what do you think 1965 was, the stone age?!! The reason this is good is because the source is an actual film reel. Sound engineering was pretty great already and so was picture quality. The reason some videos from the 60s are so bad is because it's been essentially copy/pasted so many times and the source material is lost.
@@L3ONARDO07 Thats not what I meant. A lot of the time, even on BluRay movies from years ago the audio can give away its age. It has a distinct sound. If I was to only listen to this audio without context I would have assumed it was recorded within the past 10 years.
Earlier Carlin is so underrated and underappreciated, whether he was holding back or not. One of his greatest assets was his use and understanding of the English language and how it can be used and abused. He could insult someone without them realizing it, and he could teach someone without them realizing it, sometimes at the same time.
It's how he can shit talk anyone religious and call conservatives evil retards getting them to boo, but then in the same statement say vaccines are stupid and they want to give him the noble prize. Carlin was a genius by anyone's standards.
The genius of George Carlin is that the host described him as "contemporary" in 1965, and here we are, 55 years after this performance and over a decade after Carlin himself died of old age, and you could still describe his humor as "contemporary."
@@GenericUserNameHere I think you're looking for poetic meaning where there isn't any. Current events are circumstantial and unrelated to his subject matter. You're basically saying things have to be in turmoil in order for Carlin to be brilliant.
@@NoExitLoveNow Different times, different culture. There's this thing called social norms. It was the norm to not be foul mouthed in public, in front of children, nor in front of women. America's education system really failed that bad huh?
@@Eskimo_iio I'm not asking for any of that. If you are a stand up comedian, I expect your act to be somewhat amusing - which this is not. Sorry if you are experiencing an ego injury because I don't find this act funny. Protests in 1965 were about civil rights and stopping the American invasion of Vietnam. Trivializing it the way he did was lazy and not brave - also not funny.
77777Spooky He’s bringing up the KKK and imitating a member to what I guarantee is a virtually all white audience. Don’t see why that would make them uncomfortable? Well, consider that the Civil Rights Act was passed a whole *one year* before this. There were probably people still sympathetic to the KKK sitting right there watching him.
@@randomjunkohyeah1 if you listen you can kind of hear the audience pull back when he mentions the KKK leader, then start laughing again when he said "but his wife wont let him out of the house" so I'd guess the audience wasn't in full support of the KKK In fact I'm not sure the KKK was ever really embraced or thought well of, but I'll admit my knowledge isn't perfect on this subject
@@CrumbsLamond The KKK was/is one of those groups that people supported in secret, or if they didn't support outright, they had similar ideals and looked the other way.
Its funny you say that because i was thinking this would be too radical for tv in modern times, host is smoking a cogarette on stage and carlin mentioned the kkk.. it would be banned and censored on jimmy kimmel
He basically went through 3 periods in his comedy. This is the first, clean traditional comic. Then in about 1969, ha started pushing the envelope and got really raunchy. Then about the late 80s or early 90s he stopped doing comedy and became a philosopher.
I feel the same way, One of the few comedians I could watch a whole 90 some odd minute show and laugh like 5 times during the whole thing and still feel like I got more than my money's worth, and those 5 times I laughed weren't just because it was funny it was because it was true
"Russian Hysteria"? I hate to bring this up, but the russians really exist and as an american, they hate your guts. This is what the rest of the world calls "geopolitics", 'history", "common sense".
@@rochester212 That's perfect. Like, you don't go out of your way to hate Russians or want to hurt them, that's commendable. You just know that many of them despise you. Wouldn't it be ironic if that's EXACTLY how those other people feel? Is it not possible that both groups of people just want to live their own lives but during that course are force fed boogie man bullshit?
@@rochester212 They do exist, and a good amount do hate our guts, but people these days use them as scapegoats and fear tactics just like back then. Like how everyone says that people with right-leaning opinions is a Russian bot (to be clear, I am a leftist, but we shouldn't be calling the opposition bots). Besides, you shouldn't make a scary blanket statement on all Russians. That kind of mindset is dangerous
Seems so surreal to see him perform during that era. Carlin said "he was a generation BEHIND his time". It's interesting that he was a comic/radio DJ spanning 50 years and 4 different eras.
Carlin was the Bernie Sanders of comedy, his message may get stronger and more focused, but it has ALWAYS been the same message. ANd because each of us will interpret that message in a personal way, I will not tell it to you, seek for yourselves.
This footage is a real treasure. It shows that impressions were once a bigger part of his act. Later in his career, he had the amazing ability to switch to a voice on the fly for a few seconds to drive a point. It seems this time is when he honed that ability.
Its surprising, I heard F1 races filmed between the mid 60s and early 80s were filmed using 70(?)mm film, which can be converted to I think it was 720p, my numbers may be wrong but old footage can be pretty crisp
Thomas oh okay, no maybe I could’ve written it differently. I didn’t think saying scanned was the best way, and maybe saying converted wasn’t the best way either, but you know what I mean, right?
