What would George Carlin talk about if he was still around?

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Hi. I am not a big fan of George Carlin. I have seen a number of his comedic acts in videos on YouTube. One thing I didn't like about him was he very anti-religious.

I hope the man got Saved before he passed.

He was a smart man. He had to be smart to come up with all the stuff he did when he was doing stand-up.

He did a lot of social commentary. I think he was funny but he didn't have to cuss or be vulgar to be funny.

He passed in 2008.

If he was still around I wonder what he would do stand-up about. He's probably have a lot of material to work with, with all the stuff going on in the world since his passing.

What do YOU think he'd talk about if he were still around?

I think he'd probably do stand-up based on the following:

Social media. He predicted the advent of social media in early stand-up comedy routines. He'd probably talk about how ridiculous a lot of it is. He's probably talk about freedoms Americans actually have on social media.

He'd probably talk about issues with YouTube and video-sharing sites and such.

The Covid-19 pandemic and crisis. He predicted this years ago in some acts he did especially in the one he did about germs. I feel like he would touch upon this.

The Trump administration. Sometimes he touched upon politics. He did talk about politicians but he didn't call out anyone by name. However I think in Trump's case he'd make an exception.

Streaming services. Possibly. He'd probably talk about how complex modern tech has become.

Political correctness and cancel culture. He'd probably talk about how ridiculous some of this is.

BLM? Maybe. He'd probably talk about their influence on pop culture and society and such.

Karens, Beckys and Stacys. He'd probably touch upon this. This is a big thing now.

Reality TV. He'd probably talk about how crappy and ridiculous some of this programming is.

The retail apocalypse. That's somewhat of a big issue now.

This is all I can think of at the moment.

Please help. Thank you.

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@JGoldman10,

I was a fan of George Carlin. He would certainly have things to say about gender based pronouns and the fear of offending people. He was always agains political correctness.

I think Bill Maher is the most important comedian in this vein in 2021.

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https://x.com/tuckeetuc/status/1755413446663766371?s=20
I think his content would be exactly like Russell Brand’s—seeing through the insanity of current American, nay global, psychosis, but of course with the slower, sardonic delivery—which is probably preferable.

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@JGoldman10,

Carlin was a master wordsmith. He would likely be laying down the obvious about the global elite and Vax-Corps. Carlin observed and was very vocal about how sheep-like society had become, but I don't think even he would have believed the levels of ridiculous blind cliff-jumping that occurred over the last few years.

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@TheOneWhoGotAway,

Agree!

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@Lash,

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I think his content would be exactly like Russell Brand’s

Well rapey.

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@Lash,

I don't know anything about George Carlin, he doesn't seem to have had much air time over here.

Not all comedy travels, neither Peter Cook nor Rik Mayall made much of an impact in America, and I regard them as our very best.

Having said that I know nothing about Carlin I think it's unfair to compare anyone, with the possible exception of Ricky Gervais to the unfunny, pretentious, self publicising piece of **** that is Russell Brand.

I always loathed the little twat long before all the rape allegations came out.

He's just one of those people you want to punch in the face.

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@izzythepush,

Carlin's nothing like Russell Brand, who I think is a creep. I think you're right about comparing him to Ricky Gervais. George Carlin was a hippy-type who pointed out the very same things as Gervais, but in a different manner. As he aged, he was more and more outraged and went on a few rants. I think his most famous bit was "The Seven Words You Cannot Say on Television", after which he proceeded to say them Smile

Not all humour ages well, and I think his is one of those, given all the vulgarity these days. I'd say that Carlin would have likely made the same remarks Gervais did at the awards show, about how nobody gives a s*it about the political opinions of celebs and to just shut up, accept your award and go and sit down.

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@Mame,

When I looked at his wiki page it said a lot of his stuff was about American subcultures which is why it probably didn't translate so well over here.

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@JGoldman10,

I wonder what Carlin would say about Biden.

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@JGoldman10,

If you have ChatGPT, you can get an idea.

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He'd say what what we're all thinking, and he'd say it with gusto.

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@Glennn,

We're all thinking you're nuts.

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@izzythepush,

Actually, they were thinking that I must have adopted a stalker-troll. But by now they understand that there was never an adoption. You just ended up on my porch. But I don't think I'm going to feed you.

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