George Carlin: Again!
| George Carlin: Again! | |
|---|---|
| Written by | George Carlin |
| Directed by | Marty Callner |
| Starring | George Carlin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 81 minutes |
| Distributor | HBO |
George Carlin: Again! (sometimes listed as On Location: George Carlin at Phoenix) is American comedian George Carlin's second HBO stand-up television special. It was filmed in the round in 1978 at The Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The show was first broadcast on July 23, 1978.
The opening segment of the show contains pictures from Carlin's childhood which he narrates over: "I thought we might take a look at some of the pictures from the days when my show business career was just starting". The narration segues into Carlin waiting backstage to go on. He begins his routine by acknowledging the audience before diving into his "Goofy Shit" list which includes some new routines: Sandman on a rainy night, large craft warnings, Marine land fish sticks, centipedes, waiters in waiting rooms, evening gowns at night clubs, fluorescent lights, Kleenex targets, the hats that are not there, frogs legs, emptying the wishing wells, dream credits, why there is no blue food (first performed at the very first episode of Saturday Night Live), skilled and unskilled workers, why we buy flowers, and cleaning the church.
Carlin then performs a new long routine about time, who has the time, and words we use to describe time ("Sooner than you think... sounds spooky doesn't it?")
He then sits down to perform an uproarious version of the "New News" routine combining new material with the material from An Evening With Wally Londo Featuring Bill Slaszo and On the Road. This routine is received very well by the audience, including when someone throws him a joint onto the stage. He then does his famous imitation of Al Sleet the "Hippie-Dippie Weather Man". ("Tonight's forecast... dark!")
Carlin performs a new version of "Death and Dying" than the one from On the Road and the final part of the routine is a rendition of the "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" sketch (first performed on Class Clown). The routine is expanded from the Occupation: Foole performance. He adds a physical comedy portion in the beginning with "Trial and Error", and presents the idea that "we have more ways to describe the dirty words that we have actual dirty words":
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