George Carlin is one of the most influential comedians of all time. He was the best to ever perform onstage with a microphone, his wit and intelligence, with the sole purpose to make everyone in the audience and viewers at home laugh. What made Carlin a great? Carlin was a game changer in comedy for the better part of five decades. George Carlin was much more than a comedian, he was one of the most influential comedians of all time. Carlin's influence was felt through his thought provoking view on taboo subjects including religion, government, military, and drugs. Carlin blazed a path through uncharted territory, in doing so he gave license to other comedians to do the same.
George Carlin ascent up the comedy ladder began in 1959 as a typical
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Although he was successful early on with his original style of comedy Carlin's popularity exploded with his new approach. Carlin approached taboo subjects such as the Vietnam War, America's uptight views on language, religion, sex and drugs. Carlin took jabs at God "How can He be perfect? Everything He ever makes...dies." As well as “Religion has convinced people that there’s an invisible man…living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn’t want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money.” In 1972 as Carlin grew in popularity, he had one of his most controversial bit's named "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television " Carlin proceeded to name seven expletives Americans are unable to use on public television. Carlin's awakening didn’t come without …show more content…
Large numbers of comedians began adopting the styles that Carlin is said to have pioneered, from his political rants shadowed by Lewis Black, his observational comedy and word play used by Jerry Seinfeld. Seinfeld in a posthumous article said "You could certainly say that George downright invented modern American stand-up comedy in many ways. Every comedian does a little George." Seinfeld goes onto say while chatting with other comedians about joke ideas they would say “Carlin does it.” or “Carlin already did it,” and “Carlin did it eight years ago.” Another disciple in the University of Carlin's is Louis Székely known to us as Louis C.K. Louis honored George in a post-obit tribute in 2010 at the New York Public Library by saying that Carlin had a far-reaching effect on his career when at the time C.K. has been in place where he felt his comedy was going nowhere. C.K. said in a moment where he felt like nothing was going right he heard a George Carlin interview and that Carlin mentioned his method of starting every year with a blank slate and that it caused him to become more introspective. C.K. then took that concept and ran with it and is now one of the most popular and revered standup comedians of today. "Anything that happens to me that is good is due to this guy(Carlin), I can tell you because I do what he
Question; Is it what you accomplish that makes one great, or how you accomplish it. Richard Pryor and David Adkins or “Sinbad” are two of the most notorious comedians in American culture, but the lives they lived were on extreme ends of the spectrum. They both started out in or were kind of pushed into comedy when their real hopes and dreams fell short. Both of them served their country in the army for two years, and then jumped on the comedy circuit, traveling the country to play small gigs. Their struggle to become famous was similar in that they both worked extremely hard to get where they wanted to be. Their upbringing was altogether different though.
His main argument was that the intentions of what every person has is more important to critique, rather than the language he uses. He states “That you can talk about fucking, you can say I’m gonna go home and do you know what…………., but in the newspapers they say F dot dot, well everyone knows what it means, so the thought has been conveyed and that’s all language is, and the writers for the newspapers say I don’t write fuck it’s a family newspaper” then Carlin says “well how do you think the family got started? By fucking”. Then Chris Rock asks him about his 7 words routine and whether there are any topics he wouldn’t talk about in his routines and he stated that he loves bothering people with well thought ideas to the point where the audience approves of how he said the joke, rather than just shock them with outrageous statements (Carlin, The Chris rock
Bill Cosby has always provided the world with fresh, clean, family comedy. His comedy albums often received Grammy honors. In the 1980’s, Bill Cosby had the nation’s top-rated TV series, The Cosby Show. The books he has written on the subject
As a part of the program the station decided to air a 12 minute monologue called "Filthy Words" by comedian George Carlin. The introduction of Carlin's "routine" consisted of, according to Carlin, "words you couldn't say on the public ...
