George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005) (TV)

Director:

Rocco Urbisci

Writer:

George Carlin (writer)

Release Date:

5 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Some look at life on the bright side. He prefers the grave side.

Plot:

George Carlin continues making people laugh with his 13th HBO stand-up special. |

Plot Keywords:

Alcohol | Sacrifice | Sex | Christian | Live Performance

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

George Carlin

...

Himself

Also Known As:

George Carlin: I Like it When a Lot of People Die (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Cable Stuff Productions

Trivia:

George Carlin originally intended to title his previous special "I Kinda Like It When a Lot of People Die". But the terrorist attack on New York City on 11 September 2001 caused him to change the title to George Carlin: Complaints and Grievances (2001) (TV). Carlin intended to use the same original title for this special. But due to the recent disaster of Hurricane Katrina he again changed the title, but this time to something similar.

Quotes:

George Carlin: Do you realise, that right this second, right now somewhere around the world some guy is getting ready to kill himself. Isn't that great? Statistics show that every year a million people commit suicide. Thats 2800 a day. That's one every thirty seconds.
[Stares at watch]
George Carlin: There goes another guy! And I say guy because men are four times more likely than women to commit suicide, even though women attempt it more. So men are better at it. That's something else you gals oughta be working on. Well if you wanna be truly equal you're gonna have to start taking your lifes in greater numbers.

Movie Connections:

References Bambi (1942)

An amazing barrage of verbal dexterity

Brilliant. Edgier than ever. I hope someone has taken down his opening monologue and posts it in the Memorable Quotes area. Truly one of the supreme comic geniuses of our time. I particularly enjoyed the hypothesizing about "Suicide TV," and the skewering of America's obsession with all things sensationalized. Nobody is ever safe from Carlin's wit and command of the English language, and he wouldn't have it any other way. Interesting to see how he has elaborated on elements of his live stage act from two years ago. I also appreciated how there was much, much less time devoted to non sequiturs and more ramblings that were all connected, often in a very twisted and disturbing way. Here's hoping for more Carlin specials to come.