World Famous Comics: George Carlin - Life Is Worth Losing
George Carlin - Life Is Worth Losing
Starring: George Carlin Directed By: Rocco Urbisci Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Mpi Home Video Number of Items: 1 Release Date: February 27, 2007 Running Time: 75 minutes Theatrical Release Date: November 05, 2005
Product Description: George Carlin returns to the stage in Life is Worth Losing his 13th live comedy stand-up special performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO®.Carlin s spot-on observations on the deterioration of human behavior include Americans obsession with their two favorite addictions - shopping and eating; his creative idea for The All-Suicide Channel a new reality TV network; and the glorious rebirth of the planet to its original pristine condition - once the fires and floods destroy life as we know it.Life is Worth Losing includes:A Modern ManThree Little WordsThe Suicide GuyExtreme Human BehaviorThe All-Suicide ChannelDumb AmericansPyramid of the HopelessAutoerotic AsphyxiaPosthumous Female TransplantsYeast InfectionExcess: Fires and FloodsCoast-to-Coast EmergencySystem Requirements:Run Time: 75 mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 030306781396 Manufacturer No: DVD7813
As Expected ! George is George.. Something to sit back and LAUGH ! I've not been disappointed yet.
More Philosophy than Humor Loaded with ideas and insights into the human condition. But this time with a twist of darkness. During this his 13th HBO special George definately makes it known just what an angry person he is. Like Lenny Bruce, George hates the world and everyone in it. He pokes fun at everything from people who commit suicide to how much he enjoys watching natural disasters kill hundreds of thousands of people...and always wishes thing get even worse for them.I dearly loved George and wil definately miss him. He was getting old here and this may have been his last concert. He had gained weight in this performance and he slips up several times. I once heard him say he comes up with all this stuff while taking vicodine and drinking wine and that he was wired during almost every one of his performances. He had kicked the habit here and it shows. Forever a George Carlin Fan!
Good Stuff Why do I like it -because Carlin tells it like it is-gives it to us straight-I like because he speaks the truth as sad as it is-but it is very funny -in a sick sort of way-He will be missed!!!
All very true, just no humor in it I have loved George Carlin since I was a teenager and although I may have not have agreed with some of his views along the way, or sometimes thought he went a little too far, I could always laugh at his material, even when it may have hit a bit too personal, I could still see the ridiculousness of the situation. That being said, I was deeply disappointed in this show. It was all VERY true, and he hit the nail right on the head with a lot of the problems in this country, it just wasn't funny. As a speech, or a monaloge, it was brilliant. It was very deep, it made you think and made you nod in agreement at times, but it did not make you laugh, the very thing a stand up COMEDY show should do. George was always controversial, he always stepped on peoples toes and made no apology for it. -And that's what we loved! But he did it with a twist of irony, a chance to see the absurdity in the world around us. This show was NOT George, George would slam us all for our laziness, our consumption, our greed, and in that he'd show us how ridiculous we were. This George was the angry Uncle Dave, spewing his anger from his armchair, one rant after another, no pauses. George would hold up a mirror to our society, and show us how silly we were. The George here was just the angry parent berating us for our stupidity. As a commentary on the world around us, it's amazing. -As a respite and a chance to laugh, it was horrible. Just keep that in mind. If you are looking for serious social commentary, go ahead and buy it. If you're looking for laughs, look to his earlier works.
recommended only for intelligent adults! mind blowing brilliant!!! This was one of George's last great wake up calls to a lazy and stupid American public that allows the crooked , powerful and few to loot our national treasure, abuse the poor, and kill our children. This isnt the hippy dippy weatherman of his earlier days nor is it the very funny things we all have in common of Brian Regan or Jerry Seinfeld...this is a LION IN WINTER!!! George loves this country and says so..he loves the freedoms we USED to have as well. George points out how this beautiful land has been turned into a coast to coast shopping mall and he hits couch potatoes hard (hence some of the negative reviews)... If you want Goofy George..look elsewhere...if you want to be challenged to get off your butt...enjoy!
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