Added: Sep 5, 2008

Author: TheFourthDrake

Duration: 5:34

It might be a stretch saying this as a die-hard Carlin fan, but the material, both written and as performed, in "It's Bad for Ya" is some of the best late-era material. At 70 Carlin bounced back from "Life is Worth Losing" to a special that is firmly structured but loose and playful (or as much as the "old fuck" can get, anyways) and is continuously, ceaselessly, funny.Going from the topic of death (how long to wait to scratch off a name from the book? What if it's on the computer scheduler?), the facets of communication, looking down from Heaven, spots of God (naturally), kids, troublesome gestures involving hats in religion, and finally, the topic of whether people even really have "rights".This makes up the bulk of the special, centered around the premise that what's bad for you, plain and simple, is BS. Total, complete BS, which as we also learn holds the country together. Carlin isn't necessarily angry though, even if disdain seems to spout out at most turns, even just to observe how horrifying children's teeth look, coming in. It's skepticism tinged with the feeling that everything is NOT going to be "fine".

Channel: Comedy

Tags: 2008  bad  carlin  death  final  for  george  god  heaven  human  it's  its  kids  religion  rights  rip  show  ya 

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