I know that there are a lot of George Carlin fans out there and I think they will enjoy this clip of him being interviewed by Jon Stewart in 1997 that has him look back on his 40 years in comedy. (Via Andrea James)
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Good interview.
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Carlin’s final words to Stewart were really prophetic!
In a way, Jon stepped into George’s shoes.
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DonDueed@#3:
I disagree. Stewart went a different direction entirely from Carlin. Carlin was more of a surrealist at a personal level, whereas Stewart focused particularly on US society and its various hypocrisies. Carlin would talk (for example) about how he worships the sun, but prays to Joe Pesci -- it was “out there” which is why it was so funny. Stewart would point out that such-and-such was “out there” in a very funny way. I would say that, comedically, they were very different.
I agree that Carlin’s closing comment was prophetic. We have heard a lot of great stuff from Stewart.
Gods, I miss him.