Genre:
Comedy
Directed
by: Marty Callner
Cast:
George Carlin
Time:
81 minutes
George Carlin’s second HBO comedy special was
recorded live, in the round (where the audience surrounds the stage), at The Celebrity
Theatre, in Phoenix, Arizona.
This special starts with a series of
black-and-white pictures from Carlin’s youth, and the whole thing is narrated
by the comedian. Then Carlin takes the stage and does a bit of his goofy
material, with fake news, targets in Kleenex, frogs’ legs and more. After that,
he discusses such topics as time and death, he revisits Al Sleet (The
Hippie-Dippie Weather Man) and concludes with an updates version of the words
you can’t say on television. The show ends with Carlin introducing his wife
Brenda, who was a close collaborator of his. That was a sweet moment.
This show is a slight improvement from Carlin’s
first HBO special. The rhythm is improving. Some of the goofy stuff is not as
much my thing as some of his later material, but it is a nice indication of
where he was at as a funny man.
Rating: ««««
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