MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO'S 10TH ANNUAL TELEVISION FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES, THE: AN EVENING WITH GEORGE CARLIN {LONG VERSION}
Summary
One in a series of evenings and special screenings presented as part of The Museum of Television & Radio's 10th Annual Television Festival in Los Angeles. Presented with, and held at, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the festival celebrates the excellence and diversity of American television and is dedicated to television's creative community. After an introduction by LACMA's Ronald Haver, Museum of Television & Radio president Robert M. Batscha takes the podium to thank everyone involved in this year's festival. Batscha then introduces the focus of the tribute, comedian George Carlin. Carlin remarks that he is looking forward to the clip reel that will be screened as he has not seen a lot of the footage himself in many years. Batscha tells the audience that Carlin will return for a discussion following the career-spanning collection of highlights. The tape includes: Carlin's discussion of the Gulf War, from the HBO special "Live at the Paramount 1992"; Carlin and former partner Jack Burns's mockery of commercials on "Playboy's Penthouse" in 1960; Carlin's impersonation of John F. Kennedy on "Talent Scouts" in 1962; Carlin on "Broadway Tonight" in 1965; Carlin's take on disc jockeys, from "The Kraft Summer Music Hall" in 1966; Carlin's appearance on the sitcom "That Girl" in 1966; Carlin on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in 1970; Carlin's introduction of his character Al Sleet, the Hippie Dippie Weatherman, on "The Flip Wilson Show" in 1971; the comedian on the premiere of "Saturday Night Live" in 1975; the "Seven Dirty Words" routine on the 1978 HBO special "George Carlin Again!"; Carlin's discussion of his distaste for tomatoes at Carnegie Hall in 1982; his riff on "stuff" at Comic Relief in 1986; a discussion of FCC censorship on his special "What am I Doing in New Jersey?" in 1988; an appearance on the children's program "Shining Time Station" from 1991; and Carlin's analysis of the term "senior citizens" from the 1990 HBO special "Doin' it Again." After the clip reel, Batscha solicits audience questions. The first questioner asks Carlin what it felt like to watch himself, and Carlin states that he found it fine. He adds that he likes to watch his performance style evolve. Another audience member asks Carlin to cite his influences, and Carlin identifies his childhood idols: Fred Allen, Spike Jones, Bob Hope, "100 Jokes" magazine, and the "Amos and Andy" radio show. He then talks about the more recent comedians he has admired, like Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Jonathan Winters, and Nichols and May. Other questions concern whether Carlin believes that the FCC has become more liberal in recent years.
Details
- NETWORK: Paley
- DATE: March 4, 1993 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 2:02:44
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:29631
- GENRE: Seminars
- SUBJECT HEADING: N/A
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Ronald Haver … Host
- Robert M. Batscha … Moderator
- George Carlin … Guest
- Fred Allen
- Lenny Bruce
- Jack Burns
- Bob Hope
- Spike Jones
- John F. Kennedy
- Elaine May
- Mike Nichols
- Mort Sahl
- Ed Sullivan
- Flip Wilson
- Jonathan Winters