Besides Carlin being a cab driver, recalling Simon’s “Taxi” stint, he spends a lot of his down time as the cynical anchor of a working-class tavern populated by a dim bartender, a busty waitress, errant yuppies and a lot of other foils, not coincidentally bringing to mind “Cheers,” another Simon alma mater. If you guys dont know about him, I suggest you youtube him right now, and reserve the next couple of hours for laughter and.
The show was created by Sam Simon, who directed and co-wrote (with Carlin) the series opener, so it shouldn’t come as any surprise when a fair amount of zingers approach home plate. A few months before the contemporary Mark Twain passed away in June 2008, the legendary humorist made like.
On the other hand, a guy gives up hope, he’s free to enjoy himself.” George Carlin was a legendary standup, an underrated actor and a prognosticator of sorts. “People who have hope, they’re constantly worried about when it’s gonna kick in. “Hope sucks,” he tells the downtrodden waitress at his favorite beer bar, encouragingly. He has good reason to be cranky in the first episode-having just lost his job because he won’t cut his ponytail, having lost thousands of dollars he doesn’t have to gambling debts, and having found a tiny dog that makes everyone who sees him walking it assume he’s gay. His George O’Grady, an unencumbered New York cab driver, is broke, bitchy and practically invented the word misanthropy. on Channels 11 and 6), where he’s utterly irascible, to use the civil terminology. He does get to be a couple of those words, however, on “The George Carlin Show” (premiering Sunday at 9:30 p.m.
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