And as a result, they never learn to question things. That's what they do with that kind of thing-pound it into the heads of kids, 'cause they know the children are much too young to be able to muster an intellectual defense against a sophisticated idea like that, and they know that, up to a certain age, children believe everything their parents tell them. Every one, every one of those items is provably untrue at one level or another, but we believe them because they’re pounded into our heads from the time we’re children. “Where would we be without our safe, familiar, American bullshit? "Land of the Free," "Home of the Brave," "The American Dream," "All men are equal," "Justice is blind," "The Press is free," "Your vote counts," "Business is honest," "The good guys win," "The police are on your side," "God is watching you," "Your standard of living will never decline" and "Everything is going to be just fine:" the official national bullshit story. When you get to Wikipedia, in the search field for Wikipedia, type in " Japanese- Americans 1942" and you'll find out all about your precious fucking rights.” Next time you're at the computer get on the Internet, go to Wikipedia. “Now, if you think you do have rights, I have one last assignment for ya. The drug money! Forget the dealers, you want to slow down that drug traffic, you got to start executing a few of these fucking bankers.” Like… the bankers who launder the drug money! The bankers. The death penalty doesn’t mean anything unless you use it on people who are afraid to die. Drive-bys, gang shootings, they’re not afraid to die. They’re already killing each other every day on the streets by the hundreds.
If a new idea slips in at that moment, it has a chance to grow.” They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits the brain and the laugh begins. No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Ĭarlin reasoned his decision to choose comedy for such heavy subjects in a posthumous book called "Last Words" where he stated: “When you're in front of an audience and you make them laugh at a new idea, you're guiding the whole being for the moment. During this time, Carlin became a popular guest at corporate media like NBC, appearing over 100 times on NBC alone. From the late 1980s, his routines became more focused on sociocultural criticism of American society and their governmental administrations. The first of Carlin's 14 stand-up comedy specials for corporate outlet HBO was filmed in 1977. Carlin's segment in 1972 on the FCC and their banned words on television became his trademark stand-up piece during the 1970s. Carlin began placing small critical political observations in between his jokes during the 1970s. During the Vietnam War, Carlin became a face of the US counter-culture and peace movement. Early on, Carlin was not known for his political commentary. ĭuring the 1960s and 1970s, Carlin was known as a light-hearted comedian focused on observational comedy often entertaining students at universities. Despite his troubles with the Air Force, Carlin's work at KJOE helped him finding other opportunities in the entertainment industry. He began providing jokes to soldiers and local listeners at a radio station called KJOE where he worked during active duty. He was named an unproductive Airman and court-martialed three times.
Looking back on his service, Carlin was proud to have been generally discharged instead of dishonourably discharged in 1957. Carlin's most famous piece from 2005 explained the state of the US and why the US government isn't there for the people's interests.Ĭarlin dropped out of high school and was stationed in Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana in 1954.
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