George Carlin at USC

Episode aired Apr 8, 1977
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1h 25m

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George Carlin's first ever comedy special, filmed live at the University of Southern California. Here, he talks about monopoly, flying on planes, random thoughts, walking, and other things.George Carlin's first ever comedy special, filmed live at the University of Southern California. Here, he talks about monopoly, flying on planes, random thoughts, walking, and other things.George Carlin's first ever comedy special, filmed live at the University of Southern California. Here, he talks about monopoly, flying on planes, random thoughts, walking, and other things.

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Shayna Alexander

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Brenda Carlin

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- Marty Callner
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- George Carlin
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Trivia
George Carlin's first HBO special. He would go on to do a total of 14 HBO specials until his death in 2008.

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George Carlin: Some words are fun. Words like "flammable"... "flammable", "inflammable" and "nonflammable". Why are there three? Does it seem to you as though two words ought to be able to handle that idea? I mean, either the thing flams or it doesn't flam.

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Featured in George Carlin: Doin' It Again (1990)

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Funny first special

George Carlin makes his first HBO special here (that number would eventually rise to 11 in 1999) and it makes a great format for Carlin's brand of humor. Here, he examines monopoly, walking, random thoughts and phrases and a early version of flying and planes. Funny stuff to watch (even if it is way over 20 years ago) as Carlin evolves his hippie comedy. A