George Carlin Monologue-Hosts the Tonight Show

[cynkro]

6 dislikes ? seriously !!!!!!...retards ?

[TomBBrady12]

" a woman who was shot in the chest nine times and refused treatment died today" LOL!!!!

[quieterrps]

Insanely genius where he sets everyone up with the weak and unoriginal massage parlor joke, lets the audience feel momentarily like they're one up on him and then let's them have it with one after another 'out there' ridiculous scenarios. Ain't fair ticklin' like that! "FDR calling Hitler and quickly hanging up on him"!! I won't be able to laugh again for a couple of weeks now. Insanutty!

[newrealization12]

I love george carlin. What a mind.

[robcas123]

could someone post the full episode

[TacomaPaul]

George was/IS STILL my mentor. In 8th grade I used to get up in front of the class and do the Hippy Dippy Weatherman routine.

Thanks George for changing my life. ;-)

[oisaba1]

Did u get the messages behind the mesages?

[ilpazzo861]

R.I.P Mr. Carlin ur comedy will live on forever, unlike comedy of today

[Opeth3455]

No matter how old his material is, its still not old-fashioned.

[SeroDarkmount]

WAY before 81 foo

[GUNS4MIKE1234]

Carson and carlin in the same role of film am I dead or in the twilight zone? eather way this is awesome:D

[eeplebert]

I'd love to see the rest of this episode. Kip and George trading puns?!?! Yes, now, all of it, now, please?!?

[1madDogz]

Wow that was better then many of Johnny's openings.

[sgtmcwallace]

This seems like the most edgy material that would have been allowed on mainstream tv, they probably wouldn't have asked him back after this. great stuff.

[doctornoooo]

good as carlin was, he still was not quite up to Prior, but what the hell they left everyone else in the shade nobody nearly as funny as they, not even close

not even some of the excellent crew of snl and jeez look at how good some of them were

[Golbez1991]

Seeing how he brilliantly performed a news segment, he could have done the Weekend Update segment on SNL.

[michealangelo12865]

5 people watch fox news

[Blitzkrieg8492]

This guy is like God to me. Hes the only religion i accept.

[McJiZzLeSChLiTz]

@Blitzkrieg8492 I hear ya

[CaughtNTheCrosshair2]

@Blitzkrieg8492 I love George but, he's no Joe Pesci. =P

[HWMeatcutter]

@CaughtNTheCrosshair2 haha I got the pun....ya just need a baseball bat to understand it :)))))))

[grgcucu]

@Blitzkrieg8492 Blasphemy!!!! May Joe Pesci fry thee!

[zombiedanceprod]

he's voice changed prettty considerabley

[rogy1969]

*flails arms wildly*

[mihaimoldo]

we still have Robin Williams at least....

miss you you old fuck :(

[ninau1]

I recommend George's book "Brain Droppings" Hilarious and he has something to say !!!!

[FungusMossGnosis]

Always love ya, George, where ever you are - but what gives with that getup?! I've never seen such a goofy outfit on a late night host. Button that shirt, this ain't no disco!

[leoamar4385896]

@FungusMossGnosis very early 1980s man. he actually looks decent considering what was fashionable at the time.

[FungusMossGnosis]

@leoamar4385896

Guess you're right. I wasn't ever 12 month's old then, what would I know?

[campbpar]

America's favorite C student.

[Robocheeseball701]

@campbpar Actually, at least in 9th grade, he got high marks: rn6roeUfMio#t=5m48s

[campbpar]

I don't really idolize this cokehead. He shoots from the vine- but he's not genius.

[aGasmaskProcession]

@campbpar You don't have to idolize him but he was definitely something special, and in my opinion a lot smarter and more interesting than most other comedians out there.

[TheRealDaKing93]

Fuck, it seems like we've lost all of our good comedians too early. Even though he made it to 71, we needed him for twenty more years. At least he died on top of comedy.

[TheMusicalJukebox]

We all love George Carlin!!!

[danvigi537]

hey Trakomatic....only users lose drugs

[TheBoh03]

...if you do not like George Carlin, FUCK YOU

[Stefan1703]

@TheBoh03 You should open your ears wider when you watch Carlin's shows ;)

[johnjhuff]

@trakomako I'm elated for you that you want others to perceive you as the wonderfully mature, enlightened, intelligent person that you truly are. Carlin is a lot more than a drug addict, he has left a legacy that few other comedians will ever hold a candle to. His social commentary was always current and sharp. Many, like you, will judge his personal life rather than his vast skill and wit, and will therefore miss out on one of the most genius artists of all time.

[doolie9]

@johnjhuff

I agree fully with your above statement.

I've been having problems with this particular poster myself, and he isn't coming across as much of an intellectual, whether he's aspiring to or not...

[johnjhuff]

@trakomako Yes, you must be, or maybe you're just a troll. Or perhaps you don't understand everything that Mr. Carlin is saying. Either way, your negativity is unbecoming and juvenile.

[johnjhuff]

Genius. From the beginning to the end of his career, pure brilliance. I would stay up late at night and watch his specials on HBO and in actuality, only understand his routines partially, but as I grew older, I realized that he was right about everything. Where is the George Carlin of today?

