized. He was brilliant. Thank you Jon Stewart (whom I also love) and Judd Apatow for this wonderful discussion.
Thanks, Jon! Thanks, Judd! I loved all 4 hours of GEORGE CARLIN'S AMERICAN DREAM (2022). 💎
Great point made at 21:30 about Carlin's ability to recite densely worded bits. My personal highlight as a comedy fan was seeing him in concert in Sacramento. He informed the audience up front that this show was "between specials," meaning we were about to hear familiar bits from the previous Beacon Theater HBO special combined with new material from the upcoming one. It's just how his process worked. Sure enough, about half of it was familiar, including the already-classic "Why We Don't Need 10 Commandments."
When he reached the finale, Carlin reminded us that he was still working out a new bit and would we please forgive him if he consulted some notes. Of course, applause, applause. He pulled out a printout of the new bit and began reciting it, sometimes looking at us and other times at his sheet - more similar to the way mere mortals might give a speech. The new bit was about a major catastrophe, and filled with exact imagery.
At the time, I remember thinking "Okay, 'Advertising Lullaby' was one thing, and even I can recite 'Baseball vs. Football' by heart. But how the hell will he ever memorize THIS?"
Sure enough, a few months later, the Life Is Worth Losing special airs on HBO. That bit had become "Coast-To-Coast Emergency" (or "Uncle Dave," depending on which version). Instead of watching a man reading from a sheet of paper in Sacramento, it's Carlin performing the hell out of it at the age of 68 or whatever he was at the time.
Superb, thank you.
Erudite, incisive, entertaining.
Judd is one of my weird crushes.
I love him. ❤
George was so far of his time. Saw him once at a show where he was building his show for HBO. It was amazing to watch him
Even though I'm late to this thank you a lot for doing this segment about George Carlin. What a mind. What a legacy. His stand ups are still a must see for everyone imho. Thanks again.
To put George's work in perspective, 14 years after his death he is still dropping people's mouths open with his humor and perspective. And while his earlier work was much more in a banal comic vein, his later work teasingly poked fun at our notions of reality. His later work was like telling us to wake up to the absurdity of reality. To open our eyes and have a laugh at how we are fooling ourselves, and how we've let others fool us. It's truly remarkable that he remains, and will probable remain relevant well into the future. Thanks George, you've done the world proud.
I listened to every last drop. I even took notes. Love this interview.
"It's the context that makes them good or bad."
Just finished watching this amazing documentary. I grew up with George Carlin and read Brain Droppings, but learned so much more about him and his life. It’s so hard to believe he’s been gone since 2008.
Thank you thank you thank you both for letting us listen in during your conversation 🙏🙏
To Jon, or whomever reads this: I love all your projects, but especially this show. I really get behind the episodes when you hold power to account, but...this episode, this conversation, was so effing wholesome and enjoyable. Thank You!
THANK U BOTH SO MUCH,
Jon & Judd, For This
Totally Enlightening Interview
On GOOD OLD GEORGE,
WHO I Grew-Up Watching
When I Was A Teen In The ‘60’s.
& For A Relevant Comedienne’s
Bit, Plz See The Tweet I Made
Regarding That Subject,
& Tell ME IF U LAUGHED
AND THEN
IT MADE U RE-THINK
UR POSITION.
See U’ALL Real Soon❗️
♠️🌹💃🏽
I got to work closely with Judd a few days on set and it was cool to see how he collaborates with actors in real time to come up with uniquely funny moments. You could tell that he really just loved his work.
I watched the George Carlin special yesterday and it was FANTASTIC!!! Definitely worth watching at least five times. Congratulations to Judd Apatow and his crew.
George Carlin on "rights" is so spot on today it can't be expressed enough across this entire country
Patrice O'Neal like Carlin resonates more & more as time goes on. The best cream rises to the top over time because it's the truth that matters over weekly podcast or show fluff. Thinking macroscopically rather than microscopically.
What a fantastic conversation - thanks for this! You've sent me off on a review of classic Carlin, and the stories about Shandling and others were just a pleasure. Fantastic!
What a pleasure to watch these two guys discuss Carlin. Insightful discussion.
You guys need a show together. I've every second of this.
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My Dad played Carlin albums and we listened to them together. Some of my best memories of him. Thanks for the light.
Because we're pretty much doing the same things over and over and worse. That makes him as true today as he ever was in his day, maybe even more so.