@@Secret72062 Actual film quality is typically better than most digital offerings since there is no pixelation whatsoever. Reelingintheyears seems to have access to the masters.
what stands out to me about George is how his jokes hit on core truths rather than superficial ones. he makes fun of the who and why rather than the what, if that makes any sense. i like him so much because jokes like his are timeless and are just as funny today as they were when they were first told. because of the way his jokes hit on those core truths, they're always relevant. people will always say "these jokes are more relevant today than ever!" which, by the way, isn't true. they were just as relevant then as they were today, and they'll be just as relevant tomorrow too. George will always be the #1 greatest bestest most funniest hilarious great awesome super coolestest American comedian to have ever lived in my opinion.
the young never realize anything ever changes .mostly good behavior, some bad ,some racing to hell now while they are alive,some courageous and brave. which one are you?
Looking back on his body of work, George Carlin was a rare kind of comedian. In a world where most comedians can fall victim to having their routines become outdated and less funny with time (or rely more on edgy/shock value humor rather than anything of real comedic substance), Carlin always knew how to keep his material timeless while also critiquing the various events in his lifetime. He was certainly politically incorrect, but he never directed his comedy at undeserving targets, either. He knew how to be offensive without crossing unforgivable boundaries. And the subjects of his comedy were always universal to the human experience rather than anything specific, which is what I imagine makes his comedy so timeless. None of this is easy to accomplish. Even some of the best comedians we have today don't quite hit the mark the same way Carlin did. Carlin was one-of-a-kind.
@@theguythatcould i dont think everyone should do it. When u say "dead of ego" u are basicaly saying Your own dead. And i dont think everyone is mentaly capable of withstand such trauma. At least i think i couldnt. I better stick with the good old pot :)
50+ years later and we have a legacy of refined philosophical truisms with sublime comedy as the "delivery system" for those with an ear to listen, and a mind to reflect on some exceptionally "good points" made across many decades. This Man was an asset to thinking Humanity. Sadly, that's not all of us. RIP, Mr Carlin. (We know you will !)
if you watch carlin in interviews he never has that fake accent. the lyle o higgly voice stuck with him, he used it for pretty much all of his comedy later on. kept his real accent for serious discussions, that way you can differentiate between when george is being serious or when he's exaggerating for a joke.
It’s great that you can actually see his later comedic voice actually forming. The witty fast talking, societal commentary, absurdism and hyperbole. Greatest comedian ever.
He’s not. As with the UK back then, if you wanted to get on television you had to speak in a certain way. He dropped the character to be himself later on.
Unbelievably talent already at that age. What a blast to see him in his younger years. I'm a yoga practitioner and teacher, and I feel that as time passes, I see the man more as a spiritual figure / leader than a comedian. Words fall short to express my admiration for the clarity, courage and sense of inclusiveness of this man...and his absolutely savage style of comedy!
Agree. Yes. And he was a nice and caring person. In the late 70s George performed at the Las Vegas Sahara Hotel, one of the biggest and most famous in Las Vegas history. Johnny Carson, Tony Bennett, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, and more performed there. I was the associate director of publicity at the time for the Sahara, so I knew George a little. We both had homes in Connecticut, so had something in common. I was just out of graduate school, so we talked sometimes about literature and politics . . . and fishing. Anway, my brother had become really ill and went into a deep depression (this is 1979), so I asked George if he could call my brother to cheer him up. He said "yeah, I'll do it. Tell them I'll call at 6 pm from my dressing room, OK?" He did exactly that. The part of the conversation I remember was right at the beginning. George said: "Hi Sal, it's George Carlin." My brother said: "No it's not." Then George assumed his heavy Brooklyn accent and replied "YES IT IS !" Soon after that I discovered Islam and left the hectic life and lifestyle of Las Vegas, returned to New York and Connecticut to teach at the university, and lived happily ever after.
Wow. I was not expecting to see anything like this today. Thank you for sharing this treasure with us... I'm gonna show my dad tonight. He used to absolutely love this guy.
Man I know his later work. What a pleasure to see one of the greats earlier on in his career. Amazing set still pushing the envelope like the older George I know and love.
Can’t thank you enough for this gem 🙏 This is a true timeless treasure. History in the making- The Great George. Really appreciate you even uploading this masterpiece to youtube. Legacy lives on.
OMFG! 1965!? I've never seen him that young before. God rest his soul, he was a comedian that was decades upon decades ahead of his time! A legend in the comedy business, please tell me you have more of Mr. Carlin's earlier work?? I would LOVE to see and hear it! 😮🤯🤩😁
Little did he know that the descendent organization of the John Birch Society would be so successful in its decades long campaign to destroy the middle class, overturn the progressive government structures of Roosevelt, and achieve a new Gilded Age of inequality. From the nutcase brochures left in the bus station to a national organization writing the laws in state assemblies across the nation, from 1965 to now 2020 and fostering economic inequality at every turn.
Yes. And he was a nice and caring person. In the late 70s George performed at the Las Vegas Sahara Hotel, one of the biggest and most famous in Las Vegas history. Johnny Carson, Tony Bennett, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, and more performed there. I was the associate director of publicity at the time for the Sahara, so I knew George a little. We both had homes in Connecticut, so had something in common. I was just out of graduate school, so we talked sometimes about literature and politics . . . and fishing. Anway, my brother had become really ill and went into a deep depression (this is 1979), so I asked George if he could call my brother to cheer him up. He said "yeah, I'll do it. Tell them I'll call at 6 pm from my dressing room, OK?" He did exactly that. The part of the conversation I remember was right at the beginning. George said: "Hi Sal, it's George Carlin." My brother said: "No it's not." Then George assumed his heavy Brooklyn accent and replied "YES IT IS !" Soon after that I discovered Islam and left Las Vegas, returned to New York and Connecticut, and lived happily ever after.
