"The world is a big theater-in-the round as far as I'm concerned, and I'd love to watch it spin itself into oblivion," he said. I don't believe in this country, I don't believe in religion, or a god, and I don't believe in all these man-made institutional ideas," he told Reuters in a 2001 interview.Ĭarlin told Playboy in 2005 that he looked forward to an afterlife where he could watch the decline of civilization on a "heavenly CNN." "I don't have any beliefs or allegiances. It will give you a better idea as to why I believe he was, essentially, a poster-boy nihilist - that is, a person who fundamentally has no values and actively seeks to destroy values as such:
In turn, he comes off as man-hating as a radical environmentalist:īelow is an excerpt from an AP article on Carlin after he died last week. Notice that, when he puts himself in the position of Mother Earth in the video clip below, he says that he “dreams” for a virus like AIDS as Earth’s defense against man. But, actually, this was only his ostensible view of environmentalism. Apparently, Carlin never let go of the idea of Original Sin - that man is born corrupt by his nature - that I’m sure he learned in Catholic school.Ĭarlin’s man-hatred is clearly evident in his views on environmentalism, in which he disparages the green movement, not because he (correctly) regards it as anti-man, but because he primarily sees it (incorrectly) as a movement to make life better for man on Earth. Despite being an atheist who understood the evils of religion, this view was part of his broader perspective that human beings are evil. Here’s a pretty standard routine on what he had to say about it:īut mostly I could not watch Carlin because he spewed a seething hatred toward man as such. For example, watch this classic routine on airline safety:Ĭarlin was also great at demonstrating the absurdities and contradictions of religion.
and go on to say that he was a disinformation agent for the Illuminati Dumbest video I've seen in a while. This was from his appearance at Comic Relief in 1986.Farewell George193. He may or may not talk about swimming in sewage and how often he washes his hands after using the bathroom.The late comedian George Carlin was at his best when he dissected the English language and the ways that people misused it. A clip of George Carlin saying 5 words out of context and put it on repeat- and then insinuate that he's part of the 'big club' referencing his material about the 'owners of this country' in his 2005 HBO Life is worth Losing. George Carlin's classic standup routine about the importance of 'Stuff' in our lives. He rightly observes that our immune system needs exercise, and mercilessly mocks people who obsess over cleanliness. In this routine, Carlin lays waste to the notion of Americans getting so worked up about germs, while allowing the media to whip them into a frenzy. It’s not hard to imagine what George Carlin would be saying today as he already said it back in 1999! He even predicts a pandemic like the one we are currently experiencing.
Suggesting that we weaken our immune systems by sanitizing everything. In this rather pertinent bit, Carlin even tackles how constant hand washing makes us weak and more prevalent to illness. He was not just a comedian but also a social critic who would mock his own crowds ruthlessly. Twenty-one years after this 1999 special, it’s easy to imagine what the comic would think of the state of the world today. In his “You Are All Diseased” special, Carlin told his audience that Americans are trading away freedom for some security. and abroad react to the coronavirus pandemic. A clip from that special is incredibly relevant today as people here in the U.S. In his stand-up special “You Are All Diseased,” Carlin even took on germs and hand washing. As a comic and social critic, he pushed the envelope with his humor in a way that challenged us to think. Stand-up comedian George Carlin never held back what was on his mind.
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