“And I think why he keeps showing up is because he was someone who we would get to check in with. George Carlin celebrates 40 years of comedy and here, he presents 2 new standup bits, comedian Jon Stewart gives an interview with him, and we look at his old comedy work through the last 4 decades. “I really do feel like one of the things that’s happening in our world right now is we are looking for our moral center,” said Kelly Carlin. He went viral earlier this month thanks to a widely shared routine about abortion from his 1996 HBO special “Back in Town.” The documentary comes at a time when Carlin’s observations are making a comeback. “It was kind of a two-way sort of a thing.” “It was always important to us that we show how he was both reflecting and being shaped by the culture,” said Bonfiglio. It also documents his fallow early ‘80s when he was in the comic wilderness before a Carnegie Hall show reignited his career. The documentary charts Carlin’s reinventions against the backdrop of huge social changes - Watergate, Vietnam, Reaganomics, hippie culture, among them. He didn’t share his inner life much with people.”
“I always loved a glimpse of that because my dad and I didn’t have a lot of those conversations. “Any time when he was interviewed, whether it was the bigger interviews or even the small interviews with college kids, he would reveal something about his heart or his thinking or his intention,” she said. Kelly Carlin said she actually learned a few things from the documentary, like the savvy way her dad got a spot on the show “Tony Orlando and Dawn” to keep his profile up during a lean patch, and how he handled interviews. It was broadcast live from the Wheeler Theater in Aspen, Colorado, as part. “So I knew 100% that Judd was going to do my father’s career right, the story part of it, and that he was going to take care of the more tender parts of this man’s story in a way with real respect.” War Wolf Spirit 1.7K subscribers George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy (1997) is comedian George Carlins tenth HBO special.
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“I knew that Judd was working through his own grief around it, but also brought to the world the pieces of Garry that Garry would have never shared - did never share out loud or directly, was reticent to share - but did it in a way that was so respectful and let people see the full man,” she said. She was a particular fan of his four-hour 2018 HBO documentary on comedian Garry Shandling. She says she found in Apatow a great storyteller and one who tells them from his heart. Kelly Carlin wanted to put it all in the right hands. George Carlin's work continues to be revered by today's generation of comedians. Movies Similar to George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy: A Steven Wright Special (1985), Bill Maher: Be More Cynical (2000), Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame.
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