Woah. He starts off as the kind of relatively inoffensive material you'd expect in 1965 but by three minutes in he's familiar old subversive George. This guy had balls of steel right from the start.
God that's incredible that we have come so much way to here. We are now watching this tape which is filmed in 1965 on youtube. I honestly don't know how much can technology go far. I also appreciate that George did not even change a bit way of thinking.
This is awesome. It seems like he's really nervous in the beginning, but loosens up as the set goes on after the audience starts giving him laughs. What a legend!
@@spikespa5208 some of what he would say is I told you and he would say half of you don't understand why the other half doesn't accept letting them butt fuck with out lube
Thank you for this!! Ive been going down the George Carlin rabbit hole for a while now starting from his most recent work backwards to his earlier work. I hadn't seen this one so much appreciated. Long may live the legend that is George Carlin.
_Masko_ only his voice. Carlin was always a staunch supporter of freedom and opponent of racism. He was extremely critical of racist extremists like the John Birch Society till his last days.
@Edward Barnes You're brainwashed as fuck. Just because we've been oppressing and suppressing the views of Black Americans for 3-400 years and now we're just beginning to listen doesn't mean we're "dumber than ever." Carlin was always edgy, but he was never conservative. And George Floyd's personal history doesn't negate the fact that he was murdered in cold blood by an officer with 18 prior personal offenses, none of which were prosecuted, and who was training a subordinate officer at the time. Floyd did not resist arrest. On the issue of Breonna Taylor, cops broke into her house in plainclothes without announcing themselves, and killed her when her live in boyfriend who was licensed to carry started shooting. On the issue of David McAtee, an innocent black business owner was gunned down for giving food to peaceful protesters. There are many more people, black and white, who have been killed by police officers unjustly, and this should not be an issue of politics at all. On the issue of the klan, which your misinformed, chicken shit self chose to defend, they are the ones who are looting and burning shit and making it look like BLM did it. Neo-Nazis, Proud Boys, and even police are breaking windows and things to make it look as though protesters are causing more violence than they really are. The Klan also has a history of "burning and looting their homeland" deeper than any childish racist piece of trash like you could understand - goes back to the 1870s, when they did exactly what they're doing now, and commited acts of terrorism and violence against whites and blacks, and blamed it on black America. As a final note, I do not support looting, and I do not support Antifa. However, reading comments written by people like you makes me wonder if breaking shit and rioting is the only way to make you and others on the far right listen. George Carlin would never have stood with you.
@@piercebivens2320 Thanks for speaking truth. It's sad traitors to the United States like Ed can't see past the way their parents, families, and communities framed america - as a struggle for white to triumph over black. Once you believe you have to fight for your "people's" survival, you're willing to lie, cheat, and kill to make that story come true. When we could become a greater country than anyone ever imagined if we lifted all our people up, and didn't waste our lives betraying other Americans in our hearts.
Geroge was a comedic genius for sure. I had the pleasure of meeting him after a show way back in 1967. Nicest guy you ever want to meet. RIP George.....
Hilarious, funny watching George without the white hair, pony tail, and all that... Bless him, he was the sanity back then, and he was the sanity until his death. We need more (people) like him that can say it and point out the stupidities in the world. (Without all the 'apologizing').
That's kind of what stand-up comedians do. But different people have different ideas as to what the stupidities in the world are, and so no comedian is going to be liked by everyone.
He looked a fair bit different than he did when he was older, and it's not like "oh, he was just younger" he actually looked like a slightly different person.
Go watch his Biography. He was clean because of his mom. When he started to catch on to life's bullshit when she He became the Madman we know and love.
He unknowingly did a voice impression of his older self, wow.
I was going to say that... realy wierd.
But than again he could have changed up his voice on purpouse.
What if our voice impressions are our voices when we get older.
That what I thought. I totally agree.
Was George Carlin really the George Carlin we thought we knew?
It looks like he invented al bundy 😂
I thought he was born old.
George turned 28 in 1965
I never knew he was around so long. I only knew of Carlin in his later years. It is interesting to see both a young Carlin and Griffin.
Right ? Lol. Naw he just wasn’t allowed to quit. When ya owe money you can’t
He's a Benjamin Button clone.
He was born old! Mentally. His body just needed to catch up.
The audio quality is shockingly good for something from 1965.
IKR
My thoughts exactly
Right! It's beautiful
what do you think 1965 was, the stone age?!! The reason this is good is because the source is an actual film reel. Sound engineering was pretty great already and so was picture quality. The reason some videos from the 60s are so bad is because it's been essentially copy/pasted so many times and the source material is lost.
@@L3ONARDO07 Thats not what I meant. A lot of the time, even on BluRay movies from years ago the audio can give away its age. It has a distinct sound.
If I was to only listen to this audio without context I would have assumed it was recorded within the past 10 years.
Is this the time George was both fine and dandy?
hahaha, probably
I think he might also have been moderately neato during this routine.
But nobody asked him how he was 😁
I like the old fuck version a little more. Not this fine and dandy one.
