George Carlin, 1937-2008 - Comedians are cultural universals
Mr. Carlin defended the material, insisting that his comedy had always been driven by an intolerance for the shortcomings of humanity and society. “Scratch any cynic,” he said, “and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.”
I remember listening to his records as a kid with my brother along with Cheech and Chong records, and happily recall laughing our heads off at the dave’s not home skit.
We thought we were soooooo baaaaaaaaaaad listening to the 7 words you cannot say on television skit. And to this day, i still really love feeling that kinda bad, where you know that what you are doing is just so not socially acceptable, you sit in the shadows, close the curtains, only let your best friend in on the secret, hush hush wink wink sorta stuff. It was subversive, a feeling and way of being that I learned at a very young age. I somehow knew what was and what was not socially acceptable, but i did not always get the logic behind most of what we were and are still not allowed to do in some settings. Most is harmless, just titilating stuff, yet it just feels soo gooooooood to be baaaaaad! Thank goodness for subversives like George Carlin for revealing the ridiculousness and hypocrisy of so many taboos.
