George Carlin may be gone, but he isn’t ready to leave the spotlight just yet. Thanks to MPI Home Video and Laugh.com, Carlin’s final performance as well as a plethora of his classic works will be available to own next month. On November 10th Carlin will posthumously receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. To start the month off right, November 4th sees the CD debut of Carlin On Campus from Laugh.com. From the press release:
“Long out of print since its 1984 LP release, Carlin On Campus features such classic routines: Cars and Driving, An Incomplete List of Impolite Words and of course, Baseball and Football. Carlin On Campus was the first title released by the comedian on his own label Eardrum Records whose motto was ‘Stick It In Your Ear’ in 1984 and should not be confused with his 4th HBO special of the same name as the material on the original LP was different.”
Then, MPI Home Video will make sure you can remind yourself why he is deserving of such a prestigious award with the release or his final HBO performance, It’s Bad For Ya on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 25th. Again, from the press release:
“It’s Bad For Ya features Carlin’s noted irreverent and unapologetic observations on topics ranging from death, religion, patriotism and big business to the pungent examinations of modern language and the ‘decrepit state of the American culture.’
It’s Bad For Ya also includes a 30 minute featurette titled ‘Too Hip For the Room,’ which is a wonderfully candid interview conducted by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation’s Archive of American Television program where Carlin speaks about his early influences, philosophy, comedic style, major career milestones, and his legacy.
Carlin said of It’s Bad For Ya, ‘Doing new stuff is a point of pride with me. I can’t do old material; I would feel like a failure. People may not consider it so, but stand-up comedy is one of the performing arts, and artists are supposed to grow and evolve over time. Through the years, my technique has sharpened, my writing has improved and even my observations have grown richer.’”
Additionally, MPI Home Video already has available George Carlin: All My Stuff, a DVD box set of all Carlin’s previous HBO specials. Plan your November shopping accordingly. What better way to celebrate the life and the legend of George Carlin than by watching his final performance and then checking out the shows that made him the icon he is?
