The George Carlin Show
| The George Carlin Show | |
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Promotional image of the cast members from The George Carlin Show
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
George Carlin Sam Simon |
| Written by | Sam Simon |
| Directed by |
Jeffrey Melman Rob Schiller Sam Simon |
| Starring |
George Carlin Alex Rocco Paige French Anthony Starke Christopher Rich Susan Sullivan Mike Hagerty |
| Theme music composer | Chandler Travis |
| Composer(s) | Roger Boyce |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | George Carlin Sam Simon Jerry Hamza |
| Producer(s) | Michael Stanislavsky |
| Cinematography | Gregg Heschong |
| Editor(s) | Brian K. Roberts |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sweet Freedom Productions Main Sequence Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 16, 1994 – July 16, 1995 |
The George Carlin Show was an American sitcom that aired Sunday at 9:30 pm on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin.
The series centers on George O'Grady (George Carlin), a taxi cab driver living in New York City. The show, for the most part, took place in The Moylan Bar, run by bartender Jack Donahue (Anthony Starke). The setting's real-life basis was the now-defunct Moylan Tavern, a younger Carlin's neighborhood bar on Broadway between La Salle Street and Tiemann Place in the Morningside Heights neighborhood, and owned by the grandparents of film critic and author Maitland McDonagh. As Carlin recalled in 1994, "The Moylan Tavern. It was where I saw Oswald shot. It was where I headed during the [1965] blackout. The Moylan is where I came of age." The name of the show's bartender character, Jack Donahue, was taken from that of real-life owner Jimmy Donahue, who bought the bar from the original owners. The set itself, however, resembled another upper-Broadway bar, Carlin said: "Cannon's—where my father used to drink."
As Carlin noted on his website:
January, 1994 - "The George Carlin Show" premieres on Fox Television. Lasts 27 episodes. Lesson learned: always check mental health of creative partner beforehand. Loved the actors, loved the crew. Had a great time. Couldn't wait to get the fuck out of there. Canceled December, 1995.
He later elaborated in his posthumously published autobiography Last Words:
I had a great time. I never laughed so much, so often, so hard as I did with cast members Alex Rocco, Chris Rich, Tony Starke. There was a very strange, very good sense of humor on that stage...The biggest problem, though, was that Sam Simon was a fucking horrible person to be around. Very, very funny, extremely bright and brilliant, but an unhappy person who treated other people poorly...I was incredibly happy when the show was canceled. I was frustrated that it had taken me away from my true work.
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