Carlin timeline

[pokerfan]

from his website...

August, 1936 - Conceived, Curley's Hotel, Rockaway Beach, NY.
May 12, 1937 - Born. God winces.
July, 1937 - Mother, brother Patrick, 5, and infant George flee father. Out window, down fire escape, through backyards to Uncle Tom's waiting car. Refuge at Peg Willets' farm in the Catskills.
December, 1937 - Legal separation of parents.
1940 - Early memory: George and family sitting around the living room radio listening to a partial eclipse of the sun. At this time he is told the family motto: "Someday We'll All Have Hats."
August 1941 - Moves to 519 West 121st St., NYC. Would live there 25 years. First everything occurs here: sex, drugs, rhythm & blues.
1943 - Started Corpus Christi grade school. First kiss: Ilda Muller-Thym, clay room. First parent-teacher report: "Fidgety and persistent mouth-breather."
1944 - Second grade: Featured xylophone soloist ("Teddy Bears' Picnic") during charity benefit held at Horace Mann School, honoring Eleanor Roosevelt and Joe Louis. George's first liberal benefit.
December 1945 - Father dies. Can't remember him.
1950 - Family moves to a town without "nice section," and takes up residence in deconsecrated church. Brother Patrick finds work as Somalian warlord, mother pursues hobby of pretending to be people who died many years ago.
1953 - Drops out of school after nine gruelling years.
1954 - Joins U.S. Air Force. Soviet Union goes on tactical alert.
1954-1956 - Receives three court-martial and numerous Article Fifteens (form of punishment just below court-martial). Attitude toward military service can be discerned by noting history of changes in rank: A/B, A/3c, A/2c, A/3c, A/2c, A/3c, A/B, A/3c.
July, 1956 - Starts off-base disc jockey job at radio station KJOE, Shreveport, La. Now officially in show business. Nineteen years old. The pussy scene improves.
1957 - General discharge under honorable conditions from USAF. Soviet Union returns to previously relaxed state.
1959 - Takes announcing job at WEZE, Boston. Fired after three months for driving mobile news van to New York to buy pot.
1959 - Takes 7pm-midnight deejay job at KXOL, Ft. Worth, Texas. Not fired

1960 - Juggles four temporary jobs: poor sport, man-in-the-middle, carnival organist and marketing director for a leading peanut brittle. Nothing works; attempts suicide by inhaling blimp exhaust. No luck there, either.
February, 1960 - With radio buddy, Jack Burns, flees Texas for Hollywood to pursue nightclub career as comedy team, Burns & Carlin. Leave with $300. and brand-new Dodge Dart Pioneer.
March, 1960 - Burns & Carlin take three-month job as morning radio team, "The Wright Brothers," KDAY, Hollywood.
May, 1960 - Burns & Carlin begin performing standup at Hollywood coffeehouse, Cosmo Alley.
May, 1960 - Burns & Carlin record only album, "Burns & Carlin at the Playboy Club Tonight." (Era Records EL 103). $300 advance. Actually recorded at Cosmo Alley, Hollywood; album title is a lie.
June, 1960 - Last day on radio. Burns & Carlin quit radio for night clubs.
August 1960 - Magic stuff: While playing Raquet Club in Dayton, Ohio, George meets Brenda Hosbrook. They fall in love.
October 10, 1960 - First television appearance ever. Burns & Carlin on the (Jack Paar) Tonight Show.
January 1961- Impulsively drives from New York to Dayton to ask Brenda to marry him. She accepts.
June 3, 1961 - Married in Brenda's parents' living room in Dayton. Honeymoon in Miami while Burns & Carlin play the Miami Playboy Club. George's mother shows up at honeymoon.
August 1961- Burns & Carlin detained by Dallas police (with Brenda) as armed robbery suspects (mistaken identity). Treated like shit. Fuck Texas!
March 19, 1962 - George and Jack part ways amicably to begin separate solo careers. Jack joins Second City, Chicago. A few days later, George starts solo standup career at the Gate of Horn, same city.
June 13, 1962 - First ever solo network tv appearance: The Tonight Show. Mort Sahl host. (Paar had left, Carson had not started yet.) Appearance leads nowhere in particular; dues remain.
June 15th 1963 - Daughter Kelly is born. God smiles.
January 1964 - In 1963, earns total of $11,060. With travel expenses, agent and manager it is a losing proposition. Decides to take a stand in New York; try for TV guest shots: Tonight Show, Merv Griffin or Mike Douglas (Phila.).
March 1964 - Starts doing hoots (hootenannies: glorified open-mike nights in folk clubs). Does two hoots at Cafe Wha and two at Bitter End in Greenwich Village. Spends 15 months doing intermittent but steady gigs at Cafe au Go Go on Bleeker Street. Like a gymnasium; a place to work things out on stage. Seen by Merv Griffin talent people in May 1965.
June 1965 - Does show at Blue Dog in Baltimore. No one in the audience. Show is much shorter without bothersome laughter.
July 20,1965 - First Merv Griffin Show appearance. Performed "The Indian Sergeant." (Eventually 29 Griffin shows.)
September 21, 1965 - First Mike Douglas Show appearance. "Indian Sergeant." (Eventually 22 Douglas shows.)
February 1966 - First network nighttime variety show, Jimmy Dean, ABC-TV. "The Newscast."
March 1966 - The little family moves to Los Angeles.
April 1966 - Starts taping as featured comic and writer of twelve "Kraft Summer Music Halls," starring John Davidson. Show is summer replacement for "Kraft Music Hall with Andy Williams." NBC-TV.
June 1966 - First acting job: Films "That Girl" episode as Marlo Thomas' agent, George Lester. (Airs November) My acting really sucks.
November 25,26,27, 1966 - Records first solo album, "Take Offs and Put Ons" at The Roostertail, Detroit (RCA Victor LSP-3772). Released 1967, receives Grammy nomination. Includes "Indian Sergeant," "Wonderful WINO," "Daytime Television."
May 1967 - Tapes 14 "Away We Go" variety hours as co-host with Buddy Greco and Buddy Rich, replacing Jackie Gleason Show for summer. CBS-TV.
1968 - First movie: Appears with Brian Keith and Doris Day in "With Six You Get Eggroll." Plays car hop Herbie Fleck. Acting sucks a little less, but only a little.
1969 - Fired from Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas for using the word "ass" on stage. Audience composed solely of golfing assholes from Howard Hughes Invitational Tournament. Deep, well-deserved hatred for golfers begins to take hold.
October 1969 - Drops acid. Things are looking up.

