Really good. Very long, about 4 hours combined.

Watched part 1 yesterday after work. It was relatively interesting. I saw Carlin in Rosemont sometime around 2006 or so and remember it being a pretty good show. Really had no idea about the history of the guy, just knew he was a legend. Ended up buying a poster that had all of the filthy words on it and hung it in my townhome's garage to my parents chagrin. Turns out it was a good time to see him as he passed a few years later. I'll probably finish the back half this weekend but hard to believe there is still 2 hours of material to go.

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Carlin never had the status that is proclaimed today. He wasn't Pryor, Murphy or Kinison. He wasn't even Roseanne Barr. He was a second tier guy, like Seinfeld. So what's the deal with the Jumbo Shrimp guy? Why is he a icon now?

Didn't realize Seinfeld and Carlin are below Roseanne Barr. Yikes. Is it because they weren't edgy enough? Seems to me like Carlin was pushing the envelope in his own way. He certainly had a lot more social consciousness than most comics with what I saw in part one.

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nardi's narrative is falling apart at the seams. jorr calls him out for the old chicago days. i grew up with carlin being the hottest comic on HBO. he's supposed to be of the generation that would've known carlin from the merv griffin show and he compares him to roseanne barr, who mainly rose to stardom because of her sitcom. oof.

it's very good; the montage toward the end is extremely self-serving to the filmmakers...carlin was a social critic that sprayed to all fields and the clips (you'll see what i mean) are very biased.

Is this a serious comment? If so, it’s horribly misguided.

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Carlin had a remarkable delivery and an unmatched way of riffing on a long string of similar or rhyming terms. But his actual content, which was certainly well thought out, often left me underwhelmed. He was probably the angriest comic ever -- I don't recall him laughing or even smiling.

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By the early and mid 90s Carlin had become a living legend. Even in the doc he mentions that how he feels during that time frame w/ all the sacrifices he made. All those people you mentioned all looked up to him. They're all in the doc btw except kinison of course.

The only guy out there today that is Carlin like is Chappelle. They both have had similar careers. Both were corporate company men and were making millions of dollars and had lucrative deals that they walked away from. When Carlin was suit and tie in 68 doing Vegas, he was making $210K a year. That's like someone making $2 mil now. Same w/ Chappelle when he walked away from Comedy Central's $40 mil offer.

But both reinvented themselves and became much bigger than if they had stuck w/ their corporate gigs.

Just go to youtube. Proof is right there waiting for you on just how pedestrian he was.

first time i saw his standup my mind was blown like "woah.... rufus does standup?"

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??? i always remembered him being at the top of the class in comedy history... i went to see him in 2006 knowing he was old and past his prime, but it was still a funny show. he was clearly feeble and i wondered why he was even doing it.. but he was always a grinder and thats just what he did. its cool that i can say i saw george carlin and pantera before they died. REALLY wish i could have saw stevie ray vaughn. man, could you imagine how much tickets for him would be going for in 2022?

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It was a very very well put together documentary -- besides the 2 minute slideshow montage towards the end, as W_Z pointed out. That little part was totally unnecessary.

My dad gave me his What Am I Doing in New Jersey CD to listen to on a trip with my friend and his parents on a vacation up to Michigan at a very young age (maybe 5th grade?). I was young but still at an age where I understood everything he was saying -- it's just that I was hearing it for the first time -- all the stuff about politicians and religion. I laughed my ass off listening on my Walkman through the entire thing. I distinctly remember having the awareness that I hadn't laughed that hard for that long ever. It was cool to see Bill Burr explain how he went to that particular special thinking Carlin was washed and thought he would be laughing AT him, and then of course, BAM.

I was absolutely astounded by all the home video and audio. Kelly Carlin is pretty down-to-earth for sharing all of that with us. It helps tell the story -- the whole story. The recordings of him singing (really shouting) all coked up for days at a time was sad stuff, but it was part of his story. It's amazing that he made it to 70. I'm appreciative my dad took me to see him at the Comerica Theater in Phoenix back in 2005. It's really cool that I get to say I've seen Carlin and Chappelle live. I just hope Chappelle makes it 50 years in show business -- he just has to stop smoking so many damn cigarettes.

Finished it yesterday and agree with the montage at the end. Just hitting you over the head with a sledge hammer and not needed. Overall it was pretty enjoyable and I would recommend to a fan of stand up comedy.

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I think he is pretty funny and I think he is smart but his takes get regurgitated by stupid people to a point where they resemble what is said about Bernstein. His crafting of the jokes is brilliant but they are superficial if you are treating them as a philosophy, as do many.

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