A TRULY SAD DAY IN COMEDY! A TRIBUTE TO AN ICON!
! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b | TRI STATE AREA | 06/23/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I awoke this morning to some very sad news........one of my heroes has died! George Carlin was one of the greatest comedians of all time and he was so much more! Not only did he make us laugh until we cried, he also made some very intelligent and profound observations. With a comedy career spanning over 50 years, this Irish-American life erudite never walked on egg shells or pulled any punches!
Sadly, he was only a few months away from receiving The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. I'm sure he was aware of how much he was loved and how special his brand of comedy is. I'm glad he went out on a high note with one of his funniest comedy specials ever!.....It's Bad For Ya! I'll be the first in line to buy it when it comes out on DVD. This box set, although not as complete as the title states is an excellent collection of Mr. Carlin's material.
R.I.P. George! You will be missed!"
Not ALL his stuff....but great anyway....
Richardson | Sunny California USA | 03/22/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"So..like many of us ..I already owned much of this material and spent the money to get everything in one nice box and the extra 1hr interview...
was it worth it? well, I have mixed feelings..
I have to rate this 5 stars because it is George and it is classic stuff.
It does NOT have George's Best Stuff , the dvd on the complete George Carlin box set...which while it is a best of ...also has an all time classic bit on "STUFF" from the Comic Relief special ....which is NOT in this set..called "All My Stuff"...so its a minor point but a frustration.
George is the greatest standup of all time and not only funny, but he makes you THINK....and that is his special gift and I've been a fan since my high school days ,which coincided with his early little David releases that preceed this set.
enjoy...and was it worth it to spend all that money for the extra 1 hour interview...for me ..Yes."
So good, but there's even more...
Bruno Diaz | los angeles, ca | 11/06/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is an amazing collection, and I'm not the kind of person who uses the word "amazing" very often. George Carlin's thoughts and work are truly liberating and hilarious. The amazing thing about Carlin is that this 14 disk set doesn't even totally cover his career. His albums are also incredible and include material you won't find here, though a lot of it is re-hashed in these specials. When I was a teenager, my brother and I sometimes worked as janitors cleaning buildings for extra money and we used to listen to Carlin's tapes while we were working. It made the job fun and that's the biggest compliment I can give to George Carlin; he made working as a janitor kind of a good time (at least until the tapes ran out)."
The Greatest Standup of all time
Jeffrey Weedman | Seattle | 10/26/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
""Don't you find it a little bit strange that Ronald Reagan had an operation on his as**ole and George Bush had an operation on his middle finger? What are these two men trying to tell us?" - Carlin has the best one line openers of any comedian in history and this collection has 'em all - A must have for any fan of comedy- he is by far the greatest standup of all time. Buy this set and watch his incredible evolution throughout his career."