1970 - Grows beard during hospital stay for bilateral inguinal hernia. Surgeon fixes hernia, beard covers acne pits.
June 25, 26, 1971 - Album "FM & AM recorded at Cellar Door, Washington, D.C. (Little David 7214). Released January, 1972. Album goes Gold and wins Grammy award. Includes "The Hair Poem," "Divorce Game," "Shoot (Shit with two O's)", and "Let's Make A Deal."
1972-1975 - Developing a really nice cocaine habit.
July 8, 1972 - First appearance at Carnegie Hall, New York City. Mother appalled that people applaud filthy, blasphemous, anti-American material.
July 21, 1972 - Arrested at Summerfest in Milwaukee for using indecent language in front of wheelchair-bound children. Narrowly escape big cocaine bust by giving shit to the Siegal-Schwall Band while exiting stage. Band thrilled.
May 27, 1972 - Album "Class Clown" recorded at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, California (Little David 1004). Released, September, 1972. Includes "How Much is That Dog Crap in the Window"," "I Used to Be Irish Catholic," and "Seven Words You Can Never Say on TV." Gold album.
March, 1973 - Receives Grammy award for album "FM & AM."
March 2, 3, 1973 - Album "Occupation: Foole" recorded at Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California (Little David 1005). Released October, 1973. Nominated for Grammy award. Includes "White Harlem," "New York Voices," and "Childhood Cliches." Gold album.
October 30, 1973 - WBAI-FM radio in New York plays "Filthy Words" cut from "Occupation Foole" album. Lone professional moralist complains to FCC which issues a Declaratory Order against station. Station goes to court.
July 20, 1974 - Album "Toledo Window Box" recorded at Paramount Theater, Oakland, California (Little David 3003). Released November, 1974. Includes "God," "A Few More Farts," and "Nursery Rhymes." Gold album.
March 18, 1975 - Album "An Evening with Wally Londo, Featuring Bill Slazso" recorded at (Little David 1008). Released October, 1975. Nominated for Grammy award. Includes "Teenage Masturbation," "Bodily Functions," "High on the Plane," and an early, incomplete version of "Baseball and Football." No more gold.
August, 1975 - WBAI files an appeal of the FCC's Declaratory Order with the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
October 11, 1975 - Hosted the very first broadcast of "Saturday Night Live." Loaded on cocaine all week long.
1976 - Plays taxi driver searching for "tall, black, blonde chick" in "Car Wash." Acting not an issue, does familiar "character".
Fall, 1976 - Appeared on about ten "Tony Orlando & Dawn" variety hours on CBS-TV. Had a special deal, appearing only in standup; no sketches or other numbers involved. A way to get weekly network exposure with very little downside.
October 3, 1976 - Album "On The Road" recorded at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles (Little David 1075). Released April, 1977. Includes "Death and Dying," "How's Your Dog?" "Rules, Rules, Rules," and "Supermarkets."
February 8, 1977 - Tape "Welcome Back Kotter." Integrity slipping fast. Acting not an issue, it's TV.
March 5, 1977 - First George Carlin HBO stand-up concert special, "On Location: George Carlin at USC," taped at USC, Los Angeles, complete with elaborate "language disclaimer" by Shana Alexander. Includes, "Monopoly," "Dogs & Cats," "Names," "Supermarkets," and "Words."
March 16, 1977 - Court of Appeals reverses the FCC Order by a 2-1 vote. FCC petition for rehearing denied two months later.
October, 1977 - FCC petitions Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, requesting the Court to review the judgement of the Court of Appeals.
January, 1978 - Supreme Court agrees to hear case.
July 3, 1978 - Supreme Court rules 5-4 (Stevens, Burger, Rehnquist, Blackmun, Powell ) in favor of FCC. Dissenting justices: Brennan, Stewart, White and Marshall. Court basically says "Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker and tits" are "indecent," and the FCC can ban them from radio & tv during hours when children might hear them.
1978 - First heart attack. Small-time shit. Septal branch artery, treated medically.
July 21-23, 1978 - Second HBO stand-up concert special, "On Location: George Carlin at Phoenix," taped at Celebrity Star Theater, Phoenix. Includes "Death," The Long Newscast," "Time," and "Kids & Parents." Shot in the round; transferred to film for proposed concert/sketch movie (The Illustrated George Carlin). Movie never works out.
December 1, 1978 - "Indecent Exposure" released. (Little David 1076.) A collection of some of the filthier Carlin album material recorded since 1971. Includes "Urinals Are 50% Universal," "Cute Little Farts" and "Filthy Words."