At the age of eleven Lopez knew that he was going to have his own standup comedy show one day when he was all grown up. He would often practice his comedian skills daily by teasing and joking and having fun with his kids in his class at school. Every day he had to put up an imaginary wall to deflect the emotions of pain and suffering for essentially being left for dead. He loved humor because it helped with the
performances. Jerry used a form of comedy that no one had ever seen before. He
Ronald Wilson Reagan played an extremely important role in United State history. Reagan did numerous things in his lifetime that affect United States citizens to this day. Ronald Reagan is often remembered as the 40th president of the United States, without being remembered for the important things he did to make this land that we love the way it is today. Reagan considered being a significant historical figure for many reasons. Ronald Reagan is a significant figure in history because he positively changed the country throughout his presidency, he worked to improve the country diligently through times of hardship, and he spoke for the citizens of the United States.
Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas the fourth child of five children he was born on February 26,1932. He took after his father because he was in World War One. Johnny Cash went in the army around the post World War Two. His family worked in a cotton mill around The Great Depression. A new way of cotton farming in Mississippi came around in nineteen thirty seven. A flood came around the same time so they had to move temporarily. He died on September 12,2003, he was a complex man he was unforgettable with his bass-baritone voice. Cash was a religious man. In nineteen fifty Johnny Cash graduated high school. After high school he went to work in a auto plant in Michigan. He bought his first
Who was one of the most influential man in United States history? Benjamin Franklin was one of greatest inventors and leaders the world ever had. Ben did many things and created a lot of other things. Benjamin Franklin was a very influential man in today's history, his inventions, his political view, and his writings are the reason he why he an American Icon today.
There are various people in the world who are very influential in many different ways. The people who are influential are the people who inspire people to not give up, people who stand up for what they believe in, and people who overcome difficult things in their life. One of those people is the man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson is influential because of his accomplishments, courageousness, and also his ability to stay strong and fight for his rights.
As stated by Robin Williams, “You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it” (brainyquote.com). Robin Williams was a self-acclaimed comedian and actor. His work in many movies and his comedy shows made him an icon for people everywhere. Throughout his life he brought smiles and happiness to everyone who watched him. Exploring Robin Williams early life, career, and death can help one gain a deeper understanding of his life and struggles.
I have a habit of noticing redundancies in other people. Their personalities and their thoughts just seem so similar: daughters trying to be like mothers, or sons trying to be like fathers, or friends trying to be like each other. In my mind the sense of "self" that we as human beings have is more of a delusion than a reality, where we are nothing but the products of a multitude of influences throughout our lives. Did I ever have an original thought in my life? Or is it always someone else's idea that I am only repeating? What does it mean to be a human being without original thought and creativity? I talk like my friends do. I learned body language from my parents, stories from movies and books, perspectives on life from parents or philosophers or friends or teachers. Despite the myriad of thoughts that make up my personality, I feel as if I only absorbed my surroundings with no real personal creation. My parents keep asking me: "Who have you been hanging out with? Why do you act like this?" as if they already know that the comments I make, or the movies I enjoy or any of my other sudden preferences and mannerisms are not my own. When we are young, the adults tell us that "everyone is `special,' but how could I believe in this idea of personal creativity and uniqueness when there are so many influences that I copy in my life?
Although Cosby has had a university education and received many honorary degrees, which few achieve, nonetheless, he is associated more as a successful entertainer than a scholarly educator. Interestingly, Cosby has self-described himself more of a class clown than an academician during schooling. Cosby started his entertainment career as a stand-up comedian doing performances across America during his younger years. Comedians have a notorious talent for stirring up crowds and encouraging clamor from the audience. They compose jokes that anyone can relate to and, thus, reach broad demographics during their performances. The talent has remained with Cosby to present and is manifested within the tone of his speeches as well.
Walt Disney was a very successful man and was able to live long enough to see his company achieve and rise to being one the of most recognizable companies global. Disney brought many other things besides its outstanding animation work, its magical theme parks and tremendous amount of merchandise. Without the help of Walt Disney and his lifelong partners, Walt Disney company would never had strived its way into modern day.
The nature of comedy has always left it somewhat resistant to critical analysis, and to some extent the same can be said for comedic actors. The class-clowns of Hollywood like Will Ferrell are often times constructed as being nothing more than amusing, so they seem like a simple case study.... ... middle of paper ... ...