[doolie9]

@trakomako

Well, compared to you, he was a genius. Don't make comments questioning someone's intelligence if you can't even use proper grammar.

[Bifrons]

The man worked on ALL levels and continues to work. Thanks for the laughs George.

[formerutuber]

that 50 ft dike joke was a killer!

[AmericanNohbuddy]

Those president jokes were used in the very video I saw of Carlin before this....

[TomValedro]

George Carlin said '' If humans evolved from apes, why there are still apes? ''. What a moron.

[joeperryfan95]

@TomValedro How is he a moron??

[TheVaguitarrista]

GOD!

[13baldjj]

Ray Comfort look-a-like at the start?

[andymoss12]

You're stupid. George Carlin is #1 in the top 3.

[AdamBomb669]

Just from the way he is dressed I would say he had to be heavily drugged at the time.

Carlin is god.

[Cstrife234]

lol 50 foot dike

[travelsonic]

Wow, in 4 years from the USC show in 1977 he sure showed his aging. [If the dating on this is correct, he is only about 44 at this point in time]

[danecook321]

He's one of the only comedians that I've seen where he's never laughed at his own jokes on stage.

[JohnSmithAprilMay]

@danecook321 haven't seen a lot of comedians?

[tejastiger61]

AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks a million to the wonderful nice person who took their time to share with the rest of us..... Thank You ..... Thank You.......

[DJBAMTOM]

Lmao .....This is really funny!

[joshaf26]

The delivery of "everyone is dead and the trees are humming" is priceless!

[SG1Mitchell]

I just posted the Scotland joke to my Facebook status.

[hislipsaremoving]

"FDR delighted in calling up Hitler and then hanging up on him".

WOW

[hislipsaremoving]

Goddamn.. I was still a twinkle in my father's eye when Carlin had 'em rolling in the aisles.

[clint1663]

old president and hitler jokes... awesome

[beatles61]

you know he has never been on a tv and not be high. i admire that.

[DrVegasIII]

cant tell by your grammar useage there.. do you mean he has never been high while making an appearance on television?  OR did you mean he's high everytime he's been on television????

[beatles61]

sorry for that, i read it now and it doesnt make sense, everytime he has been on TV he has been high.

[DrVegasIII]

Thats crazy!! Even his HBO specials?? Specifically his last one that he did around 5 months or so before he died???

[beatles61]

the only thing i know of that he wasnt high off 'something' would be his album 'Class Clown' and in his ''40 years of Comedy' he said "i'v always got a joint... some where near me at all times"

[hislipsaremoving]

Maybe he likes to smoke up and sit on top of a television?

Ambiguous grammar is fun.

[cubsfan97]

George is the best, the world has never known a better comedian, a better PROFESSIONAL COMEDIAN!

[thinmanthewise]

arrested today and still on the loose?

[saberino1]

Carlin was the greatest ever.He never sold out,and he could work any audience.He could work clean or use profanity to make his point a little louder.He's influenced all comics (especially Maher and Seineld).

[djargus]

"A man who was shot in the chest nine times yesterday and refused treatment... Died today!"

[XSpiritas]

the only reson he got funnier in 90's FOR YOU , is that he started to use more curse words. lol ur an idiot if u think he is better in 90's... lol. he was always amazing

[nevikmoore]

I don't think that's a fair assessment of his 90s work. He was always funny. But his work from the 90s til his death became even more observational, analytical, strident, confrontational -- and it was brilliant in cutting thru the B.S. He had always had that knack, but it got sharper in his old age. Like a fine wine, that guy.

[XSpiritas]

Maybe you are right. But you have to admit that XXI age audience prefer the 90's + videos because curse words are popular these days. And these 90's - videos do not include routines with non stoping swearing.

[lordmaldad]

Holy Crap! I never knew Carlin filled in for Johnny.

[HigherPlanes]

@lordmaldad he did the tonight show over 100 times.

[scandiumtrioxide]

RAPIST SWALLOWS WHISTLE

[g1code]

its sure the opposite .. he was funny before , and throughout his life he kept improving ..

not only that his jokes became more funny , but also had an idea

and he can not be farther from left-wing ..he had new ideas and believed that left and right are the same crap , thats why he stopped voting since the 70s .

love carlin

[lewisner]

@g1code He believed all poiliticians were liars which is what any sensible person believes.

[klasomentas]

@g1code that probably means he was far left wing. He didn't want to vote because he considered the game rigged.

[leeharveyosmosis]

@g1code

..in interviews he said he was pretty much left-wing.

[1madDogz]

@leeharveyosmosis A true american hero

[DorkMuffinz]

@leeharveyosmosis meaning radical, no? that he wanted the government to radically change as in not to have the shitty parties. He was more neutral then anything, fuck his interviews. Read some of his shit and investigate more.

[Konicava]

@g1code Exactly, we have a political universe to explore but we keep gravitating in those same ol two planets...