1980 - Yanks out longest nose hair ever (two and a half inches). Specimen has completely intact nose-hair root attached to the nose end. Proudly places it in scrapbook next to big scab shaped like Peru pulled off neck two years earlier.
August, 1981 - Album "A Place for My Stuff" recorded in Las Vegas (live) and New York (studio) (Atlantic 19326). Released November, 1981. Nominated for Grammy award. Only GC album with specially written studio material. Includes, "Have A Nice Day," "Asshole, Jackoff, Scumbag," "Interview With Jesus," and an early, incomplete version of "A Place for My Stuff."
October 12, 1982 - Third HBO stand-up concert special, "Carlin At Carnegie," taped at Carnegie Hall, New York City. Includes updated list of "seven dirty words" (then over 400, now over 2,000).
1982 - Second heart attack (Dodger Stadium during Mets game). This time God doesn't fuck around. Pulse drops to 20 beats per minute. Streptokinase breaks up the clot. Angioplasty later performed at Emory Univ. Hospital, Atlanta. (Mets win. Fuck the Dodgers.)
1983 - "Sometimes A Little Brain Damage Can Help" is published by Running Press. Thirty-two page, magazine format. Great art work, good comedy material.
1984 - Second "Saturday Night Live." Had much more fun this time; did sketches, felt good about them.
April 18-19, 1984 - Fourth HBO stand-up concert special, "Carlin On Campus," taped at Wadsworth Theater, Los Angeles. Includes "The Prayers," "Consumer Hints," Cars & Driving I," and three animated routines. Released as album (same name) two months later (Eardrum Records 1001).
June 1984 - Mother dies. Eighty-nine years--a good trip!
November 26, 1984 - "The George Carlin Collection" released. (Little David 90241-1) Selected routines from earlier Little David albums. Includes "News Hostility Scoreboard" and "Headlines."
1985 - Tapes "Apt. 2C," sitcom pilot for HBO. It really sucks.
March 29, 1986 - Performs at first ever "Comic Relief." Did the "Stuff" routine.
May 2-3, 1986 - Fifth HBO stand-up concert special, "Playin' with Your Head," taped at Beverly Theater, Beverly Hills, California. Includes "Hello-Goodbye," "It's Not a Sport," "Losing Things," and a short film-noir spoof, "The Envelope," featuring George as private eye Mike Holder (acting not too bad). Released as album (same name) July 30, 1986 (Eardrum Records 90523). Nominated for Grammy award.
January, 1987 - Receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star at corner of Vine and Selma Sts., between Sunset and Hollywood Blvds. Milton Berle presides. Nice star, I hope no one throws up on it.
1987 - Appears with Bette Midler and Shelley Long in "Outrageous Fortune." Plays Frank Madras, a drunken, ex-hippie tracker. Acting getting better.
1988 - Stars with Molly Hagan in NBC TV movie "Justin Case." Directed by Blake Edwards, it is intended as a two-hour pilot. Plays title character, a private detective. Acting ok.
March 25-26, 1988 - Sixth HBO stand-up concert special, "What Am I Doin' in New Jersey," taped and aired as live broadcast from Park Theater, Union City, New Jersey. Includes, "Cars & Driving II," "Reagan's Gang," and "People I Can Do Without," and "Keeping People Alert." Also released as album (same name) August 15, 1988. Nominated for Grammy award. (Eardrum Records 90972).
February, 1989 - Appears with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters in "Bill & TedÍs Excellent Adventure." Plays Rufus, a futuristic mentor to Bill & Ted. Acting acceptable, not there yet. (Shot in March 1987)

