This week we remember losing George Carlin on June 22, 2008. I’m a student of stand-up comedy — it’s been an important influence in my own performances and I have an entire library of books about comedy, comedians and funny cinema. The only thing more terrifying than walking onto a stage with only a guitar is walking onto a stage without one. For me nobody ran this gauntlet like Carlin. Here’s a compilation of Carlin’s most incendiary rants and poetic passages. Enjoy the consumerist criticism and the political pyrotechnics, but pay special attention to the sounds of the words, and the rhythm and repetition of the phrases. George is so deep many comedy fans don’t even understand the profound art this man brought the art of making people laugh at power.

Here’s George. Completely USFW.

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