😂
This comedy sketch by a guy who's been dead for twelve years sounds like he's talking about today. Genius.
Was thinking same thing lol
Times change but people don't....
@@VIVADUDE07 cha-cha-cha-changes....
Dude. History repeats itself over and over because humans make the Same damn mistakes over and over. We never learn.
It's basically provable that history will repeat itself no matter how long the distance is
Earlier Carlin is so underrated and underappreciated, whether he was holding back or not. One of his greatest assets was his use and understanding of the English language and how it can be used and abused. He could insult someone without them realizing it, and he could teach someone without them realizing it, sometimes at the same time.
It's how he can shit talk anyone religious and call conservatives evil retards getting them to boo, but then in the same statement say vaccines are stupid and they want to give him the noble prize. Carlin was a genius by anyone's standards.
@Dr Diablory "programming" that's why! Ya'll don't HV many free thinkers there :( hence the Queen as ur mascot :(
@@gmork1090 You're projecting your political beliefs. People like you make me happy to see your country crumbling.
@Dr Diablory The fact you called some of the most well respected comedians 3rd rate really shows your ignorance.
He was a gift.
It is funny how his impression turned into his actual stage voice later on. Did anyone else catch this?
100% Makes you wonder how much of his stage voice back then was actually covering his New York accent for tv audiences.
Yes. The top comment caught this including the few people who liked it.
No
He had to put on a voice for TV. You got it completely backwards. He was covering up his REAL voice.
Yes! That's the George Carlin I remember👍😁
"Quit doing that voice, Georgie, or your voice will be stuck like that!"
Perfect comment
Now, THAT a is funny
😂
"Whateva MAUM😒"
It doesn't even sound like that.
The genius of George Carlin is that the host described him as "contemporary" in 1965, and here we are, 55 years after this performance and over a decade after Carlin himself died of old age, and you could still describe his humor as "contemporary."
Has it been ten years already? /sigh
When he got to the bit about the protests, I thought of the riots across the country right now.
That’s the thing about truly brilliant (I know George would hate my use of an adverb there) funny people. Their bits stay relevant.
that means his humor is timeless, not contemporary.
@@GenericUserNameHere I think you're looking for poetic meaning where there isn't any. Current events are circumstantial and unrelated to his subject matter. You're basically saying things have to be in turmoil in order for Carlin to be brilliant.
“I understand his act has a bit more of a sting to it”
Biggest understatement of all time
"F*ck Mickey Mouse. F*ck him in the a**hole with a big rubber d*ck." -George Carlin
This particular bit is pretty tame. It isn't funny, and it seems to pander more than sting.
@@NoExitLoveNow if it wasn't on live television he would've probably been talking about how he hates religion and the government.
@@NoExitLoveNow Different times, different culture. There's this thing called social norms. It was the norm to not be foul mouthed in public, in front of children, nor in front of women. America's education system really failed that bad huh?
@@Eskimo_iio I'm not asking for any of that. If you are a stand up comedian, I expect your act to be somewhat amusing - which this is not. Sorry if you are experiencing an ego injury because I don't find this act funny. Protests in 1965 were about civil rights and stopping the American invasion of Vietnam. Trivializing it the way he did was lazy and not brave - also not funny.
People saying he was tame in the sixties. however this was definitely not considered tame for the sixties
In what way?
Weak society today is far more tame than the sixties were.
77777Spooky
He’s bringing up the KKK and imitating a member to what I guarantee is a virtually all white audience.
Don’t see why that would make them uncomfortable? Well, consider that the Civil Rights Act was passed a whole *one year* before this. There were probably people still sympathetic to the KKK sitting right there watching him.
@@randomjunkohyeah1 if you listen you can kind of hear the audience pull back when he mentions the KKK leader, then start laughing again when he said "but his wife wont let him out of the house" so I'd guess the audience wasn't in full support of the KKK
In fact I'm not sure the KKK was ever really embraced or thought well of, but I'll admit my knowledge isn't perfect on this subject
@@CrumbsLamond The KKK was/is one of those groups that people supported in secret, or if they didn't support outright, they had similar ideals and looked the other way.
Carlin had to clean up his language for TV in 1965. Language was heavily censored back then. His night club act wasn't so tame.
He still brings the heat though!
Its heavily censored now too
Even with the censorship, he is still pretty funny.
night clubs were censored back then too just ask Georgie"s pal Lenny Bruce
Its funny you say that because i was thinking this would be too radical for tv in modern times, host is smoking a cogarette on stage and carlin mentioned the kkk.. it would be banned and censored on jimmy kimmel
That type of act in 1965 television. Carlin had brass balls from Day 1. Absolute legend.
Holy SHIT he looks like a completely different person. I would never know this was George Carlin unless someone told me.
Thats George Carlin
The only way I could tell is his speech patterns
ever looked back at yourself in a photo. are we so naive
The eyes though, same facial expressions then. He was always witty and provoked thinking.
the voice gives it away
He basically went through 3 periods in his comedy. This is the first, clean traditional comic. Then in about 1969, ha started pushing the envelope and got really raunchy. Then about the late 80s or early 90s he stopped doing comedy and became a philosopher.
I feel the same way, One of the few comedians I could watch a whole 90 some odd minute show and laugh like 5 times during the whole thing and still feel like I got more than my money's worth, and those 5 times I laughed weren't just because it was funny it was because it was true
fuckin a man
@@Youkai2100 "IMPORTANT" comedy, like Norm Macdonald said derisively.