1990 - Participates in the California fitness craze: Having extended bowel movements while running through the streets at high speed. Mother dies of infection picked up at mobile labia-piercing clinic run by Christian bikers.
January 12-13, 1990 - Seventh HBO stand-up concert special, "Doin' It Again," taped at State Theater, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Includes: "Euphemisms," "Feminist Blowjob," "Some People are Stupid," and "Life's Little Moments. Wins CableACE award. Released as album under different name, "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics," November 20, 1990 (Eardrum Records 91593). Nominated for Grammy award.
February 28, 1990 - Purchases all of Little David Record Company except for company name. Now owns all masters of George Carlin record albums since 1971.
August 1990 - Star with Ben Stiller in "Working Trash," a made-for-tv movie for Fox network. Acting getting better again.
September, 1990 - Cartoon version of "Bill & Ted" debuts on some network or other on Saturday mornings.
February 14, 1991 - Valentine's Day, third heart attack while driving to Las Vegas. This one's pretty nasty. Angioplasty doesn't work. Gets better with medicine.
February 28 - March 7, 1991 - Filmed "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey." Acting bogus. Forgettable all the way around.
1991 - Appears with Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte in "Prince of Tides," playing Eddie, the gay neighbor. Really good job; best acting so far. (Shot July, 1990)
September, 1991 - Begins portrayal of Mister Conductor on "Shining Time Station," children's show on PBS. (15 episodes)
A magical fellow indeed. Receives Emmy nomination (‘91-’92 season).
April 24-25, 1992 - Eighth HBO stand-up concert special, "Jammin' in New York," taped and aired as live broadcast from Paramount Theater in Madison Square Garden, New York. Includes "Golf Courses for the Homeless. "Rockets and Penises in the Persian Gulf" and "The Planet is Fine, the People Are Fucked." Wins CableACE award. Released as album (same name) November 11, 1992 (Eardrum Records 92221). Album wins a Grammy award.
December, 1992 - More tapings as Mr. Conductor on "Shining Time Station," PBS. (15 more episodes) Receives second daytime Emmy nomination ('93-'94 Season).
1993 - Releases "Classic Gold," double-CD album. Contains first three gold albums in their entirety: "FM & AM," "Class Clown" and "Occupation: Foole." (Eardrum Records 92219).
January, 1994 - "The George Carlin Show" premieres on Fox Television. Lasts 27 episodes. Lesson learned: always check mental health of creative partner beforehand. Loved the actors, loved the crew. Had a great time. Couldn't wait to get the fuck out of there. Cancelled December, 1995.
February, 1994 - Wins Grammy award for CD version of "Jammin' in New York."
November, 1994 - Inducted into "Comedy Hall of Fame." Not a real hall of fame, just a television show on ABC-TV. Fellow inductees: Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Mary Tyler Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Sid Ceasar.
January, 1995 - Tape miniseries "Streets of Laredo," playing Billy Williams, aging tracker. Airs on CBS. Absolutely best acting so far; lots of things to do.
1995 - Tapes four one-hour, evening"Shining Time Station" specials. Air on PBS.
1995 - Hosts HBO's celebration show, "Twenty Years of Comedy on HBO." (HBO's anniversary, not mine.) Just a hosting job, no standup.
March 29-30, 1996 - Ninth HBO stand-up concert special, "Back in Town," taped and aired as live broadcast from Beacon Theater, New York. Includes, "Abortion," "Capital Punishment," "Expressions I Question," and "Free-floating Hostility." Released as album (same name) September 17, 1996 (Eardrum Records 92728).
February 27-28, 1997 - Tenth HBO special, "George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy," taped and aired from Wheeler Theater, Aspen, Colorado, as part of Aspen Comedy Arts Festival. Contains 15-minute segment of career television clips, interview of George conducted by comedian Jon Stewart, and two new stand-up bits: "Moe the Dog Fucks Vern the Cat," and "American Bullshit." Nominated for two Emmy awards, wins two CableACE awards.
May 1, 1997 - First real book, "Braindroppings," is published by Hyperion. Stays on NY Times bestseller list for 18 weeks. Sells very well, surprises everyone.
May 11, 1997 - BRENDA HOSBROOK CARLIN dies on Mother's Day. Thirty-six great years together even with all the shit we put ourselves through in the '70's. See ya, Dink. Miss you a lot.
May 12, 1997 - Completes sixtieth year on planet.
1997 - CableACE awards discontinued, merged into Emmys.