[ThatIncredibleJordan]

yo he got funnier in the 90s , way funnier

[Jollygrkgiant92]

He really hated Grape Fruit Juice...lol

[cranegaroo]

He hated grape fruit juice but he still drank it! haha

[perchedeagle2]

"Nice to know you're involved." Genius moment. lmao

[ConformisTV]

5:06 is the best.

[MatHrtxC]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!! that was awesome!!! "heeeeeeeeres GEORGE CARLIN!!!!"

[Pastalet]

Carlin is the best stand-up of all time! Most people say Richard Pryor, and he was awesome, but Carlin's material was top notch and his longevity is incomparable. So much material. So many years of teaching us young fuckers how to do shit. He's like a second dad.

[gir908922]

R.I.P. George Carlin! We'll miss your comedic genius!  ^__^

[mikedufour]

He was not only the Best Stand Up Artist Ever, He was a Most Enlightened Being

[666kazelot]

@mikedufour Well let's not get carried away with the enlightenment :D he was a genius though.

[kinversoni]

@mikedufour

With Unnecessary Caps

[noone120000]

Master of comedy!

[Nussiairrallaan]

force breastfeed a wild cat =)) lmao :)))

[calumlittle]

What a guy. Legend.

[imashelchazona]

maybe 1970

[gunns246810]

no way gotta be mid-late 70s

[imashelchazona]

his hair is too long

[xsnrgman]

Definitely.....epic era of television and movies without a doubt.

[T1M3TOWCC]

aegis apparently you haven't saw every George Carlin interview... just type George Carlin interview in and press enter... its the first one... watch the whole thing he says hes hosted the tonight show at least 10 times...

[PearlJammer07]

Is this on DVD by chance?

[seb538835]

great one liners George, you are missed.

[JoshSitar]

That's a nice television-grey version of the classic RCA 77 microphone being used there.

David Letterman used an RCA 77dx on the old show, and Larry King still uses one on his show. Even Tom Green has one on his desk for his little internet show he runs from his home.

[TheOldNihilist]

This was back when the Tonight Show was still classy and interesting and entertaining.

Now its trash.

It's like watching someone get interviewed in a livingroom. It's like the modified version of "Waynes World". After the writers strike ended, I just stopped watching and haven't been back since.

[drawman3354]

Doc Severinsen on lead! ;)

[DiavoloDiAno]

I wish they would have let Carlin guest host the Tonight Show in later years, to fill in for Leno instead of boring morons like Katie Couric.

[TheOldNihilist]

DiavoloDiAno:

The censors would have booted him off the show in the first ten minutes, and that would be the last time he would have ever hosted a primetime show. The nitwits at NBC or CBS or whatever don't want someone who is original, who thinks for themselves. They want a robot.

Leno, Letterman, O'Brien, now Fallon, Kimmel, Christ, these are yes men. Their humor is second to their ability to behave obediantly.

[DAntiprodukt]

George Carlin before he was good was still really great.

[Vaduh]

Some people don't laugh at these jokes anymore. And you don't hear them anymore. Humor is going down the tubes in America.

[HundredYard]

Vaduh, what tubes? I don't see any tubes. (If you're a Carlin fan, you'll get it.)

[noone120000]

Ahh man the country in going down the tubes....

What tubes? I don't see any tuebs.

[xxxjet]

LEGENDARY

[pierce1513]

Most people dont know this but George Carlin was the first ever host of Saturday Night Live

[livardo]

Yup, and I saw an interview (right here on Youtube I think, TVLegends or some such thing) where he said that SNL has ignored him since then.

[aegisgfx]

How cum he never talked about hosting the tonight show? I have seen every interview with Carlin and until I found this I never even knew he did it.

[DJFreakaVideo]

He did mention it actually. He did so on Inside The Actor's Studio. I also believe it was on an article at wikipedia as well.

[Tdgonline]

Think if you go to YouTube's archive interviews of George Carlin, he does talk about his professional credits including the number of times he's done stand-up on the The Tonight Show as well as hosting it.

[umalim]

looool he mentioned my city winnipeg

thanks for sharing

[notsuretho]

cool name for a city, always liked it. What state is that in? (I'm an Aussie).

[umalim]

oh winnipeg is in manitoba, canada

[AccordionManiac]

So awesome, thanks for sharing this one!

[rrmond]

I like the capitol of Scotland joke. LOL

[godwhyisthistaken]

lol so true, grape fruit oil car, they have a vegetable oil car

[captjon615]

OMG -- I remember seeing this very episode! (My parents caught me watching TV, after I was supposed to go to bed.) The "massage parlor" joke was my favorite!

[ClassicShowbiz]

Post whole show please!

[meesterm0le]

Well, Carson had a lot times where he would take a week off and it was common for George Carlin, or David Letterman, or Joan Rivers, David Brenner, etc to guest host. Internet searches aren't really helping too much, so i'll have to get to the library and check old TV listings. This version of "News" appeared on his "Campus" special from 84 (but was filmed in 82 i believe) is there anything else on the tape that may have been recorded around the same time?

[meesterm0le]

What an awesome post! I've been looking for some of George's Tonight Show guest hosting appearances. This is great! I'll try to track down the exact date. Thanks!