Second phase was the best honestly
@@ThePkmnmaster0 grow up and catch up to phase 3
Racial tensions, riots, Russian hysteria and bashing the mainstream media....
This act is still relevant
"Russian Hysteria"? I hate to bring this up, but the russians really exist and as an american, they hate your guts. This is what the rest of the world calls "geopolitics", 'history", "common sense".
@@rochester212 That's perfect.
Like, you don't go out of your way to hate Russians or want to hurt them, that's commendable. You just know that many of them despise you.
Wouldn't it be ironic if that's EXACTLY how those other people feel?
Is it not possible that both groups of people just want to live their own lives but during that course are force fed boogie man bullshit?
@@rochester212 They do exist, and a good amount do hate our guts, but people these days use them as scapegoats and fear tactics just like back then. Like how everyone says that people with right-leaning opinions is a Russian bot (to be clear, I am a leftist, but we shouldn't be calling the opposition bots). Besides, you shouldn't make a scary blanket statement on all Russians. That kind of mindset is dangerous
@@rochester212 It's true! My bears HATE America!
normie x Keep drinking that neolib coolaid
That decreasing number joke at 5:11 was a great finisher, truly a master of his craft.
that one rely got me coz its so true its all in how you tell a joke that make it a joke funny and he is a master
I wish I got the joke
@Milhaus Milman lmao
@Milhaus Milman you're wrong though, tons of them were. Check out black listed by history if you'd like to learn more
Thats his ciritcal mind speaking. Its gold
Seems so surreal to see him perform during that era. Carlin said "he was a generation BEHIND his time". It's interesting that he was a comic/radio DJ spanning 50 years and 4 different eras.
Ladies and Gents - we all just saw Young George Carlin absolutely nail an impression of Old George Carlin
Carlin was the Bernie Sanders of comedy, his message may get stronger and more focused, but it has ALWAYS been the same message. ANd because each of us will interpret that message in a personal way, I will not tell it to you, seek for yourselves.
@@thesoundsmith and he would've hated the woke fiends of his base.
I think that's where he discovered his trade mark persona.
This footage is a real treasure. It shows that impressions were once a bigger part of his act. Later in his career, he had the amazing ability to switch to a voice on the fly for a few seconds to drive a point. It seems this time is when he honed that ability.
Such a crisp level of video quality is to be commended.
Its surprising, I heard F1 races filmed between the mid 60s and early 80s were filmed using 70(?)mm film, which can be converted to I think it was 720p, my numbers may be wrong but old footage can be pretty crisp
@@Secret72062 You don't "convert" film. You scan it. It doesn't have a max resolution, you can scan it to anything.
Thomas oh okay, no maybe I could’ve written it differently. I didn’t think saying scanned was the best way, and maybe saying converted wasn’t the best way either, but you know what I mean, right?
@@Secret72062 Actual film quality is typically better than most digital offerings since there is no pixelation whatsoever. Reelingintheyears seems to have access to the masters.
@@Secret72062 70 mm film is more like 12K but there's no "exact" equivalent.
George Carlin is a comic genius because he didn't go for just for the one-liners but tackled contemporary social issues in a thought-provoking way.
This guy does a great George Carlin impression
what stands out to me about George is how his jokes hit on core truths rather than superficial ones. he makes fun of the who and why rather than the what, if that makes any sense. i like him so much because jokes like his are timeless and are just as funny today as they were when they were first told.
because of the way his jokes hit on those core truths, they're always relevant. people will always say "these jokes are more relevant today than ever!" which, by the way, isn't true. they were just as relevant then as they were today, and they'll be just as relevant tomorrow too.
George will always be the #1 greatest bestest most funniest hilarious great awesome super coolestest American comedian to have ever lived in my opinion.
Wow! So relevant for our current times!
how so
4 Eyed Animation bruh
the young never realize anything ever changes .mostly good behavior, some bad ,some racing to hell now while they are alive,some courageous and brave. which one are you?
That's why they say the classics are timeless. Good comedy catches the theme. Slapstick catches the instance.
@@4EyedAnimation commies
“More sting than usual?” Wait ‘til he grows the beard....
and the hair!
Imagine if he had chosen that show to debut "Seven Words"...
LOL
And drops acid a few times....
Looking back on his body of work, George Carlin was a rare kind of comedian.
In a world where most comedians can fall victim to having their routines become outdated and less funny with time (or rely more on edgy/shock value humor rather than anything of real comedic substance), Carlin always knew how to keep his material timeless while also critiquing the various events in his lifetime. He was certainly politically incorrect, but he never directed his comedy at undeserving targets, either. He knew how to be offensive without crossing unforgivable boundaries. And the subjects of his comedy were always universal to the human experience rather than anything specific, which is what I imagine makes his comedy so timeless.
None of this is easy to accomplish. Even some of the best comedians we have today don't quite hit the mark the same way Carlin did.
Carlin was one-of-a-kind.
Three years later, George ate a magical mushroom and everything changed.
Same with Hicks. Really makes me curious
@@kai326 Do it. Everyone should experience ego death at least once.