May 1998 - “Braindroppings” published in paperback. Stays on NY Times bestseller list for 20 weeks. In hardcover and paperback, book sells over 600,000 copies in less than two years. Sells 750,000 as of Jan. 2001.
March-April, 1998 – Films motion picture “Dogma” in Pittsburgh with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris Rock, Linda Fiorentino. Plays part of Cardinal Glick, a religious marketing hustler.
Enjoyed ridiculing Catholic clergy.
Summer, 1998 – Falling in love with Sally. Heavy-duty shit.
Fall, 1998 – Completely in love with Sally. Heavy-duty shit.
September, 1998 - Tapes tv commercials for MCI’s “10-10-220” phone-calling plan. If this bothers you, see “The Big Sellout,” elsewhere on this web site.

February 6, 1999 – Eleventh HBO stand-up concert special, “You Are All Diseased,” taped and aired as live broadcast from Beacon Theater, New York. Includes “Airport Security,” “Fear of Germs,” “Kids and Parents,” “Advertising Lullabye,” “American Bullshit” and “There Is No God.”
Nominated for two Emmy awards. Released as album (same name) May 14, 1999 (Eardrum Records 92828). Album nominated for Grammy.

July 8, 1999 – Moves out of long-time (23 years) residence in Brentwood/Los Angeles to condo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hoping to acquire a gambling problem. The California chapter (1966-1999) is over.
October, 1999 – Atlantic Records releases “George Carlin: The Little David Years: 1971-1977,” a 7-CD retrospective boxed set comprising all six Little David albums from the 1970’s: “FM & AM,” “Class Clown,” “Occupation Foole,” “Toledo Window Box,” “An Evening With Wally Londo,” and “On the Road.” Includes a seventh bonus CD: 70 minutes of previously unreleased ‘70s and ‘8Os material, plus six childhood comedy recordings made in penny-arcade recording booths at age 12. Also includes 24-page booklet filled with lies, propaganda and doctored photographs.

January, 2000 – Fake millennium starts.
April 24, 2000 – “Braindroppings” released as book-on-tape and CD. (Highbridge Audio HBP 8O114)
Year 2000 – Busy writing second book (to be published April 2001), preparing next HBO show (The twelfth, to be broadcast November 2001), and doing 150 concert shows. Mainly enjoying life with Sally. Really enjoying life with Sally.
July 18, 2000 - Columbia Tri-Star releases first two HBO standup concerts of 1990’s on DVD: “Doin’ It Again” (1990) and “Jammin’ in New York” (1992). See earlier entry for bit titles. (still need to obtain this earlier release date).

August, 2000 – Sal and Geo get new dog in Woodstock, NY. Beautiful black cocker. Formal name: Buster Hudson; household name: Goofy. Family heads back west.

September 12, 2000 – Atlantic Records releases first three 1970’s albums from last year’s boxed-set as individual CD’s: “FM & AM,” “Class Clown” and “Occupation: Foole.” See earlier entries for list of bits included.

October 10, 2000 – Atlantic Records releases last three 1970’s albums from last year’s boxed-set as individual CD’s: “Toledo Window Box,” “An Evening With Wally Londo” and “On the Road.” See earlier entries for list of bits included.

November 15, 2000 – Last show at Ballys Hotel, Las Vegas. Ends 10-year, 12-week-per-year association. Headed for MGM Grand, 2001.
December 31, 2000 – Does New Years Eve show, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., greeting real millennium.

