George Carlin: Back in Town (1996) (TV)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Director:

Rocco Urbisci

Writer:

George Carlin (writer)

Release Date:

11 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

George Carlin brings his comedy stylings to the Beacon theater in New York City. He rants about Abortion, The death penalty, prison farms, fart jokes, free floating hostility and words. |

Plot Keywords:

Death Penalty | Fart Joke | Prison | Hostility | Abortion

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

George Carlin

...

Himself

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Beacon Theater - 2124 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Quotes:

George Carlin: It's like the Riot Act. The Riot Act. They always tell you they're gonna read that to you. Have you heard this thing at all? Like when you're a kid, they threaten you.
[as scolding mother]
George Carlin: "You wait 'til your father gets home. He's gonna read you the riot act!"
[as small child]
George Carlin: "Tell him I already read it myself. And I didn't like it, either; I consider it wordy and poorly thought out. He wants to read me something, how about 'The Gentlemen's Guide to the Golden Age of Blowjobs'?"

Movie Connections:

References "The New Price Is Right" (1972)

One of the top five Carlin specials

In this special he is still on his trek of going after the big topics in the world, some of his classic standards (i.e. fart jokes), little things with language, and of course a topic that never gets old, "Free-Floating Hostility", featuring some of the funniest lines Carlin has ever spoken. Even if you might not agree with all he says on the abortion issue early on, it's hard to argue that he isn't on the ball with his thoughts. In fact, one of the great pleasures of this special is how the first half-hour is all connected together, flowing from Abortion to Sanctity of Life into using Capital Punishment to balancing the budget, and then into what he calls "prison farms". This is for just a general fan of stand-up something that still gets better on repeated viewings (one line he has about people who wear different colored ribbons makes me grin whenever I think about it), and should be in any Carlin fan's collection.