Shrooms made me apolitical, now Republicans and Democrats both call me a traitor 😂
@@xczechr I agree. Makes you realize how insignificant we really are.
@@theguythatcould i dont think everyone should do it. When u say "dead of ego" u are basicaly saying Your own dead. And i dont think everyone is mentaly capable of withstand such trauma. At least i think i couldnt. I better stick with the good old pot :)
The ultimate comedian...funny faces voices the total package even then...give Merv credit for getting these raw types on TV back then
50+ years later and we have a legacy of refined philosophical truisms with sublime comedy as the "delivery system" for those with an ear to listen, and a mind to reflect on some exceptionally "good points" made across many decades.
This Man was an asset to thinking Humanity.
Sadly, that's not all of us.
RIP, Mr Carlin. (We know you will !)
So well put. Carlin's genius lives on.
He ended up sounding like his Character later on in life talking out of the corner of his mouth.
he became Lyle Higgly
Or ... ? What we thought was GC was LH? He was simply playing a character and we didn’t know!
if you watch carlin in interviews he never has that fake accent. the lyle o higgly voice stuck with him, he used it for pretty much all of his comedy later on. kept his real accent for serious discussions, that way you can differentiate between when george is being serious or when he's exaggerating for a joke.
op could it be that he noticed what people reacted to and kept it?
Literally!
It’s great that you can actually see his later comedic voice actually forming. The witty fast talking, societal commentary, absurdism and hyperbole. Greatest comedian ever.
It feels so weird to see him not be old
How in the freak is he impersonating his future self?
He predicted our current governmental state of operations owning everything. I don't know, prophet or Timelord, you pick
He’s not. As with the UK back then, if you wanted to get on television you had to speak in a certain way. He dropped the character to be himself later on.
He time-traveled in a phone booth to practice with his future self.
@@Sweetestsadist whoaaaaaaah/ted.gif
It’s just a New York accent. He’s from New York.
Unbelievably talent already at that age. What a blast to see him in his younger years. I'm a yoga practitioner and teacher, and I feel that as time passes, I see the man more as a spiritual figure / leader than a comedian. Words fall short to express my admiration for the clarity, courage and sense of inclusiveness of this man...and his absolutely savage style of comedy!
Agree. Yes. And he was a nice and caring person. In the late 70s George performed at the Las Vegas Sahara Hotel, one of the biggest and most famous in Las Vegas history. Johnny Carson, Tony Bennett, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, and more performed there. I was the associate director of publicity at the time for the Sahara, so I knew George a little. We both had homes in Connecticut, so had something in common. I was just out of graduate school, so we talked sometimes about literature and politics . . . and fishing. Anway, my brother had become really ill and went into a deep depression (this is 1979), so I asked George if he could call my brother to cheer him up. He said "yeah, I'll do it. Tell them I'll call at 6 pm from my dressing room, OK?"
He did exactly that. The part of the conversation I remember was right at the beginning. George said: "Hi Sal, it's George Carlin." My brother said: "No it's not."
Then George assumed his heavy Brooklyn accent and replied "YES IT IS !"
Soon after that I discovered Islam and left the hectic life and lifestyle of Las Vegas, returned to New York and Connecticut to teach at the university, and lived happily ever after.
I’m a bit of an audiophile and omg this was refreshingly crisp, finally someone who knows how to do transfers!
I know right, so satisfying.
And the video is more clear than half the older video we see from the 90s.
Wow. I was not expecting to see anything like this today. Thank you for sharing this treasure with us... I'm gonna show my dad tonight. He used to absolutely love this guy.
Man I know his later work. What a pleasure to see one of the greats earlier on in his career. Amazing set still pushing the envelope like the older George I know and love.
George Carlin will be remembered by the history as an exceptionally intelligent and legendary comedian.
It's so interesting to hear this familiar voice coming from such a young George Carlin!
how is this EXACTLY relevant 55 years later? Down to the damn Mets joke.
He was a genius.
@@nickqt Yeah but come on, he couldn't have predicted the Mets part. That was just luck.
civil rights movement was going on.
The more things change the more they stay the same!
Because people don’t know history, so it repeats itself
Can’t thank you enough for this gem 🙏 This is a true timeless treasure. History in the making- The Great George. Really appreciate you even uploading this masterpiece to youtube. Legacy lives on.
thank you youtube for this diamond in the rough...
2020 and we can only imagine what he'll say right now
TH-cam didn't do this..
@@TheRomanticsWB you are being obtuse. You know what Michael meant, and he was correct. Without TH-cam you would not be seeing this clip right now
@@jasondashney Really because I've seen it multiple times.
he wont say anything right now. he's dead
Every generation needs George Carlin! Just imagine what the next 50-100 years and beyond will be like...?
When he did the character he really sounded like himself but the old version. Thats interesting isnt it?
Yes he did.
I noticed that right away
@Pete R. Puller I think you missed my point there bud.
Thought so, too.
His old self learned to present in character rather than as himself😂😂
OMFG! 1965!? I've never seen him that young before. God rest his soul, he was a comedian that was decades upon decades ahead of his time! A legend in the comedy business, please tell me you have more of Mr. Carlin's earlier work?? I would LOVE to see and hear it! 😮🤯🤩😁
Oh George, you are missed
Didn't think I'd hear someone joke about the KKK in the 1960's, that's a first
He's a genius
i mean they never went away. they reformed a couple times since reconstruction, but they were never eradicated
Fopenplop they were far larger in the 1920s and 30s than they were in the 1870s
Racial tension throughout the states was very high in the 60's. My high school was shut down almost once a week due to rioting.