January 18, 2001 – Open two-week run at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, beginning new LV association calling for 14 weeks per year in hotel’s Hollywood Theater. NOTE: Engagements in Las Vegas are performed in addition to more than 6O theater concerts around the country each year.
February, 2001 – “Braindroppings” book on tape/CD wins Grammy. George’s third Grammy.
March 20, 2001 - Atlantic records releases two 198O’s George Carlin albums on CD: “A Place for My Stuff” (1981) and “Playin’ With Your Head (1986). See earlier entries for list of bits included.
March 26, 2001 – Official launch of Laugh.com, the Internet’s premiere comedy site, with Carlin as founding co-partner.
March, 2001 - Re-design and re-launch of georgecarlin.com.
April 22, 2001 - Received Lifetime Achievement Award at 15th Annual American Comedy Awards on Comedy Central.

April, 24, 2001 – Second book, “Napalm & Silly Putty,” published by Hyperion. Sequel to “Braindroppings” includes a number of HBO monologues plus brand-new observations on God, language, death, pets, driving, food, abortion, suicide, sports, airplanes, advertising, news, businessmen and other topics.

May, 2001 - Fifteen-city tour of media and book signings to promote “Napalm & Silly Putty.” National television appearances included “Jay Leno,” Conan O’Brien,” “Regis,” “Politically Incorrect,” “Dennis Miller,” “The Today Show,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn,” “The View” and “Imus in the Morning.”
May, 2001 - Highbridge Audio releases Volume One of “Napalm & Silly Putty” as a book-on-tape and CD.

August 24, 2001 – MPI releases George’s first four HBO concerts*** on DVD and VHS videotape (1977, 1978, 1982, 1984): “On Location: George Carlin at USC” (1977), “George Carlin Again (at Phoenix)” (1978), “Carlin At Carnegie” (1982), and “Carlin on Campus” (1984). See earlier entries for titles of routines.
***Package includes a fifth 1-hour show: “George’s Personal Favorites,” a collection of past routines selected and hosted by George. Collection includes “Hello-Goodbye,” “Earrings,” “Hitler,” “We Like War,” “It’s Not a Sport,” and two later, alternate versions of the well-known routines, “Baseball and Football” and “A Place for My Stuff.”
July, 2001 – BRAVO CANADA to broadcast all 11 George Carlin HBO concert shows, one show per week, on Saturday nights in prime time in Canada for two consecutive cycles. Also included are two compilation videos: “George’s Best Stuff” and “George’s Personal Favorites.”
November 17, 2001 – Twelfth HBO stand-up comedy special, “Complaints & Grievances,” broadcast live from Beacon Theater, New York. Includes “9/11 Solutions,” “Traffic Accidents,” “Things That Come Off Of Your Body,” “People Who Oughtta Be Killed (18 types),” “Why We Don’t Need Ten Commandments.” Released as CD/tape album (same name) December 11, 2002 (Atlantic Records 83501-2)
December 2001 or January 2002 – Atlantic Records will release CD version of November, 2OO1, HBO concert with the same title: “Complaints and Grievances.”

Happy New Year!


February 27, 2002
“Napalm & Silly Putty” (part 1) book on tape/CD wins Grammy Award. George’s fourth Grammy.

March 2, 2002
Receives Free Speech Award from First Amendment Center at US Comedy Arts Festival 2002, held at Aspen, Colo. Basically awarded for swearing a lot in public and getting away with it.

April 10, 2002
“Napalm & Silly Putty” published in paperback by Hyperion Publishing. Hardcover version sales now up to 375,000 copies, spending 20 weeks on NY Times best seller list.

Summer, 2002
Filming “Jersey Girl,” Kevin Smith’s new film for Miramax. Playing Ben Affleck’s father. Largest acting role so far. Fairly dramatic part. To be released in early 2003.

2002-2003
Working on plans for first “one-man” Broadway show, “Watch My Language,” to open in the fall of 2004. A 90-minute themed show about language and speech in America. Life and career are changing.



Donations can be sent to:
American Heart Association
ATTN: George Carlin Memorial Fund
P.O. Box 844504
Dallas, Texas 75284-4504
1-800-AHA-USA1 (800-242-8721)

The Thomas Jefferson Center
for the Protection of Free Expression
www.tjcenter.org

[cwydro]

1. I always liked him.

Dating myself here: I had his albums back in the 70's, 80's. He always cracked me up.

RIP.