Commander TK-9091 And they didn't exist at all between those times.
Damn, the audio and video quality is so good to be in 1965.
Holy jesus even when George was a square, he wasn't no square lmfao
he was never square
@@Don-co9zs Everyone is a square. Compared to me. lmfao
How was he a square?
@@zakichoudhary507 saying some cornball shit like that means you've been a square since birth 😭☠️
I was in a band that opened for George in Ft. Lauderdale a short while before he did his first Carson. Funny as hell, and had the best weed!
The fake persona voice he made is literally just his voice in the future
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What IS your photo?
@@thereisnosanctuary6184 it says life lover in fancy script and there is a strange flesh monster stretching its arms.
@@thereisnosanctuary6184 Lifelover - Pulver. It's an album. A Swedish band.
When you find out George Carlin the edgy comedian was all an act.
That isn't how "literally" works.
The face is different but the mannerisms and voice nuances are the same!
*hair
Face ain’t that different
Little did he know that the descendent organization of the John Birch Society would be so successful in its decades long campaign to destroy the middle class, overturn the progressive government structures of Roosevelt, and achieve a new Gilded Age of inequality.
From the nutcase brochures left in the bus station to a national organization writing the laws in state assemblies across the nation, from 1965 to now 2020 and fostering economic inequality at every turn.
Reminds me a little of seeing Willie Nelson videos from when he was young. He was already a great talent, but had a clean cut look.
This is some extremely nice audio for 1965
WOW! This makes me realize how incredibly LONG Carlin's comedy career lasted; AMAZING!📺☺
Yes. And he was a nice and caring person. In the late 70s George performed at the Las Vegas Sahara Hotel, one of the biggest and most famous in Las Vegas history. Johnny Carson, Tony Bennett, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, and more performed there. I was the associate director of publicity at the time for the Sahara, so I knew George a little. We both had homes in Connecticut, so had something in common. I was just out of graduate school, so we talked sometimes about literature and politics . . . and fishing. Anway, my brother had become really ill and went into a deep depression (this is 1979), so I asked George if he could call my brother to cheer him up. He said "yeah, I'll do it. Tell them I'll call at 6 pm from my dressing room, OK?"
He did exactly that. The part of the conversation I remember was right at the beginning. George said: "Hi Sal, it's George Carlin." My brother said: "No it's not."
Then George assumed his heavy Brooklyn accent and replied "YES IT IS !"
Soon after that I discovered Islam and left Las Vegas, returned to New York and Connecticut, and lived happily ever after.
Woah. He starts off as the kind of relatively inoffensive material you'd expect in 1965 but by three minutes in he's familiar old subversive George. This guy had balls of steel right from the start.
God that's incredible that we have come so much way to here. We are now watching this tape which is filmed in 1965 on youtube. I honestly don't know how much can technology go far. I also appreciate that George did not even change a bit way of thinking.
The audio was insanely good for its time. Even by today's standards, it sounds good.
This is awesome. It seems like he's really nervous in the beginning, but loosens up as the set goes on after the audience starts giving him laughs. What a legend!
How were they able to retain the audio and video quality so well? It's actually really impressive! A+ to whoever restored this.
As relevent then as now. Outstanding comic and social narrator.
He doesn't tell jokes he tells the truth.
Notice he never smiles.
can't remember him doing it during his stand-up
That’s what was funny about it.
Which truth?
Neither did anyone else in the routine. He tried to be too radical. Everyone was biased left in those days.
Lack of smiling isn't indicative of truth.
I bet if George were still alive he'd have a few things to say.
A lot lol
Would be overloaded on material. Where to start?
@@spikespa5208 some of what he would say is I told you and he would say half of you don't understand why the other half doesn't accept letting them butt fuck with out lube
That's the understatement of the century.
Absolutely. But what's ironic is he's actually already covered a lot of what's going on right now.
That’s a real blast 💥 to the PAST. Thanks ☺️
Even in his earliest days George was always relevant.
so weird. when he does an impression he sounds like himself 30 years later.
Yeah so true
He was a true visionary.
...Who envisioned what he would sound like, 30 years later.
Thank you for this!! Ive been going down the George Carlin rabbit hole for a while now starting from his most recent work backwards to his earlier work.
I hadn't seen this one so much appreciated.
Long may live the legend that is George Carlin.
I Fortunately saw this as it was happening ☺️👌
55 years later...still holds up.
So basically, George Carlin became Liel O'Higgley in his later years.
So if we all put on our "old person" voice, its pretty much what we are going to sound like?
_Masko_ only his voice. Carlin was always a staunch supporter of freedom and opponent of racism. He was extremely critical of racist extremists like the John Birch Society till his last days.
@Edward Barnes You're brainwashed as fuck. Just because we've been oppressing and suppressing the views of Black Americans for 3-400 years and now we're just beginning to listen doesn't mean we're "dumber than ever." Carlin was always edgy, but he was never conservative. And George Floyd's personal history doesn't negate the fact that he was murdered in cold blood by an officer with 18 prior personal offenses, none of which were prosecuted, and who was training a subordinate officer at the time. Floyd did not resist arrest. On the issue of Breonna Taylor, cops broke into her house in plainclothes without announcing themselves, and killed her when her live in boyfriend who was licensed to carry started shooting. On the issue of David McAtee, an innocent black business owner was gunned down for giving food to peaceful protesters. There are many more people, black and white, who have been killed by police officers unjustly, and this should not be an issue of politics at all.
On the issue of the klan, which your misinformed, chicken shit self chose to defend, they are the ones who are looting and burning shit and making it look like BLM did it. Neo-Nazis, Proud Boys, and even police are breaking windows and things to make it look as though protesters are causing more violence than they really are. The Klan also has a history of "burning and looting their homeland" deeper than any childish racist piece of trash like you could understand - goes back to the 1870s, when they did exactly what they're doing now, and commited acts of terrorism and violence against whites and blacks, and blamed it on black America.
As a final note, I do not support looting, and I do not support Antifa. However, reading comments written by people like you makes me wonder if breaking shit and rioting is the only way to make you and others on the far right listen.
George Carlin would never have stood with you.
@@piercebivens2320 Thanks for speaking truth. It's sad traitors to the United States like Ed can't see past the way their parents, families, and communities framed america - as a struggle for white to triumph over black. Once you believe you have to fight for your "people's" survival, you're willing to lie, cheat, and kill to make that story come true. When we could become a greater country than anyone ever imagined if we lifted all our people up, and didn't waste our lives betraying other Americans in our hearts.
Just the voice got for real gruff.
I'd love to hear his take on it all today, that would be something. So accurate on many things, great man.
Geroge was a comedic genius for sure. I had the pleasure of meeting him after a show way back in 1967. Nicest guy you ever want to meet. RIP George.....
0:22 “He spoofs many things of a not-so-serious nature.”
Not for long...
I love how much George's look changes every decade, feels like a different person altogether
He looks so different !!!
Nope,just younger
Well he is a lot younger ya donkey.
He'd look the same if he had a ponytail and a beard
Donkey Dan Yeah, he looks alive!
Is it just me or is Lyle O Higgly future George Carlin
Yeah I heard the same thing, his voiced change to the Carlin we know now. It was more captivating, genius.
He talked like Archie Bunker
@@SabakaJunglay 6 years before All in the family....
no man he was from the 1800s didn't you listen?
How relevant these words are in these times. We miss you Carlin~
Didn't know old George had hair man who developed into a comedy monster we all miss him
I knew he was around for a while, but not this long! They will NEVER replace him.
This is amazing. His style stayed intact up until he fuckin died.
George was one of the absolute best.
Everything in this routine still applies in 2020...miss GC, he was epic.
Amazing to see a young man, doing an impression of his own older self!!!!!!!!
Hilarious, funny watching George without the white hair, pony tail, and all that...
Bless him, he was the sanity back then, and he was the sanity until his death. We need more (people) like him that can say it and point out the stupidities in the world. (Without all the 'apologizing').
Would you prefer: "Your cat died" over "I'm sorry, your cat died"?
@@theothertonydutch Your cat died, I'm sorry
That's kind of what stand-up comedians do. But different people have different ideas as to what the stupidities in the world are, and so no comedian is going to be liked by everyone.
The good old days, when LSD was still legal.
🤣🤣🤣
Go move to Saudi Arabia Kobe
@Kobe Bryant naw
Strong acid back then, too. Blew your mind to pieces.
Thank you for sharing this on TH-cam so we can see it.
This was before George went into his “hippie” phase.
Who exactly was in their hippie phase in 1965?
You can tell his politics are tipping him into the hippie phase here.
He was still trying to appeal to a certain audience at this time
@@TRJ2241987 High schoolers.
once again, this man way ahead of his time. A genius.
He looked a fair bit different than he did when he was older, and it's not like "oh, he was just younger" he actually looked like a slightly different person.
"It's bullshit and it's bad for you" has always stayed with me.
Glad this was uploaded
2:28 Classic Carlin comedy personae (the one we know him for) begins riiiiight....HERE!!!
This is a rare treat. I’m speechless
As he says later on "I'm a visionary, I'm ahead of my time, problem is I'm only a couple hours ahead"
Damn bro i had to watch it twice to really get everything this man's was a talented one
A true genius of the underlying truth without slapping you in the face . Rest well George .
It's so weird my favorite comedian's voice is coming out of this guy's mouth. So trippy.
You could see the greatness ahead of him. Dam, this was the year I was born..wow
George Carlin’s “Modern Man” is sheer brilliance.
He looks like a handsome nice, clean cut, god fearing all American pillar of society.
Go watch his Biography. He was clean because of his mom. When he started to catch on to life's bullshit when she He became the Madman we know and love.
@@WindyREDPanda Your comment's missing a few words there, looks like.
I really just clicked this to see him young. Obvs was not disappointed with the content. Miss him
After seeing this I have come to the realization that his entire act eventually morphed into Lyle O. Higly
Still with the NPC meme...Carlin hated hacks like you.
This guy walks out and I'm like "That's not George Carlin" he starts doing his bit and I'm like "Holy shit, it George Carlin!"
It’s amazing what a difference 30 years made with George Carlin’s act.